W.L. Swarts
@wlswarts.bsky.social
I'm an #atheist, #Author, Small press publisher (Enlighten Someone Daily), Non-Sport trading card dealer (for genre #TradingCards ) in my late-40s, who is happily married. I'm passionate about music with poetic lyrics, films/television/books.
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W.L. Swarts
@wlswarts.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I would like to remove one bit of ambiguity about myself from my feed:
I share my thoughts, ideas and perspective on social media.
I do so irrespective of follower counts or who might see. I do so because this is a platform and I have a spot on it.
More importantly, to me, I do it because EVERY
I share my thoughts, ideas and perspective on social media.
I do so irrespective of follower counts or who might see. I do so because this is a platform and I have a spot on it.
More importantly, to me, I do it because EVERY
I'm saying it now: When the A.I. bubble bursts, I will gladly lead the charge against all of those businesses crying for a government bail-out.
"What about all those people who will lose trillions of dollars?!"
First, fuck them for not listening to the artists, researchers, journalists, innovators
"What about all those people who will lose trillions of dollars?!"
First, fuck them for not listening to the artists, researchers, journalists, innovators
February 20, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I'm saying it now: When the A.I. bubble bursts, I will gladly lead the charge against all of those businesses crying for a government bail-out.
"What about all those people who will lose trillions of dollars?!"
First, fuck them for not listening to the artists, researchers, journalists, innovators
"What about all those people who will lose trillions of dollars?!"
First, fuck them for not listening to the artists, researchers, journalists, innovators
Today, my wife and I discovered an indie comic book/game shop living in the shell of an abandoned Jo-Ann's Fabrics.
I'm not sure how to feel about this, because I miss the ease of Jo-Ann's for supporting my wife's art, but I love seeing indie geeks making a go of businesses...
I'm not sure how to feel about this, because I miss the ease of Jo-Ann's for supporting my wife's art, but I love seeing indie geeks making a go of businesses...
February 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Today, my wife and I discovered an indie comic book/game shop living in the shell of an abandoned Jo-Ann's Fabrics.
I'm not sure how to feel about this, because I miss the ease of Jo-Ann's for supporting my wife's art, but I love seeing indie geeks making a go of businesses...
I'm not sure how to feel about this, because I miss the ease of Jo-Ann's for supporting my wife's art, but I love seeing indie geeks making a go of businesses...
Murphy Knighthold exhibits a great deal of creativity in "Unnamed Perils Policy Claim" when he has to move a pretty messed-up corpse. That creativity inspired the backstory for Six Bridges and the new work featuring Knighthold.
Now, removed from Six Bridges, he is less creative and less expressive.
Now, removed from Six Bridges, he is less creative and less expressive.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Is your character creative?
Would you consider them an artist of some sort, even in an unconventional way (like in combat or magic?)
How do they like to express themselves?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Is your character creative?
Would you consider them an artist of some sort, even in an unconventional way (like in combat or magic?)
How do they like to express themselves?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Murphy Knighthold exhibits a great deal of creativity in "Unnamed Perils Policy Claim" when he has to move a pretty messed-up corpse. That creativity inspired the backstory for Six Bridges and the new work featuring Knighthold.
Now, removed from Six Bridges, he is less creative and less expressive.
Now, removed from Six Bridges, he is less creative and less expressive.
A lot of people are watching Stephen Colbert's interview of James Talarico, but arguably vastly more important than that interview is the on-air segment Colbert aired explaining the conditions that prevented that interview from being aired.
Check it out at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7D...
#Politics
Check it out at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7D...
#Politics
Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
A lot of people are watching Stephen Colbert's interview of James Talarico, but arguably vastly more important than that interview is the on-air segment Colbert aired explaining the conditions that prevented that interview from being aired.
Check it out at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7D...
#Politics
Check it out at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7D...
#Politics
Edmund Sherring is recruited by The Director to her special project at the F.B.I. He meets Murphy Knighthold when he is brought in to their shared office.
Unfortunately, Sherring feels pressure to perform given how comparatively smart and experienced Knighthold is and how The Director found him.
Unfortunately, Sherring feels pressure to perform given how comparatively smart and experienced Knighthold is and how The Director found him.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Deuteragonist day!
How did they meet your protagonist and/or get involved in the plot?
Was it a chance encounter or planned? Was it an ordinary day for them?
Was getting involved good for them, or a problem?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Deuteragonist day!
How did they meet your protagonist and/or get involved in the plot?
Was it a chance encounter or planned? Was it an ordinary day for them?
Was getting involved good for them, or a problem?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Edmund Sherring is recruited by The Director to her special project at the F.B.I. He meets Murphy Knighthold when he is brought in to their shared office.
Unfortunately, Sherring feels pressure to perform given how comparatively smart and experienced Knighthold is and how The Director found him.
Unfortunately, Sherring feels pressure to perform given how comparatively smart and experienced Knighthold is and how The Director found him.
Murphy Knighthold loved his job as a forensic mortician in Six Bridges... but since being conscripted to work for the F.B.I., he has been depressed.
Having witnessed something that The Director cannot risk becoming public knowledge, he is under her thumb, so he now hates his job.
#Writing #WriteSky
Having witnessed something that The Director cannot risk becoming public knowledge, he is under her thumb, so he now hates his job.
#Writing #WriteSky
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
It's Monday! How does your character feel about their work?
Do they have a job? Do they enjoy it?
Or is it just a way to pay the bills? Do they dread going in on a Monday and live for the weekend?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
It's Monday! How does your character feel about their work?
Do they have a job? Do they enjoy it?
Or is it just a way to pay the bills? Do they dread going in on a Monday and live for the weekend?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 18, 2026 at 5:36 AM
My epiphany today about my #writing.
I have had remarkably little success promoting/selling my books through social media and I have a new theory (outside the tired one that there are so many of us #IndieAuthors struggling to get our works in front of readers and
#Booksky 🧵1/8 #ReadersOfBluesky
I have had remarkably little success promoting/selling my books through social media and I have a new theory (outside the tired one that there are so many of us #IndieAuthors struggling to get our works in front of readers and
#Booksky 🧵1/8 #ReadersOfBluesky
February 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
My epiphany today about my #writing.
I have had remarkably little success promoting/selling my books through social media and I have a new theory (outside the tired one that there are so many of us #IndieAuthors struggling to get our works in front of readers and
#Booksky 🧵1/8 #ReadersOfBluesky
I have had remarkably little success promoting/selling my books through social media and I have a new theory (outside the tired one that there are so many of us #IndieAuthors struggling to get our works in front of readers and
#Booksky 🧵1/8 #ReadersOfBluesky
Is it better when it is fiction?
Is it better to see paths we *could* have taken?
You be the judge!
Learn more and buy "Tales From Our Current Apocalypse" at: www.enlightensomeonedaily.com/TalesCA.html
#ReadersOfBluesky 💙📚 #Booksky 📚💙
#SmallPress #IndieAuthor #ShortStories
Is it better to see paths we *could* have taken?
You be the judge!
Learn more and buy "Tales From Our Current Apocalypse" at: www.enlightensomeonedaily.com/TalesCA.html
#ReadersOfBluesky 💙📚 #Booksky 📚💙
#SmallPress #IndieAuthor #ShortStories
February 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Is it better when it is fiction?
Is it better to see paths we *could* have taken?
You be the judge!
Learn more and buy "Tales From Our Current Apocalypse" at: www.enlightensomeonedaily.com/TalesCA.html
#ReadersOfBluesky 💙📚 #Booksky 📚💙
#SmallPress #IndieAuthor #ShortStories
Is it better to see paths we *could* have taken?
You be the judge!
Learn more and buy "Tales From Our Current Apocalypse" at: www.enlightensomeonedaily.com/TalesCA.html
#ReadersOfBluesky 💙📚 #Booksky 📚💙
#SmallPress #IndieAuthor #ShortStories
Working on the new books, so if I'm quiet here...
...it's because so few people bought the last ones.
#ReadersOfBluesky #Writing #IndieAuthor #SmallPress
...it's because so few people bought the last ones.
#ReadersOfBluesky #Writing #IndieAuthor #SmallPress
February 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Working on the new books, so if I'm quiet here...
...it's because so few people bought the last ones.
#ReadersOfBluesky #Writing #IndieAuthor #SmallPress
...it's because so few people bought the last ones.
#ReadersOfBluesky #Writing #IndieAuthor #SmallPress
Why isn't every member of Congress demanding of Pam Bondi: "Were you lying then or are you lying now?" to EVERYTHING pertaining to the Epstein Files?
Seriously, go back and look at statements she made as Attorney General just last year ago about the Files...
#Politics #FuckMAGA #ImpeachBondi
Seriously, go back and look at statements she made as Attorney General just last year ago about the Files...
#Politics #FuckMAGA #ImpeachBondi
February 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Why isn't every member of Congress demanding of Pam Bondi: "Were you lying then or are you lying now?" to EVERYTHING pertaining to the Epstein Files?
Seriously, go back and look at statements she made as Attorney General just last year ago about the Files...
#Politics #FuckMAGA #ImpeachBondi
Seriously, go back and look at statements she made as Attorney General just last year ago about the Files...
#Politics #FuckMAGA #ImpeachBondi
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Sidney Powell
former attorney who allied with President Trump pleaded guilty, to 6 misdemeanor counts of conspiring to interfere with election duties in Georgia's 2020 election interference case.
Under her plea deal has agreed to testify truthfully against her co-defendants.
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Sidney Powell
former attorney who allied with President Trump pleaded guilty, to 6 misdemeanor counts of conspiring to interfere with election duties in Georgia's 2020 election interference case.
Under her plea deal has agreed to testify truthfully against her co-defendants.
.
February 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Sidney Powell
former attorney who allied with President Trump pleaded guilty, to 6 misdemeanor counts of conspiring to interfere with election duties in Georgia's 2020 election interference case.
Under her plea deal has agreed to testify truthfully against her co-defendants.
.
Sidney Powell
former attorney who allied with President Trump pleaded guilty, to 6 misdemeanor counts of conspiring to interfere with election duties in Georgia's 2020 election interference case.
Under her plea deal has agreed to testify truthfully against her co-defendants.
.
My wife had a brilliant idea (which I am modifying):
To express our desire for Representatives to impeach Convicted Felon Trump, we should all run over oranges on our City/Town/Village's main street. Subtle, non-threatening, clear.
One night, make Pennsylvania Avenue impassible with orange peels.
To express our desire for Representatives to impeach Convicted Felon Trump, we should all run over oranges on our City/Town/Village's main street. Subtle, non-threatening, clear.
One night, make Pennsylvania Avenue impassible with orange peels.
February 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
My wife had a brilliant idea (which I am modifying):
To express our desire for Representatives to impeach Convicted Felon Trump, we should all run over oranges on our City/Town/Village's main street. Subtle, non-threatening, clear.
One night, make Pennsylvania Avenue impassible with orange peels.
To express our desire for Representatives to impeach Convicted Felon Trump, we should all run over oranges on our City/Town/Village's main street. Subtle, non-threatening, clear.
One night, make Pennsylvania Avenue impassible with orange peels.
Attempts one and two for Valentine's Day toffee for my wife. Yes, attempt 1 is a little... Er, smoky, but to be fair it was my first attempt and I used dark brown sugar instead of light brown sugar. It will be fine in a future ice cream.
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Attempts one and two for Valentine's Day toffee for my wife. Yes, attempt 1 is a little... Er, smoky, but to be fair it was my first attempt and I used dark brown sugar instead of light brown sugar. It will be fine in a future ice cream.
Why does Alexa play "Shoop" when I ask her to play "Push It" by Salt 'N Peppa? I know the song is called "Push It Real Good," but Alexa enthusiastically tells me she is playing "Push It by Salt 'N Peppa" right before she plays "Shoop."
All so I can make a joke to my wife about our dishes.
#FuckAI
All so I can make a joke to my wife about our dishes.
#FuckAI
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Why does Alexa play "Shoop" when I ask her to play "Push It" by Salt 'N Peppa? I know the song is called "Push It Real Good," but Alexa enthusiastically tells me she is playing "Push It by Salt 'N Peppa" right before she plays "Shoop."
All so I can make a joke to my wife about our dishes.
#FuckAI
All so I can make a joke to my wife about our dishes.
#FuckAI
I have gotten to the point in my main small business (collectibles market) where I get daily messages from people telling me the price they are willing to pay for an item (often 50-90% less than the price I have on the item).
My new hobby is writing troll responses to their "offers."
#Writing
My new hobby is writing troll responses to their "offers."
#Writing
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I have gotten to the point in my main small business (collectibles market) where I get daily messages from people telling me the price they are willing to pay for an item (often 50-90% less than the price I have on the item).
My new hobby is writing troll responses to their "offers."
#Writing
My new hobby is writing troll responses to their "offers."
#Writing
Rough day yesterday for fans of the View Askew Universe.
In addition to the high-profile death of James Van Der Beek ("Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back"), Bud Cort - John Doe Jersey in "Dogma" died as well.😢
#Movies #Filmsky #RIPJamesVanDerBeek #RIPBudCort #ViewAskew
In addition to the high-profile death of James Van Der Beek ("Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back"), Bud Cort - John Doe Jersey in "Dogma" died as well.😢
#Movies #Filmsky #RIPJamesVanDerBeek #RIPBudCort #ViewAskew
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Rough day yesterday for fans of the View Askew Universe.
In addition to the high-profile death of James Van Der Beek ("Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back"), Bud Cort - John Doe Jersey in "Dogma" died as well.😢
#Movies #Filmsky #RIPJamesVanDerBeek #RIPBudCort #ViewAskew
In addition to the high-profile death of James Van Der Beek ("Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back"), Bud Cort - John Doe Jersey in "Dogma" died as well.😢
#Movies #Filmsky #RIPJamesVanDerBeek #RIPBudCort #ViewAskew
Having a complex mind means sometimes being able to hold contradictory information in my head at the same time and accepting it.
