Keith Roysdon
@keithroysdon.bsky.social
Writer of true crime, fiction, pop culture. My 1984-set YA crime novel THAT OCTOBER is out now! My crime novel "Seven Angels" won 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from MWA-Midwest. Member MWA, SinC. Website: keithroysdon dot com
In the land of “many people are the worst,” Johnson truly is one of the worst. He ranks right up there with his lord and master and his lord and master’s lord and master. And John Roberts of course.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) privately pushed President Donald Trump to stand down from his plan to offer a compromise extending Affordable Care Act subsidies for two years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Mike Johnson kneecapped Trump's plan to compromise on health care with Dems: WSJ
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) privately pushed President Donald Trump to stand down from his plan to offer a compromise extending Affordable Care Act subsidies for two years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.Johnson reportedly told Trump that there weren't enough votes for such a prop...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In the land of “many people are the worst,” Johnson truly is one of the worst. He ranks right up there with his lord and master and his lord and master’s lord and master. And John Roberts of course.
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I keep trying to work, but I'm getting distracted by thinking about ALL OF THE POTATOES I'm going to eat tomorrow.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I keep trying to work, but I'm getting distracted by thinking about ALL OF THE POTATOES I'm going to eat tomorrow.
😂
Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
😂
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You dont have to vote for us, but we'd love it if you did!
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Jennifer has written a short substack post for the mag actually about how much we love you.
Take a look, see what it is all about.
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Vote for us here. If the mood takes you!
Vote for someone else if you want. But, do vote.
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Take a look, see what it is all about.
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Vote for us here. If the mood takes you!
Vote for someone else if you want. But, do vote.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
You dont have to vote for us, but we'd love it if you did!
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Good morning to the failing New York Times, where the investment in kissing up has paid big dividends.
official remarks from the president of the united states of america
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Good morning to the failing New York Times, where the investment in kissing up has paid big dividends.
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
Makes a perfect holiday gift if you want something to read to be fully absorbed in and avoid too much family togetherness.
When you buy my 1984-set high school crime novel from Ink Drinkers Anonymous through bookshop dot org, you support the Black-owned, woman-owned bookstore in my hometown, where the story takes place.
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That October -- by Keith Roysdon | Ink Drinkers Anonymous LLC
Too many liars. When family betrays you, make your own.It's October 1984 and high school friends in an Indiana town should be thinking about football, MTV, Halloween hayrides and must-see movies.But w...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Makes a perfect holiday gift if you want something to read to be fully absorbed in and avoid too much family togetherness.
Can you believe the media bought it when he declared peace had been achieved?
Death toll soars in Gaza, ministry reports 69,785 killed - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-soars-gaza-ministry-reports-69785-killed
Death toll soars in Gaza, ministry reports 69,785 killed
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Death toll in Gaza since the start of Israel's genocidal war on 7 October 2023 has risen to 69,785, as 170,965 others have been wounded, Gaza's health ministry said on Wednesday. </p>
<p>The ministry said that scores of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defence teams are still unable to reach them.</p>
<p>At least 357 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire was declared on 10 October, the ministry said in a statement on Telegram. </p>
<p>During the same period, 596 bodies have been recovered. </p>
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November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Can you believe the media bought it when he declared peace had been achieved?
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
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Aftyn Behn just unleashed her final ad, “Shake Up”and it’s a call to rattle the halls of power.
8 days left to make history, defy the odds, and shake Washington awake. Her team is fighting to keep it on air through Election Day.
Step in. Fuel the push.
www.mobilize.us/aftynforcong...
8 days left to make history, defy the odds, and shake Washington awake. Her team is fighting to keep it on air through Election Day.
Step in. Fuel the push.
www.mobilize.us/aftynforcong...
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Aftyn Behn just unleashed her final ad, “Shake Up”and it’s a call to rattle the halls of power.
8 days left to make history, defy the odds, and shake Washington awake. Her team is fighting to keep it on air through Election Day.
Step in. Fuel the push.
www.mobilize.us/aftynforcong...
8 days left to make history, defy the odds, and shake Washington awake. Her team is fighting to keep it on air through Election Day.
Step in. Fuel the push.
www.mobilize.us/aftynforcong...
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
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Dear foreign tourists,
Don’t come to the U.S. right now. We’re not fit for company. If you do come, wear makeup that makes you look very white. Otherwise, federal thugs may smash the windows of your rental car or tear-gas you. Or worse. Better stay away and see whether we defeat the fascists.
Don’t come to the U.S. right now. We’re not fit for company. If you do come, wear makeup that makes you look very white. Otherwise, federal thugs may smash the windows of your rental car or tear-gas you. Or worse. Better stay away and see whether we defeat the fascists.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Dear foreign tourists,
Don’t come to the U.S. right now. We’re not fit for company. If you do come, wear makeup that makes you look very white. Otherwise, federal thugs may smash the windows of your rental car or tear-gas you. Or worse. Better stay away and see whether we defeat the fascists.
Don’t come to the U.S. right now. We’re not fit for company. If you do come, wear makeup that makes you look very white. Otherwise, federal thugs may smash the windows of your rental car or tear-gas you. Or worse. Better stay away and see whether we defeat the fascists.
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If publishing paid up-front and in full, with monthly royalties, it would be more manageable. (I would've been able to step back from client work this year if so.) But advances are divided up often over years, and you never know how much royalties will be. Other income streams help bridge the gap.
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.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If publishing paid up-front and in full, with monthly royalties, it would be more manageable. (I would've been able to step back from client work this year if so.) But advances are divided up often over years, and you never know how much royalties will be. Other income streams help bridge the gap.
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
I think it’s canon.
I choose to believe that the British PM Rory Kinnear plays in The Diplomat is the same one he played in the first episode of Black Mirror.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I think it’s canon.
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TN-07, this seat can be flipped!! Get out there and vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social. We need more progressive reps in office!
Good morning TN-07. Did you hear? TWO MORE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING!!!
We are so close, and this race could come down to a couple of votes. Can I count on you to vote for me within the next two days?
For polling locations and times, check out the link in bio!
#VoteEarlyVoteAftyn
We are so close, and this race could come down to a couple of votes. Can I count on you to vote for me within the next two days?
For polling locations and times, check out the link in bio!
#VoteEarlyVoteAftyn
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
TN-07, this seat can be flipped!! Get out there and vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social. We need more progressive reps in office!
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Republicans hitting the all caps Panic button in TN-7
Fitting that the swampiest of all would call on them to “swamp the vote”
Fitting that the swampiest of all would call on them to “swamp the vote”
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This kind of naive advertising art I miss.
Lucille Corcos
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This kind of naive advertising art I miss.
Yep.
It's almost like we're just pretending to be on Ukraine's side while actively working to sabotage them.
6. Repeatedly, Trump has restricted how Ukraine is allowed to use its US arms, mostly not allowing Ukraine to attack Russia proper. The US has also restricted how Ukraine is allowed to use arms given by European countries that contain US technology.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Yep.
“Who you callin’ a Ten Pound Greaseball??”
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Who you callin’ a Ten Pound Greaseball??”
On brand.
Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On brand.
Another great piece from Emily. I rewatched this in the past few months with a much greater appreciation for the vintage noir films they use in the film than I felt in the 1980s.
How Steve Martin just keeps elevating the sleuth, with one simple trick: msemilyedwards.com/2025/11/25/s... #mystery #SilverScreenSleuths #film #TCMparty
Silver Screen Sleuths Noirvember: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)
Steve Martin’s noir spoof DEAD MEN DON’T WEAR PLAID is a forgotten gem, hitting just the right balance between mystery and hijinks.
msemilyedwards.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Another great piece from Emily. I rewatched this in the past few months with a much greater appreciation for the vintage noir films they use in the film than I felt in the 1980s.
Yep, yep, yep to Stanton and Curry and I'll add Delroy Lindo.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Yep, yep, yep to Stanton and Curry and I'll add Delroy Lindo.
JFC Hegseth is a drunken idiot, and by saying that I insult drunken idiots everywhere.
(I really enjoy that they schooled him on mirror image and front-facing camera)
(I really enjoy that they schooled him on mirror image and front-facing camera)
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
JFC Hegseth is a drunken idiot, and by saying that I insult drunken idiots everywhere.
(I really enjoy that they schooled him on mirror image and front-facing camera)
(I really enjoy that they schooled him on mirror image and front-facing camera)