Matt Weber
@mattweber.bsky.social
Author: BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM, THE DANDELION KNIGHT, &c. He/him. Opinions are mine only. #BlackLivesMatter, #TransRightsAreHumanRights, nobody’s free until everybody’s free.
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Matt Weber
@mattweber.bsky.social
· Apr 16
Matt Weber – Writer of science fiction & fantasy
cobblerandbard.com
STATION IDENTIFICATION: This is the Bluesky of Matt Weber, whose persona on here is “author of fantasy & science fiction.” Works include BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM and THE DANDELION KNIGHT. Web presence including newsletter & blog at cobblerandbard.com. By day: Data science, govtech, dad stuff.
Oh dang, Brimstone Slipstream is free everywhere but its sequels are for sure on Kobo Plus! Get booked up!
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
www.kobo.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Oh dang, Brimstone Slipstream is free everywhere but its sequels are for sure on Kobo Plus! Get booked up!
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Fun fact: In between shitposts, I write fantasy! BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM is THE FAST & THE FURIOUS with dragons, a story of a family who came up from nothing on the underground dragon-racing circuit and find themselves having to fight their city to survive. Free to read! books2read.com/brimstone-sl...
June 3, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Fun fact: In between shitposts, I write fantasy! BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM is THE FAST & THE FURIOUS with dragons, a story of a family who came up from nothing on the underground dragon-racing circuit and find themselves having to fight their city to survive. Free to read! books2read.com/brimstone-sl...
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
SHARTIES
SHARTIES
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
MILKY WAX
MILKY WAX
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Bitterfinger
Bitterfinger
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
SHARTIES
SHARTIES
Jesus, I shouldn't be here, much less talking, but:
Left-leaning folks caping for the man from Maine should have a look at what they said about l'affaire "Roman salute."
Maine will make its choice, and it'll be him or it won't. The rest of us need to not get in the habit of making excuses.
Left-leaning folks caping for the man from Maine should have a look at what they said about l'affaire "Roman salute."
Maine will make its choice, and it'll be him or it won't. The rest of us need to not get in the habit of making excuses.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Jesus, I shouldn't be here, much less talking, but:
Left-leaning folks caping for the man from Maine should have a look at what they said about l'affaire "Roman salute."
Maine will make its choice, and it'll be him or it won't. The rest of us need to not get in the habit of making excuses.
Left-leaning folks caping for the man from Maine should have a look at what they said about l'affaire "Roman salute."
Maine will make its choice, and it'll be him or it won't. The rest of us need to not get in the habit of making excuses.
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I can’t believe all the people who said I need to “get güd!” at video games want me to be ok with using A.I. to make “art”
July 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I can’t believe all the people who said I need to “get güd!” at video games want me to be ok with using A.I. to make “art”
me and the boys heard you was talking shit
July 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
me and the boys heard you was talking shit
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STATION IDENTIFICATION: This is the Bluesky of Matt Weber, whose persona on here is “author of fantasy & science fiction.” Works include BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM and THE DANDELION KNIGHT. Web presence including newsletter & blog at cobblerandbard.com. By day: Data science, govtech, dad stuff.
Matt Weber – Writer of science fiction & fantasy
cobblerandbard.com
April 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
STATION IDENTIFICATION: This is the Bluesky of Matt Weber, whose persona on here is “author of fantasy & science fiction.” Works include BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM and THE DANDELION KNIGHT. Web presence including newsletter & blog at cobblerandbard.com. By day: Data science, govtech, dad stuff.
BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM, a free-to-read novella-length introduction to the fantastical city of Yemareir and its illegal underground dragon-racing scene through the relatable medium of uh long-form magazine journalism, it's a good book though, I'm better at books than social media I PROMISE 💙📚
May 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
BRIMSTONE SLIPSTREAM, a free-to-read novella-length introduction to the fantastical city of Yemareir and its illegal underground dragon-racing scene through the relatable medium of uh long-form magazine journalism, it's a good book though, I'm better at books than social media I PROMISE 💙📚
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Near the top of Taipei 101 (the 11th tallest building in the world) sits its tuned mass damper, a 660-ton steel ball designed to help the building sway in typhoon-force winds without breaking in half.
It is surrounded by a team of damper babies. So very cool.
It is surrounded by a team of damper babies. So very cool.
May 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Near the top of Taipei 101 (the 11th tallest building in the world) sits its tuned mass damper, a 660-ton steel ball designed to help the building sway in typhoon-force winds without breaking in half.
It is surrounded by a team of damper babies. So very cool.
It is surrounded by a team of damper babies. So very cool.
Roses are red,
Violets are good luck,
Violets are good luck,
My 4 Year Old Yelled, "I'm Cloaca and I Suck"
www.reddit.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Roses are red,
Violets are good luck,
Violets are good luck,
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AI is going great, exhibit N:
January 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
AI is going great, exhibit N:
Roses are red,
Violets like the rain,
Violets like the rain,
Florida Man Indicted on Weapons Offenses After Bringing Firearms, Including a Booby-Trapped Semi-Automatic Rifle, on Amtrak Train - New Jersey Office of Attorney General
www.njoag.gov
May 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Roses are red,
Violets like the rain,
Violets like the rain,
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🎶 You don’t tug on Superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask from the ol’ Lone Ranger
And you don’t chungle down with Bim 🎵
hashtag dimension 20, hashtag is this anything
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask from the ol’ Lone Ranger
And you don’t chungle down with Bim 🎵
hashtag dimension 20, hashtag is this anything
March 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🎶 You don’t tug on Superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask from the ol’ Lone Ranger
And you don’t chungle down with Bim 🎵
hashtag dimension 20, hashtag is this anything
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask from the ol’ Lone Ranger
And you don’t chungle down with Bim 🎵
hashtag dimension 20, hashtag is this anything
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Do you publish #ttrpgs (or really really want to) and identify as a person under any diversity umbrella? This is for YOU!
