David K. Gibson
@davidkgibson.com
Writer, mostly. Work in Wigleaf, McSweeney's, X-R-A-Y, and elsewhere.
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White guys who studied liberal arts...we're so fucking back.
April 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
White guys who studied liberal arts...we're so fucking back.
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Take some inspiration from the shrike. Be an adorable little guy with a flawless haircut who will impale his enemies on a spike to display to others as an example.
February 16, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Take some inspiration from the shrike. Be an adorable little guy with a flawless haircut who will impale his enemies on a spike to display to others as an example.
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It turns out my writing process is very much tied into typing; literally my brain has over the years tuned itself to compose at about the same speed as I can type. If I try to dictate a story it fucks up my process and I get frustrated. If one day I can't type, I may switch, but for now, no.
Ever use voice recognition software instead of typing? Over the years, I've tried all of them and currently use MS Word with that functionality. Especially useful in my early stream of consciousness phase of beginning a story and laying out the worldscape.
March 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It turns out my writing process is very much tied into typing; literally my brain has over the years tuned itself to compose at about the same speed as I can type. If I try to dictate a story it fucks up my process and I get frustrated. If one day I can't type, I may switch, but for now, no.
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It’s like drinking a smoothie made from a nice restaurant’s garbage
March 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It’s like drinking a smoothie made from a nice restaurant’s garbage
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“The scariest words in the English language are ‘I’m from the private sector and I’m here to maximize efficiency.’”
March 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“The scariest words in the English language are ‘I’m from the private sector and I’m here to maximize efficiency.’”
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My top five favorite 🍁 drug movies:
1) The Québécois French Connection
2) New Jacques City
3) Pinecone Express
4) Drugstore Cowboy Junkies
5) Rush
1) The Québécois French Connection
2) New Jacques City
3) Pinecone Express
4) Drugstore Cowboy Junkies
5) Rush
March 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My top five favorite 🍁 drug movies:
1) The Québécois French Connection
2) New Jacques City
3) Pinecone Express
4) Drugstore Cowboy Junkies
5) Rush
1) The Québécois French Connection
2) New Jacques City
3) Pinecone Express
4) Drugstore Cowboy Junkies
5) Rush
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Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.
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There’s infrastructure, and then there’s Dutch infrastructure.
And cycling on this infrastructural masterpiece, on top of a primary school, never bores!
And cycling on this infrastructural masterpiece, on top of a primary school, never bores!
February 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
There’s infrastructure, and then there’s Dutch infrastructure.
And cycling on this infrastructural masterpiece, on top of a primary school, never bores!
And cycling on this infrastructural masterpiece, on top of a primary school, never bores!
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U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United States’ lawyers. You didn’t pledge an oath to a President, you pledged it to the constitution. This statement alone is reason enough to resign.
February 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United States’ lawyers. You didn’t pledge an oath to a President, you pledged it to the constitution. This statement alone is reason enough to resign.
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so is Harper’s gonna write a letter saying people should be allowed to say the truth out loud without losing their job or being persecuted by the government? when are they all gonna sign that one
February 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
so is Harper’s gonna write a letter saying people should be allowed to say the truth out loud without losing their job or being persecuted by the government? when are they all gonna sign that one
I long for the days when nostalgia didn’t suck.
February 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I long for the days when nostalgia didn’t suck.
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They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
February 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
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drugs have taken too many beloved celebrities from us over the years but drugs also have a rare chance right now to radically rehabilitate their image
February 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
drugs have taken too many beloved celebrities from us over the years but drugs also have a rare chance right now to radically rehabilitate their image
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This is interesting because the question is less what they will do as *legislators* and more what they will do as *politicians*. AOC is a member of the House minority, but she’s doing a lot of politics about all of this anyway.
CNN: Is democratic leadership is doing enough?
SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.
SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.
February 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is interesting because the question is less what they will do as *legislators* and more what they will do as *politicians*. AOC is a member of the House minority, but she’s doing a lot of politics about all of this anyway.
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Taking a shot of gin to get the incriminating odor of peanut butter cups off my breath.
February 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Taking a shot of gin to get the incriminating odor of peanut butter cups off my breath.
Happy Guillotinesday, to all who celebrate.
February 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Happy Guillotinesday, to all who celebrate.
Yesterday, looking over a survey, I realized that I will not be turning 55 this year.
I'll be turning 55+.
Do not like.
I'll be turning 55+.
Do not like.
February 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Yesterday, looking over a survey, I realized that I will not be turning 55 this year.
I'll be turning 55+.
Do not like.
I'll be turning 55+.
Do not like.
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Quite sure Elon wouldn’t pass the civics test I used to give 7th graders on checks and balances
February 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Quite sure Elon wouldn’t pass the civics test I used to give 7th graders on checks and balances
Hear me out: Orlando, Ontario
February 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hear me out: Orlando, Ontario
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I would like to point out to the finance bros out there, all your tech stocks, pharma stocks, biotechnology, they are about to tank. You defund the NIH, the universities, the research infrastructure, who do you think is buying the 10x genomics plarforms? The novel monoclonals? The NMEs?
February 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I would like to point out to the finance bros out there, all your tech stocks, pharma stocks, biotechnology, they are about to tank. You defund the NIH, the universities, the research infrastructure, who do you think is buying the 10x genomics plarforms? The novel monoclonals? The NMEs?
Maybe if we just sat the guy down and made him watch some Schoolhouse Rock.
February 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Maybe if we just sat the guy down and made him watch some Schoolhouse Rock.
I wonder how many US Civics classes Musk took growing up.
February 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I wonder how many US Civics classes Musk took growing up.