Darren Mckeeman
@darren.mckeeman.net
Miscreant and known anarchist
Treasurer @capirates.org and @uspirates.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/tjcrowley
https://tjcrowley.substack.com
Treasurer @capirates.org and @uspirates.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/tjcrowley
https://tjcrowley.substack.com
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Darren Mckeeman
@darren.mckeeman.net
· Sep 1
Animal Matter
I warm her in the morning before we walk, because the first thing they check is heat.
tjcrowley.substack.com
I wrote this after reading about the military creating robots that fed on corpses.
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I recently went “undercover” at a “cult” compound.
I made it all sound a lot more exciting than it was. I find the majority of rich Berkeley citizens to be rather banal and this event did nothing to change that.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/my-evening...
I made it all sound a lot more exciting than it was. I find the majority of rich Berkeley citizens to be rather banal and this event did nothing to change that.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/my-evening...
My Evening at Lighthaven
What happens when your rich pal believes the stripper loves them?
tjcrowley.substack.com
September 26, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I recently went “undercover” at a “cult” compound.
I made it all sound a lot more exciting than it was. I find the majority of rich Berkeley citizens to be rather banal and this event did nothing to change that.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/my-evening...
I made it all sound a lot more exciting than it was. I find the majority of rich Berkeley citizens to be rather banal and this event did nothing to change that.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/my-evening...
So many people around me go on about what peptides will do for you verging on descriptions of superpowers - they even have a stack for “rapid healing” they call the “Wolverine stack”. I have also always thought telepathy would be a horrible curse… #fiction
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/bleedthrou...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/bleedthrou...
Bleedthrough
EXPERIMENT LOG — KRV-7741-C
tjcrowley.substack.com
September 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
So many people around me go on about what peptides will do for you verging on descriptions of superpowers - they even have a stack for “rapid healing” they call the “Wolverine stack”. I have also always thought telepathy would be a horrible curse… #fiction
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/bleedthrou...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/bleedthrou...
I am still trying to figure out if this is about a cryptid or not. It might be more about a liminal space.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/headway?ut...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/headway?ut...
Headway
Information gladly given but safety requires avoiding unnecessary conversation.
tjcrowley.substack.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I am still trying to figure out if this is about a cryptid or not. It might be more about a liminal space.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/headway?ut...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/headway?ut...
With all the current discourse on how AI will end humanity, read this story I wrote about how AI summons a bunch of little goblins to slowly eat us all. tjcrowley.substack.com/p/goblin-mod...
Goblin Mode
Nobody put them here.
tjcrowley.substack.com
September 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
With all the current discourse on how AI will end humanity, read this story I wrote about how AI summons a bunch of little goblins to slowly eat us all. tjcrowley.substack.com/p/goblin-mod...
This is a reprint from my Medium account but it bears republishing as we get closer to the midterms and another attempt to steal an election.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-secret...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret Order of Sacred Clowns
Culture jamming, and effective protesting.
tjcrowley.substack.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
This is a reprint from my Medium account but it bears republishing as we get closer to the midterms and another attempt to steal an election.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-secret...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-secret...
This is a reprint but it's amazing because I bet none of you knew there was a cryptid in Chicago with this many sightings in the past ten years.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-mothma...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-mothma...
The Mothman in Chicago
First published on my Medium account Apr 6, 2018
tjcrowley.substack.com
September 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is a reprint but it's amazing because I bet none of you knew there was a cryptid in Chicago with this many sightings in the past ten years.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-mothma...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-mothma...
I wrote this after reading about the military creating robots that fed on corpses.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/animal-mat...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/animal-mat...
Animal Matter
I warm her in the morning before we walk, because the first thing they check is heat.
tjcrowley.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I wrote this after reading about the military creating robots that fed on corpses.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/animal-mat...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/animal-mat...
I live on a boat and I think more people should live on abandoned oil platforms. tjcrowley.substack.com/p/dont-call-...
August 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I live on a boat and I think more people should live on abandoned oil platforms. tjcrowley.substack.com/p/dont-call-...
The Compton's Cafeteria Riot is queer history that was nearly erased until the people who lived it told their stories.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/three-year...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/three-year...
Three Years Before Stonewall
Sometime in the summer of 1966 — the exact date was never written down, because nobody thought to write it down — a police officer put his hand on a trans woman’s arm inside Compton’s Cafeteria at 101...
tjcrowley.substack.com
August 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The Compton's Cafeteria Riot is queer history that was nearly erased until the people who lived it told their stories.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/three-year...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/three-year...
RIP Dolly Parton variety.com/2026/music/n...
Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80
Dolly Parton, considered by many to be the all-time queen of country music, and star of movies such as '9 to 5,' has died at age 80.
variety.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
RIP Dolly Parton variety.com/2026/music/n...
I am sure someone out there will have fun with a map of every abandoned building in San Francisco. lucasigel.com/abandoned
Every Abandoned Building in San Francisco
lucasigel.com
August 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I am sure someone out there will have fun with a map of every abandoned building in San Francisco. lucasigel.com/abandoned
Ginger Man, aka Dyslexic Cat Name
Name the flavors if H.P. Lovecraft had owned a hip ice cream shop:
August 18, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Ginger Man, aka Dyslexic Cat Name
Hope springs eternal
August 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Hope springs eternal
I actually think something this messed up is going to come out of the neurotech sector in the next decade or so.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/latency?ut...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/latency?ut...
Latency
Your brain has been hiding something from you. For your comfort.
tjcrowley.substack.com
August 18, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I actually think something this messed up is going to come out of the neurotech sector in the next decade or so.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/latency?ut...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/latency?ut...
Reposted by Darren Mckeeman
I've gotten the biggest part of upgrading my home DONE, now I need about $500 of help to get it completely across the finish line. Every little bit counts!
gofund.me/1f8d5ee8b
gofund.me/1f8d5ee8b
Donate to I've Lived Aboard 14 Years. Time to Upgrade. , organized by Darren Mckeeman
I have lived on a sailboat in San Francisco Bay for fourteen years. Not … Darren Mckeeman needs your support for I've Lived Aboard 14 Years. Time to Upgrade.
gofund.me
August 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I've gotten the biggest part of upgrading my home DONE, now I need about $500 of help to get it completely across the finish line. Every little bit counts!
gofund.me/1f8d5ee8b
gofund.me/1f8d5ee8b
Everyone hopes people like their stories but I love it when people read mine and go “NOPE!” so I'm really excited about this.
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Darren Mckeeman (@tjcrowley)
Everyone hopes people like their stories but I love it when people read mine and go “NOPE!” so I'm really excited about this.
substack.com
August 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Everyone hopes people like their stories but I love it when people read mine and go “NOPE!” so I'm really excited about this.
substack.com/@tjcrowley/n...
substack.com/@tjcrowley/n...
The existence of a Substack implies that the existence of a Dom(me)stack.
August 14, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The existence of a Substack implies that the existence of a Dom(me)stack.
San Francisco was the only American city to celebrate the end of World War 2 with a riot.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-deadli...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-deadli...
The Deadliest Riot in San Francisco History
On August 14 and 15, 1945, San Francisco celebrated the end of World War II by killing eleven people. Then it forgot.
tjcrowley.substack.com
August 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
San Francisco was the only American city to celebrate the end of World War 2 with a riot.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-deadli...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/the-deadli...
Reposted by Darren Mckeeman
There is no such thing as being "too small to be a target" anymore.
The difference between a contained incident and a widespread emergency is the work happening right now to close these gaps.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
The difference between a contained incident and a widespread emergency is the work happening right now to close these gaps.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
How Prepared Are We for Cyberattacks on Cities, Water Systems? | KQED
How vulnerable are American cities and critical infrastructure like electrical grids, sewage treatment plants, and communications to cyber warfare?
www.kqed.org
August 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
There is no such thing as being "too small to be a target" anymore.
The difference between a contained incident and a widespread emergency is the work happening right now to close these gaps.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
The difference between a contained incident and a widespread emergency is the work happening right now to close these gaps.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
Anyone else feel an earthquake?
August 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Anyone else feel an earthquake?
I wrote this story 20 years ago by hand in a notebook, after reading a terrifying article about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) shutting down.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/for-now?ut...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/for-now?ut...
For Now
I was looking at the birds that are not there
tjcrowley.substack.com
August 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I wrote this story 20 years ago by hand in a notebook, after reading a terrifying article about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) shutting down.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/for-now?ut...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/for-now?ut...
I've gotten the biggest part of upgrading my home DONE, now I need about $500 of help to get it completely across the finish line. Every little bit counts!
gofund.me/1f8d5ee8b
gofund.me/1f8d5ee8b
Donate to I've Lived Aboard 14 Years. Time to Upgrade. , organized by Darren Mckeeman
I have lived on a sailboat in San Francisco Bay for fourteen years. Not … Darren Mckeeman needs your support for I've Lived Aboard 14 Years. Time to Upgrade.
gofund.me
August 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I've gotten the biggest part of upgrading my home DONE, now I need about $500 of help to get it completely across the finish line. Every little bit counts!
gofund.me/1f8d5ee8b
gofund.me/1f8d5ee8b
This was a repost to my substack of a Medium post of mine from 2021 or so? I never heard about this TV show again.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/i-watched-...
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I watched BONDING with a Dominatrix
Netflix's new show came under fire for its depiction of sex work. I decided to take notes while watching it with Mistress Kaya Celeste of Chicago.
tjcrowley.substack.com
August 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This was a repost to my substack of a Medium post of mine from 2021 or so? I never heard about this TV show again.
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/i-watched-...
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/i-watched-...
"I’ve labored long and hard for bread,
For honor and for riches,
But on my corns too long you’ve tread,
You fine-haired sons of bitches.
- Black Bart the Po8"
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/black-bart...
For honor and for riches,
But on my corns too long you’ve tread,
You fine-haired sons of bitches.
- Black Bart the Po8"
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/black-bart...
Black Bart
He robbed Wells Fargo 28 times. They got him on the laundry.
tjcrowley.substack.com
August 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"I’ve labored long and hard for bread,
For honor and for riches,
But on my corns too long you’ve tread,
You fine-haired sons of bitches.
- Black Bart the Po8"
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/black-bart...
For honor and for riches,
But on my corns too long you’ve tread,
You fine-haired sons of bitches.
- Black Bart the Po8"
tjcrowley.substack.com/p/black-bart...