Michael W Lucas 😱🤣
Author of too many books. Sysadmin. Pet rats, martial arts, gelato. Punch white supremacists and TERFs. https://mwl.io.
Not the gay porn star.
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- The purpose of Netflix in my life is to not see ads. If I start getting ads, Netflix will no longer be in my life. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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- Have a MyQ garage door opener and the Amazon shopping app on your phone? Amazon flips "garage delivery" to "on." They just did it to us. Which I explicitly do not want. www.reddit.com/r/myq/commen...
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- Reposted by Michael W Lucas 😱🤣Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright. Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
- Look. You've seen me post about this. But @zzclaybourne.bsky.social is down to 54 hours on the Kickstarter for his magnificent novel "Amnandi Sails." Sheer chance means you might not see one of these promo posts again. Backing? A moment. Regret lasts forever. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...
- That's the #Laserblasted copyedits done! 🏆 Tomorrow, I make it a BOOK!
- It's always nice when your copyeditor's comments show that they understand your work: e.g., "Can we blow up the Reverend too?" #Laserblasted
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- Reposted by Michael W Lucas 😱🤣A new report finds the bottom 60% of U.S. households—or *two-thirds* of the population—can't afford a “minimal quality of life": housing, health care, and other necessities. "Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
- Today: hang around a dental surgeon's waiting room, working on #laserblasted copyedits.
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- This whole thread. If someone will do "anything" but has a specific anything in mind, they're not willing to do anything. Yes, I would shoot someone to protect my family. Sure, no problem. But for the 15 years, I've *actually* done the laundry.
- I would say I'm at a loss for words, but I know exactly the words. WHAT? HE DID IT? HOLY CRAP THE GLORIOUS MADMAN FUCKING DID IT??? Did he? I mean, I'd like additional confirmation it's truly complete and encoded in D. radiodurans. But wow. www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=11511
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- Me: "I have no idea what I'm doing, how am I making a living #writing?" Also me: "You've published two books and want me to take your writing & publishing course? I've published sixty books starting before you were even born. Lose my email address."
- Reposted by Michael W Lucas 😱🤣i got a new dslr camera and i have no idea what i'm doing but i do have the perfect subjects to practice on
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- The #BSDCan Travel Fund auction in honor of Mike Karels ends today at 5PM. If you wanted a #RYOMS challenge coin or the special backers-only edition, this is your chance. mwl.io/archives/24105
- Copyeditor: "Why did the font size change here?" Me: "Uh... I'm gonna go with aliens." I truly appreciate that she thinks I might have done these things on purpose, though.
- If you ever want evidence that oaks are strawberries, check out the Tree of Life Browser. THIS is what the Web is for. www.onezoom.org
- The first half of #n4sa2e is in stack order: physical, datalink, etc. The second half, on testing? It should ALSO BE IN THE SAME ORDER> #headdesk 😭 Anyway, I'd appreciate your support. www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/n4sa...
- Laserblasted Update! mwl.io/archives/24128
- Vital storytelling advice, this. www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instru...
- TFW you try three times to post something without a typo. This is going to be the most Monday of Mondays. Also: edit button when?
- You should know that @zzclaybourne.bsky.social is irrepressible. Here, I have yet again failed to crush his spirits. He brings that indomitable joyful spirit to his new book. If you want irrepressible joy, you should get it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...
- I have questions. #groundBork
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- Reposted by Michael W Lucas 😱🤣“Why are you pouring water over your head?” asked Frog. “I hope that if I pour water over my head, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
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- Learn from people who are doing the thing you want to do, in the way you want to do it.
- Writers! This is the way. #writing writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/the-...
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- "I highly recommend using configuration management tools like Ansible or Puppet. They let you deploy outages faster and with less effort." Just finished the DNS chapter of "Networking for System Administrators." If you want to sponsor, act quick. www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/n4sa...
- Reposted by Michael W Lucas 😱🤣me: I'm done with the pope posts conservatives: we are having the worst day of our lives, woke marxist pope will give your kids gun control & health care in their sleep me: I would like a few more pope posts
- Everyone welcome the new pope!
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- Reposted by Michael W Lucas 😱🤣Fellow authors, if you (or the small/indie press you publish through) have sold any rights to Everand (formerly Scribd)--especially audio rights--now would be a really great time to start using every email address you have from them to ask what on earth is going on over there. 🧵
- The economy says I have to drop a bunch of #Patreon memberships. If I disappear, don't worry. I wish I could keep supporting you, but our president says otherwise.
- Mezzo is brewing plans. Don't worry, you'll learn what they are. Too late to stop him, of course, but oh are you gonna LEARN." #petrats #rats
- Tody's #60secondsOfWIP is out: "The Same Bucket" at mwl.io/archives/24125 or any of the less discerning podcast aggregators. #podcast
