John Sundman
@jsundman.bsky.social
Biodigital novelist, mover of heavy objects, volunteer firefighter (retired), national treasure.
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John Sundman
@jsundman.bsky.social
· Jan 10
A chronicler of biodigital technopotheosis
How I accidentally became a self-publishing cyber-bio-nanopunk novelist
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I write & publish literary fiction for hackers, geeks, and fans of Borges, Lem & Nabokov. I’ve written 4 novel(la)s; another novel in the works. Cyberpunk/biopunk technopothestic biodigital thrillers, some of them metafictional. All concern hacking of both silicon- & carbon-based systems. 💙📚 🪐📚
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Release the Epstein files!!! Or I mean leak the copies please!!!! Someone.
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Release the Epstein files!!! Or I mean leak the copies please!!!! Someone.
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... does the president currently know what day it is?
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
... does the president currently know what day it is?
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Grassroots vs Gated Community
Let’s Go Aftyn Behn!
Let’s Go Aftyn Behn!
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Grassroots vs Gated Community
Let’s Go Aftyn Behn!
Let’s Go Aftyn Behn!
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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Doesn’t this rhetoric sound familiar?
In 1947, the U.S. Army released "Don't Be a Sucker" to show how a nation can be divided, reminding Americans that prejudice isn't natural and is created by those who gain from it.
Via @builders on IG
#Pinks
In 1947, the U.S. Army released "Don't Be a Sucker" to show how a nation can be divided, reminding Americans that prejudice isn't natural and is created by those who gain from it.
Via @builders on IG
#Pinks
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Doesn’t this rhetoric sound familiar?
In 1947, the U.S. Army released "Don't Be a Sucker" to show how a nation can be divided, reminding Americans that prejudice isn't natural and is created by those who gain from it.
Via @builders on IG
#Pinks
In 1947, the U.S. Army released "Don't Be a Sucker" to show how a nation can be divided, reminding Americans that prejudice isn't natural and is created by those who gain from it.
Via @builders on IG
#Pinks
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
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Keep in mind: Trump put tariffs on Ukraine and exempted Russia
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Keep in mind: Trump put tariffs on Ukraine and exempted Russia
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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.
This👇 is correct. I say that as a 73 year old person who grew up in a 'two gender solution' world, and who, as a cisgender traditionally male person has been quite comfortable in it. But I can now see that this model, though convenient for me, does violence to others. It is wrong & must go.
The so-called “two gender solution” is an unworkable fantasy
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This👇 is correct. I say that as a 73 year old person who grew up in a 'two gender solution' world, and who, as a cisgender traditionally male person has been quite comfortable in it. But I can now see that this model, though convenient for me, does violence to others. It is wrong & must go.
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Mark Kelly: "My concern is with the service members -- we're gonna put these individuals in a really tough place. They may find our down the road that they did something that's illegal. It's not fair to them. That's why need presidents and secretaries of defense who understand the Constitution"
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Mark Kelly: "My concern is with the service members -- we're gonna put these individuals in a really tough place. They may find our down the road that they did something that's illegal. It's not fair to them. That's why need presidents and secretaries of defense who understand the Constitution"
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Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared, and so did the air www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared, and so did the air www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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That's why I downloaded LibreOffice and didn't look back.
Me: Word processing program I can use forever, please?
Microsoft: Monthly subscription?
Me: No, I want to own...
Microsoft: Monthly subscription it is.
Me: *sigh*
Microsoft: Save to OneDrive by default settings activated.
Microsoft: Monthly subscription?
Me: No, I want to own...
Microsoft: Monthly subscription it is.
Me: *sigh*
Microsoft: Save to OneDrive by default settings activated.
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That's why I downloaded LibreOffice and didn't look back.
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And the fact that OU has been cowed into suspending a professor who had the barest of academic standards is TERRIFYING because the theocracy is billowing at an increasingly rapid rate and our collective standards are all at risk.
The future of our leadership for the next generations are at risk.
The future of our leadership for the next generations are at risk.
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
And the fact that OU has been cowed into suspending a professor who had the barest of academic standards is TERRIFYING because the theocracy is billowing at an increasingly rapid rate and our collective standards are all at risk.
The future of our leadership for the next generations are at risk.
The future of our leadership for the next generations are at risk.
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But no, white Christian privilege seems to trump (pun intended) basic everything and we're all going to pay for decades to come if we don't short-circuit this theocracy asap
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
But no, white Christian privilege seems to trump (pun intended) basic everything and we're all going to pay for decades to come if we don't short-circuit this theocracy asap
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
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"No ceiling" results in what we have: a couple dozen psychopaths control several trillion dollars and the power has made them go stark raving mad. They are obsessed with using their concentrated wealth to punish the population and remake the country into a failed state and international pariah.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"No ceiling" results in what we have: a couple dozen psychopaths control several trillion dollars and the power has made them go stark raving mad. They are obsessed with using their concentrated wealth to punish the population and remake the country into a failed state and international pariah.
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Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
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By Dan Hollaway’s own standards, it should be acceptable to let all the air out of his tires and then drone strike him while he’s waiting for AAA
Pete Hegseth will face prosecution for real war crimes, not imagined ones, so there's no problem.
And come on, no one believes a podcaster is going to murder military police and martial court judges over one douchebag that's no longer in office.
And come on, no one believes a podcaster is going to murder military police and martial court judges over one douchebag that's no longer in office.
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
By Dan Hollaway’s own standards, it should be acceptable to let all the air out of his tires and then drone strike him while he’s waiting for AAA
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Also a reminder: a number of graduate programs at MSU have suspended intake for the coming fall, including 21 in the College of Arts and Letters.
Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Also a reminder: a number of graduate programs at MSU have suspended intake for the coming fall, including 21 in the College of Arts and Letters.
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Will be on @velshimsnow.bsky.social shortly to talk about Border Patrol (1) framing peaceful protesters for violence, (2) brutally assaulting them, then (3) getting caught by courts thanks to bodycam footage that tells the whole sordid story. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Border Chief Framed Protesters for Violence. Then the Bodycam Footage Came Out.
The Trump administration faced back-to-back rebukes in a pair of cases that challenged the president’s efforts to intimidate or terrorize deep-blue cities.
slate.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Will be on @velshimsnow.bsky.social shortly to talk about Border Patrol (1) framing peaceful protesters for violence, (2) brutally assaulting them, then (3) getting caught by courts thanks to bodycam footage that tells the whole sordid story. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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When a 22-year-old white man was accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, did the Trump regime investigate all the 22-year-old white men in the country? Or is collective punishment only a thing we do to people of non-European descent?
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When a 22-year-old white man was accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, did the Trump regime investigate all the 22-year-old white men in the country? Or is collective punishment only a thing we do to people of non-European descent?
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We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.