If y’all are interested, I thought I’d drop a little thread of my published short fiction!
First up is “Spoken For,” a post-apocalyptic fantasy love story published by @PodCastle_org and read by the incredible @khaalidah
https://t.co/dzEo6urdyD
Not the most terrifying thing but perhaps the most infuriating: every last thing we said about these fascist Republican fucks has proved true and each time the people who assured us that what is happening could never happen smoothly pivot to it's happening but it will be fine.
Chilling stories of enduring racism from the legendary Reggie Jackson in response to @AROD's question about returning to Rickwood Field.
"I wouldn't wish it on anybody."
Tells how people threatened to burn down the apartment he was staying at.
@FOX4@MLBONFOX
I make time to write because I have to, just like you'd make time for any job. Anyone can do it. You just have to abandon your children & your spouse & all your friends & quit your job & find a therapist to keep you on task. And don't waste time eating and stuff. ~ @billroorbach
@greenandbroke @ChuckTingle@JennyENicholson Yeah, it’s a form cognitive dissonance called Justifying Effort. When you invest a lot of time or money into something, you’re incentivized to make excuses for it, because believing that it was a bad investment would make you feel like a sucker.
Hannity lobbing a softball "you wouldn't ever commit crimes, would you?" and Trump responding with a "Hell yes I would. I love crime." is the funniest recurring bit in politics
last night i was so drunk and i got in my uber and the guy was like take the aux and just play whatever u listen to!! and my dumbass decided we were going to finish my audiobook together. and then i showed up at the club bawling my eyes out bc the ending was so beautiful :(
@Rechanmole@UrsulaV @RaeLynFox This is true! All your other senses route through your thalamus before going to the cortex, and that acts as a kind of filter for irrelevant information. Your smell hooks straight into the olfactory bulb!
The absolute gall of banishing any books mentioning gay people or racism to an optional bundle called "Share Every Story" specifically to allow customers to opt out of sharing those stories