Barry Lyga
@barrylyga.com
Author. Reader. Recovering comic book geek.
New York Times bestselling author of the I HUNT KILLERS trilogy and the upcoming BRIDEKILLER!
Monthly: barrylyga.com/newsletter
New York Times bestselling author of the I HUNT KILLERS trilogy and the upcoming BRIDEKILLER!
Monthly: barrylyga.com/newsletter
@gruber.foo! "I’ll have more to say *later today* [emphasis mine]" -- Daring Fireball: Apple Announces Apple Creator Studio (Including Apple's Take on Pixelmator) (daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...)
That was a couple of days ago. 😂 Still curious to know your thoughts on the bundle!
That was a couple of days ago. 😂 Still curious to know your thoughts on the bundle!
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
@gruber.foo! "I’ll have more to say *later today* [emphasis mine]" -- Daring Fireball: Apple Announces Apple Creator Studio (Including Apple's Take on Pixelmator) (daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...)
That was a couple of days ago. 😂 Still curious to know your thoughts on the bundle!
That was a couple of days ago. 😂 Still curious to know your thoughts on the bundle!
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Imagine there's no Twitter
It's easy if you try
No psycho right wing nutjobs
Instead it's just Bluesky.
Imagine all the people
Shouting "fuck, hurray!"
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be more fun.
It's easy if you try
No psycho right wing nutjobs
Instead it's just Bluesky.
Imagine all the people
Shouting "fuck, hurray!"
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be more fun.
January 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Imagine there's no Twitter
It's easy if you try
No psycho right wing nutjobs
Instead it's just Bluesky.
Imagine all the people
Shouting "fuck, hurray!"
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be more fun.
It's easy if you try
No psycho right wing nutjobs
Instead it's just Bluesky.
Imagine all the people
Shouting "fuck, hurray!"
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be more fun.
From my #newsletter: I love Warren Zevon's music, so this piece about his last public appearance and last appearance on David Letterman's show stabbed me right in the feels: “Thank You, and Goodbye”
“Thank You, and Goodbye”
Before Warren Zevon is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, revisit one of his final performances, a stunning, emotional return to the ‘Late Show With David Letterman’
www.theringer.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
From my #newsletter: I love Warren Zevon's music, so this piece about his last public appearance and last appearance on David Letterman's show stabbed me right in the feels: “Thank You, and Goodbye”
From my #newsletter: As if being a woman wasn't tough enough: Apparently researchers at Yale have determined that it's also harder for women to quit smoking. (Don't start, ladies!!!)
Quitting Smoking: It’s Harder for Women
A Yale researcher discusses why women have a harder time quitting smoking than men and offers advice.
www.yalemedicine.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
From my #newsletter: As if being a woman wasn't tough enough: Apparently researchers at Yale have determined that it's also harder for women to quit smoking. (Don't start, ladies!!!)
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Nothing captures the messaging gap between this country's parties like the way Republicans whip their supporters into frenzy over things that aren't real and how dems will look at kids being flashbanged by an occupying force of secret police and say "pls don't do anything dad is gonna be mad :["
State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
January 15, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Nothing captures the messaging gap between this country's parties like the way Republicans whip their supporters into frenzy over things that aren't real and how dems will look at kids being flashbanged by an occupying force of secret police and say "pls don't do anything dad is gonna be mad :["
My son has taken to wearing his winter hat to bed. He's just a long gown and a candle on a saucer away from being a full-blown Dickens character!
January 15, 2026 at 2:15 AM
My son has taken to wearing his winter hat to bed. He's just a long gown and a candle on a saucer away from being a full-blown Dickens character!
I did not have "Bill Kristol goes full woke" on my 2026 bingo card.
I see we’re at the, “C’mon, the Alabama state troopers were really being treated disrespectfully at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Also, a couple of them got scratches that day,” level of ICE apologetics.
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I did not have "Bill Kristol goes full woke" on my 2026 bingo card.
it would be great if Democrats said this every time they were asked about healthcare costs instead of the usual, "Yeah, we need to get costs down and we have a plan..."
No. Lay the blame appropriately. Strongly. Repeatedly.
No. Lay the blame appropriately. Strongly. Repeatedly.
BREAKING: Senate Republicans just blocked the clean ACA tax credit extension that the House passed to save millions of people thousands of dollars each.
If you’re paying double or even triple for health insurance, blame Trump and the Senate GOP.
If you’re paying double or even triple for health insurance, blame Trump and the Senate GOP.
January 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
it would be great if Democrats said this every time they were asked about healthcare costs instead of the usual, "Yeah, we need to get costs down and we have a plan..."
No. Lay the blame appropriately. Strongly. Repeatedly.
No. Lay the blame appropriately. Strongly. Repeatedly.
