Petergeist Clines

Oh, hey there... I write books. They tend to fall into a speculative-sci-fi-horror sort of zone. The newest, THE OFF SEASON, is out in April 2027. GOD'S JUNK DRAWER is out now, with a paperback coming this November. I post about writing, toys, movies, and other stuff I enjoy. You've been warned.

Sorry brother Arabs invented like 75% of math and culture and the rest comes from China

bots filing lawsuits would result in a tsunami of absolutely frivolous bullshit that would destroy thousands of small businesses and ruin millions of lives. Fuck "A.i."

355) Marvel Legends What If... Gamora. Another fantastic animation adaptation. Alas, also where I noticed Legends figures were really starting to skimp on accessories. No alternate head or hands. This is it. Don’t get me wrong--I really like this figure, but at times I wish I could do more with her.

Okay, but you DIDN'T hold Bondi or Noem accountable. You didn't do anything. So is this your way of saying you're not going to deal with Hegseth?

HEY YOU WITH THE INTERNET Remember that Kickstarter I was poking you about? Well it's in the final week, fully funded and just one stretch goal left to unlock. You could get a cool astronaut action figure, or a cool zombie, or both, or a few of both. Check it out if any of that sounds cool to you.

Today is the second day of #AceWeek and I'm still asexual and also a co-founder of Plot Warren! We have a noAI policy and the site is coded by an actual human being! NO VIBE CODING! Which means your NOTIFICATIONS LOAD and you can SEE YOUR TIMELINE! #AsexualAwarenessWeek #NoAI #PlotWarren

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I think the lesson from Lula is not never talk about the opposition; it's articulate a positive vision that's basically, We Can Just Do Things. That's why Mamdani-ism is so popular - voters have an intrinsic sense that their electeds have agency they're not using

Oh, hey, have I mentioned lately that I have a newsletter...? buttondown.com/PClines

More classic b movie monsters from the 50s, with a slight redesigns. The work continues. #scifi #scifiart #vintagemonsters #classicmovies #classicmonsters #monsterart #creatureart #creaturedesign #scifimovies #bmovie #bmoviemonsters #moviemonsters #bmovies #horrorart #horrormovie #monsters

No you see AI won’t replace jobs it will simply make the jobs easier

My second essay on how under Trump we’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable to us just years ago. Today: The corruption of the Justice Dept and *EIGHT* scandals on par with Watergate: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty...

El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

Oh no. Met him a few times and he was always so wonderful. So very sorry for Danielle.

I think a shocking number of our major societal problems would vanish overnight if you could magically pull the plug on the X platform and Meta, both of which are carefully designed to turn people into the worst version of themselves.

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win” The time to care about everyone is always always always now

I filled out my ballot today and found this site helpful for figuring out all the California propositions: www.openballot.app/elections/ca... #BeAVoter

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

None of us should forget this. Meta should be subjected to corporate death penalty and permanently broken up into small pieces.

I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.

WE DID IT. I CANT FUCKING BELIEVED WE DEFEATED USA WE DEFEATED A COUP WE DEFEATED META WE DEFEATED EVERYONE WHO TRIED TO SILENCE BRAZILIA PEOPLE LULA WON GUYS. THE PEOPLE WON.

Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).

In his talk at Princeton, @marcelias.bsky.social noted that the election suppression he worried about was less ICE at the polls and more ICE putting up traffic checkpoints and other things that made access to the polls much harder. And it looks like we’re seeing a version of that in Brazil.

I don’t know, man, I’m kind of sick of treating Trump and his cronies like they’re just absurd and laughable and not really spending any time talking about the murders, the concentration camps, the millions starved around the world, people living lives beset with threats of violence and erasure.

In the end, their defense always comes down to "I'm not the evil one, I was just following orders."

Google was really trying to hide its water use figures, to the degree that it got the council to try to keep its water use figures secret. The community finally got the actual numbers and found out Google was using 29 percent of the water in the community. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

During the brazilian elections we learned one obvious but important tactic to defeat the far right on the Internet and I think everyone should know it: IGNORE THEM! DON'T ENGAGE WITH THEIR CONTENT! DON'T MAKE CONTENT REACTING TO THEM! DON'T HATE QRT! LET THEM ALONE IN THEIR BUBBLE!

Read these books soooooooo many times when I was a kid. My first in-depth exposure to so many monsters. The Godzilla book is where I learned most of my early Godzilla history, and learned that he'd been in *several* movies, not just the Saturday morning cartoon and Marvel comics.

99% of GOP talking points can be knocked down if reporters do third grade level research and pushback. It rarely happens, which is why it's so jarring when you actually see it 🙃

As a matter of fact I did!

Amazon is running a sale on the first SIDEQUESTED! Twelve bucks gets you a fancy 300 page introduction to our book girl as she falls in love with the princess she rescues from a tower. www.amazon.com/SideQuested-... #GraphicNovel #YA #book #books #comics

This seems like a big deal

We tried "everyone is entitled to an opinion" for three straight decades and all we have to show for it is four thousand cases of measles and a death cult running the government. It's time for people who don't know what they're talking about to shut the fuck up.

A Sept. national survey by telecomm company NumberBarn, which screened 1,000 adults, found 72% of people who replied STOP to a political text message kept getting political messages after. Nearly half said getting too many calls or texts made them view that candidate less favorably.

Fun fact-- the text problem is so bad and so despised they've added "Fuck Off" to the list of responses that will automatically unsubscribe you Not a joke, dead serious. You can type stop/ quit/ end or just respond "fuck off" and 83% of the time you'll be unsubscribed. And feel better about it.

I remember these! When my local library got these I thought it was the most amazing book series ever, and for YEARS this was maybe 83% of my background with all of these monsters.