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Jesus seeing Judas on Sunday morning

Imagine being a pilot hunted through 18,000 foot mountains, struggling for breath, and your clown-ass President is tweeting fucking war crimes while his son is making money off gambling whether you’ll live or die on Polymarket.

@Perez_Writes Maybe a fella ship

Maybe it's time to finally accept a fellowship and become a fellow. I fought hard, but at a certain point you just gotta become a fellow.

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

At the top of the hour, A Mighty Blaze's Thoughtful Bro, aka @RealMarkCecil, interviews Andrew Krivak about his new, one-sentence novel, "Mule Boy." Watch on the Blaze's Facebook page or right here ➡️ youtube.com/live/LhbSBZvDw… Add your questions for Andrew to the YouTube chat

"Mule Boy" by Andrew Krivak is "both mesmerizing & emotionally shattering. Its beautiful, hypnotic, lyrical prose ... casts a spell so profound that you will not want to break out of it," raves Neel Mukherjee. With A Mighty Blaze's Thoughtful Bro, @RealMarkCecil. 2 PM ET TODAY

Here's Paul Yoon on "Mule Boy" by Andrew Krivak: It's "bewitching sorcery, a total wonder, a raging fever dream that sings & bellows & captures the entirety of our lives—all the things we fear & love & let go of & win back & cherish the most." On A Mighty Blaze. 2 PM ET TODAY

@Joseph_Fasano_ so good

All I can say is the last line isn't about homework.

Hemingway...McCarthy....Faulkner>>>> Krivak. His successor is right here among us. Psyched to talk to Andrew Krivak today about MULE BOY on @amightyblaze. Join us live at 2 PM right here. youtube.com/watch?v=LhbSBZ…

"Mule Boy" by Andrew Krivak is "a riveting exploration of the ghosts we carry coiled within us—and what is unleashed when they leap out into the present," says Laura van den Berg ("The Third Hotel"). Andrew joins A Mighty Blaze's Thoughtful Bro, @RealMarkCecil. 2 PM ET TUESDAY

Jazz festivals trying to book their next lineup

@Perez_Writes Damn bro....still fighting for a comeback over here. Hope it's not over yet.

So funny and stupid when some other literary dude takes shots at me, as if there's any fight to be had. It's over. No one outside of 50 people knows who we are. It's over. Go get a job in politics or screaming on a street corner.

This is how God must feel when he sees us scrolling on our phones

I knew my teenage son was going to get into the liquor cabinet after I fell asleep and then go street racing. To prevent that, I drank all the booze myself, got into the car, and crashed it into the nearest oak tree. It was the responsible thing to do.

Ugh just read a Substack article by a lit mag editor that I'm almost certain was edited with AI. The style is so common: * short, punchy sentences * "This, not that" construction. ("It's not a rejection; it's a sign the process is working...") * Things in threes. ("Not a no, not a rejection, not a closed door. A window to something better...") I cannot say it enough: writers & editors, please stop relying on AI to help you edit your stuff. AI strips you of your own voice & makes you sound like a machine. It's utterly depressing to read such pieces from writers and lit mag editors.

Jack Hughes was inspired to launch a reading program alongside his brother Luke because, Jack and Quinn Hughes challenged each other to see how many books they could read in a season 🤣 Jack read 50 BOOKS that season 😳

@RachelBitecofer Pedo

Finish this sentence: The State of Our Union is _____________.

@BillKristol Yell "pedo protector"!

What should members of Congress do tonight? 1. Don't attend. 2. If you do attend, walk out when Trump defends ICE, or when it's clear he's not going to apologize for the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, or when it's clear he's going to ignore the Epstein survivors.

alysa liu being the first woke idgafer alt baddie to win an olympic gold medalist… THAT’S how you make america great again

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