John Wilker, Writer
@johnwilker.com
🚀 Scifi author 📘 living in Denver, CO.
I write fast-fun action adventure space opera and thrillers. Lots of witty banter and found family.
He/Him
Member: SFWA, CODEX
https://johnwilker.com
Merch: https://rogue-publishing.printify.me/
I write fast-fun action adventure space opera and thrillers. Lots of witty banter and found family.
He/Him
Member: SFWA, CODEX
https://johnwilker.com
Merch: https://rogue-publishing.printify.me/
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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"I look at the resilience of the American scientific enterprise, of the scientists in that enterprise, the graduate students and postdocs, and I see it working its way up into the legislation," says @aaas.org CEO Sudip Parikh.
One Year Into Trump’s Term, Where Does Science Funding Stand?
The CEO of AAAS is cautiously optimistic about federal funding for science, even as uncertainty makes research challenging.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:37 AM
"I look at the resilience of the American scientific enterprise, of the scientists in that enterprise, the graduate students and postdocs, and I see it working its way up into the legislation," says @aaas.org CEO Sudip Parikh.
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JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-
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#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS- JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS.
#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
BRENNAN: Tell me about the officer, Jonathan Ross
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
January 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-
JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS- JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS.
#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS- JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS.
#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
Wallace is still figuring out free feeding. He seems to get that it's there and he can walk by the food dish. When he does go to eat, he has to eat the entire bowl, then check the other bowl. He hasn't figured out grazing.
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#dogs
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#dogs
January 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Wallace is still figuring out free feeding. He seems to get that it's there and he can walk by the food dish. When he does go to eat, he has to eat the entire bowl, then check the other bowl. He hasn't figured out grazing.
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#dogs
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#dogs
I love how much Paris Hilton is spending (Well her and the studio I'm sure) on ads for her nonsense "visual memoir"
"First I was born rich, then I lead a completely vapid and self serving life.
Now that I'm 45, and realize I've literally done nothing memorable… well that's it, I guess"
#movies
"First I was born rich, then I lead a completely vapid and self serving life.
Now that I'm 45, and realize I've literally done nothing memorable… well that's it, I guess"
#movies
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I love how much Paris Hilton is spending (Well her and the studio I'm sure) on ads for her nonsense "visual memoir"
"First I was born rich, then I lead a completely vapid and self serving life.
Now that I'm 45, and realize I've literally done nothing memorable… well that's it, I guess"
#movies
"First I was born rich, then I lead a completely vapid and self serving life.
Now that I'm 45, and realize I've literally done nothing memorable… well that's it, I guess"
#movies
Because instead of snow and low temps, it's been in the 50-60s for two weeks. Watering the trees and shrubs…
#coweather #cowx
#coweather #cowx
January 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Because instead of snow and low temps, it's been in the 50-60s for two weeks. Watering the trees and shrubs…
#coweather #cowx
#coweather #cowx
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TFW when none of your Russian bot followers show up to your Quran burning.
January 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM
TFW when none of your Russian bot followers show up to your Quran burning.
Reposted by John Wilker, Writer
Here's the audio from this month's Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests @rachelharrison.bsky.social & @robertottone.bsky.social. @datlow.bsky.social www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/2026/01/18/a...
Audio from Jan 14th, with Rachel Harrison & Robert P. Ottone
The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on Jan 14th, with guests Rachel Harrison & Robert P. Ottone.
Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!
Ra...
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January 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Here's the audio from this month's Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests @rachelharrison.bsky.social & @robertottone.bsky.social. @datlow.bsky.social www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/2026/01/18/a...
An unsurprisingly good write up on what we can do about the impending AI bubble pop.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/n...
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/n...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
An unsurprisingly good write up on what we can do about the impending AI bubble pop.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/n...
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/n...
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I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
Reposted by John Wilker, Writer
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
And off it goes! 'Welcome, Please Leave' the third entry in the Rogue Enterprises series is off to the editor!!
#booksky #scifi #scifibooks #writingcommunity
#booksky #scifi #scifibooks #writingcommunity
January 17, 2026 at 11:39 PM
And off it goes! 'Welcome, Please Leave' the third entry in the Rogue Enterprises series is off to the editor!!
#booksky #scifi #scifibooks #writingcommunity
#booksky #scifi #scifibooks #writingcommunity
iCloud, for when you want things to stay synced but when that happens isn't really important or even in your control.
Just over here waiting to open word on my iPad but the changes I made today haven't propogated.
#apple
Just over here waiting to open word on my iPad but the changes I made today haven't propogated.
#apple
January 17, 2026 at 11:19 PM
iCloud, for when you want things to stay synced but when that happens isn't really important or even in your control.
Just over here waiting to open word on my iPad but the changes I made today haven't propogated.
#apple
Just over here waiting to open word on my iPad but the changes I made today haven't propogated.
#apple
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Reposted by John Wilker, Writer
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
January 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
Reposted by John Wilker, Writer
Reposted by John Wilker, Writer
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
Really bummed to see so many people jump right onto shitting on #SFWA new reading list. It's been "live" less than 12 hours. Is in soft launch so the 1 volunteer working on it can make fixes.
Yes "WHAT THE FUCK AM I LOOKING AT!?"
Some folks take themselves WAY too seriously.
#writers
Yes "WHAT THE FUCK AM I LOOKING AT!?"
Some folks take themselves WAY too seriously.
#writers
January 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
And… muting all the trek subreddits.
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 AM
And… muting all the trek subreddits.
January 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Watched the first ep of #starfleetacademy. Definitely more teen angst than I like in my entertainment, but a fun start.
Cautiously optimistic.
#startrek
Cautiously optimistic.
#startrek
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Watched the first ep of #starfleetacademy. Definitely more teen angst than I like in my entertainment, but a fun start.
Cautiously optimistic.
#startrek
Cautiously optimistic.
#startrek
Liked the Avatar movies. No not the good Avatar the weird colonizer masturbation fantasy Avatar.
That’s all I needed to know about his taste. Why do they think “Since ‘66” is some sort of bonafide?
I liked al Star Trek since syndication. But disliked Discovery.
#startrek #treksky
That’s all I needed to know about his taste. Why do they think “Since ‘66” is some sort of bonafide?
I liked al Star Trek since syndication. But disliked Discovery.
#startrek #treksky
January 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM