I'm old enough to remember when Donald used to say that since he was so rich, he'd never ask anyone for a dime to support his politics
I wrote this story to say something to people who (like myself) are hurting and find themselves doomscrolling too much. It makes my day that it touched some readers!
"I'll Miss Myself," by John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social , Reactor Mag, July 2024. Alternate timelines, social media algorithms, depression, self-actualization, activism. Really good hard SF with heart. Recommended. reactormag.com/ill-miss-mys... #SciFi #ShortStory #ScienceFiction #AmReading
A man using a social media app that reaches across dimensions to talk to himself in different timelines, discovers some of his problems are universal...and some are not...
"I'll Miss Myself," by John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.socialreactormag.com/ill-miss-mys...#SciFi#ShortStory#ScienceFiction#AmReading
A man using a social media app that reaches across dimensions to talk to himself in different timelines, discovers some of his problems are universal...and some are not...
A new Patreon post about rough drafts and maybe not waiting so long to make big changes to what's not working ๐คทโโ๏ธ PUBLIC post: you don't need to be a patron or have a Patreon account to read this one www.patreon.com/posts/113076...
The chorus of crickets has been reduced to a few doing call and response. If I listen long enough I start to recognize them by chirp and direction and guessed distance. Damn, summer really is gone
a lot of americans just seem to believe, to their bones, that nothing truly bad could ever happen to them, and so their choices donโt really matter
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Anyone who says they want to see the โcomplete and total eradication of griefโ vastly overrates what bots will be able to do but also speaks to how tech solutionists misunderstand what it means to exist in the world. A hollow amalgam of a loved oneโs utterances can never replace what is lost.
Tech entrepreneur Justin Harrison is on a mission to fundamentally change how we experience loss, using artificial intelligence to recreate the essence of dead loved ones from their digital footprint....
Recently: fishing with a teensy rod, which is great for little pockets like this. Didn't really feel like cleaning a bunch of bluegill so all fish escaped only somewhat scathed
Lead-breather here, read my lead-addled stuff lol:
