L. Roan
@lroanwriter.bsky.social
Writer. I like books, movies, and all things that involve storytelling.
Substack: lroan.substack.com
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I started working on this piece last summer. I am so proud of it and it was published in LatineLit's most recent issue.
Nights at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital | LatineLit
www.latinelit.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I started working on this piece last summer. I am so proud of it and it was published in LatineLit's most recent issue.
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It’s wasn’t okay for the left to critique Charlie Kirk because he got murdered but it is okay for the right to be pro-murdering people
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
It’s wasn’t okay for the left to critique Charlie Kirk because he got murdered but it is okay for the right to be pro-murdering people
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
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he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
January 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
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![Comic. [Comment section on a video. 564 comments, including posts from three different avatars: “Who else is here in 2023?” “Is anyone else watching this in 2017?” “Anyone else here in 2025?”] [caption] For some reason, confused time travelers always try to find each other using YouTube comments.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia42izz36bkhdteb5743objgf2s3whe3kblmnxnwjvgggtu66ea54@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones
Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones
The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself – and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took place, says Sam Jones, the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones
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A cartoon by Niall Maher, from 2024. #NewYorkerCartoons
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A cartoon by Niall Maher, from 2024. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
Hi everyone!! My most recent piece, "A Souvenir from Mariscal Zavala", is included in Last Girls' Club Winter Issue! Definitely check them out, the experience of working with them has been amazing.
www.lastgirlsclub.com/pdfcopy/p/wi...
www.lastgirlsclub.com/pdfcopy/p/wi...
Winter Issue no. 20 Secret Police, ICE, and Desperate Times — Last Girls Club
These are indeed desperate times. Authors and poets take on the subject of aggressive deportation and the disappearing of citizens. Last Girls' Club continues the fine tradition of nut punching despot...
www.lastgirlsclub.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hi everyone!! My most recent piece, "A Souvenir from Mariscal Zavala", is included in Last Girls' Club Winter Issue! Definitely check them out, the experience of working with them has been amazing.
www.lastgirlsclub.com/pdfcopy/p/wi...
www.lastgirlsclub.com/pdfcopy/p/wi...
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Florence and the machine really did the damn thing with Everybody Scream. An intimate journey through trauma, pain, grief and how she transfers that energy to us through music, allowing the burden to be lighter. Alchemizing pain into art. she is no longer screaming alone, everybody screams.
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Florence and the machine really did the damn thing with Everybody Scream. An intimate journey through trauma, pain, grief and how she transfers that energy to us through music, allowing the burden to be lighter. Alchemizing pain into art. she is no longer screaming alone, everybody screams.
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
I'm entering this competition and you can too! wn.nr/4yN4x3x
THE BEWITCHING giveaway
Win a hardcover copy of THE BEWITCHING Shipped anywhere in the world *** Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New Y...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm entering this competition and you can too! wn.nr/4yN4x3x
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Me: I don’t feel well.
Doctor: That’s because you’re alive.
Doctor: That’s because you’re alive.
July 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Me: I don’t feel well.
Doctor: That’s because you’re alive.
Doctor: That’s because you’re alive.
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Melody: yo soy artista no política.
Goya:
Goya:
May 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Melody: yo soy artista no política.
Goya:
Goya:
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“One of These Nights” turns 50 today — an example, Don Henley said, of how he and Glenn Frey “clicked” as songwriters.
“I just went over to the piano and I started playing this little minor descending progression, and he comes over and goes, (singing) 'One of these nights.' .. I go, ‘Yeah, yeah.’”
“I just went over to the piano and I started playing this little minor descending progression, and he comes over and goes, (singing) 'One of these nights.' .. I go, ‘Yeah, yeah.’”
May 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“One of These Nights” turns 50 today — an example, Don Henley said, of how he and Glenn Frey “clicked” as songwriters.
“I just went over to the piano and I started playing this little minor descending progression, and he comes over and goes, (singing) 'One of these nights.' .. I go, ‘Yeah, yeah.’”
“I just went over to the piano and I started playing this little minor descending progression, and he comes over and goes, (singing) 'One of these nights.' .. I go, ‘Yeah, yeah.’”
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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happy may day here is a painting I did a long time ago
May 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
happy may day here is a painting I did a long time ago
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Pope Francis, who died today at 88, was the antithesis of a strongman. “He was the model of the world leader as a shrewd, searching, and practical man who faced hard choices in vexing circumstances, and responded humbly,” @paulelie.bsky.social writes.
The Down-to-Earth Pope
In a historic moment characterized by autocrats and would-be autocrats, Francis was the antithesis of a strongman.
www.newyorker.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Pope Francis, who died today at 88, was the antithesis of a strongman. “He was the model of the world leader as a shrewd, searching, and practical man who faced hard choices in vexing circumstances, and responded humbly,” @paulelie.bsky.social writes.
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April 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM