


Christopher Mott
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@ChrisDMott
Washington Fellow @diplomacy_peace. Author: 'The Formless Empire'. Bylines various. The Jacob Urowsky Professor of Realism and Restraint. Anti-anime pfp.







Some Capstone jank is going to limbo. Grab Witchaven before it's too late.



Y'all remember the days when everyone freaked the f out about a fake story of "foreign election interference from Russia," but when another foreign country literally bragged about buying a US House seat, nobody said a damn thing because it was Israel?


what’s the greatest opening line to a song?





Introduce yourself with 10 bands you seen live: - The Cure - REM - Radiohead - The Pixies - Sparklehorse - Hole - Bodycount - Violent Femmes - Belle and Sebastian - Tindersticks


Turns out I've been living 30 minutes from Clark Ashton Smith's grave marker for the last year. It's not well advertized by the city.

Apparently worldbuilding isn't a fundamental writing mechanic






I don't want an end to the U.S. empire that just means handing over global hegemony to authoritarians