emily’s bleak midwinter ❄️
@threnody.northsky.social
fiction writer • roommate to 3 cats with rich interior lives • parmesan enthusiast • interrobang evangelist
stories: prairie schooner 98.4 • hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride reading list
stories: prairie schooner 98.4 • hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride reading list
Pinned
you know that thing where you walk past your cat cleaning her parts and she just stops with one leg up and stares at you with an inscrutable expression and you feel like you’ve done something maybe unforgivably wrong?
i got bored and did the thing a bunch of other people did and naturally my wife is stunning even as a cartoon (who is obviously planning crime or espionage of some sort) whereas i myself somehow have the vibes of jason mendoza from the good place.
go jags, i guess.
go jags, i guess.
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 AM
i got bored and did the thing a bunch of other people did and naturally my wife is stunning even as a cartoon (who is obviously planning crime or espionage of some sort) whereas i myself somehow have the vibes of jason mendoza from the good place.
go jags, i guess.
go jags, i guess.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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This is the sort of thing that defines fascism more than most other aspects. The installation of secret police to monitor everyone for suspicion not of doing anything wrong, but of being the wrong kind of person.
I’m not sure people outside the Twin Cites realize the prevalence and the fear ICE is causing in Twin Cities. They are dining undercover pretending to be couples at restaurants, they are going to businesses and checking the license plates of cars to find employees. Every public place is compromised.
January 19, 2026 at 4:44 AM
This is the sort of thing that defines fascism more than most other aspects. The installation of secret police to monitor everyone for suspicion not of doing anything wrong, but of being the wrong kind of person.
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Never forget when he told me “you shall consume the flesh Emilio Estevez style”
January 19, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Never forget when he told me “you shall consume the flesh Emilio Estevez style”
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If you see this skeet, take two minutes to contact Intercontinental and DoubleTree customer service to voice support for taking a stance against ICE. They’re going to get complaints from the fascists, we can get the jump on them.
Intercontinental 1877.424.2449
DT (owned by Hilton) 1800.222.8733
Intercontinental 1877.424.2449
DT (owned by Hilton) 1800.222.8733
January 19, 2026 at 1:48 AM
If you see this skeet, take two minutes to contact Intercontinental and DoubleTree customer service to voice support for taking a stance against ICE. They’re going to get complaints from the fascists, we can get the jump on them.
Intercontinental 1877.424.2449
DT (owned by Hilton) 1800.222.8733
Intercontinental 1877.424.2449
DT (owned by Hilton) 1800.222.8733
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i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
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What all this self-pitying sludge about ICE agents feeling depressed and scared is forcing into our collective forebrain is the knowledge that our culture has placed a premium not just on creating classes of men who kill and torture at will, but on forcing the rest of us to love them at gunpoint.
January 19, 2026 at 12:44 AM
What all this self-pitying sludge about ICE agents feeling depressed and scared is forcing into our collective forebrain is the knowledge that our culture has placed a premium not just on creating classes of men who kill and torture at will, but on forcing the rest of us to love them at gunpoint.
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sports betting in the pokémon universe must go insane. imagine putting it all on nidorino and then a gengar shows up to your house with a baseball bat and breaks your kneecaps
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 AM
sports betting in the pokémon universe must go insane. imagine putting it all on nidorino and then a gengar shows up to your house with a baseball bat and breaks your kneecaps
so you absolutely should ditch “moron” but something erin & link said 3 years ago made me try an experiment i’ve continued to today of cutting all “your intelligence is subhuman” insults out of my vocabulary.
which makes you notice them.
and let me tell you, it’s like 25% of american discourse.
which makes you notice them.
and let me tell you, it’s like 25% of american discourse.
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
The Origins of the Word "Moron" Are Actually REALLY Sinister
It's much more than just a casual insult.
www.teenvogue.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:22 AM
so you absolutely should ditch “moron” but something erin & link said 3 years ago made me try an experiment i’ve continued to today of cutting all “your intelligence is subhuman” insults out of my vocabulary.
which makes you notice them.
and let me tell you, it’s like 25% of american discourse.
which makes you notice them.
and let me tell you, it’s like 25% of american discourse.
i wanted to be sure the aurebesh i was doing in the middle of a joke was accurate & someone who’s an editor on wookieepedia needs to let the folks know there are other sites online & many feature pornography & pornographic actors having actual intercourse. you can see the penis go in if you want.
