2026-08-18T15:13:10Z https://yabu.me Scott Edelman https://yabu.me/npub14ku6x6duvxjrkyg98ggj27f7nsdjp98t2ma586t6wmlpvta878astt5cgq https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/109/298/145/990/573/680/original/3aa93ef830232dde.jpeg https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/109/298/145/990/573/680/original/3aa93ef830232dde.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg79numjhzd2cdceuh0pyf6ray5p3vlp7a08cdmjj2kt9xd6x74mqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkpsv3kf As Worldcon continues sneaking up on us, I share another flashback to 2006, when our found family last found ourselves together in Anaheim. Here&#39;s the elusive Adam-Troy Castro in the wild, his Hawaiian shirt allowing him to blend so well into the California foliage you might find him difficult to spot.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/117/117/148/971/428/377/original/8a347f08afe74050.jpeg"> 2026-08-18T15:12:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs943cwqs5c9053hj52xv6q223c09j4d3uv96evz9mxkz42tuhfgvszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkhgz749 I find it hard to believe this music video of &#34;Common People&#34; made entirely of clips from Star Trek: The Original Series has been around for 15 years, and yet I only stumbled across it tonight. How is that possible? But — nicely done! <a href="https://youtu.be/zI3UfxyIdgs">https://youtu.be/zI3UfxyIdgs</a> 2026-08-03T02:11:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxjc8y3ghuucyg8ugvw9ekflsgvng78sqx3gr0pd48ahfmylwap0qzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk96yfu7 Your context-free comic book panel of the day.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/117/016/437/828/060/988/original/7c7937901ed1edbf.jpg"> 2026-07-31T20:22:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstyr98hc9pkelhququnjc7ec5xmpxv0cs27xzn6ls5d5tuakr029szyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkgex30f I can&#39;t let the day wind down without wishing Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau a happy 78th birthday — and thanking him for taking a break from eating his rubber chicken during the 1973 Reuben Awards banquet to draw Zonker Harris for an 18-year-old annoying fanboy with a sketchpad.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/961/251/396/095/423/original/110491b82e91b94e.jpg"> 2026-07-22T02:29:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3lesu02flmzvp6dnnxdsktqyt38pynmxc2uta9afg9mkm4ge5fczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk72drtn For those who ask, &#34;How could we have known?&#34; We always knew. This was written in 2015: &#34;The right name, the correct name, the historically accurate name, is fascism. I don&#39;t use that word as an insult only. It is accurate.&#34; <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-fascist-354690">https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-fascist-354690</a> 2026-07-19T18:10:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8lladr3rdxxey5m4g6tqqm87v30mwg3ysdd8fefvkzpq7psc082szyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclknmer5s My first post-Readercon COVID-19 test tells me all is copacetic so far ... which is good to know what with the con having reported a case yesterday. I hope all subsequent tests follow with their negativity, and that you, too, remain negative in the days to come.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/913/003/539/487/812/original/c320f30762311820.jpeg"> 2026-07-13T13:58:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8up35j7z9thjx9ay09xvryelzf587ls4s89nqj4jscrvr5el8yzszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclklw05t4 Well, this is horrifying. AI must die. <a href="https://www.bona-books.com/news/we-bought-an-ai-story">https://www.bona-books.com/news/we-bought-an-ai-story</a> 2026-07-07T20:40:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfjfqs4nczlvgwe6fec9ewxzy68vlt3qxl7tzrxlacpfm5kuk06ygzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk0as37j Sure, it&#39;s an Onion article, but based on everything he says and everything he does, I believe it. <a href="https://theonion.com/trump-indicates-desire-for-speedy-end-to-world/">https://theonion.com/trump-indicates-desire-for-speedy-end-to-world/</a> 2026-07-01T15:34:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9flh02ghhfrkkk6k9vlk4dyl4kzuh3z2qs4x8kwkaacs5vqr6cwgzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkt5csn4 Woke to discover that as I slept, I&#39;d received my 33rd short story rejection of the year. And so I come here to remind you once again — I&#39;m just another bozo on this bus. We&#39;re all in this together. Never give up! Never surrender! 2026-06-28T13:35:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstwylza4zuvrtut4hwvvk7zjchptpnks0lpatfwhwt2xf5lnzvs2szyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkpqgwlm It&#39;s Berkeley Breathed&#39;s 69th birthday, which seems the perfect day to share the only Bloom County I was ever moved to snip from a newspaper. Though actually, in this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad timeline, any day is the perfect day to share this February 26, 1989 installment.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/788/882/357/681/446/original/3aca97e1b6087417.webp"> 2026-06-21T15:57:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfqkpkus5nq2npluzpmvfy28gr8ndzp3e7v7lnwdqx692s9usduyqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkyn04jj Your context-free comic book panel of the day.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/607/569/667/653/085/original/fa8ebad595eb3087.jpg"> 2026-05-20T15:21:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23rp46k8zges7aukvch8xflnusgyd98tcc54g3qywdkzx7rw7mnczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclknmznqd The universe has been helpful in narrowing down where the panel I clipped from a UK romance comic during a trip to London sometime between October 14 and October 30, 1977 might have been published. Some of you thought seeing the back of that panel might help the search further, so here you go.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/482/955/633/885/019/original/a50a064fcce6fbac.jpeg"> 2026-04-28T15:08:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmrq3hhjd0pakwq9hzxn8c8wj6ayjdercqjheze9rt6news2wd6qzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclke0slf4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsry2l2uyclphr3a8v82w0tf9dpak4qy6vgpz545zafd895cx0x55spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qlnv8dk'>nevent1q…v8dk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqgn53v4qscdcdx8vkd86sq0d2q2ks4dzlusqz2ldu90j92k2zf07s9aa4ar" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqgn53v4qscdcdx8vkd86sq0d2q2ks4dzlusqz2ldu90j92k2zf07s9aa4ar</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…a4ar</span>)</a></span> It&#39;s pulp paper. Alas, after 49 years, I no longer remember the thickness of the magazine. But elsewhere, someone suggested the art was by Rodney Sutton, and based on this other panel, the style does seem to match.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/467/980/432/866/107/original/f2ac9504f0983c45.jpg"> 2026-04-25T23:39:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5yyvsp3tjc2wyrwap0mq444yx5u2e0ny5w4alv6wys4tczuswsqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk65s3d4 Many years ago, when I had far fewer followers, I asked the universe for help identifying a panel I&#39;d clipped from a comic during our first trip to the UK in 1977, but had no luck. Being a romantic, I carried it in my wallet until it was in tatters, and would love to replace it. Can you ID the comic?<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/466/921/459/166/784/original/8c41e9555b021f9b.jpg"> 2026-04-25T19:12:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswawvtuax232v43nvytr6ae3nl3hrthcy4htn88tla2u4n4w9wa9qzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkcxryjg Today&#39;s book scammer hopes complimenting an anthology which printed one of my short stories a quarter of a century ago will allow them to use me as ATM. I wonder if *all* contributors to that 2001 book will be getting the same email? If so, don&#39;t fall for it!<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/370/363/728/775/064/original/0ab12781469ee8d2.png"> 2026-04-08T17:58:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0kx7ptj2t3mwaq2amga445vvtezchwvtuw923yhamly7wqllqlrqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclky845wf It probably wouldn&#39;t be a good idea to carry this sign through security when I hit the airport on my way to Eastercon next week, right?<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/274/856/006/209/361/original/1f129262d3697702.webp"> 2026-03-22T21:08:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0mawzm48pu0n2ryjrhpv5xkl9tf0vuu6kajs76zhmhds0937ktxczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkny77fs Today&#39;s lesson for writers is — you should try as best you can to live your life in a manner so when you die, the first thought people have after hearing of your passing isn&#39;t — oh, them? I used to love their books until their personal views became far too odious for me to bear. Don&#39;t be that way. 2026-02-27T21:30:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9th743yprskv3c5g244qucwh0ve88ntwq3qqkaqhpfaz4dln6qgzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk5x6rac &#34;I once would have written that this is how things go in tinpot dictatorships, or in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary. But today, it’s how things go in the United States of America.