WTF. This shirt, a SQUARE cropping of an album cover, looks like it was designed by someone who needs help turning on the VCR. McColloch and Sergeant need to demand better. Echo & the Bunnymen fans deserve better. #musicsky #bunnymen

Rather than “what a loss this is,” being the refrain at a respected artist’s death, I’d prefer people say, “what a gift they were.” Not a practice I have yet, but, I’m gonna work on it.

The Bride is easily my favorite film in recent months.

💥NEWSFLASH💥 It's still true.

I’ve met two Tobias’s in the past 50 yrs. 1st was at the Adler Planetarium at age 10. Latest was last week, when a voice to my aft audibly containing a modicum of joy tempered by a measured layer of skepticism said, “So, are you the other Tobias they warned the bud-tenders about on the radio?”

Musk’s vision is a collection of nerd-vetted stock futurism concepts, devoid of originality or even risk, given their inevitability. Scientists have been discussing their viability for decades without knowing what an Elon Musk is. Credit: he bought teams of great talent to aim at the goals.

PRIDE isn't a month; it's PERMANENT You shouldn't need a PRIDE MONTH to figure out if a company is an ally to the LGBTQ community. If you do, that company is probably being performative. Fly the flags year round. #PRIDEisPERMANENT

Marty Supreme was about 35% longer than it needed to be. #FilmSky

World Goth Day deserves your attention! We of the shadow blood need your awareness, or you might not see us and run us over. Everybody's a goth on World Goth Day. Don't worry, be vampy. You've goth this. Kill me now.

My son is looking to get top surgery and set up a GFM! Please support if you can. #translife #transrights

Arriving home was a greater emotional typhoon than locking the taproom door after my final shift. Neither were worse than closing out the last tabs, printed numbers of experience that became the final clicking of a key. The final Wodensday for Rabid in Homewood is written.

To be fair, Mera hasn't even been born yet, and the Hitchcock classic was so long ago... #WIPSnips #SciFi #Futurism #WIP

The final leg of the 9-year Bretz Drive party begins…

We finished Rabid’s last brew at Bretz, 8.5 years of cranking out fabulous beers, and it’s predictably bittersweet. May the cocooning breathe the fire life.

Just finished carrying the final bags of grain into Rabid's Homewood location for the last brew that's happening tomorrow. Bittersweet, saying goodbye to our birthsite, but we're really ready for the location upgrade. #craftbeer #brewlife #craftbrewing

Lincoln Lawyer S4 is... obnoxiously tired. - Mickey trouble, ticking ⏰ - Lorna overwhelmed ☹️ - Brilliant Solution! 💡 - oh no! Vexing prosecutor (shit logic), ticking ⏰ - repeat

Why does the Claude logo look like Vonnegut’s butthole drawing?

I have just discovered for the second time that Mad Men is vapid fluff. Works as a soporific, at least.

Apple Music is allegedly the most artist-friendly (morally least objectionable) music service to use, paying the artists more than any other service. But I’m about to jump ship if this goddamned app won’t stop playing Morrissey. At least with low-life Spotify I can perma-block an artist.

Those still raging against AI for art theft or environmental impact are harping on issues tumbling into obsolescence. There are far greater concerns these days - like the future safety of the human race. Nonetheless, good things are happening... scitechdaily.com/breakthrough...

Really happy that Bad Bunny won the Super Bowl

Truth

Got to see Hard Boiled in a theater! Still a fantastic action film 30+ years later. The remaster made it clear enough to really see the over-performing death acting, which was both hilarious and fun. The post-film interview with Woo was amusing and insightful. #filmsky

More 1st draft WIP...

There is not a doubt in my mind that this scene was written in reaction to the American experience under Trump. The Death of Truth was where we all watched our grip of the American Dream disintegrate.

They have murdered the good They have murdered the pretty This is a slow suicide Wrapped in a bully's delight

I just finished Act I. It clocks in at 62k words. I feel like I just birthed a child but I still have two more acts to go for the first book of a tetralogy (and counting). Off to Act II tomorrow. #WriteSky

Bjork once found herself asked to sign over Greenland oh, that senile man #haiku #politicalpoetry #poetry

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.