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A reminder that this is YOUR social media experience. You don't owe anyone shit. Not your attention, your ideas, your debate, your brainspace. You can curate your Bluesky experience however you want and there is no intellectual inferiority to do so. This is not a public square; its a fucking app.

submitted 17 hours ago • 11 comments

Everything is bad but books are good! If you’ve read THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS or any book by any author, it would be swell if you left a review somewhere and also if you trained owls to attack anybody who refused to check out the books, this is a foolproof plan, please do it immediately thx

submitted 19 hours ago • 44 comments

Sent to me by a Canadian friend. Many in our country are in crisis with nowhere to turn. Let's keep sharing this in the hopes this number rescues them. Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada!

submitted 18 hours ago • 10 comments

God, thank you for saying this so eloquently. I am SO tired of the “more savvy than thou” hot takes of the “while you were distracted by X…” variety. IT ALL MATTERS.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

EM DASHES ARE GOOD ACTUALLY AND NOT A GUARANTEED SIGN OF AI WRITING. YOU JUST DON’T KNOW HOW TO USE EM DASHES.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

"I want to support indie creators, but I dont have the money for it." Good news! Support is not at all limited to financial contributions! Give that book a glowing review. Invite your friends to play that cool game. Hoot and holler about how much you love that movie. Hype the good shit up!

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

Fortunately, every time the U.S. has gotten involved in the Middle East, there's been no blowback or unintended consequences of any kind.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It's Pride Month! Quote with a queer character. 🏳️‍🌈

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Two Guys, A Girl, And Who Needs the Pizza Place? #NaughtyASitcom

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

From my #newsletter: I am absolutely loving #OblivionRemastered...thanks mainly to my #AppleTV and the amazing OneCast app! barrylyga.com/what-am-i-en...

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From my #newsletter: I am absolutely loving #OblivionRemastered...thanks mainly to my #AppleTV and the amazing OneCast app! barrylyga.com/what-am-i-en...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

That Trump was not immediately impeached and removed from office, then IMMEDIATELY prosecuted is an indictment (no pun intended) of everything about American justice.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Yep, me too. Fun.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.

submitted 3 days ago • 1463 comments

There is nothing better in this job than the moment an idea ignites. It's not even the big ideas that are the highest hit - the small connective things which turn a concept into a structure which are a pure demiurgic thrill. "I know how this bridge isn't going to collapse."

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

But... "conservative politicians" = "criminal gang"

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome to publishing in 2025.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

They keep finding out there’s no porn in school libraries and losing lawsuits because what book banners are trying to do is illegal. “A Minnesota school district is doing away with a book ban, settling a lawsuit that argued the ban was unlawful. “

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

submitted 4 days ago • 678 comments

Hey, @markfrost.bsky.social ! It was a Twin Peaks Father’s Day! (No Leland invited.)

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

They’re maliciously complying. They know that this is a bullshit detail, and they’re present because they’ve been ordered to be there. They are not only smart enough to know how to march on step, it takes thought to not. Ask yourself why they’re not.

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

They launched a coup, suffered no consequences for it, won back power, and have used the power to pardon everyone involved while remaking the country through violence and intimidation. It’s just ridiculous to talk about the political violence of yelling at ICE agents within that context.

submitted 5 days ago • 223 comments

It isn’t lost on me that the suspect in the assassination of one of the most prominent women in Minnesota politics had a target list with abortion providers and advocates. Misogyny is deadly. My heart is with the victims, their families, and everyone affected.

submitted 5 days ago • 124 comments

Just checking: Are we still not allowed to talk about violence because...reasons...???

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

it is really weird that publishing decided that instead of having a marketing budget, writers should just become cult leaders

submitted 5 days ago • 28 comments

I'm praying for ICE agents today. May they not know a moment's peace until they quit, and seek amends. May their children revile them. May their parents regret them. May they know they deserve the hatred and distrust of their countrymen. And may all their tomatoes be underripe and flavorless.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

From my #newsletter: June's Serial Killer of the Month is Rosemary West. Oh, boy -- she's a heck of a piece of work... barrylyga.com/serial-kille...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

From my #newsletter: June's Serial Killer of the Month is Rosemary West. Oh, boy -- she's a heck of a piece of work... barrylyga.com/serial-kille...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

It's a scary thing to see a US senator dragged off by a bunch of GOP goons, but considering how often this particular senator--one of my senators--has enabled Trump nominees and policies, I also feel this is a bit of an "I didn't expect the leopards..." moment. I hope he remembers it going forward.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

"If they can do it to a US Senator, imagine what they can do to you." Yeah, I have imagined it. Ball's back in your court US Senator that keeps voting to approve nominees to stay in the dictator's good favor. You have actual real power. Use it.

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

wow I wonder if the cops who lied about the sitting senator even though everything they did was on tape are also being less than honest about the presence of violent agitators at the protests in los angeles. they might even not have told the entire truth about other protests

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

"Imagine if the Secret Service and FBi wrestled Tom Cotton or Josh Hawley to the ground and cuffed them" Or, as I like to call it: My happy place.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Motherfucking THIS!!!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

. @booker.senate.gov continues: And now I’m going to vote for Trump’s big fat crypto scam bill! This constituent is tired of your talk, Senator. Time for action. Or I will happily vote for whomever primaries you.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

If Senate Democrats like @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov and @schiff.senate.gov are still collaborating with Republicans to give Trump a crypto gift after this - they all deserve to be primaried. At this point there should be no collaboration w/ Sen Republicans. None.

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

In 1856, when enslaver and South Carolina representative Preston Brooks brutally beat abolitionist Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner, Brooks at least expressed his violent authoritarianism face to face. In 2025, America's authoritarians will outsource their violence to masked goons.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I can hear @schumer.senate.gov now: “Boy, I’m so upset that I’m gonna pause three seconds before the next time I vote for one of Trump’s policies!”

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I told you we’d be back

submitted 7 days ago • 1596 comments

The tech industry wants you lonely, disconnected, friendless, and utterly dependent on them for information, transportation, employment, entertainment, and emotional engagement. Ask yourself why.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

I've been publishing professionally for almost twenty years now and I know that everyone involved is only human, but I am still caught off-guard when I see a typo in a published book. And when I see TWO (so far) in the same book...? I'm really, really amazed.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The whole point of due process is to figure out if someone is/has been abiding by the laws. This is why we have due process in the first place!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

From YA to Adult: Jasper Dent's next chapter! barrylyga.com/from-ya-to-a...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I suppose all this tripe about Biden's age might be important to know, but it belongs on the History Channel. It's not news. You know what's news? The president deploying the military against US citizens. The Billionaire Bailout Bill. DOGE getting access to our private data. THAT is news.

submitted 7 days ago • 181 comments

Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit

submitted 7 days ago • 292 comments

I’m just reposting this for the hell of it. It obviously has nothing to do with me. Nope, nothing at all to do with me… whistles slightly off-key

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, @booker.senate.gov — you have ONE JOB. That is to vote against everything that Trump wants. Your historic filibuster is rapidly becoming meaningless by your own actions. You’re there to obstruct, impede, blockade, delay.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments