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Author: NEGATIVE TILT: STORIES (2024), MAGIC CITY BLUES (2023), LIVING THE GIMMICK (2022), Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024, Anthony Award nominee, Derringer Award winner. Unrelentingly weird.

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I started Civil Discourse so people who care about democracy aren’t forced to rely on headlines & hot takes. My newsletter gives you legal & historical context. It lets you decide for yourself what matters & why. If that soubds helpful, check it out: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

23.02.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 625 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

that is a joke for like 10 people. nice.

09.02.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

23.01.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 17638 πŸ” 7665 πŸ’¬ 529 πŸ“Œ 415

β€œNo one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”

-Edward R. Murrow

23.01.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 14404 πŸ” 4318 πŸ’¬ 307 πŸ“Œ 151

And it’s the 1930s in America

20.01.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The network’s top editor, Bari Weiss, expressed a high level of interest in the story on an editorial call Wednesday morning, according to staffers who listened.

β€œThere was big internal dissension about the β€˜internal bleeding’ report here last night,” the CBS News staffer, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said . β€œIt was viewed as a thinly-veiled, anonymous leak by [the Trump administration] to someone who’d carry it online.”

β€œFelt to many here like we were carrying water for the admin’s justifying of the shooting to keep our access to our sources,” said a second network staffer, who was also not authorized to comment.

In a statement, a CBS News sp

The network’s top editor, Bari Weiss, expressed a high level of interest in the story on an editorial call Wednesday morning, according to staffers who listened. β€œThere was big internal dissension about the β€˜internal bleeding’ report here last night,” the CBS News staffer, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said . β€œIt was viewed as a thinly-veiled, anonymous leak by [the Trump administration] to someone who’d carry it online.” β€œFelt to many here like we were carrying water for the admin’s justifying of the shooting to keep our access to our sources,” said a second network staffer, who was also not authorized to comment. In a statement, a CBS News sp

β€œHuge internal concern” among CBS staff over that β€œinternal bleeding” story.

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

16.01.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 1407 πŸ” 374 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 50

Very excited for you all to read my short story β€œDos Caras” in this one and always happy to be in a collection with folks like @nkolakowski.bsky.social & @bamawriter.bsky.social

20.12.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

dude ... $9 an hour for my first full-time job out of college. the job *required* a bachelor's degree. If I hadn't been living in my parents' hovel, I couldn't ahve done it.

15.01.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BIG NEWS!!!!

12.12.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
Graphic quoting from the press release announcing Libby Cudmore and Nick Mamatas’ 2027 anthology The Black Tapes, which can be read at links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr.

Graphic quoting from the press release announcing Libby Cudmore and Nick Mamatas’ 2027 anthology The Black Tapes, which can be read at links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr.

We're delighted to announce that we will be publishing a new anthology from @libbycudmore.bsky.social and @nmamatas.bsky.social: THE BLACK TAPES!

Get more details in the press release for The Black Tapes: Haunting Tales of Lost and Dead Media:

πŸ“Ό links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr

#BookSky

12.12.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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05.12.2025 20:10 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.

If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.

It’s that simple.

30.11.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 21211 πŸ” 6220 πŸ’¬ 316 πŸ“Œ 201

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

30.11.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 11825 πŸ” 3005 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 196

when the AI bubble bursts, remember your worth and how little regard they had for you when they let you go to save money.

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Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting β€œI hope this [lunch] will be an opportunity to speak to him and ask him not to backtrack on rights," Alesia Nobile said.

Matt Walsh will have a coronary after seeing this.

www.them.us/story/pope-l...

14.11.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 1436 πŸ” 239 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 23
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Epstein files reveal his obsession with Trump The president is mentioned over a thousand times in sex trafficker’s emails

NEW: President Trump mentioned over 1,000 times in Epstein files, more than anyone else. (gift) www.miamiherald.com/article31290...

14.11.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 2039 πŸ” 771 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 37
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After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could β€˜Take Him Down’

The question everyone is asking right now is this: NYT had deep access into all of this in real time and reported none of it. Why? In consequence, no NYT reporting on this subject is trustworthy.

13.11.2025 02:27 πŸ‘ 1543 πŸ” 471 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 72

If you are a mental health professional, differentiating between pedophilia and ephebophilia is crucial in helping you diagnose patients and build workable solutions for them to make sure that they never act on their desires.

If you're literally anyone else, what the fuck is wrong with you.

13.11.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.

13.11.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 10409 πŸ” 4566 πŸ’¬ 588 πŸ“Œ 393

WAY ... and I'm not going to complain that they can't spell my name right. LOL

13.11.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I was really happy with it.

13.11.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Author Bobby Matthews *New Episode* Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw
Author Bobby Matthews *New Episode* Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw YouTube video by Stories With Brisco And Bradshaw

I was a guest on WWE Hall of Famers' Jerry Brisco and John Bradshaw Layfield's podcast. Just went live. Check it out: youtu.be/dln0nol5US8?...

13.11.2025 11:55 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.

31.10.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 5376 πŸ” 1932 πŸ’¬ 179 πŸ“Œ 103

Whew!

28.10.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

we're seeing it in slow motion every day anyway.

28.10.2025 13:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Libertarians standing around not doing anything (which is on-brand)

Then this guy hits them from a thousand yards away with a perfect sniper shot.

28.10.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Couldn't help it. Stayed up to watch the whole thing, and Freddie is my favorite current player.

I just wish he'd been able to pull that off several innings earlier.

28.10.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

no, the Dodgers won!

28.10.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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it's cool to see that this game's starting pitcher is still hanging in there

28.10.2025 06:32 πŸ‘ 5960 πŸ” 583 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 40

that play at 2B wasn't as bad as Kent Hrbek lifting Ron Gant's foot off of first base in the 1991 World series, but that's only because Hrbek is a bitch-ass cheating motherfucker.

28.10.2025 03:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0