John Turner

My last cat’s original name was ‘Little Fuck’ b/c that’s what we used to exclaim after he sliced us open. He was a feral rescue from NJ, but later chilled out into an acceptable level of violence. Even until his oldest days, he liked to mix it up sometimes. Keeping it real, I suppose.

This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰

I would please like for Angus King, and anyone else in the ostensible opposition who believes “standing up to Trump doesn’t work,” to resign immediately.

Like, say what you will about the efficacy of the first term #resist movement, it is infinitely preferable to whatever the fuck this is.

Good. You should keep exploring the idea for sure. Happy to help brainstorm if you want.

Fish sauce is the ice-9 of condiments. Put a drop in your meal, that’s a fish sauce meal now.

It’s a great idea. If it will work depends on so many factors. where you are, what other book spaces exist there, how & what space you do it in, can you launch it with minimal profit margin?
Still - it’s a great idea.
Happy to listen to your thoughts if you want to explore further.

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🎧 My next Livestream starts soon (at 4:30 PM NYC time) 🎧
An eclectic, open format selection of music - with off the cuff, live trumpet improv.
C’mon down - tell your friends too! #musicsky
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Last night I had a dream that I was carrying around a bunch of trout in a cheap classical guitar. There was a very interested cat following me around.

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Absolutely sympathize. I seem to progressively keep making the process surrounding my live stream (plus archive) more & more complicated. I don’t even make appreciable money from it (yet) but I believe in it. This is how art work (hopefully) works.
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What we actually want is Daylight Savings Time year round. Standard time is the thing you hate. I prefer DST too, much better for my improv Livestream lifestyle:
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Today I walked 17 million, twelve hundred thousand & thirteen steps, cheered runners, drank 46 bottles of gin, had 97 full strength weed gummies & prepped a ‘menu’ for my next Livestream. Get with it, slacker.
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Opinion | A Third Trump Term Is Not the Charm

this week's newsletter has a bunch of quotes from the drafters and supporters of the 22nd amendment that make it extremely clear that there is no loophole you can use to circumvent it. (gift link)

Episode 6 - Roulette: Take a Chance on Art

New episode just dropped!

@melaniehoopes.bsky.social talks w @rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social (“Dear Dolores”) & @mattleibel.bsky.social (“How to Buy a Snow Globe”) about work that has recently reconfigured them.

Original music by @chesterjankowski.bsky.social

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Happy Halloween!🎃
#vincentprice #themuppets
#youvegotafriend

"The fundamental problem of humanity is we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology."

Edward O. Wilson

Lit mag issue cover showing croupier at roulette wheel. List of writers and stories in issue. Laura Cronk, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Suzy Eynon, Rachel Kowalsky, Matt Leibel, Emma Raimondo

-ette Issue 6: Roulette is now live!

www.ettereview.com/fall2025/

Spin the animated wheel and check out new work by:

Laura Cronk
@josehernandezdz.bsky.social
@suzyeynon.bsky.social
@rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social
@mattleibel.bsky.social
Emma Raimondo

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

@chesterjankowski.bsky.social
So … have you booked yourself into Toronto yet? Just curious.

Manhattan votes early sticker

Just voted. As young woman walked up to the table, one of the poll workers announced loudly “First time voter here, folks!” The entire high school gymnasium broke out in cheers and applause 💙

A tweet from John Fugelsang reads in all caps: "NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE" – US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

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My next Livestream starts soon (at 4:30 PM NYC time) 🎧
An eclectic, open format selection of music - with off the cuff, live trumpet improv.
C’mon down - tell your friends too!
m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru....

We’ll be reopening for submissions for an unthemed issue tomorrow

We 💙 flash, micros & prose poems <1000 words

If the Jays win the next one, I really do have to go to TO for the following game...

Note to @johnmarksherlock.bsky.social @aajankowski.bsky.social

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

People are gonna realize real quick just how much out government is subsidizing the fact that companies DO NOT PAY ENOUGH!

Walmart will often walk you through how to apply for food stamps becuase they will refuse to give you enough hours or money

On January 20, 2025, during a rally celebrating Donald Trump's second inauguration, Elon Musk extended his right arm twice in a straight-armed gesture while speaking, which multiple observers and media outlets likened to the Nazi salute, igniting debates over intent, free speech limits, and historical symbolism.[78] Musk responded by posting jokes referencing Nazi figures like Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels, dismissing critics and framing accusations as overreactions, while some supporters claimed it evoked a Roman salute adopted by fascists rather than a direct Nazi reference; neo-Nazi accounts online praised the gesture as validation.[79] German officials and historians, citing the gesture's post-1919 fascist codification, condemned it unequivocally, underscoring transatlantic divides in interpreting such acts amid 2024-2025 discussions of ironic or revivalist uses.

One of Elon Musk's big gripes with Wikipedia is that his entry there has a whole section on his salute during his inauguration speech earlier this year. His Grokipedia entry doesn't mention it at all, but the "Nazi salute" Grokipedia entry says this:

Just finished the audiobook ’Vera, or Faith’ by @shteyngart.bsky.social while driving through PA. So, so good! Now I want to read the physical book to feel how the texture of the original compares. Kudos / congrats / big ups to all involved!

All those regulations are one thing, but there really isn’t effective enforcement. Trying to ride across 59th street bridge on an analog bike, you can see the chaos every day.

It’s a valid question. They’re masquerading as micro-mobility but are clearly not. I read something saying the people operating them don’t feel comfortable on streets or bike paths. They don’t fit either place & bikers / drivers both yell at them constantly.