Dave Mason Writes
@davemasonwrites.bsky.social
Author of historical fiction: Between the Clouds and the River (2024 / 14 literary awards) and EO-N (2020 / 20+ literary awards / film+TV rights acquired). Ex-design / SaaS guy. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 CVT / YUL / YVR / ORD / YHZ / BZN davemasonwrites.com
Libraries rock.
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Libraries rock.
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Republicans 2008: Obama will take away your guns!
Trump 2026: You can't have guns.
Can't make this shit up.
Trump 2026: You can't have guns.
Can't make this shit up.
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Republicans 2008: Obama will take away your guns!
Trump 2026: You can't have guns.
Can't make this shit up.
Trump 2026: You can't have guns.
Can't make this shit up.
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4.53 stars on @thestorygraph.com
MOODS
Adventurous: 100%
Emotional: 75%
Hopeful: 75%
Tense: 75%
Challenging: 50%
Dark: 50%
Informative: 50%
Inspiring: 50%
Sad: 50%
Mysterious: 25%
Acquired for film and television.
#historicalfiction
MOODS
Adventurous: 100%
Emotional: 75%
Hopeful: 75%
Tense: 75%
Challenging: 50%
Dark: 50%
Informative: 50%
Inspiring: 50%
Sad: 50%
Mysterious: 25%
Acquired for film and television.
#historicalfiction
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
4.53 stars on @thestorygraph.com
MOODS
Adventurous: 100%
Emotional: 75%
Hopeful: 75%
Tense: 75%
Challenging: 50%
Dark: 50%
Informative: 50%
Inspiring: 50%
Sad: 50%
Mysterious: 25%
Acquired for film and television.
#historicalfiction
MOODS
Adventurous: 100%
Emotional: 75%
Hopeful: 75%
Tense: 75%
Challenging: 50%
Dark: 50%
Informative: 50%
Inspiring: 50%
Sad: 50%
Mysterious: 25%
Acquired for film and television.
#historicalfiction
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
4.53 stars on @thestorygraph.com
MOODS
Adventurous: 100%
Emotional: 75%
Hopeful: 75%
Tense: 75%
Challenging: 50%
Dark: 50%
Informative: 50%
Inspiring: 50%
Sad: 50%
Mysterious: 25%
Acquired for film and television.
#historicalfiction
MOODS
Adventurous: 100%
Emotional: 75%
Hopeful: 75%
Tense: 75%
Challenging: 50%
Dark: 50%
Informative: 50%
Inspiring: 50%
Sad: 50%
Mysterious: 25%
Acquired for film and television.
#historicalfiction
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
4.53 stars on @thestorygraph.com
MOODS
Adventurous: 100%
Emotional: 75%
Hopeful: 75%
Tense: 75%
Challenging: 50%
Dark: 50%
Informative: 50%
Inspiring: 50%
Sad: 50%
Mysterious: 25%
Acquired for film and television.
#historicalfiction
MOODS
Adventurous: 100%
Emotional: 75%
Hopeful: 75%
Tense: 75%
Challenging: 50%
Dark: 50%
Informative: 50%
Inspiring: 50%
Sad: 50%
Mysterious: 25%
Acquired for film and television.
#historicalfiction
Republicans 2008: Obama will take away your guns!
Trump 2026: You can't have guns.
Can't make this shit up.
Trump 2026: You can't have guns.
Can't make this shit up.
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Republicans 2008: Obama will take away your guns!
Trump 2026: You can't have guns.
Can't make this shit up.
Trump 2026: You can't have guns.
Can't make this shit up.
That defense got Nuremberg defendants executed.
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 11:15 PM
That defense got Nuremberg defendants executed.
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ICE Agent Stuffs Sock Under Mask To Give Himself Chin
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent Stuffs Sock Under Mask To Give Himself Chin
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best books I've ever read. It asks us to consider our time on this earth: the people we meet, the paths we take, the choices we make, the love we share. Powerful, moving, unforgettable." Janet / Goodreads
#historicalfiction
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January 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best books I've ever read. It asks us to consider our time on this earth: the people we meet, the paths we take, the choices we make, the love we share. Powerful, moving, unforgettable." Janet / Goodreads
#historicalfiction
#historicalfiction
There’s no fixing this. It needs to be eliminated.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 8:53 PM
There’s no fixing this. It needs to be eliminated.
Nah.
From the Editorial Board: You don’t need to share the Vances’ political views to be happy for them.
Editorial: A baby at 1 Observatory Circle
A new life is a reason for hope, a moment that invites optimism about the future. We wish Usha and the Vance family well.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Nah.
Gregstapo says what?
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 27, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Gregstapo says what?
Does he get to keep the Nazi costume?
Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social.
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Does he get to keep the Nazi costume?
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best books I've ever read. It asks us to consider our time on this earth: the people we meet, the paths we take, the choices we make, the love we share. Powerful, moving, unforgettable." Janet / Goodreads
#historicalfiction
#historicalfiction
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best books I've ever read. It asks us to consider our time on this earth: the people we meet, the paths we take, the choices we make, the love we share. Powerful, moving, unforgettable." Janet / Goodreads
#historicalfiction
#historicalfiction
Uhhh... there is no "public trust."
The dam is breaking, GOP senator from Utah edition...
January 26, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Uhhh... there is no "public trust."
Kash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want."
January 6 rioters (now possibly ICE agents): "Locked and loaded."
January 6 rioters (now possibly ICE agents): "Locked and loaded."
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Kash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want."
January 6 rioters (now possibly ICE agents): "Locked and loaded."
January 6 rioters (now possibly ICE agents): "Locked and loaded."
Either he's a total fucking liar or a total fucking idiot. There's no in-between.
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Either he's a total fucking liar or a total fucking idiot. There's no in-between.
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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I really can't state this enough.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I really can't state this enough.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
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“Really hit home… an absolutely gripping story that starts with two characters so far apart you can't even begin to imagine the connection. By the end, you can't help but think that it was just a great piece of writing. You won't be disappointed.” Goodreads/USA
#historicalfiction #filmandtelevision
#historicalfiction #filmandtelevision
January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
“Really hit home… an absolutely gripping story that starts with two characters so far apart you can't even begin to imagine the connection. By the end, you can't help but think that it was just a great piece of writing. You won't be disappointed.” Goodreads/USA
#historicalfiction #filmandtelevision
#historicalfiction #filmandtelevision
We are a nation of laws. For white people.
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
We are a nation of laws. For white people.