Greg "The Horror of Existence" Machlin
@gregmachlin.bsky.social
I write with VivaciousVandal. Won an Inevitable Fellowship for writers with disabilities. AFF Semifinalist 2025. Welcome to Bsky, or "Good Twitter," as I call it!
I would be co-President 2/ @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social and I'm pretty sure we'd go for the following. For a start…
1) Galavant season 3.
2) @okbjgm.bsky.social 's The Middleman, season 2.
3) Agent Carter season 2.
1) Galavant season 3.
2) @okbjgm.bsky.social 's The Middleman, season 2.
3) Agent Carter season 2.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I would be co-President 2/ @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social and I'm pretty sure we'd go for the following. For a start…
1) Galavant season 3.
2) @okbjgm.bsky.social 's The Middleman, season 2.
3) Agent Carter season 2.
1) Galavant season 3.
2) @okbjgm.bsky.social 's The Middleman, season 2.
3) Agent Carter season 2.
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Frisky Dingo Season 3
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Frisky Dingo Season 3
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Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
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WRITER: Hello! I work very hard to craft diverting art and entertainment projects that I offer for sale; I do this so I can afford things like food and electricity.
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
WRITER: Hello! I work very hard to craft diverting art and entertainment projects that I offer for sale; I do this so I can afford things like food and electricity.
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
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And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
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The incredible Kevin Woodcock:
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The incredible Kevin Woodcock:
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First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
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brain-boiling from lockdown and such is absolutely part of it but I'm mostly referring to the sheer weight of unprocessed grief bsky.app/profile/docs...
That’s right. The experience of Covid comprehensively and irreparably boiled the brains of at least a third of our fellow citizens and we’re gonna be dealing with the consequences of this shit for the rest of our lives.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
brain-boiling from lockdown and such is absolutely part of it but I'm mostly referring to the sheer weight of unprocessed grief bsky.app/profile/docs...
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it's the COVID psychic damage
The biggest blackpill for me was a poll that found that, despite Trump's abysmal approvals and Dems cleaning house lately, an hypothetical 2024 rematch would still be a tossup. The insane reality is that a majority of US voters really experienced the Biden years as some kind of epochal catastrophe!
“I’m not gonna lie to you about the economy like Biden and trump and say it was great“
“Achtually the economy was great under Biden, the guy we dumped 4 months out from the general here are some charts“
If you think the 100% true fact that the economy was good under Biden is relevant youre dumb
“Achtually the economy was great under Biden, the guy we dumped 4 months out from the general here are some charts“
If you think the 100% true fact that the economy was good under Biden is relevant youre dumb
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
it's the COVID psychic damage
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DID I BREAK YOUR CONCENTRATION, CHARLIE BROWN?
We’re going to need a bigger boat, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
DID I BREAK YOUR CONCENTRATION, CHARLIE BROWN?
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English (US) Phrasebook - Lesson 1: Emergencies
1) Help me!
2) I need to go to the hospital!
3) My hand is stuck in my hamburger!
4) Someone fired a nail gun through my hamburger bun when my hand was on top of the patty!
5) I was feeling the meat inside my sandwich when something terrible occurred!
1) Help me!
2) I need to go to the hospital!
3) My hand is stuck in my hamburger!
4) Someone fired a nail gun through my hamburger bun when my hand was on top of the patty!
5) I was feeling the meat inside my sandwich when something terrible occurred!
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
English (US) Phrasebook - Lesson 1: Emergencies
1) Help me!
2) I need to go to the hospital!
3) My hand is stuck in my hamburger!
4) Someone fired a nail gun through my hamburger bun when my hand was on top of the patty!
5) I was feeling the meat inside my sandwich when something terrible occurred!
1) Help me!
2) I need to go to the hospital!
3) My hand is stuck in my hamburger!
4) Someone fired a nail gun through my hamburger bun when my hand was on top of the patty!
5) I was feeling the meat inside my sandwich when something terrible occurred!
