Daniel Keys Moran
@fatsam.bsky.social
"He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him."
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
I can't see the word "assassinate" lately without a moment's dissonance.
Charlie Kirk was ass ass inated? Yeah, that sounds right.
No, I never did have that response reading about MLK or JFK. My subconscious is both 12 and leftist.
Charlie Kirk was ass ass inated? Yeah, that sounds right.
No, I never did have that response reading about MLK or JFK. My subconscious is both 12 and leftist.
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I can't see the word "assassinate" lately without a moment's dissonance.
Charlie Kirk was ass ass inated? Yeah, that sounds right.
No, I never did have that response reading about MLK or JFK. My subconscious is both 12 and leftist.
Charlie Kirk was ass ass inated? Yeah, that sounds right.
No, I never did have that response reading about MLK or JFK. My subconscious is both 12 and leftist.
I can't see the word "assassinate" lately without a moment's dissonance.
Charlie Kirk was ass ass inated? Yeah, that sounds right.
No, I never did have that response reading about MLK or JFK. My subconscious is both 12 and leftist.
Charlie Kirk was ass ass inated? Yeah, that sounds right.
No, I never did have that response reading about MLK or JFK. My subconscious is both 12 and leftist.
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I can't see the word "assassinate" lately without a moment's dissonance.
Charlie Kirk was ass ass inated? Yeah, that sounds right.
No, I never did have that response reading about MLK or JFK. My subconscious is both 12 and leftist.
Charlie Kirk was ass ass inated? Yeah, that sounds right.
No, I never did have that response reading about MLK or JFK. My subconscious is both 12 and leftist.
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Happy New Year, everybody. Viva la revolución.
January 1, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Happy New Year, everybody. Viva la revolución.
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This may have been my most influential #writing year.
I published 20 articles on the #epistemology of writing —examining how the #Socratic, #Narrative, and #Thermodynamic dimensions of thought shape craft & sharpen thinking.
I did most of that work on #Facebook. They removed me from the platform.
I published 20 articles on the #epistemology of writing —examining how the #Socratic, #Narrative, and #Thermodynamic dimensions of thought shape craft & sharpen thinking.
I did most of that work on #Facebook. They removed me from the platform.
January 1, 2026 at 3:34 AM
This may have been my most influential #writing year.
I published 20 articles on the #epistemology of writing —examining how the #Socratic, #Narrative, and #Thermodynamic dimensions of thought shape craft & sharpen thinking.
I did most of that work on #Facebook. They removed me from the platform.
I published 20 articles on the #epistemology of writing —examining how the #Socratic, #Narrative, and #Thermodynamic dimensions of thought shape craft & sharpen thinking.
I did most of that work on #Facebook. They removed me from the platform.
Wait, wait, the Scandinavian countries aren't socialist? They are merely (checks notes) capitalist high tax welfare states with universal healthcare?
God bless capitalism, buddy. Let's do what they're doing.
Good talk.
God bless capitalism, buddy. Let's do what they're doing.
Good talk.
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Wait, wait, the Scandinavian countries aren't socialist? They are merely (checks notes) capitalist high tax welfare states with universal healthcare?
God bless capitalism, buddy. Let's do what they're doing.
Good talk.
God bless capitalism, buddy. Let's do what they're doing.
Good talk.
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Large law firms are siding with Trump over their clients and employees. Let me give you one statistic to exemplify this:
DOJ is suing 22 states for access to sensitive voter data.
My firm of 60 lawyers is fighting in all 22.
Not a single big law firm is fighting along side us in any case.
DOJ is suing 22 states for access to sensitive voter data.
My firm of 60 lawyers is fighting in all 22.
Not a single big law firm is fighting along side us in any case.
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Large law firms are siding with Trump over their clients and employees. Let me give you one statistic to exemplify this:
DOJ is suing 22 states for access to sensitive voter data.
My firm of 60 lawyers is fighting in all 22.
Not a single big law firm is fighting along side us in any case.
DOJ is suing 22 states for access to sensitive voter data.
My firm of 60 lawyers is fighting in all 22.
Not a single big law firm is fighting along side us in any case.
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It is not "what got us into this fucking mess in the first place."
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It is not "what got us into this fucking mess in the first place."
Largo: Every man has his passion. Mine is fishing. What is yours, Mr. Bond?
Bond: Well, I'm not what you'd call a passionate man.
Bond: Well, I'm not what you'd call a passionate man.
December 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Largo: Every man has his passion. Mine is fishing. What is yours, Mr. Bond?
Bond: Well, I'm not what you'd call a passionate man.
Bond: Well, I'm not what you'd call a passionate man.
We're now sympathizing with the mental stress of the SS.
Just thinking... we give so much attention (as we should!) to the victims of state violence, ie, people sent to CECOT.
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We're now sympathizing with the mental stress of the SS.
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I don't know if he will enjoy what eventually happens to Nazis who aren't sent to prison, either.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
December 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I don't know if he will enjoy what eventually happens to Nazis who aren't sent to prison, either.
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#FiftyWords — A Speculative Fiction Challenge
Years ago, I entered a 50-word horror contest. I didn’t win.
I did write ten stories I’m still proud of.
Fifty words is merciless. No padding. No mercy. Only story.
Join me. If you dare.
#Writing #MicroSFF
Years ago, I entered a 50-word horror contest. I didn’t win.
I did write ten stories I’m still proud of.
Fifty words is merciless. No padding. No mercy. Only story.
Join me. If you dare.
