Critical Nostalgia
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Feral writer. Intergenre. Opstmodern. Hedorahgroove. Smogwave. The Hazeland books. Horror fantasy crime on the streets of 80s LA.
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"Maybe the hype is real."
Yeah, gonna frame that one and hold it up when this all bleeds out. Money only buys thrust, not momentum.
Yeah, gonna frame that one and hold it up when this all bleeds out. Money only buys thrust, not momentum.
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
"Maybe the hype is real."
Yeah, gonna frame that one and hold it up when this all bleeds out. Money only buys thrust, not momentum.
Yeah, gonna frame that one and hold it up when this all bleeds out. Money only buys thrust, not momentum.
It's Douthat. Come on.
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
It's Douthat. Come on.
That philosopher in this morning's AI IS DEFINITELY ALIVE article makes me embarrassed for all of philosophy as a discipline. (And let's face it, there's more to be embarrassed about than not already.)
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
That philosopher in this morning's AI IS DEFINITELY ALIVE article makes me embarrassed for all of philosophy as a discipline. (And let's face it, there's more to be embarrassed about than not already.)
Honest question. You're at a show and you've picked up a book. The guy selling the book is also selling printed photograph sets of sites that inspired the book. Decent but minimal packaging, ten photos. How much do you impulse spend on it. Ten? Twenty? Twenty-four?
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Honest question. You're at a show and you've picked up a book. The guy selling the book is also selling printed photograph sets of sites that inspired the book. Decent but minimal packaging, ten photos. How much do you impulse spend on it. Ten? Twenty? Twenty-four?
I just find it funny that we're having to relive the drone hysteria that gripped the US right before Biden came into office and Trump promising to open all the UFO files and I'm just tired of this bullshit.
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I just find it funny that we're having to relive the drone hysteria that gripped the US right before Biden came into office and Trump promising to open all the UFO files and I'm just tired of this bullshit.
Pricing out possible post/art card sets as a premium thing for the kickstarter and... printing any kind of quantity makes VistaPrint about a billion times cheaper than any other option. Guess that economy of scale is a real thing.
February 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Pricing out possible post/art card sets as a premium thing for the kickstarter and... printing any kind of quantity makes VistaPrint about a billion times cheaper than any other option. Guess that economy of scale is a real thing.
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Assuming that the entirety of my estate doesn't go directly into a landfill, someone may run across a manila envelope with a set of Rooster press photos that I purchased around twenty years ago. I know there's at least two, possibly four, and I believe I have both Paul Williams and Pat McCormick.
February 11, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Assuming that the entirety of my estate doesn't go directly into a landfill, someone may run across a manila envelope with a set of Rooster press photos that I purchased around twenty years ago. I know there's at least two, possibly four, and I believe I have both Paul Williams and Pat McCormick.
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Honestly if you made PONTYPOOL into a video game I'd imagine it having sections like this
word invasion, screenshot, apple II (1983) www.mobygames.com/game/157965/...
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Honestly if you made PONTYPOOL into a video game I'd imagine it having sections like this
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The Car (1977) Elliot Silverstein
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The Car (1977) Elliot Silverstein
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"This hard-SF masterpiece"
Bored. I'm bored already.
Bored. I'm bored already.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
"This hard-SF masterpiece"
Bored. I'm bored already.
Bored. I'm bored already.
Oh. Wikileaks. Like it was ever a good-faith actor.
Come. The. Fuck. On.
We may as well ask "Where's the good hackers in Anonymous?"
It was all ego-stroking and agendas.
Come. The. Fuck. On.
We may as well ask "Where's the good hackers in Anonymous?"
It was all ego-stroking and agendas.
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Oh. Wikileaks. Like it was ever a good-faith actor.
Come. The. Fuck. On.
We may as well ask "Where's the good hackers in Anonymous?"
It was all ego-stroking and agendas.
Come. The. Fuck. On.
We may as well ask "Where's the good hackers in Anonymous?"
It was all ego-stroking and agendas.
I have been threatened with a good time and it is not being delivered.
February 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I have been threatened with a good time and it is not being delivered.
ALL OF THESE AIRSPACES ARE YOURS BUT FOR EL PASO
February 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
ALL OF THESE AIRSPACES ARE YOURS BUT FOR EL PASO
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Latest from the Mothership: finishing My Gifts Are Hungry, walking away by not walking away, block time and fiction. Plus the Bradbury Building.
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FULL BLEED: LITTLE ORPHANS IN THE SNOW
Maybe you heard the news. Finished another novel a couple days ago. Trying to remember whether this is number ten or eleven. There’s four I can’t really count even though I wrote ‘em. Maybe those name...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Latest from the Mothership: finishing My Gifts Are Hungry, walking away by not walking away, block time and fiction. Plus the Bradbury Building.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
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I have located one of my retrotrash holy grails after long years of searching.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I have located one of my retrotrash holy grails after long years of searching.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
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Vaperwave www.wired.com/story/hacker...
These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers
Instead of throwing that spent Elf Bar nicotine vape into the trash, you can pull most of the guts out, plug in a circuit board and some controls, then suck on the mouthpiece to play digital sounds.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Vaperwave www.wired.com/story/hacker...
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I was taught at an early age not to trust the government.
February 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I was taught at an early age not to trust the government.
I love to think about how I'd have been fired and sued for lifting up last month's numbers to nearly 300% of the actual figures and just saying "whoopsie" because the boss was scared of the truth.
Kind of funny when we get these really high jobs reports and then at the end they're like "Uh, turns out the months before this we got it totally wrong and added 3 jobs."
But it make number go up.
But it make number go up.
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I love to think about how I'd have been fired and sued for lifting up last month's numbers to nearly 300% of the actual figures and just saying "whoopsie" because the boss was scared of the truth.
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Yeah, spending any time amongst people who aren't so much writing books but selling books they've written is crazy-making. Performative everything. Got no nose for it, no inclination.
February 11, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Yeah, spending any time amongst people who aren't so much writing books but selling books they've written is crazy-making. Performative everything. Got no nose for it, no inclination.
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amusement operators expo, chicago (1983) archive.org/details/vide...
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
amusement operators expo, chicago (1983) archive.org/details/vide...
Cold front just rolled in. Cold enough to turn the heater under the desk back on.
Which also doubles as a kitten call. Go figure.
Which also doubles as a kitten call. Go figure.
February 11, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Cold front just rolled in. Cold enough to turn the heater under the desk back on.
Which also doubles as a kitten call. Go figure.
Which also doubles as a kitten call. Go figure.
Kickstarter keeps asking if I want to post a video for My Gifts Are Hungry and I'm all
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Kickstarter keeps asking if I want to post a video for My Gifts Are Hungry and I'm all