I'd always wondered if the lake by our house had turtles. Today walking around it, saw some! The water level is so low a lot of odds and ends are poking up providing sunning spots. Yay turtles! Boo this weather and our lake getting really really low. #denver

Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society

No one ever went to war over solar energy.

Jeff Bezos is worth $220 billion. After building that fortune from overworking and exploiting his own workers, Bezos is now developing a fund to acquire manufacturing companies and automate them. Why do we always hear about immigrants taking jobs when the oligarchs are actually to blame?

The FCC is waiving a rule that bars a single company from owning TV stations reaching more than 39% of U.S. households. Nexstar and Tegna combined would cover ~60%. Reminder that Nexstar's CEO has praised Trump and quickly pulled Jimmy Kimmel off its stations last fall. See how this works?

Definitely (to me) a 'made it' moment. Randomly scrolling Reddit as one does & in an SF sub someone recommends the Grand Human Empire series. Then days later see someone post in another sub that they've finished a book and are now reading the first Space Rogues book & enjoying it! #authorlife

OKAY. These are pretty cute. I'm less and less enamored with Apple almost daily, but who can resist an adorable little mascot? 512pixels.net/2026/03/lil-...

Congratulations to all those who made the 2025 Nebula Awards final ballot! I'm particularly pleased 11 of them have chatted and chewed with me on my Eating the Fantastic podcast. If you'd like to learn more about these amazing creators, here's how to take your seat at the table. pod.link/1083737796

Paperbacks aren't a big part of my sales, like 1%. But they're fun to see and hold. Fun to Hand to someone, seeing them read the back cover or flip a few pages. Anyhow, you can get signed paperbacks directly from my site. johnwilker.com/series/grand... #books #scifibooks #booksky

Slack here trying to make me feel better no one answered.

Ah Fetterman, Fetterman'ing #USPOL

A moscow mule and a good book. I'd take a nice red wine or sour beer, but who am I to judge? johnwilker.com/series/rogue... #books #scifibooks #booksky

Wallace likes to take his toys outside. We think 'kitty' a squeaky tiger thing has been absconded with by a raccoon. It's no where to be seen and was last seen on the back porch. We're working to teach him to bring the stuffies back in when he takes them out… It's a process. #dogs

I love that with Republicans in top level position/Supreme court nomination hearings it's always "Let me earn your trust." "Let me show you I can be impartial" Knowing full well once they're in the job they can do whatever the hell they want with next to zero repercussions. #USPOL

Huh. New Nooks! They're doing a cool sale as well and some of the Space Rogues books are included. www.barnesandnoble.com/b/fill-your-... #scifibooks #scifi #booksky

No one asked you to bring back a bunch of cruft from the beach, but you did, so here we are. At least you had a good book to read while waiting for gunk to wash up nearby. johnwilker.com/book/invasiv... #scifibooks #kaiju #robots #booksky

Evangelical Christians have successfully placed two anti-trans measures on the November ballot to "stop the transgender plague in Colorado." The initiatives sidestep the Democrat-controlled legislature, which a ballot measure organizer says is inhabited by "actual demons."

Mr. Sunshine was a fun show. I'm bummed it only got the one season. #TV

I mean thank god it's not massive clover. That stuff brings the bees and just imagine how big they'd be! johnwilker.com/book/invasiv... #scifi #Kaiju #adventure #scifibooks #booksky

Croissants and great Scifi? AND tiny flowers? Who could say no to that? Why would they? johnwilker.com/series/grand... #scifibooks #scifi #booksky

404 media doing the actual journalism…. as always. www.404media.co/ai-job-loss-r... #AI #jobs

Know what's better than one book? Two! Or in the case of the Space Rogues series, ten! One minute they're saving the entire commonwealth, the next they're helping a drunk space wizard. And so much more! johnwilker.com/series/space... #scifibooks #scifi #booksky

Tell me you don't ever ride the NYC subway without telling me you don't ever ride the NYC subway.

Non-citizens don't vote illegally. Citizens vote for Democrats. That's the "problem" the SAVE Act is trying to fix.

Monster fighting giant robots.... AND COFFEE. Where does one signup? johnwilker.com/book/invasiv... #scifi #adventure #books #booksky

Hello?

Yesterday: Sunny, mid 70s. Prepped 1 garden bed. Did some outside house chores. Today: 24f, inch or two of snow. High of 35. #coweather #cowx

Pretty stoked to see #firefly might come back. I knew live action was out so animated will have to do. Really hope the effort finds a home! #cantstopthesignal

Yesterday: Sunny, mid 70s. Prepped 1 garden bed. Did some outside house chores. Today: 24f, inch or two of snow. High of 35. #coweather #cowx

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

Not at all a great start to this game. Mammoth gave up 3 in minutes and are still down 5 at the start of the 2nd. Defense asleep at the wheel. Glad they pulled Ward. #lacrosse #mammothlax

Really enjoyed 'War Machine.' Won't be a rewatch or anything. The ending was really solid, but it's hollywood/netflix so I can see the "Milk it for what it's worth" thing leading to a sequel Either way. Fun way to kill some time last night. Love that Reacher guy is always basically Reacher #movies

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

I wish him luck and hope his turnaround is sincere. If it's not, I hope he goes down in flames. #denver

I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.

Neat tactic. www.theguardian.com/technolog... Sad to see the UK gov't fucking over creators. #writers #books #publishing

This person (Not my mom) was not concise, but I can't argue with the review! johnwilker.com/books/ #books #scifibooks #scifi #booksky

So much I didn't know about Sally Ride. www.imdb.com/title/tt31193771/

From sketch 1 on the last post, to here. It's amazing to see that rough and quick sketch become this! #books #scifi #scifibooks #bookcover

The amount of energy new authors put into things that don't matter is… astounding sometimes. Invest your time and energy in the things with the highest/best ROI.

So stoked to see the cover for 'Welcome, Please Leave' evolve. This was step one. Ana sent 8 options. We talked about them and settled on one. You'll see which one we agreed on next. Available for pre-order starting monday! #scifibooks #spaceopera #booksky #writersofbsky

Nicole's not feeling well so stayed home to watch the Mammoth/Black Bears game. Not mad at delicious Chinese delivery, but bet it's great at the Loud House tonight! Mammoth up by 1! Let's Go Mammoth! #lacrosse #mammothlax #comammoth

Huh! I totally forgot there was supposed to be a 'The Batman 2' with sparkly vampire guy under the cowl.

Any of my #apple #ios people want these old #WWDC pins? I'll toss 'em in the mail if you're in the US.

We’ve been watching ‘Good Ship Murder’ and wow, major budget increase from season one to two. Certainly a funny British murder of the weak show. #TV

Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office

It's sunny and warm(ish) 50f, but after yesterday's storm, the only things not covered with inches of snow are the concrete pathways so can't do any of my outdoors todo list things. #cowx #coweather

Created an 'AI Stans' list to drop well, idiot AI stans. Then thought. "Why would I do that? Just block them." So that list is empty and I just blocked another "Don't worry your tech job is safe" idiot.

Title came in the mail. Car is officially paid off.