Jon Ficke
@jonficke.bsky.social
Husband, Writer, Woodworker, SFWA Member.
Stories in Cossmass Infinities, Flame Tree Fiction Amazing Science Fiction, Dread Space (Vols. 1 and 2), and WotF.
https://jonficke.com
Stories in Cossmass Infinities, Flame Tree Fiction Amazing Science Fiction, Dread Space (Vols. 1 and 2), and WotF.
https://jonficke.com
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you have to treat people like this with the same seriousness as you would a guy screaming at you about the lizard people on the street; they have a similar relationship with reality.
there would be no real concrete effects of an AOC presidency that would be materially different from a JD Vance presidency because they all work for the capitalist ruling class and not for us, yes including AOC. we don't need a different president we need a dictatorship of the proletariat.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
you have to treat people like this with the same seriousness as you would a guy screaming at you about the lizard people on the street; they have a similar relationship with reality.
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My position is that I do not intend to vote for Gavin Newsom in a Democratic primary, that I would vote for any Democrat against JD Vance in a general election, and that Hasan Piker is both an idiot and a bad person.
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
My position is that I do not intend to vote for Gavin Newsom in a Democratic primary, that I would vote for any Democrat against JD Vance in a general election, and that Hasan Piker is both an idiot and a bad person.
everyone from the president down to the guys shoveling the sidewalk need to face justice and for their sake they better hope that I'm not the one to define what 'justice' means.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasnβt for detainees β it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasnβt for detainees β it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
everyone from the president down to the guys shoveling the sidewalk need to face justice and for their sake they better hope that I'm not the one to define what 'justice' means.
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Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasnβt for detainees β it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasnβt for detainees β it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
right, but my point in commenting about Stancil's observations on this issue is more to say "everyone who show up to yell at him in his mentions are largely talking about something different than what he's talking about" which describes a lot of Stancil's replyguys, really.
February 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM
right, but my point in commenting about Stancil's observations on this issue is more to say "everyone who show up to yell at him in his mentions are largely talking about something different than what he's talking about" which describes a lot of Stancil's replyguys, really.
or item X has an outsized influence on your perception for one reason or another. Need RAM or a GPU? Maybe the huge increase in prices on those two items leads one to presume incorrectly that prices are higher on some other unrelated goods.
People aren't checking reference data on these things.
People aren't checking reference data on these things.
February 13, 2026 at 5:28 PM
or item X has an outsized influence on your perception for one reason or another. Need RAM or a GPU? Maybe the huge increase in prices on those two items leads one to presume incorrectly that prices are higher on some other unrelated goods.
People aren't checking reference data on these things.
People aren't checking reference data on these things.
For what it's worth, I'm not trying to be critical of Stancil's point. I just think it's an artifact of how he presents it and the medium in which it is being presented. 300ish character posts aren't really the best format for nuanced discussion.
It's ripe for a "WHY DO YOU HATE WAFFLES" thing.
It's ripe for a "WHY DO YOU HATE WAFFLES" thing.
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
For what it's worth, I'm not trying to be critical of Stancil's point. I just think it's an artifact of how he presents it and the medium in which it is being presented. 300ish character posts aren't really the best format for nuanced discussion.
It's ripe for a "WHY DO YOU HATE WAFFLES" thing.
It's ripe for a "WHY DO YOU HATE WAFFLES" thing.
We need to put QR codes with malicious code on our clothes that hijack and destroy these devices.
It's a hair less violent than a fistfight, but gets the same point across.
It's a hair less violent than a fistfight, but gets the same point across.
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We need to put QR codes with malicious code on our clothes that hijack and destroy these devices.
It's a hair less violent than a fistfight, but gets the same point across.
It's a hair less violent than a fistfight, but gets the same point across.
This is, to some extent, I think the source of the whole "RENT IS OUT OF CONTROL" vs "the data show more nuance."
To someone trying to rent in some place where supply is constrained and cost of living is spiking, the rent will sure look out of control irrespective of what the nationwide trend is.
To someone trying to rent in some place where supply is constrained and cost of living is spiking, the rent will sure look out of control irrespective of what the nationwide trend is.
February 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This is, to some extent, I think the source of the whole "RENT IS OUT OF CONTROL" vs "the data show more nuance."
To someone trying to rent in some place where supply is constrained and cost of living is spiking, the rent will sure look out of control irrespective of what the nationwide trend is.
To someone trying to rent in some place where supply is constrained and cost of living is spiking, the rent will sure look out of control irrespective of what the nationwide trend is.
I think this, like many Stancil posts, is a conflation of anecdata and statistical data (single item prices vs aggregate prices).
Price of item X might in fact be up 10-50%, while in aggregate the prices of all items might not.
But to someone who buys a lot of item X it will FEEL like they did.
Price of item X might in fact be up 10-50%, while in aggregate the prices of all items might not.
But to someone who buys a lot of item X it will FEEL like they did.
This is a popular explanation but if you actually talk to people they will swear up and down that prices are massively up under Trump - 10%, 25%, 50%!
Itβs outright false, provably false. Inflation is under 3%. At some point we need to acknowledge that people are simply wrong.
Itβs outright false, provably false. Inflation is under 3%. At some point we need to acknowledge that people are simply wrong.
I don't think this is right. People voted for Trump in order to get prices to go down. They haven't gone down. They've continued to go up. So, that does allow people to focus on other discontents because Trump hasn't delivered on the thing people voted for him to do
February 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I think this, like many Stancil posts, is a conflation of anecdata and statistical data (single item prices vs aggregate prices).
Price of item X might in fact be up 10-50%, while in aggregate the prices of all items might not.
But to someone who buys a lot of item X it will FEEL like they did.
Price of item X might in fact be up 10-50%, while in aggregate the prices of all items might not.
But to someone who buys a lot of item X it will FEEL like they did.
Anyone want to partner with developing a line of clothing with QR codes imbedded in the designs that launch some kind of infinitely recursive loop in these things forcing them to burnout their chips and brick them forever?
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think weβre too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: βWe will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.β
Their internal memo: βWe will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.β
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Anyone want to partner with developing a line of clothing with QR codes imbedded in the designs that launch some kind of infinitely recursive loop in these things forcing them to burnout their chips and brick them forever?
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
Iβm sorry, they released a new class for Diablo 2? This is the equivalent to giving heroin to someone who has been more than a decade in recovery. Like, pure heroin. Heroin off a combo of Margo Robbie, Alexandra Dadarrio, Timothee Chalomet, and like 2006 Brad Pittβs abs.
I mean, come on.
I mean, come on.
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Iβm sorry, they released a new class for Diablo 2? This is the equivalent to giving heroin to someone who has been more than a decade in recovery. Like, pure heroin. Heroin off a combo of Margo Robbie, Alexandra Dadarrio, Timothee Chalomet, and like 2006 Brad Pittβs abs.
I mean, come on.
I mean, come on.
Why do you hate waffles is really undefeated
bluesky is a fucking wild site because you can post "wow, my energy bill was high this month" and the aboslute wokescolds will come out and be like "You absolute piece of shit, why aren't you frugalmaxxing, I keep my heat at 55 F and wear 7 layers at all times"
February 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Why do you hate waffles is really undefeated
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the βerasure of white cultureβ. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the βerasure of white cultureβ. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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I donβt really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
Iβll call it βlessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.β
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Iβll call it βlessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.β
1/
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I donβt really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
Iβll call it βlessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.β
1/
Iβll call it βlessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.β
1/
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People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if youβre okay with this, thatβs not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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But if youβre okay with this, thatβs not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if youβre okay with this, thatβs not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
27/
But if youβre okay with this, thatβs not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
Remove all immigration limits.
"The paper finds, allowing immigration to go up by about 325,000 people a yearβan increase of more than 25 percent over the current legal limitβwould reduce deaths by 5,000 annually." American lives.
Another Deadly Consequence of Trumpβs Deportation Campaign
We just got new evidence of how much we stand to lose by getting rid of people from βshitholeβ countries.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Remove all immigration limits.
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For those eligible to vote, and who've enjoyed my writing, my eligibility list for 2025 is:
Novel: Shroud, Bee Speaker
Novella: Lives of Bitter Rain, The Hungry Gods
Series: Dogs of War
Short fiction: Holy Fools (in Of Shadows Stars and Sabers)
Fancast: Starship Alexandria
Novel: Shroud, Bee Speaker
Novella: Lives of Bitter Rain, The Hungry Gods
Series: Dogs of War
Short fiction: Holy Fools (in Of Shadows Stars and Sabers)
Fancast: Starship Alexandria
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
For those eligible to vote, and who've enjoyed my writing, my eligibility list for 2025 is:
Novel: Shroud, Bee Speaker
Novella: Lives of Bitter Rain, The Hungry Gods
Series: Dogs of War
Short fiction: Holy Fools (in Of Shadows Stars and Sabers)
Fancast: Starship Alexandria
Novel: Shroud, Bee Speaker
Novella: Lives of Bitter Rain, The Hungry Gods
Series: Dogs of War
Short fiction: Holy Fools (in Of Shadows Stars and Sabers)
Fancast: Starship Alexandria
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Let's get @aptshadow.bsky.social the Hugo Award (for real, this time) that he so richly deserves.
For those eligible to vote, and who've enjoyed my writing, my eligibility list for 2025 is:
Novel: Shroud, Bee Speaker
Novella: Lives of Bitter Rain, The Hungry Gods
Series: Dogs of War
Short fiction: Holy Fools (in Of Shadows Stars and Sabers)
Fancast: Starship Alexandria
Novel: Shroud, Bee Speaker
Novella: Lives of Bitter Rain, The Hungry Gods
Series: Dogs of War
Short fiction: Holy Fools (in Of Shadows Stars and Sabers)
Fancast: Starship Alexandria
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Let's get @aptshadow.bsky.social the Hugo Award (for real, this time) that he so richly deserves.
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Itβs INCREDIBLE that a. Nothing else is missing or even moved between these photos and b. The only person who actually truly cared about Charlie Kirk is Candace Owenβs
SHE REMOVED THEIR WEDDING PHOTO LMAOOOOOO
Oh she HATED his guts
Oh she HATED his guts
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Itβs INCREDIBLE that a. Nothing else is missing or even moved between these photos and b. The only person who actually truly cared about Charlie Kirk is Candace Owenβs
he wants an... inversion... starting from the Nuremberg trials?
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
he wants an... inversion... starting from the Nuremberg trials?
I honestly don't understand the point of attending the SOTU. The entire Dem Caucus should boycott or run a counterprogram of some kind.
NEW: Jeffries clamping down on SOTU disruptions
Said at whips meeting this AM to either sit in "silent defiance" or boycott altogether, sources told @axios.com
Senior House Dem tells me the current plan for resisters is to go to an "alternative viewing site" www.axios.com/2026/02/11/t...
Said at whips meeting this AM to either sit in "silent defiance" or boycott altogether, sources told @axios.com
Senior House Dem tells me the current plan for resisters is to go to an "alternative viewing site" www.axios.com/2026/02/11/t...
House Democrats try to shut down disruptions at Trump's State of the Union
Jeffries told his members to either show "silent defiance" or boycott the speech.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I honestly don't understand the point of attending the SOTU. The entire Dem Caucus should boycott or run a counterprogram of some kind.
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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...