brianstumbaugh.bsky.social
@brianstumbaugh.bsky.social
Read often, read weird stuff, then cheerlead like hell for others to do the same. My latest post contains mentions to @backlisted.bsky.social, BookBub, and other savory morsels.
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On Reading Widely and Weirdly
In 2026, read as if your life depended on it.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Read often, read weird stuff, then cheerlead like hell for others to do the same. My latest post contains mentions to @backlisted.bsky.social, BookBub, and other savory morsels.
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"The parallels to the present are obvious, but they’re not satiric. The deaths are real, and the taking of citizen liberties is a truth that is ever spooling out in greater quantities. There is no comedy now. Satire comes with time in order to ripen it."
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A Royal Nonesuch for Our Times
How will history see us?
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January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
"The parallels to the present are obvious, but they’re not satiric. The deaths are real, and the taking of citizen liberties is a truth that is ever spooling out in greater quantities. There is no comedy now. Satire comes with time in order to ripen it."
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My latest post is up on SubStack! With the events happening in Minnesota, I took a second to reflect on literature, Huckleberry Finn to be precise, and how it can inform our current moment.
I'd love for you to read it!
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I'd love for you to read it!
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A Royal Nonesuch for Our Times
How will history see us?
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January 27, 2026 at 11:03 PM
My latest post is up on SubStack! With the events happening in Minnesota, I took a second to reflect on literature, Huckleberry Finn to be precise, and how it can inform our current moment.
I'd love for you to read it!
brianstumbaugh.substack.com/p/a-royal-no...
I'd love for you to read it!
brianstumbaugh.substack.com/p/a-royal-no...
Walls
A Little ”Media Vita in Morte Sumus“ for the New Year
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January 19, 2026 at 9:36 PM
@backlisted.bsky.social strikes again! Thank you for keeping my TBR list interesting and diverse!
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
@backlisted.bsky.social strikes again! Thank you for keeping my TBR list interesting and diverse!
Great book haul this year! This will get me started in 2026!
December 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Great book haul this year! This will get me started in 2026!
So it's been a minute, what with end of summer vacations and the start of my thirtieth school year, but I'm back! Here's my latest post- it's about past trips to Disney, nostalgia, and, of all things, mortality! I'd love for you to read it!
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Redux
Welcome back to the Magic Kingdom
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September 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So it's been a minute, what with end of summer vacations and the start of my thirtieth school year, but I'm back! Here's my latest post- it's about past trips to Disney, nostalgia, and, of all things, mortality! I'd love for you to read it!
brianstumbaugh.substack.com/p/redux
brianstumbaugh.substack.com/p/redux
New post on SubStack! A blast from the past: While we were in WDW for a full family vacation, on SubStack I revisit one of our first trips to Disney and the feelings that it engendered. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/brianstu...
[REPOST] Cult of Smiles
Disney, 2017
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August 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New post on SubStack! A blast from the past: While we were in WDW for a full family vacation, on SubStack I revisit one of our first trips to Disney and the feelings that it engendered. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/brianstu...
I hate writing workshops. I really do. But I had something happen this summer that may change my feelings toward them. It’s up on SubStack right now. I’d love for you to read it.
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The Workshop
It matters. It really does.
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August 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I hate writing workshops. I really do. But I had something happen this summer that may change my feelings toward them. It’s up on SubStack right now. I’d love for you to read it.
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3,500 words done on a story today! Nearly a complete draft. Sooo satisfying! Feels great to be at it again!
July 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
3,500 words done on a story today! Nearly a complete draft. Sooo satisfying! Feels great to be at it again!
New post live on Substack! It’s about navigating the work world while eyeing retirement, something I’m learning a lot about lately! I’d love for you to read it.
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Relevance in the Age of Decline
Welcome to the Downslide
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July 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New post live on Substack! It’s about navigating the work world while eyeing retirement, something I’m learning a lot about lately! I’d love for you to read it.
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Beach Nights- a new post on SubStack! I'd love for you check it out.
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Beach Nights
A Kick-Off to Summer
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July 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Beach Nights- a new post on SubStack! I'd love for you check it out.
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So I’ve been thinking about a plan for retirement when that happens in a few years. Here’s an attempt at verbalizing it.
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Peering Over the Edge (and Looking Ahead)
On friends retiring, writing books, and building airplanes
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June 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
So I’ve been thinking about a plan for retirement when that happens in a few years. Here’s an attempt at verbalizing it.
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Soaking up the solstice. 9:30pm Friday night. Beautiful.
June 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Soaking up the solstice. 9:30pm Friday night. Beautiful.
I have a new post up on Substack. I’d love for you to check it out.
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June 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I have a new post up on Substack. I’d love for you to check it out.
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Wonderful night in Saratoga listening to two of my favorite writers discuss their work at the Northshire Bookstore! Congrats Paul O’Brien and Jack Rightmyer!
June 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Wonderful night in Saratoga listening to two of my favorite writers discuss their work at the Northshire Bookstore! Congrats Paul O’Brien and Jack Rightmyer!
This is my 30th last day of classes. Wow. I’m letting that one sink in.
June 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is my 30th last day of classes. Wow. I’m letting that one sink in.
Check out my new post! We've all heard the trash talk about teens, I'm just not sure it's entirely warranted.
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Damn Kids
Are teens really that different now? Yes and no.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Check out my new post! We've all heard the trash talk about teens, I'm just not sure it's entirely warranted.
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Went for an hour ride tonight. Halfway out, at the farthest point I could be away from home, the skies opened and it poured. I had to stop once under a tree for survival. Struggled all the way back. When I made it home the sun came out. Of course.
Still got the ride in, though.
Still got the ride in, though.
June 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Went for an hour ride tonight. Halfway out, at the farthest point I could be away from home, the skies opened and it poured. I had to stop once under a tree for survival. Struggled all the way back. When I made it home the sun came out. Of course.
Still got the ride in, though.
Still got the ride in, though.
I started a new writing venture! Check it out at: open.substack.com/pub/brianstu...
A New Place to Hang
There's no place like home...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I started a new writing venture! Check it out at: open.substack.com/pub/brianstu...
Is it me, or is Chuck E. Cheese just the minor leagues for casinos?
June 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Is it me, or is Chuck E. Cheese just the minor leagues for casinos?