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Writer. Local gingersquatch sauntering into a wood near you. Serializing my novel WHISPERS OF INK.

NEW STORY DAY “Not Like Other Girls” is now out in ebook and @reactorsff.bsky.social A creature wearing a woman’s body becomes a lonely man’s girlfriend, but the woman suit and his interest start to rot. Art: A.W. Sommers Design: Jess Kiley Editor: Ann VanderMeer reactormag.com/not-like-oth...

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A creature wearing a woman’s body becomes a lonely man’s girlfriend, but the woman suit and his interest start to rot.

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it's gotta be embarrassing to be a shortstop and explain to people what you do. yeah i'm an infielder. no i'm not the guy who throws it. no i don't have my own base. huh? no no, it's totally cool with ballpark security, they told me i can stand out there. hm? no, not "sportstop." shortstop. mhm

becoming a parent has turned out to be a great excuse to learn the entire alphabet. sometimes he’ll ask me what a letter is and i’m like well shit, bubba. let’s find out together

It's Little Tiny Ass Dick Month. If you celebrate, you probably got a stupid ass nasty little dick. Go fuck your self

One of the things that would really help a lot of people in a lot of ways is being taught to identify scams in schools. It wouldn't just stop fraud, which is already completely out of control, but destroy the business models of a lot of awful people.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last wk.

Wrote about the Masculinity Scam, or how selling reactionary ideas about what makes a man helps a small number of bad people profit and makes everyone else (including men) miserable www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Over the past 10 years, the misogyny of the manosphere has become more open and strident, but the big innovation seems to have been combining that conspiratorial misogyny with earnest self-help advice. Heartbreak and rejection leave people emotionally vulnerable, and the manosphere pitch often comes paired with benign advice about standing up for yourself, being mentally tough, or becoming physically active. But getting yourself together with the expectation that soon everyone you meet will be forced to respect you inevitably leads to disappointment.

When that disappointment sets in, the manosphere has an explanation: Can’t find a girlfriend? It’s because women who make their own living can no longer be forced into marrying guys they don’t like. Can’t find a job? It’s because undeserving women and minorities are being picked instead of you, even though you’re better. Feel bad about yourself? It’s because our feminized society deprived you of a life of meaningful toil, military adventure, and elevated social status. It is a bleak view of the world, a kind of male doomerism in which a meaningful life can be found only in the domination and exploitation of others.

A lot of left people who are still on Twitter have totally lost it but they honestly have nothing on the liberals who keep hanging out there. The centrist guy who made that "firebomb a walmart" tweet just makes sponsored posts for Kalshi now