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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Day 10: 1382 words so far. And the day isn’t over. For anyone struggling to get to 1000 words—for two days last week I wrote zero words. Wrote only 61 another day. Every word is a win. #1000wordsofsummer

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Day 7: 0 words Day 8: 61 words Day 9: ~900 words It's Day 10. Let's do this. #1000wordsofsummer

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Day 6: household chores & repairs came up, so zero words today. Back at it on Day 7. #1000wordsofsummer #amwriting

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Day 5: I wrote 1,143 hard-fought words. More to come. #1000wordsofsummer #amwriting

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Day 4 of #1000wordsofsummer: 620 words, plus research. Thanks for the inspiration, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social. Onward.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

1213 words so far on Day 3 of #1000wordsofsummer and I’ve got more coming later.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Reading JOYLAND by @stephenking.bsky.social and just read the line “When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction,” and I said out loud, “Damn, he’s so good.”

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Anybody else long for the good old days of petty corruption and occasional incompetence instead of (*waves arms*) whatever all THIS is?

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Opening doors is better than slamming them shut. It’s the same with minds.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Afternoon on a beach in Belize. There are far worse fates.

Beach in Belize with kayaks pulled up on the sand

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Remember when George W. Bush was the worst president ever?

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

As true today as it was eighty years ago. I’m tired of living in the Divided States of America. Can we get back to the idea of a United States of America, and a shared understanding of reality? Because that would be swell. youtu.be/CXm3WxU--fM?...

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Watch this US anti fascist educational film from 1945.

YouTube video by MobergsR

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Stephen Fry shared this joke: “Elon Musk is not a Nazi. Nazis made really good cars.” Fighting all this will take hard work, courage, and perseverance. But it will also take humor. Thank you, @stephenfry.bsky.social.

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Brosephine so scary 🎃 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is a good zoomed-out take. Not the full picture, but a massive chunk of it.

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Why are they doing this? What's motiving the techno-feudalists (Musk, Thiel, Vance, Andreessen and their minions) to wreck our country and tank the economy?
I've subjected myself to hours of YouTube interviews and dozens of screeds by the tech overlords and their high priests. They have made no effort to hide their motivations. This is my attempt at a basic synthesis of how they explain their shift from neo-liberals to Trumpists:
1. The techno-feudalists have billions invested in crypto and without a big push from the government and the removal of all regulations, their money will be lost. Crypto has not mainstreamed in the way they expected, both because of Biden-era regulations on speculative investments and because the public just isn't into it. They need the state to manage the transition to crypto.
2. Similarly, they're gravely concerned about the trillions they've invested in Al. Any amount of regulation or constraints by the state is seen as a death-knell. They know that Al has prompted a speculative bubble and they need the state to manage the bubble through subsidies and contracts. They also need the state to aggressively shield the US from Chinese Al technology.
3. Both crypto and Al are burning up the earth. The electricity demands of both Al and crypto are enormous. They need a completely deregulated energy industry and rapid shift away from any climate policy. Even the mention of climate change is a threat to their fortunes.
4. China has caught up faster than they expected in all realms of tech. They need an ultra-protectionist/nationalist regime to keep Chinese technology at bay.
5. Lastly, they resent their employees deeply for the political concerns they've been raising about climate change and DEl. They blame the "radicalizing" influences of elite institutions and want the government to shut these institutions down or reform them heavily.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

You know, when I was a kid, I wondered what it would have been like to fight fascists like my grandfather did in WWII. Looks like I might get my chance.

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Judyds @judyds.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Repost on Blue Sky and Facebook page. Post in comment sections too. Try to post 100 times.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My birthday is on January 20, so that’s how my year is going so far.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Richmond, Virginia has no water. Los Angeles is on fire. Atlanta is getting snow later this week. And apparently the incoming president wants to annex Greenland and Panama. Somebody needs to unplug 2025 and reboot it.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Pitch black outside. What time is it? Midnight? One AM? (Dear Reader, it was 6:32PM.)

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Wrote around 850 words yesterday and forgot to post, but here's to writing 1000 tonight. Thanks for the encouragement, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social! #mini1000words

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Let the grading of the English exams commence.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Listening to the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus perform at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, and I’m stunned by the talent and the on-point theatricality. “It isn’t Christmas until the gay men sing,” indeed. If you ever get a chance to hear them, do yourself a favor and go.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The week before exams is a joyful, carefree time, when students and teachers are their best selves, said no one ever.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

At The Book Worm in Marietta for an author event and one of my students just showed up with a grin and a copy of one of my books to sign and my night has been officially made.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

If you give them time and space to work, access to resources, appropriate guidance, and encouragement, teenage students will amaze you. Group projects presented today: -detailed plans for a FRANKENSTEIN theme park (rides, food, gift shops) -filmed therapy sessions for both Mary Shelley and Victor

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Bill Coffin @billcoffin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Joe Pace’s latest novel is an insightful and deeply satisfying tale of a failed prodigy, a woman living on vanished dreams, and a town that deserves a punch in the mouth

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Just started watching THE MADNESS on Netflix (two episodes in) and what the hell

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Blueskyers!

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I had a student once, rising 9th grader, who emailed me before the school year had started, before we had even met: “My name is Amy but I’m now going by Parker* and just wanted to let you know. Thanks!” How mature & confident. How brave in today’s world. Let’s make that normal, OK? *names changed

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

17-year-old getting his wisdom teeth out, so while I’m waiting I’ll knock out some words on my WIP. Maybe “knock out” isn’t the best choice of words.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Y’all are gonna want this one. I know I do.