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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 6h

Fair enough. True that.

Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 23h

You think they'll stop at that? You're optimistic.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 23h

So, I appear to have drafted something by accident that I genuinely never thought I'd ever write.

I appear to have drafted the first chapter of a contemporary romance novel.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder how all those white nationalist militias that live in Idaho will react.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 2d

Morning Funny People ☕ 🙃

This week on Sci-Fi Thursdays: Brian Aldiss

A figure of British New Wave Aldiss' best-known works include the Helliconia Trilogy and the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," which served as the basis for the 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 3d

#Podcast
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The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow

YouTube video by Adam Conover

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 3d

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It's Wednesday. Here's Adam.

Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 4d

*whispers* Because it was...

European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 4d

The tide is turning. Just 13 per cent of young people think Brexit was right - and fewer than one in five under 50 agree. A clear majority of Britons now believe leaving the EU was a mistake.

Attacks on migrants will not return Tories to power, Lord Heseltine warns Badenoch

Lord Heseltine warning comes as Robert Jenrick is caught up in a racism row

www.independent.co.uk

Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 4d

Easy to get mad at things you're incapable of understanding.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 4d

Paul Thomas Anderson's celebrated family drama and political thriller is far from the "apologia for radical left-wing terrorism" its conservative critics claim it is.

Right-Wingers Are Getting Mad at (and Misunderstanding) 'One Battle After Another'

Conservative critics and commentators like Ben Shapiro are complaining about, and misunderstanding, Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another."

www.rollingstone.com

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 4d

The creature is a fascinating and sympathetic character, for sure. But Victor's descent into a form of rage and vengeance-driven madness from having been a curiosity-driven, almost idealist is pitiful. Those last paragraphs of his narrative, before Walton takes over again, are heartbreaking.

Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 4d

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This Week's Tuesday Title: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The tale of Victor Frankenstein's foolhardy quest to create life, only for it to lead to his undoing, remains as haunting and captivating as when I first read it at nine-years-old.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 5d

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Spidey thinking he needs coffee, pillows, and a week inside a sensory deprivation tank.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 7d

What's the fucking point?

Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 7d

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 8d

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This Week on Author Fridays: Genndy Tartokovsky

The mind behind Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Primal, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and The Hotel Transylvania franchise, Tartokovsky is a master of animation.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 9d

Posting this for no reason...except my own amusement.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 9d

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This week on Sci-Fi Thursdays: Harlan Ellison

Dubbed the "Gadfly of Science Fiction," Ellison was among the most prolific, decorated, and controversial authors in speculative fiction, best remembered for his short stories.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 10d

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It's Wednesday. Here's Bill.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 11d

Good luck. There's no point, of course, because the right-wing's idea of compromise is acquiescence without a single concession, but at least you're trying.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 11d

There are a lot of things in Japan that could improve America.

There's a reason so many future societies in movies look the way Japan is now.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

The Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven is betting billions of dollars that it can expand its business in the U.S. by making its convenience stores more like the food meccas they are in Japan. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

An outside view of a sliding door into a brightly lit 7-Eleven, with a person walking past. A headline reads: "Is America Ready for Japanese-Style 7-Elevens?"

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 11d

Dude if the Democratic Party has a place for anti-trans and anti-abortion candidates then I’m not a democrat and I won’t vote for one

I don’t know what to tell you man, there’s already a political party who believes these things

It’s not a “big tent” to have zero fixed values in pursuit of power

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 11d

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This Week's Tuesday Title: Ink by Jonathan Maberry

When residents of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania start losing their memories, newly minted residents Monk Addison and his tattoo artist Paddy Cakes set about to uncover why—hoping they're still recoverable.

Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 13d

I've been struggling to find a good way to pitch this surprise novel I'm working on (I'm 10k in now, so I'm definitely going to finish it), and pithy words, thus far, have failed me.

So I did the next best thing: I made a mood board for it.

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Ian Martínez Cassmeyer @iansmc.bsky.social · 14d

Look what came in the mail today ...

Going to finally see what all the fuss is about with #absolutebatman.
#comicbooks #dccomics #batman #absoluteuniverse

Cover of Absolute Batman Trade Edition Number #1 The Zoo

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