Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 3hWithout a hint of irony the head of DOD simultaneously announced a new initiative centering “Christianity” and a new department for automated drone warfare. Which is thematically consistent if you’re into killing without accountability while deluding yourself that you have the moral high ground. 020
Reposted by Michael TichyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026They're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would. 902957799
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This perfectly fits with the negative tone of posts I’ve seen about Banksy art on instagram. I’m sure that’s totally coincidental tho and not at all the fascists with thumbs on the scales 000
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026With Primetime set to blow up it would be an awesome time for a lucky and smart publisher to snatch up my vampire novel that is To Catch a Predator x Interview with the Vampire 011
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today was the best day. The world is coming apart but damn if a capybara on your lap chirping away doesn’t shut all that bad stuff up for a moment. These guys are supernaturally chill and invite the chill in anyone subject to their field of serotonin. Magical. 261
Reposted by Michael TichyJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Anduril, Which Was “Incubated” at Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, “Joins List Of Key Army Suppliers, Wins $20 Billion Contract” - March 2026 … 1/investors.comAnduril Joins List Of Key Army Suppliers, Wins $20 Billion ContractDrone-maker Anduril lands $20 billion Army contract. Huntington tapped for aircraft carrier decommissioning. RTX lands $2 billion award. 812777
Reposted by Michael TichyRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A good rule of thumb is that anyone who goes to bat for crypto is either criminally stupid or criminally malicious… or both 435158
Reposted by Michael TichyGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak. 431657921
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I fully understand the threat of the petit bourgeoisie now as an even greater obstacle to meaningful progress than the full on fascists. 110
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s infuriating because as soon as these people are out of office everyone will be writing their postmortem with a fictional I told you so at the foundation or at least recasting themselves as heroically steadfast in the face of a hostile government 011
Reposted by Michael TichyMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026She deserves that dog: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil... 1285826752
Reposted by Michael TichyRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026UnitedHealthcare, which just posted profits of $5.5B for the 2nd quarter, takes your tax dollars under the pretense of providing coverage to Medicare patients. That’s up from $3.4B last yr bc they intentionally decreased the amount of medical care they will cover. That’s their entire business model 715575
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It helps to look at EA as a tool for rationalizing really awful and largely racist activities rather than as the strategy for maximizing the impact of philanthropy that it pretends to be 010
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Bostrum is their guy and is an absolute embarrassment of a philosopher. And the whole TESCREAL umbrella is this level of unhinged that if people were more broadly aware of it they would stop calling these tech bros smart. 010
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026static.klipy.comJohn Connor: We're Not Gonna Make ItAlt: John Connor: We're Not Gonna Make It. From Terminator 2. In this context references the fact that stupidity and an absurd credulousness form the soft center of the Freudian death drive and every apparent turn from a fascist self destructive spiral leads only to another path of the same 010
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Honestly the American flag as a totem in 2026 lands little different than the confederate flag at this point. The only way to reclaim a national symbol is by getting the nation to stop doing terrible terrible shit 120
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is like final boss level of the psychosis implicit in our whole economic system. “The factory has the highest operational cost of any part of our manufacturing consortium so is we close the factory we will stop losing that money” 000
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I hate writing advice, period, so I would never suggest anyone model their process after mine. But for me, writing is like running. I often don’t know what I have in me on a given day until I gut it out for that first mile. So I generally have to just do it and then see what comes. 130
Reposted by Michael TichyKyle Winkler @bleakhousing.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My sincerest hope is that if ppl buy THE SHIP OF DEATH that they will mosey on over to THE NOTHING THAT IS or TONE-BONE and taste how crazy the sauce can go. Fingers crossed. 5131
Reposted by Michael TichyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/09/2026The current situation in Saudi Arabia is pretty dire. The Houthis successfully targeted the east-west pipeline that supplied up to 7m barrels of oil/day to avoid the strait of Hormuz. The Houthis are rapidlt advancing on the Bab Al-Mandab strait and could block shipping traffic there soon. 18447123
Reposted by Michael TichyThe Paul of the House of Usher @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years 43136382803
Reposted by Michael TichyJoe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 11/09/2026Today is the last day to get 25% off of all B&N preorders. While you're picking out new books, please consider adding my forthcoming and perhaps my best, Dead Boys Don't Cry. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dead-boys-... 02210