If you are a game designer with a marginalized identity, please apply for our diversity sponsorship! We provide cash grants and mentorships to marginalized designers to support their growth the industry. You can apply using the form below. #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgfamily
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2025 IGDN Diversity Sponsorship Application
What is the Diversity Sponsorship Program?
This year will mark our twelfth Sponsorship expanding the scope of voices in the indie analog game community. Traditionally we would be bringing marginalize...
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April 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Do you publish #ttrpgs (or really really want to) and identify as a person under any diversity umbrella? This is for YOU!
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🎶 When the moon breaks to bits
Like a crumbled-up Ritz
Seveneves 🎵
Like a crumbled-up Ritz
Seveneves 🎵
March 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🎶 When the moon breaks to bits
Like a crumbled-up Ritz
Seveneves 🎵
Like a crumbled-up Ritz
Seveneves 🎵
“… people… have wrestled with how to bring their analytical skills to bear on a man and a movement that so defy analysis. Not in the sense that anything about him or it is unknowable, but in the sense that it is all instantly identifiable as precisely what it is.”
"It will be important to remember the shame of this moment, both how it felt and how it worked, when it is time to build whatever will rise from it."
Kingdom Of The Biters | Defector
The summer after I got married, one of my bosses bit me on the arm. I had a lot of jobs that summer, and a lot of bosses; at the time, I was recreating the sort of interchangeable, poorly paid jobs…
defector.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“… people… have wrestled with how to bring their analytical skills to bear on a man and a movement that so defy analysis. Not in the sense that anything about him or it is unknowable, but in the sense that it is all instantly identifiable as precisely what it is.”
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Some spring for the skyline.
March 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Some spring for the skyline.
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Hi Team,
If you're a trans author, could you drop a link to your novel, short story collection, etc in our replies? Also, suggestions of your favourite reads by trans authors are very welcome too!
We want to boost more authors for #transrightsreadathon and find some new reads 🌟
If you're a trans author, could you drop a link to your novel, short story collection, etc in our replies? Also, suggestions of your favourite reads by trans authors are very welcome too!
We want to boost more authors for #transrightsreadathon and find some new reads 🌟
March 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Hi Team,
If you're a trans author, could you drop a link to your novel, short story collection, etc in our replies? Also, suggestions of your favourite reads by trans authors are very welcome too!
We want to boost more authors for #transrightsreadathon and find some new reads 🌟
If you're a trans author, could you drop a link to your novel, short story collection, etc in our replies? Also, suggestions of your favourite reads by trans authors are very welcome too!
We want to boost more authors for #transrightsreadathon and find some new reads 🌟
Some spring for the skyline.
March 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Some spring for the skyline.
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Roses are red,
Violets are plants,
Violets are plants,
U.S. officials can’t find any Greenlanders who want to talk to Usha Vance
A local travel company in Greenland’s capital also cancelled a planned visit by Usha Vance
www.the-independent.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Roses are red,
Violets are plants,
Violets are plants,
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>be me
>grind for years raising a kid only to discover my wife cheated with a pit fiend and the kid’s half pit fiend or whatever
>lose my job, subsist on yogurt and dumpster pizza, uber repos my car, become an intern for my kid
>die repeatedly bc 5 hp
>i’m a fan favorite bitch
#dimension20 #iykyk
>grind for years raising a kid only to discover my wife cheated with a pit fiend and the kid’s half pit fiend or whatever
>lose my job, subsist on yogurt and dumpster pizza, uber repos my car, become an intern for my kid
>die repeatedly bc 5 hp
>i’m a fan favorite bitch
#dimension20 #iykyk
>be me
>grind for years trying to cure alzheimer's disease or whatever by genetically modifying sharks to have superintelligence in an underwater lab
>mostly no one cares until the sharks escape and start eating everybody
>wake up one day to find ll cool j AND tom jane are mad at me now???
>grind for years trying to cure alzheimer's disease or whatever by genetically modifying sharks to have superintelligence in an underwater lab
>mostly no one cares until the sharks escape and start eating everybody
>wake up one day to find ll cool j AND tom jane are mad at me now???
Sam Altman has never been more washed. Green text posting to whine about how nobody is impressed by his unimpressive unsustainable software. Too big to be acquired, too shitty to go public, unprofitable forever, OpenAI, I live for this shit
March 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
>be me
>grind for years raising a kid only to discover my wife cheated with a pit fiend and the kid’s half pit fiend or whatever
>lose my job, subsist on yogurt and dumpster pizza, uber repos my car, become an intern for my kid
>die repeatedly bc 5 hp
>i’m a fan favorite bitch
#dimension20 #iykyk
>grind for years raising a kid only to discover my wife cheated with a pit fiend and the kid’s half pit fiend or whatever
>lose my job, subsist on yogurt and dumpster pizza, uber repos my car, become an intern for my kid
>die repeatedly bc 5 hp
>i’m a fan favorite bitch
#dimension20 #iykyk
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Out now! Please request it from your comic shop / bookstore / library!
Next week my fantasy graphic novel REVERSAL comes out from @darkhorse.com! What if tomorrow, the ley lines reversed and magic becomes a thing again—but so do monsters? Fab art by @skyepatridge.bsky.social and @wastedwings.bsky.social, cover by @coreybrickley.bsky.social and letters by Hassan O-E!
March 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Out now! Please request it from your comic shop / bookstore / library!
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