I am an atheist.
There is a special place in Hell for people like Pam Bondi.
#Politics #FuckMAGA #ImpeachBondi #ImpeachThemAll #CleanSweep
I am an atheist.
There is a special place in Hell for people like Pam Bondi.
#Politics #FuckMAGA #ImpeachBondi #ImpeachThemAll #CleanSweep
February 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Having a complex mind means sometimes being able to hold contradictory information in my head at the same time and accepting it.
I am an atheist.
There is a special place in Hell for people like Pam Bondi.
#Politics #FuckMAGA #ImpeachBondi #ImpeachThemAll #CleanSweep
I am an atheist.
There is a special place in Hell for people like Pam Bondi.
#Politics #FuckMAGA #ImpeachBondi #ImpeachThemAll #CleanSweep
Capitalist Macroeconomics is the art form of manipulating massive swaths of people into believing a philosophy of stratification wherein the masses create an ethical framework to justify enslaving themselves to provide very few people with a lavish lifestyle.
#Politics #Economics
#Politics #Economics
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Capitalist Macroeconomics is the art form of manipulating massive swaths of people into believing a philosophy of stratification wherein the masses create an ethical framework to justify enslaving themselves to provide very few people with a lavish lifestyle.
#Politics #Economics
#Politics #Economics
So, today I coined a word.
The next books from me... the mythos is getting deeper and more concrete.
#Writing #WritingCommunity
The next books from me... the mythos is getting deeper and more concrete.
#Writing #WritingCommunity
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
So, today I coined a word.
The next books from me... the mythos is getting deeper and more concrete.
#Writing #WritingCommunity
The next books from me... the mythos is getting deeper and more concrete.
#Writing #WritingCommunity
"Tales From Our Current Apocalypse."
Signing books daily.
Shipping now.
One-click ordering at:
www.enlightensomeonedaily.com/TalesCA.html
#books #ShortStories #Writing #ReadersOfBluesky 💙📚 #Booksky 📚💙
Signing books daily.
Shipping now.
One-click ordering at:
www.enlightensomeonedaily.com/TalesCA.html
#books #ShortStories #Writing #ReadersOfBluesky 💙📚 #Booksky 📚💙
February 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"Tales From Our Current Apocalypse."
Signing books daily.
Shipping now.
One-click ordering at:
www.enlightensomeonedaily.com/TalesCA.html
#books #ShortStories #Writing #ReadersOfBluesky 💙📚 #Booksky 📚💙
Signing books daily.
Shipping now.
One-click ordering at:
www.enlightensomeonedaily.com/TalesCA.html
#books #ShortStories #Writing #ReadersOfBluesky 💙📚 #Booksky 📚💙
In the last day, my wife and I have become immersed in the music of Paris Paloma and R. Nathaniel Dett.
Good time for music.
#Music #ClassicalMusic #ParisPaloma
Good time for music.
#Music #ClassicalMusic #ParisPaloma
February 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
In the last day, my wife and I have become immersed in the music of Paris Paloma and R. Nathaniel Dett.
Good time for music.
#Music #ClassicalMusic #ParisPaloma
Good time for music.
#Music #ClassicalMusic #ParisPaloma
Reposted by W.L. Swarts
Decorated Whistles to be part of the resistance. Order online at
www.theravenshouse.net
#goth style
#witch style
Fuck ICE.
www.theravenshouse.net
#goth style
#witch style
Fuck ICE.
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Decorated Whistles to be part of the resistance. Order online at
www.theravenshouse.net
#goth style
#witch style
Fuck ICE.
www.theravenshouse.net
#goth style
#witch style
Fuck ICE.
All those 2nd Amendment - "we need our guns to stop an overbearing government!" - folks...
Start your shooting, motherfuckers! The GOVERNMENT has indisputably, publicly, shot and killed two U.S. citizens in broad daylight.
You wanted them for this purpose... put up or shut up.
#Politics
Start your shooting, motherfuckers! The GOVERNMENT has indisputably, publicly, shot and killed two U.S. citizens in broad daylight.
You wanted them for this purpose... put up or shut up.
#Politics
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
All those 2nd Amendment - "we need our guns to stop an overbearing government!" - folks...
Start your shooting, motherfuckers! The GOVERNMENT has indisputably, publicly, shot and killed two U.S. citizens in broad daylight.
You wanted them for this purpose... put up or shut up.
#Politics
Start your shooting, motherfuckers! The GOVERNMENT has indisputably, publicly, shot and killed two U.S. citizens in broad daylight.
You wanted them for this purpose... put up or shut up.
#Politics