Andrew Willett
@awillett.bsky.social
Sometime spec-fic writer. Not supposed to have opinions in public for job reasons, will generally not post about the News. He/him.
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Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
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I'm not entirely averse to the notion of a Wes Anderson Legion of Super-Heroes film set firmly in this Legionnaires era.
Post a comic cover you love.
(This is always my top choice.)
(This is always my top choice.)
January 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I'm not entirely averse to the notion of a Wes Anderson Legion of Super-Heroes film set firmly in this Legionnaires era.
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
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Here is a source to a danish newspaper, that has deliberately made a english version on their Greenland coverage, to make sure a danish perspective is available for an American audience.
bsky.app/profile/clae...
bsky.app/profile/clae...
Danish newspaper @politiken.dk opens ENGLISH LANGUAGE section of its coverage of Greenland. Resource to understand local coverage, analysis, politics, and public opinion ⬇️
politiken.dk/tag/main/gre...
politiken.dk/tag/main/gre...
Greenland
Get the latest news about the tensions between United States, Denmark and Greenland from Politiken Edition.
US President Donald Trump is causing tremors with his statements about Greenland.
He calls...
politiken.dk
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Here is a source to a danish newspaper, that has deliberately made a english version on their Greenland coverage, to make sure a danish perspective is available for an American audience.
bsky.app/profile/clae...
bsky.app/profile/clae...
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participants from Benin's Vodun Day Festival, celebrated every January 10th.
January 13, 2026 at 12:48 AM
participants from Benin's Vodun Day Festival, celebrated every January 10th.
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Please share this with anyone you know who still uses LiveJournal. It could collapse next week; it could last another two years. I think "next week" is probably too fast and "two years" is probably pushing it, a lot; that's my only prediction.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Please share this with anyone you know who still uses LiveJournal. It could collapse next week; it could last another two years. I think "next week" is probably too fast and "two years" is probably pushing it, a lot; that's my only prediction.
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Just a year after un-damning 😉 the Klamath River, salmon runs are back.
Dam removal "also restored natural water temperatures, cooled the river earlier in the fall, reduced harmful algal blooms, and dramatically lowered levels of the deadly parasite C. shasta."
www.activenorcal.com/there-are-sa...
Dam removal "also restored natural water temperatures, cooled the river earlier in the fall, reduced harmful algal blooms, and dramatically lowered levels of the deadly parasite C. shasta."
www.activenorcal.com/there-are-sa...
'There Are Salmon Everywhere": Klamath River Sees Remarkable Recovery Just a Year After Dam Removal
Just over a year after four hydroelectric dams were removed from the Klamath River, salmon returning to nearly every corner of their historic habitat.
www.activenorcal.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just a year after un-damning 😉 the Klamath River, salmon runs are back.
Dam removal "also restored natural water temperatures, cooled the river earlier in the fall, reduced harmful algal blooms, and dramatically lowered levels of the deadly parasite C. shasta."
www.activenorcal.com/there-are-sa...
Dam removal "also restored natural water temperatures, cooled the river earlier in the fall, reduced harmful algal blooms, and dramatically lowered levels of the deadly parasite C. shasta."
www.activenorcal.com/there-are-sa...
[eyes the rabbit hole with a mixture of alarm and lust]
«The split keyboard has long been the domain of the tech pervert» - hard to disagree with this 😅
/Cc @pjacock
Split Keyboards Are Superior - Aftermath
https://aftermath.site/best-split-keyboards-diy-qmk-zmk-corne/
/Cc @pjacock
Split Keyboards Are Superior - Aftermath
https://aftermath.site/best-split-keyboards-diy-qmk-zmk-corne/
Split Keyboards Are Superior - Aftermath
Split keyboards are the best, but no company offered one that satisfied me completely. What followed changed my life as a writer forever.
aftermath.site
December 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
[eyes the rabbit hole with a mixture of alarm and lust]
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Koyaanisqatsi is different than I remember
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Koyaanisqatsi is different than I remember
Empty MetroCards made excellent bookmarks and I will miss them. Stock up now!
ONE WEEK LEFT: MetroCard sales end on December 31st, 2025! It's time to tap and ride using your digital wallet, contactless credit or debit card, or OMNY Card.
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Empty MetroCards made excellent bookmarks and I will miss them. Stock up now!
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Excellent read.
I've definitely noticed an uptick in this sort of writing style of late, and this is great advice for copy editors on how to approach it.
Plus, we get this gem: "No point in picking fights one is almost certainly going to lose. One is not, after all, Jake Paul or Andrew Tate."
I've definitely noticed an uptick in this sort of writing style of late, and this is great advice for copy editors on how to approach it.
Plus, we get this gem: "No point in picking fights one is almost certainly going to lose. One is not, after all, Jake Paul or Andrew Tate."
on comma splices and run-on sentences and that sort of stuff
The road goes on and on (and on and on and on).
[a guide for the perplexed copy editor]
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Excellent read.
I've definitely noticed an uptick in this sort of writing style of late, and this is great advice for copy editors on how to approach it.
Plus, we get this gem: "No point in picking fights one is almost certainly going to lose. One is not, after all, Jake Paul or Andrew Tate."
I've definitely noticed an uptick in this sort of writing style of late, and this is great advice for copy editors on how to approach it.
Plus, we get this gem: "No point in picking fights one is almost certainly going to lose. One is not, after all, Jake Paul or Andrew Tate."
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On this day in 1989, The Simpsons officially premiered as its own series so here’s a short thread of language facts relating to the show, starting with this…
In the Spanish version of The Simpsons, Bart’s “eat my shorts” catchphrase is changed to multiplícate por cero (“multiply yourself by zero”).
In the Spanish version of The Simpsons, Bart’s “eat my shorts” catchphrase is changed to multiplícate por cero (“multiply yourself by zero”).
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On this day in 1989, The Simpsons officially premiered as its own series so here’s a short thread of language facts relating to the show, starting with this…
In the Spanish version of The Simpsons, Bart’s “eat my shorts” catchphrase is changed to multiplícate por cero (“multiply yourself by zero”).
In the Spanish version of The Simpsons, Bart’s “eat my shorts” catchphrase is changed to multiplícate por cero (“multiply yourself by zero”).
There is the long game, and then there is Girl Genius. Shout-out to anyone else who loved today's Big Reveal, between two characters who last spoke to each other on the page in I believe 2006.
#webcomics #girlgenius Girl Genius for 12/10 (www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?da...) Weird. Usually I sleep longer in the winter– but the last few days I'm clocking in at around 6 hours of sleep. Reverse hibernation, I guess.
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There is the long game, and then there is Girl Genius. Shout-out to anyone else who loved today's Big Reveal, between two characters who last spoke to each other on the page in I believe 2006.
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'Warmth is for Sorry! This is not a hug. This is a chess clock in a stranger’s living room telling you your parents are getting divorced. The invitation is “Are you smart enough to sit at this table?”'
As a childhood fan of this game, this is pure gold.
As a childhood fan of this game, this is pure gold.
"If you put a kid on the cover, you’re telling buyers it’s a kid game. If you put adults on the cover, you’re telling kids it’s a gateway to adulthood. This is basic aspirational psychology. They’ll feel like tiny professors. Or tiny villains. Both sell."
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
'Warmth is for Sorry! This is not a hug. This is a chess clock in a stranger’s living room telling you your parents are getting divorced. The invitation is “Are you smart enough to sit at this table?”'
As a childhood fan of this game, this is pure gold.
As a childhood fan of this game, this is pure gold.
Sometimes, what you really really want is fried dumplings. A lot of them.
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sometimes, what you really really want is fried dumplings. A lot of them.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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once again it's the most beautiful, most deserted week of the year in new york city. make that impossible dinner reservation! take the l train at 6 pm on a tuesday for no good goddamn reason! you wanna go buy a croissant from radio bakery, see what all the fuss is about? go fuckin nuts
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
once again it's the most beautiful, most deserted week of the year in new york city. make that impossible dinner reservation! take the l train at 6 pm on a tuesday for no good goddamn reason! you wanna go buy a croissant from radio bakery, see what all the fuss is about? go fuckin nuts
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Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
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OH HELLLL YES!
My latest at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: I talked to @oglaf.bsky.social! Not the character, but rather, the people who create it.
They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
OH HELLLL YES!
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On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
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Amy does a solid job here. I'll probably put something about this in Monday's newsletter. Writing it will be easy, but then going back and editing out all the swearing will be hard.
I couldn't leave this one alone. Like it seems silly and harmless, but this is such a slippery slope in to damaging conspiracy theories like anti-vax and climate change denial, so I'm going to keep explaining it in the hopes people start actually thinking about things.
Like I wasn't going to respond... #shorts #kardashians
One day I don't have to keep repeating these points. Also I threw this together super quick last night -- hoping these are clear enough short answers!
If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Amy does a solid job here. I'll probably put something about this in Monday's newsletter. Writing it will be easy, but then going back and editing out all the swearing will be hard.
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this is the Pope
his entire thing is going around waving to crowds and looking happy
he is also such a White Sox fan that this is the maddest - and most human - I have ever a pope look
his entire thing is going around waving to crowds and looking happy
he is also such a White Sox fan that this is the maddest - and most human - I have ever a pope look
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
this is the Pope
his entire thing is going around waving to crowds and looking happy
he is also such a White Sox fan that this is the maddest - and most human - I have ever a pope look
his entire thing is going around waving to crowds and looking happy
he is also such a White Sox fan that this is the maddest - and most human - I have ever a pope look
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The sculptural reconstructions of The Kennis Twins.
The first showin ehre is my favorite, FAVORITE reconstruction of Lucy, ever. The second is Tollund Man, the famous bog body. The third is Shanidar Z, a semi-recent Neanderthal find. Fourth is Homo floresiensis (a "hobbit.")
The first showin ehre is my favorite, FAVORITE reconstruction of Lucy, ever. The second is Tollund Man, the famous bog body. The third is Shanidar Z, a semi-recent Neanderthal find. Fourth is Homo floresiensis (a "hobbit.")
October 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The sculptural reconstructions of The Kennis Twins.
The first showin ehre is my favorite, FAVORITE reconstruction of Lucy, ever. The second is Tollund Man, the famous bog body. The third is Shanidar Z, a semi-recent Neanderthal find. Fourth is Homo floresiensis (a "hobbit.")
The first showin ehre is my favorite, FAVORITE reconstruction of Lucy, ever. The second is Tollund Man, the famous bog body. The third is Shanidar Z, a semi-recent Neanderthal find. Fourth is Homo floresiensis (a "hobbit.")
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The way I am refreshing this repeatedly.
Too many amazing stories from Gallup, and almost none I will repeat here. However I will talk about what I myself experienced. There was Something in the basement at the Old Rehoboth Church
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The way I am refreshing this repeatedly.