Bill Coberly
@billcoberly.bsky.social
Public defender, writer, mediocre Smash Bros. player.
Substack: billcoberly.substack.com
Substack: billcoberly.substack.com
We are in Will Rogers country right now which is making me again remember his line “I do not belong to an organized political party, I am a Democrat.” Why is this still relevant about 100 years later and after the various switches in politics that have happened?
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We are in Will Rogers country right now which is making me again remember his line “I do not belong to an organized political party, I am a Democrat.” Why is this still relevant about 100 years later and after the various switches in politics that have happened?
What better way to start a Friday than by listening to Joel and I talk about Mason & Dixon? on.soundcloud.com/dhLTLsFPABxW...
Episode Twenty-Eight: Mason & Dixon (November 2025)
Reading too widely and talking too seriously.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
What better way to start a Friday than by listening to Joel and I talk about Mason & Dixon? on.soundcloud.com/dhLTLsFPABxW...
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What if I told you prosecutors were doing this to poor folks in every single courtroom in the country?
The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
What if I told you prosecutors were doing this to poor folks in every single courtroom in the country?
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oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oh my god they actually did it lmao
I have no idea what the takeaway from Mamdani’s victory actually should be; to some extent “young, charismatic guy with Big Ideas beats 70-year-old ghoul running as an Independent” is the least surprising thing in the world, so that might be all it means.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I have no idea what the takeaway from Mamdani’s victory actually should be; to some extent “young, charismatic guy with Big Ideas beats 70-year-old ghoul running as an Independent” is the least surprising thing in the world, so that might be all it means.
Dude opened his speech by quoting Eugene Debs!
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Dude opened his speech by quoting Eugene Debs!
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a good thing happened, looks like! those are occasionally still possible!
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
a good thing happened, looks like! those are occasionally still possible!
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I wrote about the irony of the AI bubble, a phenomenon driven by storytelling and imagination in an industry that has contempt for both
The AI Bubble Is Not a Question. What Happens If It Bursts Is.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I wrote about the irony of the AI bubble, a phenomenon driven by storytelling and imagination in an industry that has contempt for both
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thinking about gene wolfe's coworker being driven mad by potato chips again
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
thinking about gene wolfe's coworker being driven mad by potato chips again
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
Who has a bunch of capital and wants to fund a doomed and unprofitable magazine with me as a sort of vanity project? No one? Not even some wealthy failson trying to annoy his dad? Damn.
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Who has a bunch of capital and wants to fund a doomed and unprofitable magazine with me as a sort of vanity project? No one? Not even some wealthy failson trying to annoy his dad? Damn.
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"One of my dear friends eulogized him as a 'pleasantly bitter creature.' Another described his endealment as 'I want to be in the action but not perceived or interacted with.'" Enjoyed @billcoberly.bsky.social's remembrance of his "brave and silly" dog Theo billcoberly.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
A Little Black Dog
Theo, ca. 2009-2025
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November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"One of my dear friends eulogized him as a 'pleasantly bitter creature.' Another described his endealment as 'I want to be in the action but not perceived or interacted with.'" Enjoyed @billcoberly.bsky.social's remembrance of his "brave and silly" dog Theo billcoberly.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
I wrote a few words about my dog: billcoberly.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
A Little Black Dog
Theo, ca. 2009-2025
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November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I wrote a few words about my dog: billcoberly.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
I regret to announce the passing of Nyarlathotep, called Theo, who lived with me for more than 11 years. He was a good dog, and my friend.
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I regret to announce the passing of Nyarlathotep, called Theo, who lived with me for more than 11 years. He was a good dog, and my friend.
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[Seeing a ball stuck in a mat on TV] "You know what? I should be able to kill people with my car."
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
[Seeing a ball stuck in a mat on TV] "You know what? I should be able to kill people with my car."
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula
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Happy Halloween, everyone. And, uh, some spooky personal news:
👀👻🏚️😱
👀👻🏚️😱
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Happy Halloween, everyone. And, uh, some spooky personal news:
👀👻🏚️😱
👀👻🏚️😱
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Check your kids' candy tonight. Mine brought home a bag of small bones, fine and delicate in the extreme, which upon being disbursed to a flat surface began to assemble themselves into a sinuous multilimbed armature whose continued growth is now accompanied as if by the buzz of approaching pipers.
October 31, 2023 at 9:14 PM
Check your kids' candy tonight. Mine brought home a bag of small bones, fine and delicate in the extreme, which upon being disbursed to a flat surface began to assemble themselves into a sinuous multilimbed armature whose continued growth is now accompanied as if by the buzz of approaching pipers.
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you are under arrest for making me not run you over despite wanting to do that
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
you are under arrest for making me not run you over despite wanting to do that
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conspiracy to make a cop go slow
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
conspiracy to make a cop go slow
Given the news about Mamdani, I feel I should come clean: There are some children in this world who occasionally call me “Uncle Bill.” I am not biologically related to these children, they are just the children of dear friends. I apologize for allowing language to be so misused. Please forgive me.
October 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Given the news about Mamdani, I feel I should come clean: There are some children in this world who occasionally call me “Uncle Bill.” I am not biologically related to these children, they are just the children of dear friends. I apologize for allowing language to be so misused. Please forgive me.
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AR-PHARAZÔN THE GOLDEN: What you have to remember also is he appeared in fair form.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
AR-PHARAZÔN THE GOLDEN: What you have to remember also is he appeared in fair form.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
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CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York