Philip Brewer
@philipbrewer.net
Writer. Dog-walker. Sword fighter. Someone who spends way too much time thinking about exercise, fitness, sleeping well, etc.
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Revin emerged from the VIP cabin on the Queen of Belleriand just as 6 bells was striking. He went past the cockpit, where Will and Grip were discussing something in low tones. He went to the Observation Deck and looked out over open ocean. The sun was just breaking over the horizon. (1/4) #wss366
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Revin emerged from the VIP cabin on the Queen of Belleriand just as 6 bells was striking. He went past the cockpit, where Will and Grip were discussing something in low tones. He went to the Observation Deck and looked out over open ocean. The sun was just breaking over the horizon. (1/4) #wss366
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“In my opinion Orcs are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” a Barad-dûr worker said in the thread discussing the operation in Osgiliath.
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“In my opinion Orcs are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” a Barad-dûr worker said in the thread discussing the operation in Osgiliath.
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This week on Planetside… Discover why face to face book selling can be fun and rewarding for new and seasoned authors alike.
Our new series, Making the Sale: Marketing for Creators, opens with “How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit” by @stevendbrewer.com: www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/h...
Our new series, Making the Sale: Marketing for Creators, opens with “How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit” by @stevendbrewer.com: www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/h...
How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Steven D. Brewer. Learn how to engage readers, create effective hooks, give compelling pitches, and sell books face‑to‑face at conventions and local events to build and grow your audience.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This week on Planetside… Discover why face to face book selling can be fun and rewarding for new and seasoned authors alike.
Our new series, Making the Sale: Marketing for Creators, opens with “How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit” by @stevendbrewer.com: www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/h...
Our new series, Making the Sale: Marketing for Creators, opens with “How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit” by @stevendbrewer.com: www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/h...
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He woke up, rolled over, and checked the time. Late. What a shitty night. He felt like he'd barely slept. He'd kept waking up and bad thoughts made it hard to get back to sleep. And now he was late. He got up and threw on some clothes.
As he went downstairs, he smelled something. (1/4) #wss366
As he went downstairs, he smelled something. (1/4) #wss366
January 26, 2026 at 1:29 AM
He woke up, rolled over, and checked the time. Late. What a shitty night. He felt like he'd barely slept. He'd kept waking up and bad thoughts made it hard to get back to sleep. And now he was late. He got up and threw on some clothes.
As he went downstairs, he smelled something. (1/4) #wss366
As he went downstairs, he smelled something. (1/4) #wss366
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
Cory Doctorow is very cogent on how and why the U.S. is enshittifying the dollar and its financial system.
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2026-01-26 09:24
This is exactly right, and we're all going to suffer for it (along with all the other things we're going to suffer for because of Trump).
The best summary of Trump's trade "philosophy" comes from Tras...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Cory Doctorow is very cogent on how and why the U.S. is enshittifying the dollar and its financial system.
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philipbrewer.net/2026/01/26/20
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Okay, I’m going to tag this “allegedly funny,” because that’s the tag I’ve got for this sorta stuff. But this is legit funny:
"Instead, FEMA staff have been encouraged to use terms like “freezing rain” in their public messaging, the sources said."
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"Instead, FEMA staff have been encouraged to use terms like “freezing rain” in their public messaging, the sources said."
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January 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Okay, I’m going to tag this “allegedly funny,” because that’s the tag I’ve got for this sorta stuff. But this is legit funny:
"Instead, FEMA staff have been encouraged to use terms like “freezing rain” in their public messaging, the sources said."
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cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/fe
"Instead, FEMA staff have been encouraged to use terms like “freezing rain” in their public messaging, the sources said."
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@courtwatch.bsky.social linked to this important Bloomberg story about a restraint device implicated in 41 deaths.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:25 PM
@courtwatch.bsky.social linked to this important Bloomberg story about a restraint device implicated in 41 deaths.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Let me just say, I am 100% down with TAKING a snow day, but CALLING IT a general strike.
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Let me just say, I am 100% down with TAKING a snow day, but CALLING IT a general strike.
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This is a photograph of a person being tortured
January 21, 2026 at 9:22 PM
This is a photograph of a person being tortured
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It's crazy how many basic services require a fixed address to be shared, and how those fixed addresses are being used to target anyone remotely ethnic. Cities need VPAs, virtual private addresses, and businesses need to get over the obsession with your pErMAnEnt ADdrEsS.
January 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM
It's crazy how many basic services require a fixed address to be shared, and how those fixed addresses are being used to target anyone remotely ethnic. Cities need VPAs, virtual private addresses, and businesses need to get over the obsession with your pErMAnEnt ADdrEsS.
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This week on Planetside… We begin a new series, Making the Sale: Marketing for Creators, with “How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit” by @stevendbrewer.com : www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/h...
January 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This week on Planetside… We begin a new series, Making the Sale: Marketing for Creators, with “How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit” by @stevendbrewer.com : www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/h...
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My article on hand-selling books is live at @sfwa.org Planetside today! www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/h... #books #bookselling
How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Steven D. Brewer. Learn how to engage readers, create effective hooks, give compelling pitches, and sell books face‑to‑face at conventions and local events to build and grow your audience.
www.sfwa.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
My article on hand-selling books is live at @sfwa.org Planetside today! www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/h... #books #bookselling
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I had originally drafted a Bookselling 101 article, but they wanted a Bookselling 201 article. So you can find the other stuff I wrote in my blog: stevendbrewer.com/bookselling-...
Bookselling 101: How to Set Up & Run a Dealer Table - Steven D. BREWER
At Worldcon, I got the chance to chat with Roxana Arama, the editor of Planetside (formerly the SFWA Blog). We had a great conversation and she encouraged me to write a pitch for an article. Upon refl...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I had originally drafted a Bookselling 101 article, but they wanted a Bookselling 201 article. So you can find the other stuff I wrote in my blog: stevendbrewer.com/bookselling-...
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I love art
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I love art
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Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
If I were to invest in an imaginary index, it would be of the companies putting the least cash into AI...
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Imaginary stock indexes
There's a broker offering a new product, that I'd have been all over 30 years ago. I think they're calling it a "generated asset," where they create a personal stock index just for you (based on a pro...
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January 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
If I were to invest in an imaginary index, it would be of the companies putting the least cash into AI...
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Moxie Marlinspike fixing the privacy issues of LLM chat tools has enabled the journaling tool I've been looking for:
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Journaling with Confer.to
Back in May, I wrote an article about AI journaling. The idea (which I had stolen from some YouTuber) was that you write your journal entries as a brain dump—just lists of stuff—into an LLM, and then ...
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January 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Moxie Marlinspike fixing the privacy issues of LLM chat tools has enabled the journaling tool I've been looking for:
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Next weekend is going to be pretty cold in Minneapolis. Maybe cold enough to convince some ICE goons that they'd be better off on disability in Kentucky.
I mean, every ICE goon has probably slipped on the ice at least once. Probably every one of those falls could be turned into a disability claim.
I mean, every ICE goon has probably slipped on the ice at least once. Probably every one of those falls could be turned into a disability claim.
January 17, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Next weekend is going to be pretty cold in Minneapolis. Maybe cold enough to convince some ICE goons that they'd be better off on disability in Kentucky.
I mean, every ICE goon has probably slipped on the ice at least once. Probably every one of those falls could be turned into a disability claim.
I mean, every ICE goon has probably slipped on the ice at least once. Probably every one of those falls could be turned into a disability claim.
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The list of countries where visa processing has been suspended by the Trump regime.
The inclusion of wealthy, developed countries like Uruguay would seem to indicate this list is about something other than the "public charge risk" excuse.
The inclusion of wealthy, developed countries like Uruguay would seem to indicate this list is about something other than the "public charge risk" excuse.
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The list of countries where visa processing has been suspended by the Trump regime.
The inclusion of wealthy, developed countries like Uruguay would seem to indicate this list is about something other than the "public charge risk" excuse.
The inclusion of wealthy, developed countries like Uruguay would seem to indicate this list is about something other than the "public charge risk" excuse.
I've been pretty pleased that protests against ICE have been almost entirely peaceful. Violent protests would be used to justify even more violence by the police.
That's not going to last, though, as ICE proceeds from kidnapping people to just murdering them.
www.philipbrewer.net/2026/01/12/fi
That's not going to last, though, as ICE proceeds from kidnapping people to just murdering them.
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Firearms and black people
I am (just barely) old enough to remember the Black Panthers in the 1960s, when a group of black people tried to carry legal firearms to protect themselves, before they were mostly murdered by the pol...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I've been pretty pleased that protests against ICE have been almost entirely peaceful. Violent protests would be used to justify even more violence by the police.
That's not going to last, though, as ICE proceeds from kidnapping people to just murdering them.
www.philipbrewer.net/2026/01/12/fi
That's not going to last, though, as ICE proceeds from kidnapping people to just murdering them.
www.philipbrewer.net/2026/01/12/fi
I am so, so tired of people treating wildfires in the Urban-Chaparral interface as being unforeseeable disasters.
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2026-01-05 07:31
In the latest news from the Urban Management journal Duh:
perhaps we need to thin the fuel of the community itself.
Oh, sorry, I meant the latest news from this opinion piece in the NYT: Which City Bu...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I am so, so tired of people treating wildfires in the Urban-Chaparral interface as being unforeseeable disasters.
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