Wendy Wetzel
@wendymwetzel.bsky.social
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Wendy Wetzel
@wendymwetzel.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello, old and new friends! Self-intros are weird, but among other descriptions I am a:
Publishing person
Grammar geek
Love your neighbor kind of Jesus-follower
Lions fan before it was cool
News & politics nerd
Blind guy's wife
Adoptive mom
Empty nest prepper
Local church lover
Giver of many gifs
Publishing person
Grammar geek
Love your neighbor kind of Jesus-follower
Lions fan before it was cool
News & politics nerd
Blind guy's wife
Adoptive mom
Empty nest prepper
Local church lover
Giver of many gifs
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
The SHADE dripping from every sentence here 💀
Inside Trump’s day of ego boosting as crises loom over his White House
Inside Trump’s day of ego boosting as crises loom over his White House
Inside Trump’s day of ego boosting as crises loom over his White House
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The SHADE dripping from every sentence here 💀
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filthy
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
filthy
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Spending 41 minutes deliberating and then deciding to kill two men clinging to the debris of their boat is nothing more or less than premeditated murder.
There is no rationale that justifies this. There is no magic sequence of words or arguments that excuses it.
It was cold-blooded murder.
There is no rationale that justifies this. There is no magic sequence of words or arguments that excuses it.
It was cold-blooded murder.
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Spending 41 minutes deliberating and then deciding to kill two men clinging to the debris of their boat is nothing more or less than premeditated murder.
There is no rationale that justifies this. There is no magic sequence of words or arguments that excuses it.
It was cold-blooded murder.
There is no rationale that justifies this. There is no magic sequence of words or arguments that excuses it.
It was cold-blooded murder.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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I so needed this thread, I think you do too!
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I so needed this thread, I think you do too!
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TIL (via this fantastic piece from my colleague @fiona-murphy.bsky.social) that director Rian Johnson was reared an evangelical Christian, and that faith was the "lens (he) frame(d) the world through" until his early 20s: religionnews.com/2025/11/25/t...
Rian Johnson on miracles, mystery and his own faith story in 'Wake Up Dead Man'
(RNS) — The third installment of the ‘Knives Out’ series examines the spiritual warfare within American Christianity and looks at writer-director Rian Johnson’s struggle with the essence of faith.
religionnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
TIL (via this fantastic piece from my colleague @fiona-murphy.bsky.social) that director Rian Johnson was reared an evangelical Christian, and that faith was the "lens (he) frame(d) the world through" until his early 20s: religionnews.com/2025/11/25/t...
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"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"
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All I want for Christmas is for everyone to begin using the Oxford comma.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
All I want for Christmas is for everyone to begin using the Oxford comma.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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It's the perfect day to support your local independent bookstore.
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's the perfect day to support your local independent bookstore.
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"Josh Allen grew up on a farm, so I got to make sure I play Good Charlotte, blink-182, Panic! At The Disco and GloRilla" is a sentence I will ponder for a long time
Which NFL players are the best (and worst) locker room DJs? What music do they play?
The key to a good DJ is understanding the room's vibe and being versatile -- and not always playing NBA YoungBoy.
www.espn.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Josh Allen grew up on a farm, so I got to make sure I play Good Charlotte, blink-182, Panic! At The Disco and GloRilla" is a sentence I will ponder for a long time
Grateful for a world where people will still do stupid things in community for a T-shirt and banana. And that I didn’t break myself on the icy stretch.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Grateful for a world where people will still do stupid things in community for a T-shirt and banana. And that I didn’t break myself on the icy stretch.
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Actually some good tips in here, if you’re not stuck with the wrong sort of relatives.
How to be a good party host (or guest) | Zoe Williams
How to be a good party host (or guest) | Zoe Williams
From picking your guests (always add a random) and your outfit, to coping with drunks and nudity, this is what you need to know
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Actually some good tips in here, if you’re not stuck with the wrong sort of relatives.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hi...
utpress.utexas.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
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Lake Michigan
Photo by Jeremy Church
Photo by Jeremy Church
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Lake Michigan
Photo by Jeremy Church
Photo by Jeremy Church
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NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
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from now on, responding to all AI-generated pitches with “this won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
from now on, responding to all AI-generated pitches with “this won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.”
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Incredible story about one evangelical Chicago family's resistance to ICE, beautifully told by my colleague, @jackjenkins.me religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Incredible story about one evangelical Chicago family's resistance to ICE, beautifully told by my colleague, @jackjenkins.me religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
“What would a society look like if it valued our time as much as our data?”
We're drowning in passwords & multi-factor authentication & chatbots & "unusually high call volume" & robots ignoring "representative!"
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“What would a society look like if it valued our time as much as our data?”
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.