Isaac
@isaacwbell.bsky.social
Trying my best
Thinks too much about speculative fiction, myths, games, and how to get my students to care about anything at all. English teacher for college kids and wannabe writer.
Thinks too much about speculative fiction, myths, games, and how to get my students to care about anything at all. English teacher for college kids and wannabe writer.
Seriously, the idea that AI might feel pain probably would appeal to a certain segment of the population. Especially among the tech bros.
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Seriously, the idea that AI might feel pain probably would appeal to a certain segment of the population. Especially among the tech bros.
Please can’t you just grow a goddamn spine?
September 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Please can’t you just grow a goddamn spine?
Please stop soft pedaling this crap. You have nothing to lose now; it’s time to be the independent voice of truth you should have been along.
August 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Please stop soft pedaling this crap. You have nothing to lose now; it’s time to be the independent voice of truth you should have been along.
If you want to study sci-fi as a literary genre, academically, sure. There’s a long list of people to read in that case, and many of them aren’t just white men. If you just want someone to enjoy stories, never tell them what they “must” read. Guaranteed to kill a potential fan’s enthusiasm.
August 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
If you want to study sci-fi as a literary genre, academically, sure. There’s a long list of people to read in that case, and many of them aren’t just white men. If you just want someone to enjoy stories, never tell them what they “must” read. Guaranteed to kill a potential fan’s enthusiasm.
The fact that you can't tell the difference in what you did speaks volumes.
August 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The fact that you can't tell the difference in what you did speaks volumes.
About dumbassed criticism, yes. If you wanted to engage with the topic, you would have politely asked the expert with decades of experience how she handles the dichotomy of loving characters and putting them at risk. She has thoughts on that subject. You, however, just wanted to score points.
August 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
About dumbassed criticism, yes. If you wanted to engage with the topic, you would have politely asked the expert with decades of experience how she handles the dichotomy of loving characters and putting them at risk. She has thoughts on that subject. You, however, just wanted to score points.
You know a lot about writing successful award-winning comics, do you?
August 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
You know a lot about writing successful award-winning comics, do you?
Just look at the current crop of willfully ignorant morons who have been placed in positions of power in our government, making decisions about matters they simply are not equipped to comprehend.
Government by C- students. I wonder what the Greek term for that would be?
Government by C- students. I wonder what the Greek term for that would be?
August 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Just look at the current crop of willfully ignorant morons who have been placed in positions of power in our government, making decisions about matters they simply are not equipped to comprehend.
Government by C- students. I wonder what the Greek term for that would be?
Government by C- students. I wonder what the Greek term for that would be?
You appear to be both a bad historian and a poor writer. What a waste of an education.
August 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
You appear to be both a bad historian and a poor writer. What a waste of an education.
Might as well use the transmission line as a space elevator, as long as we're dreaming. No problems with such a thing as far as anyone can see.
August 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Might as well use the transmission line as a space elevator, as long as we're dreaming. No problems with such a thing as far as anyone can see.
Don’t worry, it’s okay to be wrong about things sometimes.
August 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Don’t worry, it’s okay to be wrong about things sometimes.
I literally tell my students that I don't read the evaluation comments. They are given a critical reflection assignment at the end of the semester and I ask them to put any real feedback they have for me there, because in that exercise they're primed to be thoughtful.
July 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I literally tell my students that I don't read the evaluation comments. They are given a critical reflection assignment at the end of the semester and I ask them to put any real feedback they have for me there, because in that exercise they're primed to be thoughtful.
*Concentration camp. Get better editors.
July 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
*Concentration camp. Get better editors.
Story dated December 2024.
June 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Story dated December 2024.
After all, they don’t believe that the future is real. It doesn’t matter to them, because they can’t immediately experience it for good or ill, so it must not be real. And if the consequences will happen outside their lifetimes, they simply don’t matter.
June 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
After all, they don’t believe that the future is real. It doesn’t matter to them, because they can’t immediately experience it for good or ill, so it must not be real. And if the consequences will happen outside their lifetimes, they simply don’t matter.
I suddenly hear Rorschach in my head: “Good Joke. Everybody laugh.”
June 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I suddenly hear Rorschach in my head: “Good Joke. Everybody laugh.”
My great-grandparents on my mom’s side took boats from Germany and England, tried and failed to start a business in DC, traveled west until their money ran out in Kansas, and started dirt farming. My great-grandmother could barely speak English.
June 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My great-grandparents on my mom’s side took boats from Germany and England, tried and failed to start a business in DC, traveled west until their money ran out in Kansas, and started dirt farming. My great-grandmother could barely speak English.
My great-grandfather on my dad’s side came here the right way: he ran away from being conscripted into the Canadian Army during WWI, snuck across the border down to Nebraska, lied about his name and country of origin, had a couple kids, and then ran away again during the Great Depression.
June 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My great-grandfather on my dad’s side came here the right way: he ran away from being conscripted into the Canadian Army during WWI, snuck across the border down to Nebraska, lied about his name and country of origin, had a couple kids, and then ran away again during the Great Depression.
*Puts down copy of Phonogram and places it on the bottom of the "to read" pile in protest.*
June 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
*Puts down copy of Phonogram and places it on the bottom of the "to read" pile in protest.*