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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 08/09/2026

Just saw Star Trek: the Voyage Home on the big screen, and I will be riding this wave of euphoria all week. Gotta love a film that imagines a better future, one in which humans get our act together and take steps to correct past atrocities 🥹

title screen of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home on a theater screen with AJ’s legs in the foreground.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 03/09/2026

Wishing you so much healing and rest 💖

AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 02/09/2026

Celebrate Premee! Be the bugge you wish to see in the world!

AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 31/08/2026

Update: it turned out exactly the way it was supposed to, but I don’t like beef wellington 😅

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It will be a fun experience either way!

I’m excited for a first attempt!

I’ve been itching to try a new and challenging recipe lately, and beef tenderloin was on sale, so tomorrow we’re trying beef wellington.

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Grouchy Mentor 4eva, especially if paired with “forced to foster youngster.”

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The WorldCon fomo is starting to hit, but it’s also so fun to see what everyone’s up to.

AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 28/08/2026

That cover is beautiful! 😍

SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of our own, Science Fiction Poetry Association Grandmaster, David Kopaska-Merkel. What a profound loss. Our hearts go out to his friends and family.

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Chris McKeever @chrismckeever.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yeah come on over we're putting Dolly Parton records on and having a good cry.

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more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

responding to a diss track with a song called Genuinely Thought We Were On Good Terms

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 13/08/2026

I am *constantly* getting synecdoche and metonymy mixed up. I have to look it up every time just in case.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/08/2026

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Reminder: 1. You don't need to have an opinion on everything, especially stuff you don't know enough about 2. You don't need to have a PUBLIC opinion on everything 3. It's okay to focus on one or two things and let others take up the slack elsewhere 4. It's okay to take a break when overwhelmed.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 12/08/2026

I think all the annoying behaviors we ascribe to Bluesky definitely exist and have existed everywhere else on the internet, but also I think it’s good to have higher standards. I do expect more from you than, like, a twitter user.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 06/08/2026

Yes, that’s why I said it, but thanks for explaining that.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 05/08/2026

Hamlet with lions? Great. Romeo and Juliet with lions?? Excellent. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with lions??? Transcendant. Why are we getting shot-for-shot live action remakes when we could be getting more Shakespeare with lions?

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 05/08/2026

Why did The Lion King stop after three movies? Where is A Midsummer Night's Dream with lions? Much Ado About Nothing with lions? The Tempest with lions? They could have kept this going.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 03/08/2026

Two tables down at my morning cafe, two people are meeting to do the morning crossword together. I love them.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 28/07/2026

Can’t wait for Peter Jackson’s “In a Station of the Metro.”

Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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The poetry Hugo is a go! At least until 2029, as there's a policy of re-ratifying new categories three years later. Thank you to @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, @therisingtithes.bsky.social, and everybody else who made this happen!

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 26/07/2026

Really enjoyed Jason Bourne: Return to Ithaca.

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I forgive my enemies in my dreams #DailySenryu

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 24/07/2026

I think it depends on how well they wear it!

AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 24/07/2026

It’s true, I’ve fallen victim to cool hair danger on several occasions.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 24/07/2026

*I* wanna be a horse girl starship captian

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live by stories, we also live in them. One way or another we are living the stories planted in us early or along the way, we are also living the stories we planted - knowingly or unknowingly - in ourselves." - Ben Okri

Photograph: Lottie, our young brown spaniel, among the rocks by the the River Teign where it flows past our rural village. (Dartmoor, Devon, UK)

Photograph: Lottie swimming in golden river water.

Photograph: Lottie playing 'Fetch' among the stones of the River Teign.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 23/07/2026

This is the ideal Homeric body. You may not like it, but this is what epic poetry looks like

Emily Wilson recites Homer with arms upraised

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 23/07/2026

I’m so sorry, L. Mr. Luka was the best boy, and you took such good care of him.

AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 22/07/2026

Yeah, but the quality will definitely go down 😂

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 21/07/2026

They seem like such a great travel treat! And yet

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 21/07/2026

For some reason, I thought a plum was a good snack to eat on the way to work. I am now covered in plum juice. This is fine.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 21/07/2026

I have got to stop reading the comments on NASA’s social media posts.

AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 20/07/2026

It’s been ~10 years since I’ve done any website coding,* but this Squarespace price hike might get me back into it. *very small projects, nothing fancy

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The Ghost and the Darkness, at a friend’s house when we were in ~5th grade.

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You make a compelling point. I wasn’t distilling anything, just brewing, but I think some things can be arranged…

😂 I may not have. I’ll tell you about it next tea time!

😭 BUT it looks like it’s probably lettuce/greens and not fruit. So perhaps we’ll get an all-clear soon.