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Samuel T. Weston
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Fantasy filmmaker. Autistic Minnesotan. Proud Farmer-Laborite Socialist trying to do some good. Founder of @battlemage.social.
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Happy "Mean Alchemists" Day to all who celebrate
A mashup of Mean Girls and Fullmetal Alchemist characters sitting in a car with the caption "Get in loser, it's october 3." Panel 1: A still from Fullmetal Alchemist of a pocketwatch carved with "Don't forget 3.oct.11" Panel 2: A still from Mean Girls of a boy and girl in a classroom with the caption, "On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was." Panel 3: A still from Fullmetal Alchemist of a boy and a suit of armor standing side by side with the caption, "There's no going back now..." Panel 4: Another still from Mean Girls with the caption, "It's October 3rd." A drawing of Edward and Alphonse Elric posed like a still from Mean Girls with the caption "It's October 3rd." A still from Fullmetal Alchemist of two buff men shaking hands. One man has the caption "People that like Mean Girls". The other man is captioned "Weebs that like Fullmetal Alchemist". On their clasped hands is "October 3rd"
October 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Our settlement with Bob forces him to hire a 3rd-party contractor to address the mold in the bathroom and secures our apartment for 8 more months.
Mold and cracked paint hanging from a bathroom ceiling. Mold and cracked paint hanging from a bathroom ceiling. Mold and cracked paint hanging from a bathroom ceiling. Mold and cracked paint hanging from a bathroom ceiling.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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bats coming down from the attic at ungodly hours of the night, peeling plaster on our kitchen wall, and perpetual mold on our bathroom ceiling. Frankly, those are just the issues that spring to the top of mind.
Cracked plaster hanging down from a white wall over a printer, some white boards, and a radiator. Cracked plaster hanging down from a discolored ceiling, enough to reveal the floor boards above it.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Reminder that if you see people saying Charlie Kirk's assassin was a leftist: No he's not. He's using leftist phrases sarcastically as a dogwhistle for chronically online right-wingers who think Charlie Kirk was too moderate
Threads screenshot. @councilofheardandmcdpenguins: "Modern mainstream media is not in any way equipped to decipher the type of politics and Internet slang that made Tyler Robinson into an assassin. We really need Gen Z and Gen Alpha to get on TV and explain exactly how deep this alt-right rabbit hole goes." @rasnorok: "Its fucked that gaming reporters are more prepared for this than the mainstream "actual" reporters. They could have done research first. But nope ran with whatever bullshit sounds good." @jp_la_flair: "all this spawned from gamer gate and sweet baby. A lot of them also listen to @asmonvault" @rasnorok: "I am aware." @jolene_d_campbellauthor: "My teenager filled me. There is so much more going on under the surface than I realized."
September 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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ICYMI: I've got a new org chart detailing the power structures in the DFL.
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Flow chart for "How the Power Flows in the Minnesota DFL." Precinct Caucuses -> City / Local Convention & City / Local Executive Committee. Local Convention -> Congressional District Convention & State Convention & State Central Committee. Community Caucuses / Caucus Chapters -> State Central Committee. Congressional District Convention / Congressional District Executive Committee -> State Executive Committee State Convention -> Democratic National Convention & State Executive Committee State Central Committee -> State Executive Committee & DFL Chair, Vice Chairs, etc. DFL Chair, Vice Chairs, etc. -> Democratic National Convention & Democratic National Committee.
August 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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At this point, we’ve cured cancer so many times over and the cures have been buried so much that the real disease isn’t cancer anymore — it’s capitalist greed and the cancer-industrial complex
A tweet reading “Deadly fungus thought to be a pharaoh’s “curse” has been turned into a compound that kills cancerous leukemia cells in lab tests” with the retweet: “THE CURSE OF RA KILLS CANCER??? WHAT THE FUCK”
July 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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This afternoon I sent in my application to temporarily fill the open District 2 spot on the Duluth City Council. This was the statement I submitted with it.

Duluth can — and MUST — do better for all the people who want to live here.
STATEMENT: Duluth currently faces three big issues: Young people are economically pressured to leave town instead of making a life here, more people want to move here than we have capacity for, and citizens feel unheard by the current council. In my nearly 10 years living in Duluth, I have seen so many twentysomethings grow disillusioned with our city and move on to greener pastures. We need more and better economic opportunities to keep young people here. We also have people beating down our doors by the thousands because they’ve been told Duluth is a “climate refuge.” We are simply not ready to accommodate them yet, but we still ought to try. This requires bold leadership from councilors who are ready to listen and push forward novel ideas. To make this work, Duluthians need City Councilors who actively listen to our concerns. I am a longtime pillar of the Duluth film community, known for my listening skills and timely, hard-but-necessary insights on the state of the film industry. As a City Councilor, I would bring these same insights to my work on the Council, born out of listening to my neighbors in the Second District. Making Duluth a better city is a necessary step to draw people here and support a healthy, growing community for years to come. I hope I can do even a small part to make that happen.
July 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Furthermore, Minnesota is Canada.
July 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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See you all on July 24th for another Monthly Filmmaker Meetup! awsamweston.com/mfm
Monthly Filmmaker Meetup. Resurrecting the community in Duluth film one Meeting at a Time. Swap ideas. Find support. Get the pulse of Duluth's film community. Crew. Artists. Producers. No matter your role: if you make films, you're welcome here. Thursday July 24, 6-8pm Dovetail Café — 1917 W Superior St., Duluth
July 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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My last panel is today: Gonna round our #CVG2025 talking about Galaxy Quest! Come hang!
I'm in Minneapolis this weekend! Find me at CONvergence July 3-6 Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Register & get full schedule at convergence-con.org I'm in Minneapolis today! Find me here: Galaxy Quest A panel for fans to celebrate the 1999 film Galaxy Quest. Sunday, July 6, 3:30pm Hyatt 2, Greenway BCDE Also featuring Sarah Pierce, Nathan Michael Anderson, Assad Khaishgi, & Kayla McGrady (Sam's moderating!)
July 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Tonight you can find me on a #CVG2025 writers' meetup. Plus I'm super excited to be a late addition on a panel about your favorite indie filmmaker's favorite indie movie, @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social!
I'm in Minneapolis this weekend! Find me at CONvergence July 3-6 Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Register & get full schedule at convergence-con.org I'm in Minneapolis today! Find me here: Writers Meetup A gathering of people who are either published authors, aspiring authors, or just in it for the pure joy of it. This is a way of networking with others who enjoy writing in any form or level of experience. Saturday, July 5, 5:00pm Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2 Also featuring Amber Raden, Katherine Jo Pysick, Eric Zawadzki, & T. Aaron Cisco I'm in Minneapolis today! Find me here: Hundreds of Beavers A panel for fans to celebrate the 2022 flm Hundreds of Beavers. There WILL be people in beaver costumes. Saturday, July 5, 11:30pm Hyatt 4, Great Lakes A3 Also featuring Beth Grimes, Jesse Abrahamson, Azron Borchert, Elizabeth Borchert, & Michael Borchert (Late addition!)
July 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Another day, another @convergencecon.bsky.social panel! See you at the con?
I'm in Minneapolis this weekend! Find me at CONvergence! July 3-6 Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Register & get full schedule at convergence-con.org I'm in Minneapolis today! Find me here: Avatar: The Last Airbender Universe Are you an Avatar fan? No, not the blue people one - Avatar: the last Airbender. Cartoons, comics, books, and the live action…but not *that* live action! Get together with other fans and discuss what you like about the series and hope to see! Friday, July 4, 2:00pm Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH Also featuring Michael S. Shappe, Marie Deguiseppi, & Cetius d'Raven
July 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Come find me this week at CONvergence! Here's today's panel schedule
I'm in Minneapolis this weekend! Find me at CONvergence, July 3–6, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. Register & get full schedule at convergence-con.org I'm in Minneapolis today! Find me here: I'm Not a Lawyer, But... We all know that courtroom dramas aren't entirely true to lite, but some offenders are particularly bad. What does Hollywood get wrong about law, court, forensic science, and the justice system? Where should you NEVER take your legal advice? Thursday, July 3, 12:30pm Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Also featuring Erica Fair, Nathan Michael Anderson, & Jules Porter (Sam's moderating!) I'm in Minneapolis today! Find me here: Year in Anime What is the best new anime from the last year? Thursday, July 3, 3:30pm Hyatt 2 Northstar B Also featuring Sheko, Jessica Lynn Silver, & Daren Johnson I'm in Minneapolis today! Find me here: Romantasy Romance/fantasy books are all over bestseller lists and social media. What makes a good romantasy? What about other related subgenres like paranormal romance, gothic romance, and sci-fi romance? Let's pick some tropes and name names. Thursday, July 3, 7:00pm Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH Also featuring Atlas, Paige Elisabeth Erickson, Mary Elizabeth Sterling, & Kate Dane
July 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I love the word so much I made a zhyfe of Mike it
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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More CONvergence panels!
How to find Sam at CONvergence Panel Schedule July 3–6, 2025 Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Register & get full schedule at convergence-con.org Avatar: The Last Airbender Universe Are you an Avatar fan? No, no the blue people one — Avatar: The Last Airbender. Cartoons, comics, books, and the live action... but not *that live action! Get together with other fans and discuss what you like about the series and hope to see! Friday, July 4, 2:00pm Also featuring Michael S. Shappe, Lisa Marie Deguiseppi, & Cetius d'Raven Writers Meetup A gathering of people who are either published authors, aspiring authors, or just in it for the pure joy of it. This is a way of networking with others who enjoy writing in any form or level of experience. Saturday, July 5, 5:00pm Also featuring Amber Raden, Katherine Jo Pysick, Eric Zawadzki, & T. Aaron Cisco Galaxy Quest A panel for fans of the 1999 film Galaxy Quest. Sunday, July 6, 3:30pm Also featuring Sarah Pierce, Nathan Michael Anderson, Assad Khaishgi, & Kayla McGrady (Sam's moderating!)
June 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be on SIX DIFFERENT PANELS at @convergencecon.bsky.social this year. Come hang! July 3–6
How to find Sam at CONvergence Panel Schedule July 3–6, 2025 Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Register & get full schedule at convergence-con.org I'm Not a Lawyer, But... We all know that courtroom dramas aren't entirely true to life, but some offenders are particularly bad. What does Hollywood get wrong about law, court, forensic science, and the justice system? Where should you NEVER take your legal advice? Thursday, July 3, at 12:30pm Also featuring Erica Fair, Nathan Michael Anderson, & Jules Porter (Sam's moderating!) Year in Anime What is the best new anime from the last year? Thursday, July 3, 3:30pm Also featuring Sheko, Jessica Lynn Silver, & Daren Johnson Romantasy Romance/fantasy books are all over bestseller lists and social media. What makes a good romantasy? What about other related subgenres like paranomral romance, gothic romance, and sci-fi romance? Let's pick some tropes and name names. Thursday, July 3, 7:00pm Also featuring Atlas, Paige Elizabeth Erickson, Mary Elizabeth Sterling, & Kate Dane
June 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Time to find out why so many @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social attendees are so passionate about fountain pens!
A hand holding up 3 plastic fountain pens in red, blue, and black. In the background is a mostly-empty seating area in a hotel ballroom.
June 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Fantasy writer con + cancelled authors = free research material + getting painful memories off other people’s hands
A hardcover copy of American Gods with two fingers blocking out the author’s name A hardcover copy of American Gods, showing the underside of the book to show off its thickness
June 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I hear it's #FirstPageFriday, so here's a selection from the pilot for my epic fantasy TV serial, "Arthryn and the Errant Worlds."

#scriptsky #filmsky
A page from a screenplay: EXT. TOWN SQUARE -- NIGHT A weary Paladin in dirty armor catches her breath. She carries a giant hammer covered in pitch-black goo. Demon corpses lay around her. A glint of sunlight crosses her face, revealing-- .LATE AFTERNOON -- CONTINUOUS The sun peeks out as a gas giant (**The Great World**) sets in the sky. The Paladin falls to her knees and sighs, relieved, as the demons dissolve into the air. INT. HAVENSFORD CATHEDRAL -- SUNSET Paladins in polished steel armor mill about a cathedral in their normal routine as the wooden front doors BANG open! In steps **Teron of Springdale** (17), bathed in sunlight. He tries to be rugged and handsome, but he has big shoes to fill and the baggy tunic to match. TERON (To the room.) I demand an audience. Springdale calls for aid! The Paladins in the room give Teron weird looks: Is this kid for real? One of them points a thumb at a counter in the far corner. A sign there reads “CITIZEN’S DESK.” Teron, dejected, trudges over to the kiosk. He’s followed by his sister, **Arthryn of Springdale** (12, long blonde hair, pants, flowy shirt, lugs a giant hammer wrapped in rags), who marvels at the stained-glass windows depicting ancient battles against the forces of Darkness. Arthryn points up at one. ARTHRYN Look! It’s Naria Dawnbreaker with the Angel Limyaael! TERON And with luck, the Paladins will make good on that pact. .CITIZEN’S DESK -- CONTINUOUS They reach the counter. Teron slaps down a wax-sealed letter in front of an armor-clad **LIEUTENANT CLEMENT MORDIER** (late 30s), who eyes it with all the urgency a lion would a fly.
June 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The irony here is that, throughout his tenure as Chair of the Minnesota DFL, @kenmartin.bsky.social had a long and storied history of denying certain volunteers a seat at the table. He would happily put his thumb on the scale if it meant shutting out "the wrong people" — socialists, populists.
Excerpt from a Politico report: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/08/martin-hogg-call-private-meeting-00393517 "Hogg previously told POLITICO “we have a culture of seniority politics that has created a litmus test of who deserves to be here” and “we need people, regardless of their age, that are here to fight.” He has won some influential supporters, including longtime Democratic strategist James Carville and radio host Charlamagne tha God." "But an intense backlash from other Democrats has accused Hogg of hurting, not helping, the party. Several of the Democratic Party officers leveled that criticism at Hogg in their statements supporting Martin."
June 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Given Trump's braggadocios attitude going into the election, this is the closest thing we have yet to "a smoking gun" re: Elon rigging the election for Trump and his cronies.

A functioning government would a) investigate him for election interference and treason, and b) deport his ass.
A pair of tweets from @elonmusk: "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate." "Such ingratitude."
June 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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I'm once again thrilled to be on a @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social panel with some AMAZING writers next weekend!
A text-heavy image reading "Find Sam at 4th Street Fantasy — Panel Alert!" "What We Talk About When We Talk About What We Like" "5:00 PM / Jake Casella Brookins, Ash Howell (M), Mary Robinette Kowal, Sherwood Smith, Samuel T. Weston" "Critique is where writing and reading intersect. When we get together in Minneapolis to talk about stories, to say that makes me feel X or did you see what Y did there? - we are engaging in critique. Writers are forever responding, explicitly or subconsciously, to what we read: whether it came out last year, or 20 years ago, or back in 1932 but we only just got around to reading it. Readers, too, bring all their experience of other stories and other storytelling techniques to each new reading experience. We all perform literary criticism whether we mean to or not ... and here at this convention, we mostly mean to. So how can we get better at it?" June 14th / 5:00pm Park Place Doubletree / Minneapolis COVID-19 testing & masking policy in place. Register at https://4thstreetfantasy.com/register/
June 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Mark your calendars! Our next Monthly Filmmaker Meetup will be on June 19th! 6pm at Dovetail. Come get the pulse on what's happening in the local film industry! awsamweston.com/mfm
A poster image for a Monthly Filmmaker Meetup. "Resurrecting the community in Duluth film one meeting at a time. Swap ideas. Find support. Get the pulse of Duluth's film community." "Crew. Artists. Producers. No matter your role: if you make films, you're welcome here." "Thursday, June 19, 6-8pm. Dovetail Café. 1917 W Superior St., Duluth." A QR code goes to http://awsamweston.com/mfm
May 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Finished a new draft of a pilot script! Now to let it sit for the long weekend and come back in to do my own revisions pass, because THIS ONE'S A CHONKER! (Supposed to be half-hour, but it's 36 pages.)
#scriptsky
A photo of a MacBook screen with a Highland 2 window open showing the title page of "Arthryn and the Errant Worlds" — Season 1, Episode 1 (Pilot) / "Arthryn and the Summons of Justice" by Samuel T. Weston. It also shows copyright and contact details (sam@battlemagefilms.com) and save data (Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM CDT for Draft 6). The sidebar contains some sluglines for scenes in the script.
May 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Now that I have my fully-fledged big-boy US Passport, RFK can’t touch me! TREMBLE IN MY ABILITY TO DO PAPERWORK! Bwahahaha!
A photo from the steering wheel in a parked car of a white hand holding a US passport book.
May 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM