C.C. Russell
@ccrussell.bsky.social
A writer and reader you might have seen around.
Not a bad Christmas haul...
December 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Not a bad Christmas haul...
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Every creative person, across the world, is making these choices right now. We have to fight on so many fronts.
Avoid despair.
Avoid despair.
I'm going to make beautiful things to combat the ugly things.
There are days I fight.
Today, I create during a destructive time.
Getting by looks different every day right now.
There are days I fight.
Today, I create during a destructive time.
Getting by looks different every day right now.
December 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Every creative person, across the world, is making these choices right now. We have to fight on so many fronts.
Avoid despair.
Avoid despair.
Im in a recliner with a warm cat purring on my lap. I have never wanted to make myself go work less. If my coffee cup wasn't empty, I might just stay here all day.
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Im in a recliner with a warm cat purring on my lap. I have never wanted to make myself go work less. If my coffee cup wasn't empty, I might just stay here all day.
Normalize saying "im just really sad and tired of this whole world" when people ask how you are.
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Normalize saying "im just really sad and tired of this whole world" when people ask how you are.
You know those albums that (definitely weren't but) feel like they were written for *you?* those albums you wishbyou could force others to listen to? I don't think I will ever get over Little Beast by @lucywainwright.bsky.social - it destroys me in the most wonderful way every time I listen to it.
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
You know those albums that (definitely weren't but) feel like they were written for *you?* those albums you wishbyou could force others to listen to? I don't think I will ever get over Little Beast by @lucywainwright.bsky.social - it destroys me in the most wonderful way every time I listen to it.
Every once in awhile, those personal rejections sting harder than the forms.
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Every once in awhile, those personal rejections sting harder than the forms.
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They’re going to regulate whistles before guns aren’t they?
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
They’re going to regulate whistles before guns aren’t they?
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every author in the class action, please file the claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
every author in the class action, please file the claim.
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Stop and frisk laid the groundwork for this moment and many many people ignored that stop and frisk was and is a real problem.
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Stop and frisk laid the groundwork for this moment and many many people ignored that stop and frisk was and is a real problem.
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WATCH - @tarapalmeri.bsky.social : “Hey Megyn Kelly… you want to hear the sound of one of the girls recruited from her nearby high school by Epstein? It is pedophilia. I would recommend you go listen to the audio from the police reports.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
WATCH - @tarapalmeri.bsky.social : “Hey Megyn Kelly… you want to hear the sound of one of the girls recruited from her nearby high school by Epstein? It is pedophilia. I would recommend you go listen to the audio from the police reports.”
The cure's most recent album is really good. For a band I've been up and down on from time to time, I find myself revisiting them a lot lately because of it...
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The cure's most recent album is really good. For a band I've been up and down on from time to time, I find myself revisiting them a lot lately because of it...
In this thesis I will attempt to prove that modern poems are all covers of Jack and Diane....
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In this thesis I will attempt to prove that modern poems are all covers of Jack and Diane....
When I was younger, I was always most jealous of brevity. Of those who could say so much with little. One of my favorite songs was "little conversations" by concrete blonde. I suppose I still am. I always say it's the last pathetic text I'll send. But it never is.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When I was younger, I was always most jealous of brevity. Of those who could say so much with little. One of my favorite songs was "little conversations" by concrete blonde. I suppose I still am. I always say it's the last pathetic text I'll send. But it never is.
Enjoying the view out my window as I work today.
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Enjoying the view out my window as I work today.
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Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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The news really sucks today.
Instead of boosting a harmful Supreme Court decision, here’s something better:
a practical guide on how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in your life.
Because they deserve our attention, our protection, and our love. 💖🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...
Instead of boosting a harmful Supreme Court decision, here’s something better:
a practical guide on how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in your life.
Because they deserve our attention, our protection, and our love. 💖🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...
Friends & Family Support Systems for LGBTQ+ Youth
Discover ways to support LGBTQ+ young people through FAQs and educational resources for friends and family members.
www.thetrevorproject.org
June 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The news really sucks today.
Instead of boosting a harmful Supreme Court decision, here’s something better:
a practical guide on how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in your life.
Because they deserve our attention, our protection, and our love. 💖🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...
Instead of boosting a harmful Supreme Court decision, here’s something better:
a practical guide on how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in your life.
Because they deserve our attention, our protection, and our love. 💖🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...
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sure, the world is going up in flames, there's unrest in the streets, and America has become a global punchline, but at least Trump voters made the handful of trans athletes in the country feel extra bad
June 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
sure, the world is going up in flames, there's unrest in the streets, and America has become a global punchline, but at least Trump voters made the handful of trans athletes in the country feel extra bad
In line at the dept if transportation to get my daughter's learning permit. A. I am old. B. The world just keeps moving no matter how much is burning around us and I don't know whether to love or hate that.
May 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In line at the dept if transportation to get my daughter's learning permit. A. I am old. B. The world just keeps moving no matter how much is burning around us and I don't know whether to love or hate that.
I still *want* to write. It has just been a really long time and I feel lost somewhere below the surface of being able to descibe much of anything.
April 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I still *want* to write. It has just been a really long time and I feel lost somewhere below the surface of being able to descibe much of anything.
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Harriet Hageman got booed to oblivion last night in her own town hall for pumping up Doge so hard that even her loyal suckers woke up and smelled the bullshit—about five months too late!
March 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Harriet Hageman got booed to oblivion last night in her own town hall for pumping up Doge so hard that even her loyal suckers woke up and smelled the bullshit—about five months too late!
It is interesting how few people I met at the old place are still people that I communicate with. I don't know if that says more about them (sometimes) or me (probably a lot of the time) but it is interesting since I found what felt like community there.
March 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It is interesting how few people I met at the old place are still people that I communicate with. I don't know if that says more about them (sometimes) or me (probably a lot of the time) but it is interesting since I found what felt like community there.
I'm not very good at breaking laws (heck, I even drive the speed limit) but i think i want to start a national littering as civil disobedience movement. I mean, if they're wanting to turn the country into a garbage dump... I mean this in jest, of course, but it has sort of an allure to it.
February 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm not very good at breaking laws (heck, I even drive the speed limit) but i think i want to start a national littering as civil disobedience movement. I mean, if they're wanting to turn the country into a garbage dump... I mean this in jest, of course, but it has sort of an allure to it.
I feel like the only thing I've written in ages are letters to my representatives. And those are always form rejections in this state.
February 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I feel like the only thing I've written in ages are letters to my representatives. And those are always form rejections in this state.
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Thrilled to have this #flash #cnf piece out in @phoebejournal.bsky.social today. It is one of the most personal stories I have ever published, and I would be honored if you read it. phoebejournal.com/Commencement/
Commencement - phoebe
Sara Davis After Joe Brainard I remember the mall on Saturdays. We tried on clothes, but no one had clothes money so we bought candy cigarettes, makeup, Hello Kitty trinkets. It cost a quarter to ride...
phoebejournal.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thrilled to have this #flash #cnf piece out in @phoebejournal.bsky.social today. It is one of the most personal stories I have ever published, and I would be honored if you read it. phoebejournal.com/Commencement/