#Writing #MicroSFF
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
#FiftyWords — A Speculative Fiction Challenge
Years ago, I entered a 50-word horror contest. I didn’t win.
I did write ten stories I’m still proud of.
Fifty words is merciless. No padding. No mercy. Only story.
Join me. If you dare.
#Writing #MicroSFF
Years ago, I entered a 50-word horror contest. I didn’t win.
I did write ten stories I’m still proud of.
Fifty words is merciless. No padding. No mercy. Only story.
Join me. If you dare.
#Writing #MicroSFF
Heinlein described what we consider an artifact of internet culture in 1949, in Gulf:
December 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Heinlein described what we consider an artifact of internet culture in 1949, in Gulf:
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YOU CAN TELL A STORY IN #FIFTYWORDS
Fifty words is merciless.
It strips genre down to structure and leaves only what matters.
Years ago I wrote ten. I’m starting again, broader this time, to see what the form still has to teach me.
open.substack.com/pub/thaddeus...
#Amwriting #SFF #Scifi
Fifty words is merciless.
It strips genre down to structure and leaves only what matters.
Years ago I wrote ten. I’m starting again, broader this time, to see what the form still has to teach me.
open.substack.com/pub/thaddeus...
#Amwriting #SFF #Scifi
You CAN tell a story in [#FiftyWords]
In my opinion, it's likely to expand your writing capacity in unexpected ways.
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
YOU CAN TELL A STORY IN #FIFTYWORDS
Fifty words is merciless.
It strips genre down to structure and leaves only what matters.
Years ago I wrote ten. I’m starting again, broader this time, to see what the form still has to teach me.
open.substack.com/pub/thaddeus...
#Amwriting #SFF #Scifi
Fifty words is merciless.
It strips genre down to structure and leaves only what matters.
Years ago I wrote ten. I’m starting again, broader this time, to see what the form still has to teach me.
open.substack.com/pub/thaddeus...
#Amwriting #SFF #Scifi
"We have yet to understand that if I am starving, you are in danger. If people think that my danger makes them safe, we are in trouble." James Baldwin.
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"We have yet to understand that if I am starving, you are in danger. If people think that my danger makes them safe, we are in trouble." James Baldwin.
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Honestly getting big mad over imaginary things is one of the hallmarks of modern conservatism.
December 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Honestly getting big mad over imaginary things is one of the hallmarks of modern conservatism.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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I approve of this studio regime.
@fatsam.bsky.social's "The Long Run", Walter Jon Williams' "Hardwired".
I was going to say John Varley's "Titan", but the Gaea trilogy (Titan /Wizard / Demon) really needs to be a top quality streaming series.
I was going to say John Varley's "Titan", but the Gaea trilogy (Titan /Wizard / Demon) really needs to be a top quality streaming series.
OK, less contentious post:
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
December 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I approve of this studio regime.
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THIS IS HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA.
Has anyone lost seasonal tornado weather?
I woke to torrential rains, a smatter of thunder, high winds, rainbows, openings in the clouds which then poured out sleet, ice and unicorns.
We are still waiting for the tornadoes.
Come and pick up your weather at FEDEX.
Has anyone lost seasonal tornado weather?
I woke to torrential rains, a smatter of thunder, high winds, rainbows, openings in the clouds which then poured out sleet, ice and unicorns.
We are still waiting for the tornadoes.
Come and pick up your weather at FEDEX.
December 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
THIS IS HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA.
Has anyone lost seasonal tornado weather?
I woke to torrential rains, a smatter of thunder, high winds, rainbows, openings in the clouds which then poured out sleet, ice and unicorns.
We are still waiting for the tornadoes.
Come and pick up your weather at FEDEX.
Has anyone lost seasonal tornado weather?
I woke to torrential rains, a smatter of thunder, high winds, rainbows, openings in the clouds which then poured out sleet, ice and unicorns.
We are still waiting for the tornadoes.
Come and pick up your weather at FEDEX.
I wrote a story for DS9 and haven't seen the great majority of it. I was watching Babylon 5.
I am 55 and love TOS and TNG
but
I have never seen an episode of DS9
and I don’t know how to explain how awkward I feel about that
but
I have never seen an episode of DS9
and I don’t know how to explain how awkward I feel about that
December 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I wrote a story for DS9 and haven't seen the great majority of it. I was watching Babylon 5.
You want to never decline, you have to die at your peak.
I didn't, and am grateful for it, people were depending on me.
Here's to declining in style.
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and whatever other holidays you celebrate, to all of you.
I didn't, and am grateful for it, people were depending on me.
Here's to declining in style.
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and whatever other holidays you celebrate, to all of you.
December 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
You want to never decline, you have to die at your peak.
I didn't, and am grateful for it, people were depending on me.
Here's to declining in style.
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and whatever other holidays you celebrate, to all of you.
I didn't, and am grateful for it, people were depending on me.
Here's to declining in style.
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and whatever other holidays you celebrate, to all of you.
I made my first professional sale, to IASFM, at 18. I knew a lot, for an 18 year old ... which is to say, not very much at all.
If I'd followed that advice, I might have published for the first time at 30.
If I'd followed that advice, I might have published for the first time at 30.
"Write what you know."
My experience is MUCH more limited than my research and imagination.
My experience is MUCH more limited than my research and imagination.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I made my first professional sale, to IASFM, at 18. I knew a lot, for an 18 year old ... which is to say, not very much at all.
If I'd followed that advice, I might have published for the first time at 30.
If I'd followed that advice, I might have published for the first time at 30.
