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.
final final note: for my wedding a year and a half ago, I had my sister read from Ecclesiastes, but also read "The Beauty of House is immeasurable; its Kindness, infinite."
it is possible that I am the world's biggest Piranesi fan; certainly I have woven it thoroughly into my life.
it is possible that I am the world's biggest Piranesi fan; certainly I have woven it thoroughly into my life.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 AM
final final note: for my wedding a year and a half ago, I had my sister read from Ecclesiastes, but also read "The Beauty of House is immeasurable; its Kindness, infinite."
it is possible that I am the world's biggest Piranesi fan; certainly I have woven it thoroughly into my life.
it is possible that I am the world's biggest Piranesi fan; certainly I have woven it thoroughly into my life.
But yes, I'm a huge fan of Piranesi -- I've read it every year since it came out. (Or, well, some years I've listened to the excellent Chiwetel Ejiofor audiobook). That book is written on my soul in letters of fire, for reasons I often struggle to articulate!
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
But yes, I'm a huge fan of Piranesi -- I've read it every year since it came out. (Or, well, some years I've listened to the excellent Chiwetel Ejiofor audiobook). That book is written on my soul in letters of fire, for reasons I often struggle to articulate!
Also I think I somehow missed this and will be reading it posthaste!
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Also I think I somehow missed this and will be reading it posthaste!
I've never succeeded in getting a good picture of it, but here it is! The statue of a woman carrying a beehive, with some bees around to make that a little clearer, and then a shadowy figure representing our boy! It was a Christmas gift from my wife a few years ago!
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I've never succeeded in getting a good picture of it, but here it is! The statue of a woman carrying a beehive, with some bees around to make that a little clearer, and then a shadowy figure representing our boy! It was a Christmas gift from my wife a few years ago!
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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...
Well I gotta tell you, friends: I’m Afraid of Americans into The Hand That Feeds into Head Like a Hole worked pretty well for me tonight
February 12, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Well I gotta tell you, friends: I’m Afraid of Americans into The Hand That Feeds into Head Like a Hole worked pretty well for me tonight
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
Oh, for sure! But in particular by halfway through the section where he’s spying and learning how to read and such I felt it was one-note and grating. Like, any five minute section would be a great monologue, but let the text speak for itself a bit, Dan! Don’t overhit *everything!*
February 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Oh, for sure! But in particular by halfway through the section where he’s spying and learning how to read and such I felt it was one-note and grating. Like, any five minute section would be a great monologue, but let the text speak for itself a bit, Dan! Don’t overhit *everything!*
My problem with Stevens’s reading is he reads all of the Monster’s lines like he’s on the edge of tears, which is justifiable from the text but made me just exhausted by halfway through
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
My problem with Stevens’s reading is he reads all of the Monster’s lines like he’s on the edge of tears, which is justifiable from the text but made me just exhausted by halfway through
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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
(Would probably need to make an exception for various harried personal assistants; perhaps it’s “directed an email to be sent to Epstein”)
February 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
(Would probably need to make an exception for various harried personal assistants; perhaps it’s “directed an email to be sent to Epstein”)
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’)