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Tom McAllister

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Author of novels HOW TO BE SAFE and THE YOUNG WIDOWER'S HANDBOOK. New book of essays IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE coming from Rose Metal Press in May 2025. Co-host of Book Fight! podcast. @Barrelhouse.bsky.social NF Editor. South Jersey. Tom.mcallister.ws

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · May 14

My book, IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, in which I wrote a short essay for each year of my life, is officially out today (paperback & ebook). I think it's the best writing I've ever done, the most I've ever sounded like myself on the page.
Full details, reviews, etc: rosemetalpress.com/books/it-all...

Beautiful book cover, art by Corey Neale, design by Heather Butterfield

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 11h

honestly the thing about protein powder being loaded with dangerous levels of lead explains a ton about the collective mental breakdown of about 1/3 of our country

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 17h

venn diagram of leftist guys, MFA guys, and American Spirits guys

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 19h

10 year anniversary celebration of the Camden writers house continues next week, with a reading by 3 recent alumni with new books out. Come out and join us, have some snacks, see all the cool stuff we've been doing out here
writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/events/write...

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 19h

Thursday night at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social I'll be in conversation with @ambersparks.bsky.social. Hope to see you there! www.harvard.com/event/amber-...

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly one of my first thoughts after seeing it was "Jayson Stark must be so happy right now"

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 1d

It is getting harder to look cool, I admit

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 1d

As you know, I start every class period by sitting in the back in a disguise and asking everyone if they've heard about this cool new prof. This takes about 65 minutes, and by the time I reveal my identity, we usually don't have time to talk about the readings

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

These guys are terrified of the numbers that are going to turn out on Saturday, and that's all the more reason to put down your "wine mom protest" objections and join them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 1d

been a rough 10 days for Philly sports, but they're saying the Sixers best and least reliable player appeared to be in a good mood during a pre-season intrasquad scrimmage, we're back baby

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 2d

Good strategy in any hiring process tbh

Ben Jones @benjones88.bsky.social · 2d

I was just curious what the AI of the world thought about Penn State's coaching opening and we have our best robots on it:

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 2d

Just broadly about the concept of cancer, in total

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 3d

in this particular instance, also not clear to me if the ellipses are part of the original text or if they are cuts made for space in the review.

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

playoff baseball, especially with the pitch clock, is genuinely super fun, it makes you feel like you're dying the whole time

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

good news is you might have 2 more hours to go

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

I'm really sad the Phils aren't in it, but also glad to be able to watch this without feeling like my actual life is on the line

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

I've actually very recently been reassessing whether baseball is good or not (no, I think)

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

We used to be afraid of guys like Dr. Strangelove who would do all kinds of crazy weird science. Unlike today, when all of our guys doing crazy weird science are good

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

The man knows cinema

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

It's so easy to mass reject on Submittable!

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

just got a personalized rejection that was clearly written by AI (so... not personalized?), actually much more discouraging than the old way

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

Famous 18th century monster, Dr. Strangelove, the character who embodies the specific anxieties of, again, the 18th century

George Pearkes @peark.es · 4d

I couldn't believe this but it's true, Thiel can't decide whether the antichrist is Greta or Big Yud. Positively reeling.

(Washington Post) -- Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are "legionnaires of the Antichrist" in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future, according to recordings reviewed by The Washington Post.
In the four, roughly two-hour lectures, which began last month and culminated Monday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Thiel laid out his religious views to a sold-out audience told to keep the contents "off-the-record," according to an event listing. He argued that those who propose limits on technology development not only hinder business but threaten to usher in the destruction of the United States and an era of global totalitarian rule, according to the recordings.
"In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science," Thiel said in his Sept. 15 opening talk, according to the recordings. "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It's someone like Greta or Eliezer," he said, referring to Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry's approach to AI.

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

I know people (family members) who absolutely believe this to be true, somehow

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

Should be illegal for lit mags to send me rejections. Is there a setting I can change on Submittable or something?

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4d

”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

Did you get the one for the psychic the other day? Book with a foreword by Tommy Hilfiger

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