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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

but at least I did not have to worry about the
worm that was not a worm in his brain.

but at least I did not have to worry about the
worm that was not a worm in his brain.

BUT AT LEAST I DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WORM THAT WAS NOT A WORM IN HIS BRAIN.

An area that allows you to play just a little bit to remember the controls for when you put a game down and pick it up again months later. Also a short summary of what you’ve done so far.

Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”: "wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.

Boy watching Homer beat up the krusty burglar: Stop! He’s already dead!

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Don’t forget that the sandwich guy was released at the scene and then re-arrested in a raid by a full tactical team. They were willing to kill him and and any neighbors in the way to get propaganda footage of the “arrest”.

Four Lessons for Canada’s NDP from the NYC Mayoral Race | The Tyee Zohran Mamdani didn’t just win votes. He made people feel seen.

Speak plainly. Organize. Show up.

After their worst-ever results in the 2025 federal election, here’s what the NDP can learn from Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign in New York City — which he officially won last night.

From July 2025. #canpoli #uspoli #ZohranMamdani

"The time of blood has come! The Time of the Wolf's Eye! Boy! Prepare the megaliths, as I taught you!" "ok"

look there is nothing funnier than rediscovering placeholder dialogue

Managed 770 words so far and now I'm going to keep at it. Thanks for a wonderful sprint! #TWSsprints #amwriting

Round one: 379 words Yahoo, coffee time!
#TWSsprints #amwriting

Happy Sprint day! As always, I'll be plugging away at my horror ms. Ive been working on the outline all week so I'm looking fwd to writing some stuff out. #TWSsprints #amwriting

Getting ready to start our @twssfu.bsky.social TWSSFU sprints session this morning Sun. Aug 24th at 10:30am PST on Bluesky #TWSsprints. Open to all #writers everywhere, write for 15mins, break 5mins x 3 sprints. Do some morning pages before you start your day! #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #writers

The next #TWSsprints will be this Sunday, Aug 24 at 10:30am (PDT) online. All writers are welcome to join in on the sessions. It's a great space for TWS online students to write along with their cohort too. Everyone though from the local writing community is welcome to participate with us!

This is what I love about being a book critic. I read 2 books recently that were uncomfortable experiences. Digging into why I felt that way and what the author might be trying to do helped me come to a better understanding of each.

Among the greatest promotional photos of all time are these for the 1990 television movie of IT, where it looks like a prestige legal drama about a firm of hot young lawyers and one associate who likes to dress up like a clown.

10 writers by whom I've read more than 5 books

1. Patricia Highsmith
2. Raymond Chandler
3. Dashiell Hammett
4. James Ellroy
5. Dorothy B. Hughes
6. Susan Sontag
7. Joan Didion
8. Stephen King
9. Anne Carson
10. Thomas Hardy

The next #TWSsprints will be in person at Waves Coffee House at Howe and Smithe on Sunday, July 27 at 10:30am (PDT). All writers are welcome to join in on the sessions. It's a great space for TWS online students to meet their cohort in person too. Everyone from the local writing community welcome!

kombucha girl meme stank face: sticking adjectives in front of “-punk” hmm maybe face: sticking adjectives in front of “gothic”

what is wrong with me

Patricia Lockwood · Arrayed in Shining Scales: Solving Sylvia Plath I was under no illusion that The Collected Prose would solve the mystery, or lay to rest the lie, of how Plath was...

‘Biography is on a march, always, to the final page. It is the thing wrong with 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 – that it casts her death back through her life, sows it through vivacity, makes it inevitable.’

@tricialockwood.bsky.social on Sylvia Plath:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Hooked right from the start. Thanks so much for sharing this chapter. I can't wait to read the book 👻

He knows

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Transit must have known. It all worked out, woot. #TWSsprints #amwriting

Lol, it is indeed the Maya that usually joins in person! My bus was delayed and so I had to stay home for this one :(

Well, 164 words about a random memory is a start, and as always, I'll take it :) ^Maya #TWSsprints #amwriting

Today is absolutely going to start from a stream of consciousness place! #amwriting #TWSsprints

"I Know What You Did Last Summer" is the most distinctly American horror premise, "what if there were consequences for running a pedestrian over"