Marko Kloos
@markokloos.bsky.social
I tell lies for fun and profit. Author of the Frontlines and Palladium Wars SF series, Wild Cards writer, contributor to Love Death + Robots.
So apparently age of consent laws are woke now?
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
So apparently age of consent laws are woke now?
So weird how in the government/citizen relationship dynamics, the maxim "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" only ever works in one direction.
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
So weird how in the government/citizen relationship dynamics, the maxim "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" only ever works in one direction.
And that's one of the reasons why you want a good agent and gladly let them have their 15%--they know contracts and will keep you from selling your work for a handful of magic beans.
This is at least the fourth story I've seen of an author having to exchange multiple emails (over 20) with this publisher to get the contract language to not be rights grabby and it's one of three where the writer walked away.
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
And that's one of the reasons why you want a good agent and gladly let them have their 15%--they know contracts and will keep you from selling your work for a handful of magic beans.
If you know you know.
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If you know you know.
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
My opinion of golf as a sport is probably irreversibly tainted by my time in corporate America, where every guy I knew who played golf was a complete douchebag.
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My opinion of golf as a sport is probably irreversibly tainted by my time in corporate America, where every guy I knew who played golf was a complete douchebag.
I have to laugh when I see Stephen Miller ramble on about making the MAGA policies "permanent". If he cracked open a history book every now and then, he'd see that nothing is permanent. Nazi Germany, that "Thousand-Year-Reich" he keeps jacking off to, lasted just a little over twelve years.
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I have to laugh when I see Stephen Miller ramble on about making the MAGA policies "permanent". If he cracked open a history book every now and then, he'd see that nothing is permanent. Nazi Germany, that "Thousand-Year-Reich" he keeps jacking off to, lasted just a little over twelve years.
The thing to know about dogs is that they exist in a special quantum state. They have never been fed until they get fed, and as soon as the last bite is gone, they revert to the never-been-fed condition.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The thing to know about dogs is that they exist in a special quantum state. They have never been fed until they get fed, and as soon as the last bite is gone, they revert to the never-been-fed condition.
Wake up, babe, new golden calf just dropped.
A new digital awakening is unfolding in churches, where pastors and prayer apps are turning to artificial intelligence to reach worshippers, personalize sermons, and power chatbots that resemble God.
Meet chatbot Jesus: Churches tap AI to save souls and time as pews get more empty
Chatbots answer prayers and algorithms write sermons.
www.axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Wake up, babe, new golden calf just dropped.
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It's quite telling that the only remotely personal thing Elon has ever posted on his own volition was that picture of a nightstand cluttered with diet soda cans and a replica of an anime pistol.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's quite telling that the only remotely personal thing Elon has ever posted on his own volition was that picture of a nightstand cluttered with diet soda cans and a replica of an anime pistol.
"What kind of American are you?"
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"What kind of American are you?"
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“The number of people publicly identifying as Jewish experienced a steep year-over-year decline in a University of Berlin telephone poll conducted in 1934.”
hmmmmm i wonder if that has anything to do with society and the government brutally suppressing it over that exact period of time
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“The number of people publicly identifying as Jewish experienced a steep year-over-year decline in a University of Berlin telephone poll conducted in 1934.”
It's amazing how all the MAGA women just sort of morph into the same look.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's amazing how all the MAGA women just sort of morph into the same look.
No law enforcement training or certification, but of course he's wearing that FBI badge on his belt even though the FBI Director is an administrative position, not a field job, and everyone already knows who the fuck he is. Honestly, I'm shocked he's not packing an issue Glock as well.
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
No law enforcement training or certification, but of course he's wearing that FBI badge on his belt even though the FBI Director is an administrative position, not a field job, and everyone already knows who the fuck he is. Honestly, I'm shocked he's not packing an issue Glock as well.
History tells us that the three most essential things fascists need to do in order to keep doing a fascism without too much blowback from the proles are to 1.) keep the economy humming, 2.) make the trains run on time, and 3.) keep paying the military to retain their loyalty.
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
History tells us that the three most essential things fascists need to do in order to keep doing a fascism without too much blowback from the proles are to 1.) keep the economy humming, 2.) make the trains run on time, and 3.) keep paying the military to retain their loyalty.
So yeah, the same companies that are chopping their payroll and replacing people with AI left and right are totally going to take care of everyone and make us all rich once they get all those sweet taxpayer dollars to do more AI, honest, bro, trust me, swear to God.
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So yeah, the same companies that are chopping their payroll and replacing people with AI left and right are totally going to take care of everyone and make us all rich once they get all those sweet taxpayer dollars to do more AI, honest, bro, trust me, swear to God.
That's the saddest fucking thing I've seen on the internet in a while.
I'm so glad we're boiling the oceans and tripling our power bills so the richest man in the world can try to fill the bottomless hole in his soul with AI girlfriends and ketamine at 1:20 in the morning.
I'm so glad we're boiling the oceans and tripling our power bills so the richest man in the world can try to fill the bottomless hole in his soul with AI girlfriends and ketamine at 1:20 in the morning.
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
That's the saddest fucking thing I've seen on the internet in a while.
I'm so glad we're boiling the oceans and tripling our power bills so the richest man in the world can try to fill the bottomless hole in his soul with AI girlfriends and ketamine at 1:20 in the morning.
I'm so glad we're boiling the oceans and tripling our power bills so the richest man in the world can try to fill the bottomless hole in his soul with AI girlfriends and ketamine at 1:20 in the morning.
Not even the slightest spark of compassion, concern, or empathy. I'll never understand how people can still look at this soulless parasite and think, "yeah, he's my guy."
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Not even the slightest spark of compassion, concern, or empathy. I'll never understand how people can still look at this soulless parasite and think, "yeah, he's my guy."
For Trumpsgiving, nobody will be able to travel to the dinners people can't afford to host anyway. SO MUCH WINNING.
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For Trumpsgiving, nobody will be able to travel to the dinners people can't afford to host anyway. SO MUCH WINNING.
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Should normalize voting results looking like the left vs the right. Land can’t vote. Populations and people vote.
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Should normalize voting results looking like the left vs the right. Land can’t vote. Populations and people vote.
For the newbie writers: this is a current scam making the rounds. The goal is to get you to pay for reviews from a book club that doesn't exist. Don't fall for it.
(Extra asshole points to this bunch for pretending to be from a marginalized group.)
(Extra asshole points to this bunch for pretending to be from a marginalized group.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
For the newbie writers: this is a current scam making the rounds. The goal is to get you to pay for reviews from a book club that doesn't exist. Don't fall for it.
(Extra asshole points to this bunch for pretending to be from a marginalized group.)
(Extra asshole points to this bunch for pretending to be from a marginalized group.)
It's like everyone's cheering the first faint rays of good political news on the horizon after nine months of utter fucking darkness.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It's like everyone's cheering the first faint rays of good political news on the horizon after nine months of utter fucking darkness.
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this genuinely feels like a moment history books will look back on where the Democratic Party was forced to either fix its hearts or die
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
this genuinely feels like a moment history books will look back on where the Democratic Party was forced to either fix its hearts or die
This sort of thing is toxic in that kind of hyper-masculine environment. However the trial turns out, this dude is going to hear sandwich jokes from his fellow Temu Gestapo buddies for the rest of his career.
Do not underestimate the effect of telling over torqued secret police types that they will be publicly humiliated if and when they attempt to bring politically motivated charges against protestors.
This is 100% something that will make its way through the ranks.
This is 100% something that will make its way through the ranks.
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This sort of thing is toxic in that kind of hyper-masculine environment. However the trial turns out, this dude is going to hear sandwich jokes from his fellow Temu Gestapo buddies for the rest of his career.