Film you've watched more than six times with a gif.

If "write what you know" were good advice, there would be no such thing as romantasy.

This is the bit that stood out to me in this very moving, thought-provoking post—“The level of discomfort or not-knowing that students can tolerate has taken (another) drastic free fall…AI has made everything so smooth, so easy, that it’s harder for them to stomach that discomfort”

How did any of these imbeciles survive to adulthood? How?

At 33 points, Trump’s approval rating is official lower than his felony count.

Fried egg, cheddar, tomato, smoked salmon and mayo on whole wheat bread.

What if Canada asked the U.S. to unilaterally change or scrap its domestic policy of putting senile narcissistic pedophiles and their sycophants in high office, before we sat down to negotiate?

Space: 1999

I'm not getting any younger, I've made more than enough stuff for public consumption over the years (games, tv, comedy, academic history, etc.) and the kind of fiction that I like to write isn't in high demand, so... Write as usual, but on a cruise ship sailing around the world twice?

telling a bunch of Americans about how all the schools you went to had corporal punishment and noting the increasing looks of horror on their faces with satisfaction before realising you have been calling it capital punishment from the start

The sheer number of news items that make me think: "Wouldn't it be better/simpler/both if they all just drowned?" is exhausting.

That more than three people with whom I am not on a first-name basis will enjoy it enough to say so in public.

The Montreal Canadiens five straight Stanley Cups (1956-1960).

We’re delighted to announce Tales from the Territory, in which award-winning storyteller @travisbaldree.bsky.social takes us back to the Territory in a heart-warming set of five stories: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...

I also think if you’re a CEO presiding over layoffs of a certain size, 10% of those laid off (chosen at random) should get to spin a wheel to see how much of your stock compensation they get to receive. there are two bonus wedges where they get all of your TC

I lack imagination. Also: for the longest time, I carried a handle that included the name of the server on which the account had been created, which happened to be the name of an Egyptian deity. Funny at 29, harder to explain at 40.

Death, taxes, and Jeff Hoffman blowing a save.

If there's one FAQ I get Q'ed most F'ly, it's this: "How do you get so much done?" The short answer is, "I write when I'm anxious (which is how I came to write nine books during lockdown)." The long answer is more complicated. 1/

Wearing the Lion, by @wiswell.bsky.social, was as delightful as expected. What a powerful exploration of found families, grief and shame. And what murderously effective turns of phrases. Only problem: now I want to adopt a one-headed hydra.

Now, you might say, "What about all the knowledge we'd lose if we push all the abusive geniuses out of academia?!" But I'd counter and say, "Well, what about the knowledge we've already lost from the budding scholars whose careers they've derailed with their abuse?"

This obsessive belief that he always holds all the cards, no matter what, goes a long way towards explaining how he bankrupted casinos (plural).

POINT: To succeed in publishing, a writer must learn to accept frequent rejection. COUNTERPOINT: Perseverance in the face of relentless rejection is a form of self-harm. How do you set a healthy boundary? Is self-publishing an option for shy introverts? Discuss. #amwriting #writinglife #booksky

I have spent the past six months in the book and short story querying trenches, and scurvy would be a nice change of pace. (I read a fair bit about scurvy during my PhD. It's bad. Avoid it if you can.)

There would be fewer frivolous lawsuits if the penalty for the losing side involved a trebuchet.

Are we ranking desserts? 1. Chocolate Paris-Brest, with crushed caramelized almonds mixed into the custard. Takes forever to make but worth it. 2. Devil's Food cake 3. Sugar cream pie made with real maple syrup 4. Key Lime pie 5. Any other dessert, as long as there's plenty of it.

If Trump names an antipope, the pope should name an antipresident. As he already owns the Italian food and pro sports constituencies, which account for at least 98% of the US public, Cardinal Pizzaballa would be the obvious choice.

Stay in the know, but remember to practice self care and touch grass and seek laughter and whatnot.

This was me, all day yesterday. Even though I knew that shitler would TACO, all the memories of my physically abusive father and emotionally abusive mother came flooding back. I was on the edge of dysregulation all day. I imagine I'm not the only one who is tired today as a result. I see you.

Today is a good day because I get to write. Every day is a good day when I get to write.

Anyway if the Iranians conduct a catastrophic terrorist strike in CONUS I suspect Americans will find that the international community’s response is dramatically less supportive than after 9/11. Threaten genocide and brag about targeting civilians is a FAFO move.

When Croesus asked the oracle of Delphi what would happen if he attacked Persia, he too was told that a great empire would be destroyed. Turned out to be his own, though.

"What can be done?" Stop using AI, you shower of arseholes.

this has to be the greatest single-game defensive performance in baseball history. especially considering they won 1-0

It’s time to post one of my favorite memes of the year.

I did not enjoy my time in Tromso, Norway, but it may be because 1) the cruise ship docked in an industrial area, between giant oil reservoirs, an hour's walk from downtown, and 2) we arrived in the middle of a trucker's festival, in scorching heat.

Authors, please talk about your stuff. People who like to read need to find out about your stuff. You're doing us a favor!

Add a food to a movie title Dr. Pepper No

Just spent four hours assembling patio furniture. No one in history has ever suffered as much on Good Friday. #OhWait #MiscreantSky

I do think it can be frustrating for people to confront the fact that you can do everything right in terms of skill, talent and work and still not succeed because of factors outside of one's own control. But this is just a fact of life, in writing and outside of it. Just do the best work you can.

Fuck that. I liked ML/AI well enough when I used it for what it's good for, back in grad school, e.g. to look for interesting patterns that might require my attention in large data sets. But I'll burn it to the ground before I let it anywhere near my writing.

Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.

Look, can we just please say trans people are people and leave it there? And can the jerks who want to pull down their undies to gape at what they've got down there please all yeet themselves straight into the sun?

if you're a gamer you should know that the gaming industry has a disproportionately large number of trans people in it. and not just recently. even in the 80s, we had influential trans game designers. one that's always inspired me is danielle bunten berry. wikipedia: share.google/0lrnn3RqISvL...

On January 1st, I semi-retired to spend more time on my creative writing. In order to hold myself accountable and avoid slipping into an orgy of laziness, I have decided to write quarterly reports detailing my writing and marketing activities: fdl-author.weebly.com/blog/quarter...

Le 1er janvier 2026, j’ai mis la plupart de mes activités professionnelles sous le boisseau pour prendre une semi-retraite que je consacrerai à l’écriture créative. Voici ma reddition de comptes pour le premier trimestre de cette aventure. fdlaramee.weebly.com/nouvelles/ra...

"You *give away* your research? To a *commercial publisher*? And then your institution *pays the publisher* a king's ransom for a subscription to the journal in which you wrote for free?!?"

Hurray! My local library (actually the Quebec equivalent of the Library of Congress, but who's counting) has finally acquired a copy of @wiswell.bsky.social 's Wearing the Lion -- and I was first in line! Will start it tonight...

History is a forensic science. We look for the causes of events, argue and explain. But we're not much more likely to have memorized dates and other trivia than the average person. (Unless we happen to like trivia games!)

The years may change, but Jeff Hoffman keeps doing Jeff Hoffman things.