Madsen Pierce
@worryapproximate.bsky.social
He/him
Writer, storyteller, TTRPG GM and player, some other things. Pursuing untamed ornithoids without cause. From this vantage I sing my madness into the Electroverse. Miss me with that AI shit.
Writer, storyteller, TTRPG GM and player, some other things. Pursuing untamed ornithoids without cause. From this vantage I sing my madness into the Electroverse. Miss me with that AI shit.
Pinned
“Compromise where you can. Where you can’t, don’t. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, ‘No, you move.”
I had a dream in which I was Daredevil a thousand years in the future. I traveled the galaxy in a sentient starship doing daredevil things! It was fun
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I had a dream in which I was Daredevil a thousand years in the future. I traveled the galaxy in a sentient starship doing daredevil things! It was fun
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What do you do when you’re a gun-loving leftist who doesn’t fit into mainstream American gun culture?
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
What do you do when you’re a gun-loving leftist who doesn’t fit into mainstream American gun culture?
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
Jeezus the end of Stranger Things gets me every time
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Jeezus the end of Stranger Things gets me every time
Most unrealistic thing about Stranger Things is that the Hawkins kids only have one D&D character a piece. At least Will would have a ton.
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Most unrealistic thing about Stranger Things is that the Hawkins kids only have one D&D character a piece. At least Will would have a ton.
I know it might be a hard sell for a while, but I’d love to see a follow up someday where the kids are middle aged. Kind of like a Yellowjackets scenario
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I know it might be a hard sell for a while, but I’d love to see a follow up someday where the kids are middle aged. Kind of like a Yellowjackets scenario
Fuck, season 3 is sooo fucking good
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Fuck, season 3 is sooo fucking good
Rewatching seasons 3 and 4 of Stranger Things. Goddamn virtuoso editing. So much tension, badass action scenes!
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Rewatching seasons 3 and 4 of Stranger Things. Goddamn virtuoso editing. So much tension, badass action scenes!
I didn’t realize how much I missed
the feelings of anticipation inspired by a good Vince Gilligan show.
the feelings of anticipation inspired by a good Vince Gilligan show.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I didn’t realize how much I missed
the feelings of anticipation inspired by a good Vince Gilligan show.
the feelings of anticipation inspired by a good Vince Gilligan show.
Work is fucking hard right now
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Work is fucking hard right now
Missing my gaming group tonight. Escapist hasn’t been escaping enough lately and it’s starting to show
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Missing my gaming group tonight. Escapist hasn’t been escaping enough lately and it’s starting to show
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A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY—Over 600 Pages!
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud,...
subterraneanpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.
Fell asleep resigned to my failure at being a writer. Woke in the middle of the night with too many ideas. Thanks, brain, I needed that. Though, couldn’t it wait til operating hours?
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Fell asleep resigned to my failure at being a writer. Woke in the middle of the night with too many ideas. Thanks, brain, I needed that. Though, couldn’t it wait til operating hours?
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I got denied disability earlier this year and had to endure a hearing where an employment specialist rattled off a few jobs they deemed I would be eligible for -completely ignoring the reality of actually being able to be hired or perform the tasks required.
I hope nondisabled people are listening to disabled people as we’ve discussed the mass hemorrhaging of accessible jobs, layoffs over accommodations and spike of tools used to screen out disabled employees in the past few years (which ends survival possibilities for us)
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I got denied disability earlier this year and had to endure a hearing where an employment specialist rattled off a few jobs they deemed I would be eligible for -completely ignoring the reality of actually being able to be hired or perform the tasks required.
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Congrats @philtorres.bsky.social and @aaronpomerantz.bsky.social on the paper! I look for these decoy spiders whenever I’m in the rainforest and this is the best example I’ve found. #inverts
Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador 2022
Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador 2022
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Congrats @philtorres.bsky.social and @aaronpomerantz.bsky.social on the paper! I look for these decoy spiders whenever I’m in the rainforest and this is the best example I’ve found. #inverts
Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador 2022
Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador 2022
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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A spill on a family farm in Oklahoma killed several acres of vegetation and contaminated drinking water. A judge ordered the farmers to pay when they went after the oil company.
(Published May 2024)
(Published May 2024)
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A spill on a family farm in Oklahoma killed several acres of vegetation and contaminated drinking water. A judge ordered the farmers to pay when they went after the oil company.
(Published May 2024)
(Published May 2024)
Just because your folks became conservative in their old age doesn’t mean you have to as well. Dad loved to quote Churchill,”Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”
Fuck him. I’m smarter than dad ever was
Fuck him. I’m smarter than dad ever was
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Just because your folks became conservative in their old age doesn’t mean you have to as well. Dad loved to quote Churchill,”Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”
Fuck him. I’m smarter than dad ever was
Fuck him. I’m smarter than dad ever was
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Tim Burchett: "It seems kinda crazy, but in the future maybe we oughta bring the patients and the doctors to the table and tell the insurance companies they can go take a flying leap."
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Tim Burchett: "It seems kinda crazy, but in the future maybe we oughta bring the patients and the doctors to the table and tell the insurance companies they can go take a flying leap."
What if AI is like the Philip Experiment?
Maybe it taps into something, whether that’s the power of suggestion, or something we don’t yet have language to describe. I mean, we already know it’s us, focused through flawed machines, making us crazy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...
Maybe it taps into something, whether that’s the power of suggestion, or something we don’t yet have language to describe. I mean, we already know it’s us, focused through flawed machines, making us crazy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...
Philip experiment - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What if AI is like the Philip Experiment?
Maybe it taps into something, whether that’s the power of suggestion, or something we don’t yet have language to describe. I mean, we already know it’s us, focused through flawed machines, making us crazy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...
Maybe it taps into something, whether that’s the power of suggestion, or something we don’t yet have language to describe. I mean, we already know it’s us, focused through flawed machines, making us crazy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...
Predator Badlands is the best scifi action survival flick of the year! So awesome
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Predator Badlands is the best scifi action survival flick of the year! So awesome