&#34; <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/207138/trump-coup-detat-midterm-elections">https://newrepublic.com/post/207138/trump-coup-detat-midterm-elections</a> 2026-02-27T19:14:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw3lzrf6efr56qfxmt07sfpj0camc8zpj4yvjn9nv9wng4mhl0fpgzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkyfdsk5 Bill Mantlo&#39;s daughter would like everyone to note his new P.O. Box, as they appreciate all letters, and the old one will soon be inactive:<br/><br/>Bill Mantlo<br/>486 Broadway<br/>#235<br/>Monticello, NY 12701<br/><br/>Send only letters and drawings, never money or gifts, as he has everything he needs. Please thank Bill if you can! 2026-02-21T01:30:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmr9ekrzxhccfltlm4c2d9nvtus4fv9jgx8nca2uw2n5a9td0hcczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkx2urzn If you missed Donald Trump&#39;s press conference responding to the Supreme Court tariff decision, I offer you this recap.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/104/531/877/390/455/original/bd15678bf38a5d05.jpg"> 2026-02-20T19:12:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2wla2lh4ss3vnusn4fnr39kluukv4kuju4vxz2eekrx4wsw6ycczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkaygert Happy 60th birthday to Claude Lalumière, with whom when our paths have crossed at conventions I&#39;ve calmly chatted about comic books.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/097/709/393/606/726/original/20b761bf6abf1a72.jpg"> 2026-02-19T14:17:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy8y5gnd5jrguh7k9fgu8wwyua9glx7qvvuvw4lwu4v2pf40cw4vgzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk6shm8s Donut lover that I am, I adored this explanation of the weather to come.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/115/946/809/740/427/675/original/6744df8ade5e1687.jpg"> 2026-01-23T22:45:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspcg4ey7te8uvq0zvwd2avu4azma7hhzdqw2jldkm2dmaf88hupxszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkss6t97 Stunned to see the current bid for two tickets to the taping of the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — with the proceeds going to World Central Kitchen — is $55,300. Yikes! <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/306660184031">https://www.ebay.com/itm/306660184031</a> 2025-12-25T01:19:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfrjkhe0aqdkh8lygfm2hgn3n2sefvgfumppanqgd5jhsfsccjmxszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkjyeyz2 &#34;Historians will study how bad this book is. English teachers will hold this book aloft at their students to remind them that literally anyone can write a book: Look at this, it’s just not that hard to do.&#34; <a href="https://lithub.com/the-most-scathing-book-reviews-of-2025/">https://lithub.com/the-most-scathing-book-reviews-of-2025/</a> 2025-12-20T23:13:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsya4pe5exx93p029uwf65nkd07hm7fk2648avqtdz7rulfh5upu2szyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkvpn5ge Woke in the middle of the night with a fully formed sentence to insert into my current story in progress, a sentence which is also a seed for a full scene to follow. Thank you, subconscious, my faithful collaborator! 2025-12-16T15:00:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdzfkduqcaxp2qcl6snrn7jerxahylsugd7x9qjdmh4pwlrxn0jwczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkuzx20c It&#39;s now been 2+ days since Thursday&#39;s Eating the Fantastic restaurant recording, which means it&#39;s also time for some post-trip due diligence. I&#39;ll check again at 5+ days, but for now, it appears I&#39;m not wandering about asymptomatically. I continue to be grateful for my luck.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/115/719/728/368/883/910/original/36d3f4ee09cec2cf.jpg"> 2025-12-14T20:10:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyu3lf0c4g3fyk5vjc5qk5uwl2a36kcc85h93wuwg0qvxxtsssfugzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkcf8zuh Discovered I&#39;d scribbled a note in the middle of the night for which I can read the words but not decipher a meaning. I usually do understand them, but not today. What was WHICH PART IS NOW meant to make me remember? Did it have something to do with the story I&#39;m writing? Or just life in general?<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/115/712/925/448/940/946/original/7a1237ac61073891.jpg"> 2025-12-13T15:25:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgd78y45a3d9zpt2jkqvnplw2hl6hsmfux7x3qnj5f5f97jfxva0czyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkwfm7zk Forty-five years ago today, two significant events occurred.<br/><br/>Reagan was elected president. I thought he&#39;d be the most disastrous president of my lifetime. And oh, how wrong I was!<br/><br/>That election also caused me to join the ACLU, because I knew our liberties needed defending. And oh, how right I was! 2025-11-05T01:18:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswarersfhqdagu7gapmryt2mlhshnqkj88gev3e0qu2mmxf7rd9xszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk2k25ax &#34;The next presidency is going to have to embark on a sweeping de-Trump-ification of the entire federal government to purge it of the culture of abuse and lawlessness that has taken hold, and there are few more vivid examples than ICE.&#34; <a href="https://www.publicnotice.co/p/abolish-ice">https://www.publicnotice.co/p/abolish-ice</a> 2025-10-27T21:22:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9sz3yk7r6cygwq5sar4gx2my3k03kkyuv3cz5v0fq5s9zsq6j3pszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk6f894s Every vote for Donald Trump was a vote for laughing ICE agents zip-tying children while saying, &#34;Fuck them kids.&#34; There&#39;d better be a Nuremberg-style trial for ICE&#39;s crimes against humanity once we&#39;re out the other side of this. <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/">https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/</a> 2025-10-03T03:11:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9264dalrdczzgetwrrvxq69gcnd2fkn7kyh4vrpv7c6l8357uqmczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk84kmc6 It was impossible to watch Billy Joel talking in And So It Goes about the rise of Hitler and what it meant for his family without thinking of how future generations will speak of Trump the same way. Trump&#39;s legacy will also be concentration camps, gestapo brutality, and the destruction of families. 2025-08-24T23:54:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstxehsa8tl0xppxkxkq6fqpummp33pf087ycz2tfcgakfrg5un27czyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkjat0ay Harry Clement Stubbs — better known by his pen name of Hal Clement — was born 103 years ago today. So it seems a proper day to share his autograph, which I received at age 16 while attending the 1972 Star Trek convention — the first! You might find the other names familiar as well.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/114/599/823/773/578/721/original/84320b2280201c47.jpg"> 2025-05-31T01:28:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpuh0vssfz0w5a8t9eajlt48z4qx375fd68jp98q3zhyqyxefmmszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkcdsnlw Donald Trump wants to murder my friends. <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-bill-gender-affirming-care-trans-medicaid-future-rcna209500">https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-bill-gender-affirming-care-trans-medicaid-future-rcna209500</a> 2025-05-29T22:16:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxa963gg3ww6rge84d4um6zh80xnwt586ke67q5e7rghkkdv00g7szyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkdaat47 &#34;Until our nation returns to treating foreign visitors in a lawful and humane manner, the science fiction community should think long and hard before offering another Worldcon in the United States.&#34; <a href="https://file770.com/no-more-worldcons-in-the-united-states/">https://file770.com/no-more-worldcons-in-the-united-states/</a> 2025-04-12T21:41:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy7xgwmaus20kt4l6agp6ny53akx30vfsxujkpls5acacm7rzgtvqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkxpmxzu I wonder why I&#39;ve yet to hear an argument that one of the many (and there are many) reasons the SAVE Act is so abhorrent is it violates the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, which made poll taxes illegal. It seems to me requiring people to cough up the bucks to buy passports to vote IS a poll tax.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/114/316/603/697/990/443/original/e83069f700d51dd8.jpg"> 2025-04-11T01:03:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrh8crv78usy86q8u857sxg8hnzvnkcwuqhrmj9t65n7vfh6ett4szyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkdlz94s &#34;This is not policy, this is not governance — this is eugenics, this is murder.&#34; By this action, Donald Trump will be responsible for the deaths of more Americans than any enemy, foreign or domestic, in the history of this nation. The blood is on his hands. <a href="https://www.alternet.org/cdc-mass-firings/">https://www.alternet.org/cdc-mass-firings/</a> 2025-04-02T01:41:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8gph73fg5kggmkcwuc50t2dw4gjqsqvw32zmsgnv2wtfrt8pk2pczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk7zf28y While reading the April 1942 issue of Army and Navy Fun Parade (as one does), I suddenly find myself thinking of Elon Musk.