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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i think she's actually evil and i want not prepared for how awful this was
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
i think she's actually evil and i want not prepared for how awful this was
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Ya don't say
Today’s CBO report says US consumers pay 95% of tariffs. 🤡
@brendanvduke.bsky.social
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@brendanvduke.bsky.social
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February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Ya don't say
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You can’t offload emotional labor. Believe me, I’ve tried
February 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
You can’t offload emotional labor. Believe me, I’ve tried
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NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’
US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
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The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
Top medical groups join forces to review vaccine science as CDC faces criticism
The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
www.scientificamerican.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
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UPDATE/SCOOP:
An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.
Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:
An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.
Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:
The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claims
An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump's unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
UPDATE/SCOOP:
An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.
Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:
An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.
Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:
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Massie: "She didn't answer anything. She came here ready to talk about the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq, which seems kind of crazy to me."
February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Massie: "She didn't answer anything. She came here ready to talk about the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq, which seems kind of crazy to me."
Yeah I've had a couple people send this to me today, and your first thing upon getting this should definitely be to Google this dude* annnnnd that picture will get a lot clearer
*without the AI summary, natch
*without the AI summary, natch
I had a prime example of this cross my desk at work today. My immediate thought was "How much of this was written by an actual human being, and how much by ChatGPT telling us how wonderful it is?"
shumer.dev/something-bi...
shumer.dev/something-bi...
Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
shumer.dev
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Yeah I've had a couple people send this to me today, and your first thing upon getting this should definitely be to Google this dude* annnnnd that picture will get a lot clearer
*without the AI summary, natch
*without the AI summary, natch
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I feel like when I was little and a relative I barely knew got me a toy that I was very unexcited about and then they were like “why don’t you like it? I got it for you!” and like… or you could have gotten to know me instead of just grabbing the biggest doll they had and demanding I be happy?
February 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I feel like when I was little and a relative I barely knew got me a toy that I was very unexcited about and then they were like “why don’t you like it? I got it for you!” and like… or you could have gotten to know me instead of just grabbing the biggest doll they had and demanding I be happy?
If you really want to learn about AI hype, please read about my many excellent cats
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
If you really want to learn about AI hype, please read about my many excellent cats
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When you listen to subtext of AI hype, it's clearly a supply-side mentality. The creators have extremely high, sometimes megalomaniacal opinions of themselves and think if they created it, we SHOULD want it for that reason alone. They don't have to think about demand/needs/wants because they're gods
February 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
When you listen to subtext of AI hype, it's clearly a supply-side mentality. The creators have extremely high, sometimes megalomaniacal opinions of themselves and think if they created it, we SHOULD want it for that reason alone. They don't have to think about demand/needs/wants because they're gods
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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One of the nicer celebs I met as a journalist. Doesn't always mean anything, but he was genuinely kind and interested in my work the couple of times we chatted. Loved him in Don't Trust the B----. RIP
James Van Der Beek, who has been battling cancer, has died.
He was 48.
Per TMZ.
He was 48.
Per TMZ.
February 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
One of the nicer celebs I met as a journalist. Doesn't always mean anything, but he was genuinely kind and interested in my work the couple of times we chatted. Loved him in Don't Trust the B----. RIP
The problem is, the hype of AI is always so clearly manufactured. It’s sold as essential but mysteriously so — rarely is it portrayed as making life better; it’s sold as doing things WE want to keep doing. We want it to inventory our fridge and detect cancer, not make music and replace us at work.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The problem is, the hype of AI is always so clearly manufactured. It’s sold as essential but mysteriously so — rarely is it portrayed as making life better; it’s sold as doing things WE want to keep doing. We want it to inventory our fridge and detect cancer, not make music and replace us at work.
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I am constantly forced to confront this at various media gatherings (at one today!) and people still talk about it mythically, hype up edge cases, and when I ask regular AI users how it has dramatically changed their everyday life they say “it’s replaced Google for me,” because it summarizes Google.
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I am constantly forced to confront this at various media gatherings (at one today!) and people still talk about it mythically, hype up edge cases, and when I ask regular AI users how it has dramatically changed their everyday life they say “it’s replaced Google for me,” because it summarizes Google.
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NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat
Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
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The number of times a math teacher—usually well-intentioned!—told me that I would Need This As An Adult…
Do you know how many times in life I’ve actually had to find a cosine? Or how little the quadratic equation has figured into my existence?
Do you know how many times in life I’ve actually had to find a cosine? Or how little the quadratic equation has figured into my existence?
Those who weren’t resigned to the Math Idiot Garbage Bin as kids may not grasp how much “if you’re bad at math, you’ll die in a ditch and all will be better off for it” sentiment was floating around in the 90s and 2000s, but it sure felt real to me.
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The number of times a math teacher—usually well-intentioned!—told me that I would Need This As An Adult…
Do you know how many times in life I’ve actually had to find a cosine? Or how little the quadratic equation has figured into my existence?
Do you know how many times in life I’ve actually had to find a cosine? Or how little the quadratic equation has figured into my existence?
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Rep. Neguse: “The man in that video, the one…allegedly yelling 'kill em' at police officers on Jan. 6. His name is Jared Wise."
Bondi: "He does work for us."
Neguse: "This is who you choose…to hire at DOJ?"
Bondi: "I believe he was pardoned by President Trump."
Bondi: "He does work for us."
Neguse: "This is who you choose…to hire at DOJ?"
Bondi: "I believe he was pardoned by President Trump."
February 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Rep. Neguse: “The man in that video, the one…allegedly yelling 'kill em' at police officers on Jan. 6. His name is Jared Wise."
Bondi: "He does work for us."
Neguse: "This is who you choose…to hire at DOJ?"
Bondi: "I believe he was pardoned by President Trump."
Bondi: "He does work for us."
Neguse: "This is who you choose…to hire at DOJ?"
Bondi: "I believe he was pardoned by President Trump."
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February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
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things have not changed here. please, if you’re not in minnesota, do not look away. please prepare where you are. this is what they’ll do to your community next.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
things have not changed here. please, if you’re not in minnesota, do not look away. please prepare where you are. this is what they’ll do to your community next.
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Marimar Martinez is a hero. Please keep her safe.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
Chicago's U.S. attorney's office has released evidence from the case against Marimar Martinez, pre-empting her press conference later today.
It even released text messages it once claimed would "sully" a Border Patrol agents's rep.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
It even released text messages it once claimed would "sully" a Border Patrol agents's rep.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Border Patrol agents say 'time to get aggressive' in footage that contradicts claims against Marimar Martinez
Martinez is expected to announce a new lawsuit stemming from her Oct. 4 shooting by a Border Patrol agent at a press conference Wednesday. Her attorneys say newly released evidence will show an agent ...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Marimar Martinez is a hero. Please keep her safe.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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People often defend Schumer's limp messaging to me by saying he needs to reach out to the uncommitteds and the undecideds and the fence-sitters.
But you can't do that AT THE EXPENSE OF YOUR BASE. Because if you do, this happens:
But you can't do that AT THE EXPENSE OF YOUR BASE. Because if you do, this happens:
This is a huge deal. After years of leading in fundraising, Dem small donors are (rightly) pissed off at the spam texts and emails, as well as at congressional leadership. Meanwhile, GOP billionaire money is hitting record levels. Perfect storm.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
February 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
People often defend Schumer's limp messaging to me by saying he needs to reach out to the uncommitteds and the undecideds and the fence-sitters.
But you can't do that AT THE EXPENSE OF YOUR BASE. Because if you do, this happens:
But you can't do that AT THE EXPENSE OF YOUR BASE. Because if you do, this happens: