William Preston
@williampreston.bsky.social
Writer (mostly SF, currently in July–August 2025 Asimov's; forthcoming there and elsewhere), reader, former teacher, parent to three grown women. Interests include film, religion, history, many sciences.
he/him ho-hum
he/him ho-hum
"Keep sweet"
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Keep sweet"
I don't watch CNN (or any broadcast news, at this point), but I must ask: Is this the way they always present statistics? With this college football gameday approach? No one is "doing journalism" here.
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I don't watch CNN (or any broadcast news, at this point), but I must ask: Is this the way they always present statistics? With this college football gameday approach? No one is "doing journalism" here.
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
Maybe we should let the autopen govern
COLLINS: Today you pardoned the founded of Binance. Can you explain why you did that?
TRUMP: Which one was that?
COLLINS: The founder of Binance
TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
TRUMP: Which one was that?
COLLINS: The founder of Binance
TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Maybe we should let the autopen govern
"Sir, there are additional packets of sauce right over here."
Trump: "No matter who you are, everybody loves something at McDonald's. I like the fish. Khhhhh. I like it. You could do a little bit more tartar sauce though please. Seriously."
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Sir, there are additional packets of sauce right over here."
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
This feels like the dumber version of Dick Cheney being in charge of the VP search team that ultimately chose Cheney.
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This feels like the dumber version of Dick Cheney being in charge of the VP search team that ultimately chose Cheney.
“ . . . a 17-Year-Old was Exploited.” It’s simple. Quit playing games, New York Times.
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“ . . . a 17-Year-Old was Exploited.” It’s simple. Quit playing games, New York Times.
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(🧵) This thread from a retired journalism professor who helped usher in the era of metajournalism in the 2010s—and has written a book on the relationship between Trump and Epstein as part of his NYT-bestselling Proof Series—explains how to report properly on the Trump-Epstein Scandal.
Here we go.
Here we go.
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
(🧵) This thread from a retired journalism professor who helped usher in the era of metajournalism in the 2010s—and has written a book on the relationship between Trump and Epstein as part of his NYT-bestselling Proof Series—explains how to report properly on the Trump-Epstein Scandal.
Here we go.
Here we go.
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if you're a #Skystorian in the UK, at assoc/full prof level who hasn't won a grant since 2020 and/or with a 'lifetime' capture (indiv. share) <£100,000 I'd love to have you as an example that this is normal. I know DMs are hard for us in the UK -I am also at drvheggie at the mail that is g dot com
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
if you're a #Skystorian in the UK, at assoc/full prof level who hasn't won a grant since 2020 and/or with a 'lifetime' capture (indiv. share) <£100,000 I'd love to have you as an example that this is normal. I know DMs are hard for us in the UK -I am also at drvheggie at the mail that is g dot com
Annnd let's roll the Trump/Epstein party video
Karoline Leavitt claimed today that Trump was always "extremely professional" while hanging out with [checks notes] Jeffrey Epstein
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Annnd let's roll the Trump/Epstein party video
When you read the Epstein emails the same way you read the Bible.
Weija: Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein's house with a victim?
Leavitt: These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that president trump did nothing wrong.
Leavitt: These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that president trump did nothing wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When you read the Epstein emails the same way you read the Bible.
This is on the level of Quint smashing the radio in Jaws
there are “bad” numbers and then there are “take a hammer to the system to be sure no one ever sees these” numbers
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is on the level of Quint smashing the radio in Jaws
Fox News featuring the dog figure of speech regarding someone who regularly metaphorically maligns dogs is a sign that sometimes justice comes when a good dog bites a man.
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fox News featuring the dog figure of speech regarding someone who regularly metaphorically maligns dogs is a sign that sometimes justice comes when a good dog bites a man.
This is what AI thinks a white person looks like and how they’re named. Nice try.
Trump promotes Brilyn Hollyhand, the GOP establishment’s pick to replace Charlie Kirk
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what AI thinks a white person looks like and how they’re named. Nice try.
The Oathbreaker himself
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Oathbreaker himself
“Lord, tell us, when were you hungry and we did not feed you?“
“I tell you truly, whenever you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.”
Trump’s DOJ makes one more effort to stop the states from feeding their people. 
“I tell you truly, whenever you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.”
Trump’s DOJ makes one more effort to stop the states from feeding their people. 
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“Lord, tell us, when were you hungry and we did not feed you?“
“I tell you truly, whenever you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.”
Trump’s DOJ makes one more effort to stop the states from feeding their people. 
“I tell you truly, whenever you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.”
Trump’s DOJ makes one more effort to stop the states from feeding their people. 
“Lord, tell us, when were you sick and we did not come to you?”
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“Lord, tell us, when were you sick and we did not come to you?”
“Now let me show you this dance move…”
Sean Duffy calls his move to cancel flights as "really unique action"
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Now let me show you this dance move…”
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These endangered lemurs don't have babies often. (You won't believe how females keep males from mating with them!) When they do give birth, they raise kids communally. But in today's climate, their patterns are changing. By me, for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/investigatin...
Investigating a Treetop Baby Boom
Why a sudden spike in pregnancies in one Madagascan lemur population might actually be a bad sign for the species.
www.biographic.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
These endangered lemurs don't have babies often. (You won't believe how females keep males from mating with them!) When they do give birth, they raise kids communally. But in today's climate, their patterns are changing. By me, for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/investigatin...
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ANYONE NEAR LA?
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ANYONE NEAR LA?
He’s talking about the Norman conquest or when the Romans showed up? Or does this actually have to do with Middle-Earth?
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
He’s talking about the Norman conquest or when the Romans showed up? Or does this actually have to do with Middle-Earth?
Plot stolen from The Diplomat
“At least four suspects were arrested,” Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said. Caracas claimed the dismantled cell was “financed by the CIA” and planned to attack the destroyer and frame Venezuela.
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Venezuela Arrests Suspects in Alleged CIA Cell Plotting Attack
Venezuela says it dismantled a CIA-financed cell plotting a false-flag attack on a US warship near its coast, as Washington ramps up military pressure
ticotimes.net
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Plot stolen from The Diplomat
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October 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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