Laura McPherson
@silversatire.bsky.social
Bustling wordery. In CHM, Five South, The Deadlands, Paperbark, Salamander, Lucky Jefferson. Chap INVISIBLE. Reader CLMP. MFA loading, University of New Orleans. 🏳️🌈 https://lauramcphersonwriter.com
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No one:
Absolutely no one:
90s club kids: the song that taught us the beat drop was a throwaway track in a vampire movie starring Wesley Snipes, anchoring a scene that symbolized the gilded excess of late 90s tech culture and presaged the dotcom bust
Absolutely no one:
90s club kids: the song that taught us the beat drop was a throwaway track in a vampire movie starring Wesley Snipes, anchoring a scene that symbolized the gilded excess of late 90s tech culture and presaged the dotcom bust
I am an artist; I cannot work if I am not pushed by inspiration, and inspiration's arms are weak at 10 AM on a Monday
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I am an artist; I cannot work if I am not pushed by inspiration, and inspiration's arms are weak at 10 AM on a Monday
No Kings is a Sinn Féin psyop to delegitimize the UK royal family by associating the trappings of kingship with Diaper Don
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No Kings is a CIA psyop to further drive a wedge between normie libs and terminally online leftists
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October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
No Kings is a Sinn Féin psyop to delegitimize the UK royal family by associating the trappings of kingship with Diaper Don
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Reposted by Laura McPherson
Women don't love Cybertrucks, they love BONES and FICTION and CHARON. New items: @katelechler.bsky.social has BONES for you, and @premeemohamed.com has exclusive BESPOKE writing prompts! Grab a coin and a treat today. Keep us exploring The Deadlands. 💖💀💖
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Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground
psychopomp.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Women don't love Cybertrucks, they love BONES and FICTION and CHARON. New items: @katelechler.bsky.social has BONES for you, and @premeemohamed.com has exclusive BESPOKE writing prompts! Grab a coin and a treat today. Keep us exploring The Deadlands. 💖💀💖
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
Proud to announce that after 13 years working as a writer and editor, I have subverted our profession's most enduring trope by becoming a full-time bartender. Cheers 🥂
September 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Proud to announce that after 13 years working as a writer and editor, I have subverted our profession's most enduring trope by becoming a full-time bartender. Cheers 🥂
User interest advertising with no human supervision. 10/10
June 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
User interest advertising with no human supervision. 10/10
Reposted by Laura McPherson
In Search of Lost Time is a series about how the best people in your life are engaged in exotic forms of psychological warfare at all times
May 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In Search of Lost Time is a series about how the best people in your life are engaged in exotic forms of psychological warfare at all times
Calling in puppied, is this anything?
February 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Calling in puppied, is this anything?
Me: i have no time to write this story
Me: i have no time to write this client brief
Me: i have no time to write this conference paper that was already accepted on proposal
Also me: i should write a literature review for a medical journal because connecting these two rabbit holes feels important
Me: i have no time to write this client brief
Me: i have no time to write this conference paper that was already accepted on proposal
Also me: i should write a literature review for a medical journal because connecting these two rabbit holes feels important
February 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Me: i have no time to write this story
Me: i have no time to write this client brief
Me: i have no time to write this conference paper that was already accepted on proposal
Also me: i should write a literature review for a medical journal because connecting these two rabbit holes feels important
Me: i have no time to write this client brief
Me: i have no time to write this conference paper that was already accepted on proposal
Also me: i should write a literature review for a medical journal because connecting these two rabbit holes feels important
Reposted by Laura McPherson
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
THE SUPERB OWL HATH RISEN
February 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
THE SUPERB OWL HATH RISEN
Happy holidays to everyone except the daft left shoe who bought the neighbor kid a boatman’s whistle. That one specific person should spend the rest of the day marching barefoot on Legos while everyone else enjoys some pie.
December 25, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Happy holidays to everyone except the daft left shoe who bought the neighbor kid a boatman’s whistle. That one specific person should spend the rest of the day marching barefoot on Legos while everyone else enjoys some pie.
I respect “can’t pee, trapped by cat,” but have you tried “can’t feel my legs, trapped by 140 pounds of hound”?
December 5, 2024 at 2:20 AM
I respect “can’t pee, trapped by cat,” but have you tried “can’t feel my legs, trapped by 140 pounds of hound”?
I submit “hammertime” as a timeless call to celebrate potential and the joy of flow.
I also say it a dozen times a day because it’s my competition dog’s word to release from “stop” aka stay (he came with “you can’t touch this” pre-installed).
I also say it a dozen times a day because it’s my competition dog’s word to release from “stop” aka stay (he came with “you can’t touch this” pre-installed).
All these years later, I still haven't decided if MC Hammer was telling me that this very moment was the time to start hammering or if we were all of us living in the time of the hammer, collectively.
November 24, 2024 at 2:31 PM
I submit “hammertime” as a timeless call to celebrate potential and the joy of flow.
I also say it a dozen times a day because it’s my competition dog’s word to release from “stop” aka stay (he came with “you can’t touch this” pre-installed).
I also say it a dozen times a day because it’s my competition dog’s word to release from “stop” aka stay (he came with “you can’t touch this” pre-installed).
Forbidden Oreos
Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.
October 12, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Forbidden Oreos
Join me for this reading of #sciencefiction #fantasy and #horror via Zoom at 11 CDT/12 EDT! I'll be reading from "Warm Because They Toast Them," a Quizno's short horror, and giving away a digital copy of my Pushcart-nominated short story "FitYou."
