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  1. Just finished the audiobook of @pluralistic's second Marty Hench novel, #TheBezzle.

    (Full disclosure: @WilWheatonRSS reads my name at the end because I was publicly enthusiastic about #RedTeamBlues, the first Marty Hench novel, on social media. If you haven't read it, add it to your queue. It doesn't matter which order you read them in.)

    "It's complicated" is the most accurate non-spoily way to describe it. I also finished it waaay too quickly.

    You will especially like it if you enjoy people talking about their passions. They may or may not align with your passions, and it doesn't matter because you /want/ to know more.

    I like Marty. I have yelled at him for doing stupids, but I'm a geezer and sometimes it's about #experience, not brainpower.

    He would be a cool person to know, and not because of his professional skillset, rather, because he's ... interesting.

    In this book, I discover that I am not alone in this opinion. I also rediscovered that his #heart is bigger than his head.

    There's #sex, #drugs. and .... #soul ... in this story. It's fictional, but packs a /lot/ of #fact. You can easily believe stuff could happen that way. And some of it did, though without Marty's participation.

    I backed the #kickstarter; you can find the #audiobook on Libro.fm and support your local bookstore /at the same time/. You can also get the #ebook or a print copy in the usual places.

    If you hurry, you can get /all/ the Cory Doctorow ebooks on #HumbleBundle. You won't be disappointed and your purchase supports @eff.

  2. Just started on the third and last book in #TheInterdependency trilogy by #JohnScalzi, also known for books like #Redshirts (yes, #trekkies) and #OldMansWar. It's an excellent #scifi story about the end of the known universe, deliciously read be a swearing #WilWheaton.

    audible.co.uk/pd/The-Collapsin

  3. @brainsevolve Good call! One of my absolute faves.

    The Cornell database describes it as a “Large black-and-white songbird.” Large?
    ebird.org/species/wilwag1

    #Australianbirdoftheyear #WillieWagtail

  4. Now that my daughter has her set of "Definitely Not Vampire Stakes," I can show you mine -- 9 mm needles and a 5 mm crochet hook in a cool bag. I can see using these with art yarns to make some textured scarves. I found them on Wil Wheaton's Facebook page and bought them that night which was good because they were sold out the next day. The nice thing is that part of the funds went to facebook.com/ChicagoFoundation. #Vampires #VampireStakes #KnittingNeedles #CrochetHooks #TwistedHanks #KnittersofMastodon #ChicagoFoundationForWomen #quirky #WilWheaton @knitting @fiberarts

  5. Does anyone know why Wil Wheaton's "The Ready Room" isn't available for streaming in the Star Trek: Picard "Extras" on #ParamountPlus?
    #StarTrek #Picard #wilw #readyroom

  6. He was on Counter.Social (a non-federated fork of #Mastodon) but stopped posting in 2019. According to this #Facebook post from yesterday he’s doesn’t use Mastodon or #Twitter at all, and an unnamed upstart network is falsely claiming he’s on there facebook.com/story.php/?story_

    He currently uses Facebook, #Instagram, and #Tumblr because he “doesn’t need that instant access and doomscrolling.” Though if Tumblr goes through with joining the #Fediverse, you may be able to get your #WilW fix here.

  7. Wil Wheaton 's post inspired me to share this! This has been a rough few years. Depression and anxiety in adults has been on the uprise and help is hard to find. Adults need a release too. It's not too late to get that Tribble or MEGO Corp. toy for the #trekkie or nontrekkie in your life ❤️
    #HolidayGifts #stressfreeholidayseason #idontwannagrowup #bekind #WilWheaton
    cnbc.com/amp/2022/12/19/kidult

  8. Can you feel it?

    #federationDay is coming.

    It's in the #code. The #song. #HeyDevs

    Thank you, #Picard. Thank you, #wilwheaton. Thank you #nichellenichols.

    Thank you #fedi and #johnMastodon.

    I ascend digitally into the #fediverse. I know my body may yet #follow but not without the code. And not because of me, or the lizard people, or anyone in the sky #real or #imaginary.

    Because of us, and those who wish to join, and those who #politelyDecline are as #free as we wish to be.

    #letsFederate

  9. "The #grifters that make up the #troll-industrial complex are not okay.

    "One can see the sheen of #desperation in the #world of self-identified #conservatives who make a living by "triggering" the #liberals. The usual dose of outrage bait isn't working as well any longer, so the #rightwingers are escalating the provocations. Tucker #Carlson, for example, gave a glow-up interview with manosphere "influencer" Andrew #Tate, who is being held in #Romania on charges of sex #trafficking and #rape. #DailyWire anti-trans provocateur Matt #Walsh is selling plushies of himself clad only in a diaper, which he encourages #people to give to #children. Daily Wire founder Ben #Shapiro, on the other hand, made a nearly hour-long video #tantrum about "#Barbie," complete with setting the dolls on fire. The clawing need to get attention from #progressives seems to be driving these engagement farmers a little nuts, as they up the weird-and-evil ante, hoping to get those precious clicks and plays.

    [...]

    "The escalation of shock value tactics, on both the right and the pretending-not-to-be-right political classes, are likely rooted in the same cause: The slow motion collapse of #Twitter, now rebranded "#X," under the leadership of #Tesla CEO Elon #Musk. While these folks have various outlets, both in the #media and #socialmedia, ultimately their #business model of #trolling depends heavily on Twitter.