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/114/247/836/411/983/824/original/65a1f3081a50afb3.jpg"> 2025-03-29T21:44:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd43q907dpm0fedvd8gcxd7j6f2ex3u3u53kyggcyrp7f6uj29wugzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkyjysuq Your context-free comic book panel of the day.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/114/089/961/378/312/823/original/df9d1ad0ed445b54.jpg"> 2025-03-02T00:21:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5v9e7kne5xzfxndkp9r3hph4fffkkdr4t9g3ez0geezjsj03pxszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk3gc2sw Trans rights are human rights.<br/><br/>Trans history is human history.<br/><br/>They can deny that all they want, but they might as well be denying gravity.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/stonewall-transgender-parks-service.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w04.Oh0a.L-nWLVLoxfk3&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/stonewall-transgender-parks-service.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w04.Oh0a.L-nWLVLoxfk3&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2025-02-14T01:19:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst4y03mzfajtgctegc2p5u5fygjjesqcs3mv8kutxsnf2rjtw2legzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclktv4ane The daily capitulation of once great newspapers has me recalling what Joe Papin advised me 52 years ago this month when I was heading off to SUNY Buffalo thinking I&#39;d become a journalist:<br/><br/>&#34;Always remember: You are entering a field in which the working ethic has sadly become, &#39;Better a living dog, than a dead lion!&#39; With hard work, perseverance, and a great deal of luck, you can help change this! Excelsior!!&#39;&#34;<br/><br/>Alas, today&#39;s newspaper owners have chosen to be dogs instead of lions.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/867/931/557/632/383/original/366dfb3730229544.jpg"> 2025-01-21T19:15:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst2rpfw33cpjeqywzvku0aexkh7lax49nsn868q95akcmr6dvfk0qzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkvks6jg It&#39;s impossible for me to think of Donald Trump and his odious cabinet picks without also thinking of the Legion of Super-Villains. If only the former were as fictional as the latter!<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/840/481/714/077/017/original/57b5bf036a777c4b.jpg"> 2025-01-16T22:59:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxk2yk9nexn020azy3lxdwdw8p4jra2w9lyzk6da2w6y55w4yz96szyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkakrsa2 Why I try to get to as many conventions as time and money will allow.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/711/444/783/921/467/original/5a793ef4b6eaae4c.jpg"> 2024-12-25T03:58:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsydr8rp9nrrrcaylfg0nxj5dxl5kwez797z9phx4t24elw9nnzkvqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclktqdswu Your context-free comic book panel of the day.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/708/583/823/662/684/original/4fc1672f9c96bebd.jpg"> 2024-12-24T15:50:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx8ju90uus0u846k77pezp4hqey8upwzwgym00gllqhd49u8cdn7szyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkmncfyg Your context-free comic book panel of the day.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/674/480/598/311/343/original/8cb90c90e0287a58.jpg"> 2024-12-18T15:20:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfug7l6n82lurjduwystr827jtchy2gmtzs8d9wvzjsl7ydchlwfszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk07g0gy MAD magazine&#39;s Super Patriot — introduced to us in 1969 thanks to writers Frank Jacobs &amp; Stan Hart and artist Jack Davis — is unfortunately just as relevant as ever. Except for that part about hating the &#34;very rich.&#34; They sure do love them 65 years later, since that&#39;s the only way they get elected!<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/653/023/135/196/711/original/56a47e74af858e84.jpg"> 2024-12-14T20:18:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8np5xr20evmafd42x54lzpcd0pqd8ppekhc0ywrvvj0e653ehduqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk8tem0a The year before I was born, the threat of polio prompted DC Comics to run ads warning kids to —<br/><br/>1. Keep clean<br/>2. Don’t get fatigued<br/>3. Avoid new groups<br/>4. Don’t get chilled<br/><br/>— because no vaccine had yet been invented. Parents and kids lived in terror. That&#39;s the world the GOP wants to bring back.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/648/902/883/082/053/original/4de6364afe412223.jpg"> 2024-12-14T03:12:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyepkaux4yg42sdsglefu768gd324vx3s7zfkxdjrsm0ekjklm5qszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkvsmc2p I just recommended Vince A. Liaguno&#39;s essay &#34;The Horror of Donna Berzatto and Her Feast of the Seven Fishes&#34; for a Bram Stoker Award in the category of Short Non-Fiction. Whether or not you&#39;re also an HWA member eligible to nominate, it&#39;s worth your time. <a href="https://www.vinceliaguno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Horror-of-Donna-Berzatto-by-Vince-A.-Liaguno-FINAL.pdf">https://www.vinceliaguno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Horror-of-Donna-Berzatto-by-Vince-A.-Liaguno-FINAL.pdf</a> 2024-12-12T03:41:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjx3490vf85v85ulzanu003gx0l30yw5vxplnft32j87d57yfexqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkp5h3zm Since math, science, and most facts run counter to Republican policies, almost any truth teller will be seen by them as a leftwing propagandist. That&#39;s the only way it&#39;s possible for them to maintain belief in their positions — by denying reality. Or under the next administration, trying to eradicate it. 2024-11-25T00:31:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyjc8eyp8u25m8frd083luydayna6xpdgvt7t299a2rhda06rlpqqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkjm25sl In explaining how she kept her spirits up while fighting Nazis as a teen, Madeleine Riffaud, who died this month at 100, said: &#34;The essential was not to give in. When you resisted, you were already a victor. You had already won.&#34; Advice we need to survive now as well. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/world/europe/madeleine-riffaud-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cU4.SyuX.a1QOsIbrdqug&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/world/europe/madeleine-riffaud-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cU4.SyuX.a1QOsIbrdqug&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2024-11-24T03:49:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstp4lp46jg4eel5s56svpk66r7ds7ace2y25c8xe3xvnr3xvspj6czyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk4s3phe Since all the cool kids seem to be doing it, here&#39;s my 2024 awards eligibility post, though the last on the list won&#39;t be released until December 12. The longest of these is 6,350 words, so all eight fall under any short story categories. (Six others are scheduled for 2025. It&#39;s been a good year.)<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/473/359/548/824/247/original/1a535d345ed2f0d3.jpg"> 2024-11-13T03:00:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs903vmzw3dwa5k3rqyn4g9tkddfx45trcar6ghreyg9v9kvgfwxrczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkqhlrlj ICYMI — the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic went live this morning with guest Paul Cornell. Eavesdrop on our lunch to learn where he stands on the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby debate, how some of his Doctor Who fan fiction eventually became canon — and much more. <a href="https://pod.link/1083737796">https://pod.link/1083737796</a> 2024-11-09T00:34:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdfnscfe3m9qfufgcmsv4uwc2rka77dkhglq6gwdvl25kvlguunlgzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkhqaq3d A new issue of DreamForge Magazine of Science and Fantasy Fiction, which has been the home for several of my more hopeful stories, went live today. It contains a new one from me titled &#34;The Neighborly Thing to Do.&#34; I hope you enjoy it. <a href="https://dreamforge.mywebportal.app/dreamforge/stories/show/the-neighborly-thing-to-do-scott-edelman">https://dreamforge.mywebportal.app/dreamforge/stories/show/the-neighborly-thing-to-do-scott-edelman</a><br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/113/092/269/504/603/117/original/1bf4883cee155250.jpg"> 2024-09-06T19:33:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvq64fvvd7hwf6dm9v67d0gwcn508j089hv26tzyhae98wd7rqk0qzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk9uwpv6 The latest PS Publishing newsletter shared a photo of me with my dear friend Pete Crowther shot during the only few seconds I took the risk of allowing my mask to drop within the Glasgow Worldcon convention space. (I exhaled as I lowered the mask, held my breath, then exhaled again as I raised it.)<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/984/312/296/782/649/original/812d93e7186749b0.jpeg"> 2024-08-18T17:59:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8xu5tthg5d8qv64f0pkf80yp5v9axxrg526x8vcw8nzg9xp3l8ngzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk4w5x08 THIS: &#34;Every time you step out into the world without a mask on your face, you have made a decision that your very good reason, whatever it is, supersedes the right of disabled and at-risk people to exist safely in your orbit.&#34; <a href="https://annabookwriter.medium.com/to-my-unmasked-friend-in-the-fifth-year-of-covid-f2790ccd267d">https://annabookwriter.medium.com/to-my-unmasked-friend-in-the-fifth-year-of-covid-f2790ccd267d</a> 2024-08-18T12:32:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrzwkcc9gqhnzhzfrx9sqsdy8j4nyrv79kmpnqv335y5qrhxpf64czyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclktca6cp My Wednesday morning COVID-19 test — the last in London, as I leave for home this afternoon — delivered another negative result. Plus — I continue to feel fine, with no suspicious symptoms. Which, considering how many others who attended Worldcon did not have similar results, is a relief. Whew!<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/959/253/321/290/115/original/652a1b182c726726.jpg"> 2024-08-14T07:44:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgnllgmns784p3l9q6ksv8e04c7cfqgsu66xwaal2tml4k2a3fmfszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk65wdze Kamala Harris made a promise in 2019.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s help her keep it in 2024.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/826/726/935/353/644/original/683b52fe302457e7.jpeg"> 2024-07-21T22:02:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0ad2mf5h6g5gyssham29rx4vkrkeqg6n8kpmjnj5rmsnelz53zczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkyttqrl I think the most recent COVID-19 count coming out of Readercon is 29, which means about 4.5% of the attendees were infected. As of my Thursday morning test, I&#39;m not one of them. And that&#39;s after multiple encounters with those did test positive. Whew! I hope the symptoms of those suffering pass soon.<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/807/624/925/313/189/original/679763edfd78815b.jpg"> 2024-07-18T13:03:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5r26tc5p2z7tvaxstwn55djrz2nrsxps9m8waq44adj2mc3xtuczyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkhtnwcp It&#39;s Berkeley Breathed&#39;s 67th birthday, and so I shall celebrate by once again sharing the only Bloom County strip I ever clipped out of a newspaper&#39;s Sunday comics section. It ran on February 26, 1989, and oh, how I wish the goniff being being spoofed here had long since vanished from our memories!<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/656/753/232/365/046/original/5bfaae83acca2956.jpg"> 2024-06-21T21:46:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqk8fwhxkrs4m7s5x79g5d7q9tdtggk627jffqv65wwnpj3c9tklszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkyncgdv A reminder to those who, like me, can&#39;t be in Pasadena for this year&#39;s Nebula Awards banquet (*sniff*) — the ceremony will be live-streamed tonight at 8:00 p.m. Pacific time. Good luck to all the nominees! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKhwaZ8DdZ4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKhwaZ8DdZ4</a> 2024-06-08T20:08:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgh9063a3n26h9lv8sjwtr7g0ftuaa2vng7s5dzu3c0yk84ydzlggzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkhw9kll It&#39;s Terry Pratchett&#39;s birthday, which brings back memories of how he surprised us at the 2011 Capclave by dropping in on his way to the airport at the end of a book tour. I grabbed a front row seat and recorded his appearance, which means you can have a front row seat, too. <a href="https://youtu.be/E7CJRIi8kZ0">https://youtu.be/E7CJRIi8kZ0</a> 2024-04-28T17:17:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstn6vgq0h3utvhxky97jlv4hmk7esctr5yspfjt59lw3770ztkutgzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk53gv70 I repeat — Donald Trump is a stochastic terrorist. #GiftLink <a href="https://wapo.st/3PnNU3c">https://wapo.st/3PnNU3c</a> 2024-03-17T12:50:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsre8wunlupzs43d4lmj9ukcu7a4h9qx5tggnnwx89z6tc9de758tszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkkhjhqp In case you were wondering who just paid $2,340,000 for a copy of Superman #1 ... it wasn&#39;t me. I&#39;m kinda hoping it was one of you, though, shopping early for my upcoming birthday. <a href="https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/superman-1-dc-1939-cgc-fn-vf-70-off-white-pages/a/7358-91044.s">https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/superman-1-dc-1939-cgc-fn-vf-70-off-white-pages/a/7358-91044.s</a><br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/111/745/170/695/844/825/original/c749461520b1ae1d.jpeg"> 2024-01-12T21:47:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszcxrvvleg74wj9kuzs3letfvp9lzmg52d6ak4m255mrngte53krszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkezrukn &#34;As president, he wielded power carelessly and often cruelly and put his ego and his personal needs above the interests of his country. ... Re-electing Mr. Trump would present serious dangers to our Republic and to the world.