Nicholas David Brandt
@ndbrandt.bsky.social
Writer. Husband. Rescue dog dad. INFP Chaotic good Seeker of truth and BBA beers. Ally.
Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, NY Mets fan.
EST. WNY; CURR. SoCal
Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, NY Mets fan.
EST. WNY; CURR. SoCal
Pinned
If you’re wondering, Jesus was woke.
I wish there was an author/agent matchmaking situation that wasn’t a scam.
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I wish there was an author/agent matchmaking situation that wasn’t a scam.
A friend of mine said I need to get back to the me that wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
So I guess I need to invent a past me that didn't take "no" for an answer.
So I guess I need to invent a past me that didn't take "no" for an answer.
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A friend of mine said I need to get back to the me that wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
So I guess I need to invent a past me that didn't take "no" for an answer.
So I guess I need to invent a past me that didn't take "no" for an answer.
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Zohran Mamdani just put every knee-bending institution to shame.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Zohran Mamdani just put every knee-bending institution to shame.
Josh Allen deserves better coaches.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Josh Allen deserves better coaches.
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I promise you, trans people have existed throughout human history. We have the records; we have the stories; and shameful as it is to use this as a marker, we have the slurs. Humans are GREAT at slurs, but we usually develop them because they have targets. If the slurs exist, so do the people.
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I promise you, trans people have existed throughout human history. We have the records; we have the stories; and shameful as it is to use this as a marker, we have the slurs. Humans are GREAT at slurs, but we usually develop them because they have targets. If the slurs exist, so do the people.
Throwback Thursday to that time I co-directed Linda Hamilton in a feature I co-wrote. She was an absolute gem of a person.
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Throwback Thursday to that time I co-directed Linda Hamilton in a feature I co-wrote. She was an absolute gem of a person.
I don’t know who first coined this phrase* but I love it and want to adopt it—
I am not a gatekeeper. I’m a gateway.
*If you know the original source, please let me know.
I am not a gatekeeper. I’m a gateway.
*If you know the original source, please let me know.
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I don’t know who first coined this phrase* but I love it and want to adopt it—
I am not a gatekeeper. I’m a gateway.
*If you know the original source, please let me know.
I am not a gatekeeper. I’m a gateway.
*If you know the original source, please let me know.
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i want to put this in front of conservative pundits who defended this raid bsky.app/profile/raws...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
i want to put this in front of conservative pundits who defended this raid bsky.app/profile/raws...
My strength and self-control were tested to their brink, but I somehow managed to not roll down my window and yell out, “Oh yeah!”
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My strength and self-control were tested to their brink, but I somehow managed to not roll down my window and yell out, “Oh yeah!”
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Running gag goes meta as Johnson says he knows nothing about Trump knowing nothing
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Running gag goes meta as Johnson says he knows nothing about Trump knowing nothing
I still regularly converse with my creative writing college professor. A great writer and person, I still learn from him and I think he gets a little positivity from me.
When I told him I was in revision, he shared some of his thoughts on narrative beats--
When I told him I was in revision, he shared some of his thoughts on narrative beats--
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I still regularly converse with my creative writing college professor. A great writer and person, I still learn from him and I think he gets a little positivity from me.
When I told him I was in revision, he shared some of his thoughts on narrative beats--
When I told him I was in revision, he shared some of his thoughts on narrative beats--
So many great resources from an amazing person and writer.
If you have the chance, take one of his workshops for even more insights into the art and practice of writing.
If you have the chance, take one of his workshops for even more insights into the art and practice of writing.
For any #writers out there, I have a lot of free info, samples, and more on the FREE STUFF FOR WRITERS page on my website. All downloadable PDFs. Go here, grab what you need, share with other writers! www.jonathanmaberry.com/freestufffor... #writerscommunity #WritingCommunity #writingtips
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
So many great resources from an amazing person and writer.
If you have the chance, take one of his workshops for even more insights into the art and practice of writing.
If you have the chance, take one of his workshops for even more insights into the art and practice of writing.
When I was a kid, my younger sister Kristin, my cousin Leslie, and I would walk around the block at Leslie’s house in North Tonawanda and make up stories/adventures. I think it might be the first bit of “writing” I ever did.
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
When I was a kid, my younger sister Kristin, my cousin Leslie, and I would walk around the block at Leslie’s house in North Tonawanda and make up stories/adventures. I think it might be the first bit of “writing” I ever did.
Me: How you doing?
Co-Worker: Same shit, different day.
Me: And that's why we wipe.
I don't know that I've ever heard this as a response before, but I was pretty proud of it. So sharing....
Co-Worker: Same shit, different day.
Me: And that's why we wipe.
I don't know that I've ever heard this as a response before, but I was pretty proud of it. So sharing....
October 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Me: How you doing?
Co-Worker: Same shit, different day.
Me: And that's why we wipe.
I don't know that I've ever heard this as a response before, but I was pretty proud of it. So sharing....
Co-Worker: Same shit, different day.
Me: And that's why we wipe.
I don't know that I've ever heard this as a response before, but I was pretty proud of it. So sharing....
Little confession: there are days when I barely contain my multitudes.
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Little confession: there are days when I barely contain my multitudes.
I guess, since today starts Band Books Week, I think I'll revisit Daisy Jones and the...
Wait, what do you mean "homonym?"
Why would anyone BAN books?
Happy Banned Books Week, everybody!
Celebrate by reading and creating.
Art is democracy.
Art is resistance.
Wait, what do you mean "homonym?"
Why would anyone BAN books?
Happy Banned Books Week, everybody!
Celebrate by reading and creating.
Art is democracy.
Art is resistance.
October 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I guess, since today starts Band Books Week, I think I'll revisit Daisy Jones and the...
Wait, what do you mean "homonym?"
Why would anyone BAN books?
Happy Banned Books Week, everybody!
Celebrate by reading and creating.
Art is democracy.
Art is resistance.
Wait, what do you mean "homonym?"
Why would anyone BAN books?
Happy Banned Books Week, everybody!
Celebrate by reading and creating.
Art is democracy.
Art is resistance.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
In my day, we had to say we had a Canadian girlfriend. Kids these days got it easy. They can just say they’re dating Tilly Norwood.
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In my day, we had to say we had a Canadian girlfriend. Kids these days got it easy. They can just say they’re dating Tilly Norwood.
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Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
Tylenol about to give the powers that be a big old headache.
September 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tylenol about to give the powers that be a big old headache.
This Rapture has everything.
It's fake.
It's a non-biblical concept contrived in the 1830's by John Nelson Darby,
People are already lining up...
It's fake.
It's a non-biblical concept contrived in the 1830's by John Nelson Darby,
People are already lining up...
a man is sitting at a desk with his hands folded
Alt: The Stefan character from Saturday Night Live at the Weekend Update desk.
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This Rapture has everything.
It's fake.
It's a non-biblical concept contrived in the 1830's by John Nelson Darby,
People are already lining up...
It's fake.
It's a non-biblical concept contrived in the 1830's by John Nelson Darby,
People are already lining up...
What movie do you consider “perfect?”
September 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
What movie do you consider “perfect?”
Happy Birthday! Thank you for the stories, the inspiration, and for being a great human being!
It's my birthday, but I want YOU to give YOURSELF a present--go see THE LONG WALK.
September 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy Birthday! Thank you for the stories, the inspiration, and for being a great human being!