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· Oct 21
Max Gladstone: Dead Hand Rule - Macmillan Publishers
Join award-winning author Max Gladstone for a discussion of his latest novel, Dead Hand Rule, book three of the Craft Wars series.
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We're coming up on the release for DEAD HAND RULE! Come see me and @matociquala.bsky.social on launch day, Oct 28, at @portersqbooks.bsky.social - or on Nov 12 at Pandemonium! us.macmillan.com/tours/max-gl...
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I can't get over studios having a successful, original *ensemble mystery* franchise on their hands and not caring about making more money off of it. It's not even a question of getting distracted by AI bullshit, it's a six-year-old series!
For that matter, giving this and Wake Up Dead Man actual wide releases, when I saw this in theaters the three days Netflix allowed it to play, the screening was packed.
My big opinion about that movie is that if Hollywood were still functional some executive would’ve slammed a fist down on his desk & shouted, “Put that Janelle Monae in EVERYTHING!”
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I can't get over studios having a successful, original *ensemble mystery* franchise on their hands and not caring about making more money off of it. It's not even a question of getting distracted by AI bullshit, it's a six-year-old series!
An analysis that dovetails nicely with what I've seen from other sources incl. Elizabeth Warren's work on the 2 Income Trap.
Source: https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
Why the USA is stressed: in 1963, poverty was defined as family income < 3x food budget. But costs have exploded since 1963, and food is now 5-7% of a budget including health, college, childcare, housing, etc—a realistic food budget multiplier for poverty is 16x, so families under $130K are poor.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
An analysis that dovetails nicely with what I've seen from other sources incl. Elizabeth Warren's work on the 2 Income Trap.
Wait, teachers *prohibit* 6-7?
*closes eyes*
*rubs temples*
*breathes deeply through nose*
*closes eyes*
*rubs temples*
*breathes deeply through nose*
Thing is if teachers want the 6-7 trend to disappear, nothing would do it quicker than kids everywhere knowing that Keir Starmer does it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Wait, teachers *prohibit* 6-7?
*closes eyes*
*rubs temples*
*breathes deeply through nose*
*closes eyes*
*rubs temples*
*breathes deeply through nose*
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Source: https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
Why the USA is stressed: in 1963, poverty was defined as family income < 3x food budget. But costs have exploded since 1963, and food is now 5-7% of a budget including health, college, childcare, housing, etc—a realistic food budget multiplier for poverty is 16x, so families under $130K are poor.
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Source: https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
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My I Am Not Enron T shirt is raising a lot of questions about whether I am Enron
Nvidia refuted accounting questions in a memo to analysts, saying "Unlike Enron, NVIDIA does not use Special Purpose Entities to hide debt and inflate revenue" (Tae Kim/Barron's Online)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My I Am Not Enron T shirt is raising a lot of questions about whether I am Enron
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America gave the world the Internet and now they’re turning it into a useless sewer and I for one welcome the silence of decay the slow fungal overgrowth of analogue reconsuming the information space get me some paper and a damn pigeon
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
America gave the world the Internet and now they’re turning it into a useless sewer and I for one welcome the silence of decay the slow fungal overgrowth of analogue reconsuming the information space get me some paper and a damn pigeon
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me (the third guy to try this shit on john wick): haha skill issue
Seeing dudes try to step to the menswear guy makes me understand better the mentality of the regular Street Punks who keep hassling Kiryu in Act 3 of every Yakuza game when hes got all the abilities unlocked
October 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
me (the third guy to try this shit on john wick): haha skill issue
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November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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"Darkness on the Edge of Town," Bruce Springsteen. youtu.be/0LpdEyGhNxM?...
Darkness On the Edge of Town
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"Darkness on the Edge of Town," Bruce Springsteen. youtu.be/0LpdEyGhNxM?...
I'm not against the idea that some sort of silicon intelligence *might* arise at some point--we're not even nearly there as far as I can tell--but humans are SO programmed to regard things that do not have human agency as if they do have human agency, that this seems like a necessary move
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm not against the idea that some sort of silicon intelligence *might* arise at some point--we're not even nearly there as far as I can tell--but humans are SO programmed to regard things that do not have human agency as if they do have human agency, that this seems like a necessary move
Did all of you know about Radio Paradise but me? Ad-free DJ-orchestrated high audio quality internet radio? Is there a catch I haven't discovered yet?
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Did all of you know about Radio Paradise but me? Ad-free DJ-orchestrated high audio quality internet radio? Is there a catch I haven't discovered yet?
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my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
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I’ve heard there was a chord progression / that David played, for the love of Heaven / but I guess we’re called chord progressions “chords” now / it goes like this: the augIV, the maj7II /now you know what you have to do / click like and subscribe and leave a comment / hallelujah / hallelujah
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I’ve heard there was a chord progression / that David played, for the love of Heaven / but I guess we’re called chord progressions “chords” now / it goes like this: the augIV, the maj7II /now you know what you have to do / click like and subscribe and leave a comment / hallelujah / hallelujah
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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Throwback photos from the New York + Brooklyn portion of @sentencebender.bsky.social 's and my book tour for Apprehension and Red Star Hustle. Thanks so much to @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social for hosting us.
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Throwback photos from the New York + Brooklyn portion of @sentencebender.bsky.social 's and my book tour for Apprehension and Red Star Hustle. Thanks so much to @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social for hosting us.
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Sure but when *he* does it, it looks amazingly evocative, but when *I* do it it looks unfinished so how do you explain that huh Mr Urasawa
The great Naoki Urasawa once said something to the effect of "don't draw so much, let the audience do some of the work!"
And it blew my mind!!!
And it blew my mind!!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sure but when *he* does it, it looks amazingly evocative, but when *I* do it it looks unfinished so how do you explain that huh Mr Urasawa
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
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Going to need to read DEAD HAND RULE again, to fully savor it. An inexorable juggernaut fueled by love, hate, magic, gods, overweening ambition & so many references that felt like they were written for me. Loved it! Thank you @maxgladstone.bsky.social can’t wait for the next volume!
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Going to need to read DEAD HAND RULE again, to fully savor it. An inexorable juggernaut fueled by love, hate, magic, gods, overweening ambition & so many references that felt like they were written for me. Loved it! Thank you @maxgladstone.bsky.social can’t wait for the next volume!
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Was inspired to draw the city of Alt Coulomb from Dead Hand Rule by @maxgladstone.bsky.social 🎨 obviously will be on my end of year fav books list & the creativity of the locations is a big part of that!
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Was inspired to draw the city of Alt Coulomb from Dead Hand Rule by @maxgladstone.bsky.social 🎨 obviously will be on my end of year fav books list & the creativity of the locations is a big part of that!
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A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods...
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
Crispin's Model - Reactor
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods...
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
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“surely the capitalist puppetmaster is too suave and sophisticated to believe this rabblerousing bullshit—” Comrade I am asking you to imagine that a lot of money does not make a man any better and in fact may help him get worse.
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“surely the capitalist puppetmaster is too suave and sophisticated to believe this rabblerousing bullshit—” Comrade I am asking you to imagine that a lot of money does not make a man any better and in fact may help him get worse.
For your consideration. I think FT's an important writer and if he's willing to stay here, he should be able to.
For over a year now I’ve worked so hard and tried everything I could to avoid this. But I couldn’t save enough, so here we are.
I made a Gofundme. Depending on the outcome I will either hire an expensive immigration lawyer and give it one more try, or pack up and use the money to start over.
I made a Gofundme. Depending on the outcome I will either hire an expensive immigration lawyer and give it one more try, or pack up and use the money to start over.
Donate to Help FT Stay Here...Or Start over, organized by F Theory
Short version first:
I’m an undocumented freelancer/gig worker with no health insu… F Theory needs your support for Help FT Stay Here...Or Start over
www.gofundme.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For your consideration. I think FT's an important writer and if he's willing to stay here, he should be able to.
very Oscar Isaac face: "somehow, vine has returned"
Vine reboot called diVine has been launched 📱
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
very Oscar Isaac face: "somehow, vine has returned"