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You're a fucking liar

hi everyone, just so I can clarify where we are right now

there are no longer actual defenders of Donald Trump, there are only defenders of scenarios Donald Trump could hypothetically be associated with

Apropos of nothing, my science fiction class on end of the world narratives has charted the progression from "end of the world as decadent" to "end of the world as immanent" to "end of the world as managed".

"You have to monetize people's nostalgia: Interview with Late Star Trek author Adam Kotsko" theunderline.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

No one can say that Poe and Lovecraft didn’t warn us. (Artist unknown - if you know, please share! I found this on FB.)

Gonna have to rewrite The Tolkien Event

"why didn't people resist Nazis in Germany?" as I'm watching tens of millions of people still posting on the Nazi platform

This week's new releases: Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era by @adamkotsko.bsky.social Hustle Urbanism: Making Life Work in Nairobi by Tatiana Thieme #NewBooks #NewBooks2025 #PubDay

More like Declaration of Codependence amirite

M John Harrison, Viriconium Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast Patricia McKillip, Riddle-Master Marlon James, Dark Star (so far) Daniel Heath Justice, Kynship China Mieville, Bas-Lag NK Jemisin, Inheritance & Broken Earth Steph Swainston, Castle books Jeff Vandermeer, Ambergris Chip Delany, Neveryon Etc.

I was interviewed on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my book Late Star Trek: newbooksnetwork.com/late-star-trek