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.
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And after she fed it a diet of Jewish livers and space lasers
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And after she fed it a diet of Jewish livers and space lasers
Incredibly, Mark Sanford, back for more media minutes
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Incredibly, Mark Sanford, back for more media minutes
Trump at his most childlike . . . aside from when he's calling people names
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Trump at his most childlike . . . aside from when he's calling people names
That's what I was thinking.
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
That's what I was thinking.
They’re phoning each other while self-garroting
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
They’re phoning each other while self-garroting
At least slime balls are somewhere on the evolutionary ladder
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
At least slime balls are somewhere on the evolutionary ladder
Usha: I intended to stay with him till death.
JD: I planned to leave her as soon as it was politically expeditious. I’m a soulless body animated by ambition and anxiety.
Marriage tribunal: Annulment granted!
JD: I planned to leave her as soon as it was politically expeditious. I’m a soulless body animated by ambition and anxiety.
Marriage tribunal: Annulment granted!
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Usha: I intended to stay with him till death.
JD: I planned to leave her as soon as it was politically expeditious. I’m a soulless body animated by ambition and anxiety.
Marriage tribunal: Annulment granted!
JD: I planned to leave her as soon as it was politically expeditious. I’m a soulless body animated by ambition and anxiety.
Marriage tribunal: Annulment granted!
I’ve gotta say, the exclamation points make it seem like it might be fun.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’ve gotta say, the exclamation points make it seem like it might be fun.
And there's the loophole. That's definitely a way out (though the Church is still not keen on annulments when there are children; it makes the kids "illegitimate").
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
And there's the loophole. That's definitely a way out (though the Church is still not keen on annulments when there are children; it makes the kids "illegitimate").
Oh, I hadn't realized he didn't have a Catholic wedding!
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Oh, I hadn't realized he didn't have a Catholic wedding!
I'm going to need a more specific description
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I'm going to need a more specific description
The church ain't granting it, not with their kids actually existing. He's going to have to ask Henry VIII.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The church ain't granting it, not with their kids actually existing. He's going to have to ask Henry VIII.
These stories MUST be told
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
These stories MUST be told
I remember Don Defore from Hazel reruns as a kid.
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I remember Don Defore from Hazel reruns as a kid.
Totally; he’s the proof case of white privilege.
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Totally; he’s the proof case of white privilege.
Oh, he'd still be an awful person; it just might not have reached such stratospheric heights (or earth's-core depths) without that boost of fantasy.
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Oh, he'd still be an awful person; it just might not have reached such stratospheric heights (or earth's-core depths) without that boost of fantasy.
Obviously, being head of a family business didn't help his sense of perspective, but I wonder whether he'd be this fucked up if he hadn't believed the illusion of The Apprentice.
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Obviously, being head of a family business didn't help his sense of perspective, but I wonder whether he'd be this fucked up if he hadn't believed the illusion of The Apprentice.
No thanks for this mammary
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
No thanks for this mammary
If it amuses him, it amuses the world, because he believes nothing exists outside himself.
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If it amuses him, it amuses the world, because he believes nothing exists outside himself.
“Hey Grok, how many people is Elon Musk responsible for killing either directly or indirectly?”
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Hey Grok, how many people is Elon Musk responsible for killing either directly or indirectly?”
Plagiarism is the sincerest form of capitalism.
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Plagiarism is the sincerest form of capitalism.