Typewriter Tuesday: I’ve Got a Fever Full text below (minus typos and my strange inability to hit the apostrophe key…) In the year 2000, in a now-iconic sketch on Saturday Night Live, Christopher Walken declared, “I’ve got a fev…

It’s Typewriter Tuesday! Time to meet the Holy Grail itself, the fabled Torpedo 18b. Will it live up to the hype?

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Over 180,000 children in Arizona have lost their SNAP benefits (ie. access to food) due to the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We need to do better to take care of families in this country.

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

Trump reiterates threats to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges The president has had mixed messages about how and when the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran will end.

Unreal. Trump is threatening to commit war crimes after offending adherents of one of the world’s major religions on the holiest day of another major religion while single-handedly tanking the global economy.

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Typewriter Tuesday: The Professionals Full text below When the feed rollers on my 1939 Underwood Ace went flat, I knew I was out of my depth. I’ve cleaned typewriters, blowing out dust and scrubbing sticky typebars with mineral s…

I’m a day late, but I’m kicking off a new series on my blog embracing typos, run-on sentences, and the joy of analog writing/human creativity.

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4 y.o.: Dad, do you want to hear a joke?

Me: Of course

4 y.o.: Why does the toothpaste go on the toothbrush?

Me: Why?

4 y.o.: To clean your teeth!

Me: I’m not sure that’s a joke per se

4 y.o.: Waka! Waka!

#parenting #humor

I guess you’ll just have to continue the series until you wear them down.

You should pre-order @thomasdlee.bsky.social’s prequel to Perilous Times, despite the fact that he did not use my suggested title, An Afternoon of Mild Peril. It’s going to be a delightful read.

My wife: I know it wouldn’t sell, but now that we have kids, I kinda wish the washing machine had a “blood” setting.

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History Rhymes “Immigrants are not the enemy” by Kevin Caplicki from justseeds Where to begin? With the dehumanizing immigration raids currently terrorizing entire communities? With the abduction of c…

Yes, it is winter. The days are short and dark; the nights are bitterly cold. But ice melts with the coming of spring.

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Jean-Luc Picard, as played by Sir Patrick Stewart, taking on a Starfleet Admiral over the planned forced removal of the colonists on the planet Ba'ku. The quote reads "How many people does it take before it becomes wrong? A thousand? Fifty thousand? A million? How many people DOES IT TAKE, Admiral?"

There's always a Jean-Luc quote for current events, isn’t there.

ICE detains 5-year-old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait’ The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as “bait” to try and draw family m...

There are a lot of horrifying images coming out of Minnesota, but this photo of a 5-year-old being detained by ICE will be forever seared into my mind. Federal agents are quite literally abducting children in broad daylight. Abolish ICE.

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New Short Story: The Salmon Will Tell Us Illustration by Amelia Kaiser for Grit City Magazine. Last fall, Grit City Magazine, one of my favorite local publications, posted a story prompt on their social media. They were looking for storie…

My new short story, “The Salmon Will Tell Us,” is out now in the current issue of Grit City Magazine. It’s about orcas and a volcanic eruption, but also about ancestral knowledge and letting go. Read it now: jweberle.com/2026/01/18/n... #shortfiction #shortstory #WritingCommunity

Trump says he's pursuing Greenland after perceived Nobel Peace Prize snub "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize… I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace," Trump wrote in a message to the Norwegian Prime Minister.

World’s most powerful man throws temper tantrum after not getting a prize for being peaceful, threatens war.

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So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu… The cast of The Adventures of Captain Radio says goodbye to the series When we started making The Adventures of Captain Radio, we had no idea what it was going to become. It was an experiment, an i…

As we bid farewell to the retrofuturistic world of Captain Radio, Andromeda, Orion, and Ace, we asked a few members of the cast to share their thoughts on the end of this chapter of Obscure Studios.

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Official Trailer: The Adventures of Captain Radio (Complete Series) It’s time for Captain Radio! We just dropped our official trailer for the complete series. The trailer covers all three seasons of our show, so if you’re on the fence about whether you&…

The official trailer for our full-cast scifi audio drama, The Adventures of Captain Radio: The Complete Series, is out now. It’s packed with snippets from all three seasons to give listeners an idea of what to expect as they embark on their journey.

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The Birthday Resolutions Change with the Times Monarch butterfly. San Diego, 2023. Photo by Jonny Eberle. Every so often, I will read something I wrote five or ten or fifteen years ago. And I’ll feel a yawning gap between the person I am now an…

Sometimes, I feel like the Doctor. I may not have a TARDIS or the ability to explore all of space and time, but I am constantly regenerating, becoming a new person moment by moment.

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Alternate Histories, Imaginary Futures, and Everything in Between My top books of 2025 The year 2025 was an especially literary one for me. In addition to publishing four pieces of short fiction, I got really into reading ebooks from the library. In total, I read…

My top books of 2025 encompass science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, and alternate history. See the list: jweberle.com/2026/01/01/a... #Booksky #reading

A Lost Adventure from the Captain Radio Archives The Adventures of Captain Radio has concluded its run…or has it? This morning, our bonus-level backers on Ko-Fi woke up to a post-Christmas surprise—a lost adventure pitting Captain Radio against t…

Want more Captain Radio? Unlock the bonus episode, an excerpt from the lost adventure “Captain Radio and the Infinite Imposter Infantry!”

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Limited Time: Exclusive Bonus Episode - Obscure Studios's Ko-fi Shop For a limited time, pledge at any amount and unlock access to our exclusive bonus mini-episode! We'll send you a link via email in late-December to th...

For a limited time, backers on our Ko-Fi page can unlock an exclusive bonus episode at ✨ any amount ✨ Help out indie podcasters today! ko-fi.com/s/ca0a457cac

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“We’re doing Buck Rogers and Garfield the Cat shows up.”

I don’t know why the media isn’t talking about this, but if Gen Alpha ate less berries, they could afford to buy a house

The Many Faces of Thanksgiving Photo by Kasumi Loffler on Pexels.com Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. A time of family, of food, of rest — what’s not to love? For as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving has been the ho…

Happy Thanksgiving, ya’ll.

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We’re back, baby.

a man in a tuxedo is standing in front of a boat with the words anything is possible written on the bottom . Alt: A man in a tuxedo is standing on the bow of a boat, hands outstretched, with the words “anything is possible!!!” written onscreen.

That feeling when two fiction acceptance letters arrive in your inbox almost simultaneously:

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It’s bittersweet, but all good things must come to an end.

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John Denver: West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads

My 18-month-old: MAMA! MAMA!

#parenting

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Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...