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Jay Yencich
@jayyencich.bsky.social
Feral intellectual / whywolf (ND). Poet. Critic (Lit. / Eco. / Media). Introverted but rambunctious about thinking. Ride or die or die.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:17 PM
WHO'S GONNA TALK LIKE CURLY
BECAUSE CURLY ISN'T HERE?
January 16, 2026 at 5:52 AM
I glanced at this in passing and totally thought it was Jorts before I considered the image quality
January 14, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Pulitzer-worthy bingus reporting, Francie
January 13, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Right! That genuine "this slaps" enthusiasm is often missing and folks fall back on a stuffy if amorphous greatness designations, even in college classrooms
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
And that's fine, I'll admit to having my own forms of media junk food where I prioritize execution over ambition, but there was no gameplan to bridge the gap from "easy to appreciate" to "challenging but rewarding"
January 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Having grown up at the beginning of the YA boom, I remember it being advertised as a way of hooking lifelong readers and yet, based on my own limited experience, I'm not sure if it's led to much other than lifelong readers of YA?
January 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Zorak and SG were even roomies for a bit. But living with Zorak was like living in a living nightmare.
January 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I think Halo is a pretty cool guy. Eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything.
January 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I see Bubbles and the phrase "hair surgery" and immediately flash back to Fuzzy Lumpkins and his meat gun.
January 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
You couldn't have a beer with Trump
January 4, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I've liked Ilya Kaminsky's "We Lived Happily During the War" as apt for much of my adult life.
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM