Dave Mason Writes

Inevitable.

The plot thickens.

The pirate code be more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules.

Someone call ICE.

"Between the Clouds and the River is a story of choices, change, sacrifice and endurance. Each character teaches us about the subjective nature of truth, showing that love is often the single prevailing certainty in people’s memories." #historicalfiction

Renewable energy kills petrostates.

What a fucking idiot.

(Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated ​his invective against Norway, calling it a "shit house country" and ‌saying Norwegian immigrants were not welcome in the United States because the Nobel committee .. had not awarded him a Peace ​Prize. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Great to be in the mix. #librariesrock

They don't know how it works. They don't know what it might do. They don't know how to control it. But they're confident it will replace you.

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

Well this is eleventy-million kinds of Fucked Up. @latimes.com (who once contracted with me as a freelance reviewer and whom I struggled to get paid by) asserts that *merely reading its website* constitutes a permanent waiver of your right to sue it under *any circumstances*.

Zero accountability = democracy is dead.

No one gives a fuck about meta.

Great to be in the mix. #librariesrock

Obama: "That well-known evil empire Canada. That historical adversary of ours. Canada! *laughs* It's your neighbor. It's a few minutes' drive over the bridge! These are the people who gave us Martin Short and maple syrup. They are the nicest people! And someone we've gotten them so mad."

Why young voters are turning to socialism

So much to unpack here. Unrealized capital gains in real estate are taxed. Why not tax other forms? And are people with net worths of $5 or $10 million worried they'll suddenly be worth $250 million? Can you imagine the nightmare? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Disenfranchisement is a win for losers.

“Given”?

Jurasshole Park.

The snowball is just beginning to roll downhill.

"This is not just historical fiction, this is literature, in all its raw, sometimes visceral, moving, touching, heart-wrenching, visual, emotional, lush, brutal, beautiful, cinematic, and as-real-as-a-book-can-get pages." DK Marley / @histficcompany.bsky.social Acquired for film and television.

Yeah, okay... >70% of NHL players are not American.

Of course they did. Laws are for little people.

"Security"

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Finalist: 2024 Hemingway Award/20th Century War Fiction Finalist: 2024 BookExcellence Award/Historical Fiction Finalist: 2024 BookViral Millennium Book Award Honorable Mention: 2024 HFC Hugo Award Silver: 2024 Bookfest Award for Historical Fiction Silver: 2024 Incipere Book Award / Literary Fiction

The solar panel is the new peace symbol. Pass it on. @billmckibben.bsky.social

Muse on this.

Maybe not.

Finalist: 2024 Hemingway Award/20th Century War Fiction Finalist: 2024 BookExcellence Award/Historical Fiction Finalist: 2024 BookViral Millennium Book Award Honorable Mention: 2024 HFC Hugo Award Silver: 2024 Bookfest Award for Historical Fiction Silver: 2024 Incipere Book Award / Literary Fiction

"Bernhardt, like all of us, is a product of circumstances, but also of choices he makes as he tries to navigate them. And because of the unique path he ends up taking, he’s guarded, but he cares deeply for the few people who somehow find their way inside his emotional perimeter."

"This is not just historical fiction, this is literature, in all its raw, sometimes visceral, moving, touching, heart-wrenching, visual, emotional, lush, brutal, beautiful, cinematic, and as-real-as-a-book-can-get pages." DK Marley / @histficcompany.bsky.social Acquired for film and television.

"Stock traders are buying the CoreWeave dip. Bond traders are pricing in a 60% chance it defaults."

“Investors in the corporate bond market have started to shun CoreWeave, with the company's credit default swaps reaching distress levels.”

Excellent.

"Bernhardt, like all of us, is a product of circumstances, but also of choices he makes as he tries to navigate them. And because of the unique path he ends up taking, he’s guarded, but he cares deeply for the few people who somehow find their way inside his emotional perimeter."

Germany Libya Montana British Columbia The geographic scope of Between the Clouds and the River. aspectsofhistory.com/author_inter...

Socialism is awesome.

24% departing the most planet's most respected country immediately?

Ijingi Qaumajuuk (Bright Eyes) Laina Geetah ~ Inuk 2026

"A serious but accessible novel that earns its moments of hope. Asks hard questions about nationality, belonging, and the nature of borders without offering easy answers. Yet for all its gravity, it maintains a fundamental warmth… Fair warning: keep tissues handy for the final chapters." BookShelfie

"When I give a book 5 stars, I think it's perfect and it has had a deep impact on me. That's how I feel about this book. I couldn't stop reading it and felt a deep swell of emotion at the end. Highly recommend. This needs to be made into a TV series or movie because the story is so damn good."

Insane.

I got chills, they're multiplyin'.

AI slop.

“Investors in the corporate bond market have started to shun CoreWeave, with the company's credit default swaps reaching distress levels.”

I got chills, they're multiplyin'.