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Benjamin Gorman

@benjamingorman.bsky.social

Author, poet, former teacher, publisher at Not A Pipe Publishing, host of Writers Not Writing, intersectional feminist, anti-racist, SFWA member, immigrant, (he/him). https://linktr.ee/benjamingorman

1,864 Followers  |  2,201 Following  |  1,750 Posts  |  Joined: 03.09.2023  |  1.7772

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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

07.08.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

06.08.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

06.08.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm building a street team for Book 3 of The Convention of Fiends: YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS.

(So, really more of a monster team.)

DM me if you're interested!

06.08.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone was trying to sell me book marketing services. I asked for examples of their work. All AI. I tried to explain that @notapipe.bsky.social doesn't support AI. The responses were nonsensical. Then I realized I was trying to explain why we don't use AI to someone using AI to write their replies!

06.08.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HAHAHAHAHA

(Sorry, my schadenfreude is showing.)

06.08.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a tweet by JK Rowling, "Freedom of speech means freedom to cause offence. The number of supposed liberals who’ve fallen at this most basic hurdle, because for the first time in their lives they risked losing the approval of their tribe, has been staggering."

Screenshot of a tweet by JK Rowling, "Freedom of speech means freedom to cause offence. The number of supposed liberals who’ve fallen at this most basic hurdle, because for the first time in their lives they risked losing the approval of their tribe, has been staggering."

I'm sorry, how many times has JK set lawyers on people because they criticised her?

06.08.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1413    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 81

Now that you mention it, I do have terrible circulation. I need my heavy boot socks and warm winter gloves!

06.08.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣 President Chill! 🀣

06.08.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I took the Presidential Physical Fitness Test and scored William Henry Harrison.
This is worrisome.

06.08.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Washington Post: β€œIs fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: β€œHere are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

06.08.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 23035    πŸ” 5858    πŸ’¬ 176    πŸ“Œ 175
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Joe has been cursed. He must meet with Yahweh once a week for coffee, and God is a crotchety old deity with a pantheon of family problems.
β€œFunny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods

06.08.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.

05.08.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5310    πŸ” 2085    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 30

From (1) you get the obsession with biohacking and all the other extremely weird cheat-death stuff. From (2) you get the draw of AI girlfriends, Gemini conversations, and so forth. So for people obsessed with tech because it gives you control over your world, those things naturally appeal.

06.08.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

When people become obsessed with controlling their environment and world, I see them run into two big problems. (1) You can't not die, and (2) you can't make people like you. (You can make them pretend to like you because you have something they want; not the same thing.)

06.08.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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On this episode, @benjamingorman.bsky.social gabs talks with @chrysgorman.bsky.social‬, executive director of merchandise at Not a Pipe Publishing, author of the introduction to the Antifa Lit Journal Vol. 1.
Show: bit.ly/WNWHome
Ad-free version: bit.ly/PatreonBG

06.08.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

06.08.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Right?! I just ... I can't.

06.08.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

05.08.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A storm mage prince who is the sole heir to his throne. A warrior princess who prioritizes duty over her heart. An arranged marriage to secure a war alliance. What happens when he refuses to consummate? The Golden Wolf and the Stormwielder by Tabitha Strickland linktr.ee/thetabs #books #indieauthors

05.08.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Joe has been cursed. He must meet with Yahweh once a week for coffee, and God is a crotchety old deity with a pantheon of family problems.
β€œFunny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods

05.08.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If I see someone I know post this salute "as a joke," and then we meet in the real world, I will punching you in the mouth "as a joke." This salute is a death threat. If you threaten to kill millions of people "as a joke," I will defend myself "as a joke." Then you can bleed "as a joke."

05.08.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

05.08.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to quote you on this. DM me if you'd prefer a citation other than your threads handle. This is going to be in one of my books someday, and I want to credit you properly.

05.08.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The phrase β€œearn a living” casually reveals everything that is wrong with capitalism.

04.08.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffes, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignored

Increasingly, Americans will have to look to sources published outside the US to find any large media organizations willing to say what everyone in the US knows but are afraid to admit.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

04.08.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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04.08.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4402    πŸ” 1597    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 85
A computer with the screen Contact/Newsletter from my website and a coffee mug with the words "The force is strong" etched on the inside. The words Sign Up Today and my website melindamitchell.com are in the foreground.

A computer with the screen Contact/Newsletter from my website and a coffee mug with the words "The force is strong" etched on the inside. The words Sign Up Today and my website melindamitchell.com are in the foreground.

News dropping soon-ish on my next novel with @notapipe.bsky.social !!! Sign up for my newsletter--first 100 subscribers will be entered into a drawing for a prize pack! melindamitchell.com #scifiauthor #newbooks

04.08.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Behind the scenes at Not a Pipe: Get @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social's books because they keep selling out!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHsRpeyeu...

04.08.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Joe has been cursed. He must meet with Yahweh once a week for coffee, and God is a crotchety old deity with a pantheon of family problems.
β€œFunny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods

04.08.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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