    "Grifters need people to harass and a mainstream discourse to counter. As traffic takes a nosedive and Twitter becomes less a part of the conversation, it's going to be harder for these folks to make #money," Melissa #Ryan, a strategist who helps counter online #disinformation, told #Salon.

    "They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters #desperate"

    salon.com/2023/08/01/they-need

    The clawing need to get attention from progressives seems to be driving these engagement farmers a little nuts, as they up the weird-and-evil ante, hoping to get those precious clicks and plays.

    "What Musk has proven through his actions and his statements is that he's committed to serving the trolls and the #fraudsters first and the ordinary good faith users second," explained Brian Hughes of American #University, who is the co-founder of the Polarization and #Extremism #Research and Innovation Lab (#PERIL). But, he noted, Musk is "blinded by his own #ideology" and can't see how this is backfiring. "As normal people, for lack of a better term, continue to leave Twitter, that's actually going to cause probably a reduction in the use of the platform by these trolls and these fraudsters. They don't have their audience of targets that they need," he continued.

    american.edu/spa/faculty/bhugh

    HAHAHAHAHAHA die mad about it, trolls. Full offense."

    tumblr.com/wilwheaton/72447283

  10. I watched Stand By Me with Rob Reiner. Both film and man changed my life

    I had watched the coming-of-age weepie over and over growing up so it was an overwhelming experience to sit down with its creator and see it again. It was a magical day and he was just as warm-hearted as his movie

    theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/

    @wilw

    #JamieGraham #RobReiner #StandByMe #StephenKing #Movies #Film #RiverPhoenix

  11. Wil Wheaton Is Out Here Hyping Stuart Fails To Save The Universe, But I’m Just Pumped About The Sweet Big Bang Theory Pic

    When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit:…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #BigBangTheory #Entertainment #KevinSussman #StuartFails #WilWheaton
    newsbeep.com/us/619894/

  12. Prompted by this post by @mariapopova, here is one of my own responses to the removal of 'nature words' from the Oxford Children's Dictionary, and the Lost Words project.

    ( indieweb.social/@mariapopova/1 )

    This was a temporary installation in a community garden/woodland in Liverpool, part of a residency with Not Just Collective in 2018.

    Like my earlier work Wilweorthunga, this piece was inspired by the idea of "clootie trees" and healing.

    #TheLostWords #LostWords #NatureArt #InstallationArt

  13. Can you feel it?

    #federationDay is coming.

    It's in the #code. The #song. #HeyDevs

    Thank you, #Picard. Thank you, #wilwheaton. Thank you #nichellenichols.

    Thank you #fedi and #johnMastodon.

    I ascend digitally into the #fediverse. I know my body may yet #follow but not without the code. And not because of me, or the lizard people, or anyone in the sky #real or #imaginary.

    Because of us, and those who wish to join, and those who #politelyDecline are as #free as we wish to be.

    #letsFederate

  14. Prompted by this post by @mariapopova, here is one of my own responses to the removal of 'nature words' from the Oxford Children's Dictionary, and the Lost Words project.

    ( indieweb.social/@mariapopova/1 )

    This was a temporary installation in a community garden/woodland in Liverpool, part of a residency with Not Just Collective in 2018.

    Like my earlier work Wilweorthunga, this piece was inspired by the idea of "clootie trees" and healing.

    #TheLostWords #LostWords #NatureArt #InstallationArt

  15. Prompted by this post by @mariapopova, here is one of my own responses to the removal of 'nature words' from the Oxford Children's Dictionary, and the Lost Words project.

    ( indieweb.social/@mariapopova/1 )

    This was a temporary installation in a community garden/woodland in Liverpool, part of a residency with Not Just Collective in 2018.

    Like my earlier work Wilweorthunga, this piece was inspired by the idea of "clootie trees" and healing.

    #TheLostWords #LostWords #NatureArt #InstallationArt

  16. Prompted by this post by @mariapopova, here is one of my own responses to the removal of 'nature words' from the Oxford Children's Dictionary, and the Lost Words project.

    ( indieweb.social/@mariapopova/1 )

    This was a temporary installation in a community garden/woodland in Liverpool, part of a residency with Not Just Collective in 2018.

    Like my earlier work Wilweorthunga, this piece was inspired by the idea of "clootie trees" and healing.

    #TheLostWords #LostWords #NatureArt #InstallationArt

  17. Prompted by this post by @mariapopova, here is one of my own responses to the removal of 'nature words' from the Oxford Children's Dictionary, and the Lost Words project.

    ( indieweb.social/@mariapopova/1 )

    This was a temporary installation in a community garden/woodland in Liverpool, part of a residency with Not Just Collective in 2018.

    Like my earlier work Wilweorthunga, this piece was inspired by the idea of "clootie trees" and healing.

    #TheLostWords #LostWords #NatureArt #InstallationArt

  18. Yes, I still do.

    I still think #WesleyCrusher is a fantastic, fun, relatable character. He — along with Penny from #InspectorGadget, #DoogieHowser, and #FerrisBueller — was the reason I always wanted to work with #computers.

    Yes, I still do.

    🤓🧠❤️💾😎

    #WilWheaton #CreeSummer #NeilPatrickHarris #MatthewBroderick #computergeek #80s #nostalgia #stillgoing #inspiration #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG