Never underestimate the bone-deep confidence of the morally bankrupt and stupid. They will always find new ways to make things worse.

Best of luck…to your fictional characters..in their protests against what I could only assume would be some sort of fascist police-like force that is driving around cities with impunity. If I had to guess what you’re writing.

Again, this is strictly here for informational purposes for writers. These are all hypothetical actions any fictional protestor could realistically do to any vehicle that they feel needs to be hindered or slowed so it can’t continue doing whatever awful thing it is doing in the fictional cities.

-Frozen shrimp shoved in the space between wipers and a vehicle hood will thaw later and smell even later.
-Great Stuff brand spray foam nozzles fit under vehicle door handles.

-Diesel added to a gasoline tank (or vice-versa) will stop a vehicle after a couple miles. Will need extensive flushing to get working again.
-Super glue nozzles fit in key slots very easily.
-Globs of petroleum jelly on windshield wipers is usually noticed too late.

-Removing the valves inside the tire stem is easy with a very cheap tool available online and at every auto store. Without the valve the tire will never hold air.
-Moth balls in a gas tank are easier and far more effective than sugar or sand and only need a pencil to shove them past the vapor cap.

The following realistic actions that would work in the real world are provided for informational purposes only:
-Puncturing the side wall of a tire is easier and faster than slashing but works just the same. A 6 inch or longer flat head is all that’s needed. Remember: firm grip and it’ll be loud.

Over on another app I shared some help for #writers and it blew up. So, I figured I’d offer what I could here, as well, in case anyone is looking to write an entirely fictional scenario where an anarchist protestor needed to potentially hinder some vehicles. For whatever reason…purely fictional.

Picture of Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt from the show Parks & Recreation

Picture of Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson from the show Parks & Recreation

“Inside you are two wolves…”

My wolves:

Amazing historic conservation schools are in this country, a few even nearby. There’s structure/components in there from the 1800’s that could be preserved and either reused or used as study materials.
Of course it is just getting destroyed.
Every MAGA should feel this pain everyday, in perpetuity.

Damn, Beau, that sucks and I’m sorry. I’m glad I’ve had my copies for a while but I’m constantly sharing your work with others.
How long until you can find a new home for them?

There’s belief that when people reach a certain age, their lives are often less exciting.
Well, today I had a red-breasted nuthatch AND a chestnut-backed chickadee fight over my birdfeeder while I stood two feet away waiting for one of dogs to finish their business.
So…I think we’re owed an apology.

And another thing, this applies world wide. I’m from the US, but live in Canada. I’ve traveled the world and I hear these same phrases all over. Don’t ignore the problem if you aren’t in the US. It’s all our problem to stop a bully whenever we can.

The only, and I mean ONLY way to shut up a bully is to junk punch. Figurative or literal. A good in-their-face rebuttal is a great start.

Just yell it, in their face, and keep yelling it until they shut up. Remind them that they’re not on the right side of this, in spite of their unearned confidence in the contrary.

Haven’t posted in a while, but in case there’s confusion on where I stand:

I really think we need to normalize guttural yelling “shut the f*ck up, you racist asshole” every time someone says “illegals” or “aliens” or really any idiotic, hateful MAGA phrase!

White background with black letters 2025: schools will be closed for high winds 1986: Tornado happening. Go in hall and put a book on your head. Also we are having pizza for lunch.

I typically don’t like to engage in these nostalgia memes because they’re usually thinly veiled insults at current generations, but I gotta say this one was pretty accurate. I remember doing this exact drill in 1985.
I’m very happy to see times have changed.

It’s tragic that the US is being systematically destroyed by the literal dumbest of us. Like this should be a tv show with a laugh track on Friday night on NBC.
“I’m going to put tariffs on the penguin island.”
*laugh track*
Zany assistant, “Emperor penguins got it coming to ‘em!”
*laugh track*

Can’t tell you how glad I am to be here.
🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp

Yes, SPARTAN!! Damn, that should have been a much bigger hit. Near perfect espionage thriller. The scene in interrogation alone was worth the price of admission.

It’s so awesome that the guy in charge of health for a nation is using his vast knowledge of forwarded emails from everyone’s aunt about poison in envelope glue and how body toxins can be pulled out of your feet, instead of verified and validated medical knowledge.

I should be social again. Or as social as a phone app I idly scroll through will allow.
So, here goes:
I’m a new 🇨🇦 but old GenX who 💕 all things horror, sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, and every iteration of cross-genre these allow.
I game.
I write words.
I build stuff.
I cook.
Thanks for following.

HHHHIIIIIII!!!!!!

I’m A.S. and newly 🇨🇦
I write thrillers and horror, mostly in short stories and novellas.
My current WIP:
Fast, chaotic carnage in frontier town.

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@crobertcargill.bsky.social Congratulations to you, Scott, and the whole team behind The Gorge. Really dug the world building and would love to see an anthology of Hollow Men stories. Think there’s interesting POVs waiting there.
Also congrats for bringing such a great cast, especially Sigourney.

“I stockpile guns to fight back against a potentially tyrannical government who wants to destroy my home…unless they are an actual tyrannical government set on destroying someone else’s home in which case I’m fine…”

-Every NRA/2A jackass right now

I just saw it this weekend prominently on a shelf with other indigenous writers at a gas station convenience store outside Nanaimo, BC.

The world is a little more fascist each day.

Best to take 30sec and just watch some snow fall in slo-mo.

Take a breath.
Watch the snow.

Then go give them hell.

Great advice.
And for those who have difficulty making a fist, a closed hand strike keeping your fingers straight and making contact with your palm works, as does a heel strike with your hand back using the heel of your palm to make contact.
Ultimately, just use what you can.

New Colossus is my favorite of the series. Youngblood is just fun, until the final battle.