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Cliff Jones Jr.

@cliffjones.bsky.social

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Neurodivergent author/editor of dreampunk: DRECK (2023), MIRRORMAZE (2020), SOMNISCOPE (2024), THE LASTING LANDS (DM me). Software developer, linguist, visual/martial artist, INFP-T, 4w5, Scorpio, he/him. 💚

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · Aug 18

Good call! I've had three books published so far, each with a real human artist.

Mirrormaze: Gemma Martínez (of Spain, not sure about her socials)
Dreck: Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social (me)
Somniscope: Brent Houzenga @houzenga.bsky.social

#books #booksky #sf #sff #sffh #art #artists #noAI

The cover of Mirrormaze: A Dreampunk Anthology, edited by Cliff Jones Jr. An ambiguously gendered punk with rings of pink clouds around their head is hovering over a green labyrinth like a ghost. It says, "We find ourselves in a very strange place."

The cover of Dreck, by Cliff Jones Jr. A dark blue/purple ant with glowing pink eyes stares at you from a green background with visible brush strokes. A quote from Jeff Noon reads: "A brilliant exploration of technology's strange new borderlands."

The cover of Somniscope: A Dreampunk Convergence, edited by Cliff Jones Jr. An negative-image pink and yellow skull on a purplish background, looking like tie-dye.

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely, yes. I used talk-to-text to dictate some of my creative writing (I had a long commute & very little time to write otherwise) but now it's practically unusable. It punctuates where it wants & changes things trying to glean context that isn't there while ignoring the context that is.

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 2h

I miss when speech to text transcribed what I actually said rather than what some AI thinks I meant to say

I can watch it change from a verbatim transcript to weird drivel in real time and it's infuriating.

I swear this didn't happen a couple of years ago.

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 2h

I loved the movie, but as for Jared Leto...

A three-panel capture of the show Bojack Horseman with a young mare talking on the phone: "What on-the-go jet-setter's demanding more honeydew in his or her fruit cup? It's literally the worst part of everything it's in. It's like the Jared Leto of fruits."

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 2h

I loved the movie, but as for Jared Leto...

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 17h

This all sounds highly criminal.

I still can't believe we apparently had no plan in place for if a convicted fraudster became POTUS. Of course he'll keep criming!

I'm hopeful to see the new USA that rises from the ashes of this regime if we actually survive this.

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 17h

A photo of the White House being demolished with a caption: "Crews demolish part of White House to build Trump's ballroom"

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 17h

"Leto's misfires in recent years have been many, with virtually no hits to counteract them. So, as much as Leto is seen as an A-lister, audiences haven't indicated that they care about him in any way. If anything, he appears to be a deterrent at this point."

Heh. Yep.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 18h

Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 21h

So the largest turnout in US history is "very small." Cool.

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 1d

Is this not America? This is what they used to tell us America was all about.

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 1d

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No More Kings - Schoolhouse Rock Boston Tea Party

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier today, my second graded asked me "How many days until Christmas?" and had a good laugh when I looked it up. (It's 67 days.) I just watched the latest South Park, and wow. 😑

First Labubu and now 67. It's almost like the show is made for people of a certain age who now have kids.

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 1d

You've got to help me out here. I'm searching for "Trump diarrhea" to see what you're talking about, but there are simply too many relevant results over the years. 🤮

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 1d

That "Have a great life," line is sofa king stupid. As if George Santos is just going to be like, "Whew, that was a close call! I've really learned my lesson. Straight and narrow from here on out." No, he'll get right back to criming. He might have learned something, but Trump put a stop to that. 🖕🍊

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP in 2025 is the most blatantly, unapologetically, cartoonishly corrupt political party in world history.

I don't have to have a source on that; it's just that obvious.

Out Magazine @out.com · 3d

"Good luck George, have a great life," the president wrote about the convicted felon.

Breaking: Donald Trump commutes fraudster George Santos's prison sentence

"Good luck George, have a great life," the president wrote about the convicted felon.

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 1d

Finished it. It was great. If you want to feel a very specific kind of pain. 5/5 from me.

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 1d

I'm 3/4 of the way through I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid right now and totally loving it.

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freemark7.bsky.social @freemark7.bsky.social · 2d

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 2d

My brain late at night.

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 2d

Trump and his MAGA goons have been firmly 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 Ukraine the whole time. Any notion that they would do anything other than aid the aggressor here is beyond miguided.

The same goes for Palestine.

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 2d

I hope they followed this advice when it was given.

Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · Feb 1

For all federal employees:

Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs.

If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 2d

He's wearing a shit-eating grin... and a shit-covered jacket.

And he's the one who posted this. 🤮

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 2d

It doesn't quite look like that though. It has dark eyes, for one thing. I'm kind of stumped.

Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 3d

This was my immediate reaction too.

a cartoon of a man with his finger on his lips

Alt: Principal Skinner in The Simpsons touching his nose and smiling

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 3d

You're giving Trump way too much credit. He doesn't care about red states either. He only wants to enrich himself while staying out of prison. He's not a president at all.

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 3d

Here's some video of that white anole.