Joe WadlingTOMB
@joewadlington.bsky.social
💼 Writer and artist
💃🏼 Drag Queen (Jubilee)
💪🏻 Bookstore Himbo
☀️Tennessee > San Francisco
https://linktr.ee/joewadlington
💃🏼 Drag Queen (Jubilee)
💪🏻 Bookstore Himbo
☀️Tennessee > San Francisco
https://linktr.ee/joewadlington
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I KNOW IT’S JUST DOPAMINE
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I KNOW IT’S JUST DOPAMINE
two ladies keep arguing right outside my window and I need them to either stop or get louder so I can hear the details and pick a side
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
two ladies keep arguing right outside my window and I need them to either stop or get louder so I can hear the details and pick a side
the weather outside is spiteful
or whatever they say
or whatever they say
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
the weather outside is spiteful
or whatever they say
or whatever they say
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If you want your library to have an easier time getting what you want, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR BUDGET
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you want your library to have an easier time getting what you want, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR BUDGET
One of my favorite drag shows of the year. If you're in SF on Thanksgiving night, you must come to Muppets & Puppets!
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of my favorite drag shows of the year. If you're in SF on Thanksgiving night, you must come to Muppets & Puppets!
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If a horse went bankrupt would it wear a barrel like this, like this, or like this?
November 15, 2024 at 1:39 AM
If a horse went bankrupt would it wear a barrel like this, like this, or like this?
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Forgot I got to refer to one of my favorite King of the Hill episodes in this piece www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwQv...
Cajun Bobby (All Clips)
YouTube video by MrCreosote100
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Forgot I got to refer to one of my favorite King of the Hill episodes in this piece www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwQv...
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The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
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"McMinnville High School students staged a walkout Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement, days after agents detained a high school senior on his lunch break."
Oregon teenager’s ICE detention sparks high school walkout
Hundreds of McMinnville High students walked out Monday, days after ICE detained Christian Jimenez, 17.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"McMinnville High School students staged a walkout Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement, days after agents detained a high school senior on his lunch break."
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?"
Yeah I'm never being found but at least they'll fail in an artsy way?
Yeah I'm never being found but at least they'll fail in an artsy way?
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?"
Yeah I'm never being found but at least they'll fail in an artsy way?
Yeah I'm never being found but at least they'll fail in an artsy way?
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Incredible stuff tbh
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Incredible stuff tbh
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Ice is gassing neighbors in St. Paul this morning g during a paramilitary fascist raid on the city.
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ice is gassing neighbors in St. Paul this morning g during a paramilitary fascist raid on the city.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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On Saturday, @authorsabb.bsky.social won the ALAN Award at @ncte.org, and I was honored to accept it on our behalf.
This is the speech I gave.
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...
This is the speech I gave.
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
On Saturday, @authorsabb.bsky.social won the ALAN Award at @ncte.org, and I was honored to accept it on our behalf.
This is the speech I gave.
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...
This is the speech I gave.
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...
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So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
When will *these people leave my house?
*friends I love and invited over
*friends I love and invited over
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
When will *these people leave my house?
*friends I love and invited over
*friends I love and invited over
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being gay in december is such a joke what do you mean i only have 5 days without a social event the whole month 😭
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
being gay in december is such a joke what do you mean i only have 5 days without a social event the whole month 😭
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Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
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What is the funniest AI-slopper-caugh-red-handed moment that’s happened in your office?
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What is the funniest AI-slopper-caugh-red-handed moment that’s happened in your office?
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The audience when Fibonacci ruvealed his sequence:
hey u skipped a few numbers
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The audience when Fibonacci ruvealed his sequence:
Hues and Clues is a very fun girls and gays party game
I love that it's all aimed at someone having an "oh you call THAT turquoise?!" outburst
I love that it's all aimed at someone having an "oh you call THAT turquoise?!" outburst
My knowledge of colors is not sophisticated enough for this game.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Hues and Clues is a very fun girls and gays party game
I love that it's all aimed at someone having an "oh you call THAT turquoise?!" outburst
I love that it's all aimed at someone having an "oh you call THAT turquoise?!" outburst