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John Shirley
@johnshirley2024.bsky.social
Writer of books, scripts, lyrics. Bram Stoker Award for Black Butterflies; Spur Award for Gunmetal Mountain. Newest sf novels: SubOrbital 7, Stormland. New novel: The Silver Revolver. Writer: The Crow. Deep Space 9 et al. Science! https://john-shirley.com
This time, Carville is right. It's time people who are against Trump really unite for the fight. No matter their disagreements on other matters.

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Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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After campaigning on banning congressional stock trading, one of Congress' top stock traders, Rob Bresnahan, sold up to $130,000 in stocks from four Medicaid providers before voting for huge cuts to the program. #PA08
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Powerful persons in Florida have been covering up weird hinky stuff connected with these buses.
State can’t find Hope Florida vehicles in motor pool database
Florida officials could not find the buses, vans and semi-trailers emblazoned with the Hope Florida logo in the state database, even when provided photos of the vehicles’ license plates.
www.sun-sentinel.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The imbeciles.
"Roughly one in three cancer deaths in the U.S. are linked to cigarette smoking, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Federal health officials have linked smoking to more than 30 diseases and health conditions, including heart disease, stroke, and asthma."
Celebrities Are Making Smoking Cigarettes Cool Again
Cigarettes are resurfacing in pop music and movies, raising fears that a yearslong decline in smoking rates could reverse.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Trump and Hegseth must go. They are violating laws every single day and they want to punish anyone who doesn’t agree with them.
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Pentagon Opens Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly Over What Hegseth Calls ‘Seditious’ Video
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This person is a disinformation operative for the extreme right, most likely doing it on a salaried basis.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If you're a fan of Slow Horses, as I am, and you haven't checked this show out--best give it a look as it's based on a novel by the guy who wrote the books that inspired Slow Horses, has same producers, and is just generally a lot like it in tone and sensibility. Dark humor, twists, great acting.
Down Cemetery Road — Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Yes it started that way, I noticed it too, but more and more young people are getting involved...
The NY Times in 7 months late, I made this meme last Spring when I noticed most of the people at my local protest were senior citizens🤣

"The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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GHOST CONFESSIONS by @johnshirley2024.bsky.social is now available! Herein you will find explorations of doom and destruction, love and alienation; dark gnosis and environmental collapse; even Lovecraftian horrors and Halloween.
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fan of TOMBSTONE? Or Wyatt Earp in general? Wolfpack Publications has just brought out a new edition of my historical western Wyatt in Wichita. It's only on kindle (99 cents!), though used copies of the original paperback are out there.
Wyatt in Wichita: A Classic Historical Western
Wyatt in Wichita: A Classic Historical Western - Kindle edition by Shirley, John. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Wyatt in Wichita: A Classic Historical Western.
www.amazon.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Typhoid. There are new vaccines for it. But will RFKjr allow us to have them? Not likely. He needs to be removed from office.
Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Becoming Resistant to Antibiotics, Scientists Warn
Despite having plagued humans for millennia, typhoid fever is rarely considered a threat in developed countries today.
www.sciencealert.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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A legend gone, RIP
Jimmy Cliff, Singer Who Helped Bring Reggae to Global Audience, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Well duh--Barsoom.

Wanted to write a novel (someone probably already has) about Earthly astronauts exploring Mars find traces of a civilization, all that remains of one that went underground when the planet's original atmosphere and biosphere was rubbed away in some catastrophe...and of course...
Mars Was Habitable Longer Than We Thought, New Study Suggests
It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, and that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning that it was once habitable.
www.sciencealert.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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great content to have while debating with your MAGA family members over the holidays... #OnEarth
Opinion | The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM