Owen King

My pleasure to take part!

It was a great show. Thanks for doing it.

Endings: The Final Episode — Book Fight Podcast Well, friends, here it is. After 13 years, the Book Fight podcast is finally riding off into the sunset. Join us for one final episode, as we look back at what we've learned, read some listener tribut...

Final ep of Book Fight went up today. 13 years ago when @mikeingram.bsky.social asked me to do a podcast with him, I thought it would be a little hobby for a few months but it's been the most fun & fulfilling work of my life. Thanks to everyone who followed along
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Perhaps only Boris Johnson's threatened (since blessedly abandoned) book about Shakespeare could compare.

This just raced to the top of the list of books I least want to read.

Positively obsessed with the upcoming MEGALOPOLIS OGN from @chrisryall.bsky.social & @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social. Final product will be in color, but these black & white panels on the ARC are killer.

A photo of the angel down book jacket in front of clouds of smoke

I kind of forgot to do an official post that…

💥ANGEL DOWN IS OUT NOW💥

“Astonishing” - NYT
“Incandescent” - Washington Post
“Audacious” - Chicago Tribune

Buy here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Angel-...

On tour now:
www.danielkraus.com/news/

I'd wear the shit out of that t-shirt.

In the context of that particular word it is kind of fun that the o and e look like they're pressed together in a narrow aperture because they both attempted to go through at the same time.

Every now and then, a glimmer of hope

Summer of Our Discontent by Thomas Chatterton Williams review – the liberal who hates leftists In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action

what is great about this review is that the author is clearly sympathetic to the premise but can’t get past the basic fact that the author is a vacuous fool www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

“He might teach another cat to do this,” North said.

This is very flattering, @tanaudel.bsky.social. Thank you.

You must!

you're gonna wanna see this

"Library Foxes" Journal for Sale by tanaudel A variety of book loving foxes staying up way past their bedtime to find out what happens next. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

I'm neck deep in notebooks, but @tanaudel.bsky.social is pulling me back in!

Terrific book, too. Treat yourself!

This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode deficits

3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.

4) Repeat.

More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity

Did learning about some of this admittedly sort of make me want to find the nearest hole and drag the dirt in after myself? Yes, but I'm also glad I know. It's written with great clarity and wit, and you should read it. (2)

Highest recommendation for @adambecker.bsky.social's More Everything Forever. It's a real education. The biggest people in tech believe some truly unlikely things, let's put it that way. (1)

If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.

'Word choice of losers!' Texas gov lashes out over reporter's flood question Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a stern response to a reporter who asked him who is to blame for the deadly floods in central Texas that have killed at least 110 people. Abbott took questions from repor...

Abbott's statement in the article below, reducing the deaths of human beings to a football game loss, is so incredibly awful.

folks whose ancestors committed actual treason against this country are "more American"--merely by virtue of the fact of having said treasonous ancestors--than ... his own wife.

Personal freedoms The personal freedoms accorded throughout the Constitution and its many amendments are an essential protection against government tyranny and reflect the inherent rights of every person in the United States. These include, -Freedom of expression. Democracy depends on freedom of speech and the press. The government has no right to intimidate or punish anyone simply on the basis of their views and ideas.  -Criminal justice. Those suspected and accused of crimes are protected by many provisions of the Bill of Rights, including those limiting police searches and arrests, ensuring the privilege against self-incrimination, and providing for fair trials.  These rights are imperative to protect individual freedom and prevent abuses by the government. -Personal autonomy. Our society respects fundamental aspects of autonomy, including the liberty to make important decisions about one’s life. the Constitution, and its chief safeguard of our liberty, is avoiding the concentration of power by separating and placing limits upon the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government among three branches that check, balance, and respect each other’s power.   -Responsibility of each branch of government: Congress alone possesses the legislative power, which is limited to that authority enumerated in the Constitution. The President is not a King; his power must come from the Constitution or a statute passed by Congress and may not be applied to violate the constitutional rights of others. And it is “emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” -National defense: The federal government must provide for the common defense, which today means protecting the United States, supporting our allies overseas, and preventing foreign interference from disrupting our political system. But whether the federal government is protecting national security or fulfilling its domestic responsibilities, it must adhere to the limits of i…

Our full-page color ad running today in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Arizona Republic, and the Dallas Morning News. These are the truth which unite us, and these are the truths which every American needs to know. weholdtruths.org #sharethetruths

Yes, please read this essay. Please share it.

Happy Please End the Day With the Same Number of Fingers You Started It With Day

It really is incredible how despite a half-century of expanding executive power, ballooning the debt, bloating the government, and policing private behavior, the GOP is still discussed as the party of small government libertarianism and fiscal responsibility. Just no relation to reality at all.

A Few Thoughts on Readings Meanwhile, You Still Have Time to Get In on the Raffle

New stack over at OwenKing.Substack.com, free as always. Subjects include: reading from your work, reading from your work in front of surprising people, a reminder about the final days of the Self Help art raffle, the Self Help playlist, and other fun stuff.
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