EW Wilder
@ewwilder.bsky.social
Writer, fictional character, nom de-web, https://eastwesterlyreview.com/
I will like all your cat pictures.
I will like all your cat pictures.
I don't know what the big deal is. I solved TEN wars on my way in from the parking lot at work.
And so did my cat!
And so did my cat!
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I don't know what the big deal is. I solved TEN wars on my way in from the parking lot at work.
And so did my cat!
And so did my cat!
On the other hand, that Trump freely admitted he "needs" Greenland for psychological reasons shows much more self-awareness than I thought he possessed.
So, uh. There's that.
So, uh. There's that.
January 20, 2026 at 11:47 PM
On the other hand, that Trump freely admitted he "needs" Greenland for psychological reasons shows much more self-awareness than I thought he possessed.
So, uh. There's that.
So, uh. There's that.
Sure, he's "transactional" in the same way a mugging is transactional. Coercion is not a "deal"; it's thuggery. He's never been a dealmaker. He's always been a spoiled brat playing at being a businessman.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Sure, he's "transactional" in the same way a mugging is transactional. Coercion is not a "deal"; it's thuggery. He's never been a dealmaker. He's always been a spoiled brat playing at being a businessman.
This. All damn day, this.
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
This. All damn day, this.
I didn't get the parking space I wanted at Costco today. Think I'll write Norway an angry letter about it.
Seems reasonable.
Seems reasonable.
January 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I didn't get the parking space I wanted at Costco today. Think I'll write Norway an angry letter about it.
Seems reasonable.
Seems reasonable.
I always feel like social media are a potluck; I feel weird scrolling if I haven't posted something first.
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I always feel like social media are a potluck; I feel weird scrolling if I haven't posted something first.
Overheard on the couch:
His side: "I just read this article on how there's corn DNA in our hair."
Her side: "How about you shut up and pass me the Fritos?"
His side: "I just read this article on how there's corn DNA in our hair."
Her side: "How about you shut up and pass me the Fritos?"
January 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Overheard on the couch:
His side: "I just read this article on how there's corn DNA in our hair."
Her side: "How about you shut up and pass me the Fritos?"
His side: "I just read this article on how there's corn DNA in our hair."
Her side: "How about you shut up and pass me the Fritos?"
I think it's about time for the ghost of Prince to appear and play all these ICE goons in Minneapolis right off the stage.
January 18, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I think it's about time for the ghost of Prince to appear and play all these ICE goons in Minneapolis right off the stage.
Maybe the real question we should be asking is not why Trump deposed Maduro but why Putin decided to use Trump to depose Maduro.
January 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Maybe the real question we should be asking is not why Trump deposed Maduro but why Putin decided to use Trump to depose Maduro.
Remember back when we worried self-replicating nanobots would flood the world the gray goo? And all this time we should have worried that AI bots would flood our minds with worthless slop.
January 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Remember back when we worried self-replicating nanobots would flood the world the gray goo? And all this time we should have worried that AI bots would flood our minds with worthless slop.
Must be quite a burden having a ego so big you need Greenland to put it in and so fragile you need someone else's Nobel prize to make it feel healed.
January 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Must be quite a burden having a ego so big you need Greenland to put it in and so fragile you need someone else's Nobel prize to make it feel healed.
I ain't learnt much in 53 years of livin', but I have learnt that you won't be disappointed in yerself for taking the extra time to drill a few pilot holes.
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I ain't learnt much in 53 years of livin', but I have learnt that you won't be disappointed in yerself for taking the extra time to drill a few pilot holes.
Sometimes, when I watch the tee-vee and read the news, I think to myself, "Dang. I wish I was rich enough to be that nuts."
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Sometimes, when I watch the tee-vee and read the news, I think to myself, "Dang. I wish I was rich enough to be that nuts."
Overheard on the couch:
His side: "Hey, should I get this '95 F150 with a dump bed?"
Her side: "Sure. What would you do with it?"
His side: "Uh. Dump, I guess."
His side: "Hey, should I get this '95 F150 with a dump bed?"
Her side: "Sure. What would you do with it?"
His side: "Uh. Dump, I guess."
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Overheard on the couch:
His side: "Hey, should I get this '95 F150 with a dump bed?"
Her side: "Sure. What would you do with it?"
His side: "Uh. Dump, I guess."
His side: "Hey, should I get this '95 F150 with a dump bed?"
Her side: "Sure. What would you do with it?"
