Daniel Abraham
@abraham.bsky.social
Novelist, screenwriter, and the James half of James SA Corey. Will block on tone.
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office@danielabraham.com
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Medicaid Work Requirements Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/medicaid-work-requirements-myth-vs-fact/
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Medicaid Work Requirements Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/medicaid-work-requirements-myth-vs-fact/
I read the New Yorker article about Scot Galloway and the crisis of men.
The two points that occur to me are:
1) “Crisis in Masculinity” is actually evergreen, and has been going on in this incarnation since at least the late 1800s.
The two points that occur to me are:
1) “Crisis in Masculinity” is actually evergreen, and has been going on in this incarnation since at least the late 1800s.
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I read the New Yorker article about Scot Galloway and the crisis of men.
The two points that occur to me are:
1) “Crisis in Masculinity” is actually evergreen, and has been going on in this incarnation since at least the late 1800s.
The two points that occur to me are:
1) “Crisis in Masculinity” is actually evergreen, and has been going on in this incarnation since at least the late 1800s.
The entire shit show of modern life aside, it turns out Daphne du Maurier wrote some just amazing short stories.
I read Monte Veritá for the first time last week, and I am still thinking about it.
The only dud for me is Don’t Look Now and that’s conflated with the film.
I read Monte Veritá for the first time last week, and I am still thinking about it.
The only dud for me is Don’t Look Now and that’s conflated with the film.
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The entire shit show of modern life aside, it turns out Daphne du Maurier wrote some just amazing short stories.
I read Monte Veritá for the first time last week, and I am still thinking about it.
The only dud for me is Don’t Look Now and that’s conflated with the film.
I read Monte Veritá for the first time last week, and I am still thinking about it.
The only dud for me is Don’t Look Now and that’s conflated with the film.
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To be clear, this deal still needs to go through a debate and amendment process and more 60-vote thresholds to pass the Senate, and then it must pass the House. There's still room for constituent pressure.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
To be clear, this deal still needs to go through a debate and amendment process and more 60-vote thresholds to pass the Senate, and then it must pass the House. There's still room for constituent pressure.
In fairness, we should congratulate our Republican legislators on their success in making healthcare widely unaffordable and kneecaping the ACA.
I for one am fascinated to see the return of lifetime caps, preexisting conditions, and unrestrained profit for insurance companies.
I for one am fascinated to see the return of lifetime caps, preexisting conditions, and unrestrained profit for insurance companies.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
In fairness, we should congratulate our Republican legislators on their success in making healthcare widely unaffordable and kneecaping the ACA.
I for one am fascinated to see the return of lifetime caps, preexisting conditions, and unrestrained profit for insurance companies.
I for one am fascinated to see the return of lifetime caps, preexisting conditions, and unrestrained profit for insurance companies.
The only way to win is not to play
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The only way to win is not to play
I could be wrong about it. I’m wrong about a lot of stuff. But it seems to me like the folks who wanted less government are getting glimpses of what that’s like.
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I could be wrong about it. I’m wrong about a lot of stuff. But it seems to me like the folks who wanted less government are getting glimpses of what that’s like.
“Quixotic“ should be pronounced kee-HOE-tic.
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“Quixotic“ should be pronounced kee-HOE-tic.
I have never understood and continue not to understand the animus towards trans people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I have never understood and continue not to understand the animus towards trans people.
Days like this, I remember Rosalind Franklin.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Days like this, I remember Rosalind Franklin.
Irrational exuberance
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In an era of skyrocketing CEO pay, Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly approved a $1 trillion pay package intended to keep Elon Musk in charge of the company for the next decade. https://wapo.st/4oTKbcZ
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Irrational exuberance
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Seems to me that our Republican brothers and sisters being unwillng to negotiate now makes it hard to believe promises that they’d negotiate later if only the Democrats would cave on the shutdown.
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Seems to me that our Republican brothers and sisters being unwillng to negotiate now makes it hard to believe promises that they’d negotiate later if only the Democrats would cave on the shutdown.
Astounding to me that my brothers and sisters in the Republican Party seem ready to let people starve and shut down the airlines rather than keep healthcare relatively accessible and affordable.
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Astounding to me that my brothers and sisters in the Republican Party seem ready to let people starve and shut down the airlines rather than keep healthcare relatively accessible and affordable.
I have lived my whole life as an Anglo in a minority majority state.
It's fine. Sometimes it's pretty cool. Certainly nothing to be worried about.
It's fine. Sometimes it's pretty cool. Certainly nothing to be worried about.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I have lived my whole life as an Anglo in a minority majority state.
It's fine. Sometimes it's pretty cool. Certainly nothing to be worried about.
It's fine. Sometimes it's pretty cool. Certainly nothing to be worried about.
Mandami's acceptance speech was a banger. Quoting Mario Cuomo was
a cartoon character from the emperor 's new groove is giving the ok sign .
ALT: a cartoon character from the emperor 's new groove is giving the ok sign .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Mandami's acceptance speech was a banger. Quoting Mario Cuomo was
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I can’t wait for the articles—“Democrats won big Tuesday night. Here’s why that’s bad for Democrats.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I can’t wait for the articles—“Democrats won big Tuesday night. Here’s why that’s bad for Democrats.”
So did any Republicans win today? Because I'm not seeing where any republicans won today.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
So did any Republicans win today? Because I'm not seeing where any republicans won today.
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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
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News organizations are starting to call the New Jersey governor's race for Mikie Sherrill, and she recently called out one of my books as a recommendation, I'm not saying that recommending my books will nab you a governorship, but I am saying that the batting record so far is 1.000
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
News organizations are starting to call the New Jersey governor's race for Mikie Sherrill, and she recently called out one of my books as a recommendation, I'm not saying that recommending my books will nab you a governorship, but I am saying that the batting record so far is 1.000
<taps microphone>
It’s a bad tool.
It’s a bad tool.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
<taps microphone>
It’s a bad tool.
It’s a bad tool.
See, I like the idea of government. I like the idea of a community where everyone has a voice and everyone contributes (if they can) to the common good.
I'm against bad government, but it's the _bad_ I object to, not the _government_.
I'm against bad government, but it's the _bad_ I object to, not the _government_.
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
See, I like the idea of government. I like the idea of a community where everyone has a voice and everyone contributes (if they can) to the common good.
I'm against bad government, but it's the _bad_ I object to, not the _government_.
I'm against bad government, but it's the _bad_ I object to, not the _government_.
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1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
Europe’s left flocks to New York to take notes on Mamdani’s meteoric rise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
There’s always been a tension between seeing poverty as an evil and seeing poverty as a tool of moral instruction.
Seems to me that assholes, junkies, sluts and fools should get to eat.
Seems to me that assholes, junkies, sluts and fools should get to eat.
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
There’s always been a tension between seeing poverty as an evil and seeing poverty as a tool of moral instruction.
Seems to me that assholes, junkies, sluts and fools should get to eat.
Seems to me that assholes, junkies, sluts and fools should get to eat.