gwembel
@gwembel.com
Reader & puzzle game player. Interested in science, culture, math, music, art, education. Politically liberal work-within-system. Hobby-writer of Interactive Fiction IF text adventure (stories about time travel/magic/humor/mystery). Wife, mother, grandma.
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gwembel
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· May 3
Not my photo, just my eyes seeing hope in youngsters who'll try to repair the world. May empathy guide them to resist the reflex of collective blame, to seek truth from evidence, to plan creatively, to cooperate w/o prejudice, and to persist in trying alternatives to simplistic cynical violence.
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Recently enjoyed listening to the fantasy audiobook "Drumindor," which is an extension of The Riyria Chronicles by Michael J. Sullivan. I'm reminded of how much I like ALL of his books. For books connected to the Riyria stories, maybe start with "The Crown Tower" or "Age of Myth."
Recently enjoyed listening to the fantasy audiobook "Drumindor," which is an extension of The Riyria Chronicles by Michael J. Sullivan. I'm reminded of how much I like ALL of his books. For books connected to the Riyria stories, maybe start with "The Crown Tower" or "Age of Myth."
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Recently enjoyed listening to the fantasy audiobook "Drumindor," which is an extension of The Riyria Chronicles by Michael J. Sullivan. I'm reminded of how much I like ALL of his books. For books connected to the Riyria stories, maybe start with "The Crown Tower" or "Age of Myth."
Recently enjoyed listening to the fantasy audiobook "Drumindor," which is an extension of The Riyria Chronicles by Michael J. Sullivan. I'm reminded of how much I like ALL of his books. For books connected to the Riyria stories, maybe start with "The Crown Tower" or "Age of Myth."
Guilty by Definition
She knew there'd be ghosts in Oxford, she just didn't t…
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October 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
WHY VOTE? (for President, Congress, & more)
Because there’s a chance to make things better. And a CERTAINTY that NOT voting will make things worse.
Empathy lights the path. Cooperation moves us forward.
#Vote
Because there’s a chance to make things better. And a CERTAINTY that NOT voting will make things worse.
Empathy lights the path. Cooperation moves us forward.
#Vote
October 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
WHY VOTE? (for President, Congress, & more)
Because there’s a chance to make things better. And a CERTAINTY that NOT voting will make things worse.
Empathy lights the path. Cooperation moves us forward.
#Vote
Because there’s a chance to make things better. And a CERTAINTY that NOT voting will make things worse.
Empathy lights the path. Cooperation moves us forward.
#Vote
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Staying sane during these difficult times is challenging, so the Oregon Zoo's "Squash vs. Pumpkin" video is gourdscrolling therapy.
October 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Staying sane during these difficult times is challenging, so the Oregon Zoo's "Squash vs. Pumpkin" video is gourdscrolling therapy.
I just started playing this puzzle game (One More Button) that I recommend. When you push your own control arrows around, you can rotate the buttons and change what is possible. Reminds me a bit of that most excellent game, Baba Is You. Playable on both mobile and computer #games #puzzlegames
One More Button is a tricky sokoban with blocks that represent your controls!
The blocks *are* your arrow keys in this sokoban game! (One More Button)
This game looked neat so I thought I'd give it a try, and boy does it get complicated quickly! I've seen a few games with variations on this idea, but specifically for One More Button: it's a sokoban game, but the blocks represent your controls. So if there's no "down" block, you can't move down. Bu
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September 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just started playing this puzzle game (One More Button) that I recommend. When you push your own control arrows around, you can rotate the buttons and change what is possible. Reminds me a bit of that most excellent game, Baba Is You. Playable on both mobile and computer #games #puzzlegames
My daughter-in-law asked me /why/ these porcupines crossed the road. Perhaps the answer to that question is
a) 42
b) not 42
c) both 42 and not 42
d) neither 42 nor not 42
e) turtles all the way down
f) all of the above
g) none of the below
a) 42
b) not 42
c) both 42 and not 42
d) neither 42 nor not 42
e) turtles all the way down
f) all of the above
g) none of the below
August 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My daughter-in-law asked me /why/ these porcupines crossed the road. Perhaps the answer to that question is
a) 42
b) not 42
c) both 42 and not 42
d) neither 42 nor not 42
e) turtles all the way down
f) all of the above
g) none of the below
a) 42
b) not 42
c) both 42 and not 42
d) neither 42 nor not 42
e) turtles all the way down
f) all of the above
g) none of the below
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The event is called The Bread and Roses Bash, and it begins at 7pm at the I Fell Building (415 W 4th St). Tickets start at $10: bloomingtondsa.org/bash
Bread & Roses Bash: A Fundraiser Party for the
Hoosier Abortion Fund
Bloomington DSA cordially invites you to the first Bread and Roses Bash—an all-ages fundraiser party in support of the Hoosier Abortion Fund. Enjoy snacks, drinks, and live music, and support the only...
