James Kelly
@alconatiger87.bsky.social
Writer-in-progress, widower, dad. I believe that life is built to hurt you, so find those moments of joy when you can. Make sure that the people that you love know that you love them. TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. (He/Him)
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Language is a Virus
Twelve stories. Stories of ghosts, and monsters of the human variety. Stories of souls in doubt, and of people in danger. A goddess fights for her found family. A lost soul yearns to find its place. A...
www.lulu.com
THE BOOK IS NOW FOR SALE!
Twelve stories. Eleven years. I’m very proud of this work. The link is for direct purchase from Lulu Press, & the book is $24.90. Full transparency, I make $10 on a sale.
It’s also got an original cover from GirlDrawsGhosts!
Twelve stories. Eleven years. I’m very proud of this work. The link is for direct purchase from Lulu Press, & the book is $24.90. Full transparency, I make $10 on a sale.
It’s also got an original cover from GirlDrawsGhosts!
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I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.
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"the essay sucks ass" is no doubt true, couldn't be bothered to read it, but consider that the essay may have been written to receive an F in order to instigate a campaign against the trans TA. in any case it's not a great dunk because this isn't about the essay, it's about purging trans ppl
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"the essay sucks ass" is no doubt true, couldn't be bothered to read it, but consider that the essay may have been written to receive an F in order to instigate a campaign against the trans TA. in any case it's not a great dunk because this isn't about the essay, it's about purging trans ppl
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
OH MY GOD
She changed my life.
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
OH MY GOD
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How do people not see that the entire OU essay thing is just an attempt by this girl and the Turning Point chapter to turn her into another Riley Gaines grifting on trying to push trans people out of society?
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How do people not see that the entire OU essay thing is just an attempt by this girl and the Turning Point chapter to turn her into another Riley Gaines grifting on trying to push trans people out of society?
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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I think an under-discussed issue in this country is that many adults seem to believe they no longer need to learn anything new because they aren’t in school anymore
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I think an under-discussed issue in this country is that many adults seem to believe they no longer need to learn anything new because they aren’t in school anymore
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"I shit on trans people and got called out by a trans person here's why that is an unacceptable violation of the social contract"
buddy, go fuck yourself inside out
buddy, go fuck yourself inside out
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"I shit on trans people and got called out by a trans person here's why that is an unacceptable violation of the social contract"
buddy, go fuck yourself inside out
buddy, go fuck yourself inside out
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I think discriminating against right-wing viewpoints is a positive good. If we’d done a lot more of that 70ish years ago maybe the country wouldn’t have become the hellhole it is now.
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I think discriminating against right-wing viewpoints is a positive good. If we’d done a lot more of that 70ish years ago maybe the country wouldn’t have become the hellhole it is now.
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Democrats should be highlighting this shit over and over. “Here’s what a savage bumblefuck Trump is.”
A JANUARY 6 insurrectionist pardoned by Donald Trump, Andrew Paul Johnson, HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MOLESTING AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY.
January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for child sexual abuse
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida and has pleaded not guilty to the crimes, authorities say
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Democrats should be highlighting this shit over and over. “Here’s what a savage bumblefuck Trump is.”
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A lot of transphobic whataboutism is just straight up trying to make being a bigot sound like a legit position asked in good faith.
Nope, same old horseshit.
Nope, same old horseshit.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A lot of transphobic whataboutism is just straight up trying to make being a bigot sound like a legit position asked in good faith.
Nope, same old horseshit.
Nope, same old horseshit.
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There are a lot of red lines which have already been crossed and many more to come, but institutionalizing the removal of citizenship from people is a red line from which a government and country doesn't really get to come back.
Reporter: You said that you might denaturalize American citizens?
Trump: If we have criminals that came in and were naturalized through Biden or somebody that didn’t’ know what they were doing—if I have the power to do it… I would denaturalize
Trump: If we have criminals that came in and were naturalized through Biden or somebody that didn’t’ know what they were doing—if I have the power to do it… I would denaturalize
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There are a lot of red lines which have already been crossed and many more to come, but institutionalizing the removal of citizenship from people is a red line from which a government and country doesn't really get to come back.
Christmas tree is up, and surrounded.
Still can’t bear to put the ornaments on, maybe some year.
Jackie would still say that it’s a happy tree, because of the gifts. 🥺
Still can’t bear to put the ornaments on, maybe some year.
Jackie would still say that it’s a happy tree, because of the gifts. 🥺
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Christmas tree is up, and surrounded.
Still can’t bear to put the ornaments on, maybe some year.
Jackie would still say that it’s a happy tree, because of the gifts. 🥺
Still can’t bear to put the ornaments on, maybe some year.
Jackie would still say that it’s a happy tree, because of the gifts. 🥺
The urge to eat three packages of Swiss rolls and call it lunch after shoveling snow.
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The urge to eat three packages of Swiss rolls and call it lunch after shoveling snow.
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There is no state in America where the average gas price is below $2.34 / gallon.
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
There is no state in America where the average gas price is below $2.34 / gallon.
Happy Sunday, everyone.
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Sunday, everyone.
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The big question on the horizon is how the insurance industry will respond to this. Studio films need to be insured, which involves risk assessment, and getting a company to insure a film against potential sexual harassment lawsuits could make some folks unhirable, and thus their films unmakable.
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The big question on the horizon is how the insurance industry will respond to this. Studio films need to be insured, which involves risk assessment, and getting a company to insure a film against potential sexual harassment lawsuits could make some folks unhirable, and thus their films unmakable.
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I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
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if these motherfuckers could EVER have some extrapolative empathy and not only discover it when an issue directly affects them....
A top Republican in Indiana, whose daughter has Down Syndrome, just announced he will be voting to block Trump’s gerrymandering after Trump used the R-word to insult people yesterday.
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
if these motherfuckers could EVER have some extrapolative empathy and not only discover it when an issue directly affects them....
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shower thinking is the secret to writing success, not the slop machine. most of my creative breakthroughs happen in the shower
In the shower this morning, I realized I have to change the entire setting of my current project. This will have time-consuming ramifications throughout, but it's best for the WIP.
When you pop a prompt into the slop machine, you don't get realizations. Just output. Nutritionless slop, never cooked
When you pop a prompt into the slop machine, you don't get realizations. Just output. Nutritionless slop, never cooked
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
shower thinking is the secret to writing success, not the slop machine. most of my creative breakthroughs happen in the shower
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The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
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I’m agog seeing people who actually believe this is about drugs. It’s the oil, dingus.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I’m agog seeing people who actually believe this is about drugs. It’s the oil, dingus.
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I just think she's neat
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I just think she's neat
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Happy Saturday from derpy Trouble
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Happy Saturday from derpy Trouble