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Heeeeeeey. It's Brandon. I've written a lot of stuff. This year I've got Supergirl's Family Vacation coming in May, Garfield Mad Libs in April & KPop Demon Hunters Mad Libs in the Fall in addition to a thing I can't talk about. Then in 2027- more stuff I can't talk about yet! But soon. #PortfolioDay
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Heeeeeeey. It's Brandon. I've written a lot of stuff. This year I've got Supergirl's Family Vacation coming in May, Garfield Mad Libs in April & KPop Demon Hunters Mad Libs in the Fall in addition to a thing I can't talk about. Then in 2027- more stuff I can't talk about yet! But soon. #PortfolioDay
The best finger, everybody says.
TMZ has obtained video of Trump flipping off a heckler in Detroit who shouted what appeared to be the phrase "pedophile protector" at him.
Trump also appears to curse at the heckler, seeming to say, 'fuck you.'
www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
Trump also appears to curse at the heckler, seeming to say, 'fuck you.'
www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
President Trump Filmed Flipping Off Ford Worker Who Yells 'Pedophile Protector' at Him
2:45 PM PT -- White House Communications Director Steven Cheung tells TMZ ... "A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguou...
www.tmz.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The best finger, everybody says.
I am now taking on clients for #freelanceediting #mentoring and general help with your #writing! Check out http://fixion.ink for details! #fixion
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January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I am now taking on clients for #freelanceediting #mentoring and general help with your #writing! Check out http://fixion.ink for details! #fixion
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Can’t spell “micro-penis” without ICE.
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Can’t spell “micro-penis” without ICE.
From my #newsletter: I have a deep, personal interest in autism (and hey, screw you, RFK Jr.!), so this caught my attention: For the first time, researchers have discovered an actual molecular difference in autistic brains! This is rife with therapeutic potential.
Researchers Discover Molecular Difference in Autistic Brains
Brains of autistic individuals have fewer of a specific kind of glutamate receptor, supporting an idea that autism is driven by a signaling imbalance.
medicine.yale.edu
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
From my #newsletter: I have a deep, personal interest in autism (and hey, screw you, RFK Jr.!), so this caught my attention: For the first time, researchers have discovered an actual molecular difference in autistic brains! This is rife with therapeutic potential.
This...sounds...familiar...
Sensationalized news coverage and inflammatory social media posts are making the Japanese more fearful than they need to be. 👉 ebx.sh/wiWFaX
January 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
This...sounds...familiar...
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Folks on the ground are asking me to lift this up because the need is still growing, all around Minnesota.
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
Friends, thank you for stepping up! Over $40,000 worth of dash cams have been ordered so far for ICE observers in the Twin Cities!
Early orders are trickling in, but we’re getting them packed and deployed ASAFP - several were installed yesterday, these are ready, and 300+ are on the way!
Early orders are trickling in, but we’re getting them packed and deployed ASAFP - several were installed yesterday, these are ready, and 300+ are on the way!
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Folks on the ground are asking me to lift this up because the need is still growing, all around Minnesota.
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
I freakin’ LOVE Campbell — the monomyth worship drives me crazy. Campbell meant it to be a structure for *understanding* mythology, not crafting it.
He even EXPLICITLY says that deviations from the monomyth are important!
Hollywood dillweeds saw a universal blueprint.
He even EXPLICITLY says that deviations from the monomyth are important!
Hollywood dillweeds saw a universal blueprint.
January 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I freakin’ LOVE Campbell — the monomyth worship drives me crazy. Campbell meant it to be a structure for *understanding* mythology, not crafting it.
He even EXPLICITLY says that deviations from the monomyth are important!
Hollywood dillweeds saw a universal blueprint.
He even EXPLICITLY says that deviations from the monomyth are important!
Hollywood dillweeds saw a universal blueprint.
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Sorry it took me this long to get here, folks
January 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Sorry it took me this long to get here, folks
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
I am constantly surprised by the vast quantity of suck incarnate in these two men.
Schumer and Jeffries Refuse to Back Growing Democratic Calls to Defund ICE
Amid outrage over the killing of Renee Good, Democratic leaders are declining to use their leverage to fight the agency.
truthout.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I am constantly surprised by the vast quantity of suck incarnate in these two men.
Paging Carol Sturka...
Humanity Just Received a 10-Second Signal From 13 Billion Light Years Away
A mysterious 10-second flash from deep space has shattered records and stunned scientists. Detected by a new satellite and confirmed by the James Webb Telescope, this ancient explosion is forcing expe...
dailygalaxy.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Paging Carol Sturka...
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"The protests in Iran may have expanded to such an extent that they are challenging Iranian security forces’ ability to suppress them." understandingwar.org/research/mid...
Iran Update, January 9, 2026
The Iranian regime has sustained its nationwide internet shutdown to disrupt protest coordination and obscure the scale of its crackdown.
understandingwar.org
January 10, 2026 at 9:24 PM
🤔
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…just not the brave people of the United States.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States 'supports with the brave people of Iran.'
January 10, 2026 at 7:18 AM
…just not the brave people of the United States.
Wherever he is, I hope Merrick Garland's crotch itches INCESSANTLY.
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Wherever he is, I hope Merrick Garland's crotch itches INCESSANTLY.