Kyle Beachy
@kylebeachy.bsky.social
Author of The Most Fun Thing (essays) and The Slide (a novel)
https://linktr.ee/kbeachy
https://linktr.ee/kbeachy
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in 2026 i'm going to write little essays about skateboarding and life and send them by email to people who'd like to receive them. substack is very bad, metrics are death, and i'd like to write less publicly about these things.
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on sundays we post clips
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
on sundays we post clips
The St. Louis Cardinals are pretty clearly going to pitch themselves as underdogs this season and already my lips are pulled back and I'm inhaling through my teeth, eyes very narrow, whole body sort of tight with uh-oh feeling.
January 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The St. Louis Cardinals are pretty clearly going to pitch themselves as underdogs this season and already my lips are pulled back and I'm inhaling through my teeth, eyes very narrow, whole body sort of tight with uh-oh feeling.
“Whatever aesthetics we espouse, we are all closet traditionalists in our expectations—and these must be shelved.”
(Sven Birkerts)
(Sven Birkerts)
January 18, 2026 at 3:12 PM
“Whatever aesthetics we espouse, we are all closet traditionalists in our expectations—and these must be shelved.”
(Sven Birkerts)
(Sven Birkerts)
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Reposted by Kyle Beachy
If you work for the Minnesota National Guard, text me via Signal app at 202-510-1268. I will protect your anonymity.
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
If you work for the Minnesota National Guard, text me via Signal app at 202-510-1268. I will protect your anonymity.
this is why i come to bluesky, this shit right here
Thrift score! $5.99 unopened ream of card stock that costs almost $32 at Office Max. Doing at least some of your printing/assembly yourself and being flexible about paper stocks/colors is a huge part of how I keep costs down and sustain my self-publishing.
January 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
this is why i come to bluesky, this shit right here
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Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
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Sara is a dear friend and easily the best writer of all my dear friends. Buy this book.
This week my imprint is publishing an amazing, odd but unputdownable novel, The Hitch by Sara Levine, and the book, deservedly, received one hell of a review in the NYT! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...
She’s Mad at Everything, but Not as Mad as the Dog Possessing Her Nephew
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Sara is a dear friend and easily the best writer of all my dear friends. Buy this book.
just saw a video about a Minneapolis general strike on Jan 23 and said "hell yeah" loud enough to disturb the dog
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
just saw a video about a Minneapolis general strike on Jan 23 and said "hell yeah" loud enough to disturb the dog
Did a quick search here and no, no. Somehow he does not mention skateboarding.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
Why Keeping Score Isn’t Fun Anymore
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Did a quick search here and no, no. Somehow he does not mention skateboarding.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
a lot of garbage today but also i got to define "stoke" for kids aged 7-10
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
a lot of garbage today but also i got to define "stoke" for kids aged 7-10
Have you read László Krasznahorkai? Isn't it time? And do you know someone perhaps for whom it's also time? There is no better place to start than the Nobel winner's 1985 debut novel, Satantango. Class starts Jan 15 and runs four weeks with a focus on craft.
lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w...
lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w...
4-Week: Craft Lessons from Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
In this 4-week class, we’ll conduct a close, craft-focused reading of Satantango, the debut novel by the visionary Hungarian author and 2025 Nobel Prize laureate, László Krasznahorkai. Together, we wi...
lighthousewriters.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Have you read László Krasznahorkai? Isn't it time? And do you know someone perhaps for whom it's also time? There is no better place to start than the Nobel winner's 1985 debut novel, Satantango. Class starts Jan 15 and runs four weeks with a focus on craft.
lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w...
lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w...
Sara is a dear friend and easily the best writer of all my dear friends. Buy this book.
This week my imprint is publishing an amazing, odd but unputdownable novel, The Hitch by Sara Levine, and the book, deservedly, received one hell of a review in the NYT! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...
She’s Mad at Everything, but Not as Mad as the Dog Possessing Her Nephew
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Sara is a dear friend and easily the best writer of all my dear friends. Buy this book.
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Much like skateboarding
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Much like skateboarding
really must point out how beneficial writing the phrase "do not despair" in a letter to a friend can be to one's own despairing.
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
really must point out how beneficial writing the phrase "do not despair" in a letter to a friend can be to one's own despairing.
on sundays we post clips
January 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
on sundays we post clips
we've got ourselves a pretty clear golf-type reverse scoring situation here, lowest number wins.
AI to rescue the slush pile www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
we've got ourselves a pretty clear golf-type reverse scoring situation here, lowest number wins.
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The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
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Got my first @kylebeachy.bsky.social letter and let me tell you, I like that it made me 1.) look up a word that I sort of knew but wanted to be more sure of, and 2.) reminded me that the Nyjah slam is out there in the ether and to avoid seeing it.
January 7, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Got my first @kylebeachy.bsky.social letter and let me tell you, I like that it made me 1.) look up a word that I sort of knew but wanted to be more sure of, and 2.) reminded me that the Nyjah slam is out there in the ether and to avoid seeing it.
I just sent out the first of these and now I am happy, I am genuinely thrilled to say that it's full of typos.
in 2026 i'm going to write little essays about skateboarding and life and send them by email to people who'd like to receive them. substack is very bad, metrics are death, and i'd like to write less publicly about these things.
DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!
DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!
January 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I just sent out the first of these and now I am happy, I am genuinely thrilled to say that it's full of typos.
in 2026 i'm going to write little essays about skateboarding and life and send them by email to people who'd like to receive them. substack is very bad, metrics are death, and i'd like to write less publicly about these things.
DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!
DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!
January 5, 2026 at 12:29 AM
in 2026 i'm going to write little essays about skateboarding and life and send them by email to people who'd like to receive them. substack is very bad, metrics are death, and i'd like to write less publicly about these things.
DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!
DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!
what makes you, a living human being, repost some stupid awful take? why is this the tradeoff for me, another living human being, if i want to follow you? what if you only shared things that you believe other people want to see?
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
what makes you, a living human being, repost some stupid awful take? why is this the tradeoff for me, another living human being, if i want to follow you? what if you only shared things that you believe other people want to see?
with much help from neighbor bill, i built a carport for the truck (know your neighbors and also make things whenever you can)
January 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
with much help from neighbor bill, i built a carport for the truck (know your neighbors and also make things whenever you can)
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A Republican President invading a country for its oil means we are 1-2 years away from some of the best skate videos you’ve ever seen.
January 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
A Republican President invading a country for its oil means we are 1-2 years away from some of the best skate videos you’ve ever seen.