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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 20m

It could be that AI is the reason, or at least part of the reason, for the Fermi paradox. Perhaps by the time a biological civilization develops the technology to explore the galaxy, it has also developed AI -- which destroys it before it can go anywhere.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the fact that the son of a bitch thinks ninety bucks makes any kind of difference to anyone's health care costs.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some of you may remember my 1993 novel 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯. But you may not remember Jimmy Blackburn's penultimate words (page 294): "𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 isn't what it used to be."

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I'm emerging from a few months of Bluesky silence to express my thanks to the people of Hungary for rejecting authoritarianism -- and for giving the rest of the world some hope.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Hey, Bill! Howard's literary executor is the writer Jessica Reisman. And things are happening for the estate -- for one thing, more Waldrop movies are in production. "Mary Margaret Road-Grader," "Heirs of the Perisphere," and "A Dozen Tough Jobs" are coming up!

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Erik Jay Weber @fantasticcosmic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This week at SecondTime Books in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, I randomly picked this Jan. 1988 copy of F&SF Magazine up and bought it based on the cover, and upon reading said cover story, by @bradleycdenton.bsky.social, was surprised how timely the tale was for right now in America, 38 years on. A+++++

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, January 1988, featuring cover illustration by Jill Bauman for Bradley Denton's featured short story, the Hero of the Night. The artwork shows a headless man in 18th century clothing as a statue, holding a musket upon which grows a flowering vine, against an astral view of the moon and galaxy with the top of an analog clock with Roman numerals.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Thank you, Erik. I wish that story -weren't- still relevant. But here we are. Several years ago, artist Jill Bauman sent me a beautiful signed 8X10 print of that F&SF cover. It's one of my most prized possessions, and it's on my living room wall so I can see it every day.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Received a royalty check for 17 bucks yesterday. Vacation in Monaco is on me.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

“This was a very very bad vote”

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Pretty much. She has a hard rubber chew bone that she'll mess with a bit -- but Lucille is the only stuffed toy she wants. All others are ignored.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Millie with her stuffed hedgehog, Lucille. This is Millie's sixth or seventh hedgehog, since she tends to destroy them. It makes me think of B.B. King, who had many guitars over the years, but called each one "Lucille." So I call Millie's hedgehogs "Lucille," too. No one else does, though.

A floppy-eared reddish-brown black-mouthed cur named Millie lies on her bed and looks at the camera, her stuffed hedgehog toy on the carpeted floor in front of her.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Yesterday, Drumpf said "Groceries are down." Barb and I bought groceries yesterday, and I promise you they are f#&%ing NOT.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

14 October 1774: The First Continental Congress adopted its "Declaration and Resolves" that the Colonies were "entitled to life, liberty, and property" and that "they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever a right to dispose of either without their consent." NO KINGS was on the horizon.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

A moment of doggie goofiness to help bolster you for the coming week. Odds are you're gonna need it.

A fluffy black-and-white border collie named Chester pushes his head into the chest of his best pal Millie, a reddish-tan black-mouthed cur who is lying on her side on a carpeted floor against a dog bed. Millie is looking up at the camera with a wide-eyed and open-mouthed goofy expression. Her tongue is just about to loll out.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Barb (who was with Chester, who likes to dawdle) took this shot of Millie and me as we headed home on the morning walk a few days ago. We'll be out there again tomorrow.

A dog and her human, a few dozen yards distant at the top of a hill, are silhouetted against the yellow-gold glow of the rising sun as they walk away from the camera on a paved country road.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

B.B. King (1925-2015) was born 100 years ago today. He and his guitar, Lucille, made a joyful noise for the world. And if Lucille broke a string onstage, B.B. would change it himself as he sang. They spread unity and love, never division or hate. How I miss them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P27t...

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B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get (Live at Farm Aid 1985)

YouTube video by Farm Aid

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

At a profound level, MAGA's immigration policies are simply a way to transfer taxpayer dollars to private contractors whose job is to terrorize the American people. Fundamentally, leaders are using our own money to destroy our democracy.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Just now found a third Russian pirate compilation, Blues Fish, this one including BLD's "Marionette About to Drown" -- along with many others including tunes by Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon. muson.ucoz.com/news/blues_f...

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Blues Fish (2025) - 4 Июля 2025 - mp3 muson

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Just now had my attention drawn to a third Russian pirate compilation, Blues Fish, which includes BLD's "Marionette About to Drown" -- alongside tunes by Mark Knopfler, Willie Dixon, and Memphis Slim (plus many others). muson.ucoz.com/news/blues_f...

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Blues Fish (2025) - 4 Июля 2025 - mp3 muson

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The second Russian pirate collection linked above (the one called Blues Forever) swipes "Charlie Watts" -- and Caroline and Bob -do- play on that one.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Browsing during chemo, I've found two Bland Lemon Denton songs swiped by Russian pirates for Blues compilations, along with tunes by the likes of Muddy Waters and Sue Foley. Feeling ripped-off and proud! muson.ucoz.com/news/melodie... muson.ucoz.com/news/blues_f...

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Melodies Of Regret And Hope (2025) - 13 Июля 2025 - mp3 muson

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Chester and Millie compete for the title of Klassiest Dog of 2025.

A black and white border collie, Chester, lies flat on his back on a hardwood floor to expose his white chest to the camera directly above. He looks quite classy.

A reddish-gold black-mouthed cur named Millie lies on her back on a carpeted floor, twisting her head around to gaze upside-down at the camera above her. She is adorable.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I've lived in Texas long enough that I can remember back when we had a goddamn -great- governor who refused to kowtow to bullies. I mean, a fair, fierce, truth-and-justice, no-voter-left-behind badass. Man, those were the days. Don't believe me? Look her up. Her name was Ann Richards.

A photographic portrait of Ann Richards, Texas governor from 1991 to 1995, in front of the Texas state flag.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Today, August 1, is "Bandcamp Friday," when Bandcamp waives its share of artists' sales for 24 hours. So if you feel like spending a few bucks on independent music and having all the bucks go to the musicians, today's your day. Any kind of music. Even Blues. Even mine: blandlemondenton.bandcamp.com

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At the Earth's Core, by Bland Lemon Denton

11 track album

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Thank you, Terry, from Bland and the Lemon-Aides!

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Thank you, Ms. Huxtable! (Bob and Caroline thank you, too.)

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

You can listen to all of the tracks from AT THE EARTH'S CORE on YouTube. To paraphrase Mad Magazine: "$0.00 -- Cheap!" www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

We have a number of squirrels. This one is a jerk.

Photo 1 of 3: Seen through a window, a squirrel on the branch of a hackberry tree eyes a hanging bird feeder.

Photo 2 of 3: Seen through a window, a squirrel has jumped from the branch of a hackberry tree to a hanging bird feeder, and is staring insolently at the photographer. The photo is a bit blurry because the bird feeder is swinging because of the squirrel's leap onto it.

Photo 3 of 3: A squirrel has leaped from a bird feeder onto a window screen, and is insolently exposing its underside to the photographer.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Well, I wasn't gonna buy any Tesla stock anyway. But I'm sure 'nuff buying some popcorn.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

On 9 May 1800, the abolitionist John Brown was born. He would be convicted of treason against Virginia for his October 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, and hanged on 2 December. His final words asserted that "the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."

This is the Thomas Hart Benton mural in the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka depicting the abolitionist John Brown along with images of the American Civil War and "Bleeding Kansas." Brown, his hair and beard windblown and wild, stands in the center of the mural, a rifle in one hand and a Bible in the other. He is flanked by Union fighters with a U.S. flag on the left, and Confederate fighters with a Confederate battle flag on the right. Brown stands over the dead bodies of a Union soldier and a Confederate soldier. In the near background are covered wagons drawn by oxen, with weary armed men trudging beside them. In the far background, a tornado and a prairie fire threaten destruction. Dark clouds and smoke tinged with flame cover the sky.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Millie (right) found a nice big stick. After a brief tug-of-war, she decided to share it with Chester (left). She is a generous soul.

A photo of two dogs lying down in a grassy green yard while chewing on either end of a slender 6-foot stick or tree branch. A brown 60-pound black-mouthed cur mix named Millie (who found the stick) chews on the right end, while a black-and-white 50-pound border collie named Chester chews on the left end.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

8 April 1945, noon: A secret transmitter sends -- To the army of General Patton. This is the Buchenwald concentration camp. SOS . . . The SS wants to destroy us. The reply: KZ Bu. Hold out. Rushing to your aid. Staff of Third Army. 11 April 1945, 3:15 PM: The Third Army liberates Buchenwald.

A contemporary color photo of the red brick, concrete, and steel entrance to the former Buchenwald concentration camp. The hands of the clock at the top of the entrance are permanently set to 3:15, because it was 3:15 PM on 11 April 1945 when elements of the U.S. 9th Armored Infantry Battalion from the 6th Armored Division of the U.S. Third Army arrived to liberate the camp.

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Bradley C. Denton @bradleycdenton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

On 2 April 1931, Virne "Jackie" Mitchell - a 17-year-old who was just the second woman to play professional baseball - struck out both Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth in an exhibition game between her AA team, the Chattanooga Lookouts, and the New York Yankees. Commissioner Landis then voided her contract.

A black and white photo of four people on 2 April 1931. Left to right are a smiling Lou Gehrig in his New York Yankees uniform, a smiling Virne "Jackie" Mitchell in her Chattanooga Lookouts uniform, an unidentified smiling man in a suit and fedora, and Babe Ruth in his Yankees uniform. Mitchell is shaking hands with an unsmiling and obviously unhappy Ruth. Mitchell, the second woman to ever play professional baseball, has just struck out both Gehrig and Ruth in an exhibition game between the Lookouts and the Yankees.

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