RMJ
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rachel mccarthy james. WHACK JOB: A HISTORY OF AXE MURDER out now. prev: THE MAN FROM THE TRAIN contact: rmccarthyjames at gmail
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RMJ
@rmccarthyjames.bsky.social
· Mar 22
My second book about axe murder will be unleashed upon the world on May 13, 2025! WHACK JOB: A History of Axe Murder chronicles the humble tool in its capacity as a weapon in 13 stories, ranging from prehistory to Vikings to George Washington to now. Preorder here read.macmillan.com/lp/whack-job...
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Hey, people are permanently losing their eyesight at some of these protests and have been for some time. These people, the ones that have put their bodies on the line, are among the people who would benefit from your usage of alt-text when posting protest related imagery.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Hey, people are permanently losing their eyesight at some of these protests and have been for some time. These people, the ones that have put their bodies on the line, are among the people who would benefit from your usage of alt-text when posting protest related imagery.
Putting it out there in case someone has just what I’m looking for: what I really need to kick this next book off is the female Ea-Nāsir
i'm on the chapter hunt
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Putting it out there in case someone has just what I’m looking for: what I really need to kick this next book off is the female Ea-Nāsir
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
sometimes i say in interviews - i'm pretty sure there will still be axes in a thousand years, but i can't say the same about smartphones. in this and many other ways literary magazines are like axes 🪓
I'm fully confident literary magazines will survive the AI apocalypse. There is no better time to become a creative writer. You already have an inside track because most people have never even heard of these things that can never die. We will be here with the cockroaches and Taco Bell
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
sometimes i say in interviews - i'm pretty sure there will still be axes in a thousand years, but i can't say the same about smartphones. in this and many other ways literary magazines are like axes 🪓
i'm on the chapter hunt
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM
i'm on the chapter hunt
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Last week, I got a corrections request for a story I didn't write, on a publication I don't write for. It sent me down a very strange rabbit hole involving a mysterious content publisher. There's a lot I don't understand, but here's what I know:
aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...
aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...
I'm Not That Nicole Carpenter
I got a corrections request for a story I didn't write, and it pulled me down a journalism rabbit hole.
aftermath.site
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Last week, I got a corrections request for a story I didn't write, on a publication I don't write for. It sent me down a very strange rabbit hole involving a mysterious content publisher. There's a lot I don't understand, but here's what I know:
aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...
aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...
Paul McCartney lower register next question
Fun question: Who has the sexiest singing voice? Not singer who is sexy physically? But whose voice alone is sexy.
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Paul McCartney lower register next question
Say hello to Esther Hammerton (1711-1746). After surviving a chapel collapse at age 18, she took over as gravedigger and sexton in Kingston upon Thames. She made a habit of foiling attempted churchrobbers.
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Say hello to Esther Hammerton (1711-1746). After surviving a chapel collapse at age 18, she took over as gravedigger and sexton in Kingston upon Thames. She made a habit of foiling attempted churchrobbers.
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Folks, Trump has brought the full force of ICE to bear on a mid-sized city and he can't even stop the demonstrations there. He's not going to be able to cancel the midterm elections by fiat or station his goons outside more than a handful of polling places.
January 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Folks, Trump has brought the full force of ICE to bear on a mid-sized city and he can't even stop the demonstrations there. He's not going to be able to cancel the midterm elections by fiat or station his goons outside more than a handful of polling places.
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Reminder: shooting civilians would be considered a war crime.
What does it mean when that is happening on our own streets?
What does it mean when that is happening on our own streets?
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Reminder: shooting civilians would be considered a war crime.
What does it mean when that is happening on our own streets?
What does it mean when that is happening on our own streets?
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As long as I'm sharing Tony's non-writing work, these are two of my favorites--a birthday present he made for me in 2018. Needless to say, I treasure these.
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
As long as I'm sharing Tony's non-writing work, these are two of my favorites--a birthday present he made for me in 2018. Needless to say, I treasure these.
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The ICE officer
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The ICE officer
In season 15, I really need to see the characters on King of the Hill react to Heated Rivalry. Can totally see Peggy Hill fujoshing out and Bill Dauterive somehow getting sucked in
January 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
In season 15, I really need to see the characters on King of the Hill react to Heated Rivalry. Can totally see Peggy Hill fujoshing out and Bill Dauterive somehow getting sucked in
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
this was me! my dad had all the books and we would talk about dilbert a lot, which is funny because he had been self employed for a long time by then
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
this was me! my dad had all the books and we would talk about dilbert a lot, which is funny because he had been self employed for a long time by then
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my sort of underbaked take is i liked the dilbert comic strip as a kid because its depiction of a banal and arbitrary work environment where nonsensical top-down policies dictated my life resonated much more with my experience of school than my life later in the work force
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
my sort of underbaked take is i liked the dilbert comic strip as a kid because its depiction of a banal and arbitrary work environment where nonsensical top-down policies dictated my life resonated much more with my experience of school than my life later in the work force
when i'm having a shitty brain day i'm always trapped between the instinct to depressurize by letting it out and the fact that i definitely should not say those mean things to myself aloud
January 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
when i'm having a shitty brain day i'm always trapped between the instinct to depressurize by letting it out and the fact that i definitely should not say those mean things to myself aloud
Margaret Wise Brown’s estate should sue
Disturbing lawsuit: a man was doing better after OpenAI pulled down its notoriously sycophantic GPT-4o ChatGPT model -- then died by suicide after they put it back up and it pulled him back in
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ChatGPT Killed a Man After OpenAI Brought Back "Inherently Dangerous" GPT-4o, Lawsuit Claims
Yet another lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT romanticized death and normalized suicidality as it pushed a man to take his life.
futurism.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Margaret Wise Brown’s estate should sue
oh HELL yeah theplaylist.net/boots-riley-...
Boots Riley Confirms He’s Turning Post-Apocalypse ‘Simpsons’ Adjacent Off-Broadway Dark Comedy ‘Mr. Burns: A Post‑Electric Play’ Into A Movie
Filmmaker Boots Riley confirmed he is making a film adaptation of the apocalyptic dark comedy 'Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.'
theplaylist.net
January 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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I really like the suggestion that the young men starring in Heated Rivalry haven’t had media training. Like if they haven’t, I’m pretty sure the last couple months qualify as their MFA thesis on how to sell the fuck out of a television show
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I really like the suggestion that the young men starring in Heated Rivalry haven’t had media training. Like if they haven’t, I’m pretty sure the last couple months qualify as their MFA thesis on how to sell the fuck out of a television show
Protest dawgs in a pile
January 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Protest dawgs in a pile
Protesting in Kansas means even the Ford F250s are honking and hoisting FUCK ICE signs
January 11, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Protesting in Kansas means even the Ford F250s are honking and hoisting FUCK ICE signs
taylor hyperfixating on baking bread..... lady was meant for kansas all along
January 11, 2026 at 6:49 AM
taylor hyperfixating on baking bread..... lady was meant for kansas all along
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One More Saturday Night 😭
January 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
One More Saturday Night 😭