Gordon D
@gordondym.bsky.social
Writer. Digital marketer. Doctor Who fan. Tenants rights advocate. Marx Brothers wannabe. Troublemaker. He/him
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Gordon D
@gordondym.bsky.social
· Nov 8
KEYBOARD JOCKEY CHRONICLES - November 2025 Edition | Gordon Dymowski
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My 2026 #writing plans will focus on "speculative crime fiction", including
* a 1950s-era spy thriller that may become a series
* a LEVERAGE-style series, but with classic Victorian and Edwardian detectives (but no Sherlock Holmes) and
* a Simon Templar/Phillip Marlowe-style sleuth
* a 1950s-era spy thriller that may become a series
* a LEVERAGE-style series, but with classic Victorian and Edwardian detectives (but no Sherlock Holmes) and
* a Simon Templar/Phillip Marlowe-style sleuth
a notebook with to do written on it
ALT: a notebook with to do written on it
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December 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My 2026 #writing plans will focus on "speculative crime fiction", including
* a 1950s-era spy thriller that may become a series
* a LEVERAGE-style series, but with classic Victorian and Edwardian detectives (but no Sherlock Holmes) and
* a Simon Templar/Phillip Marlowe-style sleuth
* a 1950s-era spy thriller that may become a series
* a LEVERAGE-style series, but with classic Victorian and Edwardian detectives (but no Sherlock Holmes) and
* a Simon Templar/Phillip Marlowe-style sleuth
Here's an important #writing announcement - I'll be part of the @speclit.bsky.social 's Deep Dish reading at @volumesbooks.bsky.social on January 3rd!
(Here are the details via Patreon, and if you need a place for holiday shopping...there you go)
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(Here are the details via Patreon, and if you need a place for holiday shopping...there you go)
www.patreon.com/posts/announ...
ANNOUNCEMENT - Special Deep Dish Reading at Volumes Bookcafe on January 3rd | Gordon Dymowski
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December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here's an important #writing announcement - I'll be part of the @speclit.bsky.social 's Deep Dish reading at @volumesbooks.bsky.social on January 3rd!
(Here are the details via Patreon, and if you need a place for holiday shopping...there you go)
www.patreon.com/posts/announ...
(Here are the details via Patreon, and if you need a place for holiday shopping...there you go)
www.patreon.com/posts/announ...
Movie theaters forever!
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Movie theaters forever!
Do we *really* want to have a robot apocalypse?
Because this is how you get a robot apocalypse.
Because this is how you get a robot apocalypse.
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Do we *really* want to have a robot apocalypse?
Because this is how you get a robot apocalypse.
Because this is how you get a robot apocalypse.
Drop an iconic scene
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Drop an iconic scene
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Disney buys Marvel, Lucasfilm and 2Oth Century Fox. Amazon buys MGM. Netflix buys WB. Amazon buys Netflix. Amazon goes out of business because there’s nobody left to buy them.
Books inherit the Earth.
Books inherit the Earth.
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Disney buys Marvel, Lucasfilm and 2Oth Century Fox. Amazon buys MGM. Netflix buys WB. Amazon buys Netflix. Amazon goes out of business because there’s nobody left to buy them.
Books inherit the Earth.
Books inherit the Earth.
Share a TV show you love with a great Christmas themed episode.📺🎄
My choice:
My choice:
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Share a TV show you love with a great Christmas themed episode.📺🎄
My choice:
My choice:
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Wars, Marvel etc
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Wars, Marvel etc
Why do people keep doing stuff like this?
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Why do people keep doing stuff like this?
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
Maybe he should start buying lottery scratchers to try to make some of it back.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Maybe he should start buying lottery scratchers to try to make some of it back.
I got my hepatitis B vaccination and my long-delayed tetanus booster in the same day...and I lived!
That *that*, anti-vaxx crowd!
That *that*, anti-vaxx crowd!
a sticker that says ' i got vaccinated ' on it
ALT: a sticker that says ' i got vaccinated ' on it
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December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I got my hepatitis B vaccination and my long-delayed tetanus booster in the same day...and I lived!
That *that*, anti-vaxx crowd!
That *that*, anti-vaxx crowd!
What I would like to know is why this scene was left out of the animated reconstruction of this DOCTOR WHO story?
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
What I would like to know is why this scene was left out of the animated reconstruction of this DOCTOR WHO story?
picture of me and the staff who operate my Bluesky account
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
picture of me and the staff who operate my Bluesky account
A collective break from our current existential garbage fire
Is there anything yall really wanting for Christmas?
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A collective break from our current existential garbage fire
Where are you at mentally.
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Where are you at mentally.
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Are you looking to get in the Whovian holiday spirit...but want to avoid going out in winter weather?
Chicago Whovians United has you covered - join us next week for our virtual holiday social!
(RSVP via Facebook or Meetup - FB link included) #DoctorWho
www.facebook.com/events/81394...
Chicago Whovians United has you covered - join us next week for our virtual holiday social!
(RSVP via Facebook or Meetup - FB link included) #DoctorWho
www.facebook.com/events/81394...
VIRTUAL New/Current Member Holiday Social
Event by Chicago Whovians United on Thursday, December 11 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Are you looking to get in the Whovian holiday spirit...but want to avoid going out in winter weather?
Chicago Whovians United has you covered - join us next week for our virtual holiday social!
(RSVP via Facebook or Meetup - FB link included) #DoctorWho
www.facebook.com/events/81394...
Chicago Whovians United has you covered - join us next week for our virtual holiday social!
(RSVP via Facebook or Meetup - FB link included) #DoctorWho
www.facebook.com/events/81394...
I wonder if I should add this to the @chicagowhomeetup.bsky.social event schedule...
(All four parts, but not necessarily in one sitting)
(All four parts, but not necessarily in one sitting)
ON THIS DAY... 19 years ago, the I, Davros story Corruption by Lance Parkin was first released by Big Finish. Cover by Stuart Manning.
#DoctorWho #BigFinish
#DoctorWho #BigFinish
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I wonder if I should add this to the @chicagowhomeetup.bsky.social event schedule...
(All four parts, but not necessarily in one sitting)
(All four parts, but not necessarily in one sitting)
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George Orwell’s Six Rules for Writing Clear and Tight Prose
George Orwell’s Six Rules for Writing Clear and Tight Prose
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Most everyone who knows the work of George Orwell knows his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language” (published here), in which he rails against careless, confusing, ...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
George Orwell’s Six Rules for Writing Clear and Tight Prose
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"Before the lifetime of adventure came the adventure of a lifetime."
So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985.
Celebrate with us:
So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985.
Celebrate with us:
Celebrating 40 Years of Young Sherlock Holmes
The Spielberg-produced film opened in theaters on December 4, 1985
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December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Before the lifetime of adventure came the adventure of a lifetime."
So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985.
Celebrate with us:
So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985.
Celebrate with us:
I volunteer to read this and let Adam know if they messed up the translation.
OMG there's a Polish edition of FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW - RETURN OF THE JEDI
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I volunteer to read this and let Adam know if they messed up the translation.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
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Throwback Thursday: More sketches found in the files yesterday, this time featuring a certain John Steed and Mrs. Peel --
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Throwback Thursday: More sketches found in the files yesterday, this time featuring a certain John Steed and Mrs. Peel --