Michael Tichy
@emptywrites.bsky.social
He/Him. Author of ambivalent realism and other variations of sadness. Wound of the West out now from Castaigne Publishing. https://castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/wound-of-the-west
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Michael Tichy
@emptywrites.bsky.social
· Jun 20
IN THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY
IN THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY is a horror anthology inspired by the works of John Steinbeck. Featuring David Simmons, Brendan Vidito, plus more. Edited...
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It’s here. Available on Castaigne and the other place. 9 horror stories in the footsteps of Steinbeck. Read it, sit with it, share it with a friend.
In the Eyes of the Hungry
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In the Eyes of the Hungry
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I wonder if the magas boycotting the Super Bowl will measurably mitigate the spike in domestic violence that predictably occurs the weekend of the event every year.
February 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I wonder if the magas boycotting the Super Bowl will measurably mitigate the spike in domestic violence that predictably occurs the weekend of the event every year.
That stoker preliminary ballot reminds me of the scene in the Shawshank Redemption when they randomly choose people to do the roof tarring job.
January 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM
That stoker preliminary ballot reminds me of the scene in the Shawshank Redemption when they randomly choose people to do the roof tarring job.
I finished the first draft of my new novel today. Definitely the most personal thing I’ve ever written. Maybe the most topical too. Takes place in an RFK “wellness” camp.
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I finished the first draft of my new novel today. Definitely the most personal thing I’ve ever written. Maybe the most topical too. Takes place in an RFK “wellness” camp.
The retail model common in my youth was to work low level management to death with the promise of promotion and then burn out 95% of them and then replace them with whoever was next level down on the ponzi. It seems the tech bro culture is a table full of marks thinking they’re playing poker.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The retail model common in my youth was to work low level management to death with the promise of promotion and then burn out 95% of them and then replace them with whoever was next level down on the ponzi. It seems the tech bro culture is a table full of marks thinking they’re playing poker.
Alex has a new book in the world! Check it out!
Feast your ears on Transmission zero, and welcome The Night Ship into the world!
Released today wherever you can grab it, and ready to be just about the strangest journey into the vast of night you'll ever go through.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ni...
Released today wherever you can grab it, and ready to be just about the strangest journey into the vast of night you'll ever go through.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ni...
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Alex has a new book in the world! Check it out!
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Not only is Trump repeating a lie about the conduct of the 2020 election, but he is also announcing — at an international conference — that his administration will soon prosecute his political opponents for having defeated him in an election. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dona...
Donald Trump just announced breaking news. The legacy media ignored it.
Not only is Trump repeating a lie about the conduct of the 2020 election, but he is also announcing — at an international conference — that his administration will soon prosecute his political opponen...
www.democracydocket.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Not only is Trump repeating a lie about the conduct of the 2020 election, but he is also announcing — at an international conference — that his administration will soon prosecute his political opponents for having defeated him in an election. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dona...
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Listen, sneering anti-Americanism from online rubes from the husks of empires who think they deserve personal cultural credit for Mozart or w/e while drinking Coke and eating their national equivalent of dinosaur chicken nuggets IS annoying.
But we're absolutely, 100% asking for it, so just cope
But we're absolutely, 100% asking for it, so just cope
January 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Listen, sneering anti-Americanism from online rubes from the husks of empires who think they deserve personal cultural credit for Mozart or w/e while drinking Coke and eating their national equivalent of dinosaur chicken nuggets IS annoying.
But we're absolutely, 100% asking for it, so just cope
But we're absolutely, 100% asking for it, so just cope
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Finally a worthwhile answer
i want to fight ellen datlow
what is the biggest writerly goal you are willing to cop to publicly? I would like to be nominated for a Lammy
January 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Finally a worthwhile answer
Black Phone 2 is free on peacock and it’s still not worth the cost of admission. Tedious, terrible dialogue, bunch of nightmare on elm street ripoff done with less skill and it’s weirdly Christian. If you liked this movie your judgement is suspect
January 17, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Black Phone 2 is free on peacock and it’s still not worth the cost of admission. Tedious, terrible dialogue, bunch of nightmare on elm street ripoff done with less skill and it’s weirdly Christian. If you liked this movie your judgement is suspect
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this type obscuring of colossal harm bc it 'looked nicer'
bc someone they find more appealing was its face
bc everyone floating above it due to a lucky station in life could tell themselves it was necessary, promise themselves *they and theirs* were safe from harm
=why we're here headed for worse
bc someone they find more appealing was its face
bc everyone floating above it due to a lucky station in life could tell themselves it was necessary, promise themselves *they and theirs* were safe from harm
=why we're here headed for worse
Obama deported 3 million illegal immigrants during his time in office and I don’t remember a single scene like this.
January 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
this type obscuring of colossal harm bc it 'looked nicer'
bc someone they find more appealing was its face
bc everyone floating above it due to a lucky station in life could tell themselves it was necessary, promise themselves *they and theirs* were safe from harm
=why we're here headed for worse
bc someone they find more appealing was its face
bc everyone floating above it due to a lucky station in life could tell themselves it was necessary, promise themselves *they and theirs* were safe from harm
=why we're here headed for worse
youtu.be/hFmCyZ6epB8?...
This is basically the end of act one of expedition 33. IYKYK
This is basically the end of act one of expedition 33. IYKYK
BeerFest (2006) Landfill 2 Shows Up To Help Scene 4K HDR
YouTube video by Giggle Galaxy
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January 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
youtu.be/hFmCyZ6epB8?...
This is basically the end of act one of expedition 33. IYKYK
This is basically the end of act one of expedition 33. IYKYK
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This is correct. ICE is there in the first place because of an evidence-free racist conspiracy theory promoted by a 23 Year old YouTube propagandist. They manufacture pretext.
This is the thing about the "Don't give them the pretext to send in more feds" arguments. The administration is using its own murder of an unarmed civilian as the pretext to send in more agents. They do not need a pretext and will invent them if they want.
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This is correct. ICE is there in the first place because of an evidence-free racist conspiracy theory promoted by a 23 Year old YouTube propagandist. They manufacture pretext.
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Your body doesn’t have special distinct stress hormones for hiding in a tree and hoping the bear doesn’t look up, or huddling in a trench under artillery fire, or scrolling through bad news on the internet.
All your brain knows is that it’s being dunked in cortisol for hours on end.
All your brain knows is that it’s being dunked in cortisol for hours on end.
We are not meant to swim in a sea of stress hormones for months or years at a time.
Just existing and being aware of current events for the past five years has caused an epidemic of PTSD.
Just existing and being aware of current events for the past five years has caused an epidemic of PTSD.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Your body doesn’t have special distinct stress hormones for hiding in a tree and hoping the bear doesn’t look up, or huddling in a trench under artillery fire, or scrolling through bad news on the internet.
All your brain knows is that it’s being dunked in cortisol for hours on end.
All your brain knows is that it’s being dunked in cortisol for hours on end.
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One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
THERE IS VIDEO
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
I know a popular response to all this is to blame the hiring of all the j6 refuse. But I would argue what we’ve seen so far is actually normal for experienced cbp officers maybe with slightly less accountability. When the numbers really swell with the influx it’s going to be much much worse.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I know a popular response to all this is to blame the hiring of all the j6 refuse. But I would argue what we’ve seen so far is actually normal for experienced cbp officers maybe with slightly less accountability. When the numbers really swell with the influx it’s going to be much much worse.
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the only difference between a millennial New York Times journalist and an irony poisoned anime avatar twitter bluecheck who denies that he’s racist while he posts memes about Somali daycares is that the NYT journo is better at convincing you that he deserves to be part of polite society.
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
the only difference between a millennial New York Times journalist and an irony poisoned anime avatar twitter bluecheck who denies that he’s racist while he posts memes about Somali daycares is that the NYT journo is better at convincing you that he deserves to be part of polite society.
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Trumpists will be giving the ICE murderer awards and recognitions and honors. That’s because (1) killing someone who thinks differently than they do is their fantasy (2) most of them are too spineless to do it but (3) by praising the murderer they can murder in a fantasy-league way
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Trumpists will be giving the ICE murderer awards and recognitions and honors. That’s because (1) killing someone who thinks differently than they do is their fantasy (2) most of them are too spineless to do it but (3) by praising the murderer they can murder in a fantasy-league way
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Everyone needs to watch this.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Everyone needs to watch this.
Obligatory gym selfie. Fuck ice
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Obligatory gym selfie. Fuck ice
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
As a psychiatric professional I’m looking for some tools to manage the dysregulation associated with being at the mercy of a rogue state. Also, would like some tips for gratitude journaling or self care to help my patients navigate being priced out of health insurance.
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
As a psychiatric professional I’m looking for some tools to manage the dysregulation associated with being at the mercy of a rogue state. Also, would like some tips for gratitude journaling or self care to help my patients navigate being priced out of health insurance.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
I don’t have a clever take today I just feel physically ill. I guess I thought i knew this was coming but my body is saying no you really didn’t.
January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I don’t have a clever take today I just feel physically ill. I guess I thought i knew this was coming but my body is saying no you really didn’t.