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Peter Clines

@peterclines.bsky.social

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NYT bestselling maker-upper of things. Still making things up. Still getting paid for it. No, it doesn't make sense to me, either. Former film guy. Toy enthusiast. he/him. Try to be a better person than you were yesterday.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · Aug 14

Guess it's time to update the pinned post.

I'm Peter Clines. I write books. Some of them are very popular. All of them are fun in a sci-fi-horror-speculative sort of way. The newest, GOD'S JUNK DRAWER, is out November 11th. I also post about other folks' books, movies, toys, and other stuff I enjoy

The cover for GOD'S JUNK DRAWER by Peter Clines, showing a dinosaur skeleton in a black void, along with a space suit helmet, a human skull, a bionic arm, and a stone-tipped spear.

The cover of THE BROKEN ROOM showing two massive red doors opening to reveal an old classroom chair. On the wall behind it, a small child sits in the chair

The cover for PARADOX BOUND showing an old fashioned car driving on a Mobius strip

The cover for TERMINUS, showing a stormy sea with an island in the distance, and massive tentacles reaching down out of the dark clouds

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 48m

artists - even the funny ones, even the ones who provide escapism, the low and the high-brow - and those whose job it is to enable what we do owe it to the world to be serious, rigorous, and thoughtful about what we do. we owe it to humanity to be better than what came before us.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 48m

art - even the lumpen popular arts in which i proudly make my living - exist to give us what we need, not what we want. even if what we want is comfort, it is the job of people like myself to make it novel, new, and reflective of an evolving consciousness.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 1h

Mom! I'm on the front page of the Onion!!!

...wait, you're not my mom.

The Onion @theonion.com · 1h

Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 12d

4. It still doesn't address the *root* causes of crime. Surveillance is not a theory of sustainably preventing crime or keeping people safe. Surveillance gets convictions, but do convictions lower crime rates city or state-wide? No! Put that money to things that do: housing, education, health.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 2h

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Should elected officials be imprisoned for speaking out against an invasion of their cities? Hard to say. Very technical question. Really one for the lawyers to sort out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 1d

GOD'S JUNK DRAWER by @peterclines.bsky.social www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...

God’s Junk Drawer

From New York Times bestselling author Peter Clines, God’s Junk Drawer is a mind-bending tale of mystery and adventure set at the dawn of time.Welcome to the valley …Forty years ago, the Gather family...

www.blackstonepublishing.com

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 19h

Today's exactly five weeks until the new book is out in the world and I start a two week book tour and I think I may be having a mild freakout or anxiety attack or possibly some wonderful combination of these things...

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 12h

Oh sweet jebus, seriously??? Ugh indeed.

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Comrade Bullski @comradebullski.bsky.social · 18h

TRON: ARES having an official collaboration with Grok and having AI slop on display at he events is making me never want to watch that movie. Ugh

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 1d

I remember reading F. Paul Wilson paperbacks off the wire rack during the late night shift at my college job, then finding out a few years ago that F. Paul Wilson is a huge fan of my books. It was VERY surreal.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 12h

Just another day in the life of a boy!

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16h

It’s not just a puzzle, it’s a meta puzzle that also delves into spooky Halloween history.

Craig Engler @craigengler.bsky.social · 16h

Lucky 113 backers and just a hair away from being 40% funded. Want the greatest Halloween puzzle ever made? Back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/448...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 17h

Here’s video of the incident

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 15h

While you're not shopping at Amazon, might I suggest this ridiculously fun weird western that reads like a cross between BONE TOMAHAWK and THE CROW from @cullenbunn.bsky.social Riley Brown, and @thevaultcomics.bsky.social . I got an early copy and it was fantastic!

Dead Acre: Black Badge Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel)

Black Badge Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel)

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 22h

The terms of service saying Hive is not training its AI on Bluesky images would be a lot more reassuring if so many companies hadn't trained their AIs by just stealing data to start with.

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ryan fae @ryan.staticnoi.se · 17h

because I see this blowing up, I want to be clear: Newsom "declin[ing] to sign" the other bills DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE VETOED.

the pocket veto _does not exist in CA_, so if Newsom does not sign nor veto them within the allotted period, they become laws without his signature.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 22h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Amano Jack @amano-jack.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case someone missed this detail:
Wells Fargo used the ICE orks to clear out a building of lawful residents to make a buck

Again, a military terror purge was carried out with naked children in handcuffs for the benefit of Wells Fargo execs

A corrupt corp that will bleat at any reciprocity

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 18h

Thankfully, the mail carrier said I could distract myself with a box from Four Horsemen.

An open brown cardboard box shows packages from the Cosmic Legions toy line, including a Dragosyr kit, a "Cosmic Ladies" kit, and a large box on its side with a massive orange figure just visible in it

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is encouraging. Californians understood the assignment. We got loud and spread the word on Prop 50. This is a fight against Republican anti-democratic tactics, but we still have to vote.

Get those ballots in, early voting has started. We’re going to pass Prop 50.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 19h

I think this is closer to terranxiety.