Stefan Dziemianowicz
@stefandz11.bsky.social
Weird fiction aficionado, indefatigable pulp collector, incurable moviegoer, irascible critic, incorrigible Jersey guy.
Diacriticals on consonants make you sound even more exotic.
I’ve been reading Olga Tokarczuk’s DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD and was a little startled to see a familiar name pop up in the second chapter, albeit with an extra “sz” thrown into the mix. (As if my surname needed more consonants?) This character is known as “Oddball.” Which is… fair.
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Diacriticals on consonants make you sound even more exotic.
In 1804 Napoleon took the diadem from Pope Pius VII and crowned himself emperor of France.
Didn’t end well for him, did it?
Didn’t end well for him, did it?
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In 1804 Napoleon took the diadem from Pope Pius VII and crowned himself emperor of France.
Didn’t end well for him, did it?
Didn’t end well for him, did it?
Wonderful to read this. McDowell reissues are finding a whole new/younger generation of readers stateside.
An interesting publishing story. Thanks to el gran @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social for the photo from his library!
open.substack.com/pub/derekkri... @blackiebooks.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/derekkri... @blackiebooks.bsky.social
The afterlife of Michael McDowell
How "Blackwater" conquered Europe
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Wonderful to read this. McDowell reissues are finding a whole new/younger generation of readers stateside.
And Donner Kebab is not named for--oh, never mind.
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
And Donner Kebab is not named for--oh, never mind.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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When I read that the DC pipe bomber was a Trump supporter who believed that the 2020 election was stolen, my first thought was, “Ginni Thomas?”
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When I read that the DC pipe bomber was a Trump supporter who believed that the 2020 election was stolen, my first thought was, “Ginni Thomas?”
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I literally ran on icy sidewalks to get this selfie because I’d forgotten. And I can’t do my @sgj.bsky.social Wrapped 2025 with an event that doesn’t have a corresponding selfie!!
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I literally ran on icy sidewalks to get this selfie because I’d forgotten. And I can’t do my @sgj.bsky.social Wrapped 2025 with an event that doesn’t have a corresponding selfie!!
All time greatest rock Christmas carol.
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
All time greatest rock Christmas carol.
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Pete Hegseth is a murderer — as are all who choose to follow his illegal orders. I learned the lessons of the Nuremberg Trials back when I was in high school. Why didn't they? "I was only following orders" is no excuse for crimes against humanity. Prosecute them all! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Pete Hegseth is a murderer — as are all who choose to follow his illegal orders. I learned the lessons of the Nuremberg Trials back when I was in high school. Why didn't they? "I was only following orders" is no excuse for crimes against humanity. Prosecute them all! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
"Content machine"?
I hope Eating the Fantastic has a belch reel to play in response.
I hope Eating the Fantastic has a belch reel to play in response.
If you ever hear me say I want Eating the Fantastic to be "a highly polished, easy to find content machine," you'll know I've lost it, and have my advance permission to put me out of my misery.
December 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"Content machine"?
I hope Eating the Fantastic has a belch reel to play in response.
I hope Eating the Fantastic has a belch reel to play in response.
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Gracias to @missadadoom.bsky.social for including my translation of THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chavez Castañeda & Alejandro @magallanes71.bsky.social ( @enchantedlion.bsky.social ) in her folk #horror in #translation roundup for CRIME READS:
crimereads.com/folk-horror-...
🥰🥰🙏🏽🙏🏽
#booksky #xl8
crimereads.com/folk-horror-...
🥰🥰🙏🏽🙏🏽
#booksky #xl8
6 Great Folk Horror Novels in Translation, Recommended by a Translator of Folk Horror
Togetherness that’s on the side of suffocating, history that won’t stay put or past, and nature that doesn’t just exist, benignly, but watches and waits….Folk horror deals in dissonance, drea…
crimereads.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Gracias to @missadadoom.bsky.social for including my translation of THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chavez Castañeda & Alejandro @magallanes71.bsky.social ( @enchantedlion.bsky.social ) in her folk #horror in #translation roundup for CRIME READS:
crimereads.com/folk-horror-...
🥰🥰🙏🏽🙏🏽
#booksky #xl8
crimereads.com/folk-horror-...
🥰🥰🙏🏽🙏🏽
#booksky #xl8
I miss The War on Christmas as it was waged at Starbucks. (Because I won't patronize Starbucks.)
Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie? Are the lyrics to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" problematic? What else can we rehash this season
I put it to you that Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” is not merely the worst Christmas song but is also in fact the worst song in the history of recorded sound.
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I miss The War on Christmas as it was waged at Starbucks. (Because I won't patronize Starbucks.)
Olivia Hussey: arguably our first “final girl”.
The original Black Christmas has vibes that are cozy AF.
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Olivia Hussey: arguably our first “final girl”.
Classic!
(Great to see you on BlueSky, Ira.)
(Great to see you on BlueSky, Ira.)
Dexter Gordon Quartet
"Darn That Dream"
Kenny Drew-piano
NHOP-bass
Art Taylor-Drums
youtu.be/IDpyO2JUerQ?...
#Jazz #JazzSky #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying
"Darn That Dream"
Kenny Drew-piano
NHOP-bass
Art Taylor-Drums
youtu.be/IDpyO2JUerQ?...
#Jazz #JazzSky #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Classic!
(Great to see you on BlueSky, Ira.)
(Great to see you on BlueSky, Ira.)
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.
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My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
Damn! Can't wait to listen to this.
Who IS Joe Lansdale? In this episode, you'll hear Joe's journey in his own words.
Along the way, you'll hear stories from Joe’s childhood, find out why he doesn’t believe in ‘the muse,’ how a stack of comics changed his life... and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/144820...
@joerlansdale.bsky.social
Along the way, you'll hear stories from Joe’s childhood, find out why he doesn’t believe in ‘the muse,’ how a stack of comics changed his life... and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/144820...
@joerlansdale.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Damn! Can't wait to listen to this.
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99% of the world is dead. In a small Minnesota town, 1 woman writes the monthly local paper but it’s actually an epic horror story mailed to your door.
THE END TIMES.
Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social.
1 issue in and I already love it.
THE END TIMES.
Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social.
1 issue in and I already love it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
99% of the world is dead. In a small Minnesota town, 1 woman writes the monthly local paper but it’s actually an epic horror story mailed to your door.
THE END TIMES.
Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social.
1 issue in and I already love it.
THE END TIMES.
Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social.
1 issue in and I already love it.
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Good afternoon. New newsletter for your reading pleasure open.substack.com/pub/briankee...
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Good afternoon. New newsletter for your reading pleasure open.substack.com/pub/briankee...
Fuck this.
Here’s a full list of recent articles from respectable sources explaining how wonderful AI has been for companies, culture, the environment, human psychology, government, and cognitive development as well as how it has improved online discourse and everyone loves it:
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Fuck this.
Gonna have to work with us on this one.
Brouhaha?
You’ve heard of elf on the shelf, but have you heard of Chihuahua on the… something that rhymes with Chihuahua?
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Gonna have to work with us on this one.
This administration will never be held accountable, but it’s good to know there are men of honor.
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This administration will never be held accountable, but it’s good to know there are men of honor.
Motives notwithstanding this is becoming a lucrative subindustry--which means it soon will no longer be a SUBindustry.
They want to rehabilitate sex creeps and criminals because of some combination of the following: a) they've got something in their own past they don't want to have bring them down, b) they want the creep prerogatives that used to come with the gig, c) they're just plain sexist motherfuckers
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Motives notwithstanding this is becoming a lucrative subindustry--which means it soon will no longer be a SUBindustry.
Bang. Well said (sadly).
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Bang. Well said (sadly).