I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
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The Trump administration used Benny Johnson's claims that his house was "burned to the ground" and that "people were murdered in my front yard" to justify its federal takeover of DC. @kenbensinger.bsky.social found out that Johnson made it all up. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
How to report on Nazis. And it's real, I checked thenightly.com.au/editions
the only Trump announcement I care about is one he won't be able to give 🤷🏻♀️
if you wrote the words "allegorically," "polysyllabic," and "hillbilly" 25 times each you would still have fewer Ls than the Trump administration
It keeps going: they're both ecological disasters. They're costing us tons of money. They both have deeply-ingrained bigotry they spew out randomly. Sometimes they make zero fucking sense and just ipsum lorem a bunch of mouthshart. They're breaking everything. They have cults forming around them.
Parallels between Trump and AI are endless. Both overpromise, underdeliver. They put people out of jobs. They lie and steal constantly. They think they know way more than they do. Both backed by techbro billionaires. Neither are any fucking good at their job. And everywhere you turn, there they are.
#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12: georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
Fell off a cliff? Or… pushed off a cliff?
I wrote a fun, heartwarming, Halloween season book for you. Yes, it's called SHITSHOW. It's out today from @sobelobooks.bsky.social. Promise I'll shut up about it soon. But if "Latrine technician vs. Dark Carnival" spooks your fancy you can order it now. sobelobooks.com/shop/p/shits...
A1 above the fold in the @nytimes.com. The message is getting through. Keep pushing everyone. We can save the #CDC, save the #NIH from the clutches of #RussellVought #StephenMiller and #DonaldTrump. Keep the pressure up on your members of Congress and the media (letters to editors, op-eds).
LOSS: The 5th Circuit upholds parts of a Texas voter suppression law that restrict how people can assist voters in casting ballots, reversing a lower court decision that found the provisions violated Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act.
New story w/ @hilaryburns.bsky.social: A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
Pennsylvania Democrats Attract Some Buzz in the Party’s Bid to Take Back the US House | Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, 45, is viewed by party operatives as a rising star in Pennsylvania. She will try to unseat Republican freshman Rep. Rob Bresnahan.
Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice
The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering
This is glorious
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
I think FAST AND FURIOUS: JFC was the 13th installment
Beautiful reel for THE INVISIBLE PARADE. Published by @littlebrownyr.bsky.social. Reel produced by Hachette.
Some insiders have theorized that the White House installed Fugate to oversee a pivot away from traditional counterterrorism and to steer resources toward MAGA-friendly sheriffs and border security projects before eventually shuttering operations. (Published June)
Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.
One of the great character actors. The screen always lit up when he walked on. There was a kindness about him mixed with humor that you can't fake. Just one of those greats who always made every film or TV show he was in better.
Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. “I don’t know what to say at this point,” he said. “I can’t defend what Israel is doing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
You know how sometimes we find toxic waste that’s been haphazardly dumped decades ago and think, “what the fuck were they thinking?” That’s how the future will think about almost everything we’re doing in 2025.
Oh that would be rad
"Blueskyism" helped make The Onion one of the largest newspapers in the world in less than a year. If we had spent all of our time on Twitter, we'd be poorer, dumber and terminally ill with internet poisoning. He's just angry he's wasting away over there in a nazi agnostic lane that doesn't exist.
Thanks for the head’s up on this!
Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social is VERY MUCH worth your time. Meticulously researched and incredibly well-written, it exposes the ecological and labor exploitation of an industry that needs to be regulated. Or dismantled. Labor Day is a perfect day to start it. bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
Drove 4 hours thru remote NW Maine to do the Eagle Lake Ghost Train hike yesterday. It was quite the adventure! #maine #newengland #photography #outdoors #outdoorphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #hike #hiking #train #ghosttrains #allagash #allagashghosttrains
Where's your God now?
You guys see where this is going? Right?
Wow, Vance is throwing the guy out in pieces Just kidding it’s probably just some, uh, stainy couch cushions
*writes you a check*
Grand Junction by @chuckwendig.bsky.social starts out hopeful. Makes you feel comfortable decades after civilization collapsed. Don't let yourself feel comfortable.
Marvel wasn't seeing a dime from me outside of Ultimates, and it seems that will continue to be the case. "I know this is dangerous, but look how quirky this is 🤪" is a piss poor take from one of your lead editors and shows zero commitment to defend the artists you're working with. Shame and ugly.
AI grifter scammed their way into Dragon Con. The staff had them escorted out, lmao you love to see it
This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
Donald Trump is the executive producer of every news show in America
Finally got my hold for The Staircase in the Woods! 11 weeks and very worth it so far. I love @chuckwendig.bsky.social's work. It makes me want to make things, which is some of the highest praise I can give.
Aw hey thanks! Hope you dig the book!
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine, announced a bid for the seat of incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins. His goal? To “claw back wealth that was created by the labor and the consumption of working class Americans who have not shared in the riches they helped build.”
Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right. Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)". Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Just finished this one by @chuckwendig.bsky.social . Such a fun and unique ride. Staircases in the middle of nowhere. Haunted house where the rooms never stay the same. If you like feeling claustrophobic with a heaping side of anxiety, this needs to be your next read.
NEW: A week or so ago, one federal agent kept popping up in videos from Trump's violent DC crackdown—so @jsweetli.bsky.social and I investigated. Turns out he's a 26-year-old US Parks Police officer, a lesser known law enforcement unit currently championed by Interior Sec. Doug Burnum. Our report:
it’s three years away, Toads
at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.
Ohhh my
Bleak: www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Still, you gotta admit the one thing that always works is scolding the electorate to suck it up instead of demanding better candidates, it never ever fails and has worked literally every time and *holds finger to ear* hold on I’m receiving new information
MORE: Judge Sooknanan order DOJ to file yet another status report. She sets 10:45 pm deadline for Ensign to address whether all of the children have been returned to ORR custody.
JUST IN: Judge who blocked the transfer of about 600 Guatemalan minors from US to Guatemala Sunday is keeping a very tight leash on the government. Echoes of Alien Enemies Act litigation simply deafening here. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Hey hope you enjoy it!
Congrats!!
dang what an honor to announce that BURY YOUR GAYS has won the DRAGON AWARD for BEST HORROR NOVEL OF THE YEAR thank you so much buckaroos. full list of winners is here file770.com/2025-dragon-... if you have not yet read it yet then get bury your gays here us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
"We're going to need a story about this accident. Say he was helping a woman. That should work. Also, is he wearing pants? Make sure he's wearing pants."
Every single US city needs to do this, and enforce it.
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
LOTERÍA is back and in all Barnes & Noble stores on Tuesday. Do not underestimate what can happen when you stay focused on your goals, keep writing, and know that you are worthy of living the life you want. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cynth...
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
This is allegedly a movie review but really it's just a short essay on being alive vajra.me/2025/08/31/p...
The CDC quietly did lots of work that keeps everyone safe. RFK ruining it is something that can negatively impact the health of millions of people. It’s both tragic and scary. www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
We're excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity page is now LIVE on Itch. Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
Got it!
They're actively targeting creators who call in & banning them, making it even more important to call if you're a customer & not a creator Tell them they shouldn't be dictating how you get to spend the money you put your blood, sweat, and tears into earning
Helen Pigglesby and Last Train to Saturday
yes that’s my point
Antarctica is in extreme peril. "Abrupt changes" threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, a new study finds. grist.org/climate/anta... #Climate #Antarctica #Heat #Ocean #Water #Seas #Artic
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
(Remember when our president called other countries “shithole?”)
I get some emails about that, lemme tell you. I knew it was gonna freak people out because it freaked ME out
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
A Senator of the United States of America says that he was refused the ability to see Gaza for himself as part of a Jordanian aerial mission over the occupied territory.
This seems weirdly unsustainable at first, but it's OK because we're building a Dyson sphere around the solar system to host it.
🍏🍏🍏🦷🦷🦷
for sure
holy shit
CHICAGO…
RECENT SCOTUS RULINGS ARE A REMINDER OF HOW IMPORTANT JUDGES ARE. 📣 #Pennsylvania has 3 Dem State Supreme Court Justices up for retention this fall. Help keep them on the bench! There's also seats up in #WI & #NC next year. Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/state...
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hey thank you!!
Orchard horror by @chuckwendig.bsky.social is creepy as hell & eerily familiar, with people seeing neighbors & loved ones lose themselves to cruelty, hubris & hate, becoming monstrous by choice. Maybe there will always be bad apples among humans. But that doesn't mean the bad apples always win 🍎
here in Pennsylvania one Republican senator has blocked Dem attempts to bail out SEPTA, completely fucking over greater Philly, even if the state wanted to jack up taxes by what like 50%? to replace Medicaid cuts he would block that too
EDMONTON: HELP Mayday mayday SOS: both Fiasco and Franca have gotten out of the house through a busted window screen and the back gate was found open by my catsitter I am VERY FAR AWAY! If you are in the Highlands region can you keep your eye out
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.” This is on Trump. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
you can put away the champagne
Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
Listen I’m sure he just fell asleep in a sunbeam somewhere dreaming of inhuman deportation techniques, or accidentally glued himself to one of his golden toilets with his own orange clown makeup, but we can all have a little happy hope in our hearts it ends up being something else, can’t we?
this is the way SQUIRRELTOK
melania constantly refreshing the tl
Live your life so that people don’t consider rumors of your death a form of edging.
PSSST you can get @chuckwendig.bsky.social on loan via the U.S. library app Libby. Look up your local library and get an account going for free!
The tariffs do seem to affect LEGO's whole supply chain though, they've had to increase prices of the new sets that came out this summer. So Trump is taking LEGO for sure.
Zen Faulkes 