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costakout.bsky.social
Weird writer, old punk. Sci-fi, fantasy, crime, horror, everything in between. I also run the crime/noir webzine @the-means-at-hand.bsky.social. He/Him. costak.wordpress.com
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As much as I love a good paper and read scholarly works as regularly as I can, it's important to note they're largely semi-public chapters in ongoing discussions about complex topics/theses, not necessarily a "final word"about said complex topic/thesis.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

I mean he said the Segway scooter was "as big a deal as the PC" so good chance he would have been a sucker for this too

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

God this guy fucking sucks so bad. Fuck Barstool, and fuck the nerds working there.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

You should read THE MARIGOLD, or any other Andrew F Sullivan joint, for a wet juicy time.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

It’s a beautiful hot sunny late Sunday afternoon; and you know what comes to mind on a day like this?

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

GodDAMMIT and now I just emailed some reading/research to myself to get to later

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This is one of several incredibly-niche complaints I am having about things right now and it's not the biggest peeve to have, but that looks like an unpainted Roman statue (or a late-era antiquities Greek one maybe?).

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Oh hi, what’s up niche essay idea no one will want that I feel could actually be good

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

NYC, if you want Mamdani instead of Cuomo or Adams as your mayor, RIGHT NOW is the time to call all of your Democratic reps - local and national - and demand they back Mamdani. They need to hear from us RIGHT NOW. Find your reps here: reps.nyc www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/p...

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

one week left to grab some RS grade smut!

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I like to bring up character actors that I think we could all stand to cherish a bit more and in that vein: Wayne Knight! it feels like this guy was EVERYWHERE in the '90s and anytime he shows up he always has such a great spot, he's absolutely a "no small rolls" type

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

By the way, the crime/noir fiction publication I run, The Means At Hand (@the-means-at-hand.bsky.social) is always open for submission! Essays, reviews, articles, and short fiction about and related to noir. Submit now!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Oh wow did you hear global jihad? No no, I said he supports global yeehaw

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By the way, the crime/noir fiction publication I run, The Means At Hand (@the-means-at-hand.bsky.social) is always open for submission! Essays, reviews, articles, and short fiction about and related to noir. Submit now!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I've been hyping up FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE for a while, but my slow-ass has finally lettered the first issue! Check it out by becoming a Patron! And it's not just a sneak-peek/progress-log! You also get literal years worth of stories, scripts, and behind the scenes stuff! #indiecomics #webcomics

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I need people who do newsletters of essays and short stories to a) have clear names for them and b) stop changing these named things to something short and nonsensical so that when it appears in my inbox, I don’t fucking know what it is.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Breakfast in the park today.

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ICYMI--we're running a discount through the end of this week in celebration of hitting 6K followers!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Whiny rich NYers threatening to self-exile just made me connect the dots between them, do-nothing Galters and those people who threatened to quit "forever" every couple weeks back in the forum days

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

We are finally watching AGATHA ALL ALONG because why not, and honestly, it’s not bad. The Patti LuPone-centric episode though? That was really good!

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments