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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 5h

FROM THREADS pedroparo2 Running list of all the authors who have been negatively accused of AI use by major industry gatekeepers or big name journalistic publications. Mia Ballard H.M. Wolfe Jerry Falade Thélyson Orélien Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza www.thebookseller.com/news/caine-p...

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 5h

When DHS wasn't held accountable when they started pointing guns at people filming them, it was only a matter of time before the shooting started. When an institution begins treating accountability as a threat, the people demanding #accountability become its next targets.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 18h

THE INHUMANITY OF DHS When DHS had an opportunity to build humane facilities, they did not. — Don't tell me what you believe. Show me what you consistently choose. — Don't tell me what you value. Show me what you fund. — Don't tell me what you oppose. Show me what you permit. #CrueltyIsThePoint

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 18h

”The Caribbean's most effective defense against tyranny is a man who cannot be trusted with responsibility or rum.” — The Answer-Man on ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ He's the unintended consequences of enlightened self-interest, with a drinking problem. Jack's not saving you. He's saving him. Savvy?

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Warhammer 40K isn't less grim when humanity is competent. It's more tragic. Because every preventable disaster reveals the cost of corruption, ignorance, and wasted expertise. There's always war somewhere. But today, thanks to competent people, it happened somewhere else. #NoSpaceMarinesRequired

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A Chaos cult takes root on an Imperial world. An Inquisitor notices discrepancies. An investigation begins. The cult is identified, infiltrated, and destroyed before its ritual can begin. No daemonic incursion. No planetary invasion. No Space Marines. Nothing happened. That was the victory.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

In the Warhammer 40K universe it is said: "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war." Bullshit. The Imperium of Man could not survive that way. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is still room for people who are very, very good at what they do. #NoSpaceMarinesRequired

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The image measures 1078 × 1350 pixels (width × height). Its aspect ratio is approximately 4:5, a portrait format that works particularly well on Threads and Instagram.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

THE INSTITUTIONAL INVERSION PRINCIPLE When leadership is rewarded for dismantling the capabilities of the institution it governs, institutional success and leadership success may become opposing objectives. The receipts are in the consequences. Feel free to share examples in the comments.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Day The Dog Came Home With A Dying Elder God in His Mouth An eclectic Curator and his dog, Shuma Gorath, entertain a curiously coherent abomination for dinner. thaddeus.substack.com/p/the-day-th... #LitHodgepodge #NarrativeVoice #Omniverse #DoctorAtTheEndofTime

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He is removing safeguards, legitimacy, and voters from the rolls, his goal is simple: to declare the elections null and void so that he can continue steamrolling the legal system, whipping the Congress and pointing the Supreme Court at every minority disenfranchisement he can create. #SowingDoubt

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

THE PUBLISHING MAFIA “That's a nice novel you've got there. Be a shame if nobody took it seriously.” Increasingly, this seems to be the value proposition publishers offer writers. Bring us your novel. And your audience. And your platform. And your newsletter. And your social-media following.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Trump is the king of #TailWaggingTheDogastan. If he tells you something could happen, might happen, or may become necessary — and then it happens — you generally don't have to look very far for the dog or the tail. They will be over there sitting next to the piles of shit coming out of his mouth.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's simple: If a politician says — some of you may die, but it's worth it in the long run, that politician is corrupt. Their job in isn't supposed to be figuring out how many of us have to die for them to make a profit. But it's looking that way. Vote like your life depends on it. It does.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The complaint is: “Working from home lowers productivity.” Good. Productivity should be lower. Productivity has grown 80% since 1980. Wages have grown 7%. Until wages catch productivity, productivity should go down. It seems organizations are taking the worker's share of their productivity.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

How did Mr. Traffic get on the Justice Gang before Batman? Didn't DC realize he would be stealing the spotlight from Batman? My first question was: Who is Mr. Traffic? And why does he have an electric bike? dc-multiverse.quora.com/Do-you-guys-... #Quora #AnswerMan #Humor #Comics #Superman

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

MONSTROUS P Yes, this was the news last week. No woman I know right now is okay. The assaults grow more egregious, more bold, supported by a criminal enterprise posing as a government. I see women everywhere and I don't know what to say to comfort them. I can see it on their faces. WTF?

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

TONIGHT ON: IN MEDIA RES — USE THE RIGHT WORD Our society is dumbing itself down. Writers are being given the advice to stick to writing for a 6th grade education. I say this will all the respect in my body: Miss me with that. Don't use the simplest word. Use the right one. #InMediaRes

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#BrilliantBeforeAI The expectation is to introduce sufficient defects into your creative process to authenticate your humanity. I won't be doing that. Writing is not a compliance regime. Nobody becomes a writer because they dream of maintaining a forensic chain of custody for their imagination.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

SOCIAL MURDER IN THE UNITED STATES “The second Trump administration has simultaneously degraded multiple institutions through which the American state prevents foreseeable harm while dramatically expanding institutions capable of surveillance, apprehension, detention and removal.” #SocialMurder

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

THE RETURN OF ELON MUSK Have you learned nothing? If Musk is back, the administration realized the only chance they have of winning is cheating. Putting Musk in charge of any part of the military is the same as putting a Fox in charge of Chicken Production and wondering where your product went...

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

AVENGERS: ENDGAME My Forensic Board 10/2/26 Who lives? Who dies? Who cares? This is my list of people I believe MUST die for Endgame to feel like it matters. Professor X 🔴 Died already. Mystique 🔴 Meh. Nightcrawler 🔴 No! Ant-Man 🔴 Completed arc. Red Guardian 🔴 Expendable. So many super-soldiers.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

BOOM! Funded. That's the commitment Black speculative fiction needs. Thank you for your contributions, and please continue to support Black artists/writers as they divine new courses through speculative fiction from a Black perspective. Enjoy Black Speculative Fiction Month! #BSFM #WorldsToBuild

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was initially opposed to the idea of watching it because it seemed a slow, psychological police procedural. Magic vs genius. (or madness) I am never truly sure. Light Yagami is a challenging character. L is more so. Give the series a shot. It isn't long but it definitely challenges the viewer.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Death Note is worth your time for its three primary conceits: The existence of the Shinigami. Reprehensible, irresponsible and problematically dangerous spiritual entities. The character of Light Yagami. Just go with this one. You'll understand when it's over. The show is brilliant: here's why.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

CULT I smelled it before. A smoky, sulfurous funk. It tickles your nose, closes your eyes involuntarily. Not rotten eggs. More like burning eggs — carbonizing. Creating a smell capable of gagging you like a choking agent might. Turning the corner, it looked like a scene from a war zone.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“They are all around you. They are as unaware of you as you are of them. Our world is a framework in theirs; our constructs, our intentions, empower this emotional ecosystem and spawn nightmares and other exotic flora and fauna, which you remained blissfully unaware. I envy you.” — Clifford Engram

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cognitive Environments As Attack Surfaces A system need not control an individual's internal dialogue if it can sufficiently control the informational environment from which the individual's cognition constructs salience, associations, expectations, and choices. #NotMindControl #NarrativeWarfare

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

TRUMP WILL DESTROY THE KENNEDY CENTER A "bust-out" is an organized crime fraud tactic where mobsters take over or exploit a legitimate business, drain its assets and credit lines to insolvency, and leave the owner with the bankruptcy and debt. See also: Private equity takeover. #BankruptcyKing

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

REDEFINING AN AGE An Age should begin when the relationship among creators, form, industry, distribution, audience, and culture changes substantially. These ages are imperfect especially when you look at comics around the world, but it showcases how the medium has evolved. @scifi.radio

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c. 1890–1935 | The Serial Age
c. 1935–1955 | The Mass-Market Age
c. 1955–1970 | The Reinvention Age
c. 1970–1985 | The Expansion Age
c. 1986–1998 | The Independent Age
c. 1998–2012 | The Franchise Age
c. 2012–now | The Network Age

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

THE COMIC AGES ARE DEAD! Terms like the Golden, Silver, Bronze and the Modern Age have lost their meaning in our highly networked, streaming and interconnected world. I propose expanding the taxonomy including comics and media from around the world. www.threads.com/share/GZQpo7... @scifi.radio

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'M JUST SAYIN... THE DEVIL'S BEST WORK “The Devil's best work was being able to convince evangelicals that a vulgar, greedy, racist man who has 5 children with 3 wives, pays porn stars for sex, gropes women, incites violence and never tells the truth, was sent here by God.”

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

NARRATIVE DESIGNER REQUIREMENTS I found the image on the left on LinkedIn. I didn't agree with its representation of the important skills for becoming a Narrative Designer, so I rebuilt it. Having spent some time as a video game writer and working with NDs, this graphic did the job a disservice.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If we’re going to complain about how much water a technology, service, good, or utility uses, we need an idea of its relative impact on society, not just reacting to the fact that it uses water. Data centers are bad for water supplies, huh? Wait until you hear about hamburgers and T-shirts.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've noticed an uptick in unfollows. Hmm. If I declared a lie, untrue, if I said something problematic to the status quo, if I spoke out of turn or declared some trauma acceptable, if you found it offensive: good. I'm not conservative, timid or afraid. Get out. No one should have to sit with lies.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Star Meat Delivery Inc. is recalling about 167,639 pounds of raw beef, pork and goat because they were produced without federal inspection, a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) alert says on Tuesday.” — Dr. Gregory K. (LinkedIn)

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SOBERING THOUGHT OF THE DAY I've always said ‘Terminator’ gave us too much credit. It imagined that destroying civilization would require creating something smarter than us that wanted to do it. We have spent several thousand years demonstrating that neither condition is strictly necessary.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thank you, Benjamin. I had the feeling it was overstated after reading the article, which is why I poked fun at it. Two faces, you say. I have a friend with that affliction. We have suggested therapy but it hasn't worked out yet. He should also workshop that name. Bi-Beast... No judgement...

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

STANFORD, ARE YOU SURE? TWO BRAINS? I can't confirm the existence of one brain in most folk... A study led by Stanford Medicine found the brain is two separate organs adjacent to one another. The finding could aid research into devastating neurological diseases. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I try not to get involved in other people's preoccupations online. I share the news I think is important, especially climate and science stuff — Occasionally, I share my writing I think people will be interested in — And finally the occasional meme that makes me laugh — It's not that hard.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

BAD OPTICS (S1:E6) Hal's eulogy, written at a happier time was what he thought would be his legacy as Green Lantern. As it progresses, his insecurities and dawning reality of what he was writing reveals his fears. Did he matter? He wanted to. Making the series to this moment awkward as all fuck.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TONIGHT ON: SAY WHAT? White farmers who voted for Trump thought, when they were deporting Mexicans, Blacks, due to being unemployed, would flock back to the farms. “Y'all don't know us at all. Zombies would have to be eating us in the streets before we head back to the plantation.” #Slavery #Nah

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I read some of this story arc until the reveal of Miracleman. Hated it. That IP has got to earn money. I got it. But Blue Marvel and Photon are right there. Why is it when godhood is found lying around on Earth-616 a white guy always picks it up? #Sentry #MoleculeMan #Starbrand #Hyperion #ISaidIt

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Support. “How does all of this serve the story?” World Mechanics isn't defeating the premise through cleverness. The purpose of the machinery is to sustain the narrative, not overwhelm it. Our job is to crawl underneath the hood with a flashlight and figure out what the hell must be in there.

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mechanize. “How does the world make this possible?” Find the machinery beneath the premise: infrastructure, resources, knowledge, institutions, technologies, biology, magic, labor, economics, culture — whatever the world requires to sustain what the narrative has declared possible. #MotherBox

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