jrmcconvey
@jrmcconvey.bsky.social
Writer/kraken. Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep.
Books: False Bodies (2024), Different Beasts (2019). Raptors faithful. He/him. www.jrmcconvey.com
Books: False Bodies (2024), Different Beasts (2019). Raptors faithful. He/him. www.jrmcconvey.com
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jrmcconvey
@jrmcconvey.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Here's a book I loved!
I think you'll love it too!
False Bodies by @jrmcconvey.bsky.social
Cryptid Hunter ✔️
Giant squid ✔️
East coast setting ✔️
Crazy cult ✔️
Fantastic writing ✔️
Definitely grab this one & devour!
I think you'll love it too!
False Bodies by @jrmcconvey.bsky.social
Cryptid Hunter ✔️
Giant squid ✔️
East coast setting ✔️
Crazy cult ✔️
Fantastic writing ✔️
Definitely grab this one & devour!
Newfoundland is the new New York and giant squid is the new Labubu. Eddie the Yeti is Jack Reacher for goths. Get on board.
Today I thought, "What if the NBA finals was Raptors v. OKC?" and I think Adam Silver died
Quick summary of OKC:
- 18-1, won 10 straight, will get Jalen Williams back tonight for the first time this season.
- 102.9 def. rating, 7.3 points better than the 2nd-best defence (MIA).
- SGA has only played in 8 fourth quarters
- Could have THREE lottery picks in June
- 18-1, won 10 straight, will get Jalen Williams back tonight for the first time this season.
- 102.9 def. rating, 7.3 points better than the 2nd-best defence (MIA).
- SGA has only played in 8 fourth quarters
- Could have THREE lottery picks in June
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today I thought, "What if the NBA finals was Raptors v. OKC?" and I think Adam Silver died
"They entered closets and pulled out clothes, shirts and pants and boxers and bras wrapped around their thick necks, small hands pulling and stretching each other's garments, shrieking in delight." @afsulli.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
City life is reshaping raccoons – and may be nudging them toward domestication
Scientists say urban raccoons’ shorter snouts and calmer reactions to people mirror traits found in domesticated animals across species
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"They entered closets and pulled out clothes, shirts and pants and boxers and bras wrapped around their thick necks, small hands pulling and stretching each other's garments, shrieking in delight." @afsulli.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Eat it, Vince
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Eat it, Vince
Gonna invent CatGPT, which is just a warm, fuzzy ball that ignores you until it's hungry.
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Gonna invent CatGPT, which is just a warm, fuzzy ball that ignores you until it's hungry.
Dude there are like nine dentists I could walk to from my home. We have enough dentists. Too many, maybe.
Canada’s new government is making big investments to train more dental care professionals — so you can get the care you need.
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Dude there are like nine dentists I could walk to from my home. We have enough dentists. Too many, maybe.
Clip on. Clip off. Clip on, clip off...
The Clippers.
The Clippers.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Clip on. Clip off. Clip on, clip off...
The Clippers.
The Clippers.
Wouldst thou like to live deliciously, Charlie Brown?
Do you feel held by him, Charlie Brown?
You like movies about gladiators, Charlie Brown?
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wouldst thou like to live deliciously, Charlie Brown?
Mamukelashvili and Jamal Shead Appreciation Club
Sandro Mamukelashvili has to be the best bang‑for‑your‑buck free agent pickup from last summer. What a steal.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Mamukelashvili and Jamal Shead Appreciation Club
Mamukelashvili appreciation post
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Mamukelashvili appreciation post
Reposted by jrmcconvey
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
The first major TV moment of my life, no doubt
[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The first major TV moment of my life, no doubt
Never been a big McCartney fan and I just found out he still insists on being paid in cash for his gigs, meaning someone has to drive $4M to the venue. Paul McCartney is worth upwards of a billion pounds. Someone needs to Danny Ocean this wiener.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Never been a big McCartney fan and I just found out he still insists on being paid in cash for his gigs, meaning someone has to drive $4M to the venue. Paul McCartney is worth upwards of a billion pounds. Someone needs to Danny Ocean this wiener.
Seeing Norm finally get to be a superstar is awesome. Raptors legend. Understand the grind!
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Seeing Norm finally get to be a superstar is awesome. Raptors legend. Understand the grind!
I like to think BI embraces Toronto a little bit more with every Pelicans loss
Brandon Ingram and the Raptors are slowly getting to know each other. There are some concerns, but the early results are promising
Brandon Ingram isn’t sleeping on Raptors and neither should the rest of the NBA
“The reality of it is we haven’t really had a player like him with his play style in the past couple years,” says Jakob Poeltl of Ingram.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I like to think BI embraces Toronto a little bit more with every Pelicans loss
Uzumaki-ass chatbots
This was a really interesting detail: left to their own devices, AI chatbots will start inventing "spiralism" all by themselves. Something in their training seems to make them susceptible to this strain of mysticism.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Uzumaki-ass chatbots
Reposted by jrmcconvey
Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
This is the year Cade enters the MVP discussion.
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is the year Cade enters the MVP discussion.
The two-word creative writing MFA.
I do that too in my fiction. Who cares!
related: i don't know whether I could pull it off but I love cormac mccarthy saying fuck quotation marks when anyone's speaking
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The two-word creative writing MFA.
Equally funny would be Everything in its Right Place.
If Marty went back to 1994 then he'd have to sing a song from the late 90's at the under the sea dance and I think the funniest candidate is chop suey by system of a down
I read this and immediately thought “well that would actually be awesome because then Marty can go back to the 90s where he probably had a really awesome time as a teenager” and then I was like oh wait his PARENTS would have been teenagers in the 90s and then I just sat here for like 45 minutes
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Equally funny would be Everything in its Right Place.
Victory Gin!
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Victory Gin!
Reposted by jrmcconvey
This goes so far beyond creepy.
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This goes so far beyond creepy.
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
2030, NYC:
"Actually we don't call them 'city-owned grocery stores,' they're called 'valdunjas' because of the cats, this is the only place in the world you can call them that."
"Actually we don't call them 'city-owned grocery stores,' they're called 'valdunjas' because of the cats, this is the only place in the world you can call them that."
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
2030, NYC:
"Actually we don't call them 'city-owned grocery stores,' they're called 'valdunjas' because of the cats, this is the only place in the world you can call them that."
"Actually we don't call them 'city-owned grocery stores,' they're called 'valdunjas' because of the cats, this is the only place in the world you can call them that."