I am social media impaired. Anyway one of the best performances I have ever attended.
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I am social media impaired. Anyway one of the best performances I have ever attended.
The irony is that half the audience will be complaining to their supes about the loud heels of their upstairs neighbors sometime in the next 48 hours.
That said, while it is not great by any means, I am surprised I like the Soylent Green as much as I do.
I'm old enough and wealthy enough that now when all I want is a pepsi, just one Pepsi, I don't have to ask anyone to get it for me.
Perhaps not in my lifetime but my children will live long enough to see a colloidal silver Smurf become Surgeon General.
This Is Just To Say
I have laughed
At the plum titties
that you posted
On Bluesky
Was very excited that a blog was digging deeper into one of my stories until I discovered it was an AI tool autogenerating commentary, which is probably the most "Dave Zweifler short-story" thing ever.
In negotiations where the Tonya Harding approach is the right approach, the U.S. wins 100% of the time.
Serious ethics question: Is it worse to have done terrible things or to have begged gatekeepers to be allowed to do terrible things but were unable to do so because you were rejected by them because you are a giant dork?
My wife and I are having a Type 2 of the Magi, as we discover that we have both purchased each other an immense amount of See's chocolate for Valentine's Day.
For anyone who wants proof but the American dream is alive and well, I present to you the story of a little boy who was bullied and almost drowned in the lake who went on to become a famous astronaut.
I regularly run into seemingly well-intentioned technology experts whose advice can best be summed up as, "Climb the highest mast on the ship before the rest of the passengers realize that the boat is sinking." shumer.dev/something-bi...
Clearly the writers at HBO did not get the memo that all future GOT properties need to suffer from massive series bloat and poor writing, because Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is killing it.
I honestly believe she thinks that she'll never be called to account for this behavior.
I feel like this piece is coming from a genuine desire to help, but advice to scramble to the top mast before the other crew members realize the boat is sinking isn't great.
Chapter 298 of how bright tech people would have benefited from a few more classes in the soft sciences earlier on.
These aren't just four Dem states. They're four states that pay more than they receive in Federal funds. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
I would like to announce that I will soon be offering a class where I share my secrets on how to do a thing that makes me so rich I have to do a sideline business teaching others how to do that thing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
You may not like this, Dan, but this is what peak canine performance looks like.
If there's any silver lining here it's that US democracy didn't live long enough to see this
Thanks to DOCTOR @saraluckelman.bsky.social for the great review of Dad Jokes. sffreviews.com/tag/david-le...
I wonder if this includes individuals who received a presidential pardon . abcnews4.com/news/local/r...
My son, having lunch at IHOP: Should I get a hot chocolate? Why not? It's 8 o'clock in the morning, SOMEWHERE...
Just my luck that my unhealthy stress-related weight loss arrives at the same time that Ozempic becomes popular.
This is all natty people!
When creative individuals could get paid and evade soul-destroying work by seeming excited about the CEO's "creative" pet project.
OR GENIUS!!!!
I'm beginning to think that doomscrolling wasn't the best way to start my day off.
I know I sound like a conspiracy nut, but I think all the doctors who are pushing the benefits of hydration are in the pocket of Big Toilet.