Chuck Wendig
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
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Chuck Wendig
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
· Nov 20
As I am a writer and must peddle my wares lest I die in the abyss, hey! In April 2025, THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS emerges from the fog and the trees and if you wanted to pre-order it from your favorite local bookstore -- or get signed, personalized copies from Doylestown Bookshop -- that'd be nice.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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And if you have an iPhone and you have the sinking realization as the federal agent is bearing down on you that you forgot to disable biometrics: hit the right-side down button 5x very quickly to enter the power down menu.
Reminder- turn biometric locks on your phone OFF, and shift to a passcode if you think you’ll be in any situation where you’d be filming.
A 76-year-old veteran and nurse was tackled and detained at the site of Alex Pretti's killing. Agents told him his phone was evidence in an investigation into him assaulting an officer.
“I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
“I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
And if you have an iPhone and you have the sinking realization as the federal agent is bearing down on you that you forgot to disable biometrics: hit the right-side down button 5x very quickly to enter the power down menu.
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Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
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I thought this was a fake quote.
It's not. It's verbatim. From the head of the Health & Human Services Dept.
The guy in complete control of Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, the CDC, the FDA & the NIH.
This is what 77.2 million Trump voters & ~85 million 3rd party/non-voters enabled.
It's not. It's verbatim. From the head of the Health & Human Services Dept.
The guy in complete control of Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, the CDC, the FDA & the NIH.
This is what 77.2 million Trump voters & ~85 million 3rd party/non-voters enabled.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I thought this was a fake quote.
It's not. It's verbatim. From the head of the Health & Human Services Dept.
The guy in complete control of Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, the CDC, the FDA & the NIH.
This is what 77.2 million Trump voters & ~85 million 3rd party/non-voters enabled.
It's not. It's verbatim. From the head of the Health & Human Services Dept.
The guy in complete control of Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, the CDC, the FDA & the NIH.
This is what 77.2 million Trump voters & ~85 million 3rd party/non-voters enabled.
“The new WILLIAM GIBSON novel, DOORJOCKEY, where the future is run by uhhh people who close the doors of umm giant Roomba cars I guess. In this anything?”
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
“The new WILLIAM GIBSON novel, DOORJOCKEY, where the future is run by uhhh people who close the doors of umm giant Roomba cars I guess. In this anything?”
This feels deeply dystopian and also so ridiculous you can’t even satirize it.
Waymo, Google’s autonomous vehicle company, and DoorDash have launched a pilot program that pays delivery workers, at least in one case, around $10 to travel to a parked Waymo and close its door that a previous passenger left open, according to a joint statement from the company given to 404 Media.
Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars
The companies have launched a pilot program in Atlanta, where “during the rare event a vehicle door is left ajar, preventing the car from departing, nearby Dashers are notified, allowing Waymo to get ...
www.404media.co
February 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This feels deeply dystopian and also so ridiculous you can’t even satirize it.
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Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
February 10, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
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The planet continues to warm from our heat-trapping emissions regardless of how much the government lies about it.
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.
Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The planet continues to warm from our heat-trapping emissions regardless of how much the government lies about it.
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what sucks is i'm seeing this energy filter to the retail side as well and less excitement about books that aren't *already* successes from booksellers! it's the WORST!!
one of my least favorite new publishing "truths" is that books only deserve consistent marketing & publicity if they are already doing well, it's the new "needs experience to get experience" 🤡
February 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
what sucks is i'm seeing this energy filter to the retail side as well and less excitement about books that aren't *already* successes from booksellers! it's the WORST!!
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Best horror book in a generation, I think. It will be taught in college elective classes in the future.
I don't know why BLACK RIVER ORCHARD is on sale for two bucks at your favorite electronic bookmonger, but it is, so if you want a story of suburban folk horror (shut up it is too a thing) where a creepy cult of apple-eaters take over a town and begin, um, changing? Welp, go forth and get after it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Best horror book in a generation, I think. It will be taught in college elective classes in the future.
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My first thought exactly, this is just performative to get any crack in the DHS funding bill. Call your reps and tell them to hold the line.
This victory belongs to the people of Minnesota who have inspired all of us by transforming crisis into action and tragedy into solidarity. People power works.
The timing of this announcement — shortly before Congress votes on a DHS funding bill — is no accident.
The timing of this announcement — shortly before Congress votes on a DHS funding bill — is no accident.
Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota
More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended since the operation began in November, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
My first thought exactly, this is just performative to get any crack in the DHS funding bill. Call your reps and tell them to hold the line.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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somehow it always turns out that the "reasonable conversation" they want to have is "what if AI is a global superintelligence that makes learning irrelevant and subjugates us to its all-knowing beneficent will?" Jeez, Bob, I don't know, what then
February 12, 2026 at 2:52 AM
somehow it always turns out that the "reasonable conversation" they want to have is "what if AI is a global superintelligence that makes learning irrelevant and subjugates us to its all-knowing beneficent will?" Jeez, Bob, I don't know, what then
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Made an annotated version of "Something Big Is Coming" for all of you to enjoy. I hate this guy's writing so much
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw6k5...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw6k5...
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Made an annotated version of "Something Big Is Coming" for all of you to enjoy. I hate this guy's writing so much
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw6k5...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw6k5...
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Keep being sent this completely nonsensical hogslop. It has multiple egregious lies, which is appropriate because he’s a fraud. Back in September 2024 he falsified a bunch of benchmarks to hype up his open source model. Article is total dogshit. I should annotate it venturebeat.com/ai/reflectio...
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Keep being sent this completely nonsensical hogslop. It has multiple egregious lies, which is appropriate because he’s a fraud. Back in September 2024 he falsified a bunch of benchmarks to hype up his open source model. Article is total dogshit. I should annotate it venturebeat.com/ai/reflectio...
That and, to me, his post feels like it feeds the myth of AI inevitability. Like the hype just is a tsunami and there’s little we can do but stand there and wait to be drowned by it.
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
That and, to me, his post feels like it feeds the myth of AI inevitability. Like the hype just is a tsunami and there’s little we can do but stand there and wait to be drowned by it.
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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Rand Paul to ICE officials on Pretti's killing: "Because people within the government made conclusions immediately that he was a terrorist and an assassin, people aren't believing that it's gonna be an honest investigation ... there has to ultimately be repercussions ... it's inexcusable."
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Rand Paul to ICE officials on Pretti's killing: "Because people within the government made conclusions immediately that he was a terrorist and an assassin, people aren't believing that it's gonna be an honest investigation ... there has to ultimately be repercussions ... it's inexcusable."
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Voting for the 2026 Locus Awards is open to everyone! Choose your champions and give a voice to your favorite works and authors of the year.
Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
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February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Voting for the 2026 Locus Awards is open to everyone! Choose your champions and give a voice to your favorite works and authors of the year.
Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
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Gilmore Girls is the best non-streaming, non-cable show of the 21st century and it ranks right up there with the best streaming and cable shows. Amy Sherman-Palladino is the shit.
The episode of Gilmore Girls where the formerly estranged mother/daughter go back to Lorelai’s parents’ house for the first Friday Night Dinner in maybe a whole year on the show and it becomes a “Husbands & Wives” style argument with jump cuts and hand held camerawork: television peaked here
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Gilmore Girls is the best non-streaming, non-cable show of the 21st century and it ranks right up there with the best streaming and cable shows. Amy Sherman-Palladino is the shit.
Dan Francisco, Private Eye
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Dan Francisco, Private Eye