BUNNY WITH ISSUES. @JoshuaWickers

The cover and synopsis of Jane Schoenbrun’s (‘I SAW THE TV GLOW’) debut novel ‘PUBLIC ACCESS AFTERWORLD,’ releasing October 27, has been revealed: A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. Public Access Afterworld is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of I Saw the TV Glow “Public Access Afterworld gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven’t encountered since David Mitchell.”—Torrey Peters “Thrilling, heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work by a major writer.”—Paul Tremblay “I stayed up all night binge-reading.”—SenLinYu Find the receiver. Make it real. At 5:35pm on September 3rd, 1988, Dallas weatherman Ray “Can You Say Sunshine” Davino makes passing reference to Public Access Afterworld during a rambling monologue, right before he puts a gun to his head on live television and pulls the trigger. On June 12th, 2009, David Sawyer and Erin Morrison, two lonely, TV-obsessed suburban teens who might be falling in love, gather in Erin’s basement to watch TV’s analog-to-digital transition. But in the static that follows, Erin witnesses surreal broadcasts from a pirate TV network called Public Access Afterworld and their lives are changed forever. Seventeen years later, Bethany Peters toils through the night shift at megacorp GlobalVill’s bleak Austin campus. A trans content moderator, she spends her evenings reviewing an endless stream of horrific videos. But then a young streamer begins to crop up in her feed calling out to Public Access Afterworld. But what is Public Access Afterworld?   Spanning decades and realities, with an unforgettable ensemble of outcasts and nerds, especially the messy but wholly relatable Bethany who must overcome paranoia and self-doubt to transform into a hero of our times, Public Access Afterworld will have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mashup of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy, it marks the arrival of a major new force in contemporary fiction by a groundbreaking filmmaker who’s been compared to David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson. (🔗: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782105/p…)

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sometimes i call my other cat “snooby” instead of “snuffy.” i do this because he is a silly snooby little snoo snoo mcgoo, yes he is

sometimes i call my cat “bus tour” instead of “buster.” when i do this i picture him as a bus driver in a mildly touristy town, perhaps a historical village in new england. he shares local trivia through the intercom as he drives by. no one understands him because he is a cat

Roxy Lalonde ,,, my fave alpha kid

oh gaia online. one day i will make a video about you in an appreciative-but-not-fawning way. may it be popular enough for a decently sized cash infusion to the site but not so popular that it causes everything to implode

YES!!! YES!!!! I KNEW THERE WAS A REASON I'M STILL ON THIS TERRIBLE WEBSITE

like oh i see you're trying to lay down some paths. hope you don't mind if i veer into your interaction boundary repeatedly no matter how hard you try to get away from me

i think they stole the animal crossing new horizons villager pathfinding from whatever causes my cats to decide to run directly under my feet as i'm trying to climb the stairs

@pixelprayer Hi fluffy:3

some of this is intentional vagueposting but just as much of it are people posting stuff intended for their circle of 15 mutuals who would already know what they're talking about. all of it is treated the same by this new algorithm

the rise of "context?" replies on every single post is solid proof of how broken the algorithm is now. we've gone beyond ragebait engagement and into confusion farming. you'll interact longer if you can't figure out wtf people are talking about

@heyshipz Hi kirby hoy ya doing:3

@higary__

Happy 2026 everybody! DELTARUNE Chapter 5 is on track to release later this year! The translation is already underway. Here are some lines I took from the translation sheet.

WE FIGHT ON, because we DO care. Kids deserve *real* safety, & that includes access to information & MORE privacy, not LESS! —no SCREEN act —no KOSA —no Section 230 changes —no age verification/restrictions —no online digital ID CALL 202-224-3121

the algorithm seems to have adjusted to heavily promote posts that are clearly very personal/niche/intended for a small circle of friends which is. alarming to say the least

@RealRubyGillman Hi Chelsea:3

Say hi to LUCA or have a terrible 2026

@lunarfq Hi luca:3

I hate this feeling when everyone ignores us and no help reaches us, as if we are just numbers. PLEASE, IF YOU SEE MY WORDS, LEAVE A DOT. IT’S JUST A DOT.

Pop Base @PopBase

7 months ago

16 years ago today, the first Black Disney princess debuted.

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