JamesTheBalladeer
@jamestheballadeer.bsky.social
Novelist, short-story scribe, poet, editor, reviewer, comic-book aficionado, selenophile. Librarian-adjacent.
Town & Train, small-town Canadian horror novel & Fear Itself short-story collection from Lethe Press. In indie stores & on the amazons.🍀🩷💜💙🌈
Town & Train, small-town Canadian horror novel & Fear Itself short-story collection from Lethe Press. In indie stores & on the amazons.🍀🩷💜💙🌈
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Re-introducing myself-a writer/editor/reviewer/comic aficionado.
Town & Train is my small-town Canadian horror novel. Fear Itself (also Lethe Press) is my short-story collection.
Town & Train is my small-town Canadian horror novel. Fear Itself (also Lethe Press) is my short-story collection.
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Love it!!
BREAKING: Gavin Newsom just went into Houston, Texas of all places and brought the house down.
This part of his speech gives me chills.
STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY!!
This part of his speech gives me chills.
STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY!!
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Love it!!
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With the holiday season here I can finally bring out my festive clothes
November 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
With the holiday season here I can finally bring out my festive clothes
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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The Question 🤔
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Question 🤔
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Federal agents’ use of force amid an aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” the Trump administration’s arguments “lack credibility,” and a top Border Patrol official lied while trying to justify the use of tear gas, a judge found Thursday. - @jonseidel.bsky.social
Federal judge enters broader order governing feds' use of force during immigration blitz
The judge previously forbade federal agents from using tear gas or other “riot control” weapons against people who pose no immediate threat and without two warnings during the deportation campaign. Ho...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Federal agents’ use of force amid an aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” the Trump administration’s arguments “lack credibility,” and a top Border Patrol official lied while trying to justify the use of tear gas, a judge found Thursday. - @jonseidel.bsky.social
Dug listening to WHAT WENT WRONG | Halloween on Podbean. Terrific fun! Even to a horror aficianado such as myself, who saw the film at 17, and at least a dozen times since, I come away enlightened.
#WhatWentWrongpodcast
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#WhatWentWrongpodcast
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Halloween
Paint your leaves yellow and orange and scatter them across the yard, because it's springtime in Pasadena and Halloween is coming to town! Chris & Lizzie deep plumb the depths of the real Michael Myer...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Dug listening to WHAT WENT WRONG | Halloween on Podbean. Terrific fun! Even to a horror aficianado such as myself, who saw the film at 17, and at least a dozen times since, I come away enlightened.
#WhatWentWrongpodcast
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-5x42j...
#WhatWentWrongpodcast
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-5x42j...
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OC/LA/SD editions of the "How to Report ICE" zine, h/t @prisonculture.bsky.social:
Orange County: drive.google.com/file/d/1V2uR...
LA: drive.google.com/file/d/1GwIs...
San Diego: drive.google.com/file/d/1WCRF...
more editions available in English & Spanish at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Orange County: drive.google.com/file/d/1V2uR...
LA: drive.google.com/file/d/1GwIs...
San Diego: drive.google.com/file/d/1WCRF...
more editions available in English & Spanish at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
-Orange County-SALUTE-zine-8-30-.pdf
drive.google.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
OC/LA/SD editions of the "How to Report ICE" zine, h/t @prisonculture.bsky.social:
Orange County: drive.google.com/file/d/1V2uR...
LA: drive.google.com/file/d/1GwIs...
San Diego: drive.google.com/file/d/1WCRF...
more editions available in English & Spanish at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Orange County: drive.google.com/file/d/1V2uR...
LA: drive.google.com/file/d/1GwIs...
San Diego: drive.google.com/file/d/1WCRF...
more editions available in English & Spanish at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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I just got $35 dollars in the Facebook class action lawsuit.
Meaning Facebook and Cambridge Analytica used my data to psychologically manipulate voters, turn our country fascist, end public health, end antitrust enforcement, & drown us in scams. They get an enshittifed forever-empire and I get $35.
Meaning Facebook and Cambridge Analytica used my data to psychologically manipulate voters, turn our country fascist, end public health, end antitrust enforcement, & drown us in scams. They get an enshittifed forever-empire and I get $35.
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I just got $35 dollars in the Facebook class action lawsuit.
