Congratulations, Jordan! “Jordan Harper’s new novel proves noir can still channel the crises and neuroses of the moment.”
Ashley Gable@ashleygable.bsky.social · 4w agoBobby Mathews
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Author: NEGATIVE TILT: STORIES (2024), MAGIC CITY BLUES (2023), LIVING THE GIMMICK (2022), Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024, Anthony Award nominee, Derringer Award winner. Unrelentingly weird.
Ashley Gable@ashleygable.bsky.social · 4w ago
"They've done everything possible to eliminate us" — Iran captain Mehdi Taremi unleashes on FIFA and U.S. organizers
this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...
Child protective services ripped a 14-year-old from her home to stop her from leaving the state for an abortion. They also threatened her mother with murder charges and the removal of her other child if they crossed state lines for care. So please don't tell me Republicans aren't banning travel.
Exclusive: She Helped Plan Her Teen's Abortion, So CPS Took Her Daughter Away
Child protective services is being used as an anti-abortion weapon in banned and pro-choice states
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I started Civil Discourse so people who care about democracy aren’t forced to rely on headlines & hot takes. My newsletter gives you legal & historical context. It lets you decide for yourself what matters & why. If that soubds helpful, check it out: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
“Huge internal concern” among CBS staff over that “internal bleeding” story. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
![The network’s top editor, Bari Weiss, expressed a high level of interest in the story on an editorial call Wednesday morning, according to staffers who listened.
“There was big internal dissension about the ‘internal bleeding’ report here last night,” the CBS News staffer, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said . “It was viewed as a thinly-veiled, anonymous leak by [the Trump administration] to someone who’d carry it online.”
“Felt to many here like we were carrying water for the admin’s justifying of the shooting to keep our access to our sources,” said a second network staffer, who was also not authorized to comment.
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Very excited for you all to read my short story “Dos Caras” in this one and always happy to be in a collection with folks like @nkolakowski.bsky.social & @bamawriter.bsky.social
Dark Waters Podcast@darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social · 8mo agoOUR COVER! Dark Waters Vol 3🖤 Details coming, available this month 📚 Also on Spotify Nick Kolakowski Bobby Mathews Julianna Suderman Meagan Lucas Nils Gilbertson Autumn Bettinger James Queally Zary Fekete Colleen Quinn Madeleine Schneider Charis Negley Mike Zimmerman Ash Egan Jamie Anderson
BIG NEWS!!!!
Ruadán Books@ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe're delighted to announce that we will be publishing a new anthology from @libbycudmore.bsky.social and @nmamatas.bsky.social: THE BLACK TAPES! Get more details in the press release for The Black Tapes: Haunting Tales of Lost and Dead Media: 📼 links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr #BookSky
We're delighted to announce that we will be publishing a new anthology from @libbycudmore.bsky.social and @nmamatas.bsky.social: THE BLACK TAPES! Get more details in the press release for The Black Tapes: Haunting Tales of Lost and Dead Media: 📼 links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr #BookSky
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
when the AI bubble bursts, remember your worth and how little regard they had for you when they let you go to save money.
NEW: President Trump mentioned over 1,000 times in Epstein files, more than anyone else. (gift) www.miamiherald.com/article31290...
Epstein files reveal his obsession with Trump
The president is mentioned over a thousand times in sex trafficker’s emails
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The question everyone is asking right now is this: NYT had deep access into all of this in real time and reported none of it. Why? In consequence, no NYT reporting on this subject is trustworthy.
After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’
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If you are a mental health professional, differentiating between pedophilia and ephebophilia is crucial in helping you diagnose patients and build workable solutions for them to make sure that they never act on their desires. If you're literally anyone else, what the fuck is wrong with you.
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
I was a guest on WWE Hall of Famers' Jerry Brisco and John Bradshaw Layfield's podcast. Just went live. Check it out: youtu.be/dln0nol5US8?...
Author Bobby Matthews *New Episode* Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw
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The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.
we're seeing it in slow motion every day anyway.
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe can now watch the United States explode and sink beneath the ocean live!
Libertarians standing around not doing anything (which is on-brand) Then this guy hits them from a thousand yards away with a perfect sniper shot.
Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)@kleinman.bsky.social · 9mo agoKind of feel bad for all the libertarians who lost interest in the game once it hit 18
it's cool to see that this game's starting pitcher is still hanging in there
that play at 2B wasn't as bad as Kent Hrbek lifting Ron Gant's foot off of first base in the 1991 World series, but that's only because Hrbek is a bitch-ass cheating motherfucker.
If you are in the Birmingham AL area, go see Bobby! And tell him I sent you. Then tell him how amazing he is. Cuz Bobby is fucking amazing.
Bobby Mathews@bamawriter.bsky.social · 10mo agoHey hey, it's the day of the event. If you're in the Birmingham metro area, come say hi at the Hoover Public Library at 3 p.m. I'll be reading a couple of stories, talking about why I write about the South, and giving away a few books!
