Niko Stratis
@nikostratis.com
Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
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Words and Guitar
An all acoustic variety show featuring readings about our favorite tunes, and covers of them from our favorite musicians.
www.eventbrite.com
Don't forget, I'll be coming down to the USA to join pals @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @graceroso.bsky.social @lukeoneil47.bsky.social @tedleo.bsky.social @joshgondelman.bsky.social @gladiephilly.bsky.social Wendy Eisenberg and Jayson Buford for an evening of Words and Guitars.
packing my bags, getting myself ready, tomorrow morning I fly into NYC for this once in a lifetime show and I hope you'll join us for it! it's gonna be so goddamn fun
Don't forget, I'll be coming down to the USA to join pals @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @graceroso.bsky.social @lukeoneil47.bsky.social @tedleo.bsky.social @joshgondelman.bsky.social @gladiephilly.bsky.social Wendy Eisenberg and Jayson Buford for an evening of Words and Guitars.
Words and Guitar
An all acoustic variety show featuring readings about our favorite tunes, and covers of them from our favorite musicians.
www.eventbrite.com
October 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
packing my bags, getting myself ready, tomorrow morning I fly into NYC for this once in a lifetime show and I hope you'll join us for it! it's gonna be so goddamn fun
Look, I know I’m being reactive and irrationally angry. But men are the ones that write about these things. Men are the only culture critics left with steady gigs. Men are steering the conversation. Men are saying they’re mad about the things that happen and i wonder when they will do anything.
sorry but seeing men write positive pieces about Shane Gillis' latest run at SNL, where is opening monologue was "women dress like whores now" after the weeks we've had of women yet again pouring a collective trauma about violence at the hands of men that trade on these same sentiments is fucked.
October 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Look, I know I’m being reactive and irrationally angry. But men are the ones that write about these things. Men are the only culture critics left with steady gigs. Men are steering the conversation. Men are saying they’re mad about the things that happen and i wonder when they will do anything.
sorry but seeing men write positive pieces about Shane Gillis' latest run at SNL, where is opening monologue was "women dress like whores now" after the weeks we've had of women yet again pouring a collective trauma about violence at the hands of men that trade on these same sentiments is fucked.
October 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
sorry but seeing men write positive pieces about Shane Gillis' latest run at SNL, where is opening monologue was "women dress like whores now" after the weeks we've had of women yet again pouring a collective trauma about violence at the hands of men that trade on these same sentiments is fucked.
i love meeting people who have a very cursory understanding of trans women and operate out of kindness based on the stereotypes they have absorbed and someone said “oh I like your wig“ to me today as if I went to the store asked for something in a older but not yet old woman on day 6 of a wash week
October 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
i love meeting people who have a very cursory understanding of trans women and operate out of kindness based on the stereotypes they have absorbed and someone said “oh I like your wig“ to me today as if I went to the store asked for something in a older but not yet old woman on day 6 of a wash week
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Australopithecus 3 million years ago:
You guys should check out Tool
October 11, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Australopithecus 3 million years ago:
a lot of big, hard pieces on the state of things came out today, and I really loved and felt so much of this one from @tajjaisen.bsky.social
You may have heard that nonfiction's having a rough time. I investigated for @thewalrus.ca. And it's very true, but not for the reasons you might think.
thewalrus.ca/nonfiction-i...
thewalrus.ca/nonfiction-i...
October 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
a lot of big, hard pieces on the state of things came out today, and I really loved and felt so much of this one from @tajjaisen.bsky.social
Directly to this, I had decent Interest from other publishers on a first book, but a lot of them wanted to tell me the kind of book they thought I should write. U Texas press asked me what I wanted to do and never tried to steer me into a “marketable” lane and the book was better for it
Really enjoyed this piece, which implicitly suggests another good reason to support small and university presses as much as you can: many of them are the ones willing and ready to take chances on nonfiction books that big five publishers are more than ever too scared to take on.
You may have heard that nonfiction's having a rough time. I investigated for @thewalrus.ca. And it's very true, but not for the reasons you might think.
thewalrus.ca/nonfiction-i...
thewalrus.ca/nonfiction-i...
October 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Directly to this, I had decent Interest from other publishers on a first book, but a lot of them wanted to tell me the kind of book they thought I should write. U Texas press asked me what I wanted to do and never tried to steer me into a “marketable” lane and the book was better for it
Outside of how sad it is to see any workplace, especially one that is so publicly beloved for its internal culture and transparency, engage in union busting, this is such a good, thorough look at how workers try to unionize at places like this and is well worth a read
Inside The Failed Fight To Unionize Double Fine
Double Fine employees petitioned for a union in May. It created a rift in the studio that still hasn't healed
kotaku.com
October 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Outside of how sad it is to see any workplace, especially one that is so publicly beloved for its internal culture and transparency, engage in union busting, this is such a good, thorough look at how workers try to unionize at places like this and is well worth a read
Someone whose weird dog was off leash and bothering mine in the park told me to relax because “Gordon (somehow a dogs name) feeds off anger” and sorry but was your dog granted to you in a wish/curse scenario?
October 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Someone whose weird dog was off leash and bothering mine in the park told me to relax because “Gordon (somehow a dogs name) feeds off anger” and sorry but was your dog granted to you in a wish/curse scenario?
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unlike the halloween i theme the halloween ii theme doesn't mind if you throw a lil ass to it
Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the absolute best way to exit a conversation ever.
