“Shlock’s Brain”

Seeing on social media other peoples’ reactions to Artemis returning to Earth makes me wonder if i am, in fact, a sociopath.

Well this news sucks. Didn't expect Philz to start footgunning itself so soon after selling to private equity.

Your periodic reminder that @katy-katy.bsky.social and I have a book about archives and time travel in pop culture out from ALA Press, and you can buy it! Also happy to consider discussing it on podcasts, etc. (We have one podcast ep coming soon…) alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop

Every NATO country is working like hell behind the scenes. Entering into a public spat with a man who loves public spats isn't smart politics. When all other options run out, sure, go public. For now, do diplomacy, which happens behind closed doors.

I know this has been said many times and in many ways, but I genuinely do not care how popular bluesky is as long as the people whose posts I like to read are still using it.

Bought gas tonight and had the amusing total of $66.66.

Welp, here we go.

me when supergirl and lobo beat the hell out of hundreds of dudes: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ me when krypto gets hurt:

This thread is an excellent example of something I’ve been trying to do more of: While people know what John is (probably) commenting on, he’s building up his points from his own starting place rather than specifically responding to that thing. Which I think gives the thread a more positive spin.

You knew the job was to run a fascist dictator’s gestapo when you took it, my dude.

Fuck yeah. Abandon all assholes and read better books. #booksky

I think the appropriate boundaries of The Cursive Debate are: -“cursive handwriting is pointless and Josh Shapiro is a huge dork for bringing it up.” Versus -“teaching cursive is good and productive and Ohmygod could it use a better champion than that huge dork Josh Shapiro.” Everyone agree?

4 pitch 1st inning for Crochet?

I thought KPop Demon Hunters was fine, not something I expect to rewatch much (though the song at the climax is nice). Kind of the definition of “not really for me”. But it is great to see creators able to hold studios over a barrel for a change.

Getting kids ready to be adults in the 1950s? Other than my signature, I stopped writing in cursive in 1981 and I haven’t missed or needed it.

Funny thing about American mass media is how woke content is broadly popular, routinely pays for itself, and sometimes goes blockbuster, whereas right-wing content is a narrow niche that rarely reaches breakeven, never goes blockbuster, and usually requires immense subsidies for it to exist at all.

I feel seen.

New journal entry, "Barbie Day at the Shark Tank": www.fascinationplace.org/2026/03/22/b... Co-starring @katy-katy.bsky.social

Someday... (Repost with monster alt text)

Sharks are now cancelled I'm afraid

Hell yeah hockey in California

What is this nonsense. #Sharks #Flyers

Extremely into whatever was happening here at Ocean Beach in San Francisco earlier today

Oh, hey, @katy-katy.bsky.social and I are over on The Big Idea, talking about The Infinite Loop! whatever.scalzi.com/2026/03/19/t...

"Technically, a major plot line was NOT that the captain of the space station travelled to hell while possessed by an angel to confront the ghost of his wife and fight the devil, only to be resurrected by a gnostic archon, but it was also pretty much that." - @camestrosf.bsky.social on Babylon 5

It occurred to me today that 'bikeshed' (as in 'bikeshedding') is the opposite of 'watershed' (as in 'watershed moment').

over at the newsletter I wrote about how Jack Dorsey is a pointless dipshit:

I’m being entertained by the Firefly discourse, as someone who struggled through 5 episodes of it and then bailed. (I did watch Serenity. It was okay.) I was more interested in a Disney+ reboot, especially if they made the characters, you know, likeable. And jettisoned the faux-western veneer.

I love how the looks in these dipshits’ eyes scream disbelief that their actions have consequences for them. As if they expected Daddy Musk or Daddy Trump to protect them from any and all consequences.

I just had the dumbest (half of an) idea. A film sequel to The Greatest American Hero. Starring Ana de Armas as a thief or spy who finds the suit in a warehouse. Near-future setting. Feel-good action-adventure story. Main character is even more "oh fuck no" about wearing the suit than Ralph was.

We should have pre-surgery registries like we do wedding and baby registries.

I did not have “the BoDeans are coming to town” on my bingo card for this month.

I remember back around 1987 seeing a review of Dark Horse Presents wondering how this tiny new company managed to snag so many top new talent creators for its anthology comic. 40 years later it feels safe to say it was, ultimately, due to this guy.

I used to see stories like Dan Simmons going round the bend as “gee I hope I don’t turn out like that when I get older” cautionary tales. But he was several years younger than I am now when 9/11 happened, so… (But, hopefully I still have a lotta years left, so I’ll keep working on not calcifying.)

27 years at Fruit Co. today.

It turns out she was. She passed away just today. bsky.app/profile/kare...

Holds up

U.S. men's hockey with Curt-Schilling-in-Boston levels of good will squandering. A 25-mile lead in the good will marathon and they tripped on their dicks right at the finish line.

10 Authors I’ve read 10 or more books from: Alastair Reynolds Charles Stross Lois McMaster Bujold Dorothy Sayers Steven Brust Matthew Hughes John Scalzi Jack McDevitt Tim Powers Michael Moorcock

See, this is why I’m not a writer: I don’t have that kind of imagination.

I have been gradually coming around on Wonder Woman 1984 as a film with some rewatch value. To be sure, the story and script are both a mess, and the very premise of the film (the wishing stone) doesn't really work. But there are a number of things which do: 1/

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Absolute garbage.

People telling the Nazi collaborators running the World Cup to go fuck themselves.

Arguably this already happened to us when 2016 made it impossible to run the President Doctor Dinosaur saga

I’m not afraid of genAI taking my job, but I am afraid of the average American becoming crazy enough to steal Doctor Dinosaur’s whole vibe

Wallace the Brave is the true inheritor of Calvin & Hobbes. www.gocomics.com/wallace-the-...

This Valentine's Day, why not snuggle up with a loved one and read my long damn post about "AI" and some of my current thoughts about where it's at, where it's going, and how much anyone should engage with it? Best Valentine's Day ever! whatever.scalzi.com/2026/02/14/1...

I was thinking how when Scott Adams was about to go and rightwingers were saying “you have no idea what impact it’s going to have when Scott Adams dies, he was loved by millions” and then he just died and nothing happened. These ghouls just disappear when they stop talking