Christine Valada

Christine Valada

@mcvalada.bsky.social

Photographer, 4x Jeopardy champion, fabulous cook, widow of writer Len Wein.

1.3K followers666 following2.1K posts

Sad to learn of the death of Walter Koenig, whom I first knew as Chekov on ST:TOS, but whom I was lucky enough to meet on several occasions over the past 35 years. He was a friend of my husband, Len Wein, and appeared on episodes 50 and 176 of Go Fact Yourself. Rest in Peace, Walter.

Let me get this straight: trans women are men who transitioned to have some unbelievable advantage in women’s sports, but 🍊🐖 doesn’t think they can lift weights. Do I have this right?

Jezebel@jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

Trump’s tired impression—which appears to depict a trans woman struggling to lift weights—is grating on all of us www.jezebel.com/her-husbands...

I got a renewal invoice for a magazine to which I have a subscription. I also give 6 or 7 gift subscriptions every year at Christmas. The yearly gift subscriptions jumped from $10 to $50. That’s way out of my budget and I probably won’t renew my own. Great country for the rich, not boutique mags.

This is utter and complete bullshit. The provision on work made for hire under the 1976 Copyright Act were to allow EDUCATIONAL publishers (the lying shits) to steal work, not other kinds of publishing. See CCNV v. Reid. Footnote specifically cites artists being hurt by w4h. In negotiation: say NO!

Analog Science Fiction and Fact@analogsf.bsky.social

From our publisher:

Next time someone tries to assassinate tge 🍊🐖, I hope they aim for his dick and nuts first, so then he will have that horror for the rest of his life even if the shooter misses the kill. It’s probably the only thing which could cause him the kind of pain he’s forcing on so many people. Awful man.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

President Trump mused that he could rebrand either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, following his efforts to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. “We call it ‘Trump Ocean’ or, or, ‘Ocean of the Americas,’ something like that,” Trump said.

Christine Valada reposted

Watching Lanterns has reminded me how much I love Green Lantern comics and as a result I've been reading the Wein/Gibbons & Englehart/Staton runs and really enjoying them. What should I reread next? Morrison/Sharp? Johns? Silver Age? Or something else? What's the most recent run been like?

A friend of mine paid for a tour guide when he had an exhibit of his work at the Smithsonian Museum if Natural History and brought members of his family to town. He invited me to go along for the ride. Great fun and we went places I had never been after 10 years living there as a photojournalist.

Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social

Apropos of this: if you’ve never read Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America,” there’s a DC tour guide, Mr Taylor, who for me is one of the most indelible and quietly heroic characters in modern literature.

I think the “em” is his own goons who will do the terrorism to stop voting here. Just peachy.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Trump on Iran: Let 'em take out Los Angeles and San Diego, it's a small price to pay

This is false designation of origin and forgery. I hope the cartoonists named sue their asses off.

Andrew Deck@andrewdeck.bsky.social

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

I oppose making Daylight Savings Time permanent. It saves nothing. I have no objection to Standard Time being permanent 365 days a year. I hate the change twice a year.

#TuckFrump@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social

Trump publicly posted Sen. Tom Cotton’s phone number because Cotton opposes permanent daylight saving time. Apparently the leader of the free world has discovered the political sophistication of “everybody call this guy.” #DaylightSavingTime

Fuck off, Rahm.

Jon Cryer@mrjoncryer.bsky.social

Democrats need to renew American’s faith in democracy and their government. Trump has committed many impeachable acts, committed outright crimes, and attacked democracy itself. Impeach and remove. It’s that simple.

It is no longer “allegations” when the scum-sucking, bottom-feeding pedophile is convicted and jailed. Why do newspapers hedge like this? Where’s the fucking ombudsman?

This post is unavailable.

Two people are dead after a shooting in a strip mall less than a mile from the house. Not enough info to know exactly where it took place, but helicopters are overhead and the video I saw showed lots of flashing lights at Reseda and Nordhoff. Location is NE corner, a block or two from CSUN.