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Very alarming thread about Roblox. Had no idea about any of this.
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Very alarming thread about Roblox. Had no idea about any of this.
First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
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What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
Okay, so I am only listening to the full soundtrack to Beetlejuice: The Musical NOW, so TIL Beetlejuice the character has a training montage song where he tries to get the Maitlands to be scary, and it’s awesome.
Beetlejuice GIF
Alt: On the left, a corpse with white makeup and wild blond hair named Beetlejuice talks to a couple in their 30s to his right, a woman in a pink dress and a man with glasses, a black and white checkered shirt.
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Okay, so I am only listening to the full soundtrack to Beetlejuice: The Musical NOW, so TIL Beetlejuice the character has a training montage song where he tries to get the Maitlands to be scary, and it’s awesome.
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Polyamory is the only solution. All these people are too hot.
Dinklage is working HARD to make us forget how hot he is. No other Malvolio has had more hotness to overcome.
Dinklage is working HARD to make us forget how hot he is. No other Malvolio has had more hotness to overcome.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Polyamory is the only solution. All these people are too hot.
Dinklage is working HARD to make us forget how hot he is. No other Malvolio has had more hotness to overcome.
Dinklage is working HARD to make us forget how hot he is. No other Malvolio has had more hotness to overcome.
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I’m about to watch the Shakespeare in the Park version of Twelfth Night, so prepare for screeching skeets.
If you’re on the eastern seaboard and you hear the sounds of a dying pterodactyl: don’t worry, I just want to make sweet love to all these characters.
If you’re on the eastern seaboard and you hear the sounds of a dying pterodactyl: don’t worry, I just want to make sweet love to all these characters.
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I’m about to watch the Shakespeare in the Park version of Twelfth Night, so prepare for screeching skeets.
If you’re on the eastern seaboard and you hear the sounds of a dying pterodactyl: don’t worry, I just want to make sweet love to all these characters.
If you’re on the eastern seaboard and you hear the sounds of a dying pterodactyl: don’t worry, I just want to make sweet love to all these characters.
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There is nothing wrong with autism
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
There is nothing wrong with autism
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Hi, the new season of “A Man on the Inside,” a TV show I worked on, hits Netflix today. Ted Danson is in it! Also Mary Steenburgen, Gary Cole, Max Greenfield, David Strathairn, Lisa Gilroy, Stephanie Beatriz, Jason Mantzoukas, and many more funny people. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hi, the new season of “A Man on the Inside,” a TV show I worked on, hits Netflix today. Ted Danson is in it! Also Mary Steenburgen, Gary Cole, Max Greenfield, David Strathairn, Lisa Gilroy, Stephanie Beatriz, Jason Mantzoukas, and many more funny people. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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For a friend: #Pennsylvania 1st amendment attorneys:
I have a friend suddenly fired from his university position for assigning a VERY benign essay about virtue that some auditing students deemed “too political”.
He was given no opportunity to protest, & needs someone pro-bono ASAP.
It’s urgent.
I have a friend suddenly fired from his university position for assigning a VERY benign essay about virtue that some auditing students deemed “too political”.
He was given no opportunity to protest, & needs someone pro-bono ASAP.
It’s urgent.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For a friend: #Pennsylvania 1st amendment attorneys:
I have a friend suddenly fired from his university position for assigning a VERY benign essay about virtue that some auditing students deemed “too political”.
He was given no opportunity to protest, & needs someone pro-bono ASAP.
It’s urgent.
I have a friend suddenly fired from his university position for assigning a VERY benign essay about virtue that some auditing students deemed “too political”.
He was given no opportunity to protest, & needs someone pro-bono ASAP.
It’s urgent.
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Bro!!! Bro, your petard, bro!!! Look out, dude!!!! That thing could straight up hoist you!!! Bro!! BRO!!!!
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Bro!!! Bro, your petard, bro!!! Look out, dude!!!! That thing could straight up hoist you!!! Bro!! BRO!!!!