Vince Vasudevan
@vasudevan.bsky.social
SF&F Writer | VT ‘22 🦃 | ND ‘26 ☘️
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Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way
July 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way
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This is just so … sad. Everything about this is sad. I know there’s a societal isolation problem and now people are being tricked into thinking the theft machine is a replacement for human interaction. It’s all goddamn sad.
May 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is just so … sad. Everything about this is sad. I know there’s a societal isolation problem and now people are being tricked into thinking the theft machine is a replacement for human interaction. It’s all goddamn sad.
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Selected from this week's email. Discuss amongst yourselves. (May make this a weekly feature.)
April 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Selected from this week's email. Discuss amongst yourselves. (May make this a weekly feature.)
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this was a good question i got on way of tumblr so i am going to post my answer here too. if you would like here is tumblr link www.tumblr.com/drchucktingl...
my response is in the replies here on bluesky okay HERE WE GO. question is: do you ever begin to doubt yourself while writing?
my response is in the replies here on bluesky okay HERE WE GO. question is: do you ever begin to doubt yourself while writing?
April 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
this was a good question i got on way of tumblr so i am going to post my answer here too. if you would like here is tumblr link www.tumblr.com/drchucktingl...
my response is in the replies here on bluesky okay HERE WE GO. question is: do you ever begin to doubt yourself while writing?
my response is in the replies here on bluesky okay HERE WE GO. question is: do you ever begin to doubt yourself while writing?
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Do you have questions about this "dire wolf" "de-extinction"? I am probably going to make a video tomorrow.
(Note: They are not dire wolves, and it is not a de-extinction)
(Note: They are not dire wolves, and it is not a de-extinction)
April 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Do you have questions about this "dire wolf" "de-extinction"? I am probably going to make a video tomorrow.
(Note: They are not dire wolves, and it is not a de-extinction)
(Note: They are not dire wolves, and it is not a de-extinction)
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we don’t get a lot of wins these days but if we can ruin gaming for Elon I’m going to count that
April 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
we don’t get a lot of wins these days but if we can ruin gaming for Elon I’m going to count that
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It's a busy time for me! Alongside the RiverBankRPG Backerkit doings, Barbara and I are wrapping up the final days to apply to the Novel Architects summer workshop, held 6/28-7/12 in Lawrence KS. Deadline is 4/15, but let me know if you're interested but running late. kijjohnson.com/teacher/
Novel Architects - Kij Johnson
Information about the Novel Architects workshops and master classes!
kijjohnson.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It's a busy time for me! Alongside the RiverBankRPG Backerkit doings, Barbara and I are wrapping up the final days to apply to the Novel Architects summer workshop, held 6/28-7/12 in Lawrence KS. Deadline is 4/15, but let me know if you're interested but running late. kijjohnson.com/teacher/
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In my career, I have had so many stories that I was sure would be The One. So many of them broke my heart by never making it.
Learn from my mistake: no story is The One. You are The One. You have so many stories inside of you. Once you submit, just start writing the next. There will be surprises.
Learn from my mistake: no story is The One. You are The One. You have so many stories inside of you. Once you submit, just start writing the next. There will be surprises.
So....you got a rejection. It was *thee* story. The one you worked your ass off to perfect. The one your CPs swooned over. Fit the theme perfectly. No first page typos (like that one time).
And it wasn't accepted. Gut punch, right? Here's some Unc Editor perspective to maybe, hopefully, help/+
And it wasn't accepted. Gut punch, right? Here's some Unc Editor perspective to maybe, hopefully, help/+
a man in a captain america costume is holding a bucket of red liquid
ALT: a man in a captain america costume is holding a bucket of red liquid
media.tenor.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
In my career, I have had so many stories that I was sure would be The One. So many of them broke my heart by never making it.
Learn from my mistake: no story is The One. You are The One. You have so many stories inside of you. Once you submit, just start writing the next. There will be surprises.
Learn from my mistake: no story is The One. You are The One. You have so many stories inside of you. Once you submit, just start writing the next. There will be surprises.
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Four years to get through, minus 74 days.
Dow down 1110 as I skeet.
Dow down 1110 as I skeet.
April 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Four years to get through, minus 74 days.
Dow down 1110 as I skeet.
Dow down 1110 as I skeet.
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"It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and embracing a post-bias future where everything is fine and no one needs to think too hard about it."
Starfleet Eliminating All Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
To all Starfleet personnel, It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and i...
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February 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and embracing a post-bias future where everything is fine and no one needs to think too hard about it."
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The good vibes of one of your favorite writers adapting one of your favorite books by another of your favorite writers! Excited to see how this goes. (Also, an absolutely wild book to turn into a TV show.)
Charles Yu Is Adapting Iain M. Banks’ Consider Phlebas for Amazon MGM Studios - Reactor
We're going to space! We're going to space!
reactormag.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The good vibes of one of your favorite writers adapting one of your favorite books by another of your favorite writers! Excited to see how this goes. (Also, an absolutely wild book to turn into a TV show.)
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After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.
February 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
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The really scary thing is, 10¢/word is pretty decent money 112 years later.
![SHE — A penny for your thoughts.
POPULAR AUTHOR — My price is ten cents a word.
[from The Smart Set, February 1913]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ac2kmpveixxnm4cp4janyafx/bafkreifdjqqsiqm2ujtzedwidvhtlzxz6kekk6gduaow37s6i2k5pljqnu@jpeg)
February 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The really scary thing is, 10¢/word is pretty decent money 112 years later.
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One of the least discussed reasons that making art is a political act of resistance is that when make art, our mental & spiritual energy is used in the ways WE wish. Any creative act/thought, however small or hidden, is resistance against a system that wants people's thoughts & souls for itself.
February 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
One of the least discussed reasons that making art is a political act of resistance is that when make art, our mental & spiritual energy is used in the ways WE wish. Any creative act/thought, however small or hidden, is resistance against a system that wants people's thoughts & souls for itself.
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Me and the boys looking at the skyline today
February 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Me and the boys looking at the skyline today
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Correlation is not causation, but honestly, I’m pretty sold by the data. It also correlates nicely to the rise and drop in violent crime!
Time to post The Graph again
February 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Correlation is not causation, but honestly, I’m pretty sold by the data. It also correlates nicely to the rise and drop in violent crime!
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The whole "dessert books" bullshit just makes me depressed as hell.
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The whole "dessert books" bullshit just makes me depressed as hell.
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By the Star Trek timeline, we’re kinda screwed until at least the 2060s. Buckle up.
Star Trek did say the 2020s were gonna be a little rough
February 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
By the Star Trek timeline, we’re kinda screwed until at least the 2060s. Buckle up.
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this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
February 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
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i nobody ever filibusters with a tingler during my lifetime i am going to be furious
February 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
i nobody ever filibusters with a tingler during my lifetime i am going to be furious
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Tech's biggest innovations these days are just new ways to waste everyone's time.
New from 404 Media: Low quality books that appear to be AI generated are making their way into public libraries, forcing librarians to sort through a functionally infinite number of books to determine what is written by humans and what is generated by AI.
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.
www.404media.co
February 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tech's biggest innovations these days are just new ways to waste everyone's time.
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Of course you don't know how to write it. That's why you have to write it
February 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Of course you don't know how to write it. That's why you have to write it
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Class yesterday, one my very last teaching college students. But teaching adults in my two-week residential novel workshops continues every summer until I can't do it anymore.
Join me 6/29-7/12 for my thirtieth year teaching these. We are accepting applications!
kijjohnson.com/teacher/
Join me 6/29-7/12 for my thirtieth year teaching these. We are accepting applications!
kijjohnson.com/teacher/
Novel Architects - Kij Johnson
Information about the Novel Architects workshops and master classes!
kijjohnson.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Class yesterday, one my very last teaching college students. But teaching adults in my two-week residential novel workshops continues every summer until I can't do it anymore.
Join me 6/29-7/12 for my thirtieth year teaching these. We are accepting applications!
kijjohnson.com/teacher/
Join me 6/29-7/12 for my thirtieth year teaching these. We are accepting applications!
kijjohnson.com/teacher/