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Support African Translation Project African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...

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Mend the world with words.

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back™ Into the Carbon-Freezing™ Chamber Ornament With Light, Sound and Motion for only USD 80.99 | Hallmark Relive the "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" scene with this Into the Carbon-Freezing Chamber Hallmark Keepsake Christmas ornament. Connects to Keepsake Power Cord (sold separately) for a light, so...

I was tempted by this one, but the power setup seemed so elaborate and confusing that I gave up. Ornaments should not require their own dedicated dilithium crystal chamber. www.hallmark.com/ornaments/ke...

People who mute your sports posts only saw a third of these…

Screenshot of a battle from the game Demonschool

My pal & former colleague @brandon.insertcredit.com has a new game out! Congrats to all @necrosoftgames.com & @ysbryd.net on Demonschool, which CGMag says is “thoughtful, stylish, innovative and incredibly fun.”

That’s “demonschool” with no spaces, available on most platforms except the Saturn 2.

Unfinished Conversations Package <DAD PERSONA> 05/11/29 15:1750% COMPLETE…75% COMPLETE…PERSONA GENERATED! COMMUNICATE FREELY WITH PARENTAL SIMULATION!Hey Dan! Thought you’d get a kick out of this Far Side cartoon. I lo…

OUT THIS WEEK: “Unfinished Conversations Package” by Chris Baker. Dad persona has so many things to share with you!
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Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Unfinished Conversations Package <DAD PERSONA> 05/11/29 15:1750% COMPLETE…75% COMPLETE…PERSONA GENERATED! COMMUNICATE FREELY WITH PARENTAL SIMULATION!Hey Dan! Thought you’d get a kick out of this Far Side cartoon. I lo…

My story in Flash Fiction Online's FamPunk issue is now available online. Thanks again to @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and guest editor @slashnburnett.bsky.social for selecting it! www.flashfictiononline.com/article/unfi...

Flash Fiction Online November 2025 Flash Fiction Online’s November 2025 “”FamPunk”” issue is a collection of family-centered speculative fiction, selected by our guest editor this month Emma Burnett. We…

I have a story in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social’s FamPunk issue guest edited by the incomparable @slashnburnett.bsky.social! Buy the issue or subscribe to FFO, & go subscribe to Emma Burnett’s Patreon for a sneekpeek at her book that’s out next summer.
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Colorful illustrated book cover shows a cowboy in silhouette who is striding towards a town that is being torn apart by some sort of glowing green cosmic vortex in the sky. TEXT: Twisted Trails: Tales of the Weird Wild West, Edited by Eric Fomley

For Shacklebound Book’s new #WeirdWest anthology, I examined a tragic event in Texas history through the lens of Mexican ghost ballads, dark fantasy pulp, EC horror comics, Swinging Sixties steampunk, spaghetti Westerns, sci-fi manga, & psychedelic Jodorowsky fever dream www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSPD4FP4

Out today! Twenty flash fiction stories of the weird wild west, infusing horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Check it out and snag a copy! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSPD4FP4

"And this one alerts my secretary that I need her to mix my special pick-me-up cocktail. I call it The Manhattan Project."

This is fun and all, but it distracts from the deeper systemic issue: an ongoing campaign by law enforcement to persecute and oppress the po' boys

An illustration in the style of Dr. Seuss depicts Krampus grinning devilishly as he tiptoes off with a Christmas tree covered with ornaments. Krampus is covered in purple fur and has goat horns atop his head, but other than that, the art style and pose are identical to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"

Kozy Krampus is unleashed. The new cozy cosmic horror holiday anthology from Underland Press has a story by me about the real-life 16th-century cyborg Götz of the Iron Hand, the monk Martin Luther, and the titular Demon of Winter. Buy a print copy or ebook here: www.underlandpress.com/kozy-krampus/

Secret best DePalma movie? Also, when is Paul Williams film music compilation coming out? This, Ishtar...

Intense Proustian sense memories about the horrid SMELL of these masks, and how they'd make your face sweat and how the eyeholes would brush against my eyelashes and irritate them. You have to suffer for your spookiness!

“What mid-country wife, seeing her susceptible spouse off for New York would be will­ing to venture his integrity and affection against an assault by Theda Bara, the arch-torpedo of domesticity? Alas, none!” www.popculturalprecursors.com/p/the-first-...

LOL, shared a link to my article about Theda Bara, the O.G. vampire of silent cinema, whose smoldering smooches caused a scandal in 1915. I guess she's still considered scandalous today—my post was flagged for graphic content by @moderation.bsk.app. VIEW AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! bsky.app/profile/chri...

SPOOKY SEASON SPECIAL: Before Dracula or Nosferatu ever rose from their coffins, there was Theda Bara. In 1915, Fox film studio turned her into cinema’s 1st vampire, 1st sex symbol, & 1st scandalous superstar. Read more & see more amazing clips & photos: www.popculturalprecursors.com/p/the-first-...

Colorful and surreal manga illustration by Keiichi Tanaami, “TANAAMI!! AKATSUKA!!” / Revolver 2 (Looking in the Mirror). Fujio Productions Ltd.

I wrote about the DeYoung Museum’s fantastic new manga exhibit, and how the California Bay Area played a pivotal role in manga becoming a global phenomenon. chrisbaker1337.substack.com/p/manga-a-ba... #manga #sanfrancisco #bayarea

The Father of all Pop Culture Zombies This travel writer introduced the undead to America. He also ATE HUMAN FLESH.

My Sunday reading: “This travel writer introduced the undead to America. He also ATE HUMAN FLESH.” www.popculturalprecursors.com/p/the-father...

1933 photo of William Seabrook by Carl Van Vechten. Black and White portrait of William Seabrook with his hand on some sort of death visage, presumably an African or Caribbean artifact. The image is annotated with the text: “Writer. Adventurer. Cannibal. ‘The aroma was wholly pleasant. It had no weird, startling, or unholy special flavor—it was mild, good meat.’—William Seabrook, the man who introduced zombies to America (and ate human flesh)”

The travel writer who first introduced zombies to pop culture was also a cannibal who wrote about the smell, taste, and texture of human flesh with the relish of a restaurant critic. Read about his twisted life and legacy at the link below or in bio. www.popculturalprecursors.com/p/the-father...

Thanks! Yes I think I'll post it in some form, and I believe it was recorded

The opening illustration of the article “How Nuclear Radiation Can Change Our Race” that appeared in the December 1953 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. We see the jagged ruins of a human building in front of futuristic high-rises off in the distance. A group of feral, disheveled humans in ragged tattered clothing are being attacked by two superior mutant men. The mutant men are elongated, with giant swollen hairless heads. They wear futuristic garb that exposes their arms and legs, and one of them wields a laser rifle. He is in the process of blasting one hapless human man in the chest with a powerful burst of laser blasts. The headline for the article is written atop the image, and we see the dek and the byline: “An atomic war could produce an entirely new species of man. Would he be friend—or foe? By O. O. Binder”

My latest article pinpoints the original inspiration of all superheroes who got their powers from radiation, from the Hulk to the Fantastic 4: a bizarre thought experiment that ran in a 1953 mag. Read the unbelievable history at the link below or in bio.
www.popculturalprecursors.com/p/the-origin...

That would explain why the Minion in the background is reacting so violently…

U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Showcases New Next Generation Delivery Vehicle WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is proud to highlight its new zero-emission electric Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) in front of the organization’s headquarters at L’Enfant Plaza.

But what's your take on the new USPS mail roll model about.usps.com/newsroom/nat...

Photo: Coin-operated E.T. that you ride, like the little coin-op horsies and rockets that you used to see outside of grocery stores. There is a yellow bollard behind it that’s kitted out to look like a Minion.

I saw this coin-op E.T. at the annual Bell Plastics open house event in Hayward, CA. (They collect all kinds of weird and wonderful artifacts.) I was immensely bummed that it wasn’t plugged in and functional, as I couldn’t quite wrap my head around how a kid would “ride” this. Does anyone know?

How newspaper comics created pop culture A Q&A with Peter Maresca about the chaos and brilliance of 130 year-old Sunday funnies

130 years ago, comics were violent & crude, celebrating unassimilated immigrants & disrespecting every form of authority. They created pop culture as we know it, according to historian Peter Maresca. Read more & see some of the works he's unearthed here:
www.popculturalprecursors.com/p/how-newspa...

This game dev came up with the perfect solution to the philosophical dilemma: Gotta Squish 'Em All. bsky.app/profile/byda...