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Ander Monson

@angermonsoon.bsky.social
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Grind line. Predator Studies. March Xness. DIAGRAM. New Michigan Press. The Assessment Matters Institute. Essay Daily. University of Arizona MFA. Working hard for the money. otherelectricities.com

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man tried to talk to me in a parking lot & I said "it's against my religion to talk to strange men" and he said "oh, sorry" and walked away.
elmo flame meme
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ok technically these are essays but these are also poems plus FALLOUT 4, people
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Up today in @essaydaily.bsky.social's L*STS series are 3 Fallout poems by @toddkaneko.bsky.social: www.essaydaily.org/2026/09/3-es...
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DIAGRAM @eldiagram.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A quick note to those who sent to our chapbook contest this year: we're about a week away from announcing the finalists and winners. Hard but good work this year. So many great manuscripts to chew on.
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DIAGRAM @eldiagram.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Made some new hats. MFA or NO MFA? thediagram.com/merch
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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A visual poem for #smallpoemsunday from my book Classic Crimes. @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
When the 
mind
opened
the guests
were mostly birds
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Heidi Fettig Parton (Writer) @heidifettigwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oops. I'm a little late to this repost, but better late than never. Thanks so much @essaydaily.bsky.social for publishing "Wanted: Lost T-Shirt, Perfect Green." The only thing better would be to run across that T-Shirt in a "lost and found" bin somewhere.
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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 15/09/2026
Simulator Week continues at the Video Game Soda machine project with Pigeon Simulator! How could you accurately simulate the lived experience of a pigeon secretly battling paranormal threats without snack and soda machines?!
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Pigeon Simulator
Pigeon Simulator lets you live out the fantasy of being a pigeon who's also a secret agent battling paranormal threats. I don't think this vending machine is haunted or anything, but I do wonder why you'd call it a Foodie machine when there are clearly two rows of canned drinks! Simulator
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"You really should have seen this coming." Up today in @essaydaily.bsky.social's L*STS series is a lost from Charlotte Diehl: www.essaydaily.org/2026/09/char...
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm disappointed, and a bit shocked, by how many people swallowed Prof. Cleves accusations w/o even reading either book, let alone both, to see if this was valid. I've read both. I've gone over the footnotes & citations. The charges are NOT valid.
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"List the birds native to your state and the birds that arrive for a season. Diagram the placement of all the nests...Start a list of people killed by ICE since 2024" @utopiaminus.bsky.social in today's @essaydaily.bsky.social L*ST: www.essaydaily.org/2026/09/susa...
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The deeper I go the more I want to learn. Specialize or you're an amateur, the world says to me from every direction. Today, I feel no matter how organized I am, it isn’t enough." In today's L*STS, Things the Size of Red Pepper Flakes by Joyce Englander Levy: www.essaydaily.org/2026/09/joyc...
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oh wow! Yesterday's entry in @essaydaily.bsky.social's L*STS project is a LOST game by Dan Pinchbeck of The Chinese Room; quite an honor to be able to put this out in the world! www.essaydaily.org/2026/09/dan-...
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Offering a peek behind the scenes for March Xmas writers this week on the @marchxness.bsky.social substack: marchxness.substack.com/p/a-peek-beh...
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A Peek Behind the Scenes for Our Writers
Advice and Logistics for March Xmas Writers
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
WANTED: LOST-T-SHIRT, PERFECT GREEN. Today's @essaydaily.bsky.social L*ST comes from @heidifettigwriter.bsky.social www.essaydaily.org/2026/08/heid...
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Flashing back today to our OG March Sadness tournament from 2016. This Sweet 16 matchup features Kate Bernheimer on Joy Division vs @nikwalk.bsky.social on PJ Harvey and Nick Cave: marchsadness2016.blogspot.com/2016/03/swee...
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Sweet Sixteen Action: (1) JOY DIVISION vs (5) PJ HARVEY & NICK CAVE
FINAL SCORE: (1) JOY DIVISION 75, (5) PJ Harvey & Nick Cave 24 * (1) Joy Division, "Atmosphere" Analysis by Kate Bernheimer ...
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
not too late to switch your songs, people
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Up today in @essaydaily.bsky.social's L*STS series is Emiland Kray's "L’ambroise de Lotito: On Disordered Eating and a Connection Stronger than Life and Death": www.essaydaily.org/2026/08/emil...
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Tucson Essay Club @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"I still owe them something. Maybe this is me paying tribute right now." Read an excerpt of @therealmccloy.bsky.social's forthcoming memoir on our substack today and buy the book from Antigone or your local indie: tucsonessayclub.substack.com/p/peak-tucso...
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Peak Tucson with Molly McCloy
A new essay from Nine Grudges: the Spiteful Origins of the Happiest Dyke on Earth by Molly McCloy
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Boosting this to Xness readers. If you enjoyed @therealmccloy.bsky.social's extracurricular on Dinosaur Jr you'll love this essay and her new book NINE GRUDGES: The Spiteful Origins of the Happiest Dyke on Earth.
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This was a wild ride. Not a Good Movie but definitely took some shots. The song slapped.
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A visual to go along with my "State Fair Vanitas" list linked below. The Kentucky State Fair is always a good time, but my favorite part is at the end, when the culinary exhibits have gone into full decay yet remain on display.
A blue-ribbon sweet potato pie covered in mold, near the end of the Kentucky State Fair.
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Flowers Georg @pantalonesfuego.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"It's worth celebrating the choice to create instead of despairing. Nothing we do with intention and pleasure can possibly be in vain, even if we never win the big prize..." 😍😍😍😍😍😍 Read this excellent short piece by @erinkeane.bsky.social !
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I wrote a little list ode to the Kentucky State Fair for @essaydaily.bsky.social … and will find out later this week if my first-ever entries get a lil prize. (Probably not, but the prize is not the point!)
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Today we kick off publishing l*sts over at @essaydaily.bsky.social. L*STS are lists, lasts, losts, and lusts. First up is @erinkeane.bsky.social's State Fair Vanitas! www.essaydaily.org/2026/08/erin.... Want to contribute one? Pitch us!
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Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
TAXESI.BMF
A black and white line drawing in the style of a political cartoon. It shows a swimming pool labeled IRS that is really a monster with its mouth open. A line of people with dollar signs on their shirts jump into the pool/mouth from a diving board. If you find this image distasteful, please file 37-5 Updated Form 1040 Section 01 IPU 22U0009 issued 01-03-2022 IRM 3.24.37.3.3.
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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Today in weird books: The Pulse of the Planet is a compendium of earthquakes, volcanoes, animal swarms, super blooms and other "short-lived phenomena" published under the aegis of The Smithsonian Institution in 1972.
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We also would like to note that we'd welcome extracurricular pitches if you want to write about a song not in the tourney playlist. Maybe we should anonymously (or not) publish some essays about how much you hate a particular Christmas song or version?
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
We are still waiting on a handful of folks to make their song choices (and in a few cases, confirm they want to write) for March Xmas, but here is the tournament playlist so far: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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March Xmas 2026 - YouTube
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Last call to jump into the March Xmas (the holiday-song-themed tourney running THIS DECEMBER) lottery for this year's @marchxness.bsky.social. We will begin drawing #s tomorrow: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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March XMAS (December 2026) lottery entry form
Hey there, writers! March Xness is happy to announce the next year's tournament theme which is...a bit of a twist. Welcome to March XMAS, the tournament of Xmas and other winter seasonal songs (yes,...
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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 29/07/2026
This is a historic moment for the Video Game Soda Machine Project. Across 37 years and 50+ games, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battled through sewers and streets without encountering a single soda machine. Until now. Feast your eyes on the Pond Cola machine from TMNT: Shredder's Revenge.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
This is a historic moment for The Video Game Soda Machine Project, folks. Across 37 years and 50+ games, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have battled through sewers, streets, and even the space-time ...
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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 29/07/2026
Not only does this entry make history, but it's also the 3,400th soda machine archived at the Video Game Soda Machine Project. Believe it or not, the site will celebrate its tenth anniversary next month.
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The Video Game Soda Machine Project
Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
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Tucson Essay Club @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Hmmm ok made another, this one's for the OG Tucsonans only: tucsonessayclub.org/product/tucs...
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Tucson Essay Club @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Join us 8/1 5-7pm at Slow Body Brewing to celebrate our first birthday! No need to RSVP but if you want a reminder, please do. There will be cake also. www.eventbrite.com/e/tucson-ess...
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
microsoft is in full damage control mode following last week's layoffs. its main strategy so far? namedrop sequels to popular series at every turn. but despite what execs like asha sharma might want you to think, those series were made by people, and now they'll never be the same
Todd Howard just shared plans for the Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Starfield franchises. These worlds have earned a special place with hundreds of millions of people over many years. I'm looking forward to what's next, including the partnership with Obsidian on a new Fallout game and closer collaboration with ZeniMax Online Studios on The Elder Scrolls. The achievements of these franchises are remarkable: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has crossed 65 million units sold, becoming one of the 10 best-selling games of all time, Fallout 4 has also crossed 35 million units sold, joining the top 25, and Starfield will soon reach over 1 billion hours played.
This statement sucks so bad that it makes my blood boil. Look what the franchises did, all by themselves! Look what they’ve accomplished, of their own volition, thanks to their own intrinsic goodness! So many big numbers, which translate to giant heaps of cash in the bank accounts of execs and shareholders! Never mind the people who spent decades painstakingly crafting the many games, stories, and other creative endeavors that corporate ghouls now so happily flatten into “franchises,” erasing themes, meaning, and human beings in favor of empty iconography.

This is how the people running the show at Xbox—and countless companies besides—view games, not to mention everything else in their robotic, colorless lives. Numbers and lines trending ever upward. Fuel for platitudes and faux-inspirational nonsense directed at the LinkedIn hivemind, of which they all paradoxically believe they’re the main character. Another stepping stone toward the next bigger, better thing. No ultimate destination, no camaraderie, no soul. Just an endless ladder that leads to the void regardless of which way you climb.
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Essay Daily @essaydaily.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Care to contribute to Essay Daily's L*STS project (lists, lasts, losts, lusts, etc.)? Details: www.essaydaily.org/p/lsts-essay...
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Sending out congrats to @zoebossiere.bsky.social on taking over from the legendary @dintywmoore.bsky.social as EIC of Brevity. Good work by both of these writers/editors, and I have full confidence in the future of the oldest still-publishing online journal: brevity.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/b...
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Dinty W. Moore Steps Down as Editor for Brevity Magazine
To our readers & contributors, After 29 years as Brevity magazine’s lead editor, I am stepping down to devote more time to painting, tai chi, and tending to my garden. Starting today, our manag…
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reni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 25/11/2024
in england, they don't say i'll kick your ass, they say i'll see you on the
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Tucson Essay Club @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Tonight at Tucson Small Business Center (600 S. Meyer, a few blocks from 5 points) at 7pm it's WORK TALKS 3 featuring Maya Bernstein-Schalet, Simmons Buntin, Christian Moher, and Athena Monson talking about Glofish, The Sphere, Logan's Run, and Outer Wilds. Come and join us!
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Just published an essay and conversation with @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social of @terrainorg.bsky.social for @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/tucsones...
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Many times are but this one is not, I agree
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
There are only 2 remaining objects / essays / poems for sale as part of the Significant Objects 2026 Season One: Conductor's Baton by Dorian Rolston and Magnifying Glass. Check them out here before they're sold (2 days or so left on each): www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?i...
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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 27/05/2026
Catching up on the Bricks & Minifigs insanity. This is probably the craziest story of its kind since the mess with Honey. kotaku.com/youtuber-sta...
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YouTuber Raided By Police In Attempt To Rescue LEGO Collection
YouTuber Reckless Ben is hoping to recover $200,000 worth of Star Wars LEGO sets allegedly stolen by a toy chain in a consignment deal gone wrong
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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Found a mix from 2010
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Tucson Essay Club @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Next up in Tucson Essay Movie Club it's 1996's THE BIRDCAGE as selected and introduced by @raquefella.bsky.social. Join us Sunday 5/24 social @ 7, essay & a movie @ 8
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Let's go it's Matthew Morris's Plush Carrot Keychain, one of our last in this season of Significant Objects 2026: www.ebay.com/itm/26766394...
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Plush Carrot Keychain (Significant Objects 2026) by Matthew Morris | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Plush Carrot Keychain (Significant Objects 2026) by Matthew Morris at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
45 minutes left to bid for this fantastic Mrs Claus Troll Doll + story by Megan Culhane Galbraith: www.ebay.com/itm/26765634...
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 09/05/2026
This website shows you what your browser is leaking about you. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
the blue book, a 90s era small notebook with a blue paper cover used during final exams.
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Let's go it's Matthew Morris's Plush Carrot Keychain, one of our last in this season of Significant Objects 2026: www.ebay.com/itm/26766394...
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Plush Carrot Keychain (Significant Objects 2026) by Matthew Morris | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Plush Carrot Keychain (Significant Objects 2026) by Matthew Morris at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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