David Louis Edelman
@davidlouisedelman.bsky.social
Science fiction author of the JUMP 225 trilogy, Campbell Award nominee, web programmer, and dad -- not necessarily in that order
The first time I’ve taken a deep breath in months. Congratulations to Virginia, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, and everywhere else that Democrats surged yesterday. (One of those #Spanberger votes in VA was mine!) Hell, Democrats flipped two state Senate seats in frickin’ MISSISSIPPI.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The first time I’ve taken a deep breath in months. Congratulations to Virginia, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, and everywhere else that Democrats surged yesterday. (One of those #Spanberger votes in VA was mine!) Hell, Democrats flipped two state Senate seats in frickin’ MISSISSIPPI.
Jimmy Wales, founder of #Wikipedia: “We’re designing everything for the long haul, and the only way we can last that long is not by pandering to this raging mob…but maintaining our values, maintaining our trustworthiness. We’re just going to do our thing, and we’re going to do it as well as we can.”
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Jimmy Wales, founder of #Wikipedia: “We’re designing everything for the long haul, and the only way we can last that long is not by pandering to this raging mob…but maintaining our values, maintaining our trustworthiness. We’re just going to do our thing, and we’re going to do it as well as we can.”
I’ve had an epiphany. Almost every horrible thing Donald #Trump has done to this country thus far has been accomplished via executive order. This means the next president can simply reverse most of it, like Thanos, with a snap of his or her fingers. (1/7)
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’ve had an epiphany. Almost every horrible thing Donald #Trump has done to this country thus far has been accomplished via executive order. This means the next president can simply reverse most of it, like Thanos, with a snap of his or her fingers. (1/7)
What a peacemaker is our president! Finally, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. All it took was 70,000 dead (an estimated 80% civilians and 59% women and children), the destruction of most of Gaza, purposeful starvation… (1/2)
October 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
What a peacemaker is our president! Finally, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. All it took was 70,000 dead (an estimated 80% civilians and 59% women and children), the destruction of most of Gaza, purposeful starvation… (1/2)
Charlie Kirk was a toxic shithead. Doesn’t mean he deserved to get shot in a public forum. The whole thing — everything that the US has become, thanks to MAGA — just makes me sad and depressed. And Kirk’s death will only enrage the Nazis all the more. How about no more killing?
#CharlieKirk
#CharlieKirk
September 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Charlie Kirk was a toxic shithead. Doesn’t mean he deserved to get shot in a public forum. The whole thing — everything that the US has become, thanks to MAGA — just makes me sad and depressed. And Kirk’s death will only enrage the Nazis all the more. How about no more killing?
#CharlieKirk
#CharlieKirk
Discovered yesterday that INFOQUAKE has been released in Russia the best way possible: by receiving a fan email from a new reader in Belgorod thanking me for the fantastic book. A nice pick-me-up for the weekend.
September 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Discovered yesterday that INFOQUAKE has been released in Russia the best way possible: by receiving a fan email from a new reader in Belgorod thanking me for the fantastic book. A nice pick-me-up for the weekend.
I saw #FANTASTICFOUR: FIRST STEPS last night. The theater was surprisingly three-quarters full for a random Tuesday night, but unlike the SUPERMAN screening I attended, surprisingly quiet. No laughter, no cheering, no applause. (1/4)
August 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I saw #FANTASTICFOUR: FIRST STEPS last night. The theater was surprisingly three-quarters full for a random Tuesday night, but unlike the SUPERMAN screening I attended, surprisingly quiet. No laughter, no cheering, no applause. (1/4)
#SUPERMAN is colorful, overstuffed, and funny. It’s entertaining. But you know what? If this is the much-ballyhooed new direction for DC superhero flicks, then they’re in serious trouble. (1/7)
July 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#SUPERMAN is colorful, overstuffed, and funny. It’s entertaining. But you know what? If this is the much-ballyhooed new direction for DC superhero flicks, then they’re in serious trouble. (1/7)
We defeated the Nazis once.
We’ll do it again.
We’ll do it again.
July 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We defeated the Nazis once.
We’ll do it again.
We’ll do it again.
A fabulous piece of art I discovered from the Swedish illustrated edition of #TheHobbit. That’s Bilbo confronting Gollum, believe it or not, by #ToveJansson. Apparently this illustration caused #JRRTolkien to amend the book, because he never clarified how big Gollum was in the first edition.
July 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A fabulous piece of art I discovered from the Swedish illustrated edition of #TheHobbit. That’s Bilbo confronting Gollum, believe it or not, by #ToveJansson. Apparently this illustration caused #JRRTolkien to amend the book, because he never clarified how big Gollum was in the first edition.
For those still keeping track, I am indeed still writing novels, and recently completed a first draft of a new standalone SF novel. The working title: THE TIMEPIECE OF GOD.
June 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
For those still keeping track, I am indeed still writing novels, and recently completed a first draft of a new standalone SF novel. The working title: THE TIMEPIECE OF GOD.
Many people have pointed out that AI Jedi Trump is carrying a red lightsaber, which indicates that he's a Sith.
Fewer people have mentioned why he's wearing the brown robes.
#JediTrump
Fewer people have mentioned why he's wearing the brown robes.
