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Kirsten Bakis
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Author: King Nyx, Lives of the Monster Dogs. Awards: Bram Stoker, Whiting, Sustainable Arts. Finalist Women's Prize for Fiction. Rep: Janklow & Nesbit. Teach@Yale Writers Workshop. 🌱 💚 she/they
I'm worried that Mitch McConnell may be too frail to keep destroying democracy
A strange voice from far away said, “PRESENTING THE GREATEST TOAD IN ALL THE WORLD!”
The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h agoTrump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"
I have had some great teachers in this life, and she was the one who taught me what I could call the survival techniques to being a writer. I wouldn't have made it this far without her. I'm grateful to her, for her. Rest in peace, Annie.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 16h agoBreaking News: Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the modern classic “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” has died at 81.
I will just add that when I wrote about being Annie Dillard's student, I tried to rescue her class from being lost, as it were. Such as I could. I've taught a lot of what she taught me over the years and most of it has held up.
Alexander Chee@alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16h agoI wrote about being Annie Dillard's student at Wesleyan in the spring of my last year in college for Elizabeth Benedict's Mentors and Monsters anthology, and The Morning News: themorningnews.org/annie-dillar...
You've heard of muffins But not muffouts Cause nobody makes it out alive Snuffmuff. (In theaters spring 2027)
This is wild to me. Honestly makes you look lazy as hell and like you don't take your job seriously. People who see the work they do as a hustle and nothing more. Every creative I know would sooner drink bleach than allow AI to do their work. Writers, visual artists, musicians.
Dan Hirschman@asociologist.bsky.social · 2d agoThe rapid growth of LLM writing in Econ. From this post with lots of details on how Pangram works for this kind of assessment. paulgp.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...
Republican-coded antisemitism is okay with them, apparently.
gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d agoI asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Everich tyme Ich have to do a bunche of worke Ich saye to myself "Lo, now it ys tyme to go to the citye of funne." Alas, the charme hath no power. The citye of funne ys a lie.
It's Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet week! We only adopt cats that are "less adoptable" due to FIV and I've known countless amazing cats at the shelter that were overlooked for too long due to age, medical issues, or behavioral challenges. Please consider the "less adoptables" if you can!
Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc@blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 3d agoAdopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week! 🐱💙 Seniors, black cats, those with medical needs, and bonded pairs are often overlooked. They deserve love too. Adopt, share, or support your local shelter today! #AdoptALessAdoptablePetWeek
The most exciting job in the Senate is the proof of life coordinator
MITCH MCCONNELL TO REPLACE MACKLEMORE ON ED SHEERAN TOUR
Triumphantly returning from Medbed Hypersleep to cast a vote on the Rural Hospital Abolition Act. That's beautiful.
WKYT@wkyt.com · 2d agoMitch McConnell in a social media post said that he will return to the Senate floor and cast his first vote since his hospitalization in June. See more: https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/14/mcconnell-confirms-he-will-return-senate-cast-first-vote-since-hospitalization/
Sunbeam enjoyer. ⛅️ Photo from my collection, ca. 1970s.
Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says"
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I’m a one-issue voter in 2028, and one of my many one issues is ICE trials. Every single murderous thug.
Death’s Other Kingdom: Horror Tales of WWI is on sale for 99 cents this week at Amazon US & UK. mybook.to/WWI
BN Book Haul: All Hallows Eve First edition hardcover edited by Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social Stories from Josh Malerman @joshmalerman.bsky.social SGJ @stephengrahamjones.com Alma Katsu @almakatsu.bsky.social CMC @claymcleod.bsky.social Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social And so many more
We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.
I will though. I’m planning a heist. My plan: get a library card, check out the book, read it, take careful notes, return the book on time, and KEEP THE KNOWLEDGE FOREVER FOR FREE HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA #EvilVillainLaugh
Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 4d agoYou know what gets a library perpetual access to a book??? Purchasing the physical book. I guarantee the publisher won’t come steal it back!!!
The one and only AI "slowdown" or "pause" is companies realizing that frontier-capability + massive compute = a need to truly prioritize guardrails and instruction-following before their models walk them into liability that bankrupts them. Everything else is cynical and fake.
SE Gyges@segyges.bsky.social · 4d agoit would be great if they all instituted actual, reasonable audits by actually neutral parties. i don't care if they slow down, and probably prefer they don't. i don't actually believe either thing will happen
This is an amazing interview with @mguariglia.bsky.social on all things surveillance. I could definitely use a book tracing fingerprints to Flock.
Matthew Guariglia@mguariglia.bsky.social · 6d agoReally happy to say that today's episode of @npr.org's Code Switch is wide reaching interview with me about the current state of police surveillance, the harms being caused by this system, and the deep history of how we got here.
“why are all the ai ceos all of a sudden saying this weird thing?” burning man was last week and this may actually just be the explanation
(concerned reporter voice, talking to candidate) What is your message to stupid jerks who will never vote for you