Bruce Arthurs
@brucearthursaz.bsky.social
Long-time SF/F reader, occasional writer. I live in Arizona with my wife, several housemates, and a small mob of cats.
I strive for posts that are amusing, informative, and/or wise. (The last one's the toughie.)
I strive for posts that are amusing, informative, and/or wise. (The last one's the toughie.)
My inner 12-year-old finds it delightful that someone titled their book about Tarot BIG DECK ENERGY.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
My inner 12-year-old finds it delightful that someone titled their book about Tarot BIG DECK ENERGY.
A thread that makes an important point. I've run into the same phenomenon, with someone waking from a dream not realizing the dream wasn't, and isn't, reality.
A quick thread about why the image below and its implications terrify me.
My father, for many reasons, was a saint of a man. As he grew older, into his mid 80s, he developed issues separating dreams from reality, especially when waking up from naps.
My father, for many reasons, was a saint of a man. As he grew older, into his mid 80s, he developed issues separating dreams from reality, especially when waking up from naps.
This guy has the codes to nuclear weapons.
Yeah, this guy 👇
Yeah, this guy 👇
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A thread that makes an important point. I've run into the same phenomenon, with someone waking from a dream not realizing the dream wasn't, and isn't, reality.
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
Y'all should follow @glastomichelle.bsky.social, not just for lovely, striking photographic views of their Glastonbury locale, but to encourage them to leave X behind.
Like Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo? You'll likely enjoy one thousand views of Glastonbury Tor and surrounding area.
Like Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo? You'll likely enjoy one thousand views of Glastonbury Tor and surrounding area.
Liquid Gold sunrise. Photograph taken this morning on Glastonbury Tor.
An unexpected but lovely morning. If anyone follows me on X (@glastomichelle) I have managed to lock myself out and support not helping at the moment. Just to explain my absence over there.
An unexpected but lovely morning. If anyone follows me on X (@glastomichelle) I have managed to lock myself out and support not helping at the moment. Just to explain my absence over there.
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Y'all should follow @glastomichelle.bsky.social, not just for lovely, striking photographic views of their Glastonbury locale, but to encourage them to leave X behind.
Like Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo? You'll likely enjoy one thousand views of Glastonbury Tor and surrounding area.
Like Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo? You'll likely enjoy one thousand views of Glastonbury Tor and surrounding area.
Also, Michael Bishop's BRITTLE INNINGS. Frankenstein's Creature ("Jumbo Hank Clerval") on a mid-1940s minor league baseball team in the American South.
As typical with Bishop's work, goes *way* deeper than the surface plot.
As typical with Bishop's work, goes *way* deeper than the surface plot.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Also, Michael Bishop's BRITTLE INNINGS. Frankenstein's Creature ("Jumbo Hank Clerval") on a mid-1940s minor league baseball team in the American South.
As typical with Bishop's work, goes *way* deeper than the surface plot.
As typical with Bishop's work, goes *way* deeper than the surface plot.
[posts carefully crafted, meaningful thread: crickets]
[posts a tossed-off bit of snark: twenty-eight "likes" and counting]
[posts a tossed-off bit of snark: twenty-eight "likes" and counting]
EK: "Do you like my pants, JD? They're actually Naugahyde."
JDV: [sweats]
JDV: [sweats]
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
[posts carefully crafted, meaningful thread: crickets]
[posts a tossed-off bit of snark: twenty-eight "likes" and counting]
[posts a tossed-off bit of snark: twenty-eight "likes" and counting]
Embrace the Weird.
Make your inner weirdo an outie.
Make your inner weirdo an outie.
To which I add this wonderful Bruce Sterling passage, which for many years I kept beside my keyboard.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Embrace the Weird.
Make your inner weirdo an outie.
Make your inner weirdo an outie.
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Cartoon: Godzilla Linus One. This morning I saw the excellent photo from NeoMonsterIsland.com and needed to steal it to cartoon it in a Peanuts style. Thank you for your tolerance :)
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Cartoon: Godzilla Linus One. This morning I saw the excellent photo from NeoMonsterIsland.com and needed to steal it to cartoon it in a Peanuts style. Thank you for your tolerance :)
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#OnThisDay in 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays and altered the course of medical history. Pictured: images from one of the 1st series of x-rays ever produced (just 2 weeks after Roentgen published his discovery). More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/e... #WorldRadiographyDay
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#OnThisDay in 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays and altered the course of medical history. Pictured: images from one of the 1st series of x-rays ever produced (just 2 weeks after Roentgen published his discovery). More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/e... #WorldRadiographyDay
One reason I was never able to read much of David Eddings' BELGARIAD was the plethora of "However"s and "Unfortunately"s that kept kicking my brain out of the story. I kept expecting to see a "Meanwhile, back at the castle..." show up.
Hate when a book makes my fingers itch for a red pencil.
Hate when a book makes my fingers itch for a red pencil.
This is a great tip! Just throw in the "importantly" or the "thus" or "however" for the third sentence in a row if it gets the substance going. Just make sure you *do* go back for a thorough edit.
Academic tip: sometimes you have to write "Importantly," to get a sentence started and then you can go back and delete it.
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One reason I was never able to read much of David Eddings' BELGARIAD was the plethora of "However"s and "Unfortunately"s that kept kicking my brain out of the story. I kept expecting to see a "Meanwhile, back at the castle..." show up.
Hate when a book makes my fingers itch for a red pencil.
Hate when a book makes my fingers itch for a red pencil.
Just listened to "Jinx" a few days ago. Excellent story.
We love this story too.
Listen here pseudopod.org/2024/02/02/p...
Listen here pseudopod.org/2024/02/02/p...
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just listened to "Jinx" a few days ago. Excellent story.
Waiting for the Tylenol to kick in.
Started watching THE OLD MAN a few nights ago. Jeff Bridges gets it, what a grunting, groaning, miserable experience just getting out of bed in the morning can be when you're old.
(Even before the knock-down, drag-out, kill-or-be-killed fighting starts.)
Started watching THE OLD MAN a few nights ago. Jeff Bridges gets it, what a grunting, groaning, miserable experience just getting out of bed in the morning can be when you're old.
(Even before the knock-down, drag-out, kill-or-be-killed fighting starts.)
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Waiting for the Tylenol to kick in.
Started watching THE OLD MAN a few nights ago. Jeff Bridges gets it, what a grunting, groaning, miserable experience just getting out of bed in the morning can be when you're old.
(Even before the knock-down, drag-out, kill-or-be-killed fighting starts.)
Started watching THE OLD MAN a few nights ago. Jeff Bridges gets it, what a grunting, groaning, miserable experience just getting out of bed in the morning can be when you're old.
(Even before the knock-down, drag-out, kill-or-be-killed fighting starts.)
Post-verdict repost.
Who can forget that scene in TWELVE HUNGRY MEN when Henry Fonda pulls a Subway footlong from under his coat and tosses it onto the jury room table?
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Post-verdict repost.
A verdict to make the prosecutor weep tears of vinegar and oil, infused with bitter herbs.
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A verdict to make the prosecutor weep tears of vinegar and oil, infused with bitter herbs.
This is the same way he talks about women.
Trump: "We're gonna do things to Nigeria that Nigeria's not gonna be happy about, and may very well go into that now disgraced country guns a-blazing... I'm hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack it will be fast, vicious, and sweet."
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is the same way he talks about women.
Looks like "Hide" is the default set by Bluesky. May explain why it sometimes feels I've missed a skeet or six from some accounts I follow. ( *koff* @rudepundit.bsky.social *koff* ) Or why sometimes it feels people following me aren't seeing all of my own less temperate skeets.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Looks like "Hide" is the default set by Bluesky. May explain why it sometimes feels I've missed a skeet or six from some accounts I follow. ( *koff* @rudepundit.bsky.social *koff* ) Or why sometimes it feels people following me aren't seeing all of my own less temperate skeets.