&#34; #giftlink <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/opinion/trump-2024-campaign-warning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME0.xyi8.OCKmog6-aqO1&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/opinion/trump-2024-campaign-warning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME0.xyi8.OCKmog6-aqO1&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2024-01-08T02:52:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp60xnw86h02dfgzzez2zlxt080cjw4ze5ysffmhde7jm3fe9t4zqzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkqtzy6n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8e3k6hkl7k54890gmwaudezc4z33zqt4p4682jkryxm03aw68h2qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qdz0kfd'>nevent1q…0kfd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7</span> (<span class="italic">npub1psd…9sr7</span>)</a></span> Which brings back memories of entering the Guinness Storehouse for George R. R. Martin&#39;s post-Hugos party and being immediately handed a pint, which was likely to be the best pint of Guinness I&#39;d ever taste. And while everyone else was oohing and ahhing and wondering how they could get a second, all I could think was ... how do I dispose of this discretely without insulting my hosts? So boozy dives are definitely not for me. I&#39;m the rare foodie who doesn&#39;t do alcohol. 2023-11-26T14:42:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8e3k6hkl7k54890gmwaudezc4z33zqt4p4682jkryxm03aw68h2qzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkyxfm5z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst48dqa0577t0dk6wgtwjmpcegkwk05a8q2u9ymdeys4zj6wgav4gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q7nf5p9'>nevent1q…f5p9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7</span> (<span class="italic">npub1psd…9sr7</span>)</a></span> As fascinated as I am about boozy dive subculture from a sociological standpoint, and so I have a good picture if I ever needed to depict one in my fiction, it’s not where you’re likely to find me, unless I’m tagging along with friends who’ve chosen one as a destination, where I&#39;d be the one sipping an orange juice. Because I don’t drink alcohol of any kind. Not for moral reasons — I’ve simply always found the taste foul and recoil from even a single sip. So I’m just not a pub guy. 2023-11-26T14:38:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp068pyxak6ly5yq255r7773hjmv39q63424jfj4mkq0wudaw2d4czyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkvaqp8q If you know me, it shouldn&#39;t be a surprise I&#39;m already looking into Glasgow&#39;s Michelin-starred restaurants even though Worldcon&#39;s still nine months away. <a href="https://www.cailbruich.co.uk">https://www.cailbruich.co.uk</a> 2023-11-26T02:30:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrsmlvytjqgj469vltkknt62z23f3zlgj33s6qe2d6w408a5mu9uszyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkml8xuy Last night&#39;s earworm which bounced around my brain each time I woke was — &#34;99 Luftballons&#34; by Nena. <a href="https://youtu.be/Fpu5a0Bl8eY">https://youtu.be/Fpu5a0Bl8eY</a> 2023-11-25T14:19:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgwzvafjjh3umr9r6j3x0dckdha6jnrqg8k7trx4gj3f4rr7nxnqgzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclkf70qu0 The Marion city police and the Marion County sheriff’s office killed 98-year-old Joan Meyer, who shortly before she died said: &#34;These are Hitler tactics and something has to be done.&#34; <a href="https://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials/article278199777.html">https://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials/article278199777.html</a> 2023-08-13T19:27:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstdqq5dp7zr7luytj52qdr2f2nxcqt2jxs9a8e5u2qvk7k8zyv38gzyzkmngmfh3s6gwc3q5apzfte86wpkgy5adt0kslf0fm0u9305lclk6xrjr6 Heading off to the Library of Congress National Book Festival tomorrow, where I hope to see <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub146x6jt3ed8x0zqa6rp075xqdx8lwag0fzyyu37ph3nev5356jrcq8jed06" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub146x6jt3ed8x0zqa6rp075xqdx8lwag0fzyyu37ph3nev5356jrcq8jed06</span> (<span class="italic">npub146x…ed06</span>)</a></span>, Grady Hendrix, Nisi Shawl, Victor LaValle, and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ept9x2ry29d2jymxtp5wt94fnetfz5h0688c0tamx2cc3vggvfesdmjcl3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1ept9x2ry29d2jymxtp5wt94fnetfz5h0688c0tamx2cc3vggvfesdmjcl3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ept…jcl3</span>)</a></span>, the last of whom I also saw speak four years ago at the same event. I wonder whether he&#39;ll look any different?<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/110/871/743/154/135/572/original/0aaf2c4ffa8ee6fe.jpeg"> 2023-08-11T15:45:24Z