I want to see everyone complicit in this administration crucified and lining Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and White House. Horrible, horrible excuses for human beings. Disgusting and deplorable. When the Democrats win, we expect much from them.

I heard my Afghan outside, howling. Figured the neighbors would not appreciate it, so I went to get him. He was sitting with his nose pointed at the moon, singing away. I’ve noted before, I have never had a dog who spends so much time staring at the sky.

I cannot support him for President. He’s selling people out left and right.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.

He is not a doctor and it is about time people start yelling that at him. Practicing medicine without a license is a criminal offense in most places. The world will be a better place when that stinking ambulatory sack of excrement dies.

#TuckFrump@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social

Trump said his administration will demand that some childhood vaccines be divided into five doses given six months apart, while offering no scientific evidence for his claim that doing so would sharply reduce autism. #Vaccines

Saw Hugh Jackman surprise duet with Sutton Foster tonight at the season opener at The Soraya tonight. The woman in front of me quickly checked her phone to see for sure that’s who it was. I got a tip there “might” be a surprise guest so I was glad I had a ticket.

As I listen to the attacks 🍊🐖 makes on reporters, I know he is so stupid he is just repeating things his parents said to him “ You are so stupid. You never listen. That’s why you are stupid: you never listen. Piggy.” I look forward to his painful death. Preferably sooner rather than later.

It wasn’t Marvel that had Cap’s shield made, it was Mark Gruenwald. Fabian and others are trying to get credit for Mark out there. And maybe his widow would like the shield returned to her. I know I would.

Fabian Nicieza@fabiannicieza.bsky.social

I posted something on FB this morning and just want to clarify that I'm not calling anyone out, not "demanding" or asking for the "return" of anything, just trying to set the record straight and give credit to a friend who isn't around to take the credit he deserves. tinyurl.com/2fn5umsp

Christine Valada reposted

In memory of my first editor & other mentor, Len Wein & my first time drawing one of my childhood favs, GREEN LANTERN HAL JORDAN. While waiting to take over JLA, Len had me pencil a few GL short pieces & this was the first. Wished I'd gotten to draw JOHN STEWART too but that wasn't in the plans.

Christine Valada reposted

We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social

On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.

The Constitution says “all persons.” Republicans do not care about the law at all.

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com

NEW: The Trump administration proposed a set of changes to the 2030 census this week that would exclude non-U.S. citizens from the population count. The changes would directly impact how House of Representatives seats are apportioned among the states as well as Electoral College votes.

Today, September 10, is the 9th anniversary of Len Wein’s death. It is gratifying to me to see that many fans and friends have kindly noted the day with good stories. Len would have preferred to live on in our house, but it is nice that he lives on in his work.

Saw two more idiots decide they were mire important than red lights and ducked around a stopped vehicle to barrel through an intersection. Once was across Wilshire at Beverly Glen and the other was on Sepulveda heading north. Where the hell are cops when you need them?

I wish I was still a member so I could quit in disgust.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The American Bar Association, the lawyers group that sets standards for the legal profession, eliminated on Tuesday a diversity requirement for law schools after facing pressure from the Trump administration.

Back from LAcon V. Very disappointed the convention pulled the rug out from Go Fact Yourself over some fucking last-minute rule against using Zoom (our surprise experts could not be there in person, as sometimes happens) & even though we were bringing in our own tech and equipment, logic lost.

Other than that, had a good time, seeing old friends, however briefly for some, and my interview with GOH Barbara Hambly seemed to be well received. One of my goals was to meet Chris Klewe, and I succeeded. My b&w portraits of pros in F&SF finally got hung, and Wil Wheaton gave me high praise.

Not sure about Montreal next year, but I’d love to go to Australia in 2028 for the solar eclipse and Worldcon the following week. We’ll see. The nonsense from 🍊🐖 made this the smallest Worldcon ever for LA. Finances and the US gov hostility towards foreign guests made people stay home. Very sad.