Michael McSweeney
@mpmcsweeney
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writer & editor | ex-newsman @blockworks_, @theblock__, @coindesk | novel forthcoming from @expatlitj
Massachusetts
Joined October 2013
I'm back in the pages of the inestimable @xraylitmag with a story about the news, making the news, being the news. Thank you @joshuahebburn for believing in this one.
a great story by Michael McSweeney @mpmcsweeney !! 'City Desk' is about a reporter who gets paid to write about dreams. after getting carjacked, fired, & having a bunch of strange conversations, dream & reality start to feel like they're blending. https://t.co/VZLl0UTsf6
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Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. Batman Begin
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Trying to dodge a new Abu Ghraib moment before the midterms
UPDATE: The “60 Minutes” segment on CECOT, which reflects very negatively on Trump administration, was fully ready and had been meticulously fact-checked and lawyered. The admin had declined to comment. Bari Weiss saw segment on Friday and, I’m told, decided to hold it.
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very cool thing that Gregory and Ursula are doing with this site and a great list here (Vesaas, Fosse, Solstad, Laxness specifically) - also grateful to @gregorymconway for including Heartfelt Anything
Here is the Lønningspils year end post. Our thoughts on anticipated 2026 releases + we have @cloglover69 & I's favourite reads of the year + the main event, The Top 10 Nordic Releases in Translation, 2025. Gott nytt år! https://t.co/o59g607M5j
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Roblox reading when
i have a secret "readership"/"hits" target for burial mag. goal is to hit it by the end of the year. almost there. please keep juicing those numbers. re-read your favorite pieces. share them on here or wherever else. like, read them to your kids. your kids will put them in roblox
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Life of Brian
Name a film with an ensemble cast where the whole cast had incredible performances.
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Genuinely curious if Trump will be the first American president subjected to a form of damnatio memoriae
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Song of my people
what is it about boston that something like this is always happening on the street there
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Well at least they aren't hiding the naked imperialism anymore
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of
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RAGE, the new chapbook by author & Thirty West founder @jdalewrites is available for preorder! Drops everywhere on 12-26-25. Limited editions & charitable giving. This fiction chapbook bears our new colophon; the first of many new adventures with the chapbook corp.
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Nevermind, I just broke my wrist
Gonna read my new story at a local open mic tomorrow
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