Patrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦
@patrickjohanneson.com
Part-time prevaricator.
He/him 🇨🇦
https://patrickjohanneson.com/
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I'm also on Mastodon — https://mstdn.ca/@pjohanneson
He/him 🇨🇦
https://patrickjohanneson.com/
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Ukrainian wheat field header by Alex @aplante.com Plante
I'm also on Mastodon — https://mstdn.ca/@pjohanneson
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Hi, I'm Patrick. I write SF/F, I take photos—largely in the dark—and I wrangle websites for my spending cash. I keep a blog over at patrickjohanneson.com, though I cross-post most everything here too.
#Introduction #PinnedPost
#Introduction #PinnedPost
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The best part of astronomy is how you can stare at the sky until you are absolutely terrified.
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The best part of astronomy is how you can stare at the sky until you are absolutely terrified.
ha ha ha oooooof
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
ha ha ha oooooof
Current status
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Current status
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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This is about bullying and harassing trans people out of public life. The essay is next to meaningless, it's effectively a macguffin and every non-trans person is falling for it
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is about bullying and harassing trans people out of public life. The essay is next to meaningless, it's effectively a macguffin and every non-trans person is falling for it
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
counterpoint courtesy of @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
counterpoint courtesy of @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
I like to use Sir Terry Pratchett's way of expressing it: The first draft is you telling yourself the story.
If you use "ai" for that first draft, you've told yourself nothing. Not a got dang thing.
If you use "ai" for that first draft, you've told yourself nothing. Not a got dang thing.
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I like to use Sir Terry Pratchett's way of expressing it: The first draft is you telling yourself the story.
If you use "ai" for that first draft, you've told yourself nothing. Not a got dang thing.
If you use "ai" for that first draft, you've told yourself nothing. Not a got dang thing.
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You don't have to be a member to tell SFWA how you feel about AI.
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You don't have to be a member to tell SFWA how you feel about AI.
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Therapist: Chibi John McClane isn't real, he can't hurt you
Chibi John McClane:
Chibi John McClane:
December 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Therapist: Chibi John McClane isn't real, he can't hurt you
Chibi John McClane:
Chibi John McClane:
All true, though it doesn't stop me checking my [email|Submittable|Moksha] every day or so when I've got something out on submission.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #PrairieSFF
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #PrairieSFF
It is more important to create than submit work
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
December 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
All true, though it doesn't stop me checking my [email|Submittable|Moksha] every day or so when I've got something out on submission.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #PrairieSFF
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #PrairieSFF
Now this I like.
I had a teacher who reversed that and said "Know what you write." Like if you're writing about Elizabethan England, you don't need to already be an expert, just do some research beyond reading Shakespeare and watching Elizabeth. Research is one of the fun parts anyway. I found that much more useful.
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Now this I like.
Anything that's presented as a "rule" that all writers must hew to. Every bit of writing advice is at most a suggestion; take what works for you and discard the rest.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Anything that's presented as a "rule" that all writers must hew to. Every bit of writing advice is at most a suggestion; take what works for you and discard the rest.
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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I grew up around "Only smart girls read" & "I'm not like other girls. I read." messaging & now everyone wonders why my generation doesn't read LMFAO
I propose embracing "Reading! It's fun at slumber parties!" and "Reading brings us together" messaging instead. Books build community if you let them.
I propose embracing "Reading! It's fun at slumber parties!" and "Reading brings us together" messaging instead. Books build community if you let them.
December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I grew up around "Only smart girls read" & "I'm not like other girls. I read." messaging & now everyone wonders why my generation doesn't read LMFAO
I propose embracing "Reading! It's fun at slumber parties!" and "Reading brings us together" messaging instead. Books build community if you let them.
I propose embracing "Reading! It's fun at slumber parties!" and "Reading brings us together" messaging instead. Books build community if you let them.
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Writers, this is your regular reminder: sometimes show, sometimes tell.
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Writers, this is your regular reminder: sometimes show, sometimes tell.
LOL this JUST happened to me today at my darling wife's office
December 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
LOL this JUST happened to me today at my darling wife's office
one of the things I'm struggling with in my current WiP is letting go of the notion that it has to all make sense in the end
#AmWriting #PrairieSFF
#AmWriting #PrairieSFF
December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
one of the things I'm struggling with in my current WiP is letting go of the notion that it has to all make sense in the end
#AmWriting #PrairieSFF
#AmWriting #PrairieSFF
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I’m still trick-or-treating. The people have run out of candy. One lady gave me the keys to her Buick. Another guy hit me with a broom
December 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m still trick-or-treating. The people have run out of candy. One lady gave me the keys to her Buick. Another guy hit me with a broom
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
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🛸🛸hey guess what
🛸🛸 Night Shades will open for submissions on December 26
🛸🛸 all speculative, pro+ pay, 500 words max, sim subs ok
🛸🛸 please read the guidelines carefully!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
🛸🛸 Night Shades will open for submissions on December 26
🛸🛸 all speculative, pro+ pay, 500 words max, sim subs ok
🛸🛸 please read the guidelines carefully!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
Submissions
Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month.
Night Shades is CLOSED.
Opening again December 26, 2025.
Night Shades opens sporadically and for ind...
www.nightshadesmag.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🛸🛸hey guess what
🛸🛸 Night Shades will open for submissions on December 26
🛸🛸 all speculative, pro+ pay, 500 words max, sim subs ok
🛸🛸 please read the guidelines carefully!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
🛸🛸 Night Shades will open for submissions on December 26
🛸🛸 all speculative, pro+ pay, 500 words max, sim subs ok
🛸🛸 please read the guidelines carefully!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
ahem Hallmark
your next Christmas movie is already half written for you
your next Christmas movie is already half written for you
My work colleague asked me to text her when the Christmas meat hampers arrived at work. Turns out I took her number down wrong and I have sent a really ominous text to a stranger
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ahem Hallmark
your next Christmas movie is already half written for you
your next Christmas movie is already half written for you