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🎵Mine eyes have seen the glory of the throwing of the sub
We are trampling out the fascists, won’t you come and join our club
We have loosed the fateful lightning of this terrible, swift grub
Our truth is munching on
Glory, Glory Subway Sandwich
(Repeat)
(Repeat)
Our truth is munching on🎵
We are trampling out the fascists, won’t you come and join our club
We have loosed the fateful lightning of this terrible, swift grub
Our truth is munching on
Glory, Glory Subway Sandwich
(Repeat)
(Repeat)
Our truth is munching on🎵
August 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🎵Mine eyes have seen the glory of the throwing of the sub
We are trampling out the fascists, won’t you come and join our club
We have loosed the fateful lightning of this terrible, swift grub
Our truth is munching on
Glory, Glory Subway Sandwich
(Repeat)
(Repeat)
Our truth is munching on🎵
We are trampling out the fascists, won’t you come and join our club
We have loosed the fateful lightning of this terrible, swift grub
Our truth is munching on
Glory, Glory Subway Sandwich
(Repeat)
(Repeat)
Our truth is munching on🎵
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Cartoon: Betty Boop Fantomah :)
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Cartoon: Betty Boop Fantomah :)
Hilde woke from an odd but enjoyable dream; Regency Romance with baseball.
Baseball came later, but "rounders", similar to baseball, was popular during the Regency period. I toss this idea out for anyone who wants it as a story prompt. (Not something I'd write.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounders
Baseball came later, but "rounders", similar to baseball, was popular during the Regency period. I toss this idea out for anyone who wants it as a story prompt. (Not something I'd write.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounders
Rounders - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hilde woke from an odd but enjoyable dream; Regency Romance with baseball.
Baseball came later, but "rounders", similar to baseball, was popular during the Regency period. I toss this idea out for anyone who wants it as a story prompt. (Not something I'd write.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounders
Baseball came later, but "rounders", similar to baseball, was popular during the Regency period. I toss this idea out for anyone who wants it as a story prompt. (Not something I'd write.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounders
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It's hard to communicate how groundbreaking and impressive Steranko's distinctive and stylish comic work was, back in the day. Hugely influential on those who came afterwards.
James Steranko sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/steran... was born on this day, so here are some of his covers from 1969-1972. The 3rd is his artwork for the cover of Eerie #25:
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's hard to communicate how groundbreaking and impressive Steranko's distinctive and stylish comic work was, back in the day. Hugely influential on those who came afterwards.
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Things are looking good for me getting the job in Omelas! It's down to me and some kid nobody likes.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Things are looking good for me getting the job in Omelas! It's down to me and some kid nobody likes.
Who can forget that scene in TWELVE HUNGRY MEN when Henry Fonda pulls a Subway footlong from under his coat and tosses it onto the jury room table?
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Who can forget that scene in TWELVE HUNGRY MEN when Henry Fonda pulls a Subway footlong from under his coat and tosses it onto the jury room table?
Yesterday's news cycle was a wild roller coaster.
Cheney death announcement: Oh, fuck, finally.
Sandwich Guy trial: What the fuck?
UPS plane crash: Oh, fuck. Oh, no. Oh, fuck no.
Mamdani wins NYC: Oh, fuck YES!
Cheney death announcement: Oh, fuck, finally.
Sandwich Guy trial: What the fuck?
UPS plane crash: Oh, fuck. Oh, no. Oh, fuck no.
Mamdani wins NYC: Oh, fuck YES!
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Yesterday's news cycle was a wild roller coaster.
Cheney death announcement: Oh, fuck, finally.
Sandwich Guy trial: What the fuck?
UPS plane crash: Oh, fuck. Oh, no. Oh, fuck no.
Mamdani wins NYC: Oh, fuck YES!
Cheney death announcement: Oh, fuck, finally.
Sandwich Guy trial: What the fuck?
UPS plane crash: Oh, fuck. Oh, no. Oh, fuck no.
Mamdani wins NYC: Oh, fuck YES!
Bystander videos from Louisville UPS plane crash appear to show tail engine on fire just after takeoff.
Looks like the long crash path & fires were mostly thru industrial area (junkyards, storage lots), so hopefully minimal ground casualties.
(Early hours of reporting; all info may change.)
Looks like the long crash path & fires were mostly thru industrial area (junkyards, storage lots), so hopefully minimal ground casualties.
(Early hours of reporting; all info may change.)
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Bystander videos from Louisville UPS plane crash appear to show tail engine on fire just after takeoff.
Looks like the long crash path & fires were mostly thru industrial area (junkyards, storage lots), so hopefully minimal ground casualties.
(Early hours of reporting; all info may change.)
Looks like the long crash path & fires were mostly thru industrial area (junkyards, storage lots), so hopefully minimal ground casualties.
(Early hours of reporting; all info may change.)