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August 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The event is called The Bread and Roses Bash, and it begins at 7pm at the I Fell Building (415 W 4th St). Tickets start at $10: bloomingtondsa.org/bash
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#pieces of #glass and #stone
#blueskyartshow
#alphabetchallenge #shapes #weekgforglass #abstractaug #coloraday #greensat #art #photography #artyear #brick
#eastcoastkin
#blueskyartshow
#alphabetchallenge #shapes #weekgforglass #abstractaug #coloraday #greensat #art #photography #artyear #brick
#eastcoastkin
August 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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'Golden Park Light' linoprint by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
August 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
'Golden Park Light' linoprint by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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The impulse for collective punishment is deeply human, but it's the very worst of our reactions to things, regardless of political alignment.
It requires mental discipline to recognize when you're thinking of groups instead of individuals.
It requires mental discipline to recognize when you're thinking of groups instead of individuals.
Really hate anytime a red state has a natural disaster people love to be so awfully smug about it. I’m safe but not far at all from the flash flooding - literal children have been killed and reply guys are like “this is what you voted for 😏”. 1. A lot of us didn’t. 2. How does that help?
July 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The impulse for collective punishment is deeply human, but it's the very worst of our reactions to things, regardless of political alignment.
It requires mental discipline to recognize when you're thinking of groups instead of individuals.
It requires mental discipline to recognize when you're thinking of groups instead of individuals.
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January 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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“Thanks, man. Where was I? Oh yeah, so it was December, and I just wanted to get out of the cold. I knocked on some random guy's door. I’m tellin’ ya, dude was out of his friggin' mind! He kept asking me a bunch of super weird questions and whining about some chick named Lenore."
July 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“Thanks, man. Where was I? Oh yeah, so it was December, and I just wanted to get out of the cold. I knocked on some random guy's door. I’m tellin’ ya, dude was out of his friggin' mind! He kept asking me a bunch of super weird questions and whining about some chick named Lenore."
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Steam rises in spirals that don’t obey the laws of physics. Coffee too hot to drink. The dogs wait. Patient. Too patient. As if they know something’s coming. Something big. Maybe a squirrel. Maybe enlightenment. Who’s to say?
07.02.2025
#CoffeeWithWalterAndWaylon #AiArt #HumpDayCoffee
07.02.2025
#CoffeeWithWalterAndWaylon #AiArt #HumpDayCoffee
July 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Steam rises in spirals that don’t obey the laws of physics. Coffee too hot to drink. The dogs wait. Patient. Too patient. As if they know something’s coming. Something big. Maybe a squirrel. Maybe enlightenment. Who’s to say?
07.02.2025
#CoffeeWithWalterAndWaylon #AiArt #HumpDayCoffee
07.02.2025
#CoffeeWithWalterAndWaylon #AiArt #HumpDayCoffee
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Happy World Porcupine Day! For those wondering what a baby porcupine is called, it’s a porcupette. For those wondering what a group of porcupines is called, it’s a prickle. And for those wondering what porcupines sound like, turn up your volume for this smol guy called Kemosabe nomming on a banana…
July 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Happy World Porcupine Day! For those wondering what a baby porcupine is called, it’s a porcupette. For those wondering what a group of porcupines is called, it’s a prickle. And for those wondering what porcupines sound like, turn up your volume for this smol guy called Kemosabe nomming on a banana…
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Juneteenth is a day to reflect on the legacy of slavery BUT:
