Reposted by Eric WilliamsN R Fasulo @nrfasulo.bsky.social · 2hThe brand new Automation Bundle (plus @geoliminal.bsky.social’s collection of weird tales in translation because I’d rather pay for more words than shipping) just arrived from @paradiseeditions.bsky.social. Time to forget current events and focus on machines that I’m sure are thinking on their own. 121
Reposted by Eric WilliamsRob @thedreadfulpoint.bsky.social · 5hthe Dreadful POINT no.63 serial & short fictionthedreadfulpoint.com63.Variables – Rings – Gifts, a story (The following is a work of satire. The people and events depicted, including those based on real people and events, are all entirely fictional.) dp063a dp063b **… 012
Reposted by Eric Williamsmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 16hwatched MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE tonight and it’s so cool that stephen king can more easily imagine a theory of mind for an 18 wheeler truck than a human woman 1681054
Reposted by Eric WilliamsRaskolnik @raskolnik.bsky.social · 19hI can't take a movie adaptation of The Hobbit serious that doesn't include this song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogTD...youtube.comThe Hobbit (1977) Soundtrack (OST) - 08. Down, Down to Goblin TownYouTube video by GlennReturns 183
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 19hthe definitive Hobbit adaptation, with an absolutley killer cast. Orson Bean, John Huston, Hans Conreid, and Richard fuckin' Boone as Smaug 2101
Reposted by Eric WilliamsMichael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 21hPeople assume the sewers are unpleasant, but that’s because they never go down there. You really need to hang out down there to see how wonderful they are 1127426
Reposted by Eric WilliamsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 21h#OtD 2 Oct 1968 the Tlatelolco massacre took place in Mexico City when police murdered hundreds of students demonstrating peacefully, just prior to the start of the Olympic Games in the city stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9228... 14822
Reposted by Eric WilliamsEric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026my lil' automata essay is included in here, why not TAke a look it ya'll: 081
Reposted by Eric WilliamsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 02/10/2026#OtD 2 Oct 1937 under the orders of US-backed Dominican dictator, President Rafael Trujillo, the genocide of more than 20,000 Haitians began in what is now known as the Parsley Massacre stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9227... 13419
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026found a pretty good vegetarian brunswick stew recipe in one a them thar moosewood cookbooks 170
Reposted by Eric WilliamsMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants. 294163214821
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026my lil' automata essay is included in here, why not TAke a look it ya'll: 081
Reposted by Eric WilliamsRob @thedreadfulpoint.bsky.social · 02/10/2023The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950. 05415
Reposted by Eric WilliamsTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 39116813036
Reposted by Eric WilliamsLich's Fart Crystal Phylactery @slugworlds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026'you cant ban frats because all the trustees love them' is probably true but just another instance of how the current system of trustee governance in most colleges/universities is basically indistinguishable from what you'd do if you were actively trying to destroy them 3496
Reposted by Eric WilliamsCharmouth Heritage Coast Centre @charmouthhcc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026October's fossil of the month isn't just one fossil but a whole host of ammonites preserved against a chunk of fossilised driftwood from the Jurassic seafloor, 190 million years ago! Found by preparator and collector Craig Chivers in February 2024 after some stormy weather. #FossilFriday #paleosky 38523
Reposted by Eric WilliamsAncillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 02/10/2026Happy October, everyone! Have some links:ancillaryreviewofbooks.orgWow! Signal: October 2026Jake Casella Brookins Hello everyone, happy October! We’ve had a busy month behind the scenes at ARB—as often happens, the vagaries of publishing and reviewing schedules conspired to stack our queu… 0127
Reposted by Eric WilliamsDan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Working on this reported essay, just published, increasingly took over my life for the last two months. PEN America did a terrible disservice with its sloppy reporting about American Jews and Israelis in publishing in July. Josh Lambert and I tried to do better. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...jewishcurrents.orgWhat PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in PublishingMisleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression… 617168
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ballard's THE DROWNED GIANT and Joyce's THE DEAD 090
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I35 has the chance to do the funniest fucking thing ever 140
Reposted by Eric WilliamsJulia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@jewishcurrents.bsky.social I would send you all a muffin basket if I could, just for the gift of this beautifully researched and argued piece that also made me cackle with glee #BookSky 💙📚 jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...jewishcurrents.orgWhat PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in PublishingMisleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression… 1155
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026do you like weird 18th century automata, the history of how people thought about the materiality of life, and mysterious allusive text? then heck, have i got a story for you! 044
Reposted by Eric WilliamsParadise Editions @paradiseeditions.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And The Canard here: paradiseeditions.net/products/vau...paradiseeditions.netVaucanson's Canard - Eric WilliamsEnlightenment France’s foremost artificer seeks to reproduce in clockwork the intricate lifeforms he sees around him—in other words, a mechanical duck. 011
Reposted by Eric WilliamsParadise Editions @paradiseeditions.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's publication day for Some Essays by Heinrich von Kleist (trans. @unpaginated.bsky.social) and Vaucanson's Canard by @geoliminal.bsky.social. Incidentally, Kleist founded his daily newspaper, the Berliner Abendblätter, on this day in 1810. 173
