Mike Meginnis
@mikemeginnis.bsky.social
Author of DROWNING PRACTICE, FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY, and a story about a fake videogame. Host of @librarypizza.bsky.social, librarypizza.com.
Good morning to all of my rivers and canyons. Let's have a beautiful day together
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Good morning to all of my rivers and canyons. Let's have a beautiful day together
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Hey friends, it's my latest episode! In addition to the usual book talk, this one has a discussion of visual novels: what makes them fascinating, frustrating, hypnotic, disappointing, etc. Listen in any of the usual places.
You Can Really Feel the Spreadsheet with Tracy Rae Bowling
YouTube video by Library Pizza
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hey friends, it's my latest episode! In addition to the usual book talk, this one has a discussion of visual novels: what makes them fascinating, frustrating, hypnotic, disappointing, etc. Listen in any of the usual places.
When I used to say there was a real group of people who drooled over the idea of a horseshoe politics coalition people treated me like I was insane
BREAKING: These two doofuses’s brains
just bleak, man
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
When I used to say there was a real group of people who drooled over the idea of a horseshoe politics coalition people treated me like I was insane
Can we make a collective agreement that my next book should be fabulously successful, please. I think it would cheer everyone up
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Can we make a collective agreement that my next book should be fabulously successful, please. I think it would cheer everyone up
Oh my God
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Oh my God
We are in Kansas City, enjoying jazz, good food, the art museum, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are in Kansas City, enjoying jazz, good food, the art museum, etc.
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The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
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My god.
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My god.
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
Cannot believe that people still use this
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Cannot believe that people still use this
If folks are interested, I can offer some recommendations for games of this type worth playing, though I can't deny that this genre is very much an acquired taste. I enjoyed this conversation with Tracy a lot. 📚🍕
Hey friends, it's my latest episode! In addition to the usual book talk, this one has a discussion of visual novels: what makes them fascinating, frustrating, hypnotic, disappointing, etc. Listen in any of the usual places.
You Can Really Feel the Spreadsheet with Tracy Rae Bowling
YouTube video by Library Pizza
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If folks are interested, I can offer some recommendations for games of this type worth playing, though I can't deny that this genre is very much an acquired taste. I enjoyed this conversation with Tracy a lot. 📚🍕
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⏱️ 1 month left! Emerging translators: Apply for the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program for your chance to work closely with an experienced translator on a project of your choosing! Program offered at no cost to the translators selected. Learn more and apply by 11/30! buff.ly/npHAOBE
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
⏱️ 1 month left! Emerging translators: Apply for the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program for your chance to work closely with an experienced translator on a project of your choosing! Program offered at no cost to the translators selected. Learn more and apply by 11/30! buff.ly/npHAOBE
The logic of this argument is that we should simply end most human life. The small number of survivors would have so many resources all to themselves!
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The logic of this argument is that we should simply end most human life. The small number of survivors would have so many resources all to themselves!
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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I'm still mad about how pushy the SENTIMENTAL VALUE trailer is. The TRAIN DREAMS trailer thinks I'm an idiot. WICKED trailer also unbearably aggressive. Trailers are bad.
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I'm still mad about how pushy the SENTIMENTAL VALUE trailer is. The TRAIN DREAMS trailer thinks I'm an idiot. WICKED trailer also unbearably aggressive. Trailers are bad.
Do I know folks in Kansas City? Tracy and I will be there over the weekend, if you will too let me know.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Do I know folks in Kansas City? Tracy and I will be there over the weekend, if you will too let me know.
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The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
I really love it when Hank Hill is happy. Such a sweet old goober.
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I really love it when Hank Hill is happy. Such a sweet old goober.
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THERE'S A NEW HELEN DEWITT BOOK AND NOBODY TOLD ME????????
cc @iammilliam.bsky.social
therumpus.net/2025/09/09/u...
cc @iammilliam.bsky.social
therumpus.net/2025/09/09/u...
Unwriting the Great American Novel: Helen DeWitt’s "Your Name Here" - The Rumpus
The myth of the PDF is this: it is an unpublishable novel, circulated online after DeWitt despaired of getting it out by conventional channels. When I talked to my old coworker, it seemed shrouded in ...
therumpus.net
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
THERE'S A NEW HELEN DEWITT BOOK AND NOBODY TOLD ME????????
cc @iammilliam.bsky.social
therumpus.net/2025/09/09/u...
cc @iammilliam.bsky.social
therumpus.net/2025/09/09/u...
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If you’re not on Instagram here’s a screenshot of what is, bar none, the single greatest literary honor I’ve accrued in my life so far:
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you’re not on Instagram here’s a screenshot of what is, bar none, the single greatest literary honor I’ve accrued in my life so far:
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The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
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MTG isn’t in the tent you should just be happy when Trump’s personalist control of the party weakens and someone goes rogue, it’s not more complicated than that IMO. She’s not suddenly a Democrat or something
Before you invite Marjorie Taylor Greene under your big tent remember she is a rabid transphobe share.google/lunPQWT2CGAE...
Marjorie Taylor Greene posts anti-transgender sign across hall from lawmaker with transgender child | CNN Politics
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing sharp criticism after she posted an anti-transgender sign outside of her office, directly across the hall from another lawmaker who has a transgender child.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
MTG isn’t in the tent you should just be happy when Trump’s personalist control of the party weakens and someone goes rogue, it’s not more complicated than that IMO. She’s not suddenly a Democrat or something
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Here's that video of Johnson shortly after he realized that Thune had no desire to amend the bill. The panic is absolutely wild
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Here's that video of Johnson shortly after he realized that Thune had no desire to amend the bill. The panic is absolutely wild
Same
i think ppl who thought the Ds were making a mistake by reopening the government - myself included - probably need to take the L at this point.
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Same
Extremely worth clicking through to the video this came from: x.com/mychaelschne...
They are scared shitless.
They are scared shitless.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Extremely worth clicking through to the video this came from: x.com/mychaelschne...
They are scared shitless.
They are scared shitless.