I was literally at the Arc de Triomphe yesterday and I don’t think people get how big it is. Trump’s monument is obscene.

It’s space cops, Sith Lords, and shockball this week as your Star Wars pals @dmoren.com, Kat, and @tonysindelar.bsky.social discuss the latest Maul episodes. Plus, moral quandaries, a call for listener mail, and more than you wanted to know about copyright law. www.theincomparable.com/acp/109/

Also, in the words of the inimitable @kairyssdal.bsky.social: "The stock market is not the economy."

Will no one rid me of this weak-on-crime priest?

Maul Cop? Is that a thing?

Just me and Drew Carey out here. I would say that I live in infamy but only @kenjennings.bsky.social gets name checked for ring me incorrect. YOU CANNOT ERASE ME! *shakes fist* www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Fucking hell, he's going to barricade himself in this ballroom in January 2028, isn't he?

Clockwise 651: I Live From Home Keeping our email under control, how we pick our cellphone plans, whether we use noise-canceling headphones, and the things we do low-tech. http://relay.fm/clockwise/651

I don’t believe that I can accomplish my political aims by denouncing my country’s dangerous, right-wing leaders on social media, so I don’t usually bother—but today feels like an especially important day to state that Donald Trump should not have control of a nuclear arsenal.

25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.

I want to retract my snark about that NYT article on Gregg Phillips's teleportation claims because I finally got a chance to read it and it is, frankly, hilarious in an extremely dry, intentional way. They reworked the headline to be more indicative of the tone. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Look, it’s an excellent book. My publisher and my mom both say so.

Who has “Jesus is risen just to tell Donald Trump he’s doing it wrong” on their bingo cards?

An important new job on a farm upstate. Run by Kristi Noem.

In case you missed it yesterday, we coerced my old boss @philipmichaels.bsky.social to resurrect the Pundit Showdown—after more than a decade!—for our 650th episode of Clockwise! Come listen to him put the question to me, @snell.zone , and @mikahsargent.com.

I'm about $40 from THE NOVA INCIDENT earning out its advance, so if people could buy about 50 copies of the ebook—and nobody returns any more paperbacks—I can probably hit that in my next royalty period. (If you're curious, this book came out the week my kid was born. 😅) dmoren.com/writing/gala...

Me too!

On Tech News Weekly, @dmoren.com joins @mikahsargent.com to break down iOS 27 rumors and Apple’s AI reboot, the Halide co-founder lawsuit, a dissection of the US ban on foreign-made routers with special guest Sean Hollister, and more! Watch: twit.tv/tnw/430

For All Mankind S5E1 is out! And when you're done, please visit @dmoren.com and myself in the NASA/Mars Vending Machine:

New Podcast Episode: Tech News Weekly: Understanding the US Router Ban What the Ban on Consumer Foreign-Made Routers Means For You with @mikahsargent.com, @dmoren.com, @seanhollister.bsky.social

B&N Pre-order sale! Save 25% on pre-orders for some sensational Angry Robot books bought from Barnes & Noble? Oh, go on then. (This is, of course great for our readers in the US but less helpful for our UK readers. See it as B&N's celebration of 250 years since the declaration of independence?)

Hey you—yeah, YOU. You like saving money, right? Well, right now you can preorder my new novel, ETERNITY'S TOMB, for 25% off at Barnes & Noble, along with *any other preorders*, so basically you should buy a lot of books. Use code PREORDER25. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/eter...

Make sure to listen to #Jeopardy contestants @snell.zone, @glennf.com, and @dmoren.com discuss their fascinating experiences on podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Dude pretty aggrieved about being "hurt" despite suffering absolutely zero consequences.

So, uh, now you’re willing to admit we’re at war?

Here's the Incomparable debrief about my Jeopardy experience, recorded just after I got back, with fellow players @glennf.com and @dmoren.com

Dune Baby Dune

Capitalism increasingly fails when you have insane outliers who are wealthy beyond belief. www.theverge.com/transportati...

I’m old enough that my first queries required me to print out my book and pay for postage. What a time to be alive. Beyond that, I didn’t pay a dime to get my agent and I feel confident the same is true for the other authors I know.

Today is the day! Watch Jeopardy tonight as @godwelcomesall.bsky.social and I take on the amazing @feathersmcg.bsky.social - making this a Triple-J day on Jeopardy with @kenjennings.bsky.social!

I heard on @marketplace.org yesterday that there's a red yarn shortage, and I have a conspiracy theory about that.

The latest episode of my nerdy quiz show, Inconceivable!, is here, wherein I challenge panelists to divine means of telling the future, deduce actors who played the world's greatest detective, and untangle mashed-up superhero songs! www.theincomparable.com/gameshow/278/

Anyway, congratulations to Donald Trump, who has indeed united the world…against the United States. Give the man a Nobel Pieces Prize.

“Why won’t NATO help us!?” rails the president literally two months after threatening to go to war with NATO.

Pete Hegeseth knows exactly as much about journalism as he does prosecuting a war.

You know what? I'm glad he said this. Because now if CNN headlines do start looking like government propaganda, then Ellison—despite his dad's vaunted wealth—will have proved himself without a doubt to be exactly the spineless lickspittle that we thought.

New Podcast Episode: Tech News Weekly: Live Nation Settles With the DOJ Live Nation's Antitrust Settlement Disappointment with @mikahsargent.com, @dmoren.com, @abraralheeti.bsky.social

My review of the M5 MacBook Air: the middle sibling era has begun. sixcolors.com/post/2026/03...

Why did we ever stop calling them weird? They’re so fucking weird.

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This ain't it, Grammarly.

I’m aware this has been the case outside the US for some time. I wonder if this was done to simplify localization, or at least reduce the number of parts.

Interesting change between the M4 and M5 generations of MacBook: Apple's replaced some of the keyboard labels with glyphs alone: tab, caps lock, shift, delete, and return. Fn, Control, Option, Command, and esc all retain their labels.

New Podcast Episode: Tech News Weekly: 'We See Everything': Meta's AI Workers Speak AI Glasses: Who's Watching? with @mikahsargent.com, @dmoren.com, @leahnylen.bsky.social

So I feel (both as a reader & author) like discoverability of new books is down lately, especially for the midlist. Please tell me some recently published (past year-ish) SFF books you loved that are midlist/overlooked/deserve more hype! (And please share your recs/this list!) My recs in reply!

Just remember how many times they condemn others for fighting holy wars.

Is there a term for "government by just the least introspective people on the face of the goddamned planet"?

Administrations generally being so good at timelines for the longevity of the wars they start.