aka Bear Michaels
@akabearmichaels.com
I write LGBT speculative fiction and ask big questions, like “What if the Golden Girls were mercs.” Based in Seattle, I winter in a gaming chair, and summer at the queer nude beach like a tin roof, rusting.
Pinned
On Sundays we run feral in the streets
In decadent trousers with nothing underneath
To the grandest department store men's room
Where we shake hands unzipped like gentlemen do
'Til throated plowshares quiet at the shuffling of feet
In decadent trousers with nothing underneath
To the grandest department store men's room
Where we shake hands unzipped like gentlemen do
'Til throated plowshares quiet at the shuffling of feet
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Hey pals, I'm trying to connect with some people who have hemiparesis and/or level 1 cerebral palsy.
If that describes you or anyone you know, hit me up, please + thank you.
If that describes you or anyone you know, hit me up, please + thank you.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hey pals, I'm trying to connect with some people who have hemiparesis and/or level 1 cerebral palsy.
If that describes you or anyone you know, hit me up, please + thank you.
If that describes you or anyone you know, hit me up, please + thank you.
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Just saying, People did this for Betty White a couple of weeks before her 100th birthday and killed her
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Just saying, People did this for Betty White a couple of weeks before her 100th birthday and killed her
I love how this naturally leads to discussion about Fear and Hope being two sides of the same psychological coin. (One always - yes always - carries the other on its back.)
With Harry Lighton’s sweetie-pie dom-com Pillion heating up UK theaters, the writer-director tells Ella Kemp about wrestling away from aggression, finding the domestic rituals of BDSM and capturing biker culture onscreen beyond Scorpio Rising. boxd.it/2PS
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I love how this naturally leads to discussion about Fear and Hope being two sides of the same psychological coin. (One always - yes always - carries the other on its back.)
You, reader, are an absolute muppet (affectionate)
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
You, reader, are an absolute muppet (affectionate)
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“We needed a test subject we could only measure on the Richter scale, so we called Your Mom,” said researcher Dr. Sykes. “Getting the right daily dose was harder than we anticipated since Your Mom spans multiple hemispheres.”
Novo Nordisk Unveils New, Stronger Ozempic for Your Mom: tinyurl.com/bddhnv5p
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“We needed a test subject we could only measure on the Richter scale, so we called Your Mom,” said researcher Dr. Sykes. “Getting the right daily dose was harder than we anticipated since Your Mom spans multiple hemispheres.”
Last night's series of dreams centered on my brother & I doing increasingly strange yardwork for our mom. At one point, the property lines changed, so we had to move her backyard's walls.
Not fences. Walls.
Not fences. Walls.
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Last night's series of dreams centered on my brother & I doing increasingly strange yardwork for our mom. At one point, the property lines changed, so we had to move her backyard's walls.
Not fences. Walls.
Not fences. Walls.
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My @vanityfair.com oral history of PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, released on this day in 1987:
'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' at 35: An Oral History of One of the Most Beloved Road Movies Ever Made
Starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the John Hughes road trip comedy had a nearly four-hour runtime at one point. Hear from cast, crew, and Hughes' family about the classic.
www.vanityfair.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My @vanityfair.com oral history of PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, released on this day in 1987:
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
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It is unsettling. What’s her name?
Deeply unsettled by this older photo of Mike Johnson with a beard.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It is unsettling. What’s her name?
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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Reskeet for awareness
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reskeet for awareness
Remember folks, art and story are naturally subjective. Interpretation something differently does not mean you need to PUSH and try to force people to agree with you.
That's how you get blocked.
That's how you get blocked.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Remember folks, art and story are naturally subjective. Interpretation something differently does not mean you need to PUSH and try to force people to agree with you.
That's how you get blocked.
That's how you get blocked.
Post a movie where you are from
(I think they did a movie?)
(I think they did a movie?)
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Post a movie where you are from
(I think they did a movie?)
(I think they did a movie?)
Hey, this shopping season, remember that it's often cheaper to buy direct from the manufacturer. And the people who design & make the products you like get more support from direct sales.
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hey, this shopping season, remember that it's often cheaper to buy direct from the manufacturer. And the people who design & make the products you like get more support from direct sales.
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We need to protect our young queer folks from the predators inside our own community. Let these young people be young. And from my viewpoint, it’s really simple. If your interest in someone relies on them being barely legal, the issue isn’t preference. It’s power.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We need to protect our young queer folks from the predators inside our own community. Let these young people be young. And from my viewpoint, it’s really simple. If your interest in someone relies on them being barely legal, the issue isn’t preference. It’s power.
I boil my own issue with Disco down more to the rest of the world being dumbed, so that every problem comes to her for solving.
The entire quadrant went that long without taking the most basic steps to investigate the Burn?
It's not Michael's fault she stepped into an Idiocracy.
The entire quadrant went that long without taking the most basic steps to investigate the Burn?
It's not Michael's fault she stepped into an Idiocracy.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I boil my own issue with Disco down more to the rest of the world being dumbed, so that every problem comes to her for solving.
The entire quadrant went that long without taking the most basic steps to investigate the Burn?
It's not Michael's fault she stepped into an Idiocracy.
The entire quadrant went that long without taking the most basic steps to investigate the Burn?
It's not Michael's fault she stepped into an Idiocracy.
Taking a hot actor and making them play a cop is such a betrayal.
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Taking a hot actor and making them play a cop is such a betrayal.
I wish I could demonstrate to you what it feels like when #BVD flares up. Or maybe not. After all, you're not one of my worst enemies, so maybe you don't deserve that.
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I wish I could demonstrate to you what it feels like when #BVD flares up. Or maybe not. After all, you're not one of my worst enemies, so maybe you don't deserve that.
You're a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl, Chalie Brown
The calla lilies are in bloom again, Charlie Brown
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
You're a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl, Chalie Brown
Maybe SweetGreens should steal this slogan
McDonald's had gone all-in on salads in the mid 80's, with chicken and deli meat options, so it's no surprise they would have taken a swing at a shrimp option
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Maybe SweetGreens should steal this slogan
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This is the generative AI non-use policy on my website: I am strongly considering actively including this prominently in any cold pitch email I send
If any media outlets sees this as a turn off, GOOD: I don't want to work for outlets that are neutral or open to fabrication and lies
ketanjoshi.co
If any media outlets sees this as a turn off, GOOD: I don't want to work for outlets that are neutral or open to fabrication and lies
ketanjoshi.co
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is the generative AI non-use policy on my website: I am strongly considering actively including this prominently in any cold pitch email I send
If any media outlets sees this as a turn off, GOOD: I don't want to work for outlets that are neutral or open to fabrication and lies
ketanjoshi.co
If any media outlets sees this as a turn off, GOOD: I don't want to work for outlets that are neutral or open to fabrication and lies
ketanjoshi.co
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It's time for everyone's favorite chronologically unanchored holiday, The Story of the Lizard in the Leg.
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It's time for everyone's favorite chronologically unanchored holiday, The Story of the Lizard in the Leg.
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Star Trek: First Contact was released 29 years ago today.
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Star Trek: First Contact was released 29 years ago today.
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