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Author: NEGATIVE TILT: STORIES (2024), MAGIC CITY BLUES (2023), LIVING THE GIMMICK (2022), Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024, Anthony Award nominee, Derringer Award winner. Unrelentingly weird.
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Here’s some 📚’s I liked. Go on, get some @blacktopkid.bsky.social @nkolakowski.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @bamawriter.bsky.social @angelluiscolon.com @steveweddle.bsky.social @pauljgarth.bsky.social @vondoviak.bsky.social @curtisippolito.bsky.social @nikkidolson.bsky.social & Jeff MacFee

I’m a scientist working on dark matter and neutron stars and I wouldn’t be who I am today without Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Haile Germima, Toni Morrison, Jane Austen, A.A. Milne, Errol Morris, Star Trek, Herman Melville, Lorna Simpson, Edward Lear, Tina Turner, and so many others.

Morning gym session … LFG

Friends stand up for you in the rooms you aren't in.

Evil has never been presented as evil. It always puts on the false cloak of goodness and morality, and does evil things

The difference between me and some people: I’d stand up to a friend who was being an asshole.

The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.

White Americans need to decide if they want democracy or resegregation. You can't have both.

Shoutout to bookbub for including KISMET in this roundup of books for WHITE LOTUS fans! www.bookbub.com/blog/books-l...

Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

It's been a rough few months for the @rhppress.bsky.social team, but we're still kicking. Through it all, we were still able to produce issue 13! Pick this one up. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/issue-thirteen

I knew I liked Alan Ritchson.

Since I hurt my back, I have not been able to complete a workout. In fact, it is difficult to sit for long, stand for long, or lie down for long. I’m still down about 40 pounds from my highest weight. This is me withouta pump, and without using creatine for several weeks. Just keeping it real.

Spring training. My happy place.

This is why I beef against ableism and the need to make everything about "smart." Musk's problem isn't his intelligence. It's his motivated thinking. His goal is to only act on information that advances his (evil) agenda. And our problem is that he has the power to do it.

Just a reminder, this @rhppress.bsky.social call opens in less than two weeks. Check out the details: www.rockandahardplacemag.com/climatechange

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

This is the dumbest fucking sentence I've ever written. "Olivia wrote the number down on a slip of paper and passed it to Happy, who tucked it into the inside pocket of his shabby blazer. He tried to look nonchalant, but inside he was chalanting all over." First drafts, amirite?

Me, writing this morning: "God. Damn. Plot. Hole." It'll be fine. Really.

It is amazing how little I miss the former platform. And to be honest, it's amazing how little I'm on here in comparison.

the autocracy is here, it’s not coming, it’s not wait and see, it’s right now

Coming with the HEAT.

Avoid the Tuesday slump by joining in on a #writein! We will have sessions at 8 am, 11 am, 3 pm, 6pm, and 9 pm ET. Whether you are brainstorming, plotting, writing, or editing, we would love to have you!

Up next, this week, on Author Interview: @staciakaywood.bsky.social will be 1 on 1 with me. Look for her interview on Friday. Writer of Historical Romance On Saturday, double trouble @meproctor.bsky.social , will answer questions like why is she so nice to me. (Next week—Mitchell Hadley)

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

“The two most common elements in the world are hydrogen and stupidity." Arthur Miller

ICYMI: One of the inspector generals that Trump fired was examining Elon Musk's failures to meet reporting protocol designed to safeguard national security as a major recipient of Pentagon contracts. Details in this thread:

Hey the SFWA Mentorship program is now open! We’re accepting applications for both mentors and mentees! Please spread the word! www.sfwa.org/other-resour...

Heather is an absolutely phenomenal writer. Go get this one. It hits stores tomorrow.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin cuts to the chase on how Friday's announced NIH funding cuts will impact the University of Alabama, Birmingham “People need to be reminded that UAB is not just the largest employer in the city, it’s the largest employer in the state,” www.al.com/news/2025/02...

Another Superbowl observation: The Chiefs' O-line looked like Alabama's from this past season: Clearly overwhelmed on every play. Hard to do anything productive on offense when your five guys are getting whipped by four defenders consistently.

Biggest takeaway from the Super Bowl is that Tom Brady has no business in the commentary booth. Also, if someone had kicked Brady in the chin, Patrick Mahomes would've gotten a free vasectomy.

Lots and lots of wypipo in my feed who didn't like the halftime performance. Can't qwhite figure out why.