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Wesley McCraw
@wesleymccraw.bsky.social
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Writing a horror novel, THE QUEEN IN YELLOW.
BookTuber: https://www.youtube.com/@542wes
Author: THE FORGIVING, LAKE ARCADIA, BRIEF POSE
bisexual/queer, he/him
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I'm trying to sleep, but my mind keeps arguing with a review of All Fours I watched on YouTube. All Fours by Miranda July is good BTW.
February 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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I beg you to keep your heart open and try to stay humble when experiencing art. You can be superior to everyone and everything, or you can see the good in things and occasionally experience transcendence.
February 8, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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"The Best Movies if You Want to Try Sci-Fi for the First Time"

In what world has a person never tried a sci-fi movie before and now needs advice on where to start?
February 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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I played Ball x Pit for a ridiculous amount of time yesterday. I couldn't stop!
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Yep
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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I've been closely monitoring MELANIA's reception, and I find it fascinating, because if there were ever evidence that Republicans are now a cult, it's this. Trump fans love it.
January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
wesleymccraw.bsky.social
Writers, do you always feel like you don't read enough?
January 31, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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These are the books I read this month. I'm trying to become an expert at writing m/m romances. I feel like I have a ways to go.
January 31, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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We've lost Catherine O'Hara? Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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Current mood:
alanbaxter.bsky.social Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 10d
Well, I'm just going to keep writing more books. It's got to pay off eventually, right?
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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I played the new Nioh 3 demo, and I still can't beat the first boss. It just seems like bad game design. There has to be a better way to teach a player how to play.
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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"Horror Not Hate" is more than a comic; it's a weapon for good. This Kickstarter anthology fights real-world fascism & hate, with all profits going to LGBTQIA+ & immigrant rights orgs. Stellar creators. Vital cause. Back it!!!!

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Horror Not Hate: An Anti-fascist, Anti-hate Anthology Of Horror Comics And Art Supporting LGBTQIA+ And Immigrant Rights! - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
The 'Horror Not Hate' Kickstarter is live. This horror comic & art book anthology fights fascism & hate, supporting LGBTQIA+ & immigrant rights. Back it now!
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January 26, 2026 at 5:25 PM
wesleymccraw.bsky.social
This is a great summation of current events.

www.youtube.com/live/cSC-pn6...
Politics Chat, January 27, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
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Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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January 26, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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I just backed Horror Not Hate on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/slo...
Horror Not Hate
An anti-fascist, anti-hate anthology of horror comics and art supporting LGBTQIA+ and Immigrant rights!
www.kickstarter.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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I just backed Horror Not Hate on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/slo...
Horror Not Hate
An anti-fascist, anti-hate anthology of horror comics and art supporting LGBTQIA+ and Immigrant rights!
www.kickstarter.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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America has a history of neighbors killing neighbors. They want us to go back to that, hating because of skin color and fighting each other for scraps, but we won't. We will protect and love each other instead, and that's what gives us power.
January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”

― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven
January 25, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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People who can write through this, color me impressed. I've been trying to get myself to write all day. Fuck ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM