Marc Criley
@marcc.bsky.social
I write short stories & drabbles, am a member of Codex and SFWA, carry on about Alabama (especially Huntsville), Fossils, metal detecting, some ill-mannered feline co-residents, and genealogy from my perch on #CedarGapMtn.
https://kickin-the-darkness.com/
https://kickin-the-darkness.com/
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
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Christmas tree ceramic ornaments with blackbirds in my etsy shop. On sale with free shipping. Surly.etsy.com
This set is so pretty I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t sold yet. #handmade
Ok I’m exhausted. I gotta get some shut eye. More arting tomorrow.
This set is so pretty I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t sold yet. #handmade
Ok I’m exhausted. I gotta get some shut eye. More arting tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Christmas tree ceramic ornaments with blackbirds in my etsy shop. On sale with free shipping. Surly.etsy.com
This set is so pretty I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t sold yet. #handmade
Ok I’m exhausted. I gotta get some shut eye. More arting tomorrow.
This set is so pretty I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t sold yet. #handmade
Ok I’m exhausted. I gotta get some shut eye. More arting tomorrow.
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You have to wonder when it’s going to sink in with the media intelligentsia that Donald Trump has no fucking idea what he’s doing.
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You have to wonder when it’s going to sink in with the media intelligentsia that Donald Trump has no fucking idea what he’s doing.
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Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.
And now I can’t unsee it.
And now I can’t unsee it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.
And now I can’t unsee it.
And now I can’t unsee it.
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spending my Thanksgiving with: 3 cats and 1 dog. will be eating nothing out of the ordinary for the day, but the 1 dog got a special treat. it's very cold and snowing, and i'm isolated here. surely everything will be okay with the dog here.
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
spending my Thanksgiving with: 3 cats and 1 dog. will be eating nothing out of the ordinary for the day, but the 1 dog got a special treat. it's very cold and snowing, and i'm isolated here. surely everything will be okay with the dog here.
Here's your barren-tree-branches-silhouetted-against-a-sunset-gradiant-sky right here!
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Here's your barren-tree-branches-silhouetted-against-a-sunset-gradiant-sky right here!
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Beach Boys
Kansas
Bruce Cockburn
The Call
U2
Beach Boys
Kansas
Bruce Cockburn
The Call
U2
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Beach Boys
Kansas
Bruce Cockburn
The Call
U2
Beach Boys
Kansas
Bruce Cockburn
The Call
U2
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
The student-run concession trailer that set up at my hometown high school's football games sold this as a 'suicide'.
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The student-run concession trailer that set up at my hometown high school's football games sold this as a 'suicide'.
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cute first date idea: shoot me with a gun!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
cute first date idea: shoot me with a gun!!!!
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Seen on Reddit:
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Seen on Reddit:
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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@surlyamy.bsky.social created this and the recipients (and me 🤗) love it !!
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
@surlyamy.bsky.social created this and the recipients (and me 🤗) love it !!
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Aesthetic my ass.
Exclusive: President Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic.
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Aesthetic my ass.
Except for cookies, my wife handles all the baking. She's feeling under the weather today, so said "You're making the apple pie."
Behold! My first ever apple pie!
(To be tasted later.)
Behold! My first ever apple pie!
(To be tasted later.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Except for cookies, my wife handles all the baking. She's feeling under the weather today, so said "You're making the apple pie."
Behold! My first ever apple pie!
(To be tasted later.)
Behold! My first ever apple pie!
(To be tasted later.)
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65 years ago today.
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
65 years ago today.
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
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nobody talks about Turner's kaiju era these days. it wasn't her fault--how was she supposed to know what was in that serum--but you can still see the damage if you know where to look
Tina Turner on the Eiffel Tower — Peter Lindbergh, 1989
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
nobody talks about Turner's kaiju era these days. it wasn't her fault--how was she supposed to know what was in that serum--but you can still see the damage if you know where to look
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During the piracy discussion yesterday, someone was like, I'm not a thief & you're mocking poor people.
Then, after being reminded of the existence of libraries, ended the conversation with a passionate insistence that they will continue to 'steal' whatever they wanted.
Case closed.
Then, after being reminded of the existence of libraries, ended the conversation with a passionate insistence that they will continue to 'steal' whatever they wanted.
Case closed.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
During the piracy discussion yesterday, someone was like, I'm not a thief & you're mocking poor people.
Then, after being reminded of the existence of libraries, ended the conversation with a passionate insistence that they will continue to 'steal' whatever they wanted.
Case closed.
Then, after being reminded of the existence of libraries, ended the conversation with a passionate insistence that they will continue to 'steal' whatever they wanted.
Case closed.
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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. ❤️ 🇧🇷
65 years ago today.
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
65 years ago today.
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!