Mike Meginnis
@mikemeginnis.bsky.social
Author of DROWNING PRACTICE, FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY, and a story about a fake videogame. Host of @librarypizza.bsky.social, librarypizza.com.
Wild how consistently asking Tracy if they know where the crushed red pepper or etc. is seems to lead to me immediately seeing the crushed red pepper, no longer how long I searched before asking
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Wild how consistently asking Tracy if they know where the crushed red pepper or etc. is seems to lead to me immediately seeing the crushed red pepper, no longer how long I searched before asking
Every time something like this happens we get a million people breathlessly announcing that this is it, this is the end, they will use this to launch their thousand-year reich, and man they couldn't even get much juice out of someone nearly getting Trump
Ok I may be wrong but I honestly don’t think they can use this so do anything if they couldn’t really get any juice out of the Charlie Kirk shooting
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Every time something like this happens we get a million people breathlessly announcing that this is it, this is the end, they will use this to launch their thousand-year reich, and man they couldn't even get much juice out of someone nearly getting Trump
The eagerness of people to jump down one's throat for handing it to Isis is wild. One of the key things about that joke is that most people know not to hand it to Isis. That's what makes it funny!
Seeing many many "be careful, you don't have to hand it to the clearly unethical and shitty Ryan Lizza for spilling dirt he had on someone as part of a personal vendetta" takes and zero "gotta hand it to Ryan Lizza" takes.
Everyone thinks he sucks too! There is consensus!
Everyone thinks he sucks too! There is consensus!
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The eagerness of people to jump down one's throat for handing it to Isis is wild. One of the key things about that joke is that most people know not to hand it to Isis. That's what makes it funny!
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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Honestly the phrase "blue MAGA" pisses me off. The single most important question in the U.S. has been Trump or Not Trump, and anyone who gets it right is leagues better than everyone who gets it wrong. I don't care how annoying they are, how bad their reasons are, etc. They're still much better.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Honestly the phrase "blue MAGA" pisses me off. The single most important question in the U.S. has been Trump or Not Trump, and anyone who gets it right is leagues better than everyone who gets it wrong. I don't care how annoying they are, how bad their reasons are, etc. They're still much better.
I am gonna go 24 hours without seeing the name Olivia Nuzzi if it takes me the rest of my life
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I am gonna go 24 hours without seeing the name Olivia Nuzzi if it takes me the rest of my life
Does the president have the ability to resurrect Satoshi Kon
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Does the president have the ability to resurrect Satoshi Kon
My big food take is that we have indescribably more and better options than we did when I was a kid and trying to optimize your life so you never have anything "mid" will drive you insane. If your aunt knows how to bake an apple pie, you say thank you and eat and enjoy it like a human being.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My big food take is that we have indescribably more and better options than we did when I was a kid and trying to optimize your life so you never have anything "mid" will drive you insane. If your aunt knows how to bake an apple pie, you say thank you and eat and enjoy it like a human being.
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Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
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This, btw, is the thinking behind my "You should never shit on 'The Democrats' rule" and instead always substitute the person or sub-faction that's got you mad instead.
Even if we gut the party down to the studs and replace everything about it, that name is going to remain and carry that baggage.
Even if we gut the party down to the studs and replace everything about it, that name is going to remain and carry that baggage.
I think that would actually be suicidal.
It's kind of dispiriting how much of our political dynamic is driven from essentially inertia and branding exercises. People who vote (R) or (D) cause that's their team. Vibing who is "good on economy/defense/etc" based on memes in spite of recent evidence.
It's kind of dispiriting how much of our political dynamic is driven from essentially inertia and branding exercises. People who vote (R) or (D) cause that's their team. Vibing who is "good on economy/defense/etc" based on memes in spite of recent evidence.
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This, btw, is the thinking behind my "You should never shit on 'The Democrats' rule" and instead always substitute the person or sub-faction that's got you mad instead.
Even if we gut the party down to the studs and replace everything about it, that name is going to remain and carry that baggage.
Even if we gut the party down to the studs and replace everything about it, that name is going to remain and carry that baggage.
My theory of wrestling fandom is basically that the whole structure exists to support people trying crazy, embarrassing things and seeing what lands. The joy is mostly in the wrestlers taking what they're handed in terms of booking, time, etc., and shaping it as best they can to make something fun.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My theory of wrestling fandom is basically that the whole structure exists to support people trying crazy, embarrassing things and seeing what lands. The joy is mostly in the wrestlers taking what they're handed in terms of booking, time, etc., and shaping it as best they can to make something fun.
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I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board.
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board.
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
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I'd previously seen reports of this in San Diego specifically. I'm assuming they're testing this for a wider rollout, which is horrific. They've always deferred to USCIS to make a decision (in which the overstay is not a factor) before enforcement.
But these are lazy people with arrest quotas.
But these are lazy people with arrest quotas.
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'd previously seen reports of this in San Diego specifically. I'm assuming they're testing this for a wider rollout, which is horrific. They've always deferred to USCIS to make a decision (in which the overstay is not a factor) before enforcement.
But these are lazy people with arrest quotas.
But these are lazy people with arrest quotas.
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If we hit $70k today and $35k was matched by our donor, we would get to 21% of our goal. Crowdfunding campaigns that crack 20% are highly likely to meet their goals. Please help us hit this important milestone gofund.me/638697766
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If we hit $70k today and $35k was matched by our donor, we would get to 21% of our goal. Crowdfunding campaigns that crack 20% are highly likely to meet their goals. Please help us hit this important milestone gofund.me/638697766
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My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.
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brain-boiling from lockdown and such is absolutely part of it but I'm mostly referring to the sheer weight of unprocessed grief bsky.app/profile/docs...
That’s right. The experience of Covid comprehensively and irreparably boiled the brains of at least a third of our fellow citizens and we’re gonna be dealing with the consequences of this shit for the rest of our lives.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
brain-boiling from lockdown and such is absolutely part of it but I'm mostly referring to the sheer weight of unprocessed grief bsky.app/profile/docs...
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as I've always said, year end lists are unimpeachable and arguably the most important cultural output we have
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
as I've always said, year end lists are unimpeachable and arguably the most important cultural output we have
I've long resented stories that seemed to want to be wish-fulfillment machines for me personally—a category that is, for a person in my demographic position, annoyingly vast. But I had the thought this weekend that part of my resentment is that I don't actually wish for the things in those stories.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I've long resented stories that seemed to want to be wish-fulfillment machines for me personally—a category that is, for a person in my demographic position, annoyingly vast. But I had the thought this weekend that part of my resentment is that I don't actually wish for the things in those stories.
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We are close to $30,000 raised in the first 12 hours. It's a good start.
We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.
But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.
But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We are close to $30,000 raised in the first 12 hours. It's a good start.
We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.
But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.
But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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Ahh, my novel, The Island of Last Things, is on this formidable NPR list, and I'm so thrilled!! (It made both the general Books we Love and Book Club Ideas)🥹💙
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November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ahh, my novel, The Island of Last Things, is on this formidable NPR list, and I'm so thrilled!! (It made both the general Books we Love and Book Club Ideas)🥹💙
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This is a very difficult read.
NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
This story was produced by Bolts and published in partnership with The Nation. Inside the federal supermax tucked away in Colorado’s high desert, prisoners spend 22 to 24 hours a day... Read More
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November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is a very difficult read.
In general I think this is pretty spot on but I am a little concerned that this man apparently had time to see SOLO.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In general I think this is pretty spot on but I am a little concerned that this man apparently had time to see SOLO.
There are a couple of apologies I'm never going to get that I still want, and which I am confident I deserve. Maybe three in total? I wonder what the average number is per person. It feels like the spheres of life to which you allot those needed apologies are always the ones that hurt you the most.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There are a couple of apologies I'm never going to get that I still want, and which I am confident I deserve. Maybe three in total? I wonder what the average number is per person. It feels like the spheres of life to which you allot those needed apologies are always the ones that hurt you the most.