1. No-one was *freed* on June 19th. Slaves in Texas had been legally free for YEARS while toiling in bondage.
2. There were still slaves in Union states on the Day of Jubilee (liberation) in Texas. It was NOT the end of slavery.
1. No-one was *freed* on June 19th. Slaves in Texas had been legally free for YEARS while toiling in bondage.
2. There were still slaves in Union states on the Day of Jubilee (liberation) in Texas. It was NOT the end of slavery.
To clear up any misunderstandings about Juneteenth.
June 19th, 1865: Major General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 from the balcony of a villa in Galveston, TX, notifying enslaved people they had been freed 2.5 yrs before by the Emancipation Proclamation.
This became a Day of Jubilee.
June 19th, 1865: Major General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 from the balcony of a villa in Galveston, TX, notifying enslaved people they had been freed 2.5 yrs before by the Emancipation Proclamation.
This became a Day of Jubilee.
June 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Juneteenth is a day to reflect on the legacy of slavery BUT:
1. No-one was *freed* on June 19th. Slaves in Texas had been legally free for YEARS while toiling in bondage.
2. There were still slaves in Union states on the Day of Jubilee (liberation) in Texas. It was NOT the end of slavery.
1. No-one was *freed* on June 19th. Slaves in Texas had been legally free for YEARS while toiling in bondage.
2. There were still slaves in Union states on the Day of Jubilee (liberation) in Texas. It was NOT the end of slavery.
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June 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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The beautiful Dealfish or Angel of the Sea, (Desmodema polystictum), off Palm Beach, Florida.
A Ribbonfish larvae - they are deep water fish living in 200 to 1000m waters. However in their larvae stage they rise to shallow water to feed at night
Photography by Michael Aw
#sea #angels #Photography
A Ribbonfish larvae - they are deep water fish living in 200 to 1000m waters. However in their larvae stage they rise to shallow water to feed at night
Photography by Michael Aw
#sea #angels #Photography
June 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The beautiful Dealfish or Angel of the Sea, (Desmodema polystictum), off Palm Beach, Florida.
A Ribbonfish larvae - they are deep water fish living in 200 to 1000m waters. However in their larvae stage they rise to shallow water to feed at night
Photography by Michael Aw
#sea #angels #Photography
A Ribbonfish larvae - they are deep water fish living in 200 to 1000m waters. However in their larvae stage they rise to shallow water to feed at night
Photography by Michael Aw
#sea #angels #Photography
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June 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Wave hi to the biscus
June 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Wave hi to the biscus
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And re-upping this from Friday: The New Yorker did a profile of me, mostly about #Murderbot www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Do Androids Dream of Anything at All?
We have tended to imagine machines as either being our slaves or enslaving us. Martha Wells, the writer of the “Murderbot” series, tries to conjure a truly alien consciousness.
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June 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And re-upping this from Friday: The New Yorker did a profile of me, mostly about #Murderbot www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
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I really like the Murderbot series of books/audiobooks. Funny, thoughtful, suspenseful, clever action, and sort of contrary to what one might expect after seeing "murderbot" in the series title. The Murderbot TV series on AppleTV also seems good so far.
I really like the Murderbot series of books/audiobooks. Funny, thoughtful, suspenseful, clever action, and sort of contrary to what one might expect after seeing "murderbot" in the series title. The Murderbot TV series on AppleTV also seems good so far.
June 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I really like the Murderbot series of books/audiobooks. Funny, thoughtful, suspenseful, clever action, and sort of contrary to what one might expect after seeing "murderbot" in the series title. The Murderbot TV series on AppleTV also seems good so far.
I really like the Murderbot series of books/audiobooks. Funny, thoughtful, suspenseful, clever action, and sort of contrary to what one might expect after seeing "murderbot" in the series title. The Murderbot TV series on AppleTV also seems good so far.
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A cartoon from my next book.
Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.
Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.
June 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A cartoon from my next book.
Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.
Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.