Jared Nelson

It's gotta be 8 for me.

Substack's extremist ecosystem is flourishing Yup, they're still at it.

When I left Substack in 2024 I wrote: "For those who are staying because they think the Nazi problem is fake or overblown...just wait. Substack mgmt just put out the welcome mat for some pretty horrible people. Many will surely answer.”

Surprise! A bunch did.

New Racket w/ @marisakabas.bsky.social

‘The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressed’: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales Inspired by the ‘enchanted, sapphic feeling’ of the coast and with bat sounds for drums, this Wales-obsessed band sound like no one else. They explain how queerness, neurodivergence and anti-colonialism guide what they do

‘The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressed’: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales

Teaching STEM without teaching the Humanities is how you get Spider-Man villians. Teaching Theater without teaching the Humanities is how you get Batman villians.

This made me laugh. And then I sat and thought about it. This is correct.

Couldn’t stop myself and already on episode four 😅

WHAT?!

Sometime Lofty Towers A Sword & Sorcery novel by a veteran of the genre.

Cruising on down to the end of the campaign.

Take a look and back; please share.

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This is a really cool project!

Free Fiction Round Two — The Chain Story In this second round of free fiction, the Chain Story Project offers Forest of the Fallen Colossus by Bryan Young.

For the evening crowd: @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story Project is in full swing. It's got free sword and sorcery short stories every other week from some really cool writers curated by him. My story went live today! Check it out! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...

What an extraordinary run. What a manga, what an anime.

For my money, still one of the best manga and anime around. End of an era! @inkthepoet.bsky.social it might be time to fire up the batsignal again once they get around to animating the rest of it.

@michaelastackpole.bsky.social thanks for the signal boost!

“Gator Grift”: Hundreds Caged in Inhumane Conditions with No Due Process at Florida Immigrant Jail Florida Democratic Congressmember Maxwell Frost joins us to discuss how he observed horrific conditions in Florida’s new immigration detention jail in the Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,”...

"Gator Grift": Hundreds Caged in Inhumane Conditions with No Due Process at Florida Immigrant Jail

So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com

Never Say You Can't Survive WINNER OF THE 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST RELATED WORKFrom Charlie Jane Anders, the award-winning author of novels such as All the Birds in the Sky and The City...

Back in 2021, I published a book about how to make it through scary times by making up stories, Never Say You Can't Survive.

It sucks, but this book only seems to get more relevant lately.

So I'm very glad that today only, it's just $2.99 in all e-book formats.

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June 2025 The heat is on literally and figuratively as my very busy summer begins! More celebration of my new edition of A Princess of Mars and I reveal the title of my WIP novel! Plus, a dark, thrilling readin...

New Dispatch is here! This month I celebrate the release of A Princess of Mars (with a foreword by @michaelastackpole.bsky.social)!

And...I reveal the title of the novel I've been writing! If you like Bridgerton and wish it had more D&D in it, you're going to be in for a treat (once it's ready).

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

TIL that a group of wild cats is called a "destruction" because of course it is.

Amy Coney Barrett Is Not The Centrist You Were Looking For. A conservative supermajority so keen to gobble more power for itself, might be giving Trump the tools to override it.

It’s worth it to listen to the @slate.com’s Amicus SCOTUS year-end Review, hosting by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social & @mjsdc.bsky.social.
Featuring @stevevladeck.bsky.social, @jamellebouie.net & me. It’s sobering & chilling. But at least we’re together figuring it out!
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Then he can damn well afford to pay authors and other creatives to license the copyright material which Meta has stolen.

I can tell you that NONE of my Florida neighbors are happy about this.

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Unlock the ultimate RPG bundle for epic adventures in the Ninth World! Get everything you need to embark on an unforgettable journey while supporting the ACLU!

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Love you! Do whatever you need to take care of yourself.

We lost a paragon of journalistic integrity last week.

Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.

OMG Grace Jones Dr. Who! Some alternate timeline has that and I’m very jealous.

That's so dumb. Sorry :(

The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.

Zohran Mamdani's shocked American pundits by running on a platform that provided an alternative to Trump, the Democrats catering to him (hello, Newsom), and misogynist Andrew Cuomo. his economics-first campaign stridently protected trans rights as Dems largely refuse to. me on his win @teenvogue.com

LFG NEW YORK!

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.