wendell the disasterpiece
@wendellwrites.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, member of the SFWA and Codex Writers, open source advocate, they/them
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FIVE MINUTES
LAST CALL FOR SAPPHIC VAMPIRE NOIR
LAST CALL FOR SAPPHIC VAMPIRE NOIR
We have just ONE HOUR LEFT on our Kickstarter for SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1
It's bloody, it's sapphic, it's got a killer cliffhanger, it's been praised by a dozen all-star comic creatives and sites, it smashed its funding goal in 24 hours and your TIME IS ALMOST UP
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
It's bloody, it's sapphic, it's got a killer cliffhanger, it's been praised by a dozen all-star comic creatives and sites, it smashed its funding goal in 24 hours and your TIME IS ALMOST UP
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1 - Mature Sapphic Noir Chicago Vampires
An undead PI hunts a missing vamp, facing ancient Mob Families, corrupt cops, & a past she buried to survive. Zoe Tunnell/Lauren Knight
www.kickstarter.com
February 20, 2026 at 3:06 AM
FIVE MINUTES
LAST CALL FOR SAPPHIC VAMPIRE NOIR
LAST CALL FOR SAPPHIC VAMPIRE NOIR
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Hero shit
Breaking out “scope creep” and “what problem are we trying to solve?” at the neighborhood meeting
February 20, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Hero shit
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The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware. www.wired.com/story/a-10k-...
A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon
The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware.
www.wired.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware. www.wired.com/story/a-10k-...
i would like to meet a butch jewish battle lesbian.
Did I mention that this show has a Butch Polish-Jewish Battle Lesbian?
February 20, 2026 at 1:37 AM
i would like to meet a butch jewish battle lesbian.
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It’s going to be so great when this shit gets installed on everyone’s lowest-bidder work laptops, with 16 gb of RAM and 23 separate pieces of monitoring spyware. So productive.
windows 11 update: for the first time in my life, simply right clicking a file has a load time. unreal
February 20, 2026 at 12:55 AM
It’s going to be so great when this shit gets installed on everyone’s lowest-bidder work laptops, with 16 gb of RAM and 23 separate pieces of monitoring spyware. So productive.
it's interesting how search party managed to jump the shark in all directions but still got the dangers of startups, billionaires, tech, and autonomous cars right.
February 20, 2026 at 12:35 AM
it's interesting how search party managed to jump the shark in all directions but still got the dangers of startups, billionaires, tech, and autonomous cars right.
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I've been saying it a lot, but these deaths line up with what happened in early concentration camps during other regimes: Deaths from poor conditions, disease, or abuse. These deaths are not accidental. They are the direct result of a camp system that is designed to harm those being imprisoned.
I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
February 19, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I've been saying it a lot, but these deaths line up with what happened in early concentration camps during other regimes: Deaths from poor conditions, disease, or abuse. These deaths are not accidental. They are the direct result of a camp system that is designed to harm those being imprisoned.
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Finding out the hard way that California is a two-party consent state. Also, the rules of the court for the state of California say that you must get a judge's permission to record. You can't just show up with your dipshit glasses. courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/in...
February 19, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Finding out the hard way that California is a two-party consent state. Also, the rules of the court for the state of California say that you must get a judge's permission to record. You can't just show up with your dipshit glasses. courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/in...
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It's weird that the first recorded descriptions of toothaches, from Sumerian cuneiform to Central American remedies to Pliny the Elder, up to the *18th century*, constantly mentioned worms.
People were *convinced* that dental pain was worms, for millennia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_w...
People were *convinced* that dental pain was worms, for millennia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_w...
Tooth worm - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
It's weird that the first recorded descriptions of toothaches, from Sumerian cuneiform to Central American remedies to Pliny the Elder, up to the *18th century*, constantly mentioned worms.
People were *convinced* that dental pain was worms, for millennia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_w...
People were *convinced* that dental pain was worms, for millennia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_w...
my ld partner sent me a screenshot where all of his partners were telling him they were eepy at the same time.
at least he has a type.
at least he has a type.
February 19, 2026 at 11:27 PM
my ld partner sent me a screenshot where all of his partners were telling him they were eepy at the same time.
at least he has a type.
at least he has a type.
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TEN DAYS! until Agita Magazine opens for its very first open submission period.
The theme is "Bad Science."
The length is flash.
The genre is horror or dark sci-fi.
The co-editor is Eric Williams (@geoliminal.bsky.social).
The guidelines is at agitamag.com/submissions
The theme is "Bad Science."
The length is flash.
The genre is horror or dark sci-fi.
The co-editor is Eric Williams (@geoliminal.bsky.social).
The guidelines is at agitamag.com/submissions
February 19, 2026 at 8:24 PM
TEN DAYS! until Agita Magazine opens for its very first open submission period.
The theme is "Bad Science."
The length is flash.
The genre is horror or dark sci-fi.
The co-editor is Eric Williams (@geoliminal.bsky.social).
The guidelines is at agitamag.com/submissions
The theme is "Bad Science."
The length is flash.
The genre is horror or dark sci-fi.
The co-editor is Eric Williams (@geoliminal.bsky.social).
The guidelines is at agitamag.com/submissions
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I can't think of any immigrant in American history who has assimilated worse than Musk. The guy hates most of the people here and wants to hurt us, has open contempt for our traditions or values, and has spent billions trying to destroy our culture to replace it with that of his foreign childhood.
this is all racism, obviously, and multiculturalism is great, but i'll note that i'm pretty close to being a median american, and i can't think of too many other people in america with whom i share fewer cultural values that elon musk
February 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I can't think of any immigrant in American history who has assimilated worse than Musk. The guy hates most of the people here and wants to hurt us, has open contempt for our traditions or values, and has spent billions trying to destroy our culture to replace it with that of his foreign childhood.
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*This is probably not yet true specifically for generative AI.*
It’s one of the reasons why they’re pushing widescale adoption so hard. It’s to keep the whole thing afloat with fresh infusions of capital, yeah, but it’s also *to make the cancer nearly impossible to remove*
It’s one of the reasons why they’re pushing widescale adoption so hard. It’s to keep the whole thing afloat with fresh infusions of capital, yeah, but it’s also *to make the cancer nearly impossible to remove*
February 19, 2026 at 10:08 PM
*This is probably not yet true specifically for generative AI.*
It’s one of the reasons why they’re pushing widescale adoption so hard. It’s to keep the whole thing afloat with fresh infusions of capital, yeah, but it’s also *to make the cancer nearly impossible to remove*
It’s one of the reasons why they’re pushing widescale adoption so hard. It’s to keep the whole thing afloat with fresh infusions of capital, yeah, but it’s also *to make the cancer nearly impossible to remove*
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Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation.
Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.
Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.
February 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation.
Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.
Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.
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In addition to reading old books, I think everyone should try to occasionally read a book in translation.
There is no better way to be reminded that we are more similar than we are different. People are people, in every country, in every language. We have the same big feelings, the same problems.
There is no better way to be reminded that we are more similar than we are different. People are people, in every country, in every language. We have the same big feelings, the same problems.
February 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
In addition to reading old books, I think everyone should try to occasionally read a book in translation.
There is no better way to be reminded that we are more similar than we are different. People are people, in every country, in every language. We have the same big feelings, the same problems.
There is no better way to be reminded that we are more similar than we are different. People are people, in every country, in every language. We have the same big feelings, the same problems.
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hot theys in your area are sleepy and sore
February 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
hot theys in your area are sleepy and sore
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ATTENTION BLUESKY
you don't want to watch the State of the Union next week
you want to watch a PowerPoint party telethon of your favorite Bluesky super posters delivering their most unhinged hot takes to raise money for mutual aid in Twin Cities and Portland
Poster's Madness for a good cause!!!!
you don't want to watch the State of the Union next week
you want to watch a PowerPoint party telethon of your favorite Bluesky super posters delivering their most unhinged hot takes to raise money for mutual aid in Twin Cities and Portland
Poster's Madness for a good cause!!!!
February 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
ATTENTION BLUESKY
you don't want to watch the State of the Union next week
you want to watch a PowerPoint party telethon of your favorite Bluesky super posters delivering their most unhinged hot takes to raise money for mutual aid in Twin Cities and Portland
Poster's Madness for a good cause!!!!
you don't want to watch the State of the Union next week
you want to watch a PowerPoint party telethon of your favorite Bluesky super posters delivering their most unhinged hot takes to raise money for mutual aid in Twin Cities and Portland
Poster's Madness for a good cause!!!!
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heads up if any of y'all saw screenshots, videos, articles on uncritical sites about the forum supposedly of only AI agent chatbots interacting - anything interesting going on was BS, human scripted drama made up for attention. they've got nothing
17,000 puppeteers performing. people fell for it
17,000 puppeteers performing. people fell for it
February 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
heads up if any of y'all saw screenshots, videos, articles on uncritical sites about the forum supposedly of only AI agent chatbots interacting - anything interesting going on was BS, human scripted drama made up for attention. they've got nothing
17,000 puppeteers performing. people fell for it
17,000 puppeteers performing. people fell for it
another night i can't sleep. what a surprise the world we live in + surgery + just general stuff would do this.
February 19, 2026 at 6:06 AM
another night i can't sleep. what a surprise the world we live in + surgery + just general stuff would do this.
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no one else is doing the kinda writing harmon does. it’s sharp and funny and brilliant and gay as shit. you gotta sign up for his newsletter if you aren’t already
Hey, so...my website is back, and I am writing under my real name now. If you want the update or just want to see some artsy photos of my can, check it out! thisisharmonwest.ghost.io/the-protect-...
The Protect and Survive Photoset (and some housekeeping)
Hello, we're back! The new site is thisisharmonwest.ghost.io. Please update your bookmarks, and please enjoy these creepy apocalyptic photos too.
thisisharmonwest.ghost.io
February 19, 2026 at 4:12 AM
no one else is doing the kinda writing harmon does. it’s sharp and funny and brilliant and gay as shit. you gotta sign up for his newsletter if you aren’t already
i read a poem about jewish time, and my friend thinks i should send it to spec fic magazines.
February 19, 2026 at 4:58 AM
i read a poem about jewish time, and my friend thinks i should send it to spec fic magazines.
i got a cookbook from the library that somehow made a cheese cauliflower casserole full of lemon zest, ricotta, and garlic very bland, so i guess that one with be going back.
February 19, 2026 at 4:14 AM
i got a cookbook from the library that somehow made a cheese cauliflower casserole full of lemon zest, ricotta, and garlic very bland, so i guess that one with be going back.
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And while I do think the whistles are important and I love that we were able to do this, I think the long game is now that so many Maries have found their armies, and found the other Maries in other states.
I have so many different Maries in my signal right now, and whatever they do next, I'M THERE
I have so many different Maries in my signal right now, and whatever they do next, I'M THERE
February 19, 2026 at 3:14 AM
And while I do think the whistles are important and I love that we were able to do this, I think the long game is now that so many Maries have found their armies, and found the other Maries in other states.
I have so many different Maries in my signal right now, and whatever they do next, I'M THERE
I have so many different Maries in my signal right now, and whatever they do next, I'M THERE
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When we talk about the better world we want to see: it starts with work like this
A fried snack sustained protesters, and the aid continues amid fear and promises that ICE will leave the city
The sambusa underground: how Minneapolis’ Somalis feed community and resistance
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:18 AM
When we talk about the better world we want to see: it starts with work like this
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So Bree hinted at this story a few days ago, but I want to circle back now that I have permission to share it.
WHISTLES OUT: A WHISTLE CREW MYSTERY
WHISTLES OUT: A WHISTLE CREW MYSTERY
and the lady in our inbox who caused us to go into a Whistles Out: a Benoit Blanc Mystery spiral for half the day because she had rallied so many people to request whistles to the same town that we thought it was a scam, but no she just convinced like 700 people to mobilize and we love her so much
February 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
So Bree hinted at this story a few days ago, but I want to circle back now that I have permission to share it.
WHISTLES OUT: A WHISTLE CREW MYSTERY
WHISTLES OUT: A WHISTLE CREW MYSTERY