October 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
unlike the halloween i theme the halloween ii theme doesn't mind if you throw a lil ass to it
Next week in NYC! please come hang out and see our show! look at this stacked lineup!
Don't forget, I'll be coming down to the USA to join pals @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @graceroso.bsky.social @lukeoneil47.bsky.social @tedleo.bsky.social @joshgondelman.bsky.social @gladiephilly.bsky.social Wendy Eisenberg and Jayson Buford for an evening of Words and Guitars.
Words and Guitar
An all acoustic variety show featuring readings about our favorite tunes, and covers of them from our favorite musicians.
www.eventbrite.com
October 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Next week in NYC! please come hang out and see our show! look at this stacked lineup!
Hey what the fuck is going on? (Rhetorical)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.
October 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Hey what the fuck is going on? (Rhetorical)
spoiler for the article but people do have kids, they're just trapped in a terrifying and vexing maze
Why people don’t want to have children any more ft.trib.al/O4zvQ9N
Why people don’t want to have children any more
Social contagion can help explain falling birth rates — and offers a way out of the demographic trap
ft.trib.al
October 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
spoiler for the article but people do have kids, they're just trapped in a terrifying and vexing maze
I think the problem is we let the computer do too many things. When I was a kid the computer was only good for learning the home row and playing Sim City and that's where it should have ended.
October 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I think the problem is we let the computer do too many things. When I was a kid the computer was only good for learning the home row and playing Sim City and that's where it should have ended.
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I had so much fun talking to Eteng Ettah about Bob’s Burgers on her podcast Consider This For Comfort! You can hear the whole episode now wherever you do that!
October 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I had so much fun talking to Eteng Ettah about Bob’s Burgers on her podcast Consider This For Comfort! You can hear the whole episode now wherever you do that!
Sad to see artists of any level using AI visuals in their shows, but especially artists that could afford not to, and for whom the visual aesthetic is important. Like why is DJ Shadow doing AI visuals at sold out shows at the club Drake owns?
October 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Sad to see artists of any level using AI visuals in their shows, but especially artists that could afford not to, and for whom the visual aesthetic is important. Like why is DJ Shadow doing AI visuals at sold out shows at the club Drake owns?
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it’s my birthday today and if u wanted to get me a gift you could:
- delete chatgpt
- k*ll the cop in your mind
- cuss out a racist
- subscribe to @weareravenous.com, just $7/month for the best indie food journalism around
www.weareravenous.com#/portal/
- delete chatgpt
- k*ll the cop in your mind
- cuss out a racist
- subscribe to @weareravenous.com, just $7/month for the best indie food journalism around
www.weareravenous.com#/portal/
Ravenous Is a Worker-Owned Food Culture Publication
For too long, food media has felt toothless. Help us take a bite out of it.
www.weareravenous.com
October 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
it’s my birthday today and if u wanted to get me a gift you could:
- delete chatgpt
- k*ll the cop in your mind
- cuss out a racist
- subscribe to @weareravenous.com, just $7/month for the best indie food journalism around
www.weareravenous.com#/portal/
- delete chatgpt
- k*ll the cop in your mind
- cuss out a racist
- subscribe to @weareravenous.com, just $7/month for the best indie food journalism around
www.weareravenous.com#/portal/
being sober is great, every year someone finds a new condescending way to sell water
great news, fam—they finally found a way to make hard seltzer without the alcohol
October 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
being sober is great, every year someone finds a new condescending way to sell water
at the start of the year, everyone should have to choose their outfits for the year in a big draft. you only get 9 shirts for the year, and if you don't like them that's not the department of shirts and associated arms' problem. Every year you submit all your clothes on naked day and draft again
October 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
at the start of the year, everyone should have to choose their outfits for the year in a big draft. you only get 9 shirts for the year, and if you don't like them that's not the department of shirts and associated arms' problem. Every year you submit all your clothes on naked day and draft again
the cashier at the deli said "someone's shifting into soup mode" today when she rang me through today and its like I don't even need to be online anymore
October 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
the cashier at the deli said "someone's shifting into soup mode" today when she rang me through today and its like I don't even need to be online anymore
every new dumb thing on the internet reads like someone trying to order lunch off menu while having a stroke
October 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
every new dumb thing on the internet reads like someone trying to order lunch off menu while having a stroke
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ATTENTION: my band FAITH/VOID's fourth record, NO HELP IS COMING, will be out friday november 13th!!!
you can pre-order her (digitally or beautiful 10" vinyl!!) at faithvoid.bandcamp.com
you can pre-order her (digitally or beautiful 10" vinyl!!) at faithvoid.bandcamp.com
October 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
ATTENTION: my band FAITH/VOID's fourth record, NO HELP IS COMING, will be out friday november 13th!!!
you can pre-order her (digitally or beautiful 10" vinyl!!) at faithvoid.bandcamp.com
you can pre-order her (digitally or beautiful 10" vinyl!!) at faithvoid.bandcamp.com
Being a writer is great, your job is just words and every time you see the slightest edit in a google doc you get to think that everyone hates you actually
October 7, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Being a writer is great, your job is just words and every time you see the slightest edit in a google doc you get to think that everyone hates you actually
how is it that I failed high school and am smarter than this
October 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
how is it that I failed high school and am smarter than this
The thing about Halloween is that Coffee Crisp is actually the best chocolate bar and as a fun-sized bar it's ever better
October 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The thing about Halloween is that Coffee Crisp is actually the best chocolate bar and as a fun-sized bar it's ever better