John Shirley
@johnshirley2024.bsky.social
Writer of books, scripts, lyrics. Bram Stoker Award for Black Butterflies; Spur Award for Gunmetal Mountain. Newest sf novels: SubOrbital 7, Stormland. New novel: The Silver Revolver. Writer: The Crow. Deep Space 9 et al. Science! https://john-shirley.com
The Eclipse trilogy #ebook is also available at other ebook venues besides Amazon, for this temporary radically reduced price. Anytime--but only today will it be reduced from 30 bucks to 4.
openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-ec...
openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-ec...
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Eclipse trilogy #ebook is also available at other ebook venues besides Amazon, for this temporary radically reduced price. Anytime--but only today will it be reduced from 30 bucks to 4.
openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-ec...
openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-ec...
If I was one of those web art people good with digital magic I'd make a new US dollar bill to replace the one below. Mine would say THE UNILATERAL STATES OF ABSURDITY. Washington's face would show him laughing insanely, yet weeping. The fancy filigree would be woven with bent golf clubs & leeches.
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If I was one of those web art people good with digital magic I'd make a new US dollar bill to replace the one below. Mine would say THE UNILATERAL STATES OF ABSURDITY. Washington's face would show him laughing insanely, yet weeping. The fancy filigree would be woven with bent golf clubs & leeches.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Yes it would be wrong. But if it were a gold guillotine...
I mean, stylish, apt, classy. Would that be so bad?
I mean, stylish, apt, classy. Would that be so bad?
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Yes it would be wrong. But if it were a gold guillotine...
I mean, stylish, apt, classy. Would that be so bad?
I mean, stylish, apt, classy. Would that be so bad?
Big Tech’s Data Center Expansion Threatens Columbia and the Climate
AI and the absurd amount of energy and water big tech is demanding to build more facilities presents a serious threat to the Columbia River.
www.columbiariverkeeper.org/2025/stop-da...
AI and the absurd amount of energy and water big tech is demanding to build more facilities presents a serious threat to the Columbia River.
www.columbiariverkeeper.org/2025/stop-da...
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Big Tech’s Data Center Expansion Threatens Columbia and the Climate
AI and the absurd amount of energy and water big tech is demanding to build more facilities presents a serious threat to the Columbia River.
www.columbiariverkeeper.org/2025/stop-da...
AI and the absurd amount of energy and water big tech is demanding to build more facilities presents a serious threat to the Columbia River.
www.columbiariverkeeper.org/2025/stop-da...
Remember when Cheney said, "We do not torture"?
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Remember when Cheney said, "We do not torture"?
Here's a picture of me talking to Mark Twain btw--we had a brisk discussion.
Sculpture, i think, by john Seward Johnson...But Mark Twain was there in person. he just looks bronzed now.
Sculpture, i think, by john Seward Johnson...But Mark Twain was there in person. he just looks bronzed now.
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here's a picture of me talking to Mark Twain btw--we had a brisk discussion.
Sculpture, i think, by john Seward Johnson...But Mark Twain was there in person. he just looks bronzed now.
Sculpture, i think, by john Seward Johnson...But Mark Twain was there in person. he just looks bronzed now.
I like this sculptor Seward Johnson. He's not understated but, usually, neither am I.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I like this sculptor Seward Johnson. He's not understated but, usually, neither am I.
I'm pretty much the same as Zippy regarding British detective shows. Especially the part about the soothing landscapes and the villages constantly stalked by murder yet no one gets alarmed by this trend. (Not that I mind it, really, in the show.)
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm pretty much the same as Zippy regarding British detective shows. Especially the part about the soothing landscapes and the villages constantly stalked by murder yet no one gets alarmed by this trend. (Not that I mind it, really, in the show.)
The full Paperback Warrior review of my new novel, THE SILVER REVOLVER, is here...
www.paperbackwarrior.com
www.paperbackwarrior.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The full Paperback Warrior review of my new novel, THE SILVER REVOLVER, is here...
www.paperbackwarrior.com
www.paperbackwarrior.com
Could there be a PFAS / forever chemicals "critical mass" in a human body, or in our biosphere? Is there a certain level of these accumulation that ill have a massive cascading effect What would result?
I ask exactly the same question regarding microplastic particles in our body, our ecosystem.
I ask exactly the same question regarding microplastic particles in our body, our ecosystem.
November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Could there be a PFAS / forever chemicals "critical mass" in a human body, or in our biosphere? Is there a certain level of these accumulation that ill have a massive cascading effect What would result?
I ask exactly the same question regarding microplastic particles in our body, our ecosystem.
I ask exactly the same question regarding microplastic particles in our body, our ecosystem.
Seems to this that Hisserich should be MAYOR of Portland rather than put on leave.
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Seems to this that Hisserich should be MAYOR of Portland rather than put on leave.
Free will.You recognize it or you don't. The whole that is more than the sum of the parts. The gestalt. Prefer the transhumanist myth or not, feel free.
However people do come in levels of consciousness, as William James and others have pointed out.
From my blog:
However people do come in levels of consciousness, as William James and others have pointed out.
From my blog:
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Free will.You recognize it or you don't. The whole that is more than the sum of the parts. The gestalt. Prefer the transhumanist myth or not, feel free.
However people do come in levels of consciousness, as William James and others have pointed out.
From my blog:
However people do come in levels of consciousness, as William James and others have pointed out.
From my blog:
As the Environmental Protection Agency's boss wants to get rid of all environmental protections, and is hiring more industry-operatives like himself, and has dismissed climate change as a hoax--'EPA' should stand for something different.
Excretion Protective Agency? Or...
What's your suggestion?
Excretion Protective Agency? Or...
What's your suggestion?
October 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As the Environmental Protection Agency's boss wants to get rid of all environmental protections, and is hiring more industry-operatives like himself, and has dismissed climate change as a hoax--'EPA' should stand for something different.
Excretion Protective Agency? Or...
What's your suggestion?
Excretion Protective Agency? Or...
What's your suggestion?