Don Mark Baldridge
@donmarkmaker.bsky.social
Professor of Art and Comp Sci / Author of Sci-Fi + / CODEXian
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in a bad horror film, saw a hand painted sign over a Hungarian cemetery: "feltámadunk"
google translate says it means "we rise"
google translate says it means "we rise"
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
in a bad horror film, saw a hand painted sign over a Hungarian cemetery: "feltámadunk"
google translate says it means "we rise"
google translate says it means "we rise"
Sci-fi is notoriously bad at predicting the future.
But after decades of "zoom and enhance" in non-sci-fi cop shows, thriller films and etc., we now live in a world where that's actually possible.
But after decades of "zoom and enhance" in non-sci-fi cop shows, thriller films and etc., we now live in a world where that's actually possible.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Sci-fi is notoriously bad at predicting the future.
But after decades of "zoom and enhance" in non-sci-fi cop shows, thriller films and etc., we now live in a world where that's actually possible.
But after decades of "zoom and enhance" in non-sci-fi cop shows, thriller films and etc., we now live in a world where that's actually possible.
•Fix-up: short stories reformed into continuity as a novel
•Mosaic: a continuity of theme, not character or plot. Cf Kosiński’s "Steps"
•Peel-away: Novel projects, from which sections have been sold as stand-alone stories
EXAMPLES OF THE LATTER?
Better name for the process?
All help accepted thanks
•Mosaic: a continuity of theme, not character or plot. Cf Kosiński’s "Steps"
•Peel-away: Novel projects, from which sections have been sold as stand-alone stories
EXAMPLES OF THE LATTER?
Better name for the process?
All help accepted thanks
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
•Fix-up: short stories reformed into continuity as a novel
•Mosaic: a continuity of theme, not character or plot. Cf Kosiński’s "Steps"
•Peel-away: Novel projects, from which sections have been sold as stand-alone stories
EXAMPLES OF THE LATTER?
Better name for the process?
All help accepted thanks
•Mosaic: a continuity of theme, not character or plot. Cf Kosiński’s "Steps"
•Peel-away: Novel projects, from which sections have been sold as stand-alone stories
EXAMPLES OF THE LATTER?
Better name for the process?
All help accepted thanks
@swan-tower.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy
Marie:
For an essay for publication, I'm looking for examples of novels-in-progress from which sections have been "peeled-away" for publication as short, stand-alone stores (not excerpts)
A Codexian suggested you as source. I'd welcome a brief exchange!
dM
Marie:
For an essay for publication, I'm looking for examples of novels-in-progress from which sections have been "peeled-away" for publication as short, stand-alone stores (not excerpts)
A Codexian suggested you as source. I'd welcome a brief exchange!
dM
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
@swan-tower.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy
Marie:
For an essay for publication, I'm looking for examples of novels-in-progress from which sections have been "peeled-away" for publication as short, stand-alone stores (not excerpts)
A Codexian suggested you as source. I'd welcome a brief exchange!
dM
Marie:
For an essay for publication, I'm looking for examples of novels-in-progress from which sections have been "peeled-away" for publication as short, stand-alone stores (not excerpts)
A Codexian suggested you as source. I'd welcome a brief exchange!
dM
I'm kinda a connoisseur but this is one of his best interviews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPH...
It's All About Hitler: Mel Brooks on Humor, Music, and Making History | Parkinson
YouTube video by The Michael Parkinson Channel
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm kinda a connoisseur but this is one of his best interviews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPH...
the new(?) playback speed slider on youtube is perfect for turning sleepytime lofi into productive listening lofi
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
the new(?) playback speed slider on youtube is perfect for turning sleepytime lofi into productive listening lofi
If we remembered our birth, we could not possibly fear death. Birth must be far worse.
But we won't remember our death, so there's symmetry for you.
But we won't remember our death, so there's symmetry for you.
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If we remembered our birth, we could not possibly fear death. Birth must be far worse.
But we won't remember our death, so there's symmetry for you.
But we won't remember our death, so there's symmetry for you.
Dick Cheney is dead
See? Anyone can do it!
See? Anyone can do it!
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Dick Cheney is dead
See? Anyone can do it!
See? Anyone can do it!
All I found was a circle of sawdust
The circus had moved on
The circus had moved on
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
All I found was a circle of sawdust
The circus had moved on
The circus had moved on
Onlique Strategies
October 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Onlique Strategies
Ich bin der Sohn des Monsters
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Ich bin der Sohn des Monsters
There was a reminder that the library was always seeking books, and that they paid in wine.
—Postapocalypic newspaper item, Station Eleven: a Novel
—Postapocalypic newspaper item, Station Eleven: a Novel
October 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
There was a reminder that the library was always seeking books, and that they paid in wine.
—Postapocalypic newspaper item, Station Eleven: a Novel
—Postapocalypic newspaper item, Station Eleven: a Novel
Dead language says what?
Vicipaedia is the Wikipedia written in Latin
la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipae...
Vicipaedia is the Wikipedia written in Latin
la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipae...
Vicipaedia
la.wikipedia.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Dead language says what?
Vicipaedia is the Wikipedia written in Latin
la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipae...
Vicipaedia is the Wikipedia written in Latin
la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipae...
"No one’s ever described as being unsparingly kind." -Station Eleven
October 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"No one’s ever described as being unsparingly kind." -Station Eleven
Post-Scarcity models, in Sci-Fi or elsewhere, need to address Bataille's notion of The Accursed Share, elucidated in his book of the same name.
He suggests that what drives economics isn't scarcity, but the need to rid systems of their unusable surplus, which otherwise becomes toxic.
He suggests that what drives economics isn't scarcity, but the need to rid systems of their unusable surplus, which otherwise becomes toxic.
September 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Post-Scarcity models, in Sci-Fi or elsewhere, need to address Bataille's notion of The Accursed Share, elucidated in his book of the same name.
He suggests that what drives economics isn't scarcity, but the need to rid systems of their unusable surplus, which otherwise becomes toxic.
He suggests that what drives economics isn't scarcity, but the need to rid systems of their unusable surplus, which otherwise becomes toxic.
"This great nation swapped Democracy for dictatorship"
— Mr. Robot, Season 2 (2015)
• I bet you couldn't find a single year in the last 100 in which this sentiment has not been publicly expressed
— Mr. Robot, Season 2 (2015)
• I bet you couldn't find a single year in the last 100 in which this sentiment has not been publicly expressed
September 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"This great nation swapped Democracy for dictatorship"
— Mr. Robot, Season 2 (2015)
• I bet you couldn't find a single year in the last 100 in which this sentiment has not been publicly expressed
— Mr. Robot, Season 2 (2015)
• I bet you couldn't find a single year in the last 100 in which this sentiment has not been publicly expressed
The human voice will be drowned out
futurism.com/sam-altman-d...
futurism.com/sam-altman-d...
Sam Altman Says He's Suddenly Worried Dead Internet Theory Is Coming True
Sam Altman is suddenly open to the idea that the internet may be polluted with too many AI models — and god knows who's responsible.
futurism.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The human voice will be drowned out
futurism.com/sam-altman-d...
futurism.com/sam-altman-d...
Cursed Number
xkcd.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Our MOTIVES often have little to do with our ACTIONS or I read my psychology, history and, yes, economics incorrectly!
August 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Our MOTIVES often have little to do with our ACTIONS or I read my psychology, history and, yes, economics incorrectly!
Some people think of the glass as half full.
Some people think of the glass as half empty.
I think of the glass as too big.
—George Carlin
Some people think of the glass as half empty.
I think of the glass as too big.
—George Carlin
August 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Some people think of the glass as half full.
Some people think of the glass as half empty.
I think of the glass as too big.
—George Carlin
Some people think of the glass as half empty.
I think of the glass as too big.
—George Carlin
"Machen's story was widely denounced for its sexual and horrific content and consequently sold well, going into a second edition."
—Wikipedia, describing Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan
—Wikipedia, describing Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan
August 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Machen's story was widely denounced for its sexual and horrific content and consequently sold well, going into a second edition."
—Wikipedia, describing Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan
—Wikipedia, describing Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan
In the 17th century the Faculty of Paris was allowed one dead body a year, and the famous physician Mauriccau lay under grave suspicion of having illegally procured bodies to dissect for his anatomical studies.
-The Vampire, His Kith and Kin, Montague Summers
-The Vampire, His Kith and Kin, Montague Summers
August 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
In the 17th century the Faculty of Paris was allowed one dead body a year, and the famous physician Mauriccau lay under grave suspicion of having illegally procured bodies to dissect for his anatomical studies.
-The Vampire, His Kith and Kin, Montague Summers
-The Vampire, His Kith and Kin, Montague Summers
St. Gregory writes of the word Angel, "nomen est officii, non naturae,"--the designation is that of an office not of a nature
August 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
St. Gregory writes of the word Angel, "nomen est officii, non naturae,"--the designation is that of an office not of a nature
Said aloud today: "Science is evidence based. Evidence is not science based."
I realize now the guy was thinking about 'evidence' in criminal court cases.
But, bro: no one in court is going to ask, "Did you try spanking your child at different elevations above sea level?"
I realize now the guy was thinking about 'evidence' in criminal court cases.
But, bro: no one in court is going to ask, "Did you try spanking your child at different elevations above sea level?"
August 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Said aloud today: "Science is evidence based. Evidence is not science based."
I realize now the guy was thinking about 'evidence' in criminal court cases.
But, bro: no one in court is going to ask, "Did you try spanking your child at different elevations above sea level?"
I realize now the guy was thinking about 'evidence' in criminal court cases.
But, bro: no one in court is going to ask, "Did you try spanking your child at different elevations above sea level?"
All the meat, he thought, and all it wants.
—Gibson, Neuromancer
—Gibson, Neuromancer
August 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
All the meat, he thought, and all it wants.
—Gibson, Neuromancer
—Gibson, Neuromancer