Reposted by max hippLauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026If you use AI to write an email either to me or to my bookstore, we will not be reading your message. It’s getting yeeted into the swamp. If you can’t take the time to do the work yourself, why should we take the time to engage with what you want from us? 612210
max hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Two whole years with this thing in the world. I’m supposed to write another one now? 140
Reposted by max hippK.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 13/02/2026very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House! www.thedollhouse.studiothedollhouse.studioThe Doll House 6324081
Reposted by max hippDonna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 07/02/2026This in-depth story shows ways @mississippifreepress.org is different: 1. We reported from on ground in North Mississippi where we’re building a bureau. 2. We led with real people on the ground, not politicians in Jackson or DC. 3. Deep context on ICE raids here. 4. ICE responds to us (we ask). 318058
max hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Wow. Now that the Mississippi Bluesky ban is over, I can actually share this. 010
Reposted by max hippA. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 08/08/2025“AI wins not when it becomes more human, but when humans become more like AI: disengaged and devoid of original thought.” This hit me like a ton of corporeal, not copied, not stolen bricks. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...sarahkendzior.substack.comSoul StrippingAgainst AI, again. 37424
Reposted by max hippSuzy Eynon @suzyeynon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025E celebrates international cat day 1111
Reposted by max hippMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 30/05/2025DEMOCRACY: “We need to become a powerful majority to turn back bigotry & inhumanity amid this fierce urgency of now—not as a coalition of humanity that agrees all the time, but one united to save democracy & to finally realize the dream of so many who gave their lives to save us,” Donna Ladd writes.mississippifreepress.orgDemocracy | ‘Whiteness’ Is an Ancient Con. We Can Defeat It.We don’t need “a coalition of humanity that agrees all the time, but one united to save democracy,” Donna Ladd writes. 12448173
Reposted by max hippKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Hell is empty and all the devils are here 191018171
Reposted by max hippsweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 01/07/2025one of the hardest things for me has been coming up with honest yet not terrifying answers when my kids ask if everything is going to be alright 1927046
Reposted by max hippmax hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Alan interviewed me about the writing (10%) and metal (90%) just for fun. Remember fun? @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social 062
max hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025I have once again missed X-ray’s short story submission window. But you should send them something! 120
max hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Have we tried giving billionaires more tax cuts? I think if they had more money, they would then rule us more benevolently. 010
max hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Big thanks to the Mississippi Arts Commission and the NEA. 030
Reposted by max hippJonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I cannot emphasize enough how much I love this book so far. @cbwell.bsky.social is a writer you should be following closely. 153
Reposted by max hippK.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 26/04/2025some books you should grab on #IndieBookstoreDay! (that's today!) 🧵 35226
Reposted by max hippJon Amadeus Markley @xjamarkleyx.bsky.social · 24/04/2025it’s a PERE UBU day. youtu.be/RxgkTS4qWxI?...youtu.bePere Ubu - The Hearpen Singles 1995 | Full | New Wave - Experimental - Art RockYouTube video by Dark Tendencies 051
Reposted by max hippCorey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Absolutely thrilled to have a story published with Smokelong Quarterly! Thank you so much to all of the editors! You can read or listen to it here: www.smokelong.com/stories/miss-texa…smokelong.comMiss Texas Considers Talking About Her Tooth - SmokeLong QuarterlyMy sister, who became Miss El Paso and then Miss Texas, is on stage about to answer the What would you do to change the world question to become Miss America. She looks close to God under those hot la... 2164
Reposted by max hippK.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 04/04/2025New York, friends! Something fun, artistic, & renewing to the soul happening in your town tonight! @silviapark.bsky.social ⚡️⚡️⚡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/silvia-par... 2132
