Will Madden
@willmadden.bsky.social
Sci-fi writer, foreign language enthusiast, dude who stares too long at just one painting in museums
As a writer thinking, How much more bullshit will I make up in my life, and how do I know if I'm making my best bullshit?
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As a writer thinking, How much more bullshit will I make up in my life, and how do I know if I'm making my best bullshit?
A Facebook ad from DraftKings was reporting the 4-8 Bengals as having a real shot at making the playoffs this year, so I immediately reported the post for encouraging suicide or self harm.
I know I'm not changing any policies today, but everything starts by calling it what it is.
I know I'm not changing any policies today, but everything starts by calling it what it is.
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A Facebook ad from DraftKings was reporting the 4-8 Bengals as having a real shot at making the playoffs this year, so I immediately reported the post for encouraging suicide or self harm.
I know I'm not changing any policies today, but everything starts by calling it what it is.
I know I'm not changing any policies today, but everything starts by calling it what it is.
How bougie are novels written by vampires? All they talk about is where they went for lunch.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
How bougie are novels written by vampires? All they talk about is where they went for lunch.
Whenever I'm down and need to feel fancy, I just pronounce both N's in mayonnaise.
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Whenever I'm down and need to feel fancy, I just pronounce both N's in mayonnaise.
My God, there was a whole period of my life it was funny just to say the word, "pants."
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My God, there was a whole period of my life it was funny just to say the word, "pants."
People who buy books keep telling me they don't always read all the books they buy.
I have no idea what I'm expected to do with this information.
I have no idea what I'm expected to do with this information.
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
People who buy books keep telling me they don't always read all the books they buy.
I have no idea what I'm expected to do with this information.
I have no idea what I'm expected to do with this information.
One of the most difficult things you do as an adult is listen to Billy Joel rhyme "only the good die young" with "I might as well be the one" and realize you still have to have sex again.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One of the most difficult things you do as an adult is listen to Billy Joel rhyme "only the good die young" with "I might as well be the one" and realize you still have to have sex again.
Feels like a full third of my writing process is asking myself, "Are you being weird enough???"
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Feels like a full third of my writing process is asking myself, "Are you being weird enough???"
For the love of God, stop reporting everything Mike Johnson says as a serious statement somebody has to have an answer for.
He's not even fun to make fun of.
If you have to report something, tell us how much he's spent getting his hair laser printed since the shutdown started.
He's not even fun to make fun of.
If you have to report something, tell us how much he's spent getting his hair laser printed since the shutdown started.
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
For the love of God, stop reporting everything Mike Johnson says as a serious statement somebody has to have an answer for.
He's not even fun to make fun of.
If you have to report something, tell us how much he's spent getting his hair laser printed since the shutdown started.
He's not even fun to make fun of.
If you have to report something, tell us how much he's spent getting his hair laser printed since the shutdown started.
Why does every new TV show I watch feel like The Graveyard of Abandoned Subplots?
October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Why does every new TV show I watch feel like The Graveyard of Abandoned Subplots?
Listen, guys . . . And I'm just spit balling here . . . What if we rebrand it as The United Cities of America??
October 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Listen, guys . . . And I'm just spit balling here . . . What if we rebrand it as The United Cities of America??
People saying AI where they used to say algorithm until I've no idea if *literally anyone* ever knew the difference.
October 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
People saying AI where they used to say algorithm until I've no idea if *literally anyone* ever knew the difference.
I always wonder how many S's you can put in Pisssarro before people start to suspect there are two many.
September 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I always wonder how many S's you can put in Pisssarro before people start to suspect there are two many.
Folks, I don't know how to tell you this, but it's well, well past time to stop watching the news.
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Folks, I don't know how to tell you this, but it's well, well past time to stop watching the news.
I've never felt less pressure to do anything than to tell Huey Dewey and Louie apart.
September 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've never felt less pressure to do anything than to tell Huey Dewey and Louie apart.
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It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.
September 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.
Apropos of nothing, William F. Buckley was an embarrassment of a debater, and also, it's too bad he didn't die much sooner.
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Apropos of nothing, William F. Buckley was an embarrassment of a debater, and also, it's too bad he didn't die much sooner.
The terrible power that the Right wields in America relies heavily on their belief, which has often proven justified, that the force of violence, will not be applied to them, too.
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The terrible power that the Right wields in America relies heavily on their belief, which has often proven justified, that the force of violence, will not be applied to them, too.
Or to remain a free person in the United States.
Nobody who voted to confirm RFK is fit to hold public office
September 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Or to remain a free person in the United States.
The only thing I don't find believable about The Good Place is that Jason Mendoza doesn't have any neck tattoos.
August 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The only thing I don't find believable about The Good Place is that Jason Mendoza doesn't have any neck tattoos.
Basically there's no practical way to get a large quantity of cardboard out of your apartment without accidentally rubbing it on your nipples at least once.
August 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Basically there's no practical way to get a large quantity of cardboard out of your apartment without accidentally rubbing it on your nipples at least once.
If you asked me what year Animal Farm takes place, without thinking I would answer 1984.
August 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you asked me what year Animal Farm takes place, without thinking I would answer 1984.
🧠: Sometimes I worry that clams and oysters are slowly turning the ocean into stones.
Me: that is the least important thing for any human being to be worrying about now.
🧠: .
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Then probably no human is.
Me: 😲
Me: that is the least important thing for any human being to be worrying about now.
🧠: .
.
.
Then probably no human is.
Me: 😲
August 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🧠: Sometimes I worry that clams and oysters are slowly turning the ocean into stones.
Me: that is the least important thing for any human being to be worrying about now.
🧠: .
.
.
Then probably no human is.
Me: 😲
Me: that is the least important thing for any human being to be worrying about now.
🧠: .
.
.
Then probably no human is.
Me: 😲
Today would be a great day to found a third political party in the US that represents the interests of people instead of money.
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Today would be a great day to found a third political party in the US that represents the interests of people instead of money.
The Texas state government does not have the right to appoint its own representation to Congress. Statehood is conditional on democratic process. Since the Texas state government has decided to end that, Texas' Congressional representatives should be sent home.
No statehood for oligarchic states!
No statehood for oligarchic states!
August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Texas state government does not have the right to appoint its own representation to Congress. Statehood is conditional on democratic process. Since the Texas state government has decided to end that, Texas' Congressional representatives should be sent home.
No statehood for oligarchic states!
No statehood for oligarchic states!