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Adam Stemple

@adamstemple.bsky.social
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Writer, musician, asshole. Will die on any hill. www.adamstemple.com

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 7h
Lots of good people in this anthology. I've got one here, too.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 8h
How I arrived on Bluesky
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When My Doctor Tells Me To Work Out More
Alt: Alfred Hitchcock working a guillotine
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This post moved the line 3 points
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They stole a whole village from Ireland.
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Blaze Ward @blazeward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
got yours? www.knottedroadpress.com/search?q=mon... available everywhere else on the 10th
Cover of Monarch of the Stars, by Blaze Ward. The Forever City, Vol 1.

Cyborg woman in silhouette. Way cool cover.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rehabilitation should be matched with recidivism rates. Rapists are highly likely to reoffend, ergo they should generally not be repatriated. Let them rot.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seems like the question answers itself.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Think the world is ready for my “My fist went rogue on his nuts” defense?
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Think the world is ready for my “My fist went rogue on his nuts” defense?
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“No, officer, I didn’t ram those people with my car. It went rogue.”
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember when Republicans used to accuse Democrats of trying to buy votes with stimulus checks?
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
THIS IS HAPPENING! FREE! AMAZING! AHHHHHHHHH!
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I used to interview folks for a warehouse job. If they showed up on time and looked like they had showered recently they were already most of the way there. Never occurred to my to see what they brought with them. Could’ve been holding a baby, I wouldn’t have known.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fucking Tennessee
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you don’t learn how to use broadsheets you will be left behind in the new economy!!!
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And it keeps getting better season after season!
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
She’s right and she should say it.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Halfway to St Pats! Almost ready to go.
An empty stage before the rocking starts.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Deal. No negotiations needed. www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-adviser...
ibtimes.co.uk
Iran Sets New Hormuz Demand: Trump and Netanyahu Must Be Removed From Power, Senior Adviser Says
A senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader says the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed until Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu leave power.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@marissalingen.bsky.social right now at her A Dubious Clamour release event on story ideas: “The thing that makes it a pearl is that it irritates you.” Fucking brilliant.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hey, at least it’s not a form rejection!
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Blaze Ward @blazeward.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Meme text: Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a raccoon to fire a crossbow, I'm not sure where I'm going with this but it't fucking awesome.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I used to hack into professor accounts from my father’s teletype.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My usual historical story process: 1. Get idea 2. Do research 3. If research invalidates story idea, go back to step 1. 4. Write better story than ahistorical garbage first (or more) idea(s) would have resulted in 5. (Optional) After it's published, discover new research that screws up your story
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ah, you have shown yourself to be a keeper of the deep wisdom. Acolytes will be at your house shortly...
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not only that, she didn't tell me or my siblings about it till the next day. She knew what our reaction would be.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Called someone a twat on FB and they threatened to sue me for libel. I am going to show their libel threat post as evidence my statement was true. Slam dunk.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Actual cheat code to massive literary success: 1. Act like a pro. 2. Work like a pro. 3. Sacrifice a white bull to Nisaba, the Sumerian god of literature, and pray that you hit the cultural zeitgeist at the right time.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Amateur hour. Someone handed my mom a manuscript at my father's funeral.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Picking out getaway car: *slaps trunk* “You can fit so much gender in this sucker.”
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Smort.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Gonna repost this so people see it can be done: I was wrong and this guy was right. I in doing the wrongity wrong dance right now.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oh shit. I typed the right fucking answer. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It has never been easier to know who the bad guys are. There also not-so-good-guys and brutally-ineffectual guys. But for pure corrupt, evil, mustache twirling villains, the Republicans are perfect.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I vote for “Get shushed.”
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Um…that’s exactly what it said.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Google AI, in an explanation of how it had arrived at an answer to the question I had asked, explained that 3/4 of a mile equals 1.25 miles. My point is that if AI can’t handle that simple equivalency, why would you trust it with complex, important information?
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I should add that the uncritical coverage of all this by the press including many in the mainstream media that celebrated Trump's illegal attack on Venezuela as a "success" deserves scrutiny & criticism of its own. As does the complicity of many in Trump's cabinet and the compliance of the Congress.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What has happened in Venezuela and what's about to happen demands investigation, forensic audits, int'l scrutiny. We need to know terms, details. We need to see the financial terms and monitor what happens. And if it is as corrupt as it seems, Trump belongs in jail next to Maduro (or in his place.)
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: A thruple retires to Bolivia.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Not 6 months ago AI confidently told me 3/4 of a mile was equal to .75 miles. Don’t ask AI for health advice.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI for health advice. Don’t ask AI
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I would also like to add that editing and critiquing will make you a better writer. Far from a waste of time, writers should always be critiquing and discussing their work with each other. It’s part of how we get better at it.
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Richard @canaryworf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Earlier this year I was filling out county council forms to get funding for activities for our son who has ASD. In the list of funders who "we might share your information with" was The Dolly Parton Foundation. I live 4,200 miles from Nashville. What a legacy. Thank you Dolly.
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Hollywood Steve Huey @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton decided to cover "Stairway to Heaven" as a gospel song, and asked Robert Plant for permission to write a new verse for it, and Robert Plant basically said "of course you can, you're Dolly Parton" youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ
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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Audio)
YouTube video by Dolly Parton
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dammit. This one stings.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In his defense, for this speech he just chopped up pieces of other people’s speeches and spliced them together.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“And then we fill the giant field of snow with bear traps. Lots of bear traps. No, more than that.” — scriptwriter for Dracula: A Love Tale, for some fucking reason.
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’m sure market forces will make this right. (punches the next libertarian I see)
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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am also fascinated by the volcano lair, but I get you can’t talk about it.
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