David D. Levine
@daviddlevine.com
Hugo- and Nebula-winning writer of THE KUIPER BELT JOB, the ARABELLA OF MARS trilogy, and over 60 science fiction and fantasy stories. He/him.
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David D. Levine
@daviddlevine.com
· Nov 16
My most recent novel is space opera caper novel THE KUIPER BELT JOB and you can learn all about it, including where to buy it, here: daviddlevine.com/story/the-ku...
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
Mike Johnson seems bound and determined to invoke the Streisand Effect on Trump's illegal orders.
The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders.
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew That Question Wide Open
From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Mike Johnson seems bound and determined to invoke the Streisand Effect on Trump's illegal orders.
I just heard about the "Frieran angle" thing and I thought at first it was something like a "Dutch angle." Haha yeah no.
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I just heard about the "Frieran angle" thing and I thought at first it was something like a "Dutch angle." Haha yeah no.
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Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
From Thanksgiving to "Cyber Monday," boycott Amazon, Target, and Home Depot. Hit the fascists where it hurts…in the wallet. #WeAintBuyingIt
Between Thursday and next Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From Thanksgiving to "Cyber Monday," boycott Amazon, Target, and Home Depot. Hit the fascists where it hurts…in the wallet. #WeAintBuyingIt
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This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
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New blog post. :) Short version: "We are on the cusp of an age of unreality, and the danger it poses to us, and to the planet we inhabit, is enormous."
theodoragoss.com/2025/11/23/t...
theodoragoss.com/2025/11/23/t...
The Real and the Unreal: A Manifesto
When I was in college, the task of the researcher was to find information. When I was in graduate school, it was to sort through information. This spring, when my students arrive at the university,…
theodoragoss.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New blog post. :) Short version: "We are on the cusp of an age of unreality, and the danger it poses to us, and to the planet we inhabit, is enormous."
theodoragoss.com/2025/11/23/t...
theodoragoss.com/2025/11/23/t...
This thoughtful thread from the always-brilliant Derek Guy discusses how we ought to strive to behave in society, via Christianity, chastity, propriety, and fashion.
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This thoughtful thread from the always-brilliant Derek Guy discusses how we ought to strive to behave in society, via Christianity, chastity, propriety, and fashion.
I'm not even sure where I'm "from." Where I was born? Where I grew up? Where I live now?
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm not even sure where I'm "from." Where I was born? Where I grew up? Where I live now?
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Good news, and the culmination of years of research into preventing food allergies.
The article doesn’t mention it, but the original impetus for this research came from an alumnus of my high school, Gideon Lack. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
The article doesn’t mention it, but the original impetus for this research came from an alumnus of my high school, Gideon Lack. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good news, and the culmination of years of research into preventing food allergies.
The article doesn’t mention it, but the original impetus for this research came from an alumnus of my high school, Gideon Lack. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
The article doesn’t mention it, but the original impetus for this research came from an alumnus of my high school, Gideon Lack. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
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Right now, talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Right now, talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
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Yet another example of how one party's decision to use AI results in a bunch of pointless work for the other party.
The sheer amount of labour this editor had to do to *not* get a real writer with a useful pitch, in a world where so many actual real writers are looking for work!
The sheer amount of labour this editor had to do to *not* get a real writer with a useful pitch, in a world where so many actual real writers are looking for work!
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yet another example of how one party's decision to use AI results in a bunch of pointless work for the other party.
The sheer amount of labour this editor had to do to *not* get a real writer with a useful pitch, in a world where so many actual real writers are looking for work!
The sheer amount of labour this editor had to do to *not* get a real writer with a useful pitch, in a world where so many actual real writers are looking for work!
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Excellent speech by @charliejane.bsky.social about imagination in service to society. Great stuff.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Excellent speech by @charliejane.bsky.social about imagination in service to society. Great stuff.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Solvang, California is leaning hard into its Danish heritage.
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Solvang, California is leaning hard into its Danish heritage.
Cartoon by Tom Tomorrow. Now available as a t-shirt! tomtomorrow.threadless.com/designs/quiet-…
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cartoon by Tom Tomorrow. Now available as a t-shirt! tomtomorrow.threadless.com/designs/quiet-…
At PDX heading to Santa Barbara for a friend's wedding. There will be square dancing!
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
At PDX heading to Santa Barbara for a friend's wedding. There will be square dancing!
The completely remodeled Portland Art Museum has reopened, and it's fabulous!
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The completely remodeled Portland Art Museum has reopened, and it's fabulous!
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Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
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FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Paul McCartney is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Paul McCartney is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Portlanders Are Finally Allowed to Put Pizza Boxes in Their Recycling
Portlanders Are Finally Allowed to Put Pizza Boxes in Their Recycling
Dr. Know has a pleasant surprise for a suspicious reader.
www.wweek.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Portlanders Are Finally Allowed to Put Pizza Boxes in Their Recycling