Hello during a random dessert to THE Paget Brewster!

So let me understand this. A certain group is very concerned about all unborn life and wants to enact every law possible against ending it. But they will also take money from everyone, including the poor of which many are children & spend that money on bombs that kill children. Make it make sense.

I fear that the only way that thing will be stopped is to have it’s brains go for a short adventure outside it’s body.

Just learned of Dan Simmons’ death. Some of his works had a profound effect on me as a reader & writer. I’ll always love Hyperion & consider it one of the best books I’ve read. His politics on the other hand make me wonder how damaged a person he was to hold those views.

The latest episode of Starfleet Academy was one of the most beautiful of any Star Trek I’ve seen. If you don’t feel something watching it you may just be dead inside. To have an episode this good in the first season is a rare thing. Bravo to the cast, writers and crew of this show.

Getting set for my State of the Union Drinking Game. RULES: Take a drink when he tells the truth. (Not much fun, but the reality of his vision is sobering...)

@scalzi.com I’m sure you’ve been asked this before, but do you use names of friends, family, influences for your characters? I’m currently about halfway through Old Man’s War and some names are sounding familiar. I know I do that with my own writing so curious if that’s what you do too.

"But it's okay, Sarah. The Dow is at 50,000..."

I don't often plug stuff here, but... 1) I do have to eat 2) I'm really proud of a set of stories and characters I started with *brand new* at the beginning of the year. This is the first story: ko-fi.com/s/ef5a7b7880

Just finished reading my first novel by Ursula K LeGuin and it was amazing. The Lathe of Heaven is trippy and didn’t go where I’d even imagined. I’m actually a bit disappointed that no one has ever recommended this or any of her other books to me. I won’t be keeping this author to myself.

I have a number of questions about Captain Ake and I suppose Holly Hunter as well. Is the bare feet a character thing or a Holly thing? Is it a foot fetish thing from the writers room? Will we see her in those toe shoes at some point? What are those things she wears on the tops of her feet?

Is it dead yet?

If I ever start to shit post about anything and everything in media that I consume I hope somebody checks me on it. Just because I don’t like something doesn’t mean it sucks and just because I love something doesn’t mean it’s the best thing ever. No need to put down something that others love.

What’s happening in Minneapolis right now looks like it could be the prequel the ‘The Handmaids Tale’. These monsters watched that show as a playbook, not the warning that it is.

Loving Holly Hunter as the lead of the new ST: Starfleet Academy, she’s quirky and funny, very much her own person that feels like she’s lived the centuries that’s been established. Also love that she sits how she wants in her command chair goes around barefoot at times.

@megardener.bsky.social easiest follow back I’ve ever done. Avid scifi reader, Andor quote and a meme of a book quote I’ve got on my list to read.

Of the 26 books I read last year there wasn’t one I didn’t enjoy. My top favorites though, in order are: Project Hail Mary Flowers for Algernon Klara and the Sun Downward to the Earth The Murderbot Diaries (this is a cheat, loved the entire series) Make It So (audiobook read by Patrick Stewart)

Really should’ve sharpened that axe before going into battle. #StrangerThings

It’s not because it’s fruit cake that I won’t be eating this free holiday treat left in the lobby, it’s because #Pluribus has forever changed my relationship with “free” food.

Can’t hype up Pluribus enough, each new episode is a masterwork. Truly some amazing talent on display here. Rhea Seehorn is incredible and her equally defiant southern neighbor is the most wonderfully stubborn character I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to see what’s next.

@devindra.bsky.social getting close to the end of The Good Fight season 6 and it’s batshit crazy and seemingly prophetic and scary as shit. And I mean batshit crazy in the best way possible. Thanks again for the repeated recommendations to watch it on The Filmcast.

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

change a movie by adding a word Orange Pulp Fiction…

Soon we’ll learn that the orange clown bought a shit ton of Advil shares before making these statements about Tylenol. Maybe the profits of those illegal trading practices will cover some of the lawsuits.

What movie do you consider perfect?

@ericheisserer.bsky.social I’m not sure if you check this account any longer but I wanted to say how much more I appreciate your screenplay of ‘Arrival’ having just read the short story it was based on. Both are beautiful stories, yours adding the stakes to have made it more of a grander story.

I’ve managed to read many books this year, more than I’ve read in the past ten years collectively. ‘Klara and the Sun’ was very affecting and will be on a very short list of books that I don’t think I’ll ever forget. Beautiful in it’s melancholy and sadness, i couldn’t put it down.

Slightly diminish a band… The Partially Clothed Ladies….

Harrison Ford’s Cadillac Man.

@devindra.bsky.social I finally checked out ‘The Good Fight’ based on your thankfully frequent recommendation. As good as the Good Wife, at least in the first season. Thanks!

I’ve never wished for something to be true more than this and that is a sad state that this world has left us to be in, now if all the other evil would hurry up and do the same.

So many YouTube videos about a certain someone’s impending demise and I’m just like, “stop teasing us, just let us know when it’s done.”

One of my favorite (and most common) novel structures? Multiple storylines. When done well, it's SO good. But it's also SO easy to get wrong. If you’re writing a multi-POV or multi-timeline novel, watch out for these 5 common mistakes: 🧵

My like button on YouTube no longer works due to the many times I’ve smashed it.

Slightly diminish a band: The Tragically Broken Hips

Authoritarian regimes are notorious for making people think what they perceive to be reality is not actually real. Sometimes this is called creating "unreality" sometimes "gas-lighting." It doesn't matter which label is used, the goal is the same: make people doubt what they see with their own eyes.

Any day you can wake up and say to yourself, “I am an evil genius,” is going to be a good day. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

I have never “got” the #FantasticFour, never really saw the appeal or was interested. The new movie has changed that. I want to use another adjective than Fantastic, but it definitely is that and so much more. The characters are so well drawn and you get attached quickly. Looking forward to more!

I’m excited for Fantastic Four, my only concern is that they don’t take The Thing for granite. #FantasticFour

“Dunesbury”

It really is mind blowing that these hateful clowns keep stepping on the same "you made my superhero woke" rake over and over. They didn't make your favorite superhero "woke," my dudes. Y'all became the bad guys.

I’ve been a fan of Supes for over 40 years, since donning an orange towel and learning that I as a four year old I can’t fly and that a coffee table edge can hurt you. That childhood joy was there for the whole ride that is the new Superman film. It was a lot of fun & was everything I hoped for.

I left Superman with a big grin on my face, a big thanks to @jamesgunn.bsky.social for helming a myriad of talented people to bring us such a hopeful and fun experience.

Murderbot Murderbot Murderbot!!

Tomorrow I talk to Alexander Skarsgard in the show!

@marthawells.com not sure if you’re aware, but Murderbot themselves are on WTF with Marc Maron today and apparently some other shows and movies they’ve been in too.

‘For All Mankind’ is an amazing show. I feel dumb that it took me this long to watch it. Definitely more of a measured pace but so hard hitting at the same time. I’m impressed with the balance of characters and story, it’s rare to see such confident filmmaking. Cannot recommend it enough.

Tell me about a fictional character death you still haven’t gotten over using only a picture (animals count too).

I’m not saying I wish this guy harm, but….

‘The Residence’ is a fantastic show, I highly recommend it. I couldn’t get over the actor playing the president, Paul Fitzgerald, who looks like the love child of Luke Wilson and Steve Carell. Cordelia Cupp, played by Uzo Aduba, is the best new detective since Benoit Blanc, so much fun.