Bryan Young
@swankmotron.com
Storyteller. I've written stuff for Star Wars, Robotech, BattleTech, Doctor Who, Shadowrun, Remo Williams and more. Repped by Katherine Odom Tomchin.
He/They http://www.swankmotron.com
He/They http://www.swankmotron.com
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Man, I just can't believe the Democrats got nothing in exchange for their treasonous capitulation.
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Man, I just can't believe the Democrats got nothing in exchange for their treasonous capitulation.
Someone needs to do some roleplaying with Chuck Schumer about what a minority leader does.
Revolting Sen: We want to cut a deal.
Actual Minority Leader: Cool, do that and you lose all your committee assignments and we won't back any of your legislation.
Revolting Sen: Oh, sorry. We'll be good
Revolting Sen: We want to cut a deal.
Actual Minority Leader: Cool, do that and you lose all your committee assignments and we won't back any of your legislation.
Revolting Sen: Oh, sorry. We'll be good
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Someone needs to do some roleplaying with Chuck Schumer about what a minority leader does.
Revolting Sen: We want to cut a deal.
Actual Minority Leader: Cool, do that and you lose all your committee assignments and we won't back any of your legislation.
Revolting Sen: Oh, sorry. We'll be good
Revolting Sen: We want to cut a deal.
Actual Minority Leader: Cool, do that and you lose all your committee assignments and we won't back any of your legislation.
Revolting Sen: Oh, sorry. We'll be good
The folks at Sarna were kind enough to review my latest BattleTech novel!
I read Outfoxed, the latest from @swankmotron.com and Fox Patrol's first standalone novel. It's good, wholesome BattleTech for these trying times. My review on Sarna (slight spoilers if you haven't read it yet!).
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Outfoxed Review – Fox Patrol Gets Its Villain | Sarna.net
Can Fox Patrol still be BattleTech's Saturday morning cartoon series in the face of real trauma and loss? Find out in Sarna's review!
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November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The folks at Sarna were kind enough to review my latest BattleTech novel!
This is really sad to see. I've written so much for Star Wars Insider over the years and to see it close shop is heartbreaking. www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is really sad to see. I've written so much for Star Wars Insider over the years and to see it close shop is heartbreaking. www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
This book is TERRIFIC.
My next STAR WARS novel, MASTER OF EVIL, is out... TOMORROW!
You can check out some handy pre-order links at tinyurl.com/master-of-evil, and whet your appetite with this brand new interview with me about the book over at @youtini.bsky.social youtini.com/article/adam...
You can check out some handy pre-order links at tinyurl.com/master-of-evil, and whet your appetite with this brand new interview with me about the book over at @youtini.bsky.social youtini.com/article/adam...
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This book is TERRIFIC.
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Nailed it in one!
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Nailed it in one!
I can’t stop thinking about Darth Sidious singing Taylor Swift’s Father Figure to Maul…
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I can’t stop thinking about Darth Sidious singing Taylor Swift’s Father Figure to Maul…
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Adding Hyde Amendment language to the ACA would need to be a non-starter. This sounds like the worst deal ever. Why would they do this?
Democrats are likely to get a vote on an extension later. But they've already gotten similar votes. Republicans already vowing to block an extension without major changes to the ACA, like adding Hyde language.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Adding Hyde Amendment language to the ACA would need to be a non-starter. This sounds like the worst deal ever. Why would they do this?
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I think Senate Democrats caving in this government shutdown fight is one of the stupidest fucking things I have ever seen them do. They’re not even GETTING ANYTHING? AM I TAKING CRAZY PILLS????
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I think Senate Democrats caving in this government shutdown fight is one of the stupidest fucking things I have ever seen them do. They’re not even GETTING ANYTHING? AM I TAKING CRAZY PILLS????
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And don’t forget! You can also get SIGNED copies of Outfoxed, along with Fox Tales & Lone Wolf and Fox, directly from @swankmotron.com at his website. ^_^ #Battletech #FoxPatrol
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Follow the continued story of the Fox Patrol with Bryan Young's Outfoxed!
When the Katie manages to land a promising contract, things turn south as the Hansen's Hawkeyes wage a campaign of vengeance after a humiliating defeat by the Fox Patrol...
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#BattleTech
When the Katie manages to land a promising contract, things turn south as the Hansen's Hawkeyes wage a campaign of vengeance after a humiliating defeat by the Fox Patrol...
bit.ly/BT-Outfoxed
#BattleTech
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
And don’t forget! You can also get SIGNED copies of Outfoxed, along with Fox Tales & Lone Wolf and Fox, directly from @swankmotron.com at his website. ^_^ #Battletech #FoxPatrol
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Still true, ten years later. Funny story, I was sitting in that exact same spot in the exact same coffee shop this morning, getting my writing done.
General Hux's methods have been brutal, but effective.
General Hux's methods have been brutal, but effective.
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Still true, ten years later. Funny story, I was sitting in that exact same spot in the exact same coffee shop this morning, getting my writing done.
General Hux's methods have been brutal, but effective.
General Hux's methods have been brutal, but effective.
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Guess who has a story in the new issue of Weird Tales Magazine? That’s right! Me, and a whole lot of other terrific authors! Snag a copy at weirdtales.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Guess who has a story in the new issue of Weird Tales Magazine? That’s right! Me, and a whole lot of other terrific authors! Snag a copy at weirdtales.com
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On the blog: cover & TOC reveal for Weird Tales #372, the cryptid/urban legends issue with a new SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD story by me & a new Kolchak story by @jamesaquilone.bsky.social! Plus @scottsigler.bsky.social @swankmotron.com & more!
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cover and TOC reveal: Weird Tales #372 with a new Supernatural Crimes Unit story!
Coming later this month is the 372nd issue of Weird Tales, which will include a new Kolchak the Night Stalker story by James Aquilone and a new Superantural Crimes Unit: NYPD story by me! That̵…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
On the blog: cover & TOC reveal for Weird Tales #372, the cryptid/urban legends issue with a new SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD story by me & a new Kolchak story by @jamesaquilone.bsky.social! Plus @scottsigler.bsky.social @swankmotron.com & more!
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November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Guess who has a story in the new issue of Weird Tales Magazine? That’s right! Me, and a whole lot of other terrific authors! Snag a copy at weirdtales.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Guess who has a story in the new issue of Weird Tales Magazine? That’s right! Me, and a whole lot of other terrific authors! Snag a copy at weirdtales.com
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Post you from a different era.
Me, circa the mid '80s
Me, circa the mid '80s
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Post you from a different era.
Me, circa the mid '80s
Me, circa the mid '80s
ICE is clearly a terrorist organization and needs to be classified and treated as such.
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ICE is clearly a terrorist organization and needs to be classified and treated as such.
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Frankenstein is available to stream on Netflix today, so expect a bunch of “I don’t get the big deal” takes from people uninterested in the movie who half-watched it on their phones.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Frankenstein is available to stream on Netflix today, so expect a bunch of “I don’t get the big deal” takes from people uninterested in the movie who half-watched it on their phones.
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If you have a Tesla you should get rid of it immediately.
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you have a Tesla you should get rid of it immediately.
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What a strange technology.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What a strange technology.
I think if corporations get to pretend to be people and we have to have a death penalty, they should be subject to it and OpenAI should be first on the long list of corporations that need to be put down.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I think if corporations get to pretend to be people and we have to have a death penalty, they should be subject to it and OpenAI should be first on the long list of corporations that need to be put down.
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one of my least favorite new publishing "truths" is that books only deserve consistent marketing & publicity if they are already doing well, it's the new "needs experience to get experience" 🤡
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
one of my least favorite new publishing "truths" is that books only deserve consistent marketing & publicity if they are already doing well, it's the new "needs experience to get experience" 🤡
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.