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Richard Gerlach

@rudy53088

He/Him, writer, reviewer, horror and ska enthusiast. Also, host of the podcast Staring Into the Abyss.

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30.03.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This book is such a great read

30.03.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
There is an impulse in moments like this to appeal to self-interest. To say: These horrors you are allowing to happen, they will come to your doorstep one day; to repeat the famous phrase about who they came for first and who they'll come for next. But this appeal cannot, in matter of fact, work. If the people well served by a system that condones such butchery ever truly believed the same butchery could one day be inflicted on them, they'd tear the system down tomorrow. And anyway, by the time such a thing happens, the rest of us will already be dead.
No, there is no terrible thing coming for you in some distant future, but know that a terrible thing is happening to you now. You are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice. You are being asked to dismantle the machinery of a functioning conscience.
Who cares if diplomatic expediency prefers you shrug away the sight of dismembered children? Who cares if great distance from the bloodstained middle allows obliviousness. Forget pity, forget even the dead if you must, but at least fight against the theft of your soul.

There is an impulse in moments like this to appeal to self-interest. To say: These horrors you are allowing to happen, they will come to your doorstep one day; to repeat the famous phrase about who they came for first and who they'll come for next. But this appeal cannot, in matter of fact, work. If the people well served by a system that condones such butchery ever truly believed the same butchery could one day be inflicted on them, they'd tear the system down tomorrow. And anyway, by the time such a thing happens, the rest of us will already be dead. No, there is no terrible thing coming for you in some distant future, but know that a terrible thing is happening to you now. You are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice. You are being asked to dismantle the machinery of a functioning conscience. Who cares if diplomatic expediency prefers you shrug away the sight of dismembered children? Who cares if great distance from the bloodstained middle allows obliviousness. Forget pity, forget even the dead if you must, but at least fight against the theft of your soul.

One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, β€œOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.

29.03.2025 20:31 πŸ‘ 11544 πŸ” 4370 πŸ’¬ 129 πŸ“Œ 166

Just give Noah Wyle all the Emmy’s

28.03.2025 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dudes with no badges or ID grabbing you off the street when you haven't committed a crime is what the Second Amendment is for.

27.03.2025 18:25 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
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Sister Nancy opening her set with Redemption Song at Supernova in 2023 with @estmusic.bsky.social backing her.

Video: youtu.be/q6IvXArm2yY
supernovaska.com

27.03.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I can't watch this and say nothing. The arrest of people lawfully here because of things they have said is nothing short of creating a new class of political prisoners.

Then sweeping them away to Louisiana to evade the rule of law is atrocious.

We cannot stay silent.

27.03.2025 05:11 πŸ‘ 3660 πŸ” 1114 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 32

the great irony here is that most U.S. "publicly funded" news orgs barely get any public funding. As a result they're feckless shadows of the full potential of publicly funded journalism, while still being portrayed as some sort of demonic socialist caricatures by authoritarian zealots

26.03.2025 15:23 πŸ‘ 480 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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World Athletics to introduce mandatory sex testing for female competitions Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, says the governing body feels the mandatory tests for athletes are "a really important way of providing confidence".

Welp, here it is. World Athletics is going back to mandatory sex testing for all women. This is something that was done for years, but abandoned in the 1990's because it was invasive, discriminatory, and also useless. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...

25.03.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 883 πŸ” 385 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 103

It’s fantastic

25.03.2025 18:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone here watching the show Common Side Effects?

25.03.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

EXPLORER 1: what should we name this new land we found

EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland

EXPLORER 1: damn that’s fucken good

25.03.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 23962 πŸ” 1685 πŸ’¬ 425 πŸ“Œ 97
cartoon illustration of the author delivering her famous quote

We live in capitalism. It's power seems inescapable. So did the Divine Right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.

cartoon illustration of the author delivering her famous quote We live in capitalism. It's power seems inescapable. So did the Divine Right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.

Ursula K LeGuin

25.03.2025 08:06 πŸ‘ 761 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
George W Bush looking like a dumb shit messing with a computer

George W Bush looking like a dumb shit messing with a computer

trying to get added to the national security group chat

24.03.2025 23:36 πŸ‘ 340 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

Added to my kindle

25.03.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A graphic with the header "Southern gothic horror novelette". Below to the left is the cover of Reap, Sow, featuring an angry, elderly woman half enshrouded in shadow beside text from author blurbs praising Reap, Sow as addictive, atmospheric, gripping, terrifying, and a masterwork of dread and tension. Across the bottom is the text, "Available on Amazon".

A graphic with the header "Southern gothic horror novelette". Below to the left is the cover of Reap, Sow, featuring an angry, elderly woman half enshrouded in shadow beside text from author blurbs praising Reap, Sow as addictive, atmospheric, gripping, terrifying, and a masterwork of dread and tension. Across the bottom is the text, "Available on Amazon".

It's πŸŽ‰RELEASE DAYπŸŽ‰

My southern gothic novelette following Lucky Boyle as she tries to escape a nightmarish landscape trying to make itself look like her home is out now!!! #booksky

Grab a copy of REAP, SOW from Amazon: www.amazon.com/Reap-Sow-S-H...

Read reviews: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

24.03.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 16

we only have a future if we abandon capitalism.

17.03.2025 02:58 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Speaking of @0mnig0ne.bsky.social - did you see Adam performing Fugazi's Waiting Room with @mustardplug.bsky.social in 2023?

Video: youtu.be/n06Vl0ck9DQ

23.03.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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If you love horns and skacore then hopefully you caught Los Mal Hablados last year! They opened the day right with tons of energy.

Video: youtu.be/WgupzwVNXgQ

24.03.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

OMG! It's here at last! Cover reveal for my book THE FAKE GHOST designed by awesome @shanepierce.bsky.social Chuffed! A racist, sexist, homophonic USA president gets his comeuppance when he's reborn as an African baby in this dark & comedic magical realism farce🀣 Can't wait to share this! Out Aug 12

25.03.2025 07:31 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Musk excluded by Vance

Musk excluded by Vance

25.03.2025 11:34 πŸ‘ 3937 πŸ” 633 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 42

But her emails tho

25.03.2025 12:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My personal hell is listening to Breakcore on repeat because it helps a student focus. I am going to go insane.

25.03.2025 12:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’―% A.I. free.
www.bishopriderbooks.com

25.02.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

If you can do the audiobooks

10.02.2025 21:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

do you think kendrick lamar knows what skacore is

10.02.2025 00:15 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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I got a nice little package of #horrorbooks from @valancourtbooks.bsky.social. Currently reading The Scarf and it’s fantastic.

09.02.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck this hurts…

07.02.2025 22:33 πŸ‘ 3179 πŸ” 472 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 25