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Aging liberals especially are doing the whole conservative shift to preserve mah comfort bs and are just calling it being pragmatic so they can resolve their cognitive dissonance. The side effect is this smug assertion that they maintain the moral high ground and the whole thing is just disgusting. 0131
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The point is the threat is not theoretical and AGI is probably not coming ever. These are just ideas that serve an agenda. 000
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A rogue ai is not going to wipe out humanity. That’s just industry propaganda and honestly more of an accountability sink than anything. Normal ai will, however, facilitate fascism and accelerate climate collapse which will kill a lot of us. 331
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Life in 2026 is watching secret police disappear people off the street one day, a coastline falling into the ocean the next, and wondering if each new cataclysm will be the one that causes the whole collective to turn its head and take notice and each time a little less surprised when it doesn’t. 041
Reposted by Michael Tichyvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am sympathetic to Silicon Valley guys ascribing human-level consciousness to AI because if I had to talk to people from Silicon Valley all day I’d probably have a real low bar for sentience too 383135620
Reposted by Michael TichyMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “The European External Action Service of the EC has said there were indeed Russian and Israeli networks that spread these hoaxes and attacked the Spanish government and European governments on a very corrosive topic like the fight against irregular migration. 1/ 11425212
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026With all the ongoing revelations of hwa tomfoolery i think what would really help right now is a ten minute video asking for everyone to be patient 071
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Finished revision of novel three and ready to sub. Looks like it’s a true detective s1 and cocktail Sunday. 040
Reposted by Michael Tichy⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 19/08/2026I thought Joe was making a very dark joke, but nope, this is just Reality now, I guess? (I'm not in the HWA, but JFC it's partly because almost everything I've seen about it could be its own horror story) It's like they're actively trying to drive authors away 0225
Reposted by Michael TichyJoe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 18/08/2026Would you believe 3 of my books are available to purchase and that buying or reviewing them helps me write more? Links here, plus a few you can't buy anymore to make you suffer envy. horrorsong.blog/books/ 58044
Reposted by Michael TichyLauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I really hope we aren’t going to have a super creepy person as the HWA president. I really, truly hope that’s not what we’re getting. 194
Reposted by Michael Tichy🪼Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 18/08/2026Patrick Barb is running unopposed and there has been no response to the statement from Theo. HWA members and staff: demand better. To my friend Theo: thank you for coming forward. To Patrick: power is a thing to not be toyed with. You should know better. 0169
Reposted by Michael Tichyflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I’d reiterate that the key incident that drove the Cancel Culture panic - a wholly elite project, imposed from the top down - was the sight of Harvey Weinstein being dragged sobbing from court to jail, unprotected by his wealth, and the internet-based movement for justice that went with it.theguardian.comHere is the news from the US: Woke 1.0 is over. But what did progressives do wrong? | Nesrine MalikA movement with safety, dignity and equality at its heart has been blamed for the rightwing backlash. But within it were principles worth carrying forwards, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 121044240
Reposted by Michael TichyXochilt Avila @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I'm very upset and disappointed to learn that Patrick Barb is not *just* running for HWA president, but he's running unopposed. The *only* professional horror writer's organization needs to be led by someone who understands and respects the power they hold. 0163
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There’s a single episode of what was I guess supposed to be a series by Paulides on Hulu called Vanished. It takes place partly in Mt Shasta and is nuts like everything around Shasta is. Highly recommend 110
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Same. Like no matter how gruesome, you put a found footage horror in the wide open spaces and it soothes me. The Missing 411 docs scratch a similar itch for me 120
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I watch all of them pretty regularly. Serious comfort movies for me 210
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Theses movies are great. Always get excited when Dutch announces a new one. Also Gary is actually based on a real person en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappe...en.wikipedia.orgDisappearance of Kenny Veach - Wikipedia 110
Reposted by Michael TichyO F Cieri @ossuary.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I want to boost Theo's accusation again because the Horror Writer's Association doesn't seem to have acknowledged it at all. Given that this is about a presidential nominee I would expect there to at least be consideration of the statement. 1248
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026If you’re a member of the horror writing community, please take a moment to read this 0132
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Weirdpunk, maybe filthy loot. Tenebrous has that series of two books in one that i think novellas might be good for. 110