John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 19hReally been an especially great last couple weeks on @flaminghydra.com, The Best Website. 0111
Reposted by John SawardLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It costs money to run this newsletter and pay my writers. Subscriptions of late are – I wouldn't say "in free fall" or "taking a nosedive" – but not exactly great. If you've ever wanted to support our work here now would be a good time. Here's 33% off www.welcometohellworld.com/33offwelcometohellworld.comWelcome to Hell World 56138
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Summer baseball is one of the last good, weird things because once a night out from the waiting room ennui of two glum long relievers junking sliders and “steal a base, steal a deal” promos for Pittsburgh oil changes comes a frame that just messes you up. 1191
Reposted by John SawardFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 28/08/2026TODAY: Nathan Munn with part 1 of the sprawling and disturbing story of the man behind the porn juggernaut Pornhub, who would ultimately “amass huge wealth and transform the porn industry into a mainstream force, consequences be damned.” flaminghydra.com/the-pirate-o...flaminghydra.comThe Pirate of PornhubHow a hacker took over the porn industry and disrupted the internet 15816
Reposted by John SawardMaria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 21/08/2026I read some of Jason Arday's work over the last few days and studied the events leading up to his death a bit and wrote about it at @flaminghydra.com. I hope people will talk about this man and his career more and more, in years to come. r.i.p. flaminghydra.com/issue-632/ 312331
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Before I moved to Chicago for good me & Maggie were doing long distance, I was in CT, and a few visits I drove out. For lots of those rides I was re-listening to old Distraction episodes, just me in the car with Some Good Guys, talking about Thanksgiving sides & backup QBs as I crossed into Indiana 080
Reposted by John Sawardgiri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Russell Westbrook was total:defector.comRussell Westbrook Was Total | DefectorIt’s hard to imagine now—like imagining an era when man did not know the sun was huge, hot, and bright—but there was a time when we did not yet understand Russell Westbrook as a basketball player. Slo... 28912
Reposted by John SawardColin McGowan @csmcgowan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I don't know, I'm in the mood to share this again. flaminghydra.com/the-paramete...flaminghydra.comThe ParametersOn the bed in the evening, when the air is cool, I read excellent and important books while she watches movies on her iPad. I hate the iPad. The moving images in my peripheral vision distract me from ... 074
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Wrote about James Gandolfini for The Small Bow www.thesmallbow.com/p/eulogy-jam...thesmallbow.comEulogy: James Gandolfini“He’s drinking more, not just some rowdy nights but something closer to gone, way out there, disappearing for longer and longer.” 2629180
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Watched Night Moves tonight. Great, sad. All the disgusting and pathetic routines waiting after your glory days are over, and this twisted kinship you have with them, because without them you'd have nothing at all. You've got too much gut and too little hair for an ego; instead you have the job. 271
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The school across the street used to do little kid summer camp outside but now they can't, because the sky's all fucked-up from doing Business; you used to be able to do lots of stuff but now you can't, they said your food was going to cost this much forever and you bought it anyway but now you cant 0110
Reposted by John SawardMaria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 26/06/2026Challenge accepted ('really good' tbd) flaminghydra.com/issue-594/flaminghydra.comBein’ green / Big cityReally good writer Maria Bustillos accepts a reader challenge; photos by Tod Seelie bring a vanished New York City back to life 55114
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Wrote about the little thrill of getting the job done flaminghydra.com/men-at-work/flaminghydra.comMen at WorkThe first weekend after we moved into our apartment I rented a U-Haul to pick up some furniture way out in the suburbs. This was about four years ago now. We’d been eating all our meals sitting on the... 1325
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Flaming Hydra is one of the truly great, special things on the internet. Here's an entry I loved from a couple weeks ago flaminghydra.com/issue-570/flaminghydra.comServed coldA thriller from Nathan Munn 0103
Reposted by John SawardLake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 24/05/2026Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: 010319
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I've seen Marc Andreessen with a beard; with no beard; chubby with a lordly pride; chubby and ashamed; slimmed down suddenly via medicine and drowning in his old clothes; at "innovation conferences" straining for gravitas, and no matter what he simply cannot stop having a head that looks like that. 2344
Reposted by John SawardDavid Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Brown University cut a deal with the Trump administration in July, adopting a slate of anti-DEI policies—and agreeing to send student data to the government—in exchange for funding. I talked to students, faculty, and alumni who argue it was a capitulation and expressed fear. At @flaminghydra.comflaminghydra.comAgainst Tyranny?In its first months back in power in 2025, the Trump White House launched an unprecedented attack on U.S. universities. To eliminate what the Department of Education called “nebulous goals such as div... 515553
Reposted by John SawardLake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 13/05/2026Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: 0384
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The app itself is junk (search bar often just disappears from the interface; movies crash halfway through) but there's something called "Movie Vault" on Roku and the Crime section on there is just loaded with free/no-ads 60s/70s classics, grimy noir stuff, long-ass cars and disgraced detectives. 181
Reposted by John SawardJOE MACLEOD 666 @joemacleod666.bsky.social · 05/05/2026FLAME-BROILED JOURNALISM - flaminghydra.com#/portal/signup 111016
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Wrote about Harry Dean Stanton for The Small Bow www.thesmallbow.com/p/it-was-rig...thesmallbow.comIt Was Right There on His FaceHarry Dean Stanton didn't need to act like a character. 26814
Reposted by John SawardLake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 08/04/2026Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: 0275
Reposted by John SawardLake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 11/03/2026Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: 0258
Reposted by John SawardFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 24/02/2026SUBSCRIBE TO MAGAZINE WORLD! A new Flaming Hydra tier with a print issue coming soon, plus broadsides throughout the year, the first of which you can read right now! flaminghydra.com/magazine-wor...flaminghydra.comENTER the MAGAZINE WORLD of Flaming HydraIn Print. Online. All year. Enjoy the best journalism, writing and art from our cooperative of more than 65 fiery talents Love FLAMING HYDRA?? With our new top tier MAGAZINE WORLD annual subscrip... 0143
Reposted by John SawardDamon Agnos @damonagnos.bsky.social · 18/02/2026My favorite double feature was never made: 2173
Reposted by John SawardLake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 15/02/2026Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: 0368
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Wrote about Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Small Bow www.thesmallbow.com/p/like-a-sha...thesmallbow.comLike a Shadow Among Other MenTwelve years without Philip Seymour Hoffman 5325
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Flaming Hydra officially turned 2 last Friday. It's one of the truly special and exciting places on the internet. I feel proud all the time of what a great thing it is. flaminghydra.com/issue-492/flaminghydra.comAnd now we are twoCelebrating Flaming Hydra’s second birthday 2244
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Was in a bar Saturday night for the Bears game, and there really is an amazing dumb-crazy voodoo in a crowded place rising all at once from the dead during a comeback. All that begging! All these dear friends. Who's that guy? Raining sweat, babbling to himself? Who cares. You'd bail him out of jail. 1151
