Tom Marcinko
@tommarcinko.bsky.social
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Tom Marcinko
@tommarcinko.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Temperence (Cynthia Ward Presents)
Amazon.com: Temperence (Cynthia Ward Presents) eBook : Marcinko, Tom : Books
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Re-posted to fix typo:
Prompt: "Write an erotic vampire story."
Me: "I claim to be a fantasy writer; I ought to be able to do that..."
@ceciliatan.com
published it &
@cynthiaward.bsky.social
made this edition happen.
(It's also on Kobo)
www.amazon.com/Temperence-C...
Prompt: "Write an erotic vampire story."
Me: "I claim to be a fantasy writer; I ought to be able to do that..."
@ceciliatan.com
published it &
@cynthiaward.bsky.social
made this edition happen.
(It's also on Kobo)
www.amazon.com/Temperence-C...
Hyperparasitoids:
Parasites that prey on other parasites and yes there are tertiary parasites.
Parasites that prey on other parasites and yes there are tertiary parasites.
At Nerd Night in Minneapolis.
Parasitic wasps are on the menu tonight.
Parasitic wasps are on the menu tonight.
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hyperparasitoids:
Parasites that prey on other parasites and yes there are tertiary parasites.
Parasites that prey on other parasites and yes there are tertiary parasites.
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Today's author discourse reminds me of when I was in a library-run youth writing group
The lady running it said "I don't know anyone who makes a living entirely off book sales. They teach or edit or SOMETHING else"
I was determined to become the exception
Then I started Weeknight Writers
1/?
The lady running it said "I don't know anyone who makes a living entirely off book sales. They teach or edit or SOMETHING else"
I was determined to become the exception
Then I started Weeknight Writers
1/?
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Today's author discourse reminds me of when I was in a library-run youth writing group
The lady running it said "I don't know anyone who makes a living entirely off book sales. They teach or edit or SOMETHING else"
I was determined to become the exception
Then I started Weeknight Writers
1/?
The lady running it said "I don't know anyone who makes a living entirely off book sales. They teach or edit or SOMETHING else"
I was determined to become the exception
Then I started Weeknight Writers
1/?
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Earlier today, Martin Hernandez, the Organizing Director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 99, was detained by Mesa PD while filming ICE activity in near Brown and Country Club.
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Earlier today, Martin Hernandez, the Organizing Director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 99, was detained by Mesa PD while filming ICE activity in near Brown and Country Club.
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ICE dipshits have been causing mayhem and kidnapping people all over Mesa and literally caused a car accident right down the road from here just last week.
There will be a Mesa City Council meeting on Dec. 1 and folks are mobilizing to demand for an end to ICE and Mesa PD’s 287(g) agreement.
There will be a Mesa City Council meeting on Dec. 1 and folks are mobilizing to demand for an end to ICE and Mesa PD’s 287(g) agreement.
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
ICE dipshits have been causing mayhem and kidnapping people all over Mesa and literally caused a car accident right down the road from here just last week.
There will be a Mesa City Council meeting on Dec. 1 and folks are mobilizing to demand for an end to ICE and Mesa PD’s 287(g) agreement.
There will be a Mesa City Council meeting on Dec. 1 and folks are mobilizing to demand for an end to ICE and Mesa PD’s 287(g) agreement.
At Nerd Night in Minneapolis.
Parasitic wasps are on the menu tonight.
Parasitic wasps are on the menu tonight.
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
At Nerd Night in Minneapolis.
Parasitic wasps are on the menu tonight.
Parasitic wasps are on the menu tonight.
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Excellent piece of journalism on the water crisis and Amazon's data center:
thefern.org/2025/11/the-...
thefern.org/2025/11/the-...
‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis | Food and Environment Reporting Network
In the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for…
thefern.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Excellent piece of journalism on the water crisis and Amazon's data center:
thefern.org/2025/11/the-...
thefern.org/2025/11/the-...
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Let me just move to Brazil. They have black people and they probably like comics over there. I'll be fine.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Let me just move to Brazil. They have black people and they probably like comics over there. I'll be fine.
"If it sounds good, it IS good."
--Duke Ellington
--Duke Ellington
Fifth. I've made it all the way to HELP! (Going in chronological order)
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"If it sounds good, it IS good."
--Duke Ellington
--Duke Ellington
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This very good rabbit (drawn by Ursula) is the first thing you see when you crack open A Larger Reality, the book created by Winter texts to accompany the exhibition of the same name.
(There are many very good Ursula drawings inside.)
www.wintertexts.com/catalog/p/a-...
(There are many very good Ursula drawings inside.)
www.wintertexts.com/catalog/p/a-...
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This very good rabbit (drawn by Ursula) is the first thing you see when you crack open A Larger Reality, the book created by Winter texts to accompany the exhibition of the same name.
(There are many very good Ursula drawings inside.)
www.wintertexts.com/catalog/p/a-...
(There are many very good Ursula drawings inside.)
www.wintertexts.com/catalog/p/a-...
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Who could have predicted? We'd only had one term to judge him by, numerous felony convictions and indictments for fomenting insurrection and stealing classified documents and storing them in the toilet.
“Electing and voting for Donald Trump made things worse.”
Children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman who was detained by ICE agents this past summer discussed how Muslims were wrong to vote for Trump thinking he was the lesser evil.
zeteo.com/p/trump-ice-...
Children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman who was detained by ICE agents this past summer discussed how Muslims were wrong to vote for Trump thinking he was the lesser evil.
zeteo.com/p/trump-ice-...
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Who could have predicted? We'd only had one term to judge him by, numerous felony convictions and indictments for fomenting insurrection and stealing classified documents and storing them in the toilet.
Maybe not the most important thing, but:
Can we train the media to NOT call these goons "law enforcement"?
Can we train the media to NOT call these goons "law enforcement"?
Those bastards at it again in my town.
Trying to sign up for early alerts.
www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
Trying to sign up for early alerts.
www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
www.startribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Maybe not the most important thing, but:
Can we train the media to NOT call these goons "law enforcement"?
Can we train the media to NOT call these goons "law enforcement"?
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heading into the holidays
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
heading into the holidays
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When I was a submissions editor, I really enjoyed the feeling of sending up work from new writers. I think most editors do. Today, I learned that someone has their first pro sale because I told them about a call for submissions.
This is what it’s all about.
This is what it’s all about.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
When I was a submissions editor, I really enjoyed the feeling of sending up work from new writers. I think most editors do. Today, I learned that someone has their first pro sale because I told them about a call for submissions.
This is what it’s all about.
This is what it’s all about.
Those bastards at it again in my town.
Trying to sign up for early alerts.
www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
Trying to sign up for early alerts.
www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
www.startribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Those bastards at it again in my town.
Trying to sign up for early alerts.
www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
Trying to sign up for early alerts.
www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
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The Butlerian Jihad when?
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Butlerian Jihad when?
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Yea, because Dersh is so hip, so now, so..... Epstein
Bari Weiss thinks CBS’ path to relevancy is more Alan Dershowitz. We couldn’t make it up if we tried
She also clearly says something we have said for years: all media has a bias. “charismatic centrism” is just her way of being very clear objectivity is a myth as she plans to Newsmaxify the network
She also clearly says something we have said for years: all media has a bias. “charismatic centrism” is just her way of being very clear objectivity is a myth as she plans to Newsmaxify the network
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yea, because Dersh is so hip, so now, so..... Epstein
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Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
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“Singularities” by @eggandcressida.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25) “is a story about stories. It’s also a clever use of the multiverse trope.” 😀
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Singularities” by @eggandcressida.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25) “is a story about stories. It’s also a clever use of the multiverse trope.” 😀
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The doctor to my kid: if the pain gets so you're doubled over, go to the ER
My kid, who is unfortunately familiar with pain: I don't have ER money. I do have a TENS unit. I can work with that until next week when my appointment is
#Medicaidforall #Theyhaveinsuranceeven
My kid, who is unfortunately familiar with pain: I don't have ER money. I do have a TENS unit. I can work with that until next week when my appointment is
#Medicaidforall #Theyhaveinsuranceeven
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The doctor to my kid: if the pain gets so you're doubled over, go to the ER
My kid, who is unfortunately familiar with pain: I don't have ER money. I do have a TENS unit. I can work with that until next week when my appointment is
#Medicaidforall #Theyhaveinsuranceeven
My kid, who is unfortunately familiar with pain: I don't have ER money. I do have a TENS unit. I can work with that until next week when my appointment is
#Medicaidforall #Theyhaveinsuranceeven
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I was a Nebula finalist but I still don't have an agent. I get one consistent (personalized) rejection." This is great but I don't know how to sell this."
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I was a Nebula finalist but I still don't have an agent. I get one consistent (personalized) rejection." This is great but I don't know how to sell this."
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Now there is a thought
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Now there is a thought
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My phone is doing all the same things from 2015 with only minimal benefits. The only reason we have to upgrade is increased software bloat.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My phone is doing all the same things from 2015 with only minimal benefits. The only reason we have to upgrade is increased software bloat.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
Nobody takes recreational laudanum any more.
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Nobody takes recreational laudanum any more.