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David Lee Zweifler

@davidleezweifler.bsky.social

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Work in Analog, Nature Futures, and Saturday Evening Post. Married real estate novelist. Inactive active-level SFWA. Adopted New Yorkian. Bad Codexian. Transally. https://linktr.ee/zweifler

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · 10d

Check out my tiny tale about an irresponsible father taking baby steps towards redemption as the apocalypse removes his ability to procrastinate. (A story that has nothing to do with my actual life!) Thanks to @onspecmag.bsky.social for giving my 100-word opus a great home. onspec.ca/2025/09/19/o...

On Spec Issue #133 Preview

Here’s a peek at what we’re offering in this issue: We’re happy to bring back some writers you’ve seen on our pages before. And equally happy to introduce new voices at the start of the…

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · 10d

On Spec Issue #133 Preview

Here’s a peek at what we’re offering in this issue: We’re happy to bring back some writers you’ve seen on our pages before. And equally happy to introduce new voices at the start of the…

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · 24d

To paraphrase Big Daddy Kane, foraging ain't easy.

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · 24d

Why I'm glad Second Amendment rights don't apply to pets.

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · 24d

My dog barks when anyone walks through the front door.

Had a dream last night that she was spending her time alone in the house watching Fox News. When I got home and walked through the door, she was yelling, in dog language, "It's like they said! The squirrels are coming! They're here!"

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · 25d

(Intrusive thoughts as I prepare foraged puffball mushrooms for dinner.)

a bald man is laughing with his mouth open while wearing a robe .

ALT: a bald man is laughing with his mouth open while wearing a robe .

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Sep 6

The latter always tells me that they fall all the time and they don't need care and they're correct until the last call from a friend or neighborwhen I'm doing a wellness check.

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Sep 6

I can't remember the last time I tried to coerce a healthy person into an ambulance for a ride which makes absolutely no difference for my income. I do recall dozens of calls from folks with repeated falls due to serious health issues who have me help them up and then refuse medical care. #emt

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Sep 6

I definitely have to make some noise about the awesome @acwise.bsky.social calling Ronan's my recent story in Analog "effective... quiet science fiction."

Thanks for giving it a read A.C.! locusmag.com/2025/09/anal...

Analog: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise

Analog 5-6/25 “Isolate” by Tom R. Pike opens the May/June issue of Analog with a thoughtful reflection on language and colonialism. Sister Arzhana is a linguist sent to study the language of the Ga…

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Sep 2

Generally speaking, digital transformation is the relentless pursuit of converting fairly priced things that we like and need into poor counterfeits that can be produced at scale for low- or no cost.

I'm pleased I had the opportunity to experience a pre-AI world, but I grieve for my children.

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Aug 28

Philly road trip. (We're halfway there. 🤣)

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Aug 27

Got paid today

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Aug 15

Unfortunately this strategy also keeps people from reading my work, but you take the good with the bad I guess.

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Aug 14

USCSS Maginot, eh?

Someone at Weyland Yutani in charge of ship naming is sooooo fired.

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Aug 6

PSA: Don't fondle wheat if you ever plan on seeing your family again.

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jul 12

Well partner, I'm afraid that this here town ain't big enough for two emergent medical professionals

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jul 1

If you're in a workplace that has a pack of these sitting next to the phone, let's grab a beer sometime.

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 10

Snoopy: Woodstock! What is good in life?

Woodstock: ||||!!!!!!''''''

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 9

Like so many things in our modern life, everybody remembers them but nobody knows how to use them

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 9

I would agree that going through current events requires regular use of the three seashells.

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 7

After 7 months of research and calculation I have finally confirmed my amazing discovery: nobody can predict when winter will arrive in Game of Thrones because that world exists in the same universe as the Three Body Problem. A 🧵 1/25

David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 7

A lot of people slam generation X for splitting up to cover more ground in horror movies, but it's the generation before us that will call the number when the message that they've been hacked comes up on the screen.

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 5

"Meanwhile, in national news..."

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 5

How much could one banana actually cost? $10?

a woman is sitting in a living room talking to someone and says " i mean it 's one banana "

Alt: a woman is sitting in a living room talking to someone and says " i mean it 's one banana "

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 4

I have my EMT exam tomorrow. I just learned that the answer to "What are electrolytes?" is NOT "what plants crave."

a man wearing a costco apron says welcome to costco

ALT: a man wearing a costco apron says welcome to costco

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David Lee Zweifler @davidleezweifler.bsky.social · Jun 3

Police can claim that the husband is outright making stuff up, or they can choose not to take his statement, but if they say there's no evidence that this is a hate crime, they're lying. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jonathan Joss: King of the Hill's John Redcorn actor shot dead

Jonathan Joss's husband says it was a homophobic hate crime, but police say there's no evidence of that.