Leah Hampton

Writer, British-Appalachian chimera. Author F*CKFACE AND OTHER STORIES from @HenryHolt, faculty at @IdahoMFA.

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

Fyi I'm on Insta, Bluesky, Threads, and Spoutible. I loved this app for so long and enjoy talking to all of you so much. Will try to stick around, but follow me elsewhere.

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@nieshatrout It's my dream

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

‘Small government’

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@stockbella @hugolowell Why? Please provide specifics.

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@pitdesi @franklinleonard Ah yes, the nefarious global threat that is.... Vanuatu??

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@LCal60 @cassmannes They don't care

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@NewsWire_US

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

Like don't get me wrong I'm extremely concerned about the dark path artists will have to navigate in the coming fascist hellscape where ignorant hicks become our tastemakers but also I kinda would not be mad if they brought back HeeHaw

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@Redseaday @Tyler_The_Wise @frntporchjunki @zoenone0none *You're

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.

—Joseph Brodsky

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Musk and his lieutenants are reshaping the government and its mission with the blessing of President Trump. ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 staffers affiliated with the billionaire. https://t.co/cet0keg5o0

[Witch @Space_Bunzzz]

Back in my day there was so much toilet paper and so much eggs that we gathered at night and threw them at the houses of our enemies.

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@marcmurd @Shteyngart Both the cars and he were always shitty, though

[Brendan Karet @bad_takes]

i have always wanted a ketamine addicted foreigner to start deleting entire sections of my government because he can’t regulate his emotions or integrate with society

[A. Marmot 🌱Underground🌱 @_Anunnery]

guys I don't think remarking "that's illegal" is going to stop fascists from just doing the illegal thing

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

Totally random reminder that Obama had 1.8 MILLION people at his first inauguration.

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@keribarne @caringguy1957 @GayRepublicSwag Obama had 1.8 million people at his inauguration. Y'all had 20 thousand in a hockey stadium.

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

Last night I dreamed I tweeted in all caps "WHEN WILL THE MUPPETS MAKE A LIVE-ACTION GONZO MOVIE" followed by the reply tweet "AND CAST ME AS ONE OF THE CHICKENS YOU COWARDS" and it went mega viral, so I figured I'd better come back here and say that just in case

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

Look what I'm in!

[DEBUTIFUL @debutiful]

A new project from Debutiful:

@vitcavage picked 24 of his favorite story collections from 2019-24 and gathered a short story available online for you to read when you're looking for something new - or old in this case - to read.

Discover the reader: https://t.co/ErCV4GxNdc

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

@BarneysRubble0 I'm not even on twitter anymore but I had to come back just to tell you how bad this is