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Chris Willrich
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SFF writer with work at Asimov's, BCS, Clarkesworld, F&SF, Lightspeed, Reactor, Strange Horizons, Tales from the Magician's Skull, Best American SF&F 2023. Books from Pyr and Paizo. He/him. The map in my profile image is by Rhys Davies.
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A picture of our cat from a few days ago -- looked like a good pic for Halloween. (Deleted and reposted because of a misspelling.)
At the top of a wooden stairway, dimly lit by side lights, sits an alert grey-white cat looking down at the viewer. There is a shadowy space behind the cat.
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I'm not all that tuned in to graphic design, but I'm pretty sure it predates the Trump presidency. I've seen ribbon-like letters on wedding anniversary cards and the like, and here's a ribbon-like logo for the National Football League's 75th season in 1994 (source: Wikipedia.)
This is a logo from 1994 for the the 75th season of the U.S. National Football League. The black border has a five-sided diamond shape, like a gemstone with a pointed base. There's an interior purple outline of a gem-shape with the shield logo of the NFL at the center. (That logo has, in the top half, the blue-on-white schematic of a football over a star field echoing the stars on the U.S. flag. The bottom part of the NFL shield has the letters "NFL" in red over a field of white.) A large red number "75" fills the diamond shape, slightly obscured by the NFL shield. The "75" is drawn in a wavy, ribbon-like style. The rest of the interior of the diamond is white or shades of green.
August 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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On 9/1, I and lots of folks will be protesting along El Camino from Redwood City down to Santa Clara. Details below or see tinyurl.com/historic17x17k . There may be similar events near you: maydaystrong.org. Not everyone has the time or safety to protest, but if you can, every little bit can help.
This is a rectangular banner, taller than it is wide, full of white text on alternating bands of orange and blue. First band (orange) has the header "Historic 17x17k” followed by “17 miles of resistance, 17,000+ resisters.” Second band (blue) reads “Join Us On Labor Day.” A separate box of white with blue text reads “Sept 1, 2025 11AM - 1PM.” Third band (orange) has the hashtag “#SolidaritySeptember.” The next band is blue and is larger than the rest. The first two lines read “El Camino Real (south/west side of the street) From Santa Clara to Redwood City.” The next line has a graphic of many people, white on the blue background, holding hands. The people are abstracted, like paper cutouts. Below that is a QR code beside the text “Join us for a 17-mile-long protest in place [the words "protest in place” are in italics]. Pick your spot and help stretch the line! Bring flags, signs, lawn chairs and friends! Below that is a white band with orange text reading “RSVP/Info: https://tinyurl.com/historic17x17k” The last band is blue with white letters, reading “Organized by Sally Lieber, IdaRose Sylvester, Together We Will, Afro Uprising, DAWN, Indivisible Mid-Peninsula, Indivisible Palo Alto, Indivisible Portola Valley, It’s Blue’s Turn, Menlo Park Speaks Out, Mountain View Voices for Peace, San Mateo County Dems, Sunnyvale Democratic Club, Working Blue Democratic Club."
August 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Local protest event June 14. The tiny URL for this is tinyurl.com/7x7kJune14 . I’m planning to attend unless I’m out of town. If I’m out of town maybe I can find something similar nearby. There are going to be a lot of these: www.nokings.org .
Rectangular image with a blue background and mostly white lettering, but some in red. There is the image of a gold crown with a red X across it. The header reads “No Kings 7X7k.” The rest of the text reads, “7 miles of resistance, 7,000 resisters. Flag Day June 14, 2025, 12-2pm. El Camino Real (south side of the street) from Tesla Palo Alto to Tesla Sunnyvale. Pick your spot and help stretch this historic protest! Bring flags, signs, lawn chairs and friends! RSVP/Info: https://tinyurl.com/7x7kJune14. After events: Rally 2:30pm, El Camino & Castro, Mountain View. *Juneteenth Los Altos until 5pm www.justicevanguard.org . Organized by Sally Lieber, IdaRose Sylvester, Together We Will, Mountain View Voices for Peace.
May 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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We had a great crowd for the evening May Day event in Mountain View, and again a lot of motorists honked in solidarity. I didn't hear any official attendance numbers.
A white cardboard sign with "Due process for all!" in big cartoony letters. The inside of the "U" is blue with white stars, while the second "S" in "process" and the "A" in all imitate the red and white stripes of the U.S. flag, so that the three letters are highlighted to say "USA." A brown cardboard sign. "The rule of law" appears at the top in thick black formal letters. "It's not just a good idea!" appears below in black letters with a more wavy style. The big exclamation point is on the last line, and centered.
May 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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An organizer said the 50501 march/rally in San Jose today had at least 3,500 people. It had good energy and a lot of drivers honking support.
A green handwritten sign held up on a downtown San Jose street, reading "Republicans! Uphold your oath of office to uphold the Constitution!" A green handwritten sign held up on a downtown San Jose street reading "Republicans! Can you count to 3 branches of government?" A handwritten sign on white in a park in San Jose, reading "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." The word "when" and the two "becomes" are in gold, the "injustice" and "law" are in red, and the "resistance" and "duty" are in blue. A printed sign on white held up in a San Jose park. In black letters it reads "Bad Doge" and has a negation symbol (red circle with angled line) over a dog's face.
April 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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An organizer said we had about three thousand people marching and/or rallying in Mountain View today. It had good energy, lots of drivers honking encouragement.
Protest sign reading "Congress, undo the tariffs for all our sakes!" The "u" in "undo" has white stars on a blue field, and the "s" in "tariffs" and the "a" in "all" have a stars-and-stripes look, so that the letters "USA" are meant to stand out and evoke the U.S flag. Protest sign reading "100% of founding fathers agree NO TO KINGS." The "o" in "No" is formed of the thirteen stars of the Betsy Ross flag, while the "to kings" is written over the stars-and-stripes section of the flag.
April 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Recently read NINEFOX GAMBIT by @deuceofgears.bsky.social. I love how it hits the same "huge cool beautifully written space opera" notes as Iain M. Banks while being in contrast: YHL's setting is dystopian while Banks' is utopian, but the ride is equally thrilling. Looking forward to the next one.
The cover of Yoon Ha Lee's novel Ninefox Gambit, showing a huge spiky space fortress under attack by sleek, manta-shaped starships.
December 7, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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Thanks for the idea!
The Golden Gate Bridge seen from across the bay, beneath a blue sky, with a bit of pink at the horizon.
November 5, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Thrilled to be reading tonight at 7pm at Berkeley's Pegasus Books (downtown location) with Danica Li, ("My Brother William" in BASS 2023), @svobodster.bsky.social, ("An Invisible Epidemic" in BASNW 2023), and (recent Hugo winner!) @samtasticbooks.bsky.social, ("Rabbit Test" in BASFF 2023).
November 2, 2023 at 5:54 PM