Matt Rowan

It’s wild how badly they’ve failed to create a cult of personality around Trump that appeals to anyone sane.

I mean at this point irony is a rotted, fetid corpse but still.

Lots of people say that and then they’re on the menu

Jesus fuckin christ

I mean, gosh darn!

Geez, why does everything have to be so evil?

The scene from Inglourious Basterds in which a German officer realizes that his drinking companions aren't German because one of them makes a hand gesture that Germans do not make. The words "Me grading a student's work that contains an em dash" appear at the bottom of this image.

Stunning Max Landis grew up to be a huge piece of shit when his dad is also a huge piece of shit who got Vic Morrow and two children killed on his set.

I mean, they had some tough things happen, and I'm sure there's plenty to like. He must be great for players to overlook some, at least, worrying aspects of how he managed his team in 2025.

Dan Quinn getting an A+ defies all logic. You could argue it was his monumentally bad decision to keep Jayden Daniels in a game they were all but guaranteed to lose that cost them, Daniels, essentially, for the season. Some have persuasively made this argument, in fact.

Also, for now, the political environment is hugely against what they're doing. The public probably hasn't been this "anti-billionaires owning everything and dictating all terms" in quite some time.

READ MORE BOOKS, AMERICA!

READ MORE BOOKS, AMERICA!

I'm not suggesting you craft any attack ads but if you were to, "Ignorance is Biss" is right there.

Excited to follow up with this and say TRNSFR Issue 8 is officially available for purchase. I can attest, with only a modicum of bias, that there is so much to like in this issue. And it's aesthetically gorgeous. See for yourself! trnsfrbooks.com/new-index#/i...

Stuffed Arms for the Elderly by Matt Rowan The elderly have asked us to stop bringing them by the bushel, but the kids won’t stop making them and insist they’re for the elderly. The children say it in this cryptic, eyes-askance way that feels ...

A wonderful day! I have a new and highly odd piece up at @hexliterary.bsky.social today. It's about how we treat the elderly, and it's about how they have treated the young. It's about stuffed-animal-esque arms. These arms are for embracing. But when is too much embrace? hexliterary.com?p=3134

This cannot be reformed.

I keep thinking the miscreants under Trump are trying to speed run every evil project they can think of before he dies, which they are aware is imminent.

That should be illegal. They should just be required to accept your work. It should be a law.

Just once, I would like a form rejection to be followed up with a breathless (somehow) apology email indicating it had all been a terrible mistake, some error in the system, or some fool that failed to recognize literary greatness being allowed the reins of their queue, but no. To date, I am vexed.

Don't worry, I have and will continue to, despite such individuals' insanity.

Insane to assume they're more trustworthy than our own government, but yeah, here we are, living through the post-truth Trump era in real time (and that's not to say other American governments haven't been inclined to mislead, but c'mon).

He really does sound like Goebbels, too. I'm sorry but that's exactly the histrionic language Goebbels used to describe Hitler in relation to his adversaries.

They're fascists. They're targeting their enemies. They don't need a reason. I wish you fools would start framing things with lucidity, but you're absolutely a mouthpiece of the state, due to the evil people who run you and your own impotence due to years of bothsidesing things to death.

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Trump’s Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as Dem Drops New Bombshell As new revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein saga threaten the president, a legal expert decodes what we just learned—and lays out a roadmap to what will happen now.

"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up."

If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2070...

Ah, exactly as David Foster Wallace intended.

I'm a salt and acid fiend. I think it's all in the pursuit of dopamine.

I’m writing way more stories with obvious bad guys who deserve to lose. I won’t be gaslit that those people don’t really exist any longer.

It’s like I always scream, capitalism doesn’t work. When will people learn?