Ferrett Steinmetz
@theferrett.bsky.social
Writer of FLEX/SOL MAJESTIC/my new book series, DRAGON KINGS OF OKLAHOMA. Quietly (re)connecting with friends, nothing more. Please don't make this weird.
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Ferrett Steinmetz
@theferrett.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Dragon Kings Of Oklahoma
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For new arrivals: My series The Dragon Kings of Oklahoma, a.k.a "Tiger King but with baby dragons" just dropped. If you liked my old stuff, you'll probably like this.
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I didn't see any trans people in my high school. But my high school was a pressure-cooker of conformity for cis straight white people, one that crushed me beneath its weight for being neuroatypical.
I didn't see trans folk. But a lot of people didn't notice my existence, either. And we were there.
I didn't see trans folk. But a lot of people didn't notice my existence, either. And we were there.
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I didn't see any trans people in my high school. But my high school was a pressure-cooker of conformity for cis straight white people, one that crushed me beneath its weight for being neuroatypical.
I didn't see trans folk. But a lot of people didn't notice my existence, either. And we were there.
I didn't see trans folk. But a lot of people didn't notice my existence, either. And we were there.
The thing nobody mentions about John Lennon is that he honestly had a pretty mediocre singing voice.
Good thing the tunes were spectacular.
Good thing the tunes were spectacular.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The thing nobody mentions about John Lennon is that he honestly had a pretty mediocre singing voice.
Good thing the tunes were spectacular.
Good thing the tunes were spectacular.
Most of the folks I knew who needed a degree in writing were actually looking for some outside authority (i.e., a college) to give them permission to be An Artist. And getting the diploma didn't do that.
If you're an artist, go art. The only permission that counts is yours.
If you're an artist, go art. The only permission that counts is yours.
Morning, bitches!
In 15 years of hiring for creative roles for video games, I never once gave a shit about the applicants degree or schooling — and no one hiring with me did, either.
Being in debt for the rest of your life for a degree in computer games or fine arts is a terrible investment.
In 15 years of hiring for creative roles for video games, I never once gave a shit about the applicants degree or schooling — and no one hiring with me did, either.
Being in debt for the rest of your life for a degree in computer games or fine arts is a terrible investment.
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Most of the folks I knew who needed a degree in writing were actually looking for some outside authority (i.e., a college) to give them permission to be An Artist. And getting the diploma didn't do that.
If you're an artist, go art. The only permission that counts is yours.
If you're an artist, go art. The only permission that counts is yours.
I honestly can't tell if this is parody or not, the fact of which fills me with a bottomless dread.
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I honestly can't tell if this is parody or not, the fact of which fills me with a bottomless dread.
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
My top 3 can't-miss movie clichés:
1) The music swells as the hero finally loses all those nagging doubts and becomes the person they were truly meant to be
2) The happily-married couple has difficulties but never once doubt their love/commitment to each other
3)Horror movie leads do smart things
1) The music swells as the hero finally loses all those nagging doubts and becomes the person they were truly meant to be
2) The happily-married couple has difficulties but never once doubt their love/commitment to each other
3)Horror movie leads do smart things
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My top 3 can't-miss movie clichés:
1) The music swells as the hero finally loses all those nagging doubts and becomes the person they were truly meant to be
2) The happily-married couple has difficulties but never once doubt their love/commitment to each other
3)Horror movie leads do smart things
1) The music swells as the hero finally loses all those nagging doubts and becomes the person they were truly meant to be
2) The happily-married couple has difficulties but never once doubt their love/commitment to each other
3)Horror movie leads do smart things
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It’s just wild that every month, we have a new group/person/company coming out like, “woke is dead. Here’s a straight pride shirt” and then two months later they reappear and say “we lost all our money. Here’s some woke”
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It’s just wild that every month, we have a new group/person/company coming out like, “woke is dead. Here’s a straight pride shirt” and then two months later they reappear and say “we lost all our money. Here’s some woke”
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I have no idea why there's been such a drastic spike in people stealing books in a series that has sold *checks* one boxset and zero individual books all month long but lolsob that could stop any day now, that'd be great.
And everyone is so surprised that I did not continue it. 🙃
And everyone is so surprised that I did not continue it. 🙃
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I have no idea why there's been such a drastic spike in people stealing books in a series that has sold *checks* one boxset and zero individual books all month long but lolsob that could stop any day now, that'd be great.
And everyone is so surprised that I did not continue it. 🙃
And everyone is so surprised that I did not continue it. 🙃
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It always takes me a split-second to figure out if the "MTG" people are moaning about in my feed is Magic the Gathering or Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It always takes me a split-second to figure out if the "MTG" people are moaning about in my feed is Magic the Gathering or Marjorie Taylor Greene.
I wish there was a way for famous people to leave reasonable, dissenting comments on posts without sending flocks of haters over to harass the person they're interacting with
Like, they could just disagree as a person in the moment, wouldn't that be nice?
Like, they could just disagree as a person in the moment, wouldn't that be nice?
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I wish there was a way for famous people to leave reasonable, dissenting comments on posts without sending flocks of haters over to harass the person they're interacting with
Like, they could just disagree as a person in the moment, wouldn't that be nice?
Like, they could just disagree as a person in the moment, wouldn't that be nice?
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
And billionaires will ensure that this common knowledge - "taxing really rich people will make things better and not destroy people" - is hotly-debated and ultimately made to feel like some crazy radical opinion.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And billionaires will ensure that this common knowledge - "taxing really rich people will make things better and not destroy people" - is hotly-debated and ultimately made to feel like some crazy radical opinion.
Curious to see whether the Republicans' long-running "Let's move the goalpost towards scumland" technique will be successful when it comes to pedophilia
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Curious to see whether the Republicans' long-running "Let's move the goalpost towards scumland" technique will be successful when it comes to pedophilia
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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
I'd never seen this shot before, and my God, it's a real-life zombie assault
What America looks like to the rest of the world (no joke).
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'd never seen this shot before, and my God, it's a real-life zombie assault
TIRED: "Why are you still on X? It's overrun by fascists."
WIRED: "Why are you still subscribing to the NYT? It's overrun by fascists."
WIRED: "Why are you still subscribing to the NYT? It's overrun by fascists."
It’s wild how TV told us that conspiracies were shadowy and hyper-competent and in reality the only conspiracy was that the NYT editorial board really wanted Trump to be president so they just… ignored all the e-mails the notorious sex trafficker kept sending them about his pedophile friend.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
TIRED: "Why are you still on X? It's overrun by fascists."
WIRED: "Why are you still subscribing to the NYT? It's overrun by fascists."
WIRED: "Why are you still subscribing to the NYT? It's overrun by fascists."
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
I guarantee you if you have a new James Bond showing up with a different face and a different personality, 90% of people will just go "Welp, new guy, not the one who died" and we don't need Crisis on Infinite Bonds to fucking explain it
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I guarantee you if you have a new James Bond showing up with a different face and a different personality, 90% of people will just go "Welp, new guy, not the one who died" and we don't need Crisis on Infinite Bonds to fucking explain it
This is one of the scariest things I've seen, mainly because it happened:
www.reddit.com/r/creepy/com...
www.reddit.com/r/creepy/com...
From the creepy community on Reddit: VR recreation of the exact spot where a man became stuck inside Nutty Putty cave and died after 27 hours. the section visible at 18 seconds is where his body was, ...
Explore this post and more from the creepy community
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This is one of the scariest things I've seen, mainly because it happened:
www.reddit.com/r/creepy/com...
www.reddit.com/r/creepy/com...
"Yo, brah, you ever deploy software while you're doing a WoW Raid?"
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"Yo, brah, you ever deploy software while you're doing a WoW Raid?"
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Mamdani: if you advance progressive causes and believe in what you’re doing you can win!
Democrats: yeah hard pass
Democrats: yeah hard pass
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Mamdani: if you advance progressive causes and believe in what you’re doing you can win!
Democrats: yeah hard pass
Democrats: yeah hard pass
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just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly)
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
BREAKING
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly)
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?