Matthew Malenich
@axl-warpshaft.bsky.social
Writer, artist (on occasion), and Penguins fan. I make horrible things happen to imaginary people. Pro Oxford comma. Pro em dash.
I've been writing seriously since 2007, but only feel like I got a handle on things within the last few years. He/Him.
I've been writing seriously since 2007, but only feel like I got a handle on things within the last few years. He/Him.
Pinned
Intro time? I'm a writer, mostly of space operas, but I do a lot of genre hopping/genre mixing. Sometimes I dabble in epic fantasy, sword & sorcery, and horror.
I went to school for computer animation in the late '90s, but it'd be charitable to even call it a hobby at this point. #writingcommunity
I went to school for computer animation in the late '90s, but it'd be charitable to even call it a hobby at this point. #writingcommunity
The Penguins looked like a completely different team with McGroarty and Imama in the lineup. Not that either of them are going to take over a game, but Heinen and Koppanen are too vanilla. They don't really do anything.
#NHL #Pittsburgh #Penguins #Pens
#NHL #Pittsburgh #Penguins #Pens
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Penguins looked like a completely different team with McGroarty and Imama in the lineup. Not that either of them are going to take over a game, but Heinen and Koppanen are too vanilla. They don't really do anything.
#NHL #Pittsburgh #Penguins #Pens
#NHL #Pittsburgh #Penguins #Pens
Who's that real person/soul trapped inside you?
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Who's that real person/soul trapped inside you?
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only...
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only...
Pittsburgh goal!
Scored by Sidney Crosby with 11:32 remaining in the 3rd period.
Assisted by Tommy Novak and Parker Wotherspoon.
Columbus: 3
Pittsburgh: 3
#PITvsCBJ #CBJ #LetsGoPens
Scored by Sidney Crosby with 11:32 remaining in the 3rd period.
Assisted by Tommy Novak and Parker Wotherspoon.
Columbus: 3
Pittsburgh: 3
#PITvsCBJ #CBJ #LetsGoPens
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I’m back here briefly to say that the Guardian’s asking for nominations for your favourite children’s picture book and I’d be thrilled if you’d nominate my debut: MY NANNA IS A NINJA. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I’m back here briefly to say that the Guardian’s asking for nominations for your favourite children’s picture book and I’d be thrilled if you’d nominate my debut: MY NANNA IS A NINJA. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Gotta love how lives are being wrecked, industries are being stripmined, and the world is being torched, just so a few warped executives can tug their milky little twiglets over the impossible fantasy of a world where products are made for free and sold for thousands to unemployed people.
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Gotta love how lives are being wrecked, industries are being stripmined, and the world is being torched, just so a few warped executives can tug their milky little twiglets over the impossible fantasy of a world where products are made for free and sold for thousands to unemployed people.
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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🎉🎉🎉I am very EXCITED to announce that my books have BRANCHED OUT! And are now AVAILABLE at all these FINE online BOOK STORES!🎉🎉🎉
lonniebusch.com
(My books are still at A—zon, but I’m so glad to be able to offer readers other options!)
📚🪐💙
lonniebusch.com
(My books are still at A—zon, but I’m so glad to be able to offer readers other options!)
📚🪐💙
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🎉🎉🎉I am very EXCITED to announce that my books have BRANCHED OUT! And are now AVAILABLE at all these FINE online BOOK STORES!🎉🎉🎉
lonniebusch.com
(My books are still at A—zon, but I’m so glad to be able to offer readers other options!)
📚🪐💙
lonniebusch.com
(My books are still at A—zon, but I’m so glad to be able to offer readers other options!)
📚🪐💙
Ollie's score.
I was fortunate growing up. I got a boatload of TMNT figures and vehicles when I was a kid (and still have almost all of them). But the Pizza Thrower was one of the things I never had.
#TMNT
I was fortunate growing up. I got a boatload of TMNT figures and vehicles when I was a kid (and still have almost all of them). But the Pizza Thrower was one of the things I never had.
#TMNT
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Ollie's score.
I was fortunate growing up. I got a boatload of TMNT figures and vehicles when I was a kid (and still have almost all of them). But the Pizza Thrower was one of the things I never had.
#TMNT
I was fortunate growing up. I got a boatload of TMNT figures and vehicles when I was a kid (and still have almost all of them). But the Pizza Thrower was one of the things I never had.
#TMNT
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
Ran a few tests to find a workaround to Vellum's chapter header system. With this I can put anything I want up there.
Seems to work fine across all devices, and each header is only around 30 kb.
Still have bugs to work out, but it's a promising test run.
#Vellum
Seems to work fine across all devices, and each header is only around 30 kb.
Still have bugs to work out, but it's a promising test run.
#Vellum
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Ran a few tests to find a workaround to Vellum's chapter header system. With this I can put anything I want up there.
Seems to work fine across all devices, and each header is only around 30 kb.
Still have bugs to work out, but it's a promising test run.
#Vellum
Seems to work fine across all devices, and each header is only around 30 kb.
Still have bugs to work out, but it's a promising test run.
#Vellum
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"maybe marjorie taylor greene has experienced a genuine change and wants to do good things now" give me your bank account information and number immediately there's no time to waste
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"maybe marjorie taylor greene has experienced a genuine change and wants to do good things now" give me your bank account information and number immediately there's no time to waste
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee https://theonion.com/cat-follows-man-through-apartment-like-racist-walgreens-employee/
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee https://theonion.com/cat-follows-man-through-apartment-like-racist-walgreens-employee/
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Megyn Kelly said she thinks “there’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old” when it comes to sexual abuse. Megyn Kelly has a 14 year old daughter. Megyn Kelly is going to Hell.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Megyn Kelly said she thinks “there’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old” when it comes to sexual abuse. Megyn Kelly has a 14 year old daughter. Megyn Kelly is going to Hell.
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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Do you want to know a secret?
I've reduced the price (temporarily) of Bis Rose (for a Black Friday sale across online vendors). But because I'm brain-dead, I've done it now so I don't forget for both Amazon and Itch.
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/Bis-Rose-T-K...
tktoppin.itch.io/bis-rose
I've reduced the price (temporarily) of Bis Rose (for a Black Friday sale across online vendors). But because I'm brain-dead, I've done it now so I don't forget for both Amazon and Itch.
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/Bis-Rose-T-K...
tktoppin.itch.io/bis-rose
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Do you want to know a secret?
I've reduced the price (temporarily) of Bis Rose (for a Black Friday sale across online vendors). But because I'm brain-dead, I've done it now so I don't forget for both Amazon and Itch.
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/Bis-Rose-T-K...
tktoppin.itch.io/bis-rose
I've reduced the price (temporarily) of Bis Rose (for a Black Friday sale across online vendors). But because I'm brain-dead, I've done it now so I don't forget for both Amazon and Itch.
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/Bis-Rose-T-K...
tktoppin.itch.io/bis-rose
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Using AI to churn out a book no more makes someone a writer than working on the Hostess production line, pulling a lever to wrap up a Twinkie, makes that person a baker.
#WriterSky #Books #ClaudeAI
#WriterSky #Books #ClaudeAI
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Using AI to churn out a book no more makes someone a writer than working on the Hostess production line, pulling a lever to wrap up a Twinkie, makes that person a baker.
#WriterSky #Books #ClaudeAI
#WriterSky #Books #ClaudeAI
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Booklovers in Victoria, help me out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Booklovers in Victoria, help me out.
If memory serves, with Garrett Rank officiating, this is five consecutive periods where the Penguins opponent "comitted no penalties" during the course of play. What a joke.
#LetsGoPens
#LetsGoPens
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If memory serves, with Garrett Rank officiating, this is five consecutive periods where the Penguins opponent "comitted no penalties" during the course of play. What a joke.
#LetsGoPens
#LetsGoPens
Were there some Rick Astley fans in the original Sega 'Sonic Team' back in the day? I was expecting to hear the Sonic the Hedgehog stage clear theme at the end of this. 🌀💨
#SonicTheHedgehog
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsv...
#SonicTheHedgehog
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsv...
Whenever You Need Somebody (Instrumental)
YouTube video by Rick Astley - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Were there some Rick Astley fans in the original Sega 'Sonic Team' back in the day? I was expecting to hear the Sonic the Hedgehog stage clear theme at the end of this. 🌀💨
#SonicTheHedgehog
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsv...
#SonicTheHedgehog
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsv...