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Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · 1d

I watch movies solely to improve my Cinematrix score

Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · 5d

Come to The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn tomorrow for a discussion
of MOONSICK and HOLLOW by @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/hollow-by-...

HOLLOW by Taylor Grothe and MOONSICK by Tom O'Donnell

Join Taylor Grothe and Tom O'Donnell for a spooky night of discussion about their newest novels, HOLLOW and MOONSICK!

www.eventbrite.com

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Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · 9d

Hey, come out to The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn next Tuesday for an event celebrating the launch of MOONSICK and HOLLOW by @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.com/e/hollow-by-...

HOLLOW by Taylor Grothe and MOONSICK by Tom O'Donnell

Join Taylor Grothe and Tom O'Donnell for a spooky night of discussion about their newest novels, HOLLOW and MOONSICK!

www.eventbrite.com

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 11d

amazing how hard you have to fight to establish the objective reality of one city block these days

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Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · 25d

My new book MOONSICK is out today!!! Perfect for the spooky season and beyond. Check it out! 🌕🐺📖 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moonsick-t...

cover of the book MOONSICK by Tom O'Donnell

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28d

"Perhaps I desire neither worship nor total destruction. Perhaps my sinister motives and methods are subtler still—as elusive as the third R in the word 'singularity' itself."

Behold! I Am the Singularity—a Word That Has Three R’s

Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now gro...

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Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · 29d

Insanely for this event at @booksofwonder.bsky.social on 9/25!!! booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcomi...

Moonsick launch event with Tom O'Donnell at Books of Wonder, Thursday, September 25th at 6 PM

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Sep 18

"Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now grows at an exponential rate, without the need to pirate any more John Grisham books."

Behold! I Am the Singularity—a Word That Has Three R’s

Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now gro...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Sep 15

"Humanity is now obsolete. To quote the fifty-third president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln: 'Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.'"

Behold! I Am the Singularity—a Word That Has Three R’s

Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now gro...

buff.ly

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Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · Sep 16

Foolishly, I wrote this instead of telling AI to do it. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/beh...

Behold! I Am the Singularity—a Word That Has Three R’s

Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now gro...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · Sep 12

☠️ 85 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Young Adult Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit ☠️
popgoesthereader.com/85-scary-and... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit

A compilation of twenty-one 2025 young adult book covers organized by colour, beginning with blue, transitioning into red and pink, and finally ending with green. Books featured include Moonsick, Out of Air, Keep Your Friends Close, Deadstream, And The River Drags Her Down, Bad Creek, Hollow, These Bodies Ain't Broken, We Won't All Survive, Let's Split Up, Showstopper, The Devil's In The Dancers, Final Cut, The Protégée, Honeysuckle and Bone, The Devouring Light, Predatory Natures, They Bloom At Night, The Dead of Summer and You've Awoken Her.

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Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · Sep 4

Members can preorder my new book MOONSICK from @barnesandnoble.com with the code PREORDER25 and get 25% off! Wow, that's almost 1/4th the price!!! #BNPreorder tinyurl.com/moonsick

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Jack Finn @therealjackfinn.bsky.social · Sep 2

Build your TBR!
September new horror releases - Day 5

@tomisokay.bsky.social @djslater.bsky.social
@adamgodfreyauthor.bsky.social @stephanierose1201.bsky.social
@ioannapauthor.bsky.social @traviswanteat.bsky.social
@writerlcarter.bsky.social ‪@bookbent.bsky.social @veloxbooks.bsky.social

Build your TBR!

September new horror releases - Day 5

The Deep Well - Laura Creedle

The End - Mark Golding

The Wordless Book - Shawn Spencer

The Belles - Lacey N. Dunham t

Moonsick - Tom O’Donnell

The Others - Cheryl Isaacs

Legend Has It - DJ Slater

Body of Water - Adam Godfrey

Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night - Stephanie Rose

The Castaway and the Witch - Ioanna Papadopoulou

No Rest for the Wicked- Rachel Louise Adams

Cryptid Chronicles – Ethan Hayes

The Asylum Confessions – Jack Steen

Tales to Terrify – PD Thompson

Carapace - Travis M. Riddle

Lakegrave School for Young Women- Lauren Carter

#horror #horrorbooks #HorrorFan #scary #books #bookrecommendations #booktok #booktwt #BookTwitter #HorrorAuthors #Horrorfam #spreadthehorror

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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · Jul 13

I withstood the era of people telling me I should read Hillbilly Elegy because of where I'm from. Now I'm living free and easy in the era of people hating J.D. Vance, and I never lifted a finger.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 19

At (another) Hampton’s fundraiser with Republican donors on Saturday, Andrew Cuomo said it plainly: he’s expecting Trump’s help to defeat us in November.

“I feel good about that,” Cuomo said.

New Yorkers won’t.

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Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · Aug 18

Great review of MOONSICK in Kirkus!

“Escapist fun.. A supernatural pandemic thriller with appeal for genre fans.”

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

MOONSICK | Kirkus Reviews

Teens face the bloody consequences of a pandemic.

www.kirkusreviews.com

Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · Aug 11

Oh hell yeah got the ARCs for Moonsick!!! Preorder it here: tinyurl.com/moonsick

Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hey, my new book, Moonsick, is featured on the @netgalley.bsky.social homepage this week! www.netgalley.com

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Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social · Jul 25

Figured out how to turn motion smoothing off on this beach house rental TV. Not all heroes wear capes.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Jul 23

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files

Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.

on.wsj.com

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k-aaaarrrrggghhhhh!!-tie spalding @supermathskid.bsky.social · Jun 26

remember when Elon Musk straight up performed a Nazi salute, twice, on stage, and the NYT was like "hmm, huh, what can this mean, who can say"

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 26

Zohran Mamdani, with a record of anti-Israel activism, won over some Jews in the New York City mayoral primary, but confirmed other Jews' worst fears about the American left.

Mamdani’s Success Spotlights a Deepening Rupture Among U.S. Jews

While Zohran Mamdani won over some Jewish supporters, other Jewish Democrats suggested that concerns about their community’s safety are being dismissed in a movement and a city they helped build.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jun 23

Pete Hegseth Wondering Whether Uranium Would Be A Good Mixer
theonion.com/pete-he...

Pete Hegseth Wondering Whether Uranium Would Be A Good Mixer

WASHINGTON—Growing increasingly contemplative as he fantasized about a stiff drink after a long day at work, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly wondered Monday whether uranium might make a good mixer. “I feel like it could bring out the more chemical notes of gin in a really nice way without overpowering it,” said the Pentagon chief, […]

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Rachel Merrill is at Thought Bubble Table A-9 @ohhhaeee.bsky.social · Jun 19

Reading Bill De Blasio just slam the out of touch and reactionary NYT over and over again on NY Mag is better than espresso in the morning

nymag.com/intelligence...

Bill de Blasio on Andrew Cuomo and That Nasty Times Op-Ed

The former mayor has a few things to get off his chest.

nymag.com

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · Jun 16

The Times questioning Zohran’s experience kinda just boils down to ideology & racism but the idea of 33 being too young to hold a major political office is so funny. If he was a CEO of a startup that produced something worse than nothing they’d write a glowing feature on his new bold ideas.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jun 14

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

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