Drafting to be sure, coupled with researching. It's fun to have those manic bursts of authorial mightiness.

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

In California, Hanging Deaths of Two Black Men Summon a Dark History and F.B.I. Scrutiny (Published 2020)

www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/u...

His sick administration incentivizes this.

Shower thought of the day: why does aquatic mint toothpaste taste overwhelmingly of cucumber? Who's bringing the ocean life the land cucumber for them to get such a strong association with it?

Murderers.
Tell me why we should be afraid of immigrants when barbarians are homegrown & unleashed?

It's never going to stop being deeply upsetting to see how effective and far-reaching even a student protest is in say, a country like Serbia and then to see business as usual here despite the death toll and the abhorrent human rights abuses. The willful ignorance of our countrymen is chilling.

One of these days making something based in an SFX creature workshop would be outstanding.

I'd certainly write one that was more successful with the old humanities education, one that has retired at a young age to a houseboat drifting off some lovely intertidal archipelago in a damp but not agonizingly humid part of the world.

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A while back I probably made mention of a script I wrote in the span of about a week. Here is said script, raw and wriggling. About a slasher and the joys of painting.

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@dielaughingmag.bsky.social The Lovely folks at Die Laughing Magazine are going to be posting some of mine in either Issue 5 or 6, so stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled--peeler optional. #dielaughing #horror #humor #writing

How many research rabbit holes on motorcycles this would cause.

Can't see the harm. Recently finished a sextet of funny ghost stories as told through the lens of a wonky paranormal documentary, heavy on the weird, the irreverent, and the darkly humorous. It's like if The English Teacher met What We do in the Shadows. (Or so I've been told.) Link upon request.

Psychological horror can spiral quickly if you're not careful.

YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments "How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments

Life feels disconnected from the here and now in the same oddly 90s nostalgic way as that recent tech demo for the Orchid Matt Berry and Jemaine Clement put out. If you haven't seen it, here's a refresher:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbO1...

Lessons from a Red Scare The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression.

The last time a president and his cronies - including a young J. Edgar Hoover - tried to mass deport Americans they didn't like, the nation stopped them, as I discuss here.

Good luck!

Thank you for this, as always.

(On a side note: if you're relentlessly weird and a bit grim, and suddenly wanted to come in out of that indie rain, what agency would you query? Who would probably give you a fighting chance?)

Advocates call for state regulation of homeless shelters after survey emphasizes inhumane conditions Residents at the city’s homeless shelters are often unaware of the process to file grievances about safety, cleanliness and other matters, and rate the conditions of shelters as 5.1 out of 10 on…

Advocates call for state regulation of homeless shelters after survey emphasizes inhumane conditions
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'I want his name to be known': Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."

A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED:

I just unlocked a new level of rage.

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Call the hotline. As always, ensure you have the PIRC hotline number saved and be prepared to call us as soon as possible if your loved one is detained, ICE has stopped you or is at your door, or you witness an ICE detention. Please call the hotline, rather than messaging us on social media, or emailing us, as the hotline is where we answer most quickly. Enroll in ECO. If you are not already enrolled in the Equity Corps or Oregon program to receive free legal services, call 1-888-274-7292 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm). Complete a family emergency plan in case of detention (visit PIRC’s website). Take care to follow all traffic laws. Unfortunately, ICE sometimes uses minor violations to pull people over.

We keep each other safe. If you see ICE or if you know someone who’s been detained, call the PIRC hotline:
1-888-622-1510.

Make sure you’re using the CLEAR model (Count, Location, Equipment, Activity, and Report Time) when you call.

(Okay, that was apparently the wrong page. There's a £6 entry for each story, £14 if seeking a critique, and it looks like they're working with local schools to purchase books since 2019, which is still very admirable. Hope this provides some clarification.)

Anyone up for charitable writing? Bit short notice of me to just notice this, but...here it is. Get your write on.

|The competitions are non-profit making for us, profits, from September 2019 onwards, will be given to ‘Medecins sans Frontiers’.|

#writing #shortstory #contests

Writer:
(n.) [al-chem-ist]
a peculiar organism capable of transforming caffeine into books
#Writers
#WednesdayWord

Poem: "To My Baltimore" baltimorebeat.com/to-my-baltim...

Walkable cities are the bane of people with bone spurs. It explains so much.

Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.

It's a beautiful autumn day, full of whimsy, delight, and peace,
in Portland

breathing
to anchor calm
to wish protection
for my brave neighbors

to keep our city what it is-
full of beautiful people, nature, art
and delicious food

strong, creative, free

love my city
#Portland #PDX 💚🍁🌿
#peace

Thanks! Tried publishing it a long while back, 'twas not to be. Then my hard drive imploded. Lessons learned. Now everything is on the cloud and only on the cloud. 😂

Not sure if this would help, but Ursula K. Le Guin likely used a similar strategy when coming up with Earthsea and the Gethenians because both her parents were anthropologists.

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My body rebelled against a fancy tie evening dress today by featuring a butt that was too large. All points go to my butt. It's a loyal friend.