Joe Neal
@vlvtelvis.bsky.social
Me. Leftish, Gen X, Vaguely southern, Neurodivergent, Sober, Chotic Good, Player of infinite games, enjoying every sandwich
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Or a catalytic converter.
His 90s hiphop was good.
His 90s hiphop was good.
February 8, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Or a catalytic converter.
His 90s hiphop was good.
His 90s hiphop was good.
Doomsday Book is one of my first recommendations for people wanting to read literary science fiction. Somebody else can recommend Hyperion. They will get their eventually.
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Doomsday Book is one of my first recommendations for people wanting to read literary science fiction. Somebody else can recommend Hyperion. They will get their eventually.
Anything edited by the Vandermeers is gold.
February 6, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Anything edited by the Vandermeers is gold.
Dreamsnake was my introduction to the genre after reading her Trek novels as a tween. My mom was a huge science fiction fan and mostly read the women authors from the 70s and 80s, so that's what was around. I could never get into most of the old men after that. Y'all wrote actual characters.
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Dreamsnake was my introduction to the genre after reading her Trek novels as a tween. My mom was a huge science fiction fan and mostly read the women authors from the 70s and 80s, so that's what was around. I could never get into most of the old men after that. Y'all wrote actual characters.
My mom has always been a huge science fiction fan but with rare exceptions (such as yourself) only reads the women.
I'm so glad I started out reading her old Le Guinn and McCaffery paperbacks and not Azmov and Heinlein.
I'm so glad I started out reading her old Le Guinn and McCaffery paperbacks and not Azmov and Heinlein.
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
My mom has always been a huge science fiction fan but with rare exceptions (such as yourself) only reads the women.
I'm so glad I started out reading her old Le Guinn and McCaffery paperbacks and not Azmov and Heinlein.
I'm so glad I started out reading her old Le Guinn and McCaffery paperbacks and not Azmov and Heinlein.
I can't get excited about Dune because so many other people have taken the main ideas made better books.
Grass by Sherri Tepper should have been a major motion picture by now.
Grass by Sherri Tepper should have been a major motion picture by now.
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I can't get excited about Dune because so many other people have taken the main ideas made better books.
Grass by Sherri Tepper should have been a major motion picture by now.
Grass by Sherri Tepper should have been a major motion picture by now.
She needed to be from a different state and sound more folksy. Not being a black woman would have helped.
In the mass media era, elections are about casting someone to play a part. She was miscast.
In the mass media era, elections are about casting someone to play a part. She was miscast.
February 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
She needed to be from a different state and sound more folksy. Not being a black woman would have helped.
In the mass media era, elections are about casting someone to play a part. She was miscast.
In the mass media era, elections are about casting someone to play a part. She was miscast.
She's from California, practically Hawaii which is basically China.
A candidate from California is unelectable.
Obama successfully rebranded himself as from Chicago and was still exotic.
Beshier is the best bet but he needs a language coach to sound more folksy, a rescue mutt, and more Jesus.
A candidate from California is unelectable.
Obama successfully rebranded himself as from Chicago and was still exotic.
Beshier is the best bet but he needs a language coach to sound more folksy, a rescue mutt, and more Jesus.
February 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
She's from California, practically Hawaii which is basically China.
A candidate from California is unelectable.
Obama successfully rebranded himself as from Chicago and was still exotic.
Beshier is the best bet but he needs a language coach to sound more folksy, a rescue mutt, and more Jesus.
A candidate from California is unelectable.
Obama successfully rebranded himself as from Chicago and was still exotic.
Beshier is the best bet but he needs a language coach to sound more folksy, a rescue mutt, and more Jesus.
BofA tracks all that for you automatically. Pie charts and year to year graphs.
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
BofA tracks all that for you automatically. Pie charts and year to year graphs.
The creation of DHS was post 9/11 overreaction. Ditch the whole thing. Direct the savings on a cabinet level agency dealing with internet crime and commerce, AI and Crypto regulation, etc.
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The creation of DHS was post 9/11 overreaction. Ditch the whole thing. Direct the savings on a cabinet level agency dealing with internet crime and commerce, AI and Crypto regulation, etc.
That's how I fealt when I "discovered" Nashville's Little Kurdistan.
January 31, 2026 at 6:47 AM
That's how I fealt when I "discovered" Nashville's Little Kurdistan.
They don't see themselves as leaders of people, for the most part. People are looking for them to fill the role once held by union leaders and faith leaders. That's not their job.
January 31, 2026 at 3:20 AM
They don't see themselves as leaders of people, for the most part. People are looking for them to fill the role once held by union leaders and faith leaders. That's not their job.
I think it's more that if they were to explain that there's nothing left that they can do, people start looking at direct action.
January 31, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I think it's more that if they were to explain that there's nothing left that they can do, people start looking at direct action.
People want instant gratification from the federal courts. That's not how it works.
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
People want instant gratification from the federal courts. That's not how it works.