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benjamingorman.bsky.social
Author, poet, former teacher, publisher at Not A Pipe Publishing, host of Writers Not Writing, intersectional feminist, anti-racist, SFWA member, (he/him). https://linktr.ee/benjamingorman
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On this episode, @benjamingorman.bsky.social gabs with Desiree Batiste, poet and author of SHIMMERING BRILLIANCE and THE SHAPING OF A DIAMOND. She shares some of her powerful poetry, and a lot more! bit.ly/WNWHome Ad-free version here: patreon.com/Benjamin...

On this episode, @benjamingorman.bsky.social gabs with Desiree Batiste, poet and author of SHIMMERING BRILLIANCE and THE SHAPING OF A DIAMOND. She shares some of her powerful poetry, and a lot more! bit.ly/WNWHome Ad-free version here: patreon.com/Benjamin...

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Trump illegally started a war and then TACOed it in less than a Scaramucci.

Thanks to Cat Winters, Martha Freeman, and other @authorsabb.bsky.social authors who organized and lobbied, the governor of Oregon just signed a great bill protecting books from bans! 1/

If you save this image to your phone, you'll have instructions in a scary moment.

The man prosecutes a war the same way he deals with a hurricane: Incompetence and wishful thinking.

From @theheatherashley.bsky.social : Ceasefire Timeline • Trump announces ceasefire on Truth Social. • CNN reports Iran got no proposal for a ceasefire. • CNN edits the article. • Reuters reports Israel has “no comment” on ceasefire. (Just wait. There's more.)

It seems I can't say this enough:

if you don’t want your ads to run next to nazi social media posts, the government says “too bad,” you have to.

so.... i have some big awesome news that i am so excited to share!!!!! i am going to write a book about sandwiches!!!!!!!!

Feeling down? Depressed? Hopeless? Consider nihilism! It doesn't mean you'll feel better, but it doesn't mean anything else, either!

DEAR AMERICA: A BREAKUP LETTER Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option. In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess. Get yours today! bit.ly/DAABL

This is great campaign messaging. No wonder the establishment is so shook.

i almost can’t read this it makes me so angry. delusional grifters with purity fetishes and eugenic worldviews have brought pain, suffering and death to children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

They fund terrorism and rogue governments, oppress their own people, make decisions based on religious fundamentalism, and have nuclear weapons. They are a danger to everyone, so I strongly support regime change in the United States.

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

no accidents

A casino invents a new game. Everyone who plays pays an ante. The longer it goes on, the more they pay, but based on strategy and luck, some lose less than others. It’s not fun. It’s miserable. At the end...

6. No one wins a war. One side may lose less than the other, but both lose.

Congress? You awake?

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

War What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again, y'all

Final Progress Report for my dawn-to-dusk #WritingAgainstTheDarkness marathon for the Alzheimer’s Association's annual #TheLongestDay fundraiser: 13,195 words added to my WIP. Please donate at bit.ly/benswatd

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Progress Report #4 for my #WritingAgainstTheDarkness marathon to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association's annual #TheLongestDay fundraiser, with a special shout-out to someone who inspires me, Aidan Wendring! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjvhHA18/

Progress Report #3 So far, 6,826 words written in my #WritingAgainstTheDarkness marathon to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association's #TheLongestDay fundraiser. Less than 7 hours to go. Wish me luck (and make a donation): bit.ly/benswatd

On this episode, Benjamin Gorman ( @benjamingorman.bsky.social ) gabs with Doug the Producer about how creating art is an antifascist action, diversity of tactics, and living in “these times.” bit.ly/WNWHome Ad-free version here: patreon.com/Benjamin...

Progress Report #2 for the @alzassociation.bsky.social 's #TheLongestDay #WritingAgainstTheDarkness. 3,089 words and going strong. Please donate for care for families and research for a cure. bit.ly/benswatd

Progress Report! 2 hours into my #WritingAgainstTheDarkness fundraiser for the @alzassociation.bsky.social's #TheLongestDay. 1,382 words. Slow start but loving the story. Please donate at bit.ly/benswatd

About to start my #WritingAgainstTheDarkness marathon for the @alzassociation.bsky.social’s annual #TheLongestDay fundraiser. Please donate what you can for care and a cure, and wish me luck! bit.ly/benswatd

On this episode, Benjamin Gorman ( @benjamingorman.bsky.social ) gabs with Doug the Producer about how creating art is an antifascist action, diversity of tactics, and living in “these times.” bit.ly/WNWHome Ad-free version here: patreon.com/Benjamin...

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Please remember, when they tell you to ban books or drag shows for "the kids": Kids lives or fun times at the range? They choose guns. Kids having food or tax cuts? Tax cuts. Ask them what they sacrificed that they actually like. It's just stuff they hate. "The kids" is always a pretext.

BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional. We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

After 4 hours, my word count is 5334, and donations total, $742! That's almost half of my total goal. The book draft is a chaotic mess but a lot of fun #TheLongestDay #WritingAgainstTheDarkness act.alz.org/goto/KarenEi...

Congrats everyone. We did it.