Elliott Kay
@elliottkaybooks.bsky.social
He/him. Author of Poor Man's Fight, Good Intentions, and assorted other cool sci-fi/fantasy stuff. Yes, I am linking my stuff here, because why wouldn't I? https://tinyurl.com/49yf5kjc
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These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
Honestly they look like "what if a cybertruck was a boat"
I'm sure they'll be about as useful, too
I'm sure they'll be about as useful, too
STOP CALLING THEM BATTLESHIPS
FFS, people
FFS, people
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Honestly they look like "what if a cybertruck was a boat"
I'm sure they'll be about as useful, too
I'm sure they'll be about as useful, too
Everyone who sees this is old enough to remember their teachers in school taking a hard line against plagiarism. Don't tell me you don't remember.
None of those principles or ethics have changed just because a pack of billionaire tech bros told you it's okay now (because they make money on it).
None of those principles or ethics have changed just because a pack of billionaire tech bros told you it's okay now (because they make money on it).
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Everyone who sees this is old enough to remember their teachers in school taking a hard line against plagiarism. Don't tell me you don't remember.
None of those principles or ethics have changed just because a pack of billionaire tech bros told you it's okay now (because they make money on it).
None of those principles or ethics have changed just because a pack of billionaire tech bros told you it's okay now (because they make money on it).
If you used AI to "help" you with your "creative" work, then no, you do not deserve any awards. You don't deserve eligibility for awards.
Normally, I only care about awards as a matter of inclusivity. Past that, I generally don't give a damn about awards. But for this, yes, I can find one.
Normally, I only care about awards as a matter of inclusivity. Past that, I generally don't give a damn about awards. But for this, yes, I can find one.
December 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If you used AI to "help" you with your "creative" work, then no, you do not deserve any awards. You don't deserve eligibility for awards.
Normally, I only care about awards as a matter of inclusivity. Past that, I generally don't give a damn about awards. But for this, yes, I can find one.
Normally, I only care about awards as a matter of inclusivity. Past that, I generally don't give a damn about awards. But for this, yes, I can find one.
Hey, Good Intentions fans! Book 5: DEVIL IN THE DETAILS drops in *audiobook* on 12/23, narrated by the wonderful Tess Irondale!
Preorder here!
www.audible.com/ac/Devil-in-...
Preorder here!
www.audible.com/ac/Devil-in-...
Devil in the Details
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Once the shadows of magic enter a mortal’s life, they never really leave. Alex learned that from the moment he met Rachel and Lorelei, but he fell for them ...
www.audible.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hey, Good Intentions fans! Book 5: DEVIL IN THE DETAILS drops in *audiobook* on 12/23, narrated by the wonderful Tess Irondale!
Preorder here!
www.audible.com/ac/Devil-in-...
Preorder here!
www.audible.com/ac/Devil-in-...
Yes. And the garbage out of Larian is extra infuriating.
Sure, it's really nice to have concept art. You know who's important to the *conceptualizing?* The actual artist, with their actual freakin brain and their understanding of images.
Larian has the money to pay artists.
Sure, it's really nice to have concept art. You know who's important to the *conceptualizing?* The actual artist, with their actual freakin brain and their understanding of images.
Larian has the money to pay artists.
If you are a writer, and you need an AI image to explain to an artist what you have envisioned, you need to quit your job.
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yes. And the garbage out of Larian is extra infuriating.
Sure, it's really nice to have concept art. You know who's important to the *conceptualizing?* The actual artist, with their actual freakin brain and their understanding of images.
Larian has the money to pay artists.
Sure, it's really nice to have concept art. You know who's important to the *conceptualizing?* The actual artist, with their actual freakin brain and their understanding of images.
Larian has the money to pay artists.
Please share this with every active duty person you might know. Hell, reservists, too. Why not.
It's not a bonus. It's not from the tariffs. It's just a rebrand of already-approved funding. And the language he used will probably confuse and screw people over.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
It's not a bonus. It's not from the tariffs. It's just a rebrand of already-approved funding. And the language he used will probably confuse and screw people over.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Please share this with every active duty person you might know. Hell, reservists, too. Why not.