Reposted by Eric WilliamsEric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026if you want to support human-made independent literature AND you want some of the best weird fiction you'll ever read for this spooky season, might i suggest: asterismbooks.com/product/toad...asterismbooks.comToadstones | Asterism BooksBloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star’s lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper’s final job for her late employer. An exhumation to retrieve a poetry manuscri... 1105
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026first real rain in like three months here in austin 080
Reposted by Eric WilliamsStrange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're kicking off October with a rebroadcast of The Haunter of the Dark by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Andrew Leman! 13213
Reposted by Eric Williamscolorscolor @uglyjacket.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Visualize a guy everyone hates. Deep breath in. His head is detaching slowly from his body for all to witness. Deep breath out. This huge asshole’s blood is getting everywhere. Deep breath in. And his head is rolling away you never have to see or hear him ever again. Deep breath out 1577
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the huge morning aerobics class at the gym has, blesswdly, finally decided to cycle that kpop demon hunters song out of its repertoire 140
Reposted by Eric WilliamsPJ O'Reilly 🇵🇸 @pjoreilly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Palestinian archaeologists race against time to save Gaza’s heritage | Arts and Culture | Al Jazeera share.google/gMN6fv1OD5k8...share.googlePalestinian archaeologists race against time to save Gaza’s heritageA Palestinian team rescued Gaza's artefacts. The question now is where to store them. 084
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026if you want to support human-made independent literature AND you want some of the best weird fiction you'll ever read for this spooky season, might i suggest: asterismbooks.com/product/toad...asterismbooks.comToadstones | Asterism BooksBloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star’s lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper’s final job for her late employer. An exhumation to retrieve a poetry manuscri... 1105
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026my JCO story is that once, back in the glory days of Old Twitter, i spent a considerable amount of time in a (friendly) back-and-forth with her explaining the history of mammalian dentition 170
Reposted by Eric WilliamsEric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026if you like and want to support human-made, independent literature, might i suggest: asterismbooks.com/product/toad...asterismbooks.comToadstones | Asterism BooksBloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star’s lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper’s final job for her late employer. An exhumation to retrieve a poetry manuscri... 1107
Reposted by Eric WilliamsZachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/ 514692
Reposted by Eric Williamsjon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026NEW: People who chug their own piss have emerged as MAJOR supporters of AI futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comPeople Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-AllUrine therapy devotees are sharing ways to break past AI guardrails in order to brainstorm ways to use pee as medicine. 1602545646
Reposted by Eric WilliamsDeep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 30/09/2026You can watch horror anime all month long and no one can stop you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=htLK...youtube.comDanemon's Monster Hunt at Shojoji-Japanese Animation 1935-Anime CartoonYouTube video by Milton Knight 0193
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026circumventing the flocculant settling rate by getting myself eaten by a pelagic predator and shat out, sending me rocketing to the seafloor encased in fish excrement 010
Reposted by Eric Williamsmindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Word has it there's some good detritus drifting down from the ocean surface. I'm wiggling my eyestalks and clicking my pincers with excitement 423448
Reposted by Eric WilliamsAgita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Agita Magazine opens for submissions on October 17 for issue 3: ekphrasis. Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art. Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it. Send us stories at the intersection. Guidelines at agitamag.com/submissions 13623
Reposted by Eric WilliamsBob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There were about 16,000 heat-related deaths in Germany last summer, about double the mortality during the first Covid wave in early 2020. Extreme heat needs to be treated as an ongoing public health emergency.insideclimatenews.orgMass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate NewsAs preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn. 18055
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026if you like and want to support human-made, independent literature, might i suggest: asterismbooks.com/product/toad...asterismbooks.comToadstones | Asterism BooksBloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star’s lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper’s final job for her late employer. An exhumation to retrieve a poetry manuscri... 1107
Reposted by Eric WilliamsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 30/09/2026#OtD 30 Sep 1919 the Elaine massacre began in Arkansas, US, when hundreds of African-Americans were murdered and tortured by white racists and security forces, after Black farm workers tried to organise for better pay stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1034... 04226
Reposted by Eric WilliamsMike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the POV of this article encapsulates what has been wrong with the Democrats for the last quarter century. Zero accountability culture and a refusal to ever look inward to try to do better, instead blaming everyone and everything else for their ineptitude. 47413
Reposted by Eric WilliamsRural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Beards Bolton, MS 640351
Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026say what you will, but the Symbionese Liberation Army's symbol is pretty rad 0130