David Wellington
@davidwellington.bsky.social
Author of MONSTER ISLAND and the Red Space trilogy, among others. He/him.
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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Tiny Tim R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
December 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Tiny Tim R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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This is actually kind of a fun idea if you’re doing a gift exchange, everyone can say what they want but only by offering one adjective.
“I want something cozy”
Or
“I want something high tech”
Etc.
Then you buy them the weirdest thing possible that matches that adjective.
“I want something cozy”
Or
“I want something high tech”
Etc.
Then you buy them the weirdest thing possible that matches that adjective.
Told my family I don’t really care what christmas gift they get me as long as it’s Tactical
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is actually kind of a fun idea if you’re doing a gift exchange, everyone can say what they want but only by offering one adjective.
“I want something cozy”
Or
“I want something high tech”
Etc.
Then you buy them the weirdest thing possible that matches that adjective.
“I want something cozy”
Or
“I want something high tech”
Etc.
Then you buy them the weirdest thing possible that matches that adjective.
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There's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog CAN'T be implicated in the Epstein files!
December 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog CAN'T be implicated in the Epstein files!
The remaining Victorian ghosts admitted defeat today. “The world in 2025 is so much spookier than anything we could come up with, so we’re taking retirement. Here, have our shoes as a parting gift.” Victorian ghosts—creepy to the last.
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The remaining Victorian ghosts admitted defeat today. “The world in 2025 is so much spookier than anything we could come up with, so we’re taking retirement. Here, have our shoes as a parting gift.” Victorian ghosts—creepy to the last.
“Bite! Biter of His Foe” would shred at Coachella and then there would be six action movies about and starring them, each movie dumber, louder, and somehow better than the last. The last one would be called “Bite! Six Bites for the Demon Star!” and I would put its poster on my office wall.
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Bite! Biter of His Foe” would shred at Coachella and then there would be six action movies about and starring them, each movie dumber, louder, and somehow better than the last. The last one would be called “Bite! Six Bites for the Demon Star!” and I would put its poster on my office wall.
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Happy Winter Solstice, the triumph of light over darkness, heralding the gradual return of longer days!
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Happy Winter Solstice, the triumph of light over darkness, heralding the gradual return of longer days!
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Outstanding news!
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
Indie bookstores are making a shocking, triumphant comeback
Since 2020, the number of independent bookstores in the U.S. grew by 70%.
www.fastcompany.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Outstanding news!
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
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cool, cool cool
December 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
cool, cool cool
Festive synchronicity
December 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Festive synchronicity
The way to fight AI is simple, just don’t eat the slop. It’s never interesting enough to be worth your time, so just shrug and move on. If there’s no market for AI nonsense, the money people will eventually have to find some other way to screw artists.
December 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The way to fight AI is simple, just don’t eat the slop. It’s never interesting enough to be worth your time, so just shrug and move on. If there’s no market for AI nonsense, the money people will eventually have to find some other way to screw artists.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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We must remain whimsical
To survive the horrors of this world
To survive the horrors of this world
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We must remain whimsical
To survive the horrors of this world
To survive the horrors of this world
All the alpha dominance super masculinity stuff is such a posture. You see a man playing with a dog, we have such a need to nurture inside us, so much kindness and warmth. Don’t let anyone tell you what being a man means. Love the people around you.
December 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
All the alpha dominance super masculinity stuff is such a posture. You see a man playing with a dog, we have such a need to nurture inside us, so much kindness and warmth. Don’t let anyone tell you what being a man means. Love the people around you.
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Every day, and especially today (and yesterday and tomorrow, and so on), trans rights are human rights.
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Every day, and especially today (and yesterday and tomorrow, and so on), trans rights are human rights.
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Given the complexities of being human, there are few true north stars in moral life, but one of them is: ‘protect the dignity and rights of people/groups who don’t live to inflict harm on others from those who do’
Trans people deserve better.
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Given the complexities of being human, there are few true north stars in moral life, but one of them is: ‘protect the dignity and rights of people/groups who don’t live to inflict harm on others from those who do’
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What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like
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This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
Every single person who has someone trans in their family sees what’s happening. If you know a “tomboy” or a “sensitive young man”, stop pretending they aren’t getting thrown under the bus.
Dems are divvying up the population, deciding who should or shouldn’t have rights.
Vote these “leaders” out.
Dems are divvying up the population, deciding who should or shouldn’t have rights.
Vote these “leaders” out.
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Every single person who has someone trans in their family sees what’s happening. If you know a “tomboy” or a “sensitive young man”, stop pretending they aren’t getting thrown under the bus.
Dems are divvying up the population, deciding who should or shouldn’t have rights.
Vote these “leaders” out.
Dems are divvying up the population, deciding who should or shouldn’t have rights.
Vote these “leaders” out.
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Grrrr... PEOPLE AREN'T RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS, WEALTH INEQUALITY IS PREVENTING CREATIVE PEOPLE FROM REALISING THEIR IDEAS, GOODNIGHT!
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Grrrr... PEOPLE AREN'T RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS, WEALTH INEQUALITY IS PREVENTING CREATIVE PEOPLE FROM REALISING THEIR IDEAS, GOODNIGHT!
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Are your most fundamental beliefs that human beings deserve dignity and have a right to rule themselves, or that your team deserves to win
December 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Are your most fundamental beliefs that human beings deserve dignity and have a right to rule themselves, or that your team deserves to win
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Show Your Age
1 Point for Each One You Did
1. Edison Kinetoscope
2. Combat in Ypres
3. Telegraph
4. Telegraph the Governor
5. Railway Handcar
6. Telegraph the Governor to Save Your Innocent Lover from Execution
7. Souped up your Flivver
8. Joined Pancho Villa
1 Point for Each One You Did
1. Edison Kinetoscope
2. Combat in Ypres
3. Telegraph
4. Telegraph the Governor
5. Railway Handcar
6. Telegraph the Governor to Save Your Innocent Lover from Execution
7. Souped up your Flivver
8. Joined Pancho Villa
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Show Your Age
1 Point for Each One You Did
1. Edison Kinetoscope
2. Combat in Ypres
3. Telegraph
4. Telegraph the Governor
5. Railway Handcar
6. Telegraph the Governor to Save Your Innocent Lover from Execution
7. Souped up your Flivver
8. Joined Pancho Villa
1 Point for Each One You Did
1. Edison Kinetoscope
2. Combat in Ypres
3. Telegraph
4. Telegraph the Governor
5. Railway Handcar
6. Telegraph the Governor to Save Your Innocent Lover from Execution
7. Souped up your Flivver
8. Joined Pancho Villa
This kind of shit drives me insane. We tell the dem leadership over and over that trans lives matter, and their reaction is “people who are not you think we should try hatred, lol, maybe that will get us votes.” We need a third party. A Green Party.
people love to be like ‘blue states good! red states bad!’ but it is a fact that both new york senators voted in favor of this so 🤷♀️
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This kind of shit drives me insane. We tell the dem leadership over and over that trans lives matter, and their reaction is “people who are not you think we should try hatred, lol, maybe that will get us votes.” We need a third party. A Green Party.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Life
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Life
www.smbc-comics.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM