Reposted by LJ PembertonJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 11hYes, most definitely, this administration really cares about ending drug trafficking. For sure. This has nothing to do with anything illegal because this isn't an organized crime ring horning in on a business that America has always been a part of. Good coverage. Good analysis. Carry on. 1557
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 13hradio baseball commentators > all other sports commentators 350
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 16hthe only ethical use cases for AI that i’ve been able to think up: eliminating medical debt erasing student loan debt disabling flock cameras disabling ring cameras erasing misdemeanor records granting immigrants citizenship all at once and things of that ilk 170
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 18hMy Roman Empire is that when that autistic kid who does the bird sounds appeared before the Eagles football team during training, they requested an Eagle, and he gave them a red tailed hawk, because he knows his audience. (he knows better, but chose) 050
Reposted by LJ PembertonJon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026New edition of thrum is real and it's here! Release date 11/11 Pre-orderable here malarkeybooks.com/store/thrum 01412
Reposted by LJ PembertonAnnie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 13/10/2026have been thinking a lot recently about "school doesn't matter so much, my kid will be fine because we read at home" that privatizes the problem 0193
Reposted by LJ PembertonMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The history of literacy is incomplete and will likely always have some unsolvable mysteries, but I think one thing is pretty clear: mass literacy was not attained by school alone, but also it would never have been attained without universal education. 0246
Reposted by LJ PembertonPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Libraries For The People wants to hear from YOU about your local library. Send us a picture of your library and tell us why you love your library in 100 words!: forms.gle/8c1Uu1iQDop2... 16850
Reposted by LJ PembertonKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I left X almost exactly two years ago because of the violent, celebrated rape culture that was dominating the platform. Two years later, I’m undeniably better off, and the culture around sexual violence at large is arguably worse. I believe X has played a serious role in that. 271772247
Reposted by LJ PembertonNYCLU @nyclu.org · 13/10/2026This is appalling. The denial of critical medical care while in custody is inhumane and torturous. And being trapped in solitary confinement at MDC - infamous for its horrific conditions - without adequate food or water is nothing short of traumatic. We demand Oscar Belgal be freed, now.thecityreporter.nycMan Shot by ICE Held in Solitary Without Adequate Food or Medical Care, Bullet Still Lodged in Neck, Attorneys SayOscar Belgal, 28, is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park without access to surgery that could remove the bullet lodged in his neck, attorneys say. 15930
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 13/10/2026STOP cynicism and hope are both holding patterns that help nothing nothing! get angry, join up and get organized, and mfing do something 000
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 13/10/2026If your contribution to something shitty is just to point out that you’re not surprised and that no one should be surprised, then 1) you’ve probably misinterpreted anger as surprise 2) you value protecting your ego above all 3) you’re helping the fascist technocrats who claim inevitability 150
Reposted by LJ PembertonPhilip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Evergreen and widely applicable. (Though she's talking about Elon.) 071
Reposted by LJ PembertonRay Mitchell @raymitchell.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026There's a @tiffanydcross.bsky.social quote I live by: “Does it need to be said? Does it need to be said now? Does it need to be said by me?” Take heart, you answered all the questions with a resounding yes. 1432
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Friendly reminder that fascists are pathological cowards who are afraid of people different than them. So afraid that they want to deport/eliminate/kill them. An ideology of weak minds. 030
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 12/10/2026tbf i originally wrote the story imitating a new yorker story as a joke 080
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 12/10/2026tiered rejection from the new yorker let’s goooooooooo 1150
Reposted by LJ PembertonJosh Luft @joshuazluft.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Mods are mimosa'd up for Sunday Funday, here's 9 indie-lit books I'll never forget (alphabetical by author) 283
Reposted by LJ PembertonGuillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Good company. @jeffchon.bsky.social @ljabouttown.bsky.social and others. 151
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 12/10/2026omg i just remembered i don’t have work tomorrowwwwwwwwwwwwww columbus can get fucked but three day weekends are great 270
Reposted by LJ PembertonBen Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"Made death new to me." - Hedgie Choi surreal prose poems about family, childhood, grief, mortality, & lightbulbs www.gasherpress.com/product-page... 092
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026about to get wine drunk with my catholic neighbors who are obsessed with KISS wish me stamina 160
Reposted by LJ PembertonVauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I wrote about how the winner of another major literary prize appears to be AI and why we need to do something about all this. 😢theatlantic.comYet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AIThe prestigious Caine Prize, announced last week, went to a story with many red flags. 329231
Reposted by LJ Pembertonderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty. 11280791665
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026ours had the gross black moldy goo and SO MUCH CAT HAIR 010
Reposted by LJ PembertonWilliam Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026They say the anarchist dream of self-hosting is dead. They say the centralized datacenter form is an unavoidable product of economies of scale. They say the datacenters are too big for activists to sabotage. And yet they increasingly seem like giant red button vulnerabilities in state conflict. 47917
Reposted by LJ PembertonDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Something I will never understand as long as I live is phony intellectual Republicans giving free advice to Democrats. The only advice I have for Republican politicians I'd care to share with them can't be posted on here 351129102
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026you have to look at a user manual for your model - ours was being a PANEL that we had to UNSCREW to access. they do not make it easy!!! 110
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Periodic reminder that I have a Newsletter. I promise to start posting more, but never more than once a week, ever ever (it's been more like once every two months). ljpemberton.com/newsletterljpemberton.comNewsletter — LJ Pemberton 041
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026If you have a front or top loading washer, did you know it has a filter? Did you know you have to clean it out? Did you know that if you didn't do this before, it's gross as hell? 430
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026In an age of AI slop, support publishers, writers, and designers who eat lunch not data. Buy Malarkey at malarkeybooks.com @bookshop.org @asterismbooks.bsky.social @eveninghouse.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social or an independent bookstore near you.malarkeybooks.comMalarkey 053
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 10/10/2026lmao there was call this morning but I didn't have anything then! c'est la vie 030
Reposted by LJ PembertonMalarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It is hard but we pay human artists real money for covers. Our jacket copy tends to be a joint venture between our writers and our editors. We don’t use AI for anything. We wish absolute destruction on any publisher that is using AI or LLMs for covers, copy, or anything else. ☠️☠️☠️ 16813
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 10/10/2026well damn, I finally have something to submit next time @havehashad.com has a call 140