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October 4, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Join me for this reading of #sciencefiction #fantasy and #horror via Zoom at 11 CDT/12 EDT! I'll be reading from "Warm Because They Toast Them," a Quizno's short horror, and giving away a digital copy of my Pushcart-nominated short story "FitYou."
www.eventbrite.com/e/9580753581...
www.eventbrite.com/e/9580753581...
One of the greatest things about puppies is experiencing their joy of discovery. For example, Fitz discovered two new things he likes to eat today:
✅ pickles
✅ highlighters
✅ yes, highlighters as in neon
colored marking pen that is
thankfully nontoxic
✅ pickles
✅ highlighters
✅ yes, highlighters as in neon
colored marking pen that is
thankfully nontoxic
August 30, 2024 at 5:42 PM
One of the greatest things about puppies is experiencing their joy of discovery. For example, Fitz discovered two new things he likes to eat today:
✅ pickles
✅ highlighters
✅ yes, highlighters as in neon
colored marking pen that is
thankfully nontoxic
✅ pickles
✅ highlighters
✅ yes, highlighters as in neon
colored marking pen that is
thankfully nontoxic
What in the actual Clerks
July 11, 2024 at 12:57 AM
What in the actual Clerks
Gonna suggest anyone who doesn’t *see* the vibrant Black food community in and around Illinois drop in on Living Fresh Market in Forest Park. Black-owned with Black-owned and minoritized brands from allll over. Yakult? No, sorry but they got Ya-Cool. Also Soul Vegan, local and UNBELIEVABLY good.
June 10, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Gonna suggest anyone who doesn’t *see* the vibrant Black food community in and around Illinois drop in on Living Fresh Market in Forest Park. Black-owned with Black-owned and minoritized brands from allll over. Yakult? No, sorry but they got Ya-Cool. Also Soul Vegan, local and UNBELIEVABLY good.
No one:
Absolutely no one:
90s club kids: the song that taught us the beat drop was a throwaway track in a vampire movie starring Wesley Snipes, anchoring a scene that symbolized the gilded excess of late 90s tech culture and presaged the dotcom bust
Absolutely no one:
90s club kids: the song that taught us the beat drop was a throwaway track in a vampire movie starring Wesley Snipes, anchoring a scene that symbolized the gilded excess of late 90s tech culture and presaged the dotcom bust
June 4, 2024 at 1:19 AM
No one:
Absolutely no one:
90s club kids: the song that taught us the beat drop was a throwaway track in a vampire movie starring Wesley Snipes, anchoring a scene that symbolized the gilded excess of late 90s tech culture and presaged the dotcom bust
Absolutely no one:
90s club kids: the song that taught us the beat drop was a throwaway track in a vampire movie starring Wesley Snipes, anchoring a scene that symbolized the gilded excess of late 90s tech culture and presaged the dotcom bust
Oh god they’re letting AI design piñatas now
It’s coming for our parties
It’s coming for our parties
May 21, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Oh god they’re letting AI design piñatas now
It’s coming for our parties
It’s coming for our parties
Reposted by Laura McPherson
[winces]
![This is not who we are as a campus community. When [NAME OF COLONIAL SLAVE OWNER] founded our college as a [SEMINARY / FARMING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TECHNICAL COLLEGE] in [YEAR OF FOUNDING WHEN NEITHER WOMEN NOR STUDENTS OF COLOR WERE ALLOWED TO ENROLL], he bravely coined our motto: [LATIN PLATITUDE THAT OVER THE YEARS HAS BECOME A RUNNING JOKE AMONG STUDENTS AND FACULTY]. These wise words have guided our mission ever since and rang in my ears as I called in the [CAMPUS POLICE / MUNICIPAL POLICE / NATIONAL GUARD / PRIVATE MILITIA HIGHERED BY BOOSTERS OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM] to use [EUPHEMISTIC REFERENCE TO MILITARY-GRADE WEAPONS] on the enemy infiltrators.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kok4aqdr3qnsj6ktfkq76kqz/bafkreifpqotcudffpkjhkzuabvx5regysymk2wdrnknk54invvmefvnjgu@jpeg)
May 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM
[winces]
Why can I not hab chocolate ice cream, mother
May 1, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Why can I not hab chocolate ice cream, mother
Did your family bamboozle you into getting a puppy? Hello. I am the dog lawyer, and you may be entitled to compensation
April 6, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Did your family bamboozle you into getting a puppy? Hello. I am the dog lawyer, and you may be entitled to compensation
His name, by the way, is Simon Arthur Henry Fitzranulph Basset the Hound. IYKYK
I adopted a puppy two weeks ago and I’ve said since day one he’s a born agility dog. Last night he climbed on top of his 40” crate ready to LAUNCH himself across the room and clear the baby gate, bought special with vertical bars after he climbed over the other kind. The criminal in question:
March 30, 2024 at 5:45 PM
His name, by the way, is Simon Arthur Henry Fitzranulph Basset the Hound. IYKYK
I adopted a puppy two weeks ago and I’ve said since day one he’s a born agility dog. Last night he climbed on top of his 40” crate ready to LAUNCH himself across the room and clear the baby gate, bought special with vertical bars after he climbed over the other kind. The criminal in question:
March 30, 2024 at 12:33 PM
I adopted a puppy two weeks ago and I’ve said since day one he’s a born agility dog. Last night he climbed on top of his 40” crate ready to LAUNCH himself across the room and clear the baby gate, bought special with vertical bars after he climbed over the other kind. The criminal in question: