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@leeches.bsky.social

Writer, weird stuff enthusiast. Nonbinary (they/them). I love zines and bad-bad art. If it is not bad enough, I will not love it.

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is karl ove knausgaard the most normal norwegian because if so then boy howdy are yall in trouble

10.02.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
Minneapolis ICE shooting updates: State denied access to evidence The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, captured on video, sparked widespread anger over immigration enforcement in Minneapolis and the country.

MN state is being denied access to evidence

It is not metaphorical or hyperbolic to say that this country is now run by, and functions wholly to foster, fascism

If they continue to be allowed to act w this level of corruption & impunityβ€” which has been the case for awhile nowβ€” many more will die

08.01.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
08.01.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant

β€œThis is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

08.01.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6978    πŸ” 4678    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 440

Fuck ICE. Fuck Nazis. Fuck fascism, capitalism, and white supremacy.

08.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we are open πŸ’…

03.01.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a black and white cat on a green and brown climbing tree. Her face is obscured by a shelf.

Photo of a black and white cat on a green and brown climbing tree. Her face is obscured by a shelf.

We’ve been playing hide and seek for quite some time, and I think I’ve been defeated by a master.

01.01.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My students have had strong responses to Bloodchild by Octavia Butler and Toddler Hunting by Taeko Kono. There are some Angela Carter stories that definitely hit the spot too. Please, let me know what you end up teaching! I’d love to read along.

22.12.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I read a lot of short story collections but I can’t think of any that are fucked up enough for this syllabus, but maybe a practitioner can @hughsheehy.bsky.social @maeganpoland.bsky.social @leeches.bsky.social

22.12.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of my book, I Wander the Earth, Hungry for Semen.

A picture of my book, I Wander the Earth, Hungry for Semen.

A picture of a page from the book. The story is β€œIchor.” There’s a simple illustration of a witch.

A picture of a page from the book. The story is β€œIchor.” There’s a simple illustration of a witch.

An illustration from my book

An illustration from my book

Today is my birthday, and this year I published a book with @carrionbloombooks.bsky.social.

I find it increasingly difficult to talk about my work in online spaces, but I’m giving myself permission today.

My partner did the illustrations and they’re my favorite part tbh.

20.11.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸš¬πŸ€βœ¨ thank you, that really means a lot!

20.11.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

20.11.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You would be so lucky if that happened to you. The stars would be in your favor! You’d make cool art and have neat friends.

20.11.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway, here’s my schtick: embrace β€œbad” literature! Not everything that you read has to be β€œexcellent” or β€œgood” to be worth your time. What is the worst that can happen? You’ll be infected? You’ll let the stink of bad taste accumulate inside you and ooze out your pores? We’ll all smell your sins?

20.11.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of my book, I Wander the Earth, Hungry for Semen.

A picture of my book, I Wander the Earth, Hungry for Semen.

A picture of a page from the book. The story is β€œIchor.” There’s a simple illustration of a witch.

A picture of a page from the book. The story is β€œIchor.” There’s a simple illustration of a witch.

An illustration from my book

An illustration from my book

Today is my birthday, and this year I published a book with @carrionbloombooks.bsky.social.

I find it increasingly difficult to talk about my work in online spaces, but I’m giving myself permission today.

My partner did the illustrations and they’re my favorite part tbh.

20.11.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Prefacing that I liked Bugonia but this is wayyyy more interesting

20.11.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i mean i wouldn't be mad...

cough, i just so happen to edit @beestung.bsky.social / @alocasiamag.bsky.social / @anmlymag.bsky.social

πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

17.11.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.

17.11.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3129    πŸ” 1075    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6

there’s a new charmin commercial where the teenage daughter of the shitting bear family is an influencer reviewing charmin for her channel or whatever. i don’t approve of this. why can’t the shitting bear child be a surgeon. or a celebrated academic

17.11.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 673    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 3

brb going on book tour with my emotional support imodium

16.11.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY

13.11.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7494    πŸ” 2908    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 38
Note that says: the surveillance is the punishment.

Note that says: the surveillance is the punishment.

Found this in a notebook today & couldn’t remember what prompted me to write it, or even what meeting I was in when I wrote it.

28.10.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a nightmare that was a mash up between The Summer I Turned Pretty and Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild.

😬

27.10.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This boy cravin’ salad

26.10.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside a Wild West Brothel Podcast Episode Β· Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society Β· 10/14/2025 Β· 42m

Recently, I was a guest on Betwixt the Sheets to discuss 19th c Kansas sex work. Have a listen!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

14.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

A friendly reminder that if you go to a church where the pastor supports the regime that zip tied children in Chicago, you don’t have to go to that church anymore.

Remember, at a certain point, complacency becomes complicity.

05.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 973    πŸ” 289    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 15

i think there should be a program that pairs the emotionally needy with recovering alcoholics who haven’t made new friends sober yet. sort of a big brother/sister program for impossibly dysregulated people

01.10.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 368    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4

Things that have the same energy:
1. When updating your voter registration, they'll ask you to select from a drop-down menu of street types (e.g., "Lane," "circle," "Meadow," "Drive"...)β€”It's a surprisingly long list.
2. The Wikipedia chart detailing every one of Guinevere’s abductions.

22.09.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is likely a coral snake! But I left the baby alone, and luckily avoided stomping on β€˜em accidentally.

08.09.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost stepped on this baby today 🐍

08.09.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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