David Wellington
@davidwellington.bsky.social
Author of MONSTER ISLAND and the Red Space trilogy, among others. He/him.
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Happy Control Panel Saturday, with this tiny frontal lobe control room from Roger Dean’s 1973 cover art for 'Gold the Man,' by Joseph Green
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Happy Control Panel Saturday, with this tiny frontal lobe control room from Roger Dean’s 1973 cover art for 'Gold the Man,' by Joseph Green
Oh, thank god. I was starting to develop real withdrawal symptoms. I had resorted to using... ellipses, for fuck's sake. Ellipses. [shudder]
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ChatGPT Achieves a New Level of Intelligence: Not Using the Em Dash
Humans can take it back.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh, thank god. I was starting to develop real withdrawal symptoms. I had resorted to using... ellipses, for fuck's sake. Ellipses. [shudder]
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I am not exactly sure why the laws of physics require it, but if you have bad knees you are guaranteed to walk into at least one sharp-edged coffee table a day.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I am not exactly sure why the laws of physics require it, but if you have bad knees you are guaranteed to walk into at least one sharp-edged coffee table a day.
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The more I see the more confused I get. He’s injecting… lines of cocaine? There are nunchucks on the door and a skull on an endtable. A driver’s license, king and queen playing cards.
The handprint.
CALVARY.
And a map of the Americas in the peeling paint on the wall.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
The handprint.
CALVARY.
And a map of the Americas in the peeling paint on the wall.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
(Texting the AI jesus this photo) lottery numbers or I send this to ur dad
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The more I see the more confused I get. He’s injecting… lines of cocaine? There are nunchucks on the door and a skull on an endtable. A driver’s license, king and queen playing cards.
The handprint.
CALVARY.
And a map of the Americas in the peeling paint on the wall.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
The handprint.
CALVARY.
And a map of the Americas in the peeling paint on the wall.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
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I love this GALEX ultraviolet view of Andromeda. I wrote about it a few years back: slate.com/technology/2...
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I love this GALEX ultraviolet view of Andromeda. I wrote about it a few years back: slate.com/technology/2...
The more I see the more confused I get. He’s injecting… lines of cocaine? There are nunchucks on the door and a skull on an endtable. A driver’s license, king and queen playing cards.
The handprint.
CALVARY.
And a map of the Americas in the peeling paint on the wall.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
The handprint.
CALVARY.
And a map of the Americas in the peeling paint on the wall.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
(Texting the AI jesus this photo) lottery numbers or I send this to ur dad
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The more I see the more confused I get. He’s injecting… lines of cocaine? There are nunchucks on the door and a skull on an endtable. A driver’s license, king and queen playing cards.
The handprint.
CALVARY.
And a map of the Americas in the peeling paint on the wall.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
The handprint.
CALVARY.
And a map of the Americas in the peeling paint on the wall.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
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Real photos of sharks upside down 🦈👹😳
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Real photos of sharks upside down 🦈👹😳
How many of your dead relatives will you be legally required to keep on your phone? If a phone update 30 years after the loved one’s death wipes out their files, can you sue your phone provider for murder? If you stop calling them, five or six generations on, do they die again, or just fade away?
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
How many of your dead relatives will you be legally required to keep on your phone? If a phone update 30 years after the loved one’s death wipes out their files, can you sue your phone provider for murder? If you stop calling them, five or six generations on, do they die again, or just fade away?
Another woke opinion:
No country should have nuclear weapons.
No country should have nuclear weapons.
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Another woke opinion:
No country should have nuclear weapons.
No country should have nuclear weapons.
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Everyday Americans also have identities I think
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Everyday Americans also have identities I think
Governments in the 21st century should work to protect their citizens from corporations.
Oh, and war is bad and almost always unnecessary.
Oh, and war is bad and almost always unnecessary.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Governments in the 21st century should work to protect their citizens from corporations.
Oh, and war is bad and almost always unnecessary.
Oh, and war is bad and almost always unnecessary.
Ignoring the subject matter…
I swear to god there are more people out there who want to fantasize about how writers live than there are people who want to read a book.
I swear to god there are more people out there who want to fantasize about how writers live than there are people who want to read a book.
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ignoring the subject matter…
I swear to god there are more people out there who want to fantasize about how writers live than there are people who want to read a book.
I swear to god there are more people out there who want to fantasize about how writers live than there are people who want to read a book.
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CONTROVERSIAL OPINION:
comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet
comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
CONTROVERSIAL OPINION:
comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet
comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet
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Who out there writing wifewolf fiction?
"Were" in werewolf is from the old English "wer", meaning man. The old english for woman was "wif", which is where we get wife from.
So a girl with lycanthropy would actually be a wifewolf
So a girl with lycanthropy would actually be a wifewolf
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Who out there writing wifewolf fiction?
100% support striking workers. Especially those whose logo is a severed zombie hand clutching a Starbuck’s cup.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
100% support striking workers. Especially those whose logo is a severed zombie hand clutching a Starbuck’s cup.
Gnocchi in Fraud Diavolo sauce
I stared at this headline too long and now my brain won’t go
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Gnocchi in Fraud Diavolo sauce
Since the pandemic I do this thing where I leave whole words out of sentences—prepositions, connectors, even the subject nouns just disappear. I thought I was losing my mind.
Then I started reading blogs and newsletters and saw it everywhere.
Did Covid damage the language centers of our brains?
Then I started reading blogs and newsletters and saw it everywhere.
Did Covid damage the language centers of our brains?
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Since the pandemic I do this thing where I leave whole words out of sentences—prepositions, connectors, even the subject nouns just disappear. I thought I was losing my mind.
Then I started reading blogs and newsletters and saw it everywhere.
Did Covid damage the language centers of our brains?
Then I started reading blogs and newsletters and saw it everywhere.
Did Covid damage the language centers of our brains?
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what if the people we gave all the wealth and power to actually gave a shit about us
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
what if the people we gave all the wealth and power to actually gave a shit about us
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"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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I particularly hate the suggestion there's some sort of grand bargain in which trans rights are given up in exchange for _______.
No one is offering such a thing. No one would change their vote to Dems after that. The argument exists solely to justify throwing trans people under the bus.
No one is offering such a thing. No one would change their vote to Dems after that. The argument exists solely to justify throwing trans people under the bus.
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I particularly hate the suggestion there's some sort of grand bargain in which trans rights are given up in exchange for _______.
No one is offering such a thing. No one would change their vote to Dems after that. The argument exists solely to justify throwing trans people under the bus.
No one is offering such a thing. No one would change their vote to Dems after that. The argument exists solely to justify throwing trans people under the bus.
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I see this and all I think is: stillsuit.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I see this and all I think is: stillsuit.
Broccoli Men of Mars
Manolo Prieto cover, “Los dioses de Marte” (The Gods Of Mars) by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Spanish Edition), 1947
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Broccoli Men of Mars