William Gibson
@greatdismal.bsky.social
Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
How much does the soldering hurt?
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
How much does the soldering hurt?
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Yeah hi, I'll have a big mac meal aaaand please have the Grinch jack me off.
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Yeah hi, I'll have a big mac meal aaaand please have the Grinch jack me off.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
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This sign raises more questions than it answers
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This sign raises more questions than it answers
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Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
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Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
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Please, Apple, do this one right.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Apple TV's New Cyberpunk Show That Was Called 'Unfilmable' Is the Sci-Fi Event of the Decade
One book-to-screen adaptation that was once thought impossible is finally coming to Apple TV next year--and we couldn't be more excited.
www.cbr.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Please, Apple, do this one right.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
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Through a somewhat unexpected series of events I'm listening to Neuromancer read by the man himself, @greatdismal.bsky.social . It is, without hyperbole, the most excellent experience. I am a very happy boy
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Through a somewhat unexpected series of events I'm listening to Neuromancer read by the man himself, @greatdismal.bsky.social . It is, without hyperbole, the most excellent experience. I am a very happy boy
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AMANITEETHERS: For when your child has bad vibes, or is simply unpleasant to be around
I can only assume the people who made this poisonous-mushroom shaped teething toy for babies are in fact enacting a devious plot to reduce the global baby population
www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
AMANITEETHERS: For when your child has bad vibes, or is simply unpleasant to be around
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A diorama of the scorched earth on display at the Nagaoka Air Raid Center, one of many small memorial museums facing closure as survivor memory activists who fought to establish them pass away
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A diorama of the scorched earth on display at the Nagaoka Air Raid Center, one of many small memorial museums facing closure as survivor memory activists who fought to establish them pass away
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I have epistemological questions.
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I have epistemological questions.
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This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
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i will never tire of this meme
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
i will never tire of this meme
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‘It was extremely pornographic’: Cara Hunter on the deepfake video that nearly ended her political career
‘It was extremely pornographic’: Cara Hunter on the deepfake video that nearly ended her political career
The Irish politician was targeted in 2022, in the final weeks of her run for office. She has never found out who made the malicious deepfake, but knew immediately she had to try to stop this happening to other women
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
‘It was extremely pornographic’: Cara Hunter on the deepfake video that nearly ended her political career
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Researchers have created a supersensitive and fast sensor for detecting antibodies that fight influenza and COVID-19. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
Ultrasensitive sensor tracks flu- and COVID-19-fighting antibodies
Researchers could use it to make a skin patch that measures vaccine effectiveness
cen.acs.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Researchers have created a supersensitive and fast sensor for detecting antibodies that fight influenza and COVID-19. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
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“Imagine if we truly understand complex whale communication & can extend our term ‘language’ to them. Such breakthroughs would not only rewrite biology textbooks but also fundamentally redefine what it means to be human & pave the way to instituting new protections for whales, the ocean & beyond”🧪
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“Imagine if we truly understand complex whale communication & can extend our term ‘language’ to them. Such breakthroughs would not only rewrite biology textbooks but also fundamentally redefine what it means to be human & pave the way to instituting new protections for whales, the ocean & beyond”🧪
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Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
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November 30-December 2, 1978: NOVA Convention • New York, New York - William S. Burroughs, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Laurie Anderson, Frank Zappa, Robert Anton Wilson, John Cage, Timothy Leary, Brion Gysin, Ed Sanders, Susan Sontag, Anne Waldman, Merce Cunningham, Philip Glass
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
November 30-December 2, 1978: NOVA Convention • New York, New York - William S. Burroughs, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Laurie Anderson, Frank Zappa, Robert Anton Wilson, John Cage, Timothy Leary, Brion Gysin, Ed Sanders, Susan Sontag, Anne Waldman, Merce Cunningham, Philip Glass
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If you lay awake in an old house in England on a summer night, you might hear a slight tapping, as if a clock were keeping time, counting out the moments remaining in your life.
Do you hope it keeps ticking?
Let's talk about the DEATHWATCH BEETLE, Xestobium rufovillosum.
Do you hope it keeps ticking?
Let's talk about the DEATHWATCH BEETLE, Xestobium rufovillosum.
The Truth Behind the Deathwatch Beetle's Creepy Tap-Tap-Tapping
In the United Kingdom, the insects were once considered omens of death—they're actually much more destructive.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you lay awake in an old house in England on a summer night, you might hear a slight tapping, as if a clock were keeping time, counting out the moments remaining in your life.
Do you hope it keeps ticking?
Let's talk about the DEATHWATCH BEETLE, Xestobium rufovillosum.
Do you hope it keeps ticking?
Let's talk about the DEATHWATCH BEETLE, Xestobium rufovillosum.
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On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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The only Black Friday we recognize here
Steely Dan | Black Friday Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions
YouTube video by Top Load Tele
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November 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The only Black Friday we recognize here