Lee Whiteside
@mrsftv.bsky.social
SFTV Guru, AZSF.org, sftv.org. Long time conrunner and fan.
45 years ago tonight, Tempe, AZ. Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band. A four hour show. Most of it captured on video. Here's how he opened his second set with references to local car dealer Tex Earnhardt. youtu.be/YdLC-sG4f4U?...
Bruce Springsteen - No Money Down (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
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November 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
45 years ago tonight, Tempe, AZ. Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band. A four hour show. Most of it captured on video. Here's how he opened his second set with references to local car dealer Tex Earnhardt. youtu.be/YdLC-sG4f4U?...
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OH AND HEY-- ALSO one week from tonight I'll be at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social talking with the ever-wonderful @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social about writing and dinosaurs and GOD'S JUNK DRAWER. Stop by! Ask questions! Get books signed! Far away? Order books to get signed and sent to you!
In-Store Event-- Peter Clines discussing GOD'S JUNK DRAWER with Jonathan Maberry
An independent bookstore specializing in sci-fi, fantasy, horror, mystery, and romance.
mystgalaxy.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
OH AND HEY-- ALSO one week from tonight I'll be at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social talking with the ever-wonderful @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social about writing and dinosaurs and GOD'S JUNK DRAWER. Stop by! Ask questions! Get books signed! Far away? Order books to get signed and sent to you!
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I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
Five trick or treaters so far. Much slower than last year so far.
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Five trick or treaters so far. Much slower than last year so far.
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Hey. Just wanted to remind y'all that this is coming. Look. Look! I convinced Wizards of the Coast to let me write a print MAGIC THE GATHERING novel!
October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hey. Just wanted to remind y'all that this is coming. Look. Look! I convinced Wizards of the Coast to let me write a print MAGIC THE GATHERING novel!
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Got some Hot! Fresh! Seasonal! PSL-Scented! Spooky-season deals on my relevant books from around the 'web! Okay they're NOT fragranced like that weird-ass garlic book, but hey: you won't have to quarantine them in plastic wrap and bury them in the yard.
www.cheriepriest.com/blog/spooky-...
www.cheriepriest.com/blog/spooky-...
Spooky Season Deals — The Haunt*
Updated 10/22! I’ve been meaning to do something like this for awhile but I keep forgetting - and now, here on a weekend, I finally have some time to sit down and queue up some promotions from aroun...
www.cheriepriest.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Got some Hot! Fresh! Seasonal! PSL-Scented! Spooky-season deals on my relevant books from around the 'web! Okay they're NOT fragranced like that weird-ass garlic book, but hey: you won't have to quarantine them in plastic wrap and bury them in the yard.
www.cheriepriest.com/blog/spooky-...
www.cheriepriest.com/blog/spooky-...
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We're only 10 DAYS AWAY from the end of our Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter! It's scary cutting it so close at only $11,985/$20k so far, but Apex is used to scary! We have a fancy new banner, a WHOLE CATALOG of rewards, and earnest optimism!
Let's get to 20k! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Let's get to 20k! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We're only 10 DAYS AWAY from the end of our Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter! It's scary cutting it so close at only $11,985/$20k so far, but Apex is used to scary! We have a fancy new banner, a WHOLE CATALOG of rewards, and earnest optimism!
Let's get to 20k! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Let's get to 20k! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
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Hasan: The UK still has a king. King Charles III, but he has less gold in his palace then Donald Trump in the oval office right now. King Charles has more respect for democratic norms than the whiny manchild trying to send his troops into as many blue cities as he can.
October 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hasan: The UK still has a king. King Charles III, but he has less gold in his palace then Donald Trump in the oval office right now. King Charles has more respect for democratic norms than the whiny manchild trying to send his troops into as many blue cities as he can.
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Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king
October 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king
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October 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Oh there's a @kierongillen.bsky.social Image Comics Humble Bundle going right now, featuring all our Image work together as well as DIE and The Power Fantasy!
www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-f...
www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-f...
Humble Comic Bundle: Roll for Initiative with Kieron Gillen by Image Comics
Dive into one of comics’ most creative minds with our Kieron Gillen bundle, featuring The Wicked + The Divine, and more! Pay what you want and support BINC!
www.humblebundle.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Oh there's a @kierongillen.bsky.social Image Comics Humble Bundle going right now, featuring all our Image work together as well as DIE and The Power Fantasy!
www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-f...
www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-f...
I think I still have one of those 3.5" disks somewhere. Here's a video looking at it, with some history about PTEN in the commentary around it.
It's not game-related, but the Babylon 5 Interactive Information Kit has been preserved. This is a Windows 3.1 multimedia floppy sent to TV stations around 1994 to help promote the show, and it's a fun time capsule of computer materials (and the show) at the time: youtu.be/IYDy3pnvqxU?...
theLogBook.com unearths the 1994 Babylon 5 Interactive Information Kit
YouTube video by theLogBook
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I think I still have one of those 3.5" disks somewhere. Here's a video looking at it, with some history about PTEN in the commentary around it.
I know Mo Ryan from her media reporting on SF/F TV series. She was at the ICE protest in Chicago today and has this report on what was going on there today.
I went to the Broadview ICE detention center this afternoon/evening. The first 2 hours were pretty quiet. Several dozen protesters & occasionally some Fascism Enjoyers who shouted things but mostly lowkey. But then a violent Christofascist biker rolled up & that was not good. Everyone is OK. Thread:
October 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I know Mo Ryan from her media reporting on SF/F TV series. She was at the ICE protest in Chicago today and has this report on what was going on there today.
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1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
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If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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IT IS TIME! RELEASE DAY IS UPON US! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social IS HERE! Available wherever books are sold via @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks for shares & support! 🖤
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
September 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
IT IS TIME! RELEASE DAY IS UPON US! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social IS HERE! Available wherever books are sold via @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks for shares & support! 🖤
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
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Tomorrow is the release date for SILVER AND LEAD, the nineteenth book in the October Daye series. It should be hitting Kindles for the East Coast in about three hours.
For everyone who's still on this ride with me, thank you. I am so appreciative. I hope to see some of you in the coming weeks!
For everyone who's still on this ride with me, thank you. I am so appreciative. I hope to see some of you in the coming weeks!
September 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tomorrow is the release date for SILVER AND LEAD, the nineteenth book in the October Daye series. It should be hitting Kindles for the East Coast in about three hours.
For everyone who's still on this ride with me, thank you. I am so appreciative. I hope to see some of you in the coming weeks!
For everyone who's still on this ride with me, thank you. I am so appreciative. I hope to see some of you in the coming weeks!
I concur with this sentiment.
[S] The Trump administration and those aligned with it are fascists. Their policies, statements, and behavior make that plain. This should not be controversial. It's certainly not to me.
Please, if you have the privilege of not being an obvious and immediate target for state violence...
Call them fascists, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
Call yourself an antifascist, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
We all need to be Spartacus on this one.
Call them fascists, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
Call yourself an antifascist, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
We all need to be Spartacus on this one.
September 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I concur with this sentiment.
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Please stop posting that bullshit thing about Melania Trump plagiarizing from C J Cherryh. It’s AI-generated and not true.
September 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Please stop posting that bullshit thing about Melania Trump plagiarizing from C J Cherryh. It’s AI-generated and not true.