Bill Coberly
@billcoberly.bsky.social
Public defender, writer, mediocre Smash Bros. player.
Substack: billcoberly.substack.com
Substack: billcoberly.substack.com
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The game you are about to play is a product of its time. It may depict the PS3, which was commonplace in society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.
New intro screen for Metal Gear Solid 4 in Master Collection vol 2
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The game you are about to play is a product of its time. It may depict the PS3, which was commonplace in society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.
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"In a novel, one expects (or at least I expect) the ability to make sense of the text without already knowing all the details of the author’s life." Unfortunately, that's not the case with Patricia Lockwood's latest book, writes @billcoberly.bsky.social.
www.thebulwark.com/p/are-you-ex...
www.thebulwark.com/p/are-you-ex...
Are You Experienced? Are You Confused?
Patricia Lockwood’s latest novel is full of amusing episodes but refuses to cohere into a larger whole.
www.thebulwark.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
"In a novel, one expects (or at least I expect) the ability to make sense of the text without already knowing all the details of the author’s life." Unfortunately, that's not the case with Patricia Lockwood's latest book, writes @billcoberly.bsky.social.
www.thebulwark.com/p/are-you-ex...
www.thebulwark.com/p/are-you-ex...
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"If you’ve never had the tiresome experience of listening at length to a friend whose consumption of psychoactive substances has filled their mind with dreams of absolute reality, Patricia Lockwood’s newest novel, Will There Ever Be Another You, will serve as a decent proxy."
I wrote here about Patricia Lockwood’s “Will There Ever Be Another You”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Are You Experienced? Are You Confused?
Patricia Lockwood’s latest novel is full of amusing episodes but refuses to cohere into a larger whole.
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"If you’ve never had the tiresome experience of listening at length to a friend whose consumption of psychoactive substances has filled their mind with dreams of absolute reality, Patricia Lockwood’s newest novel, Will There Ever Be Another You, will serve as a decent proxy."
I wrote here about Patricia Lockwood’s “Will There Ever Be Another You”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Are You Experienced? Are You Confused?
Patricia Lockwood’s latest novel is full of amusing episodes but refuses to cohere into a larger whole.
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I wrote here about Patricia Lockwood’s “Will There Ever Be Another You”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Bill and Julia are going to see Nine Inch Nails!
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Bill and Julia are going to see Nine Inch Nails!
Julia, saying something true and upsetting: “all conversations with you about the early 2010s eventually lead to Gamergate”
alas
alas
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Julia, saying something true and upsetting: “all conversations with you about the early 2010s eventually lead to Gamergate”
alas
alas
I wrote a song.
For the Twin Cities
YouTube video by William Coberly
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I wrote a song.
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This is the stranger’s case.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This is the stranger’s case.
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Couple lessons here, first one is 'don't be a Nazi shithead,' the second one is 'don't pick a fight with 25 of anything'
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Couple lessons here, first one is 'don't be a Nazi shithead,' the second one is 'don't pick a fight with 25 of anything'
god I hate this dude. When in law school one of my well-meaning classmates learned I grew up in a trailer park and said “you should read Hillbilly Elegy” I had to resist the urge to start screaming, and this was even before he made his full heel turn
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
god I hate this dude. When in law school one of my well-meaning classmates learned I grew up in a trailer park and said “you should read Hillbilly Elegy” I had to resist the urge to start screaming, and this was even before he made his full heel turn
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YAJB is taught in high schools and universities. It's a great rhetorical tool, even if the numbers are a little out of date now, and it usually sees a few downloads a day, even when Bezos isn't a hot conversation topic
If even a fraction of those who played left a tip, it'd really make a difference
If even a fraction of those who played left a tip, it'd really make a difference
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
YAJB is taught in high schools and universities. It's a great rhetorical tool, even if the numbers are a little out of date now, and it usually sees a few downloads a day, even when Bezos isn't a hot conversation topic
If even a fraction of those who played left a tip, it'd really make a difference
If even a fraction of those who played left a tip, it'd really make a difference
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Also the author of this (me) lives in poverty so if everyone who clicks tipped a couple dollars I could afford some cat food direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff...
You Are Jeff Bezos by Kris Lorischild
A Billionaire Simulator
direkris.itch.io
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Also the author of this (me) lives in poverty so if everyone who clicks tipped a couple dollars I could afford some cat food direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff...
The only time Azzie really ever looks at me with anger in her eyes is when I start putting away the components of her Laundry Throne
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The only time Azzie really ever looks at me with anger in her eyes is when I start putting away the components of her Laundry Throne
short reviews, here, of Dune Messiah and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Capsule Reviews: 2/3/2026
Herbert and THE BONE TEMPLE
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
short reviews, here, of Dune Messiah and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
I’m sure if we made everyone who ever emailed Jeffrey Epstein for any reason take the black and go to the Wall we’d get a bunch of false positives, but I can’t help but feel it would be a net gain for society regardless
February 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
I’m sure if we made everyone who ever emailed Jeffrey Epstein for any reason take the black and go to the Wall we’d get a bunch of false positives, but I can’t help but feel it would be a net gain for society regardless
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Muriel Spark, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, in Edinburgh
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
February 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Muriel Spark, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, in Edinburgh
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
Some capsule reviews of the stuff I've read recently: A bunch of Amal El-Mohtar and also Dune:
Capsule Reviews: 1/27/2026
El-Mohtar and Herbert
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Some capsule reviews of the stuff I've read recently: A bunch of Amal El-Mohtar and also Dune:
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
Suddenly I am reminded that owning a house means I have to shovel snow. Thought they patched that out in the last update. Mods?
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Suddenly I am reminded that owning a house means I have to shovel snow. Thought they patched that out in the last update. Mods?
Out of words. Down with ICE and all the rest.
January 25, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Out of words. Down with ICE and all the rest.
THE WIZARD KNIGHT
favorite Gene Wolfe that ISN'T the Book of the New Sun?
mine's gotta be the criminally underread and underdiscussed THE DEVIL IN THE FOREST
mine's gotta be the criminally underread and underdiscussed THE DEVIL IN THE FOREST
January 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
THE WIZARD KNIGHT
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Me my whole life: Nothing is black and white. You have to consider nuance
Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil
Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil
January 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Me my whole life: Nothing is black and white. You have to consider nuance
Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil
Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil
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When I first saw Applebee's advertisement for the O-M-Cheeseburger, I was terrified. I trembled. I cowered. Then I opened my heart to it. Here is what it revealed to me. johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/god-cheese...
God. Cheese. Burger.
An exercise in ecstatic American theology
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
When I first saw Applebee's advertisement for the O-M-Cheeseburger, I was terrified. I trembled. I cowered. Then I opened my heart to it. Here is what it revealed to me. johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/god-cheese...
Is Samurai Jack the greatest tv show ever made? Discuss.
(Note that I’m only like 1.2 seasons in)
(Note that I’m only like 1.2 seasons in)
January 22, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Is Samurai Jack the greatest tv show ever made? Discuss.
(Note that I’m only like 1.2 seasons in)
(Note that I’m only like 1.2 seasons in)
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Wow. That's very insightful. It *is* a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of something—a wife. If you'd like, I could help you draft a "Wife Marriage Acquisition Plan" or a "Good Fortune Business Plan."
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Wow. That's very insightful. It *is* a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of something—a wife. If you'd like, I could help you draft a "Wife Marriage Acquisition Plan" or a "Good Fortune Business Plan."