Timothy S. O'Brien
@tsquireo.bsky.social
Not the Pulitzer Prize winner, not the journalist, and not the banjoist.
Pen name, Timothy Squire.
Pen name, Timothy Squire.
If it took you this long, you've mellowed.
December 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If it took you this long, you've mellowed.
Historically, privateers tended to devolve to pirates. How are we going to prevent that?
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Historically, privateers tended to devolve to pirates. How are we going to prevent that?
Do you have a deck of cards?
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Do you have a deck of cards?
Great location, lots of potential. A unique fixer downer.
December 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Great location, lots of potential. A unique fixer downer.
A Lord of the Rings Cover Band called MÖRGÖTH
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A Lord of the Rings Cover Band called MÖRGÖTH
Giant Sequoia?
Bonsai?
So many options!
Bonsai?
So many options!
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Giant Sequoia?
Bonsai?
So many options!
Bonsai?
So many options!
It got to the point that I had trouble reading comics! Everybody was shouting all the time! Too much urgency!
Apparently it was just a stage for me!
Still, there's a place for calm sentences.
Apparently it was just a stage for me!
Still, there's a place for calm sentences.
December 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It got to the point that I had trouble reading comics! Everybody was shouting all the time! Too much urgency!
Apparently it was just a stage for me!
Still, there's a place for calm sentences.
Apparently it was just a stage for me!
Still, there's a place for calm sentences.
Presumably, that's a Witch's Brew.
December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Presumably, that's a Witch's Brew.
Addendum: We reward production in order of pricing, speed, and quality. Cheap and fast pushes out good. This is where AI generated text and graphics lives.
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Addendum: We reward production in order of pricing, speed, and quality. Cheap and fast pushes out good. This is where AI generated text and graphics lives.
I have boxes of ideas (literally; long index boxes). I don't have the funds or expertise to develop most of them, and not much time to develop the ones I have money and skills to implement.
We don't reward ideas. We reward production.
We don't reward ideas. We reward production.
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I have boxes of ideas (literally; long index boxes). I don't have the funds or expertise to develop most of them, and not much time to develop the ones I have money and skills to implement.
We don't reward ideas. We reward production.
We don't reward ideas. We reward production.
I was mildly pleased to see the twist in The Sixth Sense about half-way through, a triumph that got better as almost everyone else did not.
I wasn't even trying to figure it out.
I wasn't even trying to figure it out.
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I was mildly pleased to see the twist in The Sixth Sense about half-way through, a triumph that got better as almost everyone else did not.
I wasn't even trying to figure it out.
I wasn't even trying to figure it out.
Are the alpacas abusive?
Does the flannel-wearing alpaca rancher capture the heroine and subject her to terribly soft and warm torments?
Is the cute kid secretly a manipulative psychopath?
Does the flannel-wearing alpaca rancher capture the heroine and subject her to terribly soft and warm torments?
Is the cute kid secretly a manipulative psychopath?
December 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Are the alpacas abusive?
Does the flannel-wearing alpaca rancher capture the heroine and subject her to terribly soft and warm torments?
Is the cute kid secretly a manipulative psychopath?
Does the flannel-wearing alpaca rancher capture the heroine and subject her to terribly soft and warm torments?
Is the cute kid secretly a manipulative psychopath?
Seems like a lot of fluff, but warm and fuzzy.
December 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Seems like a lot of fluff, but warm and fuzzy.
Hey, he's the Red King. They owe fealty.
From how he acts, he's the King of Hearts.
From how he acts, he's the King of Hearts.
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey, he's the Red King. They owe fealty.
From how he acts, he's the King of Hearts.
From how he acts, he's the King of Hearts.
I look forward to reading your new, slightly flawed, trivially inconsistent book.
I didn't even know one was coming.
I didn't even know one was coming.
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I look forward to reading your new, slightly flawed, trivially inconsistent book.
I didn't even know one was coming.
I didn't even know one was coming.
Enjoy this game experience, and recruit others into the -c-u-l-t- game.
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Enjoy this game experience, and recruit others into the -c-u-l-t- game.
My actual grandmother, my maternal, maybe. My actual mother, yes.
A digital estimate, no.
A digital estimate, no.
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My actual grandmother, my maternal, maybe. My actual mother, yes.
A digital estimate, no.
A digital estimate, no.
Written language is for people to communicate with each other. The Borg are/is a collective; they/it are/is a brain network.
Although, I get why this concept exists in the story world. It's a convention.
Although, I get why this concept exists in the story world. It's a convention.
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Written language is for people to communicate with each other. The Borg are/is a collective; they/it are/is a brain network.
Although, I get why this concept exists in the story world. It's a convention.
Although, I get why this concept exists in the story world. It's a convention.
Wouldn't that mean 'Endless Name'?
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Wouldn't that mean 'Endless Name'?
I don't think Goliath was ever shown to be invulnerable to high-speed rocks. Do you know the velocity of a sling rock? It can be hundreds of feet per second!
It's not like Goliath is a raging Gamma-monster.
I just hope they don't overdo the David storyline and make him some major hero.
It's not like Goliath is a raging Gamma-monster.
I just hope they don't overdo the David storyline and make him some major hero.
December 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I don't think Goliath was ever shown to be invulnerable to high-speed rocks. Do you know the velocity of a sling rock? It can be hundreds of feet per second!
It's not like Goliath is a raging Gamma-monster.
I just hope they don't overdo the David storyline and make him some major hero.
It's not like Goliath is a raging Gamma-monster.
I just hope they don't overdo the David storyline and make him some major hero.