Chris Willrich
@librariangoblin.bsky.social
SFF writer with work at Asimov's, BCS, Clarkesworld, F&SF, Lightspeed, Reactor, Strange Horizons, Tales from the Magician's Skull, Best American SF&F 2023. Books from Pyr and Paizo. He/him. The map in my profile image is by Rhys Davies.
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"Tyranny is the co-operation of parasite and host; no tyrant maintains himself by force but by trading on his victims' fears." -- Northrop Frye, _Fearful Symmetry_
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Probably the best descriptor for the MAGA / John Roberts / Silicon Valley axis is that they’re Royalists. They don’t believe in democracy, and want to set up an elective monarchy with Donald Trump as founding king and themselves as the nobility.
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Probably the best descriptor for the MAGA / John Roberts / Silicon Valley axis is that they’re Royalists. They don’t believe in democracy, and want to set up an elective monarchy with Donald Trump as founding king and themselves as the nobility.
A great reading can bring a story to new life. That’s certainly how I felt listening to @wilwheaton.net 's recording of my story “The Odyssey Problem.” Check it out and Wil’s other recent readings of stories by @acwise.bsky.social, @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social, F.E. Choe, and @thomasha.bsky.social.
It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton
You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand B…
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December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A great reading can bring a story to new life. That’s certainly how I felt listening to @wilwheaton.net 's recording of my story “The Odyssey Problem.” Check it out and Wil’s other recent readings of stories by @acwise.bsky.social, @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social, F.E. Choe, and @thomasha.bsky.social.
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It’s day 26 of the Starbucks strike. These workers are NOT backing down. No contract, No Starbucks!
Today is the 4 year anniversary of our first union victory! Since then, we've won over 650 union elections.
It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
Starbucks workers are still without a labor deal four years after their first union win. Here’s why | CNN Business
The Starbucks union organizing campaign has been one of the biggest successes in the American labor movement over the past few years. But despite momentum, there is still no first labor contract, a ke...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It’s day 26 of the Starbucks strike. These workers are NOT backing down. No contract, No Starbucks!
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Yikes.
BREAKING: A tsunami as high as 10 feet could hit Japan's northeastern coast after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 occurred offshore, the Japan Meteorological Agency said reut.rs/44iNwL0
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yikes.
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Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
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Live in BCS #446 "Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head" @japrenticewrites.bsky.social "She found herself thinking of the head, how lonely and cold he must be. Just a quick visit, she decided. To see if he was all right, other than being dead and rotten." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/litt...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head by J.A. Prentice
She found herself thinking of the head, of how lonely and cold and wet he must be. Why she should think of him—of it—when she herself was shivering and drenched through, she did not know. It seemed a ...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Live in BCS #446 "Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head" @japrenticewrites.bsky.social "She found herself thinking of the head, how lonely and cold he must be. Just a quick visit, she decided. To see if he was all right, other than being dead and rotten." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/litt...
A useful reminder to us Americans that Canada is actually a sovereign country and can make its own decisions. apnews.com/article/cana...
Canada joins EU defense fund as the country pivots away from the US
Canada has joined a major European Union defense fund. The move, announced Monday by the office of Prime Minister Mark Carney, allows Canadian defense companies access to a 150 billion euro EU loan pr...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A useful reminder to us Americans that Canada is actually a sovereign country and can make its own decisions. apnews.com/article/cana...
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During the shutdown, state lawmakers like us worked late into the night to keep our residents fed and childcare centers open. Now we're bracing for cuts in the GOP budget that will raise healthcare costs and hollow out safety-net programs.
State Leaders Aren’t Waiting for Congress to Get Its Act Together
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
During the shutdown, state lawmakers like us worked late into the night to keep our residents fed and childcare centers open. Now we're bracing for cuts in the GOP budget that will raise healthcare costs and hollow out safety-net programs.
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Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
New threats from Trump:
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
If any other president of my memory (going back to Ford) had threatened to execute members of Congress, I think he'd either have had to apologize to the nation or face impeachment or removal under the 25th Amendment. But we keep treating Trump like some mad spirit ranting through a Ouija board.
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If any other president of my memory (going back to Ford) had threatened to execute members of Congress, I think he'd either have had to apologize to the nation or face impeachment or removal under the 25th Amendment. But we keep treating Trump like some mad spirit ranting through a Ouija board.
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@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
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Yes. I have done this.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Yes. I have done this.
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love this!
LOVE THIS!
LOVE THIS!
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
love this!
LOVE THIS!
LOVE THIS!
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New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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Check out as @garykwolfe reviews THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 edited by @nnedi.bsky.social & @johnjosephadams.com
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 edited by Nnedi Okorafor & John Joseph Adams: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025, Nnedi Okorafor & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner 978-0-06344-147-7, $19.99, 416pp, tp) October 2025 Despite what some writers might suspect…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Check out as @garykwolfe reviews THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 edited by @nnedi.bsky.social & @johnjosephadams.com
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
I usually donate to the USO on Veterans Day; this time it seemed appropriate to split the money with a local food bank too (whose clients very likely include veterans.) Thanks to all who've served.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I usually donate to the USO on Veterans Day; this time it seemed appropriate to split the money with a local food bank too (whose clients very likely include veterans.) Thanks to all who've served.
I admire the framers of the U.S. Constitution but I'm thinking they left us a time bomb in the form of the president's pardon power. The potential to create presidential goon squads was always there. It's down the list, but we need an amendment to put limits on this open door to corruption.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I admire the framers of the U.S. Constitution but I'm thinking they left us a time bomb in the form of the president's pardon power. The potential to create presidential goon squads was always there. It's down the list, but we need an amendment to put limits on this open door to corruption.
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It continues to be time to donate to support food banks.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It continues to be time to donate to support food banks.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
I was able to leave a phone message at Senator Padilla's San Francisco office (the D.C. office line wasn't taking messages.) I could only send email to Senator Schiff and minority leader Schumer. My basic message was "The stakes are much higher than my Thanksgiving air travel; hold the line."
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I was able to leave a phone message at Senator Padilla's San Francisco office (the D.C. office line wasn't taking messages.) I could only send email to Senator Schiff and minority leader Schumer. My basic message was "The stakes are much higher than my Thanksgiving air travel; hold the line."
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This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
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My message to Chuck Schumer via web form since nobody is answering phones on a Sunday:
“I am hearing news of a weekend deal where Demcrats offer up enough votes to pass a CR with no conditions for ACA in exchange for a bag of magic beans (or the equivalent in terms of GOP promises)…
“I am hearing news of a weekend deal where Demcrats offer up enough votes to pass a CR with no conditions for ACA in exchange for a bag of magic beans (or the equivalent in terms of GOP promises)…
This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My message to Chuck Schumer via web form since nobody is answering phones on a Sunday:
“I am hearing news of a weekend deal where Demcrats offer up enough votes to pass a CR with no conditions for ACA in exchange for a bag of magic beans (or the equivalent in terms of GOP promises)…
“I am hearing news of a weekend deal where Demcrats offer up enough votes to pass a CR with no conditions for ACA in exchange for a bag of magic beans (or the equivalent in terms of GOP promises)…