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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 10m

"There's got to be a dead guy we could take one off, right? If they're American it's technically mine when they die, isn't it?"

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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 54m

www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
On NPR!!! please share!

A celebration of the South's rich — and messy — heritage, delivered on a plate

In a new cookbook, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1h

There is a particular stabbing pain those of us familiar with the Hollywood blacklist feel about the phrase “prematurely anti-fascist”. Let’s just say this dynamic has been in play for a fucking century.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4h

If you were “prematurely anti fascist” about this you were a hysterical lib, if you were wrong about it you’re a respectable intellectual with lots of billionaire connections bsky.app/profile/gtco...

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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unstable.books @unstablebooks.bsky.social · 2h

‼️ COVER REVEAL DAY ‼️

This werewolf anthology benefits the Lakota Wolf Preserve. It includes my debut piece of fiction, which blends my moms stories about growing up in Texas and a dash of @sgj.bsky.social Mongrels

It also includes a special surprise story from @claymcleod.bsky.social 🐺

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social · 42m

Thinking about doing a NECROTEK / COLD WAR Zoom discussion once folks have had a chance to read both books. Some prizes for best questions, observations, guesses are likely. Might you be interested?

@blackstonepub.bsky.social #NecroTek #necrotekseries #darkscifi #SciFiAdventure #SciFiAction

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Johnson: That is not the principles of the Republican Party. You want me to articulate them? We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 1h

Even in genre publishing at the time, it was stunning how many people firmly believed you couldn't write "real" horror unless you'd had a nightmarishly traumatic life and were willing to share it all as credentials. And anyone who didn't was just a tourist who didn't belong there.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2h

I think a lot of people don’t realize how insanely pervasive and coercive the early 2010s “the only way to make it as a young writer is to publish insanely confessional, raw online essays about your darkest secrets and trauma” culture was.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 10h

This is what Carpenter always wanted to do, but the technology didn't exist at the time.

jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 8d

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1668

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 1d

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

I think the idea of "cancel culture" persists mainly because it conveniently is some outside force acting on someone rather than them torching their reputation all on their own

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 16h

NEWSLETTER AWAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaay

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 13h

I mean, I just saw Superman there. Thunderbolts before that.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 15h

Name a FIlm you saw at a Drive In Theater.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 13h

Years back someone told me "plot is what happens outside your characters, story is what happens inside your characters," which I always loved.

And which brings me to, Lovecraft wrote amazing plots and absolutely god-awful, paper-thin stories.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 13h

PRO TIP

If you're going to protest with friends & family, have a meet up if we get seperated point both AT the protest and OUTSIDE the protest.

IE: If we get lost at the protest, meet up at this lightpole
if we get lost leaving (for any reason) meet up at this McDonalds

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 17h

it's wild how confusing it is to watch a politician who thinks we should like, all get human rights and be able to afford to live, but also is inviting us (generic, not me sob) to do joyful things with each other too

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

We’re kicking the politics of the past aside and scoring a new generation of leadership — and we want you on our team.

Join us for The Cost of Living Classic, a free citywide soccer tournament in Coney Island this Sunday, co-hosted by NYC Footy.

Details + register at zohranfornyc.com/colclassic ⚽

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 19h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 16h

NEWSLETTER AWAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaay

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Lee Griffith @glovestudios.bsky.social · 17h

Omega Supreme sketch cover requested at #NYCC2025 #Transformers

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 18h

I’m Rachel Parsons. The closest I’ve ever come to missing a flight, while sitting AT THE GATE, was because I was reading one of this man’s books. He has a new one coming next month.

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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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years

Peacemaker looks at a mural embedding Hitler into American symbols

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 19h

Absolutely love those books! First thing of hers I ever read.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 19h

Probably an hour out! There's still time to sign up and confirm!

Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, yes, every month about this time I tell you "hey, you should sign up for my newsletter." But you should REALLY sign up for the newsletter because it's going out tomorrow with information about GOD'S JUNK DRAWER signings, some other events, and an offer just for newsletter subscribers...

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