Reposted by max hippBud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Here’s a new short story called “After Passaic” @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social farewelltransmission.net/2025/04/afte...farewelltransmission.netAFTER PASSAIC - Farewell TransmissionBy Bud Smith Last night I broke a rib kicking a balloon. I went flying like Home Alone, Marv and Harry, landed on my side and damn it hurt. Sometime around sunset the following day I was at Miriam’s 8... 062
Reposted by max hippBill Merklee @bmerklee.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Completely knocked out that one of my longer short stories, "All the Small Things," will be included in Issue 18 of Stanchion Magazine (@stanchion.bsky.social) next month. They're taking discounted pre-orders if you're so inclined: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...stanchionzine.comStanchion Magazine Issue 18 | StanchionThis is a pre-order for Issue 18 of Stanchion Magazine. Expected to be published and shipped directly to you in April 2025.The issue will be approximately 90 elegantly uncoated pages full of short sto... 2156
Reposted by max hippStanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Really proud to have been making Stanchion Magazine for 5 years now. Also really proud of Issue 18 feat. writing & visual art by 25 contributors from around the world. Please consider pre-ordering a copy today. You'll have it in hand in late April. 🖤🤍 www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... 24717
Reposted by max hippThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/03/2025He’s so close to getting it 764268004563
Reposted by max hippMatthew Wesley Smith @matthewwesleysmith.bsky.social · 30/03/2025youtu.be/6qfBuSld9j4?... Some MWS music: “Blue Star” Available in the gettin’ places.youtu.beBlue StarYouTube video by Matthew Wesley Smith - Topic 021
Reposted by max hipphaylie swenson @hayliebswenson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Just a huge fucking slut for public goods and services 0132
Reposted by max hippGrit Quarterly @gritquarterly.bsky.social · 06/03/2025We would love to read your work. Please submit for our Summer Issue using the link below. While you're at it, please consider becoming a sustaining member of our little community. Membership includes voting rights and a complimentary year-end print edition of the journal. tinyurl.com/Grit-Quarter...tinyurl.comGrit Quarterly Submissions/MembershipPlease click the link to complete this form. 052
Reposted by max hippDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 03/03/2025Extended Interview: Mark Graham on Internet Archive's Work Preserving the Web as Gov't Sites Go Darkdemocracynow.orgExtended Interview: Mark Graham on Internet Archive’s Work Preserving the Web as Gov’t Sites Go DarkExtended interview with Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. He is also part of the End of Term Archive for federal websites. 225173
Reposted by max hippDonna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025🚨 60,000 followers of @mississippifreepress.org as of today! This is a LOT for local media in US. Thank you, ow @bsky.app folk for being so good to us here! 05911
Reposted by max hippInternet Archive @archive.org · 01/03/2025Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️ Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w... What's at stake? 🧵blog.archive.orgWyden to FTC: Stop digital “bait-and-switch” sales | Internet Archive Blogs 8941971070
Reposted by max hippWilliam Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Honored to have a story in this upcoming Hitchcock anthology, edited by Maxim Jakubowski. What an incredible TOC. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/797579... 182
max hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Alan interviewed me about the writing (10%) and metal (90%) just for fun. Remember fun? @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social 062
Reposted by max hippMrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 24/02/2025"I’ve always been drawn to people who were a little banged up, a little wobbly on their feet. I think, most likely, because I’ve always felt that way. I’ve always been balancing on the edge of trying and giving up." @frank212.bsky.social #willyvlautin mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-... 021
max hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Listen: I just taught a class where students discussed short stories AND poems. We’re gonna win this thing! 180
Reposted by max hippdawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 09/02/2025every hack you see online, your grandma already knows. she knows all the secret best ways to do everything. it's nanatechnology 351728226
max hipp @maxissippi.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Getting excited about this new collection coming out on cowboy jams @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social 142
Reposted by max hippMatthew Wesley Smith @m-w-s.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Elon Musk’s famed SWASTICAR dreams of self-driving on an April day in Mexico City. “Tesla Crushed by an Olmec Head”, by artist Chavis Mármol, 2024. #swasticar #swastikkkar 1309