It's not a bonus. It's not from the tariffs. It's just a rebrand of already-approved funding. And the language he used will probably confuse and screw people over.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
It's not a bonus. It's not from the tariffs. It's just a rebrand of already-approved funding. And the language he used will probably confuse and screw people over.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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The Vanity Fair photographer with a lot more courage than many titans industry and brokers of power
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer with a lot more courage than many titans industry and brokers of power
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"Hurt people hurt people" is sometimes accurate, but "people who have been raised to see themselves as superior to others, have been given immense power over other people's lives, and have never had to face consequences for their actions, hurt people" is a lot more broadly true.
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Hurt people hurt people" is sometimes accurate, but "people who have been raised to see themselves as superior to others, have been given immense power over other people's lives, and have never had to face consequences for their actions, hurt people" is a lot more broadly true.
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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(btw if you are out there watching people mocking selling 1200 books and feeling bad because you'd love to sell 1200 books, please know that if you had been given the institutional support she has, you would have sold WAY MORE THAN 1200 books, it takes some sort of miracle to not do so)
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
(btw if you are out there watching people mocking selling 1200 books and feeling bad because you'd love to sell 1200 books, please know that if you had been given the institutional support she has, you would have sold WAY MORE THAN 1200 books, it takes some sort of miracle to not do so)
I'm super grateful when anyone plugs my books but I'm especially grateful for, "When threatened, [Tanner] bypasses Goblin Mode and goes full Ork."
Especially as Tanner's post-military life is now ruled by a freshman dormitory full of chaos goblins.
Especially as Tanner's post-military life is now ruled by a freshman dormitory full of chaos goblins.
Since this website is all about me here's a book series I really like. Poor Man's Fight by @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social We have our usual space opera setting with multiple governments and pirates. There's corporate based education where your final exam sets up your future. 1/
December 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm super grateful when anyone plugs my books but I'm especially grateful for, "When threatened, [Tanner] bypasses Goblin Mode and goes full Ork."
Especially as Tanner's post-military life is now ruled by a freshman dormitory full of chaos goblins.
Especially as Tanner's post-military life is now ruled by a freshman dormitory full of chaos goblins.
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The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
So we're clear here... we've gone from "This story is fake news, there's no second strike against shipwreck survivors"
to Trump saying, "I wouldn’t have wanted that, not a second strike" and "Pete said that didn’t happen"
to now, "Yes, Hegseth ordered it, the admiral did it, and it's cool."
...?
to Trump saying, "I wouldn’t have wanted that, not a second strike" and "Pete said that didn’t happen"
to now, "Yes, Hegseth ordered it, the admiral did it, and it's cool."
...?
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
So we're clear here... we've gone from "This story is fake news, there's no second strike against shipwreck survivors"
to Trump saying, "I wouldn’t have wanted that, not a second strike" and "Pete said that didn’t happen"
to now, "Yes, Hegseth ordered it, the admiral did it, and it's cool."
...?
to Trump saying, "I wouldn’t have wanted that, not a second strike" and "Pete said that didn’t happen"
to now, "Yes, Hegseth ordered it, the admiral did it, and it's cool."
...?
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
I went through CG basic in 1994.
About 3 or 4 weeks in, one white recruit said the n-word, once.
He was gone the next day. Out on his ass. Not out of our recruit company—out of the Guard entirely. Immediate discharge.
I felt like that was a huge sign I was in the right place.
Now we have this shit.
About 3 or 4 weeks in, one white recruit said the n-word, once.
He was gone the next day. Out on his ass. Not out of our recruit company—out of the Guard entirely. Immediate discharge.
I felt like that was a huge sign I was in the right place.
Now we have this shit.
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I went through CG basic in 1994.
About 3 or 4 weeks in, one white recruit said the n-word, once.
He was gone the next day. Out on his ass. Not out of our recruit company—out of the Guard entirely. Immediate discharge.
I felt like that was a huge sign I was in the right place.
Now we have this shit.
About 3 or 4 weeks in, one white recruit said the n-word, once.
He was gone the next day. Out on his ass. Not out of our recruit company—out of the Guard entirely. Immediate discharge.
I felt like that was a huge sign I was in the right place.
Now we have this shit.
Dear Brain:
I'm still working on THIS novel and I already had ideas for three other books plus stuff on the side.
I do NOT need MORE ideas for a whole new set of books. And I definitely don't need to feel like they have to be written NOW.
I'm still working on THIS novel and I already had ideas for three other books plus stuff on the side.
I do NOT need MORE ideas for a whole new set of books. And I definitely don't need to feel like they have to be written NOW.
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dear Brain:
I'm still working on THIS novel and I already had ideas for three other books plus stuff on the side.
I do NOT need MORE ideas for a whole new set of books. And I definitely don't need to feel like they have to be written NOW.
I'm still working on THIS novel and I already had ideas for three other books plus stuff on the side.
I do NOT need MORE ideas for a whole new set of books. And I definitely don't need to feel like they have to be written NOW.
Really concerned about whoever got this actual video of me at home trying to write.
(Not sure why they photoshopped in the long hair, but whatever)
(Not sure why they photoshopped in the long hair, but whatever)
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Really concerned about whoever got this actual video of me at home trying to write.
(Not sure why they photoshopped in the long hair, but whatever)
(Not sure why they photoshopped in the long hair, but whatever)
Hey all,
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com
Lee Moyer Design & Illustration portfolio website
Lee Moyer Design & Illustration is the leader in moment capturing
www.leemoyer.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hey all,
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com
This thread. It's all worth reading.
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This thread. It's all worth reading.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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I need to put out a request for help.
My wife, a Senior Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience.... can't seem to get responses to job applications.
Anyone out there know of any PMT (TPM) positions available?
We're running real thin now, and can use any help we can get.
My wife, a Senior Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience.... can't seem to get responses to job applications.
Anyone out there know of any PMT (TPM) positions available?
We're running real thin now, and can use any help we can get.
September 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I need to put out a request for help.
My wife, a Senior Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience.... can't seem to get responses to job applications.
Anyone out there know of any PMT (TPM) positions available?
We're running real thin now, and can use any help we can get.
My wife, a Senior Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience.... can't seem to get responses to job applications.
Anyone out there know of any PMT (TPM) positions available?
We're running real thin now, and can use any help we can get.
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Speculating, I'd say abstract nihilism.
"Notices bulges" etc is copypasta.
"Uparrow" etc is a large attack in Helldivers 2.
"Bella Ciao" became popular again from Money Heist, lots of TikTok clips.
"Gay lmao" is probably, to him, casual homophobic gamer speak, nothing more.
Depressing brainrot.
"Notices bulges" etc is copypasta.
"Uparrow" etc is a large attack in Helldivers 2.
"Bella Ciao" became popular again from Money Heist, lots of TikTok clips.
"Gay lmao" is probably, to him, casual homophobic gamer speak, nothing more.
Depressing brainrot.
Is it even clear from the meme references what the motivation would have been? Just that Kirk wasn’t enough far right? Or more abstractly nihilistic
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Speculating, I'd say abstract nihilism.
"Notices bulges" etc is copypasta.
"Uparrow" etc is a large attack in Helldivers 2.
"Bella Ciao" became popular again from Money Heist, lots of TikTok clips.
"Gay lmao" is probably, to him, casual homophobic gamer speak, nothing more.
Depressing brainrot.
"Notices bulges" etc is copypasta.
"Uparrow" etc is a large attack in Helldivers 2.
"Bella Ciao" became popular again from Money Heist, lots of TikTok clips.
"Gay lmao" is probably, to him, casual homophobic gamer speak, nothing more.
Depressing brainrot.
If you think you're going to fix this country with your gun, you're wrong.
You won't make anything better with that. You will instead make things worse for everyone you presumably care about.
Talk to someone. Find therapy. Maybe put that energy toward helping people instead. It works better.
You won't make anything better with that. You will instead make things worse for everyone you presumably care about.
Talk to someone. Find therapy. Maybe put that energy toward helping people instead. It works better.
September 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you think you're going to fix this country with your gun, you're wrong.
You won't make anything better with that. You will instead make things worse for everyone you presumably care about.
Talk to someone. Find therapy. Maybe put that energy toward helping people instead. It works better.
You won't make anything better with that. You will instead make things worse for everyone you presumably care about.
Talk to someone. Find therapy. Maybe put that energy toward helping people instead. It works better.
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So I want to briefly mention what next steps look like for people who are left out of the loop on this settlement. There are many of you.
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So I want to briefly mention what next steps look like for people who are left out of the loop on this settlement. There are many of you.