Jonathan Gensler
@jongensler.bsky.social
Stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Creepy Pod, On Spec Mag, & others. Shaolin Kempo. Snowboarding. Drums. Army vet. Dad.
Facts.
Whew, this @denversnow.bsky.social is wet like spring snow. Be careful out there.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Facts.
When I studied nuclear engineering at West Point, the exams were open book too. Because you still have to know how to use the book and where to find tables and endless nucleotide decay patterns.
when I was a college adjunct, I made every quiz, every test, everything open book/open notes because that's how life works and I wasn't teaching nuclear engineering or gallbladder surgery.
as a college professor who has to deal with accommodations every semester: who gives a fuck. it's fine. cheesus fuck, let the kids have an extra 30 minutes on an hour long test, literally what in the world does it fucking matter.
get real problems, cheesus fuck
get real problems, cheesus fuck
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When I studied nuclear engineering at West Point, the exams were open book too. Because you still have to know how to use the book and where to find tables and endless nucleotide decay patterns.
Good book day yesterday. Horror and violence.
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Good book day yesterday. Horror and violence.
I have seen recent calls for an AI "cleanse" with #NoAIDecember, and I have something even better for you: #NoAIEver. It just makes everything about life worse. Let the tech oligarchs, who would purchase every last second of your attention if they could, let them rot.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I have seen recent calls for an AI "cleanse" with #NoAIDecember, and I have something even better for you: #NoAIEver. It just makes everything about life worse. Let the tech oligarchs, who would purchase every last second of your attention if they could, let them rot.
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AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re-
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
January 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re-
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
Listening to this for the perfect writing vibe today.
Gustavo Santaolalla - The Last of Us, from "The Last of Us Part I" Soundtrack
YouTube video by The Last of Us | Fansite
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Listening to this for the perfect writing vibe today.
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Stuck in place you don’t want to be this Thanksgiving? I got you! Like every year, I can be your boss, angry/needy boyfriend, friend in trouble, the mob, or whatever you need on the phone. Also happy to yell at your racist uncle. Price? Purchase a copy of this beauty! Rescue and a book, baby.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Stuck in place you don’t want to be this Thanksgiving? I got you! Like every year, I can be your boss, angry/needy boyfriend, friend in trouble, the mob, or whatever you need on the phone. Also happy to yell at your racist uncle. Price? Purchase a copy of this beauty! Rescue and a book, baby.
indeed. never have. never will.
Said it before will say it again: never used it. Won’t use it. I will go into the woods and become mulch before I use it.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
indeed. never have. never will.
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Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money
If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
My absolute favorite book of all time!
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My absolute favorite book of all time!
…and DHS while we’re at it. Ling since served its heinous purpose in the wake of fear after 9/11.
Abolish ICE. Now
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
…and DHS while we’re at it. Ling since served its heinous purpose in the wake of fear after 9/11.
Congrats, @xavilawrites.bsky.social!
I'm SO excited for yall to read, "A Witch in Robstown," my short story inspired by the legend of La Lechuza🦉🖤
Here's some news @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and I have been dying to share! ENCOUNTERS WITH CRYPTIDS will be out 02/14/26! Featuring stories by @xavilawrites.bsky.social, @calebbethea.bsky.social, @cavaterra.bsky.social, @authorlevai.bsky.social, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social and many more!
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Congrats, @xavilawrites.bsky.social!
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I'm SO excited for yall to read, "A Witch in Robstown," my short story inspired by the legend of La Lechuza🦉🖤
Here's some news @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and I have been dying to share! ENCOUNTERS WITH CRYPTIDS will be out 02/14/26! Featuring stories by @xavilawrites.bsky.social, @calebbethea.bsky.social, @cavaterra.bsky.social, @authorlevai.bsky.social, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social and many more!
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm SO excited for yall to read, "A Witch in Robstown," my short story inspired by the legend of La Lechuza🦉🖤
I guess I’ve made it as a writer: I finally received the coveted marketing scam email, wanting to share a great magazine where I have placed a few stories with their “reading club” for a nominal author participation fee!
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I guess I’ve made it as a writer: I finally received the coveted marketing scam email, wanting to share a great magazine where I have placed a few stories with their “reading club” for a nominal author participation fee!
Utterly laughable, in the saddest, most pathetic manner possible. Treating this like a shitty, gauche golf club.
Fuckin' hell these assholes are losers
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Utterly laughable, in the saddest, most pathetic manner possible. Treating this like a shitty, gauche golf club.
Dropping off my ballot right now! Thanks for the reminder!
Done. Unless of course I’m a big faker who accosted/mugged someone for their sticker …
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Dropping off my ballot right now! Thanks for the reminder!
You’re not the only one who did this!
Fun fact about this gif:
I had to see a therapist for a while when I was a kid in part because I thought it’d be cool to recreate this moment from THE CROW with lighter fluid on a friend’s neighbor’s driveway.
(It was cool.)
I had to see a therapist for a while when I was a kid in part because I thought it’d be cool to recreate this moment from THE CROW with lighter fluid on a friend’s neighbor’s driveway.
(It was cool.)
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a GIF
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You’re not the only one who did this!
Let’s keep this growing! Surely we can reach 10k this year!
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Let’s keep this growing! Surely we can reach 10k this year!
So much that some of us abandon the church entirely.
i cannot personally imagine how much normal christians, if they exist, loathe evangelicals
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So much that some of us abandon the church entirely.
This newest bit of beautiful word noise from @rsljnr.bsky.social just ripped open my mind. You should let it rip yours open too. Join us.
"It took me a long time to acclimate to my bog eye. If you are not a mutant like me, what you see and hear and feel is what you are...Mutants like me are the inverse."
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This newest bit of beautiful word noise from @rsljnr.bsky.social just ripped open my mind. You should let it rip yours open too. Join us.
Hot damn it feels great to be back training in the dojo after 5 weeks with a broken toe encapsulated in a rigid boot.
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Hot damn it feels great to be back training in the dojo after 5 weeks with a broken toe encapsulated in a rigid boot.
Seriously. It is not difficult to avoid the plagiarism machines.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Seriously. It is not difficult to avoid the plagiarism machines.
Q: So am I supposed to just go get every version of this that comes out? (Each individual comic, each of the three volumes, and now the omnibus?)
A: Yeah, dummy.
A: Yeah, dummy.
the cloth/hardcover of the omnibus, man it's beautiful. and? HEAVY.
A group of #Indigenous outcasts have discovered a time-travel portal.
To reverse the apocalypse, they're on a mission to kill Christopher Columbus.
This edition of #Earthdivers is signed by @sgj.bsky.social & will be a staple for any #collection: ow.ly/HOry50XjjCE
#EarthdiversOmnibus #SciFiComics
To reverse the apocalypse, they're on a mission to kill Christopher Columbus.
This edition of #Earthdivers is signed by @sgj.bsky.social & will be a staple for any #collection: ow.ly/HOry50XjjCE
#EarthdiversOmnibus #SciFiComics
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Q: So am I supposed to just go get every version of this that comes out? (Each individual comic, each of the three volumes, and now the omnibus?)
A: Yeah, dummy.
A: Yeah, dummy.
My new immersive musical, GHOSTS OF THE ESSEX, FRIDAY OCTOBER 31, 2025, 6PM. Hollywood California, RSVP to [email protected] to get the full address and link to online viewing.
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My new immersive musical, GHOSTS OF THE ESSEX, FRIDAY OCTOBER 31, 2025, 6PM. Hollywood California, RSVP to [email protected] to get the full address and link to online viewing.
Tells you everything you need to know about Cuomo and how much he loves NY (which would be not at all).
I think Florida is a good move for Cuomo. There are still of lot of elderly people he hasn't killed yet.
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tells you everything you need to know about Cuomo and how much he loves NY (which would be not at all).