A thread of things I don't want in my house anymore because DEAR GODS AND GODDESSES THEY'RE STARTING TO SEND ME BLACK FRIDAY STUFF.

Score a shiny deal!

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

Here is a haunted train digital collage I did a few years ago, for the haunting season. Not AI.

And a poem about grief.

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

Sharing a few things before getting to work..

Join us TODAY at 6 pm virtually for a discussion of how to build real power around public libraries this Banned Books Week. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We just made a donation to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund. Find out more here:
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

We invite everyone to join us in working for positive change, in the manner they deem fit.

Goodnight from Alfie Haines, picking up impossible transmissions and wearily reflecting that his home county might not be the best one to be a radio ham in. Goodnight from the ghost of Mercy Lovell, still chasing after the rough kisses of Samuel Midmore. Goodnight from Hookland.

Yes, peeps, it is me again because $2.99 is a STEAL for the ebook (w/ bk 2 next month, no less!)

Writing The Witch Roads in 2022 reignited my love of writing after a rough period when I thought I should just quit. All else aside, this book is about finding joy in the small graces of the world

This is tomorrow, Friday October 10!

BTW, the Chronicle is polling folk on Metro's decision, if anyone wants to give them input:

ICYMI: Gift w/purchase!

B/c this is the 1st time a book pubbed by @rdspress.bsky.social has won the Shirley Jackson award, for a limited time you can buy a copy of my winning novella HOLLOW TONGUE & receive a FREE one from the same series:

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#booksky 📚 #Blackbooksky

Day 9, Black SpecFic month recs

1. MY SOUL TO KEEP by Tananarive Due
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-soul-to...

2. A NECESSARY CHAOS by Brent Lambert
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-necessar...

3. My free bonus story, 3rd in a series: BISHOP'S OPENING
clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_01_22/

Share & enjoy!

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Look I know it'll shock you to know this, but we are almost out of archeologists AGAIN.

Do you know any archeologists? Are they willing to be matched with a LEGO team?

Please send 'em our way we need all hands on deck (STILL!)

We have had 585 requests for archeologists 🫠
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What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire, but don't quite win? A trilogy about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky

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If you're watching the situation in Chicago from afar & want to help, on the off chance you have spare $$, you can give to the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund, which posts "bond for individuals held in the custody of ICE w ties to IL, IN, KY & WI who cannot afford to pay"
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

BLACK PHONE 2 has more Lotería Karma than any film ever. Word on the streets is my Lotería Grande Card artworks are featured in the film, opening Oct. 17th. 😮

If you want any of my remaining card singles, get ‘em now. johnpicacio.com/product-cate...

Bonus Karma to @crobertcargill.bsky.social. ✊🏽

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Minneapolis friends, it is really disturbing to me how many signs I see iin support of Becka Thompson. She is racist, thin-skinned, allergic to nuance and deep thinking, and has proved herself to be utterly ineffective and bullheaded on the Park Board. Why would she be any different on City Council?

Congressman Al Green sent the Nobel committee the communique below explicating why he believes President Donald Trump should not receive a Nobel Peace Prize. Four pages of the communique are listed below; click here to see the document in its entirety: algreen.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

here's me leaking some info about one particularly funny Epstein file www.avclub.com/jeffrey-epst...