Justin Gibson
@justin-gibson.bsky.social
he/him, writer, former swimmer, slow runner, sourdough baker, cactus parent, mushroom admirer, etc
Fiction Reader at @okaydonkeymag.com
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Justin Gibson
@justin-gibson.bsky.social
· Apr 28
i love 'Bowling With Dracula' by Justin Gibson @justin-gibson.bsky.social !
it takes a goofy premise - a town challenges a group of vampires to a bowling contest to spare their lives - & pushes it to maximum entertainment.
the last two paragraphs are beautiful to me
xraylitmag.com/bowling-with...
it takes a goofy premise - a town challenges a group of vampires to a bowling contest to spare their lives - & pushes it to maximum entertainment.
the last two paragraphs are beautiful to me
xraylitmag.com/bowling-with...
BOWLING WITH DRACULA by Justin Gibson
The first thing we discovered was that vampires loved contracts. Well, no, sorry, I guess the first thing we discovered was the vampires themselves — that they’re real. We figured it out pretty quick,...
xraylitmag.com
Pretty dang proud of this story; and a huge thank you to @xraylitmag.bsky.social for vibing with it and giving it a home!!
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I could watch a million Benoit Blanc mysteries
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I could watch a million Benoit Blanc mysteries
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'Wake Up Dead Man' defines justice differently: defector.com/wake-up-dead...
'Wake Up Dead Man' Defines Justice Differently | Defector
There are only so many ways to surprise in the construction of a murder mystery, which is why the set-up of Wake Up Dead Man is understood from the start and goes so far as to cite its sources: Here…
defector.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
'Wake Up Dead Man' defines justice differently: defector.com/wake-up-dead...
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Thoughts on Wake Up Dead Man
- this was very fun and smart
- Rian Johnson is really smart storyteller (and apparently a great human, which makes me happy)
- I would really love to see Benoit Blanc on The View
- this was very fun and smart
- Rian Johnson is really smart storyteller (and apparently a great human, which makes me happy)
- I would really love to see Benoit Blanc on The View
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Thoughts on Wake Up Dead Man
- this was very fun and smart
- Rian Johnson is really smart storyteller (and apparently a great human, which makes me happy)
- I would really love to see Benoit Blanc on The View
- this was very fun and smart
- Rian Johnson is really smart storyteller (and apparently a great human, which makes me happy)
- I would really love to see Benoit Blanc on The View
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Me before the movie starts versus two minutes into the trailers
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Me before the movie starts versus two minutes into the trailers
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sent this to a dm scammer pretending to be elon musk and he deleted his account. he's free
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
sent this to a dm scammer pretending to be elon musk and he deleted his account. he's free
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the guy who directed Netflix's crackling fireplace video has a whole bunch of credits for crackling fireplace movies, over decades
actual auteur
www.imdb.com/name/nm59938...
actual auteur
www.imdb.com/name/nm59938...
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
the guy who directed Netflix's crackling fireplace video has a whole bunch of credits for crackling fireplace movies, over decades
actual auteur
www.imdb.com/name/nm59938...
actual auteur
www.imdb.com/name/nm59938...
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
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lying on the floor very not depressedly
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
lying on the floor very not depressedly
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Wrecking young people's reading, writing & analytical skills during their formative years is an economic imperative for AI companies. For many of us who learned these things without AI, slop can't pass for news or entertainment. Destroying standards is essential to the industry's growth & survival.
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Wrecking young people's reading, writing & analytical skills during their formative years is an economic imperative for AI companies. For many of us who learned these things without AI, slop can't pass for news or entertainment. Destroying standards is essential to the industry's growth & survival.
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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Lord I see what You’ve done for others
But if the court finds OpenAI knowingly trained on pirated books and deleted the evidence to to avoid scrutiny, that could mean actual consequences to the tune of billions of dollars.
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Lord I see what You’ve done for others
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The sheer number of ads touting AI tells you how fucked and over-leveraged these companies are. You don't spend this much on marketing a thing you called "inevitable" unless you are seriously underwater and it ain't inevitable
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The sheer number of ads touting AI tells you how fucked and over-leveraged these companies are. You don't spend this much on marketing a thing you called "inevitable" unless you are seriously underwater and it ain't inevitable
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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okay the tiny goldfish float did get me.
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
okay the tiny goldfish float did get me.
There’s something wonderfully surreal (in the most Americana / dystopian way) about the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. I just watched Busta Rhymes perform as the musical act for a float about an upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
There’s something wonderfully surreal (in the most Americana / dystopian way) about the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. I just watched Busta Rhymes perform as the musical act for a float about an upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
My wife is rewatching Gilmore Girls and I think all the ills of the women’s lives for the rest of the show are a curse from when they fleeced that old lady out of a bunch of wedding cake in S2
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
My wife is rewatching Gilmore Girls and I think all the ills of the women’s lives for the rest of the show are a curse from when they fleeced that old lady out of a bunch of wedding cake in S2
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isaac chotiner came to my house and tricked me into admitting we weren’t out of ice cream in front of my five year old daughter
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
isaac chotiner came to my house and tricked me into admitting we weren’t out of ice cream in front of my five year old daughter
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it would be so much less wasteful to just burn a literal bonfire of cash
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
it would be so much less wasteful to just burn a literal bonfire of cash
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We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...