Steen Comer (oom bop oom bop bop)
@mediapathic.bsky.social
Word Guy. Viable Paradise 2017. Fiction, parafiction, and game writer; Chicago Manual of Style enjoyer; sword swinger. Recreational taxonomist.
"Steen, occasionally I forget how extra you are but something always reminds me" -- Elizabeth Bear
#sf
"Steen, occasionally I forget how extra you are but something always reminds me" -- Elizabeth Bear
#sf
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just one thing published this year as I work on a few larger projects but it is a good one!
all signal boosts appreciated
just one thing published this year as I work on a few larger projects but it is a good one!
all signal boosts appreciated
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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just one thing published this year as I work on a few larger projects but it is a good one!
all signal boosts appreciated
just one thing published this year as I work on a few larger projects but it is a good one!
all signal boosts appreciated
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You can still get a copy of the limited special edition of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS from Inkstone btw! Signed, numbered, sprayed edges and other fancy touches. Excellent gift for the bookish people in your life (if I do say so so myself) inkstonebooks.com/product/sain...
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera - Limited Edition - Inkstone Books
Signed & Numbered First Edition of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera, with sprayed edges and case foiling.
inkstonebooks.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
You can still get a copy of the limited special edition of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS from Inkstone btw! Signed, numbered, sprayed edges and other fancy touches. Excellent gift for the bookish people in your life (if I do say so so myself) inkstonebooks.com/product/sain...
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Out on December 9, available to preorder fromNewCon Press now. Do you believe in miracles?
The Essence, Dave Hutchinson - Books - The Essence
NewCon Press is a multiple award-winning independent publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror.
www.newconpress.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Out on December 9, available to preorder fromNewCon Press now. Do you believe in miracles?
I suppose I could have had that conversation with a guy on the bus without saying “never forget; this world is built on blood. Blood and kindness.” but that would have been less fun for everyone involved.
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I suppose I could have had that conversation with a guy on the bus without saying “never forget; this world is built on blood. Blood and kindness.” but that would have been less fun for everyone involved.
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trust is neither given nor earned. it forms naturally between people who share the experience of having listened to Skinny Puppy at or after 3 am in the dark by themselves
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
trust is neither given nor earned. it forms naturally between people who share the experience of having listened to Skinny Puppy at or after 3 am in the dark by themselves
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The legend lives on from Gila Flats down
Of a being called Dr. Manhattan
The lab it is said rarely gives up its dead
When intrinsic fields start to flatten
Now the accident had 26,000 rads
Send Jon Osterman past cosmic borders
That watchmaker's son set about 1x1
Putting things back together in order
Of a being called Dr. Manhattan
The lab it is said rarely gives up its dead
When intrinsic fields start to flatten
Now the accident had 26,000 rads
Send Jon Osterman past cosmic borders
That watchmaker's son set about 1x1
Putting things back together in order
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The legend lives on from Gila Flats down
Of a being called Dr. Manhattan
The lab it is said rarely gives up its dead
When intrinsic fields start to flatten
Now the accident had 26,000 rads
Send Jon Osterman past cosmic borders
That watchmaker's son set about 1x1
Putting things back together in order
Of a being called Dr. Manhattan
The lab it is said rarely gives up its dead
When intrinsic fields start to flatten
Now the accident had 26,000 rads
Send Jon Osterman past cosmic borders
That watchmaker's son set about 1x1
Putting things back together in order
It’s a good essay, but/and I also want to point out that I used that header image in a talk about sex robots and the uncanny valley, which I think is a nice parallel to the essay.
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It’s a good essay, but/and I also want to point out that I used that header image in a talk about sex robots and the uncanny valley, which I think is a nice parallel to the essay.
I just said to my partner “I love it when you say mean things; it means I’m about to learn something”. I think there’s a generalized lesson there for a certain kind of relationship.
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I just said to my partner “I love it when you say mean things; it means I’m about to learn something”. I think there’s a generalized lesson there for a certain kind of relationship.
