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Art by the amazing Seb Valencia @mrsebvalencia.bsky.social
My satirical comic AMERICAN GREATNESS #1 is now available for sale! www.indyplanet.com/american-gre...
Arguing Star Wars sounds like a lot of fun to me...
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Check out February's free short stories over on our webstore!

Get your copies before they are removed from the store forever on February 28th!

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bit.ly/BT-FF-Remains...

#fiction #free #shortstory #Shadowrun #BattleTech #mecha #cyberpunk
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Gotcha, thanks.
February 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
You're welcome! Is that story part of a series?
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Just finished the BattleTech story "Remains to be Seen", by @swankmotron.com, from @catalystgamelabs.bsky.social's Shrapnel magazine. It's terrific! And available for a free download until Feb 28th: bit.ly/BT-FF-Remain...
BattleTech: Remains to Be Seen (A Short Story) by Bryan Young
THE END OF AN ERA… Lieutenant Nadia Hoffman, of the Fourth Ceti Hussars, is on honor guard duty at the funeral of her commanding officer, who was killed in action during the same campaign that mauled ...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Thanks, I hope so too! I just asked another Shrapnel writer how long he waited, and it was over two years... So we may have a lot longer to wait!
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Wow, so I may have a whole lot more waiting to do... Thanks very much for responding!
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
@swankmotron.com For your Battletech story submittals to Shrapnel, how long did it take for them to get back to you after you submitted? My story is #1 on the Moksha queue (and has been for a couple of months), now 285 days since submittal, and I'm trying to figure out if this is a good or bad sign.
February 5, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I've been #1 on the Shrapnel Moksha queue for at least two months now... Can't figure out if this is a good or bad sign!
February 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
How long did it take for them to get back to you after you submitted? My story is #1 on the Moksha queue (and has been for a couple of months), now 285 days since submittal, and I'm trying to figure out if this is a good or bad sign.
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Also congratulations, of course!
February 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
How long did it take for them to get back to you after you submitted? My story is #1 on the Moksha queue (and has been for a couple of months), now 285 days since submittal, and I'm trying to figure out if this is a good or bad sign.
February 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Damaging Trump and the Republicans, and reducing their popularity, surely helps Democrats win tough seats (all else being equal), right? If so, then if this does that damage, and the data appears to show that it does, then it can help win those seats. As Josh Marshall says, all power is unitary.
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Isn't the debate "should Democrats strongly attack the Trump administration's violations of due process and the law on immigration"? AFAICT, you've generally said "no", and Morris suggests the data indicates "yes".
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump sympathizes with failsons like MBS.
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Who says failsons are a US-only phenomenon?
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
That was my interpretation -- that the "he" is MBS and Vindman is implying that MBS made some admission in the call.
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social Is TPM down? I get an error.
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's not issues, it's personalities. Issues are mostly baked into the views on the parties by the time campaigning starts. Democrats need a skilled and charismatic messenger, and if they find one they'll probably win, regardless of the issues.
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Children of Men?
October 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I think you're enjoying this... But I don't judge! Take pleasure and joy where you can!
August 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
But is the Holocaust the only type of genocide? Are you arguing that starving millions to death wouldn't be genocide if there's no explicit intent, but rather just a combination of inertia, incompetence, and vague, unstated malevolence?
August 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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A copy of this landed in my lap, and I gotta say it made me laugh a few times. I'm no culture critic, but I think it's interesting to see how various indie art forms are responding to the current political moment.

www.indyplanet.com/american-gre...
American Greatness #1 - IndyPlanet
The monster appears, gaining support from the far-right after stepping on a progressive university building. Journalist Fred tracks his progress and interviews the local monster-groupies. Is there a m...
www.indyplanet.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Okay. That makes sense for then, but not now, and Josh is more than smart enough to realize this.

Not the end of the world - I still think Josh is great and I'm proud to be a long time TPM subscriber. But I'm still curious what he's thinking.
August 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In other words, until you clearly explain your thinking about the g word, lots and lots of your fans are going to be very curious about your thinking on it.
August 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM