Jetse de Vries
@futureupbeat.bsky.social
Jetse has seen the world. He nearly froze to death at Salar de Uyuni, suffered heatstroke in Purnululu, got lost in Ahmednagar, faced elephants in Maamba, and witnessed ten total solar eclipses. Check: The Divergent Panorama: https://jetse.substack.com
Happy Holidayd everybody!
December 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy Holidayd everybody!
As the future arrives fast and unevenly distributed, now everybody—including newspapers—think they can write science fiction. YMMV…😇😎🧐
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December 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
As the future arrives fast and unevenly distributed, now everybody—including newspapers—think they can write science fiction. YMMV…😇😎🧐
jetse.substack.com/p/the-glorio...
jetse.substack.com/p/the-glorio...
December 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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In a previous post I tried to explore one of the reasons why our culture is stagnating. Here are some tips to avoid stagnation.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In a previous post I tried to explore one of the reasons why our culture is stagnating. Here are some tips to avoid stagnation.
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My final post about “There Is No Antimemetics Division” (most interesting SF I’ve read in ages). Which, through serendipity, will link nicely to my upcoming musings about a possible scientific breakthrough. . .
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December 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My final post about “There Is No Antimemetics Division” (most interesting SF I’ve read in ages). Which, through serendipity, will link nicely to my upcoming musings about a possible scientific breakthrough. . .
open.substack.com/pub/jetse/p/...
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Rob Reiner R.I.P.
A singular director.
A singular director.
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Rob Reiner R.I.P.
A singular director.
A singular director.
This piece is getting some nice reactions, so I think it deserves some signal amplification:
jetse.substack.com/p/the-ongoin...
jetse.substack.com/p/the-ongoin...
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This piece is getting some nice reactions, so I think it deserves some signal amplification:
jetse.substack.com/p/the-ongoin...
jetse.substack.com/p/the-ongoin...
The second post about my exploration of "There Is No Antimemetics Division":
jetse.substack.com/p/the-dismay...
Third and final one after the weekend!
jetse.substack.com/p/the-dismay...
Third and final one after the weekend!
The Dismay of Being More Wrong
and other mishaps
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December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The second post about my exploration of "There Is No Antimemetics Division":
jetse.substack.com/p/the-dismay...
Third and final one after the weekend!
jetse.substack.com/p/the-dismay...
Third and final one after the weekend!
After a hiatus, I'm slowly coming back to social media.
Check this out, if you wish:
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Check this out, if you wish:
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The Pleasure of Being Wrong
(free after Richard Feynman's "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out"
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December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
After a hiatus, I'm slowly coming back to social media.
Check this out, if you wish:
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Check this out, if you wish:
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Hi @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
I've been trying to register with your website. First with my email jetse (at) home (dot) nl but never received an email with the login credentials.
Waited an hour, tried my other email ( firstname.lastname (at) icloud (dot) com), and nothing.
What's going on?
I've been trying to register with your website. First with my email jetse (at) home (dot) nl but never received an email with the login credentials.
Waited an hour, tried my other email ( firstname.lastname (at) icloud (dot) com), and nothing.
What's going on?
September 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hi @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
I've been trying to register with your website. First with my email jetse (at) home (dot) nl but never received an email with the login credentials.
Waited an hour, tried my other email ( firstname.lastname (at) icloud (dot) com), and nothing.
What's going on?
I've been trying to register with your website. First with my email jetse (at) home (dot) nl but never received an email with the login credentials.
Waited an hour, tried my other email ( firstname.lastname (at) icloud (dot) com), and nothing.
What's going on?
2) If you want to know what the hell it meant: jetse.substack.com/p/poetry-in-...
Poetry in Science Fiction
—including my efforts in "The Subliminal and the Sublime"—
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August 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
2) If you want to know what the hell it meant: jetse.substack.com/p/poetry-in-...
1) Start your week with some elusive prose poetry: www.dreamtheory.media/the-sublimin...
The Subliminal and the Sublime: An Interaction in Four Evolutionary Scenarios
by Jetse de Vries
Art by Arnold T. Blumberg
Subliminal:
A sublime
liminality
of intent,
a di-
chotomy of
trial
and error
turned
into the
survival
of the
fittest
The prokaryote swims...
www.dreamtheory.media
August 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
1) Start your week with some elusive prose poetry: www.dreamtheory.media/the-sublimin...
Announcement of a recent story of mine being published:
This week's ⏪:
Fiction: Jetse de Vries' "The Subliminal and the Sublime": www.dreamtheory.media/the-sublimin...
Visual: Cody Schell's ART of the Solar System #4: www.dreamtheory.media/art-of-the-s...
Essay: @vincestadon.bsky.social covers RING: www.dreamtheory.media/a-personal-h...
Fiction: Jetse de Vries' "The Subliminal and the Sublime": www.dreamtheory.media/the-sublimin...
Visual: Cody Schell's ART of the Solar System #4: www.dreamtheory.media/art-of-the-s...
Essay: @vincestadon.bsky.social covers RING: www.dreamtheory.media/a-personal-h...
August 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Announcement of a recent story of mine being published: