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Tade Thompson
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Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw, shorts, screenplays.

Arthur C. Clarke Award winner.
Hugo nominated.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Etcetera

Opinions mine.

He/him
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There is absolutely no need to follow me, but if you do, there are things you should know:

1. This account is for stream-of-consciousness, unplanned posts.
2. I'm not here to argue with you.
3. I block frequently. See above.
4. Don't be a dick.
5. Equality for *all*.
6. I'm openly Black.
Every six months or so I have to explain to someone that tuberculosis is still with us. Timer reset to zero today.

Immunocompromised folks (or folks on chemotherapy) have to deal with this reality more.

(And some of the meds for TB can make you psychotic*).

[*so can TB]
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Tade Thompson
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Happy Monday, folks.

Arm yourselves with kindness.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Just to be unvague, I liked Frankenstein (2025). Saw it a second time.

I am more obsessed with the book than most people and I don't care that the film didn't hew to it (what most people think of as the book is really what they've seen on screen anyway).

Not perfect, but what film is?
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"That night Mark had an unpleasant dream. He saw his late father. His father came up to him, with an odd smile on his pale, sweaty face, seized Mark under the arms, and began to tickle him silently, violently, and relentlessly."

Nabokov / Details of a Sunset

As a ticklish dude, this is horrific.
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
They don't want more babies.

They want more of the "right kind" of babies.
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I have never used it.
I have never written a prompt.
I've never been tempted to.
Every AI feature that I can turn off has been nuked on all devices.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋

(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Oh, god, I'm seeing Christmas stuff.

Truly, it was the power of Halloween that held back these rampant pseudo-religious retail forces.

The Yuletide sludge has no opposing force.

Unchecked Nazarene fanfic capitalist excess...

My stigmata are bleeding....
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
S. L. Weiss - Ciacona in G minor (reworked)
YouTube video by Klaudyna Żołnierek
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by Tade Thompson
“It’s in my blood and it’s boiling, and I have to get it out.” youtu.be/ObU6aq0oxYo?...
Exclusive: Daniel Warren Johnson on Absolute Batman Annual
YouTube video by Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast
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November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
La prisonnière/ René Laloux/The Captive 1988 short film
YouTube video by X T A L
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's supposed to be a rest and recharge day for me.
I'm not supposed to do any writing.

And yet...
a woman is sitting in front of a window with blinds and making a funny face .
Alt: a woman is sitting in front of a window with blinds and making a funny face . "If I hear the music I'm gonna dance"
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November 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We did a Frankenstein once upon a time.

Creatures: The Legacy of Frankenstein (2018)

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November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@dtmooreeditor.bsky.social , we should be pimping our Frankenstein anthology!
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Now watching a bunch of people who say The Shining (film) documents an MK ULTRA experiment.

I mean, I'll listen to every conspiracy theory at least once.

It's not like the CIA didn't do crazier things. A glance at the declassified files will show that.
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I think this is an Astro City morning.

Gotta get some of that Busiek goodness in my brain.
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Hahah, Pluribus, I picked up 'blenchod'!
a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference
Alt: a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Diary of a Middle Aged Karateka:

Partnered with a kid who kept kicking me on the knee (target was thigh or calf).

Then we grappled and he made a move that would have dislocated his shoulder if I hadn't dropped him (and myself).

So I taught him some locks and dirty moves like eye gouging.
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I want an art book of Del Toro's Frankenstein (2025) at once.

Like, right now.

I want to see the concept art, all those photographs, the sketch book, everything.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Whoever said this Frankenstein adaptation was faithful is lying, but it doesn't matter.

I'm into it.
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pluribus.

Now that's quality.
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Amber Midthunder is an awesome name.
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hear me out, fam...

A little known fact is how, after exposure to water you sometimes have to change your bulletproof vest (some manufacturers have waterproof treatment, others say dry it before depending on it for protection).

Anyway, water bad.

So, when hit with mustard...😁 see where I'm going?
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM