Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

No No Computer's Sam and Brendan Play... | Jul 18 | SceneThink Special 2-man show of 90s alternative rock covers and more favorites from the backlist

Tonight! I'm playing Oaklyn Springs in Apex from 8 pm to 11 pm, stop by! events.scenethink.com/no-no-comput...

Announcing the shortlist of finalists for the 2024-2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy: ncsff.org/2025/06/27/a...

It's particularly cool because I get to be in conversation with @montsamu.bsky.social, who is a dear friend and all around amazing human. (Also dude I have a copy for you!)

I rewatched season 1 last month and yeah, still absolutely amazing.

After the Israeli Forces resumed bombing across #Gaza, hundreds have been reportedly killed, including more than 180 children.

Bodies remain under the rubble, and doctors describe how “many injured people have died in front of our eyes while we couldn’t treat them.”

This has to stop. #CeasefireNow

The obvious answer (to me, decidedly not an economist, etc.) is that it's obvious that if you're borrowing against your assets (such as the unrealized value of your stocks) you are *literally* capitalizing them and should then (again, obviously) pay capital gains on this now-realized value.

‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Yuval Abraham The filmmaker had reportedly been attacked by settlers and detained by Israeli police, sparking international outcry.

Thank goodness for this morsel of positive news in the midst of relentless ongoing barbarism in Gaza, where electricity, water, and aid have been cut off for weeks and Gazans are starving, and in the West Bank, where settlers continue to attack Palestinians with state sanctioned impunity

��I would prefer this over killing children:’ Why some Israeli teens are choosing jail over the army | CNN At a military prison in central Israel, 18-year-old Itamar Greenberg sat in a US Army-issued army uniform as the Hollywood blockbuster “American Sniper” blared from the rec room’s TV.

“I want this change, and I will give my life for it,” Greenberg said of his decision to serve time in prison rather than serving with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/m...

Whatever brand the stormtrooper blasters is, is either a great example of general lowest-bidder awfulness or (my preference) incredible on-the-line anti-imperial sabotage

"My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law."

'sold as slave labor to El Salvador' is I honestly think a fair way of describing it

And I'm hearing *rumors* of a possible event post-tour out at East Carolina University, fingers crossed, would be great to cross paths again. Anyway, congrats MRK on the book launch!

Shades of Luke dusting off his shoulders after Kylo Ren demanded “MORE”

#StopGenocide

There are several topics to call here. My strategy is 1) calling during office hours for immediate emergencies 2) leaving off-hours voice mails for second-tier emergencies 3) using @resist.bot to send simultaneous emails for long-term/lower-tier topics.

You gotta pace yourself against burnout.

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values [A] bracing mem...

Slim but devastating volume you say? share.libbyapp.com/title/11042157

Amal El-Mohtar and Alyssa Wong begin to discuss Amal’s new book in front of a packed crowd at Flyleaf Books.

Outstanding event at @flyleafbooks.bsky.social with @amalelmohtar.com and @crashwong.bsky.social tonight!

Hey @metricula.bsky.social I bought a new guitar (brand new, first ever brand new guitar day for me!) and wrote a new filk song. Can’t wait to share it :)

Locals! Super exciting news.

I'll be at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social this June celebrating the release of the final installment of the Queens of Fate series, QUEEN OF MERCY. And in convo with the amazing @montsamu.bsky.social !

You can get tix here: www.quailridgebooks.com/event/natani...

Kendra and Sam holding a Valentine

Not a bad Friday lunch:

“… to some really, really fascinating takes on high society vampires. Toss in another huge subplot of a formerly ostracized branch of the family returning from exile to claim Netherford Hall, and the house itself may have a mind of its own.” (4/4) Book 2, THE VISCOUNT ST ALBANS, is out tomorrow!

“… and the surviving gentlewitch returns to this country estate to start over. Yes, I said gentlewitch -- in the world of Netherford witches are high society families. We have some wonderful characters here, from the majordomo to the dress-maker in town, to the more rough and tumble tavern owners…

“Imagine if you will, a derelict country house, long forgotten save an absolutely bare caretaking staff. Once, it provided the central economic and social gravity of the entire area, but the lordly family had long since packed up for London. Now, though, their London house burns to the ground… (2/4)

Finally reviewed @natania.bsky.social’s NETHERFORD HALL ahead of Book 2 tomorrow: “Your new gentlewitch obsession!
OK, we've obviously got more to see in this world, but it's more like Downton Abbey meets witches than it is Bridgerton meets witches. Though yes it is a little of that, too. (1/4)

Me: kind of feel like buying nothing for an entire year (except books).

Also me: been saving up for a new guitar and they’re having a sale this weekend.

Somehow I had not heard much about this game until stumbling onto it today - NC devs, there’s a prequel novel coming out, I’m definitely interested now!

The most missing audiobooks of 2024: audiobookaneers.com/2025/01/13/t...

Hey #durhamnc folks! The countdown is on for my 90s alt rock cover band band “No No Computer” joint show with punk cover band “Ruthless 919” at Yonder Bar in Hillsborough this Sunday. Also a benefit show for WNC musicians recovering from this year’s hurricanes: yonderbarnc.com/events/no-no...

Oh no I can’t unhear this