#JediTrump
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Many people have pointed out that AI Jedi Trump is carrying a red lightsaber, which indicates that he's a Sith.
Fewer people have mentioned why he's wearing the brown robes.
#JediTrump
Fewer people have mentioned why he's wearing the brown robes.
#JediTrump
We're about 100 days in. As I predicted (and Hillary Clinton echoed), the byword of the second Trump administration is "stupid." (1/9)
April 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We're about 100 days in. As I predicted (and Hillary Clinton echoed), the byword of the second Trump administration is "stupid." (1/9)
So, that's it then. If the administration can send masked troops to forcibly kidnap someone off a US street, without judicial review or a warrant or even any accusation of a crime... ignore a judge's ruling that requires him to not be deported... (1/3)
April 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So, that's it then. If the administration can send masked troops to forcibly kidnap someone off a US street, without judicial review or a warrant or even any accusation of a crime... ignore a judge's ruling that requires him to not be deported... (1/3)
I am running to be the President of the United States of America. Here is my very simple platform.
1. On Day One, I will reverse every single one of Donald Trump's idiotic executive orders. Every. Single. One.
(1/2)
1. On Day One, I will reverse every single one of Donald Trump's idiotic executive orders. Every. Single. One.
(1/2)
April 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I am running to be the President of the United States of America. Here is my very simple platform.
1. On Day One, I will reverse every single one of Donald Trump's idiotic executive orders. Every. Single. One.
(1/2)
1. On Day One, I will reverse every single one of Donald Trump's idiotic executive orders. Every. Single. One.
(1/2)
Let me get this straight. The US needs Greenland from "a security standpoint" as a bulwark against our enemies. But we don't need a strong, independent Ukraine allied with us as a bulwark against Russia?
#Greenland #Ukraine
#Greenland #Ukraine
March 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Let me get this straight. The US needs Greenland from "a security standpoint" as a bulwark against our enemies. But we don't need a strong, independent Ukraine allied with us as a bulwark against Russia?
#Greenland #Ukraine
#Greenland #Ukraine
Today's jaw-dropping statistic, courtesy of the judge who will be ruling shortly on Trump's transgender military ban.
The DoD spends $5.2 million annually on medical care for gender dysphoria.
It spends $42 million per year on medication for erectile dysfunction.
The DoD spends $5.2 million annually on medical care for gender dysphoria.
It spends $42 million per year on medication for erectile dysfunction.
March 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today's jaw-dropping statistic, courtesy of the judge who will be ruling shortly on Trump's transgender military ban.
The DoD spends $5.2 million annually on medical care for gender dysphoria.
It spends $42 million per year on medication for erectile dysfunction.
The DoD spends $5.2 million annually on medical care for gender dysphoria.
It spends $42 million per year on medication for erectile dysfunction.
I keep compiling lists in my head of all the awful, terrible, illegal, immoral, unconstitutional things the Trump administration is doing, with the aim of making a viral social media post.
Then I think: why? (1/6)
Then I think: why? (1/6)
March 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I keep compiling lists in my head of all the awful, terrible, illegal, immoral, unconstitutional things the Trump administration is doing, with the aim of making a viral social media post.
Then I think: why? (1/6)
Then I think: why? (1/6)
Today I stand with Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Wholeheartedly, unashamedly, unreservedly.
#StandWithUkraine
#StandWithUkraine
March 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Today I stand with Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Wholeheartedly, unashamedly, unreservedly.
#StandWithUkraine
#StandWithUkraine
A helpful tip for keeping your sanity in these stressful times: Cholula goes on just about everything.
February 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A helpful tip for keeping your sanity in these stressful times: Cholula goes on just about everything.
So it's not ALL bad news in my life. Here is the cover for the upcoming Russian translation of INFOQUAKE, coming soon from Eksmo.
I can't read a thing here, but it's some of the best artwork I've seen for my books. So moody and cyberpunk. I love it.
#Infoquake
I can't read a thing here, but it's some of the best artwork I've seen for my books. So moody and cyberpunk. I love it.
#Infoquake
February 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So it's not ALL bad news in my life. Here is the cover for the upcoming Russian translation of INFOQUAKE, coming soon from Eksmo.
I can't read a thing here, but it's some of the best artwork I've seen for my books. So moody and cyberpunk. I love it.
#Infoquake
I can't read a thing here, but it's some of the best artwork I've seen for my books. So moody and cyberpunk. I love it.
#Infoquake
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
February 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
The amount of stupid happening in the United States right now is staggering. (1/10)
February 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The amount of stupid happening in the United States right now is staggering. (1/10)
Here's how you can tell that Trump's executive order banning trans people from the military is just pure bigotry.
When Obama's Defense Secretary Ashton Carter lifted the trans military ban in 2016, he did so after a year-long study. (1/7)
When Obama's Defense Secretary Ashton Carter lifted the trans military ban in 2016, he did so after a year-long study. (1/7)
January 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Here's how you can tell that Trump's executive order banning trans people from the military is just pure bigotry.
When Obama's Defense Secretary Ashton Carter lifted the trans military ban in 2016, he did so after a year-long study. (1/7)
When Obama's Defense Secretary Ashton Carter lifted the trans military ban in 2016, he did so after a year-long study. (1/7)