January 18, 2026 at 11:25 PM
i wanted to be sure the aurebesh i was doing in the middle of a joke was accurate & someone who’s an editor on wookieepedia needs to let the folks know there are other sites online & many feature pornography & pornographic actors having actual intercourse. you can see the penis go in if you want.
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I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
The Origins of the Word "Moron" Are Actually REALLY Sinister
It's much more than just a casual insult.
www.teenvogue.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
look, when you get down to brass tacks i absolutely love what a lot of us are all about.
The trans woman who rescued Jake Lang yesterday/whose car he ran into said in a video about the incident that she and her friend in the car thought he was being beaten by ICE. They kicked him out of the car after they found out who he was, lol
January 18, 2026 at 10:14 PM
look, when you get down to brass tacks i absolutely love what a lot of us are all about.
this tells me that more white men over 35 should be in the streets screaming “no son of mine” & “you’re a goddamn embarrassment” & “i’m glad your mother is dead, son, because you’re a sorry, shitty mess i’d never want her to see” & “your mom & i wish i’d left the better part of you in a sock.”
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM
this tells me that more white men over 35 should be in the streets screaming “no son of mine” & “you’re a goddamn embarrassment” & “i’m glad your mother is dead, son, because you’re a sorry, shitty mess i’d never want her to see” & “your mom & i wish i’d left the better part of you in a sock.”
apparently i’ve reached the “let’s touch the stove just to feel something” phase of “bored on bedrest” because i have 2 threads going & one is about the 2005 pickup artist book “the game” for some reason & the other’s about “the last jedi.” this is reckless, emily. on twitter you’d already be dead.
January 18, 2026 at 9:43 PM
apparently i’ve reached the “let’s touch the stove just to feel something” phase of “bored on bedrest” because i have 2 threads going & one is about the 2005 pickup artist book “the game” for some reason & the other’s about “the last jedi.” this is reckless, emily. on twitter you’d already be dead.
i have very few complaints about the last jedi but one *is* actually that johnson didn’t stop benicio & say the stutter was too much business—a hat on a hat on a hat. but people are so genuinely shitty about the film that no one gets to “benicio needed a shock collar on set to keep him in line.”
An unfortunate thing about the Last Jedi discourse having been so rancid and misogynistic is that Benicio del Toro played a guy named DJ and what the fuck was up with that
January 18, 2026 at 9:02 PM
i have very few complaints about the last jedi but one *is* actually that johnson didn’t stop benicio & say the stutter was too much business—a hat on a hat on a hat. but people are so genuinely shitty about the film that no one gets to “benicio needed a shock collar on set to keep him in line.”
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"Cats don't care about you, cat lovers just love owning furry assholes"
Skill issue I guess, my tortoise shell Takkun whines at me for lap time and cuddles like ten times a day to the point where if I'm busy with something I have to tell her loudly multiple times to piss off lol
Skill issue I guess, my tortoise shell Takkun whines at me for lap time and cuddles like ten times a day to the point where if I'm busy with something I have to tell her loudly multiple times to piss off lol
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"Cats don't care about you, cat lovers just love owning furry assholes"
Skill issue I guess, my tortoise shell Takkun whines at me for lap time and cuddles like ten times a day to the point where if I'm busy with something I have to tell her loudly multiple times to piss off lol
Skill issue I guess, my tortoise shell Takkun whines at me for lap time and cuddles like ten times a day to the point where if I'm busy with something I have to tell her loudly multiple times to piss off lol
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What you are seeing here from Booker is the most craven and cynical counterinsurgency designed to preserve the key structures while tricking low information liberals into thinking people in power care and are “doing something.”
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
What you are seeing here from Booker is the most craven and cynical counterinsurgency designed to preserve the key structures while tricking low information liberals into thinking people in power care and are “doing something.”
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The killer of Renee Good proudly RECORDED THE KILLING. Body cams won't stop this. And "training" just gives ICE more money to train its agents to keep doing what they're doing.
Abolish ICE. Defund it entirely.
If @booker.senate.gov is your senator, please call him what you think. (202) 224-3224
Abolish ICE. Defund it entirely.
If @booker.senate.gov is your senator, please call him what you think. (202) 224-3224
THREAD. Having just written a book about this and talked to a LOT of Democrats, I can assure you that neither Cory Booker nor the policing industry he’s advertising think that more money for ICE “training” and tech would address any problem that any person of good will has with what ICE is doing.
January 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The killer of Renee Good proudly RECORDED THE KILLING. Body cams won't stop this. And "training" just gives ICE more money to train its agents to keep doing what they're doing.
Abolish ICE. Defund it entirely.
If @booker.senate.gov is your senator, please call him what you think. (202) 224-3224
Abolish ICE. Defund it entirely.
If @booker.senate.gov is your senator, please call him what you think. (202) 224-3224
i can’t believe it’s been 20 years since a guy explained negging to me with a straight face.
January 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM
i can’t believe it’s been 20 years since a guy explained negging to me with a straight face.
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Child abuse is a central plank in the conservative platform, because physical mastery of the weak is how they establish dominance, their only value. It's not just something a lot of conservatives do, it is part of being a conservative.
About the ICE agent who fatally shot a man on New Year’s Eve while off-duty:
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
ICE agent believed responsible for L.A. killing accused of child abuse, racism in court filings
A court filing made public this week claims that a federal immigration agent thought to have shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist...
www.latimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Child abuse is a central plank in the conservative platform, because physical mastery of the weak is how they establish dominance, their only value. It's not just something a lot of conservatives do, it is part of being a conservative.
okay, i have:
❌ failed in my quest to find the semi remembered ep but damn i’d forgotten what a thing freddie was for li’l emily
❌ failed at new movie
❌ failed at pilot of pluribus
▪️i am now going to try comic book because apparently nicole maines did a suicide squad run and nobody told me
❌ failed in my quest to find the semi remembered ep but damn i’d forgotten what a thing freddie was for li’l emily
❌ failed at new movie
❌ failed at pilot of pluribus
▪️i am now going to try comic book because apparently nicole maines did a suicide squad run and nobody told me
January 18, 2026 at 7:21 AM
okay, i have:
❌ failed in my quest to find the semi remembered ep but damn i’d forgotten what a thing freddie was for li’l emily
❌ failed at new movie
❌ failed at pilot of pluribus
▪️i am now going to try comic book because apparently nicole maines did a suicide squad run and nobody told me
❌ failed in my quest to find the semi remembered ep but damn i’d forgotten what a thing freddie was for li’l emily
❌ failed at new movie
❌ failed at pilot of pluribus
▪️i am now going to try comic book because apparently nicole maines did a suicide squad run and nobody told me
i had not realized until this post what talking to AI people reminds me of but it’s the mr belvedere fan club and i sometimes worry i’m doomed to be tim meadows.
January 18, 2026 at 7:12 AM
i had not realized until this post what talking to AI people reminds me of but it’s the mr belvedere fan club and i sometimes worry i’m doomed to be tim meadows.
this is so upsetting. now i just want 7-10 crinkle cut fries more than anything in the world.
January 18, 2026 at 6:06 AM
this is so upsetting. now i just want 7-10 crinkle cut fries more than anything in the world.
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like a man with a full back tattoo of a phoenix should not know how to use the phrase "capex spend" correctly
January 18, 2026 at 5:50 AM
like a man with a full back tattoo of a phoenix should not know how to use the phrase "capex spend" correctly
corinne and i were playing around and she was fake sad and i called out to river, “triage! nurse river! corinne needs you to tell her she’s good!” and river came running and jumped on the bed and began headbutting her and i implore you all to let a cat share your home.
January 18, 2026 at 5:39 AM
corinne and i were playing around and she was fake sad and i called out to river, “triage! nurse river! corinne needs you to tell her she’s good!” and river came running and jumped on the bed and began headbutting her and i implore you all to let a cat share your home.