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William Preston

@williampreston.bsky.social

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Writer (mostly SF, currently in July–August 2025 Asimov's; forthcoming there and elsewhere), reader, former teacher, parent to three grown women. Interests include film, religion, history, many sciences. he/him ho-hum

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William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 1h

Wholly holy

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 6h

But she said no, no, no…

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 8h

They want you thinking about it year-round like the people in the Hunger Games

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 8h

It’s also how pedophiles think.

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 13h

Maybe each has a gateway to Hell in the basement from which tormenting demons nightly emerge . . . ?

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 1d

Plot stolen from The Diplomat

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“At least four suspects were arrested,” Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said. Caracas claimed the dismantled cell was “financed by the CIA” and planned to attack the destroyer and frame Venezuela.

ticotimes.net/2025/10/27/v...

Venezuela Arrests Suspects in Alleged CIA Cell Plotting Attack

Venezuela says it dismantled a CIA-financed cell plotting a false-flag attack on a US warship near its coast, as Washington ramps up military pressure

ticotimes.net

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not seeing where he is still saying that after the election.

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 1d

It's amplified in the Jackson movies, especially once you see that the other "races of men" fighting our heroes get visually coded as piratical Arabs and Turks. (Bad enough that all the good guys live in all-white cities and all the Maori actors are slathered in mud.)

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William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 1d

And Trump's going to live in the expanded Bunker Beneath the Ballroom.

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 1d

You've prompted me (and reminded me) to light my butterscotch and bourbon–scented candle. First candle of the season.

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William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

Exit, stage left capitalism

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

Par

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

Dic Tac
Alternatively:
Tic Sac

Jess-Icabod Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 2d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

Starwurst

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 2d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

Swedish fist

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

How she dresses is another motif that then got flipped around when she helped Grace. And yeah, that acknowledgment of her own pain and the pain she had caused Hal was with surprising and satisfying, I thought. And of course, given how the show functions, they then turned the knife into a grenade.

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

Treats

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

The hair was something I loved about the character from the beginning. The show waited a while until the VP ripped into her about her style, and I was pleased that they waited that long to have someone (who we disliked) make a point of it.

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

I definitely saw the first two seasons of The Diplomat as a comedy about tragedies. I hadn’t thought about it till your post, but the third season was definitely not hilarious. Still totally nutty plotting that in itself is kind of comedic.

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William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

As you suggested, I did listen to part of the Terri Gross interview. His voice did sound different than his acting persona voice, I agree, but, no, I didn’t think it similar to Obama‘s voice.

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

To me, he doesn’t sound at all like Obama.😬

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William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

It’s true, I wouldn’t want to live next to someone whose language is built on a foundation of stupidity and hate. So I guess I don’t want JD Vance in my neighborhood.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d

Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do

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William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

He imagines himself on the ISS orbiting the Earth, which seems OK from that distance

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 2d

I used to tell my students, "We are a country that has always avoided a grown-up conversation."

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 3d

😂 Ah, now the parable may be fully understood!

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 3d

In this analogy, you're the drunk in charge of the boat . . . ? A passenger? The briefly visited island?

William Preston @williampreston.bsky.social · 3d

"If I had nads, this would be like getting kicked in them."