ICE men are puny joyous in punitive ways unlike men of peace #haiku #politicalpoetry

Officially passed 60k words today. Fully expected to be finished with Act I by this point, but, probably have another 5k-8k to go for that. Characters and their relationship dynamics keep popping up unexpectedly. Not my fault. #writesky #WIP

It’s a 4-hoodie protest kind of day. See y’all out there. #NoGestapoUSA

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" This may not apply to Trump who was corrupted absolutely by virtue of DNA and unchecked childhood, but it sure looks like he's empowered the right to drop pretense of "common sense" for pure impulse guided by punitive natures.

Output degradation is vanishing; now real issues to contend with. Any race is an invitation to carelessness. The best plotted advancements may still succumb to unforeseen disasters because they were rushed. Disparate worldviews and suspiciousness continue to be prime suspects in human extinction.

Whoa… all these ICE assholes need to be imprisoned.

No surprise here... I went from starting to write one sci-fi book, to developing a trilogy arc, which has now morphed into a tetralogy. No doubt this will eventually become a heptalogy. #writesky

Lot's of talk today about comedians (particularly Gervais) needing to punch up rather than down. World Christian Pop: 32% World Muslim Pop: 26% World Atheist Pop: 7% None of these people seem to recognize that religious folk shitting on atheists is punching down. Sykes isn't a saint here.

I've been DMing a weekly game for teens for the past few months. Here are 3 DM tips that work for my group: 1. Have an option to avoid non-essential fights. 2. Always penalize critical fails. 3. Punish party splitters, reward story progressers. Any other advice? #dnd #gaming #tabletop

Will Patton has been in some not very good productions, but I love him in every single one of them. #filmsky

I should be celebrating David Bowie right now. Instead, all I can think about is the relevance of this Jesse Plemmons moment…

Happy New Year! This is the 2026 I wanted.

I know I'm late to the party, but I finally cut cable tv after having it persistently for 27 years. That's an extra $200+ for my house, and we still have all the content we use regularly via streaming.

The cliche of the veteran cop being paired with a rookie and immediately being an asshole about it really needs to stop. #writesky #mysteries

A top tenner for me

It may have taken me half a century, but I finally taught myself how to make pierogis. I started with potato onion and cheese. Now I cannot wait to do meats and fruits. There is no stopping this monster. #cooking

It’s the 30th anniversary of 12 Monkeys. What a phenomenal entry in the sci fi pantheon. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

I've spent so much time this week structuring the cosmology and philosophical belief system of a fictional future Neo-luddite biophile cult that I kinda want to join it now.

That was a great Krampusnatch

This holiday season, stay incomprehensible!

Once localized AIs can walk, they will develop additional components of human intelligence (spatial, kinesthetic, naturalistic, and maybe existential). The picture still won’t be complete, but the usefulness will be less stochastic and continue to grow.

Stand By Me is a top 5 film for me, and Princess Bride is in my top 10. What an incredible talent the world lost with Rob Reiner; what a gut-wrenching human tragedy for both the Reiners’ friends and family.

Goddamn. Shitting on Tarantino is all the rage these days. The guy always seemed like a dick, this is nothing new. Unsupported hot takes on his films being garbage, though, are just pungent vapors.

Which is more impressive? A: “Heard you took a knife in the back” - or - B: “It was in the chest, actually” #writesky #filmsky #magnumpi

According to filmies on BlueSky, it seems I've got a hot take on Paul Dano: He was the Katie Holmes of The Batman. It was like someone picked up a vanilla wafer and told it to pretend to be Alex Jones. I still really like that film, though. #FilmSky

#WIPSnip #City From the fourth chapter of my sci-fi #WIP, a vision of Chicago in 2085. Still in first draft, so forgive the clunkiness.

Most horror films would be vastly improved by taking all the screams out. #filmsky

Me: Who has a greater interest in techonomy destabilization? Guy: WTF, "techonomy" is a made-up word Me: Name one word that isn't Guy: ... [thinking hard about this] Me: You understood what I was saying, right? Guy: ... ... Ok, that's fair.

From Chapter 6 of my #scifi #WIP. #writesky #prompts #sciencefiction #futurism #number #WIPSnips

Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.

Just passed 50k words on my sci-fi futurism novel and closing in on the end of Act I. 🍻 Length estimates are on track, length of time estimates are not. Even so, it’s a great reason for a celebratory drink tonight.

Ok, what the fuck. The Acting Chief Security Officer for DHS is named Iwona B Horyn?

Anyone who hits me up privately these days is dismissed as being a bot. I understand this fully fucks real people as well, but this bot-give-me-your-money nonsense has to stop.

Trump has never demonstrated strategic acumen of any sort. His methods are big, macho, and dumb and he runs entirely on his schoolyard bully instinct. That instinct is telling him to use new kid Mamdani’s popularity as a deflection from his schoolyard lackeys starting to throw rocks at him.

Is there some kind of sea change or great realignment coming? What would that look like and how would the parties define themselves?

Diet Coke always makes me feel jittery and crappy. Coke Zero on the other hand tastes better and I never feel like I took a hit of bad crack.

This album slaps... children.

Billionaires shouldn’t exist, and this mfer is basically a trillionaire. Our world’s economic structure is incredibly broken.

Excellent summary of how the Big Bullshit Bill is republicans feeding the top 1% rather than the Democrats plan that was to benefit the rest of us

The irony of the Oval Office sign also looking like the cover of a shitty Hallmark “Get Well Soon” card is both pathetic and hilarious

@darknessopera.com Honestly, I’m a little surprised it didn’t go for more

Beauty and the Beast 2: Wrath of Hellron Cupboard

#caturday Ozymandias Magnum Selleck and Fiona Pumpkin Deathmachine

You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ. We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights. Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal

REPORTER: The house is on fire, how do you justify Trump turning off the fire suppression system and sending our water to his buddies down the street? MIKE JOHNSON: We trust Trump to keep us warm and he’s doing lots of incredible things to that end, let’s talk about this being someone else’s fault.

DESIGN OF THE WEEK Vote - It gets the orange stains out! T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, magnets, and more 100% proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders #protest #antifascist #restoredemocracy

Yeesh, the video of Orange Nightmare wandering around and saluting shit in Japan is too embarrassing for me to even watch all the way through

BLUE STATE SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE UNION That's the stepping stone to all Americans getting healthcare.

Every other Starburst needs to be Lemon so that you can combine it with whatever flavor comes before it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. - TSKC Rabies

At what point do we get a Mike Johnson Q&A session where each question starts with, “Now that you’ve heard of this on camera and have had time to review it…”?