This is a speech I’m giving to myself, mostly, with regards to my literary career, and to my “real” career, and to my financial situation generally. (Longer version of this clip here.)
But I’m also giving it to y’all with regards to the weblog awards. Hey, I don’t mind seeing Wetmachine lose to Ars Technica. It would just be nice to lose by less than ten-to-one. There are still 8 hours left to vote. We have about 240 votes, and only need another 2,000 to get back in the game. So who’s with me? Yeargh!
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John’s Tweets
Load More...Finally! Some legal accountability in the Florida GOP’s ghost candidate operation. h/t @gal_suburban #FlaPol #GOPElectionFraud #ProtectOurVotes 1/ https://twitter.com/craigtimes/status/1529116542574772224
"Ghost candidate" for #Florida Senate seat arrested on several criminal charges, alongside a political consultant involved in launching her campaign and a former mayor of Longwood. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-ne-eric-foglesong-arrested-ghost-candiates-20220524-nee4javd2zejzeebedyfzdznjq-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=3701653404302 via @reporterannie & @JeffWeinerOS
A friend in Russia is now part of a network of thousands of volunteers trying to offset the harm their government is doing. As Ukrainians arrive in Russia, they meet them, feed them, coordinate transportation, find them places to stay, & get them to the Estonian or Finnish border
@PhillipsPOBrien I suspect he knows the Ukrainians will ignore him but is trying to influence the nations that support them. But he seems unable to grasp that 21st century statecraft has some important differences from 18th century statecraft.
To be fair to Kissinger, he built his career on negotiations telling ostensibly weaker powers they had to give up territory to make peace with larger ones. The Ukrainians will probably pay him as much attention as did the Vietnamese.
Orwell's 1984 blends with Reagan's in this nightmarishly illustrated #dystopian phantasmagoria about a disintegrating man in a disintegrating world. I wrote The Pains in 2008 but it's your guided tour to Trump's Freemerica(TM) today. https://www.amazon.com/Pains-John-Damien-Sundman/dp/1929752008
AFAIC(oncerned), John, you’re a mighty fine author.
I look forward to your masterpiece.