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Katie Burgess @katieburgess.bsky.social · 8d

I have a new story in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social , entitled "Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog." There are no dogs in it.
pitheadchapel.com/dog-dog-dog/

Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog

Katie Burgess Look, obviously you can’t just go around shooting gas station clerks. Or shooting anyone, for that matter. But Dustin’s my friend, plus I have to wonder how much he was affected by th…

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Katie Burgess @katieburgess.bsky.social · 7d

And check out this beautiful & beautifully disturbing prose poem by @bettysueblue.bsky.social
in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social :
pitheadchapel.com/xi/

Beth Gilstrap There is news along the Ohio River: Some days she has no idea why she moved here to live alone in a house built when her Mee-maw was still sweeping the speck of yard out front of mill…

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Katie Burgess @katieburgess.bsky.social · 7d

Also in the new @pitheadchapel.bsky.social -- this great story by @bizzycoy.bsky.social:
pitheadchapel.com/any-mans-bet...
Such a wonderfully weird setting, would especially recommend to fans of Kevin Wilson

Any Man’s Better Than No Man at All

Bizzy Coy She couldn’t see the sign. Had it been stolen? Impossible. She pulled her mothy hair into a kerchief and put on her glasses and went outside. The sign was still there, its hinges creaking…

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Katie Burgess @katieburgess.bsky.social · 8d

I have a new story in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social , entitled "Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog." There are no dogs in it.
pitheadchapel.com/dog-dog-dog/

Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog

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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 8d

The October issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-10/

Words:
@bizzycoy.bsky.social
@katieburgess.bsky.social
@johnwaddy.bsky.social
JEFFREY FEINGOLD
SARAH HARLEY
ELIZABETH HASHIMURA
BETH GILSTRAP
SARP SOZDINLER
YASHASVI VACHHANI

Art:
NATALIE NEE

Volume 14, Issue 10

COVER ART BY NATALIE NEE FICTION ANY MAN’S BETTER THAN NO MAN AT ALL BY BIZZY COY DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG BY KATIE BURGESS HIGH DESE…

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Defector @defector.com · Aug 21

James Dobson is dead, was a monster: defector.com/james-dobson...

James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster | Defector

James Dobson was a nasty dude. He liked to beat children and dogs with a belt and to rain misery and punishment on the vulnerable; we know all of this about him because he said as much in public,…

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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · Aug 13

Nirvana's Nevermind cover but the baby is Baby Sinclair from the 90s sitcom Dinosaurs

As requested by Morgan

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · Jul 18

This is what integrity looks like.

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today's self-care reminders:
- You deserve to go in the bog
- Nobody can stop you from going in the bog
- The bog is where you belong

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · Jul 2

Garth Marenghi saying "I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards"

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social · Jul 1

My bumper sticker: “Who rescued who?”

My dog’s bumper sticker: “It’s who rescued 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮, you illiterate swine.”

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · Jun 28

The vampire bats here are easy to spot. They have funny accents & little silk capes.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Jun 28

Nietzsche: “If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you.”

2025: “What kind of nerd only /gazes/ into the abyss?? You gotta put your whole body in there.”

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · Jun 25

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science

These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

www.scientificamerican.com

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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · Jun 24

Just in time for the heat dome, my story of summer & monsters in @yourimpossiblevoice.com.

Your Impossible Voice @yourimpossiblevoice.com · Jun 24

New #flashfiction from @writesofkathryn.bsky.social!

"It’s August, Saturday, and we’re tired of summer. Watching Creature Double Feature on Channel 56. Me and Danny and Angie. Seeking refuge from the heat in my downstairs den, crowded on the couch my dad calls The Indomitable Couch."

I Don't Like Anybody | Your Impossible Voice

By Kathryn Kulpa — "It’s August, Saturday, and we’re tired of summer. Watching Creature Double Feature on Channel 56. Me and Danny and Angie."

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · Jun 22

Average blue state Dem politician: sex offender, basically a Republican, re-elected with 98.7% of the vote

Average red state Dem politician: preacher and civil rights activist who lifted 50,000 children out of poverty and won by 1 vote last election against a child rapist with a swastika tattoo

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Beth Gilstrap (she/her) @bettysueblue.bsky.social · Jun 18

I hope all those students I taught Persepolis to in 2019 & 2020 are out there educating some folx this week.

a black and white cartoon of three people standing next to each other .

Alt: a black and white cartoon of a child flanked by two adults walking away. They’re all wearing hijab. The child is wearing a jacket that reads, “punk is not ded” (clip from film version of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis)

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Katie Burgess @katieburgess.bsky.social · Jun 14

Fav sign in Greenville, SC today #NoKingsDay

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · Jun 6

Amazing. Respect the lede.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · Jun 6

In which @clareblackwood.bsky.social takes on the Trump/Musk feud.
I mean, the figment of your imagination.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Addresses the Trump/Elon Feud

YouTube video by Clare Blackwood

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · Jun 5

"It's just a distraction." As if we would otherwise be solving the pressing issues of the day here on Bluesky, home of Alf's Hog.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thei are goinge to put AI yn a toastere and it will tell lyes about bread

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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · May 27

No, @nytimes.com, an anti-vaxx grifter is no longer recommending #Covid vaccines. Many of us in the US with actual medical credentials still recommend it.

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · May 26

Thinking of every academic who has had to apply for grants to cover the cost of requesting and licensing images for their books with zero assistance from a publisher

Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · May 26

This is such a remarkable thing to admit.

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“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said. “And by the way if you did it in Britain and no one else did it, you would basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · Jan 19

Blue sky is awesome because a bunch of people who like to make jokes and a bunch of people who are incapable of identifying a joke are forced to share space

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · May 16

"You just soft-boil an egg then use a syringe to extract the yolk and replace it with room-temperature tap water" - me explaining Wet Eggs to a horrified postman

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