Tom Carlisle
@tjcarlisle.bsky.social
author of horrible things. One part John Steinbeck, two parts R.L. Stine.
my latest book is MARGINAL (Titan Books)... think of it like THE SUBSTANCE for people who read too many productivity books
my latest book is MARGINAL (Titan Books)... think of it like THE SUBSTANCE for people who read too many productivity books
I'm as open to a long sentence as the next man, but "during winter break from Bennington at a casual dinner with a few friends at La Scala Boutique in Beverley Hills in the months preceding Ron Levin's murder at the hands of BBC's security director that Joe ordered" is far too long a clause
April 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I'm as open to a long sentence as the next man, but "during winter break from Bennington at a casual dinner with a few friends at La Scala Boutique in Beverley Hills in the months preceding Ron Levin's murder at the hands of BBC's security director that Joe ordered" is far too long a clause
IDK whether Sarah Wynn-Williams revelations about Facebook in CARELESS PEOPLE are worth the asking price, but I can confirm that her story of being bitten by a shark as a thirteen year old and then told to "get over it" by her parents while she vomited blood is... really something
March 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
IDK whether Sarah Wynn-Williams revelations about Facebook in CARELESS PEOPLE are worth the asking price, but I can confirm that her story of being bitten by a shark as a thirteen year old and then told to "get over it" by her parents while she vomited blood is... really something
Sheer delight
@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social Misspoke just now and the result was I wanted to look up if there are any penguins in coats of arms. God bless the Wikipedia editor who put together this category ❤️ 🐧https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Penguins_in_heraldry
Category:Penguins in heraldry - Wikimedia Commons
commons.m.wikimedia.org
February 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sheer delight
Inadvertently made Severance 400% more harrowing by watching it at the same time as Parks and Recreation. Ben Wyatt was so happy, and they broke him.
February 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Inadvertently made Severance 400% more harrowing by watching it at the same time as Parks and Recreation. Ben Wyatt was so happy, and they broke him.
Radicalised into buying the fancy butter by Asako Yuzuki
February 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Radicalised into buying the fancy butter by Asako Yuzuki
NGL the main thing I've got from reading The Power Broker so far is a desire to watch Parks and Recreation again
a woman standing in front of a laptop with the word boom on the screen
ALT: a woman standing in front of a laptop with the word boom on the screen
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
NGL the main thing I've got from reading The Power Broker so far is a desire to watch Parks and Recreation again
Had forgotten how much the makers of Severance made up Adam Scott to look like someone melted Tom Cruise like a candle
February 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Had forgotten how much the makers of Severance made up Adam Scott to look like someone melted Tom Cruise like a candle
Staggered by this month's re-read of Middlemarch. Incredibly timely and insightful: even more so than I remembered. I suspect it's been enhanced by my own experiences over the past decade.
It really is one of the all time greats: if you haven't tackled it yet, don't delay.
It really is one of the all time greats: if you haven't tackled it yet, don't delay.
February 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Staggered by this month's re-read of Middlemarch. Incredibly timely and insightful: even more so than I remembered. I suspect it's been enhanced by my own experiences over the past decade.
It really is one of the all time greats: if you haven't tackled it yet, don't delay.
It really is one of the all time greats: if you haven't tackled it yet, don't delay.
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New essay from me today on the false binary between belonging and hospitality, distinctive identities and wide open arms.
morefullyalive.substack.com/p/deep-roots...
morefullyalive.substack.com/p/deep-roots...
February 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New essay from me today on the false binary between belonging and hospitality, distinctive identities and wide open arms.
morefullyalive.substack.com/p/deep-roots...
morefullyalive.substack.com/p/deep-roots...
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I CAN FINALLY SHARE THE MOST GORGEOUS BOOK COVER REVEAL ARGH!
I am BESOTTED 😍
ROOTS OF MY FEARS, an anthology of ancestral horror stories edited by me.
Featuring: Onoh, Iglesias, Mohamed, Campbell, Piper AND MORE! Full TOC in next post.
Out September, Titan. Cover: Julia Lloyd.
shorturl.at/AzMj8
I am BESOTTED 😍
ROOTS OF MY FEARS, an anthology of ancestral horror stories edited by me.
Featuring: Onoh, Iglesias, Mohamed, Campbell, Piper AND MORE! Full TOC in next post.
Out September, Titan. Cover: Julia Lloyd.
shorturl.at/AzMj8
February 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I CAN FINALLY SHARE THE MOST GORGEOUS BOOK COVER REVEAL ARGH!
I am BESOTTED 😍
ROOTS OF MY FEARS, an anthology of ancestral horror stories edited by me.
Featuring: Onoh, Iglesias, Mohamed, Campbell, Piper AND MORE! Full TOC in next post.
Out September, Titan. Cover: Julia Lloyd.
shorturl.at/AzMj8
I am BESOTTED 😍
ROOTS OF MY FEARS, an anthology of ancestral horror stories edited by me.
