Steve J. Wright
@stevejwright.bsky.social
Arts and sciences person, very unprofessional SFF writer and reviewer, blogs at stevejwright.com. Mastodon @stevejwright@c.im
Sorry, but I kept thinking about Trump's overall "strategy" for the whole Venezuela thing, and this image formed irresistably in my mind.
January 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Sorry, but I kept thinking about Trump's overall "strategy" for the whole Venezuela thing, and this image formed irresistably in my mind.
Put up new 2026 calendar, go me.
(It's a paper thing with the days of the year on it, kids, for more details, ask your grandparents.)
(It's a paper thing with the days of the year on it, kids, for more details, ask your grandparents.)
January 1, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Put up new 2026 calendar, go me.
(It's a paper thing with the days of the year on it, kids, for more details, ask your grandparents.)
(It's a paper thing with the days of the year on it, kids, for more details, ask your grandparents.)
Well, the clock has rolled over midnight here, so, happy new year, Bluesky! Let's hope it's a good one, eh?
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Well, the clock has rolled over midnight here, so, happy new year, Bluesky! Let's hope it's a good one, eh?
I was going to do "add one letter, ruin a superhero", but I found that, in many ways, you can add a letter to *improve* them.
December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I was going to do "add one letter, ruin a superhero", but I found that, in many ways, you can add a letter to *improve* them.
... points for trying?
December 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
... points for trying?
My mother had Alzheimer's. I've seen, up close and personal, the fear and distress that came from not being able to trust her own memories, the paranoia that came from knowing *something* was wrong, but not being able to remember what.
Using "AI" to make up fake memories - well, it's abusive.
Using "AI" to make up fake memories - well, it's abusive.
Brainwashing your family members and destroying what connections they still hold about their real memories is deeply sick.
There is a deep fear and anxiety when you can't trust your memories and mind and this will only accelerate it.
There is a deep fear and anxiety when you can't trust your memories and mind and this will only accelerate it.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My mother had Alzheimer's. I've seen, up close and personal, the fear and distress that came from not being able to trust her own memories, the paranoia that came from knowing *something* was wrong, but not being able to remember what.
Using "AI" to make up fake memories - well, it's abusive.
Using "AI" to make up fake memories - well, it's abusive.
My dear sister has sent me woolly things, including one of those neck gaiter affairs, so I can cosplay as a cuddly ICE agent.
December 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
My dear sister has sent me woolly things, including one of those neck gaiter affairs, so I can cosplay as a cuddly ICE agent.
OK then.
Merry Christmas!
If you celebrate something else, then Merry That!
If you don't celebrate anything, well, have a good day anyway!
Merry Christmas!
If you celebrate something else, then Merry That!
If you don't celebrate anything, well, have a good day anyway!
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
OK then.
Merry Christmas!
If you celebrate something else, then Merry That!
If you don't celebrate anything, well, have a good day anyway!
Merry Christmas!
If you celebrate something else, then Merry That!
If you don't celebrate anything, well, have a good day anyway!
Reposted by Steve J. Wright
Just let people go for a piss, for Christ’s sake. Do you have any idea how insane it looks to have a cadre of mean-as-fuck official toilet monitors as your national equalities regulator.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said "things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights".
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Just let people go for a piss, for Christ’s sake. Do you have any idea how insane it looks to have a cadre of mean-as-fuck official toilet monitors as your national equalities regulator.
Well done that man.
December 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Well done that man.
It might look like her, but could it cook like her?
bsky.app/profile/stev...
bsky.app/profile/stev...
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It might look like her, but could it cook like her?
bsky.app/profile/stev...
bsky.app/profile/stev...
Me: The light from this head lamp thingy is dimming, time to recharge it...
Ah. It has a USB connector... and this plastic tab thing has a seam on it, it must hinge open... Which way, though?
*wiggles tab thing this way and that for a while*
*gives up*
*reads instructions*....
Ah. It has a USB connector... and this plastic tab thing has a seam on it, it must hinge open... Which way, though?
*wiggles tab thing this way and that for a while*
*gives up*
*reads instructions*....
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Me: The light from this head lamp thingy is dimming, time to recharge it...
Ah. It has a USB connector... and this plastic tab thing has a seam on it, it must hinge open... Which way, though?
*wiggles tab thing this way and that for a while*
*gives up*
*reads instructions*....
Ah. It has a USB connector... and this plastic tab thing has a seam on it, it must hinge open... Which way, though?
*wiggles tab thing this way and that for a while*
*gives up*
*reads instructions*....
Hmph. Back in the good old days, we would call someone like this a "deluded ignoramus". Now we have to say "vaccine skeptic". It's political correctness gone mad I tell you.
Evelyn Griffin serves on a national vaccine advisory panel that is making landmark changes to longstanding public health practices under health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has campaigned against vaccines. She has worked on maternal mortality, a major issue in Louisiana.
Gov. Jeff Landry appoints vaccine skeptic as new Louisiana surgeon general
Evelyn Griffin serves on a national vaccine advisory panel that is making landmark changes to longstanding public health practices under health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has campaigned against vaccines. She has worked on maternal mortality, a major issue in Louisiana.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hmph. Back in the good old days, we would call someone like this a "deluded ignoramus". Now we have to say "vaccine skeptic". It's political correctness gone mad I tell you.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Reposted by Steve J. Wright
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Am watching "The Mummy", starring Tom Cruise as Lara Croft.
Lots of shrivelled zombies collapse into dust if you give them a single punch. I think it's a metaphor for the script.
Pros: Sofia Boutella is easier on the eyes than Boris Karloff. And the desert scenes brought back fond memories...
Lots of shrivelled zombies collapse into dust if you give them a single punch. I think it's a metaphor for the script.
Pros: Sofia Boutella is easier on the eyes than Boris Karloff. And the desert scenes brought back fond memories...
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Am watching "The Mummy", starring Tom Cruise as Lara Croft.
Lots of shrivelled zombies collapse into dust if you give them a single punch. I think it's a metaphor for the script.
Pros: Sofia Boutella is easier on the eyes than Boris Karloff. And the desert scenes brought back fond memories...
Lots of shrivelled zombies collapse into dust if you give them a single punch. I think it's a metaphor for the script.
Pros: Sofia Boutella is easier on the eyes than Boris Karloff. And the desert scenes brought back fond memories...
Slightly diminish a band:
Motörnose
Motörnose
Slightly diminish a band:
Viscount Crimson
Viscount Crimson
Slightly diminish a band:
Maybe
Maybe
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
Motörnose
Motörnose
#Novelmber+
50010. Made it. Still got plenty of story to go, obviously. But I have made my quota.
(Oh, for my old glory days, when I would have hit this milestone two weeks ago.)
50010. Made it. Still got plenty of story to go, obviously. But I have made my quota.
(Oh, for my old glory days, when I would have hit this milestone two weeks ago.)
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#Novelmber+
50010. Made it. Still got plenty of story to go, obviously. But I have made my quota.
(Oh, for my old glory days, when I would have hit this milestone two weeks ago.)
50010. Made it. Still got plenty of story to go, obviously. But I have made my quota.
(Oh, for my old glory days, when I would have hit this milestone two weeks ago.)
#Novelmber+
47269. Can I make it? Or not?
No shagging today, though one POV character ended up upside down and slowly revolving.
47269. Can I make it? Or not?
No shagging today, though one POV character ended up upside down and slowly revolving.
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
#Novelmber+
47269. Can I make it? Or not?
No shagging today, though one POV character ended up upside down and slowly revolving.
47269. Can I make it? Or not?
No shagging today, though one POV character ended up upside down and slowly revolving.
If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
Signed and shared. I asked about a Covid booster when I got my flu shot, and was disturbed to hear that, not only was I ineligible, my GP was too. These people are on the front lines of the fight against this disease: they need protection.
Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Signed and shared. I asked about a Covid booster when I got my flu shot, and was disturbed to hear that, not only was I ineligible, my GP was too. These people are on the front lines of the fight against this disease: they need protection.
"Are you sitting two-square comfortybold on your botty? Then I'll begin."
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"Are you sitting two-square comfortybold on your botty? Then I'll begin."
#Novelmber+
45161. Still behind, but I can do this if I don't slack off.
I may need to get my characters under control. A fairly minor one, introduced just for a POV character to chat to at dinner, has now transformed himself into a sort of Professor Summerlee from "The Lost World."
45161. Still behind, but I can do this if I don't slack off.
I may need to get my characters under control. A fairly minor one, introduced just for a POV character to chat to at dinner, has now transformed himself into a sort of Professor Summerlee from "The Lost World."
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#Novelmber+
45161. Still behind, but I can do this if I don't slack off.
I may need to get my characters under control. A fairly minor one, introduced just for a POV character to chat to at dinner, has now transformed himself into a sort of Professor Summerlee from "The Lost World."
45161. Still behind, but I can do this if I don't slack off.
I may need to get my characters under control. A fairly minor one, introduced just for a POV character to chat to at dinner, has now transformed himself into a sort of Professor Summerlee from "The Lost World."
It's all part of the pervasive anti-intellectualism of the fascists, claiming that reasoning, learning, and imagining - things which LITERALLY EVERYONE CAN DO - are in some way "elitist" and need to be "democratized".
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's all part of the pervasive anti-intellectualism of the fascists, claiming that reasoning, learning, and imagining - things which LITERALLY EVERYONE CAN DO - are in some way "elitist" and need to be "democratized".