M. Kelly Peach
@mkellypeach.bsky.social
Yooper author of The Adventures of ArgyLe Sock (fantsy novel), The Death of Tintagiles Death (horror novella), and Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass (poetry chapbook).
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New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
January 31, 2026 at 3:12 PM
New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
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We've updated our running catalogue of Trump 2.0's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes. The total now stands at 637 since he returned to office.
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: December 2025: Atrocities 581- 637
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
We've updated our running catalogue of Trump 2.0's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes. The total now stands at 637 since he returned to office.
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![During a speech at an inauguration celebration, Elon Musk, Trump’s pick to lead his Department of Governmental Efficiency, gave not one but two fascists gestures. “I just want to say thank you for making [Trump’s election victory] happen,” the billionaire told supporters. He then pounded his chest and extended his arm diagonally in the air, very similar to the Nazi Party’s infamous salute. After the crowd cheered, he did it a second time. In recent months, Musk had been increasingly engaging with far-right groups, like Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland. Trump, too, has been criticized for his fascist views, even by his vice president, JD Vance, who once called him “America’s Hitler.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wf24ok2liiyzb633fe34dsel/bafkreidjcarapifjuutq32xlz2va7a2h3yftc7bjt4ktonliuwama4jh7i@jpeg)
My 3-yr-old grandson Asher put a pea in his nose this morning at pre-school. His brother Rand, a Kindergartener, about the same time, licked a steel flagpole at school. We live in the U.P. of MI so the teachers had to use some water to free him. Both are fine and, hopefully, a little wiser.
January 16, 2026 at 2:03 AM
My 3-yr-old grandson Asher put a pea in his nose this morning at pre-school. His brother Rand, a Kindergartener, about the same time, licked a steel flagpole at school. We live in the U.P. of MI so the teachers had to use some water to free him. Both are fine and, hopefully, a little wiser.
...and again to work, finish the hand, the grasping hand atop the box of nothing, entropic box filled with everything we become, even the dust of the body's leavings swept away by time's disinterested breath;...
Kathe Koja in Skin
Kathe Koja in Skin
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
...and again to work, finish the hand, the grasping hand atop the box of nothing, entropic box filled with everything we become, even the dust of the body's leavings swept away by time's disinterested breath;...
Kathe Koja in Skin
Kathe Koja in Skin
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
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"You don’t need to be 'paid' to become a professional writer. I suggest you adopt a Cartesian view of writing and recognize that through the act of writing, you become a writer. Your parents will not let you starve."
How to Write 100,000 Words Per Day, Every Day
Most people don’t believe me when I tell them I write 100,000 words every day of my life. If I’m being totally honest, 100,000 is probably just a b...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"You don’t need to be 'paid' to become a professional writer. I suggest you adopt a Cartesian view of writing and recognize that through the act of writing, you become a writer. Your parents will not let you starve."
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Well, the opening of this opinion made me cry
We’re going to win y’all
We’re going to win y’all
September 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Well, the opening of this opinion made me cry
We’re going to win y’all
We’re going to win y’all
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Reposted by M. Kelly Peach
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
CORNUDAS, TX—In response to growing issues with its population of juvenile detainees, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency reportedly announced on Tuesday the opening of a new supermax ...
theonion.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
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Create something. Put it in your house or put it in the world. Put it in the garage, if you choose. The act of creation itself has meaning, apart from appreciation or celebration
August 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Create something. Put it in your house or put it in the world. Put it in the garage, if you choose. The act of creation itself has meaning, apart from appreciation or celebration
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Trump is up to 364 cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes.
www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/lest...
www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/lest...
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
www.mcsweeneys.net
August 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Trump is up to 364 cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes.
www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/lest...
www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/lest...
Michael Peach Author Signing
Saturday Aug 16th, 2025
11:00 AM to 1 PM CST at the Lion's Mouth Bookstore
Stop in to meet regional author Michael Peach & get signed copy of his books: The Adventures of Argyle Sock, Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass, and The Death of Tintagiles Death.
Saturday Aug 16th, 2025
11:00 AM to 1 PM CST at the Lion's Mouth Bookstore
Stop in to meet regional author Michael Peach & get signed copy of his books: The Adventures of Argyle Sock, Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass, and The Death of Tintagiles Death.
M. Kelly Peach Writes
About the author, his publications, activities, thoughts, and more.
mkellypeach.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Michael Peach Author Signing
Saturday Aug 16th, 2025
11:00 AM to 1 PM CST at the Lion's Mouth Bookstore
Stop in to meet regional author Michael Peach & get signed copy of his books: The Adventures of Argyle Sock, Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass, and The Death of Tintagiles Death.
Saturday Aug 16th, 2025
11:00 AM to 1 PM CST at the Lion's Mouth Bookstore
Stop in to meet regional author Michael Peach & get signed copy of his books: The Adventures of Argyle Sock, Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass, and The Death of Tintagiles Death.
Below are links to an interview I did with BAM, the editor of 42 Stories (squared). A massive, fascinating anthology that has my piece The Sad, Grievous Death of Edgar Allen Poe.
Vlog: youtu.be/PS07aV4FSAs
Blog: bamwrites.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-li...
Short: drive.google.com/file/d/12_jJ...
Vlog: youtu.be/PS07aV4FSAs
Blog: bamwrites.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-li...
Short: drive.google.com/file/d/12_jJ...
Interview with M. Kelly Peach | 42 Stories Anthology Presents
YouTube video by BAMWrites & 42² Presents
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August 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Below are links to an interview I did with BAM, the editor of 42 Stories (squared). A massive, fascinating anthology that has my piece The Sad, Grievous Death of Edgar Allen Poe.
Vlog: youtu.be/PS07aV4FSAs
Blog: bamwrites.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-li...
Short: drive.google.com/file/d/12_jJ...
Vlog: youtu.be/PS07aV4FSAs
Blog: bamwrites.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-li...
Short: drive.google.com/file/d/12_jJ...
When Quixote fought the windmill, who won?
from Dark Factory by Kathe Koja
from Dark Factory by Kathe Koja
August 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
When Quixote fought the windmill, who won?
from Dark Factory by Kathe Koja
from Dark Factory by Kathe Koja
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Credit to @mcsweeneys.net for this, sad, regrettable and unfortunate (and maybe triggering) as it is.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jun...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jun...
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: June 2025: Atrocities 273-313
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Credit to @mcsweeneys.net for this, sad, regrettable and unfortunate (and maybe triggering) as it is.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jun...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jun...
I remember an academic friend, who liked nothing, telling me I shouldn't be so ready to praise, but should look for the flaws in any work. I decided this was literary sadism in the service of highmindedness.
William Kennedy in Riding the Yellow Trolley Car
William Kennedy in Riding the Yellow Trolley Car
July 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I remember an academic friend, who liked nothing, telling me I shouldn't be so ready to praise, but should look for the flaws in any work. I decided this was literary sadism in the service of highmindedness.
William Kennedy in Riding the Yellow Trolley Car
William Kennedy in Riding the Yellow Trolley Car
I will be at the Negaunee Public Library author signing event on Tues 7/8/25 from 4-6 p.m. EST. Hope to see you there!
July 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I will be at the Negaunee Public Library author signing event on Tues 7/8/25 from 4-6 p.m. EST. Hope to see you there!
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It's good to have the chronology when discussing with people who simply do not pay attention and shrug it all off.
We're in the process of compiling all the events for June (DraftKings' current over/under for entries is 60), and we hope to have it ready soon. In the meantime, you can catch up with Trump's first five months here.
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
buff.ly
June 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's good to have the chronology when discussing with people who simply do not pay attention and shrug it all off.
Three of my poems have made an appearance at Blood+Honey Literary Magazine. Here is the link: www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/to-mr...
three poems — Blood+Honey
by M. Kelley Peach “The chorus of Mr. Ford’s / Children sing a song of sorrow. / A dirge voiced in screeching rubber tones.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Three of my poems have made an appearance at Blood+Honey Literary Magazine. Here is the link: www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/to-mr...
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"Ellen has five times the dowry as her sister Charlotte, but Charlotte is twice as attractive as Ellen, and three times as funny. How many times will each sister reject her initial suitor until each finally marries her initial suitor? What if this is a Jane Austen novel?"
Math Problems for English Majors
If Elizabeth Bennet’s house is ten miles away from Mr. Darcy’s house, how far will her mother go to arrange a suitable marriage? - - - An English m...
buff.ly
June 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Ellen has five times the dowry as her sister Charlotte, but Charlotte is twice as attractive as Ellen, and three times as funny. How many times will each sister reject her initial suitor until each finally marries her initial suitor? What if this is a Jane Austen novel?"
I am the Alien Buddha Press Featured Artist for June 2025 for my poetry chapbook Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass. Here is the link for my interview with Red, editor for ABP: alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/m...
M. Kelly Peach is Alien Buddha’s Featured Artist for June 2025
ABP- Thank you for taking this interview, Michael. Earlier this year, ABP was lucky to have published your chapbook ‘Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass’. What was your writing process like on that? MK…
alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I am the Alien Buddha Press Featured Artist for June 2025 for my poetry chapbook Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass. Here is the link for my interview with Red, editor for ABP: alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/m...
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Here's the latest update for @mcsweeneys.net. We are now at 215 atrocities. If you've been following along, the new posts begin with April 14th. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/les...
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
www.mcsweeneys.net
May 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here's the latest update for @mcsweeneys.net. We are now at 215 atrocities. If you've been following along, the new posts begin with April 14th. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/les...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Flag and Country, Not Kings” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Flag and Country, Not Kings · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
May 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Flag and Country, Not Kings” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...