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Michael W|Warren Lucas

@mwl.io

Author of too many books. Sysadmin. Pet rats, martial arts, gelato. Punch white supremacists and TERFs. https://mwl.io. Not the gay porn star.

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A Shadow Full of Stars: A Mind-Bending Fantasy Novel The TWILIGHT ZONE meets ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST when a musician is offered a "life transplant" to cure his depression.

Only 60 hours left to grab @robcornell.bsky.social's magnificent new novel before everyone else!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...

The intersection of art and mental illness has never been more fubar...

10.03.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People, go back this what are you waiting for.

10.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody move
Nobody make a sound
Let's just let these hackers work like we don't see them

10.03.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Pet theory:

Hell Tanner and Snake Plissken, twins separated at birth

10.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And yet, so many Evel Knievel wannabes try to leap that gulf like it's the fucking Snake River.

09.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fundraising Auction Over – Michael W Lucas

The fundraising auction is over!

mwl.io/archives/24591

Wherein I am compelled to say that 777 solves a problem.

09.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ONE HOUR

09.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Using a Star Trek GIF, post where you're at right now. πŸ––πŸ»

09.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Our home has radiator heat, so there's very little exchange of air with the outside.

Every spring, I open the windows to release a great cloud of accumulated fug and gasp "oooh, that's better out than in."

Which is a long way of saying: I'd like to apologize to everyone on our block. Sorry.

09.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not saying that file sharing from a Mac to my Sonos is a pain, but it did make me look to see if Mikrotik file sharing was an option.

09.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
disco the grey and white hooded rat sticking her snoot between the bars of the cage and looking out wistfully

disco the grey and white hooded rat sticking her snoot between the bars of the cage and looking out wistfully

I think disco should be given the power to explode one person with her mind. I think she would make a wise decisiom

09.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 279 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1

I ADORED the models! The sets, the look, the vibe! Moonbase Alpha felt so damn real!

They put so much love into the models, they forgot to hire scriptwriters.

09.03.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Confront the Horrors of the Past β€” Basic Instructions As always, thanks for considering  joining my Patreon , where you can get early access to comics and exclusive commentaries; and for using my Amazon Affiliate links ( US ,&nbs...

Where was I having the #Space1999 discussion?

www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instru...

09.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

cute elderly pet rat in a hammock, one eye half-open in a glare

cute elderly pet rat in a hammock, one eye half-open in a glare

Cashel just heard that you haven't bid on the thumb-beast's charity auction. #petRats #rats

DON'T make him get out of his hammock and come over there. You have until 5PM EDT.

If it's too rich for you, give to the charities anyway.

mwl.io/archives/24580

09.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A graphic with the background of Earth. There is a meteor on the upper right. A bubble on the upper left shows a gerbil.

Text: An asteroid around the size of 14 million gerbils will pass near Earth today.

A graphic with the background of Earth. There is a meteor on the upper right. A bubble on the upper left shows a gerbil. Text: An asteroid around the size of 14 million gerbils will pass near Earth today.

New unit of measurement just dropped....

09.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
Screenshot of a bid: Oh FFS this is stupid. US $150 anyway

Screenshot of a bid: Oh FFS this is stupid. US $150 anyway

LAST DAY!

My charity auction ends at 5PM EDT. You get a sneak peek and bragging rights for supporting either Minneapolis ICE victims or Kansas trans folks.

mwl.io/archives/24580

Yes, this is stupid. Even the bidders know it.

09.03.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.

06.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 2998 πŸ” 625 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 69

fair

08.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS IS THE LAW I HAVE SPOKEN

Yup.

08.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are less than $100 from the next stretch goal. Want a free novel about an FBI agent tracking a killer while slowly losing his mind? A novel exclusively available to backers of this Kickstarter? Help get us over that next goal! kck.st/4rTZyne

#Kickstarter #books #amreading

08.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A newspaper headline from over a century ago, reading:

WOMEN ANARCHISTS HAVE BECOME
THE TERROR OF WORLDS POLICE

Their Daring Crimes Are Said to Have Out-
stripped the Deeds of Brothers of the Red

Search for the Woman is Becoming a Safe Rule in Crimes Proceeding From Anarchistic Violenceβ€”The Guardians of the World Nearly Always Finda Woman Implicated When a Ruler is Stricken Downβ€”Emotional Women Lose Sense of Fear.

A newspaper headline from over a century ago, reading: WOMEN ANARCHISTS HAVE BECOME THE TERROR OF WORLDS POLICE Their Daring Crimes Are Said to Have Out- stripped the Deeds of Brothers of the Red Search for the Woman is Becoming a Safe Rule in Crimes Proceeding From Anarchistic Violenceβ€”The Guardians of the World Nearly Always Finda Woman Implicated When a Ruler is Stricken Downβ€”Emotional Women Lose Sense of Fear.

Happy International Women's Day. 🏴

08.03.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 4951 πŸ” 1971 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 70
Bart Simpson lamenting, "This is the stupidest auction Lucas has ever done."  Homer smiles and corrects him, "Stupidest auction Lucas has done *so far*"

Bart Simpson lamenting, "This is the stupidest auction Lucas has ever done." Homer smiles and corrects him, "Stupidest auction Lucas has done *so far*"

One day left on the stupidest charity auction I've ever done!

Seriously. This is daft. I don't know how it reached $777.

The winner gets something pointless, and helps either Kansas trans folks or MN ICE victims.

mwl.io/archives/24580

08.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yep, bytes, words, nibbles, all sorts of wild stuff.

but we only have so many characters here...

08.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The size of a byte was only standardized in the 1990s. Before then it ranged from 5 to 12 bits, depending on the hardware.

That's why some old docs refer to "octets."

08.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Bullies don't think that far ahead.

Surrender would consist of a ceremonial "your weiner is bigger and thicker than ours. Harder, too" plaque and an even more ceremonial Big Mac dinner.

08.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ponzu was perfection itself!

08.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now up to $777 USD!

Grab it while you can

mwl.io/archives/24580

07.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you involve people, you have politics. Period.

07.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if you're running openclaw, you should probably know that the lead developer banned someone from the project's discord for suggesting they implement a code of conduct.

07.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Close up of laptop keyboard with the ENTER key literally cracked in half and tilted.

Close up of laptop keyboard with the ENTER key literally cracked in half and tilted.

I'm not claiming that I do too much #writing, or that I use short paragraphs, but my laptop's ENTER key just broke.

07.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0