Gord Sellar
@gordsellar.com
Writer, musician, RPG enthusiast, dad.
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Happy New Year, start it off smiling with this golden oldie
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Happy New Year, start it off smiling with this golden oldie
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Damon Knight: hello citizens
Knight: it's me, damon knight
Knight: science fiction writer, SFWA founder, and vigilante crime fighter
Barker: yeah that scans
Poe: how do you figure that, clive?
Barker: i mean with a name like damon knight
Poe: oh yeah that makes sense
Knight: it's me, damon knight
Knight: science fiction writer, SFWA founder, and vigilante crime fighter
Barker: yeah that scans
Poe: how do you figure that, clive?
Barker: i mean with a name like damon knight
Poe: oh yeah that makes sense
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Damon Knight: hello citizens
Knight: it's me, damon knight
Knight: science fiction writer, SFWA founder, and vigilante crime fighter
Barker: yeah that scans
Poe: how do you figure that, clive?
Barker: i mean with a name like damon knight
Poe: oh yeah that makes sense
Knight: it's me, damon knight
Knight: science fiction writer, SFWA founder, and vigilante crime fighter
Barker: yeah that scans
Poe: how do you figure that, clive?
Barker: i mean with a name like damon knight
Poe: oh yeah that makes sense
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Mary Ruefle pretty much sums up being alive.
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Mary Ruefle pretty much sums up being alive.
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I don't like when mama storygames and papa OSR yell at each other
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I don't like when mama storygames and papa OSR yell at each other
Oh yeah, this post reminds me I haven't mentioned that I've just started learning clarinet. Total beginner. I find that I keep trying to default to sax fingerings, so I'm training myself not to. Fun challenge... well, fun for me. Maybe not for those within earshot of my practice room!
Here's a #caricature group by 18th-century society portraitist Joshua Reynolds, dating to around 1751.
It shows two Englishmen performing an impromptu concert for two friends, in view of Rome’s Pyramid of Cestius. Painted by Reynolds for private amusement, not public consumption...sadly.
#art
It shows two Englishmen performing an impromptu concert for two friends, in view of Rome’s Pyramid of Cestius. Painted by Reynolds for private amusement, not public consumption...sadly.
#art
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Oh yeah, this post reminds me I haven't mentioned that I've just started learning clarinet. Total beginner. I find that I keep trying to default to sax fingerings, so I'm training myself not to. Fun challenge... well, fun for me. Maybe not for those within earshot of my practice room!
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The Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and so many modern atrocities began the same way.
Sorting entire groups of people into camps is complex, and hard. It will ALWAYS turn into chaos because evil people are also incompetent. Historians aren't wrong if they say this is how it always goes.
The Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and so many modern atrocities began the same way.
Sorting entire groups of people into camps is complex, and hard. It will ALWAYS turn into chaos because evil people are also incompetent. Historians aren't wrong if they say this is how it always goes.
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
amp.miamiherald.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and so many modern atrocities began the same way.
Sorting entire groups of people into camps is complex, and hard. It will ALWAYS turn into chaos because evil people are also incompetent. Historians aren't wrong if they say this is how it always goes.
The Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and so many modern atrocities began the same way.
Sorting entire groups of people into camps is complex, and hard. It will ALWAYS turn into chaos because evil people are also incompetent. Historians aren't wrong if they say this is how it always goes.
One tune I've been working up lately. I've been curious about Lee Morgan for a while, and I'm working my way through the Real Book and hit this tune, which finally got me to digging. Ceora's just a great, great tune.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjs...
Ceora
YouTube video by Lee Morgan - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
One tune I've been working up lately. I've been curious about Lee Morgan for a while, and I'm working my way through the Real Book and hit this tune, which finally got me to digging. Ceora's just a great, great tune.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjs...
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shel silverstein was a prophet
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
shel silverstein was a prophet
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Really I just think we should always be skeptical of "survival of the fittest" bro types who love to fantasize a brutal past. But we know it can't have been that because we have love, justice, morality. Those aren't new, soft things. They're as evolved as teeth.
December 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Really I just think we should always be skeptical of "survival of the fittest" bro types who love to fantasize a brutal past. But we know it can't have been that because we have love, justice, morality. Those aren't new, soft things. They're as evolved as teeth.
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anyone who knows Korea’s deeply entrenched 70 years history as a sending country for #adoption understands that this is titanic.
m.koreaherald.com/article/1064...
m.koreaherald.com/article/1064...
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
anyone who knows Korea’s deeply entrenched 70 years history as a sending country for #adoption understands that this is titanic.
m.koreaherald.com/article/1064...
m.koreaherald.com/article/1064...
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Next: is eating babies bad now? Please answer our poll because we're not sure.
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Next: is eating babies bad now? Please answer our poll because we're not sure.
Man, if I won the lottery:
www.ebay.com/itm/33629596...
You can hear what it sounds like here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEg...
Looks like a saxophone mouthpiece. Sounds like a woodwind tuba. Look at that thing!
www.ebay.com/itm/33629596...
You can hear what it sounds like here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEg...
Looks like a saxophone mouthpiece. Sounds like a woodwind tuba. Look at that thing!
Pardon Our Interruption...
www.ebay.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Man, if I won the lottery:
www.ebay.com/itm/33629596...
You can hear what it sounds like here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEg...
Looks like a saxophone mouthpiece. Sounds like a woodwind tuba. Look at that thing!
www.ebay.com/itm/33629596...
You can hear what it sounds like here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEg...
Looks like a saxophone mouthpiece. Sounds like a woodwind tuba. Look at that thing!
Another session down. And a Big Tree down too. www.gordsellar.com/2025/12/22/o...
Our Mythic Bastionland, Session 4
Here’s the play report for our fourth session of Mythic Bastionland, after a few weeks we had unavoidably to take off gaming. If you’re just joining us, I’d recommend starting at …
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December 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Another session down. And a Big Tree down too. www.gordsellar.com/2025/12/22/o...
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My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤
The Devourers by Indra Das: 9781101967539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER •...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤
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The problem is not having ideas. The problem is that billionaires, are sitting like dragons on gold, on the stolen wealth of ordinary people's efforts - leaving them no time or energy to sit, work through, refine, and implement their ideas into books, music, film, and visual art.
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So, obviously everyone's clowning on this article, which I will not post (they love hate clicks more than anything, don't fall for it), but here's my question: Who's "we"?
Ideas--even good ideas--are cheap. I already have more ideas for books than I will ever be able to write.
Ideas--even good ideas--are cheap. I already have more ideas for books than I will ever be able to write.
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The problem is not having ideas. The problem is that billionaires, are sitting like dragons on gold, on the stolen wealth of ordinary people's efforts - leaving them no time or energy to sit, work through, refine, and implement their ideas into books, music, film, and visual art.
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The way to restart the idea machine is PAY CREATIVES FOR THEIR WORK
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The way to restart the idea machine is PAY CREATIVES FOR THEIR WORK
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The worst AI apologists are the ones who see that it's not wanted and is a huge problem but still advocate for it as if it'll save our lives rather than destroy creativity and create an entire generation unable to do even simple writing or research because they ceded learning through practice to AI.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The worst AI apologists are the ones who see that it's not wanted and is a huge problem but still advocate for it as if it'll save our lives rather than destroy creativity and create an entire generation unable to do even simple writing or research because they ceded learning through practice to AI.
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America, you do not like home break-ins. But what if selling stolen goods is the way to restart the retail industry?
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
America, you do not like home break-ins. But what if selling stolen goods is the way to restart the retail industry?
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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Donald Trump is eulogizing Rob Reiner in the right way.
—Ezra Klein
—Ezra Klein
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Donald Trump is eulogizing Rob Reiner in the right way.
—Ezra Klein
—Ezra Klein
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At what point do we talk about either moving Worldcon or, at the very least, having an international alternative?
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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December 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
At what point do we talk about either moving Worldcon or, at the very least, having an international alternative?
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Back at it with @prismaticwasteland.com's look at the implied setting of D&D through the lens of language. What does the existence of 'Common' actually imply?
www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/the-lan...
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www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/the-lan...
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The Languages of D&D Imply a Specific Setting — Prismatic Wasteland
If you start from the premise that languages in D&D make sense you can extrapolate a bit about its implied setting.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Back at it with @prismaticwasteland.com's look at the implied setting of D&D through the lens of language. What does the existence of 'Common' actually imply?
www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/the-lan...
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www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/the-lan...
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We can’t afford a $1M trailer slot 😔
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We can’t afford a $1M trailer slot 😔
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!