Featuring: Onoh, Iglesias, Mohamed, Campbell, Piper AND MORE! Full TOC in next post.
Out September, Titan. Cover: Julia Lloyd.
shorturl.at/AzMj8
WALL-E as an expression of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism
February 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
WALL-E as an expression of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism
Bought some crusty white bread for lunch at the recommendation of @stuckinabook.bsky.social. It's disappointing
I am not alone @tjcarlisle.bsky.social! I maintain that sourdough does nothing that crusty white bread wasn't already doing better.
How did Big Sourdough Corp achieve such bread dominance? It’s expensive, chewy, butter falls through the holes and it’s gum-endangeringly sharp when toasted. Let’s start the anti-sourdough fightback
February 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Bought some crusty white bread for lunch at the recommendation of @stuckinabook.bsky.social. It's disappointing
Huh. And there was me thinking every UK school kid was definitely vaccinated against TB.
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Huh. And there was me thinking every UK school kid was definitely vaccinated against TB.
This isn't the place for sincerity, I get that. But still. Existential philosophy might be the way back for us. It's what we need right now
January 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This isn't the place for sincerity, I get that. But still. Existential philosophy might be the way back for us. It's what we need right now
This is incredible
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is incredible
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me, sobbing: please stop, you can’t just call every single fiscal decision a tax
the telegraph, pointing to a written commons statement: tax
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
the telegraph, pointing to a written commons statement: tax
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Labour introduces ‘worship tax’ as it cuts funds to save crumbling churches
Concern limits imposed on repair scheme will ‘hammer historic buildings’, with nearly 1,000 facing imminent risk of closure
telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
me, sobbing: please stop, you can’t just call every single fiscal decision a tax
the telegraph, pointing to a written commons statement: tax
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
the telegraph, pointing to a written commons statement: tax
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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My "I am no longer injecting my son's blood" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
January 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My "I am no longer injecting my son's blood" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
seriously considering making a home media server and digitising my entire DVD collection instead of getting up from the sofa and putting a DVD in the machine
January 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
seriously considering making a home media server and digitising my entire DVD collection instead of getting up from the sofa and putting a DVD in the machine
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Lo, the hosts of evil round us
scorn thy Christ, assail his ways.
From the fears that long have bound us
free our hearts to faith and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage
for the living of these days,
for the living of these days.
scorn thy Christ, assail his ways.
From the fears that long have bound us
free our hearts to faith and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage
for the living of these days,
for the living of these days.
January 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Lo, the hosts of evil round us
scorn thy Christ, assail his ways.
From the fears that long have bound us
free our hearts to faith and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage
for the living of these days,
for the living of these days.
scorn thy Christ, assail his ways.
From the fears that long have bound us
free our hearts to faith and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage
for the living of these days,
for the living of these days.
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It's nearly Candlemas. I know most of you neither know nor care about Candlemas (a feast celebrating the presentation of Christ) but you know what you do need? Something to celebrate in this bleak stretch between Christmas and actual daylight. So light a damn candle and have dinner with your friends
January 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It's nearly Candlemas. I know most of you neither know nor care about Candlemas (a feast celebrating the presentation of Christ) but you know what you do need? Something to celebrate in this bleak stretch between Christmas and actual daylight. So light a damn candle and have dinner with your friends
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i will avenge you LUCA GUADAGNINO!
i will save you TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS!
I will kill you EMILIA PÉREZ!
i will save you TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS!
I will kill you EMILIA PÉREZ!
January 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
i will avenge you LUCA GUADAGNINO!
i will save you TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS!
I will kill you EMILIA PÉREZ!
i will save you TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS!
I will kill you EMILIA PÉREZ!
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A Jesus in and among the oppressed who subverts our assumptions about power over others is transformative enough to heal the harm caused by hierarchy and liberate toward wholeness. But a Jesus who exercises top down power has nothing transformative to say or model to us.
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
January 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A Jesus in and among the oppressed who subverts our assumptions about power over others is transformative enough to heal the harm caused by hierarchy and liberate toward wholeness. But a Jesus who exercises top down power has nothing transformative to say or model to us.
ugh I know bluesky is better than the bad place, I do know that, but I still find myself thinking most days, "why I am I doing this, why am I here, what is the point"
anyway back to reading Sartre
anyway back to reading Sartre
January 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
ugh I know bluesky is better than the bad place, I do know that, but I still find myself thinking most days, "why I am I doing this, why am I here, what is the point"
anyway back to reading Sartre
anyway back to reading Sartre
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Hello TikTok users, please know that it’s a federal offense to sign up for Bluesky if you’re not 38 years old. In fact, if you’re reading this while not being 38, the police are already on their way. Please set down your phone and wait for the authorities to arrive. Thank you.
January 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Hello TikTok users, please know that it’s a federal offense to sign up for Bluesky if you’re not 38 years old. In fact, if you’re reading this while not being 38, the police are already on their way. Please set down your phone and wait for the authorities to arrive. Thank you.