Despise spreading this, but, man: how much longer is it feasible to even stay in the United States? Trying to hold on for 2028—the hope of 2028, which may very well break my heart again—but, man, I don’t know: may not be anything left to hold onto?
Same way I’ve got a place to archive reader tats, figure I should do the same for magazine covers. These are the ones I can remember. Will try to keep them in order, so you can my hair go from not-grey to quite silvery, like, you know, a yak (think there’s another “not-old hair” shot
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/science/china-fossils-ancient-humans-homo-juluensis-denisovans DVD is dead. Long live DVD. Romero Was Right https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/books/indie-bookshop-e-books.html Newly discovered fungal species makes zombies of cave spiders on island of Ireland Op-ed: It’s okay to be angry at anyone who voted for Trump https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/notes-on-sweet-child-o-mine-as-delivered-to-axl-rose-by-his-editor https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/obituaries/tom-robins-dead.html https://creativetime.org/programs/archive/1990/TheBlackSheep/BlackSheep.htm
Well, not really. But I do like ZZ Top.Aanyway, honored to be on the cover of Writer’s Digest—thing I never even considered: Got another cover coming next week, too, but shh, can’t say it yet. Also, many thanks to Lauren Deschain, for this kind of fun:
Was a great time, Saturday. Very cool venue, too: The Lyric. I’d like to catch a film there someday.
Got to talk about it with friends: Episode 016: Father, Son, Holy Rabbit by Stephen Graham Jones by radicaledward Read on Substack
finally remembered to post this when the hands struck “10!” Mark Zuckerberg Defends Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Facebook Headquarters – The Onion https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/science/antarctica-deep-ice-core/index.html Limerick granted ownership of her works – Longmont Times Call https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/11/03/tina-fey-profile-anchor-woman https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/science/giant-sea-bug-darth-vader-vietnam/index.html https://screenrant.com/the-monkey-2025-movie-osgood-perkins-stephen-king-story-change-reaction https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/18/oldest-gun-in-us-arizona/77802506007 https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/how-sleeping-pills-interfere-with-the-brains-internal-cleaning-mechanism https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/books/clay-mcleod-chapman.html
I used to keep track/embed/link fun stuff from Twitter, “Birdlandia,” when I was there. Not there anymore. Only on BlueSky. So, let’s see how & if this works: These are only seeable if you’re logged onto BlueSky, I think? meaning, they’re just links: https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanslater.bsky.social/post/3ldsxst2clk2y https://bsky.app/profile/pengarr.postes.club/post/3lecwjvjmis27
but also: (and, no didn’t watch—was doing an interview about writing novels, doing art. or maybe Art. both? both) late add: And, coupled of even later additions that are too excellent (see: “sad”) to not stash here:
wow: first time I’ve done one of these where I’m not checking the “paleo” category—still reading a lot of it, of course, just probably not logging it. also, have found a YouTube channel or two that does little mini-documentaries on the stuff, so, you know: something to watch over lunch, each day . . .
And my episode’s up first, on Substack, from Etch. This was so much fun to shoot—so great, working with professionals, with people who care about horror and what it can do. Nothing but an honor: First Word on Horror – Sneak Preview by Philip Gelatt Stephen Graham Jones on horror, Texas, and escape. Read on
Okay, maybe “12” is a better round number for these? I seem to be not-great at remembering “10.” Surprisingly thick ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa complicates hunt for life | Science | AAAS https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/science/mirror-bacteria-research-risks/index.html Archaeo-Histories: “A 2300 year-old Horse Headdres…” – ohai.social https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/europe/baby-mammoth-russian-crater-preserved-intl-latam World’s Deadliest Rat Can Kill An Elephant With 1 Bite How
Craziest fullest year. Think I had eight weekends in a row where I was doing an event in a different city—well, I say “eight,” but . . . I actually ended up having to cancel the eighth, Miami. Was bummed, as the Rock Bottom Remainders were performing. But, knee was all sloshy with cortisone from,
Well, almost posted this before it went over “10?” And, this post looks way-weird on the main/”home” page. But, it’s normal once you click. Who knows. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/12/26/nobel-prize-all-that-glitters https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/science/neanderthal-fossil-extinction-grotte-mandrin-france/index.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14174993/dogs-chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-mutated-new-superpower.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/neanderthals-may-have-had-explosive-strength-thanks-to-their-bell-shaped-ribcages/ar-AA1vOaLC https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/scientists-discovered-50-000-year-old-viruses-in-neanderthal-dna-that-could-help-explain-their-mysterious-extinction/ar-BB1nKNuC http://www.jmdematteis.com/2010/09/story-behind-huntagain.html https://open.substack.com/pub/briankeene/p/letters-from-the-labyrinth-407 https://hollywoodprogressive.com/literature/william-gibson ‘Dog-Like’ Fossil Discovery May Be Oldest Known Saber-Toothed Animal – Newsweek Scientists Discovered a New Human Species That Defies Conventional Wisdom
Few of these have shown up, but I’ve been forgetting to post them. Maybe I’ll get a pack at some point too? But I doubt I snap this nice a pic of it:
