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David Elsensohn

@merelydave

He/Him thriving in a desert east of the sprawling, stylish, culturally-infused and conflicted land of Angels, and, when not overcome with apathy, writing. Likes burritos.

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Welcome to the Buck. What can I getcha?

13.02.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

The Kickstarter for our next Anthology, Missed-Fits, is now launched and roaring and wandering around knocking over expensive little items from shelves.

Have a look if you like. If this gets funded we will get to work bringing you a basket of excellent fiction.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cal...

10.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our third, and most odd and misplaced, anthology is launching soon. I swallowed my dignity and agreed to be the editor for this one.

19.11.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Horses of Pazyryk by S. L. Harris All those long black winter afternoons, I hid in the belly of the museum surrounded by the ghosts of horses screaming. Their golden bridle ornaments shone in the greenish light, their ...

We've been so happy with the responses the stories in "Intergalactic Rejects," we'd like to share them with even more people. Therefore, we're going to offer the original stories for free, individually, a few weeks at a time, starting with "The Horses of Pazyryk" by @slharris.bsky.social .

11.08.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

the people obsessed with "ideological diversity" in online spaces are the same people who experience none in their daily lives

13.06.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 2996 πŸ” 398 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 17
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Largest Trans Survey Ever: Top Reason Trans People Stop Transitioning Is Transphobia β€œIn almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to β€˜detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community.”

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning.

- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.

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11.06.2025 22:11 πŸ‘ 9219 πŸ” 3934 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 142
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ICE crossed a line in LA

08.06.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 24782 πŸ” 12016 πŸ’¬ 794 πŸ“Œ 1358

Sure you’ve lost your life savings but hey at least you can say all the slurs you want in the break room of the job you no longer have

07.04.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 4631 πŸ” 834 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 20

Work-wise, I'm told it's also more difficult to get off.

20.12.2024 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's dizzying to think about how easily and noiselessly you can be plucked from your life and entered into a system built to manufacture the justification of your murder and no amount of love or evidence, no visibility, no mobilization of a community formed under your name can save you

24.09.2024 23:21 πŸ‘ 2031 πŸ” 849 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 9

"Closing this issue as there has been no activity in... fifteen minutes."

06.06.2024 19:56 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0