“I’m only on that platform because everyone else is” is the new “I only read it for the articles”
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“I’m only on that platform because everyone else is” is the new “I only read it for the articles”
Spray painted across a wall in rapid script: I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT PLAYING MD3 NOW PROBLEMS.
Is md3 a game? A person who got played by the business? Where does the comma go? It is a mystery.
Is md3 a game? A person who got played by the business? Where does the comma go? It is a mystery.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Spray painted across a wall in rapid script: I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT PLAYING MD3 NOW PROBLEMS.
Is md3 a game? A person who got played by the business? Where does the comma go? It is a mystery.
Is md3 a game? A person who got played by the business? Where does the comma go? It is a mystery.
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Prince With A Thousand Enemies is some hard shit to name a rabbit
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Prince With A Thousand Enemies is some hard shit to name a rabbit
Mister Rogers' magic is so powerful he bent nominative determinism to his reality.
here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Mister Rogers' magic is so powerful he bent nominative determinism to his reality.
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please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
Admittedly my knowledge of Sikhism is pretty limited but as far as I can tell if two of your religious beliefs are "feed the hungry and always carry a sword" we can probably be friends.
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Admittedly my knowledge of Sikhism is pretty limited but as far as I can tell if two of your religious beliefs are "feed the hungry and always carry a sword" we can probably be friends.
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it's only a clique if it's from the warlord period in china, otherwise it's a sparkling friend group
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
it's only a clique if it's from the warlord period in china, otherwise it's a sparkling friend group
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There's an interesting grammatical tense used only to talk about powerful, wealthy people, where they have simultaneously done the thing, are doing the thing, and will do the thing.
Totally divorced from the concept of linear time, the only important element is: important person and thing.
Totally divorced from the concept of linear time, the only important element is: important person and thing.
April 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
There's an interesting grammatical tense used only to talk about powerful, wealthy people, where they have simultaneously done the thing, are doing the thing, and will do the thing.
Totally divorced from the concept of linear time, the only important element is: important person and thing.
Totally divorced from the concept of linear time, the only important element is: important person and thing.
Some opinions on genre I will not be explaining at this time:
- John Wick is High Fantasy
- Every Aliens franchise film is a different genre
- David Lynch is Socialist Realism for occultists
- John Wick is High Fantasy
- Every Aliens franchise film is a different genre
- David Lynch is Socialist Realism for occultists
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Some opinions on genre I will not be explaining at this time:
- John Wick is High Fantasy
- Every Aliens franchise film is a different genre
- David Lynch is Socialist Realism for occultists
- John Wick is High Fantasy
- Every Aliens franchise film is a different genre
- David Lynch is Socialist Realism for occultists
Good news, my man Gödel out here still going hard. I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion but there's some interesting stuff here phys.org/news/2025-10...
Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically pr...
phys.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Good news, my man Gödel out here still going hard. I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion but there's some interesting stuff here phys.org/news/2025-10...
Yes I did just make a post talking shit about Variety being too white and follow it up with a post about obscure industrial music in-jokes, I am aware of this fact thank you.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Yes I did just make a post talking shit about Variety being too white and follow it up with a post about obscure industrial music in-jokes, I am aware of this fact thank you.
For non-industrial people: every one of these is a reference to a specific thing and trust me they are all hilarious. Also bonus points if you get the First of September one, that's kind of a deep cut.
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
For non-industrial people: every one of these is a reference to a specific thing and trust me they are all hilarious. Also bonus points if you get the First of September one, that's kind of a deep cut.
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
This is the whitest thing I have seen in Variety and that's saying something.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is the whitest thing I have seen in Variety and that's saying something.
Also great customer service when I forgot how dates worked!
About 40 new things on the shop AND new stuff was moved into clearance.
LGBTQIA+ staffed and owned, flat $4 US shipping!
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LGBTQIA+ staffed and owned, flat $4 US shipping!
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Also great customer service when I forgot how dates worked!
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you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge