Daniel Abraham
@abraham.bsky.social
Novelist, screenwriter, and the James half of James SA Corey. Will block on tone.
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LLMs are a bad tool, and their greatest danger is management treating the bullshit engines like they’re HAL 9000
January 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
LLMs are a bad tool, and their greatest danger is management treating the bullshit engines like they’re HAL 9000
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When you try to accomplish something difficult, surround yourself with friends.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
When you try to accomplish something difficult, surround yourself with friends.
For more advice see my book Excellent Advice for Living amzn.to/3mQL4c4 #excellentadvice
For more advice see my book Excellent Advice for Living amzn.to/3mQL4c4 #excellentadvice
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January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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I swear, if I could wave a magic wand and make the idea that men have a limited window of time where they have to start dating and if they miss it, they’re fucked vanish, I would do it in a heartbeat.
The self-imposed pressure and judgement from this attitude is immense and insane.
The self-imposed pressure and judgement from this attitude is immense and insane.
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I swear, if I could wave a magic wand and make the idea that men have a limited window of time where they have to start dating and if they miss it, they’re fucked vanish, I would do it in a heartbeat.
The self-imposed pressure and judgement from this attitude is immense and insane.
The self-imposed pressure and judgement from this attitude is immense and insane.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve been writing this story as often as I can without it feeling repetitive. This is an excellent thread, as all of Jamelle’s threads on this general topic today have been, and I hope folks are really taking this in.
There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve been writing this story as often as I can without it feeling repetitive. This is an excellent thread, as all of Jamelle’s threads on this general topic today have been, and I hope folks are really taking this in.
I am legit curious how many people are getting jobs in ICE in order to sabotage it from within.
$50k signup bonus and the access to undermine Steven Miller from within? You got to think someone's doing it.
$50k signup bonus and the access to undermine Steven Miller from within? You got to think someone's doing it.
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I am legit curious how many people are getting jobs in ICE in order to sabotage it from within.
$50k signup bonus and the access to undermine Steven Miller from within? You got to think someone's doing it.
$50k signup bonus and the access to undermine Steven Miller from within? You got to think someone's doing it.
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Your brain is a hallucination engine. Feed it a steady diet of shit, and it will build you a shit world. So what happens when you change what you feed it? www.kameronhurley.com/were-fucked-...
"We’re Fucked" Feels Like a Profound Insight. It’s Actually a Trap. - Kameron Hurley
I recently watched a documentary about that reaffirmed many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books the last few years). Brains are hallucination engines. If th...
www.kameronhurley.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Your brain is a hallucination engine. Feed it a steady diet of shit, and it will build you a shit world. So what happens when you change what you feed it? www.kameronhurley.com/were-fucked-...
If we're prepping Albuquerque to deal with oppressive government agents the same way as Iran. . .
. . . I mean. All right, I guess, but damn.
. . . I mean. All right, I guess, but damn.
Democracy only happens when people - in Tehran or Albuquerque or anywhere else – make it happen. Protestors in Iran are making that decision in real time, and they are setting an example for the world.
January 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
If we're prepping Albuquerque to deal with oppressive government agents the same way as Iran. . .
. . . I mean. All right, I guess, but damn.
. . . I mean. All right, I guess, but damn.
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Yeah, when I'm trying to identify the masked thugs smashing a car window and dragging a woman on her way to the doctor's out through the shattered glass, I'm sure I'll be able to get a foot or so away to scan.
Absolutely centrist Dem-brained useless pablum.
Absolutely centrist Dem-brained useless pablum.
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Yeah, when I'm trying to identify the masked thugs smashing a car window and dragging a woman on her way to the doctor's out through the shattered glass, I'm sure I'll be able to get a foot or so away to scan.
Absolutely centrist Dem-brained useless pablum.
Absolutely centrist Dem-brained useless pablum.
Jesus, America. You are stressing me out.
January 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Jesus, America. You are stressing me out.
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I just learned there are only 4 tickets left to join the Sandia Starforgers retreat for SFFH writers, where I'll be teaching this spring in New Mexico. It's an intimate event with critique sessions, pitching, and chances to meet other writers. This is my 3rd year on faculty. starforgers.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I just learned there are only 4 tickets left to join the Sandia Starforgers retreat for SFFH writers, where I'll be teaching this spring in New Mexico. It's an intimate event with critique sessions, pitching, and chances to meet other writers. This is my 3rd year on faculty. starforgers.com
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in the fiona apple catalog i feel like not enough buckaroos talk about FAST AS YOU CAN. that song is just so ridiculously good. probably my favorite song of hers
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
in the fiona apple catalog i feel like not enough buckaroos talk about FAST AS YOU CAN. that song is just so ridiculously good. probably my favorite song of hers
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Hey @democrats.org, @aoc.bsky.social is really damn good at the messaging we need.
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Hey @democrats.org, @aoc.bsky.social is really damn good at the messaging we need.
Short and ignorable thoughts on epic fantasy:
I have now completed 3 epic fantasy series, each one of them playing with the idea of “epic“ a different way.
The most constrained one was *absolutely* the hardest and weirdest.
Seems to me that the epic in epic fantasy comes from its sense of scope.
I have now completed 3 epic fantasy series, each one of them playing with the idea of “epic“ a different way.
The most constrained one was *absolutely* the hardest and weirdest.
Seems to me that the epic in epic fantasy comes from its sense of scope.
January 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Short and ignorable thoughts on epic fantasy:
I have now completed 3 epic fantasy series, each one of them playing with the idea of “epic“ a different way.
The most constrained one was *absolutely* the hardest and weirdest.
Seems to me that the epic in epic fantasy comes from its sense of scope.
I have now completed 3 epic fantasy series, each one of them playing with the idea of “epic“ a different way.
The most constrained one was *absolutely* the hardest and weirdest.
Seems to me that the epic in epic fantasy comes from its sense of scope.
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Nobody wants to hear that the secret to an enduring writing career is:
"Write another book."
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"Write another book."
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The true secret to my long career: As a midlist writer hanging on to my career one book at a time, I can only control the work I do, not outcomes.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
January 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Nobody wants to hear that the secret to an enduring writing career is:
"Write another book."
😆
"Write another book."
😆
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Maybe we can get the LLMs to do our arguing about LLMs for us
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Maybe we can get the LLMs to do our arguing about LLMs for us
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This is why the US has not, at all, acknowledged covid as a mass death event, and part of why it refuses to acknowledge it is also an ongoing mass disabling event (with millions more grieving for the futures it made impossible to them)
THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 AM
This is why the US has not, at all, acknowledged covid as a mass death event, and part of why it refuses to acknowledge it is also an ongoing mass disabling event (with millions more grieving for the futures it made impossible to them)
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Important to note that whatever is happening with management and ownership at CBS News, they still have good journalists doing good work.
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
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January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Important to note that whatever is happening with management and ownership at CBS News, they still have good journalists doing good work.
Elon Musk has not made the world a better place.
"Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her."
In one of the most appalling developments of past day, Elon Musk's AI chatbot desecrated Renee Nicole Good's body. That's in addition to harassing women and sexually exploiting minors. By @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Elon Musk has not made the world a better place.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Vice-president Vance proudly proclaiming his Christianity while also arguing for the propriety of state murder is the sort of thing that has shaped my moral skepticism around religious sentiment.
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Vice-president Vance proudly proclaiming his Christianity while also arguing for the propriety of state murder is the sort of thing that has shaped my moral skepticism around religious sentiment.
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Albeit, "keeping score" is not the point.
Key: Three independent credible, experienced groups of video investigators arrive at the same conclusion.
They're able to do this because the available video is dispositive. The course of events is clearly visible.
Thread has links to each investigation.
Key: Three independent credible, experienced groups of video investigators arrive at the same conclusion.
They're able to do this because the available video is dispositive. The course of events is clearly visible.
Thread has links to each investigation.
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Albeit, "keeping score" is not the point.
Key: Three independent credible, experienced groups of video investigators arrive at the same conclusion.
They're able to do this because the available video is dispositive. The course of events is clearly visible.
Thread has links to each investigation.
Key: Three independent credible, experienced groups of video investigators arrive at the same conclusion.
They're able to do this because the available video is dispositive. The course of events is clearly visible.
Thread has links to each investigation.
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New: DHS is lying to you.
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis. Shots clearly fired while vehicle already turning away from the officer. But DHS lied. Trump lied. Noem lied. Even judges have catalogued DHS' serial lying
www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis. Shots clearly fired while vehicle already turning away from the officer. But DHS lied. Trump lied. Noem lied. Even judges have catalogued DHS' serial lying
www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
New: DHS is lying to you.
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis. Shots clearly fired while vehicle already turning away from the officer. But DHS lied. Trump lied. Noem lied. Even judges have catalogued DHS' serial lying
www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis. Shots clearly fired while vehicle already turning away from the officer. But DHS lied. Trump lied. Noem lied. Even judges have catalogued DHS' serial lying
www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
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A reminder that you are free to look at a video online, decide what it means, and proclaim that to anyone who'll listen. The NYT, NPR, CNN and all other journalists can't do that, out of professional responsibility and their own vulnerability at this moment. Give the journalists time to work.
January 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
A reminder that you are free to look at a video online, decide what it means, and proclaim that to anyone who'll listen. The NYT, NPR, CNN and all other journalists can't do that, out of professional responsibility and their own vulnerability at this moment. Give the journalists time to work.
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We should bring back those final exams where it's just a panel of people asking you questions about your subject
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
We should bring back those final exams where it's just a panel of people asking you questions about your subject