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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People really need to understand that the primary process is where you cement power. When standard Republicans started to get primaried for Tea Party fuckos, things went downhill fast.
We have the chance this year to not only take back the House (or if we're dreaming, even the Senate), but to primary the hell of a lot of D losers and shift the party significantly to the left. We have the chance to lean on ALL of our reps to actually do something.
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
People really need to understand that the primary process is where you cement power. When standard Republicans started to get primaried for Tea Party fuckos, things went downhill fast.
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Wild that a sitting member of Congress, a Republican no less, feels compelled to post this.
February 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Wild that a sitting member of Congress, a Republican no less, feels compelled to post this.
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I’d personally characterize this position as pro-ICE. Rein in can mean a lot of things, to downsize or narrow authority—certainly “training”—but given the very popular demand to dismantle it entirely, this framing suggests that all people really want is for Democrats to “control” ICE.
This is why there must be a full, independent investigation of every incident that ICE has been involved in. DHS and this administration cannot be trusted to carry out investigations on their own.
And it’s why Democrats are fighting to rein in ICE.
And it’s why Democrats are fighting to rein in ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I’d personally characterize this position as pro-ICE. Rein in can mean a lot of things, to downsize or narrow authority—certainly “training”—but given the very popular demand to dismantle it entirely, this framing suggests that all people really want is for Democrats to “control” ICE.
Oh goddamnit
And today comes news that, unsurprisingly, Disney has also opted out of the Anthropic settlement.
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Oh goddamnit
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Breaking:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
February 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Breaking:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
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Here’s this week’s Better Offline monologue. I walk you through why Matt Shumer’s “Something Big Is Coming” is deceptive misinformation peddled by a grifter, and why everybody who boosted or republished it should be ashamed of themselves.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Monologue: No, Something Big Isn't Coming
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 02/13/2026 · Bonus · 7m
podcasts.apple.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Here’s this week’s Better Offline monologue. I walk you through why Matt Shumer’s “Something Big Is Coming” is deceptive misinformation peddled by a grifter, and why everybody who boosted or republished it should be ashamed of themselves.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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it's not the worst thing AI is doing but: i love cat videos so much and it's so annoying that people are posting ai cat videos now
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
it's not the worst thing AI is doing but: i love cat videos so much and it's so annoying that people are posting ai cat videos now
I sure hope we get to find out what movie this is.
Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I sure hope we get to find out what movie this is.
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KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 AM
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
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🏆 Heeeyyy — my gatefold drawing for THE INVISIBLE PARADE just won Gold from the 14th Annual Infected By Art Jury. Many thanks to them! Congratulations to all fellow artists selected for this year’s Annual.
Click thumbnail to see full artwork. Over four feet long. All graphite. 100% human. 0% AI. 1/
Click thumbnail to see full artwork. Over four feet long. All graphite. 100% human. 0% AI. 1/
February 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
🏆 Heeeyyy — my gatefold drawing for THE INVISIBLE PARADE just won Gold from the 14th Annual Infected By Art Jury. Many thanks to them! Congratulations to all fellow artists selected for this year’s Annual.
Click thumbnail to see full artwork. Over four feet long. All graphite. 100% human. 0% AI. 1/
Click thumbnail to see full artwork. Over four feet long. All graphite. 100% human. 0% AI. 1/
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The Border Patrol agents lied. They always lie. And they lie to destroy other people's lives for fun.
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, Bitch'
Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times.
www.huffpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
The Border Patrol agents lied. They always lie. And they lie to destroy other people's lives for fun.
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
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to use an overused sports metaphor, i think aoc has "intangibles." you cant quite measure it, but its the inspiring x factor that separates a loyal vote for the nominee vs a diehard vote for someone you believe in. i think those intangibles cut through to normies and win races.
I’m with you. Fuck winnability and consultants. Give me someone genuine with fire and no fucks to give who will tear it all down and build something better, to fight for and with.
If we’re going to lose, I’d rather feel good about leaving it all on the field, than play it safe and lose anyway.
If we’re going to lose, I’d rather feel good about leaving it all on the field, than play it safe and lose anyway.
February 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
to use an overused sports metaphor, i think aoc has "intangibles." you cant quite measure it, but its the inspiring x factor that separates a loyal vote for the nominee vs a diehard vote for someone you believe in. i think those intangibles cut through to normies and win races.
Still happening? Still happening. 🍏🍎🦷
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 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Still happening? Still happening. 🍏🍎🦷
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Today's blend is A Green Dragon's Flourish. It was the #DragonCon 2025 tea by @dryadtea.bsky.social. I"m listening to The Staircase in the Woods by @chuckwendig.bsky.social. I'm just meeting the characters but I can sense a spooky mystery is coming. #booksky #teasky ☕️🫖🍵 💙📚 🎧📚
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Today's blend is A Green Dragon's Flourish. It was the #DragonCon 2025 tea by @dryadtea.bsky.social. I"m listening to The Staircase in the Woods by @chuckwendig.bsky.social. I'm just meeting the characters but I can sense a spooky mystery is coming. #booksky #teasky ☕️🫖🍵 💙📚 🎧📚
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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Helped the House Pass the SAVE Act. It Could Disenfranchise Millions of Voters | This will "create sweeping new ‘show your papers’ residency and voter ID requirements that could block hundreds of thousands of eligible Pennsylvanians from participating in our democracy.”
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Helped the House Pass the SAVE Act. It Could Disenfranchise Millions of Voters - Bucks County Beacon
“The SAVE America Act would create sweeping new ‘show your papers’ residency and voter ID requirements that could block hundreds of thousands of eligible Pennsylvanians from participating in our democ...
buckscountybeacon.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Helped the House Pass the SAVE Act. It Could Disenfranchise Millions of Voters | This will "create sweeping new ‘show your papers’ residency and voter ID requirements that could block hundreds of thousands of eligible Pennsylvanians from participating in our democracy.”
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New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
The Art of Haunting
The email was innocuous enough. A woman wrote to me explaining how her partner had been talking about my work and how much he’d enjoyed it—in particular, he’d remembered me giving a TEDx talk about gh...
www.vqronline.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
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Democrats: Shut down DHS this week. You won't get this chance again. #ICE #DHS #shutdown #AlexPretti www.jezebel.com/dhs-shutdown...
Splinter: Democrats, Shut Down DHS This Week. You Won't Get This Chance Again.
Don't run from the blame for shutting down DHS. Embrace the popularity of reforming a department Americans believe is out of control.
www.jezebel.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Democrats: Shut down DHS this week. You won't get this chance again. #ICE #DHS #shutdown #AlexPretti www.jezebel.com/dhs-shutdown...
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we live in a country where the secretary of HHS declaring that he snorts cocaine off toilet seats isn't even a news item
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
we live in a country where the secretary of HHS declaring that he snorts cocaine off toilet seats isn't even a news item
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Speed-running the Washington Post strategy.
News: The Bari Weiss-led CBS News is set to slash its staff by at least 15% in the coming months, according to people briefed on the network's layoff plans.
More details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...
More details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...
The Coming CBS News Cuts
As CBS News staff quietly brace for another round of layoffs, Status has learned key new details about the cuts executives are planning behind the scenes.
www.status.news
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Speed-running the Washington Post strategy.
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there's a lot of reason to doubt him!
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
February 13, 2026 at 5:13 AM
there's a lot of reason to doubt him!
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
Give this post a publishing deal immediately
shooting up contraband cancer mRNA vaccine behind the Cyber Arby’s in 2034. the Ring camera on the Wells Fargo across the street recognizes my shape using LIDAR and releases an HHS sanctioned Bobby’s Bullet Buddy drone that shoots each of my nuts clean off one at a time
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Give this post a publishing deal immediately
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Good to see this white nationalist won’t be confirmed to a post in the State Department:
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Utah Sen. John Curtis is sinking Jeremy Carl's nomination for a State Department post
Jeremy Carl was grilled at a Senate confirmation hearing.
www.politico.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Good to see this white nationalist won’t be confirmed to a post in the State Department:
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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“…in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane, according to people familiar with the incident.”
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 AM
“…in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane, according to people familiar with the incident.”
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I endorse the Pak Plan
When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I endorse the Pak Plan