His side: "Uh. Dump, I guess."
Can I get an "amen!"?
Tis time for another cup of coffee. Think I am going to need tons today 😂
January 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Can I get an "amen!"?
While it's good that SAMHSA restored the billions cut from behavioral health, it's telling what the original cuts targeted: programs that work but that are outside Trump's narrow view of addiction as a character flaw and madness as a fundamental and immutable defect.
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 PM
While it's good that SAMHSA restored the billions cut from behavioral health, it's telling what the original cuts targeted: programs that work but that are outside Trump's narrow view of addiction as a character flaw and madness as a fundamental and immutable defect.
Pretty nonplussed when an employer's AI survey shows less of an understanding of the current state of affairs than I have--and it's not even my job to think about these things.
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Pretty nonplussed when an employer's AI survey shows less of an understanding of the current state of affairs than I have--and it's not even my job to think about these things.
Really, when you think about it, you can say "Well, at least I'm not on fire" every day that you're not on fire.
#affirmations
#affirmations
January 14, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Really, when you think about it, you can say "Well, at least I'm not on fire" every day that you're not on fire.
#affirmations
#affirmations
My prediction is that the Sick Six on SCOTUS is going to make a ruling on trans athletes that will be just enough to give MAGA a win but fall just enough short of what they want to keep the issue alive in the midterms.
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
My prediction is that the Sick Six on SCOTUS is going to make a ruling on trans athletes that will be just enough to give MAGA a win but fall just enough short of what they want to keep the issue alive in the midterms.
I'm going to go way out on a limb and say that voting the "Hey, this guy is just as stupid as I am!" ticket isn't the best strategy.
January 13, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I'm going to go way out on a limb and say that voting the "Hey, this guy is just as stupid as I am!" ticket isn't the best strategy.
When your successful strategy has been "Who you gonna believe? Me, or your lyin' eyes?" since, oh, I don't know, early January, 2021, why stop now?
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
When your successful strategy has been "Who you gonna believe? Me, or your lyin' eyes?" since, oh, I don't know, early January, 2021, why stop now?
What do you suppose he hated most?
That she didn't immediately comply with the order he had no right to give?
That she had the temerity to say she wasn't mad?
That she had the courage to speak to him at all?
That she didn't immediately comply with the order he had no right to give?
That she had the temerity to say she wasn't mad?
That she had the courage to speak to him at all?
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
What do you suppose he hated most?
That she didn't immediately comply with the order he had no right to give?
That she had the temerity to say she wasn't mad?
That she had the courage to speak to him at all?
That she didn't immediately comply with the order he had no right to give?
That she had the temerity to say she wasn't mad?
That she had the courage to speak to him at all?
You suppose Trump's recent turn toward military action is just compensation because he can't get any action from Melania anymore?
#AskingForMyself
(I'm saying maybe his dick don't work no more. No shame in it, but usually old guys like us react by taking up woodworking or buying a sports car.)
#AskingForMyself
(I'm saying maybe his dick don't work no more. No shame in it, but usually old guys like us react by taking up woodworking or buying a sports car.)
January 11, 2026 at 11:38 PM
You suppose Trump's recent turn toward military action is just compensation because he can't get any action from Melania anymore?
#AskingForMyself
(I'm saying maybe his dick don't work no more. No shame in it, but usually old guys like us react by taking up woodworking or buying a sports car.)
#AskingForMyself
(I'm saying maybe his dick don't work no more. No shame in it, but usually old guys like us react by taking up woodworking or buying a sports car.)
Here's another way of thinking about the Renee Good murder: it's a very purposeful message to white, middle class women who have historically supported Trump: step out of line, and we'll shoot you, too.
It's the equivalent of an abuser beating up a woman because she looked at another man.
It's the equivalent of an abuser beating up a woman because she looked at another man.
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Here's another way of thinking about the Renee Good murder: it's a very purposeful message to white, middle class women who have historically supported Trump: step out of line, and we'll shoot you, too.
It's the equivalent of an abuser beating up a woman because she looked at another man.
It's the equivalent of an abuser beating up a woman because she looked at another man.
Not sure why my pitch for March of the Pangolins went nowhere.
Maybe they couldn't get Morgan Freeman to narrate?
Maybe they couldn't get Morgan Freeman to narrate?
January 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Not sure why my pitch for March of the Pangolins went nowhere.
Maybe they couldn't get Morgan Freeman to narrate?
Maybe they couldn't get Morgan Freeman to narrate?