Wayland Smith

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So they think kids should go hungry in order for the politicians to feel better about their beliefs? Fuck these guys. Every single one of them.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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A dangerous buffoon.

Gift Link 🎁 As Florida swelters, floods and refuses to protect outside workers from heat, DeSantis et al are now banning the term "climate change" from Florida textbooks www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/07/05/t...

Textbook authors told climate change references must be cut to get Florida’s OKwww.orlandosentinel.com The action appears similar to requirements the state imposed on math and social studies textbooks said to include “critical race theory” and “social justice” material. The s…

A review I really didn't want to write. The series finale of #Stargirl which was a show I really enjoyed; but at least they went out on a good note. comicbookclog.com/2024/07/06/s...

Stargirl: The Reckoningcomicbookclog.com While I really wish the show wasn’t going, “The Reckoning” went out on a really good note. Since this is a finale that come out some time ago, there will be spoilers in this review.

Still trying to catch up on far too many reviews, here's mine for #GothamKnights "More Money, More Problems." comicbookclog.com/2024/06/25/g...

Gotham Knights: More Money, More Problemscomicbookclog.com Despite some really badly done trailers, Gotham Knights turned out to be an enjoyable show, even if it only lasted one season. One of the things I enjoyed about the show was that they created a new sp...

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Neil Frisk is one of our MAGA Republican state lawmakers here in Michigan. Last night he solicited a local stripper and brought her home where they had a fight and he fired a gun at her. Friske campaign said he is "always exercising his 2nd Amendment right." www.fox2detroit.com/news/michiga...

Michigan lawmaker arrested for 'felony-level offense' in Lansing Thursday morningwww.fox2detroit.com State lawmaker Neil Friske, who is a Republican that represents Charlevoix and Emmet counties in northern Michigan, was taken into custody by Lansing Police.

It was a great game and the #Nats won! That was a lot of fun.

Short version:@RegalMovies fucked up. We tried to go see #If the @VancityReynolds movie. @RegalMovies cancelled the showing, didn't tell the customers, didn't reprogram the scanners, and Mason the manager utterly didn't care. Failure on every level except the line staff who tried to help.

Today's #RandomThought were Old West chuckwagons the first food trucks?

End of an era for me. I've read the newspaper every day for the majority of my life, but thanks to the questionable management of editor Will Lewis, I have now cancelled my subscription to #TheWashingtonPost Y'all go on about "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and do this? I'm out.

Continuing to be way too far behind on my reviews, here's another for #WhatIf with "What If Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?" This one was fun and goofy. comicbookclog.com/2024/06/10/w...

What If… Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?comicbookclog.com Some have been tragic, some dramatic, and a few have been more on the humorous side. “What If Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?” is definitely one of those. There’s all kinds of action and a few nods to as...

Among the many weird things about college: you have to give them far too much money, possibly get a life time of debt (I'm aware of how lucky I am that I didn't), and then they keep sending you letters begging for money. Kinda reminds me of an alleged billionaire who does the same.

Things have been insanely busy lately (as much fun as #BaltiCon and #Concarolinas were) and today we didn't have anything we had to do. So we actually had a picnic at a local lake and park. And it was exactly what we needed. #ChillTime

Last day of #ConCarolinas I will be selling books and on my one remaining panel, #DoctorWho at 1:30 in Harris before returning to the real world.

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Bonus Discworld QOTD for Pride Month, from Feet of Clay remember, Terry Pratchett said trans rights

Today at #ConCarolinas when I'm not selling books, I'll be moderating Writing Media Tie-In Work at 4 (with Kevin J Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, David Coe and Chris Jackson) and Building Believable Magic Systems at 8.

I have my table set up for #ConCarolinas. Come say hi and talk books.

Day 1 of #ConCarolinas I'll be selling in Author's Alley, moderating "Blue Collar Heroes" at 4:00 and on "Championing Your Inner Nerdom" right after that. Come find me, say hi, and maybe buy some books. #ConLife #WritingLife #AmSelling

Ok, seriously, this shower was designed for midgets. I'm tall, but I'm not THAT tall. My head shouldn't be above the showerhead.

The night before #ConCarolinas actually starts, and I've found a bunch of cool people and signed a short story contract. Sounds like a good start to the weekend to me.

Getting ready for my last #BaltiCon panel, How To Incorporate Critique Into Your Work. Then home for a few days, then #ConCarolinas This has been a busy but fun several days.

At a con and managed to finish revisions on a novel. I feel accomplished, at least for the moment. #AmWriting #AmRevising #ConLife

My one panel today, "Do You Have to Become an Expert" was fantastic. We had an amazingly varied knowledge bank of participants, and some great moderating from Carl Cipra. #BaltiCon #ConLife

Today is a much lighter day at #BaltiCon My only panel is 10AM, Do You Have To Become an Expert in the Club Lounge on 12th floor.

For my final panel last night, only one persons came who wasn't already at the con with me. So we all agreed this was silly and went to dinner instead. #ConLife #CommandDecision #BaltiCon

The Lair's Panel at #BaltiCon was fantastic. I had so much fun, and fooled a good bit of the people. If they have me back next year, I hope I get to do it again.

Today's #BaltiCon schedule: Sat 1:00 PM Superheroes, Movies Versus Serials Sat 4:00 PM Liars' Panel Sat 7:00 PM World Building - RPG Edition! Sat 8:30 PM Killing the Undead

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CEO of Sony Picture group, an executive finally saying publicly almost all the stuff that needs to be done to make movies profitable again: deadline.com/2024/05/tom-...

My schedule for #balticon Looks like I'm going to be fairly busy for this one. It won't fit in one post, so here's how I start: Fri 5:30 PM How to be a Good Moderator Fri 8:30 PM No Sh*t, There I was!

Still trying to get back in the swing of things for my reviews, here's #Sandman "Collectors." comicbookclog.com/2024/05/18/s...

Sandman: Collectorscomicbookclog.com As the season draws towards a close, things are getting stranger and stranger for Dream and the people in his orbit. The Lord of Dreams still has to deal with reclaiming lost items from his time in ca...

One good thing about revising and editing: I'm having one of those, for me, relatively rare moments where as I go over something I wrote some years ago, I'm thinking "This really isn't bad." #AmWriting #AmEditing