Meaning Facebook and Cambridge Analytica used my data to psychologically manipulate voters, turn our country fascist, end public health, end antitrust enforcement, & drown us in scams. They get an enshittifed forever-empire and I get $35.
Meaning Facebook and Cambridge Analytica used my data to psychologically manipulate voters, turn our country fascist, end public health, end antitrust enforcement, & drown us in scams. They get an enshittifed forever-empire and I get $35.
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I distributed all 150 copies of Megan's "How to Report ICE Philly edition" at Philly Zine Fest yesterday and at least 5 people returned to ask me if it was OK for them to print their own copies to distribute. I responded with an enthusiastic YES - that's the point and I hope everyone does so.
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I distributed all 150 copies of Megan's "How to Report ICE Philly edition" at Philly Zine Fest yesterday and at least 5 people returned to ask me if it was OK for them to print their own copies to distribute. I responded with an enthusiastic YES - that's the point and I hope everyone does so.
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This week I learned that there is a code for whistles:
If you see ICE lurking: Blow your whistle intermittently
If ICE is kidnapping someone: Blow your whistle continuously
If you see ICE lurking: Blow your whistle intermittently
If ICE is kidnapping someone: Blow your whistle continuously
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This week I learned that there is a code for whistles:
If you see ICE lurking: Blow your whistle intermittently
If ICE is kidnapping someone: Blow your whistle continuously
If you see ICE lurking: Blow your whistle intermittently
If ICE is kidnapping someone: Blow your whistle continuously
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California folks: if you have a Prop 50 mail-in ballot but haven't mailed it in yet, do it today. Please. I am begging you. It's literally the only question on the ballot and it'll take you like 30 seconds to fill out. Redistricting only happens if enough people vote for it by next Tuesday. #yeson50
California folks, for the love of all the gods and goddesses you revere, MAIL IN YOUR PROP 50 BALLOT TODAY. It's really easy: there's only one question! I recommend you vote YES on 50, then mail the ballot in, no postage required. #yeson50
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
California folks: if you have a Prop 50 mail-in ballot but haven't mailed it in yet, do it today. Please. I am begging you. It's literally the only question on the ballot and it'll take you like 30 seconds to fill out. Redistricting only happens if enough people vote for it by next Tuesday. #yeson50
Happy All Souls' Day.
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Happy All Souls' Day.
Enjoyed the @LovecrafteZine: A Horror Podcast's Annual HALLOWEEN episode. Podbean.
Just wish they would air a little earlier before Hallowe'en, so I could read/watch more of the recs.
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uwzu3...
Just wish they would air a little earlier before Hallowe'en, so I could read/watch more of the recs.
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uwzu3...
Lovecraft eZine's Annual HALLOWEEN Episode!
📺 If you would like to WATCH this episode, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_P8KwODwtI 😱 Join us LIVE for our annual HALLOWEEN episode! With Jeffrey Thomas, Scott Thomas, and Mike Davis. ...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Enjoyed the @LovecrafteZine: A Horror Podcast's Annual HALLOWEEN episode. Podbean.
Just wish they would air a little earlier before Hallowe'en, so I could read/watch more of the recs.
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uwzu3...
Just wish they would air a little earlier before Hallowe'en, so I could read/watch more of the recs.
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uwzu3...
Quite enjoyed this @cbccpodcast.bsky.social episide about how Kelley Jones & @mattwagnercomics.bsky.social Make a Feast Out of Dracula.
Very innaresting approach! Podbean.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-bpsug-...
Very innaresting approach! Podbean.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-bpsug-...
Kelley Jones and Matt Wagner Make a Feast Out of Dracula
We all crave a good meal. The challenge is savoring it once it's placed before you. Kelley Jones and Matt Wagner have wickedly, and delightfully, discovered a way to make Bram Stoker’s Dracula not one...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Quite enjoyed this @cbccpodcast.bsky.social episide about how Kelley Jones & @mattwagnercomics.bsky.social Make a Feast Out of Dracula.
Very innaresting approach! Podbean.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-bpsug-...
Very innaresting approach! Podbean.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-bpsug-...
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Hey @octranspo.com; your buses are falling apart. DM me and I can give you deets about the 48 Hurdman, bus #: 4660.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hey @octranspo.com; your buses are falling apart. DM me and I can give you deets about the 48 Hurdman, bus #: 4660.
