Sean Weeks
@weekswriter.bsky.social
Forget it, Jake—it's Chinatown.
Suffers chronic burnout.
Website/portfolio: https://weeksauthor.com/starting-the-factory-a-table-of-contents-and-a-mission/
Suffers chronic burnout.
Website/portfolio: https://weeksauthor.com/starting-the-factory-a-table-of-contents-and-a-mission/
Endording punishment of all pedophiles in authority takes the partisanship arrow out of their quiver.
Saying, "They should all be held accountable, starting at the top" doesn't vindicate Trump, and it sends the message that we're not interested in redirection or a defensive crouch.
Saying, "They should all be held accountable, starting at the top" doesn't vindicate Trump, and it sends the message that we're not interested in redirection or a defensive crouch.
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Endording punishment of all pedophiles in authority takes the partisanship arrow out of their quiver.
Saying, "They should all be held accountable, starting at the top" doesn't vindicate Trump, and it sends the message that we're not interested in redirection or a defensive crouch.
Saying, "They should all be held accountable, starting at the top" doesn't vindicate Trump, and it sends the message that we're not interested in redirection or a defensive crouch.
Speaking as a writer, there *is* a way to do commentary about it.
But it illustrates the difference between parody and satire: parody catches the subject and lets them go; satire shoots to kill.
If the tone isn't scathing, it's not doing enough. We need to take him apart. But no, we're jesting.
But it illustrates the difference between parody and satire: parody catches the subject and lets them go; satire shoots to kill.
If the tone isn't scathing, it's not doing enough. We need to take him apart. But no, we're jesting.
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Speaking as a writer, there *is* a way to do commentary about it.
But it illustrates the difference between parody and satire: parody catches the subject and lets them go; satire shoots to kill.
If the tone isn't scathing, it's not doing enough. We need to take him apart. But no, we're jesting.
But it illustrates the difference between parody and satire: parody catches the subject and lets them go; satire shoots to kill.
If the tone isn't scathing, it's not doing enough. We need to take him apart. But no, we're jesting.
(Bonus points if you sagely browsed your mustache during misplacement.)
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
(Bonus points if you sagely browsed your mustache during misplacement.)
That's what you deserve for being a jerk in Consulting Detective, Sherlock!
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
That's what you deserve for being a jerk in Consulting Detective, Sherlock!
All these will be lost, like car keys in a punch bowl.
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
All these will be lost, like car keys in a punch bowl.
Did it also come with a booklet Holmes wrote to brag about how implausibly few moves it took him to solve it?
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Did it also come with a booklet Holmes wrote to brag about how implausibly few moves it took him to solve it?
I am C-beams glittering in the dark off the Tannheuser Gate.
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I am C-beams glittering in the dark off the Tannheuser Gate.
What a banger! To the printing press!
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
What a banger! To the printing press!
My first reaction was "What's wrong with recommending everything?"
Then my second reaction was "Is it okay to recommend everything?"
Sorry to alarm.
Then my second reaction was "Is it okay to recommend everything?"
Sorry to alarm.
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My first reaction was "What's wrong with recommending everything?"
Then my second reaction was "Is it okay to recommend everything?"
Sorry to alarm.
Then my second reaction was "Is it okay to recommend everything?"
Sorry to alarm.
Can you learn something from anything you read? Can you have empty reading calories?
Not sure. I want to open up the window and hug the world, but I don't want to catch pneumonia, you see.
Maybe some stuff just has to be handled like radioactive material, but it can be instructive?
Not sure. I want to open up the window and hug the world, but I don't want to catch pneumonia, you see.
Maybe some stuff just has to be handled like radioactive material, but it can be instructive?
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Can you learn something from anything you read? Can you have empty reading calories?
Not sure. I want to open up the window and hug the world, but I don't want to catch pneumonia, you see.
Maybe some stuff just has to be handled like radioactive material, but it can be instructive?
Not sure. I want to open up the window and hug the world, but I don't want to catch pneumonia, you see.
Maybe some stuff just has to be handled like radioactive material, but it can be instructive?
If you cut education and contraception, you get a serf. That's the goal.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If you cut education and contraception, you get a serf. That's the goal.
It's a thing. I liked it when I was younger.
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It's a thing. I liked it when I was younger.
Makes me want to scream.
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Makes me want to scream.
The guy who wrote that tweet streaks around subway tunnels, flashing passengers with his tiny dick, smearing feces on the wall, and shouting, "I am the Muad Dib of useless fucks!"
Source below: FT, me.
Source below: FT, me.
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The guy who wrote that tweet streaks around subway tunnels, flashing passengers with his tiny dick, smearing feces on the wall, and shouting, "I am the Muad Dib of useless fucks!"
Source below: FT, me.
Source below: FT, me.
Capitalism is good.
Also, government should protect us from the free market.
Also, government should protect us from the free market.
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Capitalism is good.
Also, government should protect us from the free market.
Also, government should protect us from the free market.
I think those games are better than this one.
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I think those games are better than this one.
Oh, I love free association to a fault. I'll entertain misspellings and malapropisms to the unintended embarrassment of the speaker because I love exploring new sounds and "bad" ideas.
But my issue is, as you mention, compliance.
What's the cutoff number of revisions for you, on average?
But my issue is, as you mention, compliance.
What's the cutoff number of revisions for you, on average?
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Oh, I love free association to a fault. I'll entertain misspellings and malapropisms to the unintended embarrassment of the speaker because I love exploring new sounds and "bad" ideas.
But my issue is, as you mention, compliance.
What's the cutoff number of revisions for you, on average?
But my issue is, as you mention, compliance.
What's the cutoff number of revisions for you, on average?
Yes. I'd counter that we then have an obligation to make warmth and kindness where there is none because it's an infinitely precious resource, but yes.
a man in a suit and tie says the universe is indifferent
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says the universe is indifferent
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November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Yes. I'd counter that we then have an obligation to make warmth and kindness where there is none because it's an infinitely precious resource, but yes.
Why do publishers feel like they have the right to brainstorm/brainvomit in the room rather than perform the minimal amount of mental work to filter such ideas out?
They probably do it with their superiors all the time.
They probably do it with their superiors all the time.
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Why do publishers feel like they have the right to brainstorm/brainvomit in the room rather than perform the minimal amount of mental work to filter such ideas out?
They probably do it with their superiors all the time.
They probably do it with their superiors all the time.