Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.https://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrojhmd7tk2vMy 12 and I saw this four-eyed knight’s helmet at the Philadelphia Museum of Art so he drew “That one weird knight in the crusade.” Zoom in for the crest featuring an angel with a chainsaw and a crotch message about Christ.28 Jul 2026 03:58 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrojhmd7tk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mroixt4zi223Well here's a crisis we can almost all do something about, so that's a silver lining [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroixt4zi223https://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mroiq3bczk23I saw The Odyssey w/ my 12 who loved it like I loved Excalibur when I was his age. Some scenes will stay w/ me, the movie prob not. I asked a friend who studies ancient Greek. She wouldn't comment on Nolan, but told me to watch The Return. My god, I made it 1/2 hr before I was overwhelmed by grief.28 Jul 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroiq3bczk23https://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrnxjquagk2wThe most important thing said at the Trump rally today. They’ve been laying this groundwork a long time. Doesn’t mean they’ll really go for it, but it does mean we should proceed as if they will. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnxjquagk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrlt6mgru224Tough editor27 Jul 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlt6mgru224https://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrkznojogc2cOne of the countless little bricks of which Christian nationalism is built beyond the gaze of both mainstream media and online “everybody knows” cycles. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkznojogc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrkvt4h7fc2qWhat if… all of Trumpism’s attacks on speech, protest, dissent, “culture” was simultaneously understood as targeted at whichever group it appeals to be targeted at *and* in service of a conscious & subconscious rejection of the reality of climate change, the biggest of all Big Bads?26 Jul 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkvt4h7fc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrkl5o5bfk2cYes, tho would also assume that outside even a relatively small political subculture in this relatively small online community, the vast majority don’t know Musk said this. Which is also a problem. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkl5o5bfk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrjadwu34k2aLittle short story here [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjadwu34k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrj4lwnlwk2aSince a certain movie is in the public consciousness: this obscenity — in the Greek sense of the term — is like something out of an ancient play. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iran-war-widow-says-nobody-in-trump-admin-has-called-to-explain-husbands-removal-from-death-toll_n_6a650276e4b021af4925ac39?origin=home-latest-news-unit26 Jul 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrj4lwnlwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mriwnzvuwc2aThis is the End25 Jul 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mriwnzvuwc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrhymurs3s2oI earnestly believe this is a case for child protective services. These are not fit parents. The AI aspect is vile; but the systemized grooming of teenagers as profit machines is child abuse. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhymurs3s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrhtna5tms2fImperial guard [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhtna5tms2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mrh2k6wiqc2aAbout Trump’s 2028 hat tonight, reported on as a “joke,” which it is, but not as serious, which it also is —from my book The Undertow, a passage on Trump’s rhetorical “joking / not-joking” method of moving plans into possibility:25 Jul 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrh2k6wiqc2a