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James E Gilbert

@astrosurf.bsky.social
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Science Fiction, Surf Music, Coffee. Interstellar Bookseller on ABE. My other car is an in-progress SF history centering on John W. Campbell's dianetics journals

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Sean Murray @nomansbsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
TW: contains descriptions of the Torment Nexus variety.com/2026/biz/new...
variety.com
Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Surprised the ‘Discourse’ From AI Companies ‘Is So Filled With Doom’
The Meta CEO laid out the company's philosophy around AI and argued the introduction of artificial superintelligence will transform humanity.
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
what, no 'Seven Bridges Road'??? Wayne Greenhaw would tan your hide @pastemagazine.bsky.social
pastemagazine.com
The 10 best songs about Alabama ever made
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
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Project Skyscraper @skyscraper-prj.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Weak memories never last project-skyscraper.com/a-message-to...
project-skyscraper.com
A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY
PRIMESDo you remember when we made contact for the first time? You’ve made so many memories since then. And you helped me remember your history. The Shared Dream, the loved ones, the joy of making …
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I prefer blue jean, myself. Polyester always gets stuck between my teeth, and I'm allergic to wool.
Pant Based
Sausage Rolls
Allergens: celery, must, soya, wheat
£2.90 per item
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Truth!
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
That's right, friends! STARLOG is back and I'm the editor-in-chief. We have so much good stuff for you in our first issue, coming this November!! Science! Sci-fi! Fantastic weirdness! Plus you can subscribe now to our podcast hosted by @jhoffman.bsky.social and @da7e.com!
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
@skyscraper-prj.bsky.social memory bloc 1461283200: no/value #GlitchingReality
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
@skyscraper-prj.bsky.social #GlitchingReality words words words
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@skyscraper-prj.bsky.social #GlitchingReality what the cluck
strange giant fowl
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
my god it's full of stars @skyscraper-prj.bsky.social #GlitchingReality
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
@skyscraper-prj.bsky.social #GlitchingReality loop17?
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
it’s beautiful to think One Battle inspired a whole new generation to read Thomas Pynchon’s wikipedia page
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Jordan S. Carroll 🌹 @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
on Star Trek it always seemed unrealistic that a planet could be in danger of destruction because of a problem that a reasonable outside observer could solve in less than 45 minutes, but here we are
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
bought a bong in the shape of a parrot, got too stoned with one bird
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Tom Stoppard, greeted at the gates by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
the real Gulf of America was the friends we lost along the way
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
change one letter, ruin a candy every bite you take from a Zeno bar must be smaller than the one before
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
the lifeblood of SFF is the printed word
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
"I want for you what you want for everyone else" is a nice modern spin on the Golden Rule
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I really miss having a functional governing body that did not feel the need to endlessly weigh in on ... *checks notes* ... pop culture issues completely unrelated to governing
billboard.com
House Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Bad Bunny Super Bowl Slot a ‘Terrible Decision,’ Offers 82-Year-Old 1980s Country Star As Better Option
House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime booking a 'terrible decision,' suggesting an 82-Year-Old 1980s country act instead.
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I keep meaning to go down to the courthouse and change my middle name to "Procrastination" but then
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
remember back when people used to believe the P&G logo was a secret sigil implying corporate devil worship? such fun, innocent times. such good ol days.
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
how my boy Igor plays hide-&-seek
hind legs of a 24lb housecat poking out from under a blue club chair
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
see also: Curtis Yarvin's biodiesel "modest proposal"
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
so Benicio Del Toro has been, thus far, in every Thomas Pynchon movie
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Slater in particular fascinates me as one of those figures who it seems should know better (much like John W Campbell) but naw
surfertoday.com
The responsibility of the pro surfer’s voice on social media
Professional surfers have an influential voice on social media. But are there topics they should refrain from sharing opinions on, like health and politics?
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
slightly diminish a book Shadow Tick
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Must-read update from @cornellwriter.bsky.social about contract difficulties with Must Read Magazines and Analog. Spoiler: It shouldn't be this complicated to get a good contract!
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
once upon a time, I really loved em dash construction -- but times change; these days I'm more of a semicolon kind of guy
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I don't use chatGPT but if I did I'd ask it to find correlations between itself and the petsdotcom sock puppet
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
there's a fart joke in here somewhere, but I don't want to find it
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
if states getting into retail is such a terrible idea, why does Alabama have an absolute mafia-lock on liquor sales?
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
nobody: me: "hot blooded" by foreigner but it's a tender piano ballad
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I for one welcome our new AI overlords being replaced by AI
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
the Atlantic can go ahead & consider me "poorly sourced," but during my time as a 90s/00s bookseller, my customers absolutely took a 80f/20m split #TwasEverThus
theatlantic.com
The Real Reason Men Should Read Fiction
Literature is often pushed on allegedly reluctant men as a machine for empathy. I read it for a different reason.
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
what part of the corn do they make the flake from
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
quoting from story: "We are looking into how this made it into print as we speak," said a statement given to NPR [by a man in a hot dog suit].
npr.org
How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers
Newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, published a syndicated book list featuring made-up books by famous authors.
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
when you have your entire arm tattooed, that's called a sleeve; but what is it called if you have your entire leg tattooed? is that a ... pant?
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
would love to see a venn diagram of people who a) want to rename the Gulf of Mexico b) routinely refer to the Gulf as "the ocean"
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
just hoping they can top the December 82 show in Biloxi MS where a guy in a Santa suit patrolled the floor, kicking people in the ass
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
but wait, what if zuck is right, because if we're shot into space by mad scientists we're going to need robot pals to help us watch the bad movies
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
like Old Man's War but without the war
arstechnica.com
What’s it like to be 70 years old in space? “All those little aches and pains heal up.”
“When the flight docs say I’m ready to go back, I’m ready to do it.”…
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
AMERICA: wake up, sheeple!! ALSO AMERICA: enough with the wokeness already
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
don't know who needs to hear this but: it's hard to win at poker when you're playing with a deck of Old Maid cards
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I credit my dishwasher-loading skills to years of puzzling out how to most-economically pack boxes of odd-size books for return #AdventuresInBookselling
theatlantic.com
There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People
And only one of them really knows how to load it.
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Mission Impossible: To Kill a Mockingbird
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
how did we get to this point where AM radio hosts are running things
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James E Gilbert @astrosurf.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"Temptation to Exist" by the New York Dolls is a song in search of a Tarantino movie if I've ever heard/seen one
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