Philip Brewer

Write Angles 2025 - Steven D. BREWER I attended the Straw Dog Writers Guild annual conference, Write Angles, as a participant. I had a good time! They had invited me to serve on a science fiction panel. In addition, I attended several ot...

I attended the #WriteAngles conference yesterday. I learned a lot and had an outstanding experience. stevendbrewer.com/write-angles...

Need a #HEMA feed that actually shows HEMA posts. As much as I love seeing what Betje picked up bij de Hema, I'd also like to *actually* see all of the Historical Fencing posts as well, and not just a handful ⚔️

"It's not an umbrella: It's a parasol," he said, bandying semantics like a pro.
"But why do you have it?" she pressed.
"To #shield me from the deadly actinic rays of the sun."
"It makes you look like a fop," she said, brightly.
"I prefer the more technical term 'flâneur,'" he said. (2/2) #wss366

The elderly gentleman strolled through the park. He was elegantly dressed for the hot, sunny weather, wearing a light-colored linen shirt and multi-colored vest. He carried a parasol with little pompoms around the edge.
"Why do you have an umbrella?" asked a little girl in the park. (1/2) #wss366

Zine-fest and Fungus-fest! Jackie and I spent an hour or so at the zine-fest at Lincoln Square, and then another hour or so at the fungus-fest at Anita Purvis Nature Center. The highlight of the zine-fest, of course, was Ton...

Lots of pictures from the Zine-Fest and the Fungus-Fest, including stickers, t-shirts, and mushroom paintings on our arms WITH GLITTER. AND a recent Alphistia zine by @alphistia.bsky.social:

www.philipbrewer.net/2025/10/11/z...

"They're #surface people!" she said, with a dismissive wave of her hand.
He stared at her for a moment. "As opposed to troglodytes?"
"No!" She rolled her eyes. "I mean they only pay attention to the surface features of issues."
"Oh. Republicans, you mean."
"Not just them. Libertarians too." #wss366

Weird metrics from today's run 🏃‍♂️ I haven't been running enough, so I went for a run today. The metrics are kinda funny, by which I mean my Fitbit thought it was an insanely hard run. I thought it was interesting enough to post about....

I went for a run yesterday, which was not nearly as hard as my Fitbit thought it was.

www.philipbrewer.net/2025/10/04/w...

I'm not explosive at all For an athlete, being explosive is good. You can jump higher, run faster, hit harder, and (the point of this post) thrust a sword more quickly. Sadly, I'm perhaps the least explosive person around. Th...

Explosiveness, and the training thereof, for rapier fencing.

www.philipbrewer.net/2025/09/28/im

#hema #rapier #exercise #slamball

@ela-bambust.bsky.social

RFK Jr.’s CDC may limit COVID shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.

Again, if you want to get a COVID19 vaccine this year, please consider getting it before RFK Jr’s fraudulent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets on September 18-19.

There is every reason to believe they will further restrict access. Absolutely shameful.

Lunleviĝo super parko

2025-09-09 4:37: https://esperanto.philipbrewer.net/2025/09/2025-09-09-437/

2025-09-06 11:35 Onions, three kinds of peppers, and some breakfast sausage, sautéd, two scrambled eggs, a little taco sauce, then wrapped in tortillas. I call the breakfast dish Wavy Rancheros.

Because I think getting the names of things (but not people) wrong is funny.

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2025-09-05 12:04 Two things I'm allergic to are ragweed pollen (which is at its annual peak right about now), and household dust (which has been at a peak this morning, because I've been decluttering, dusting, and vac...

Dust masks actually work against dust! Who knew?

www.philipbrewer.net/2025/09/05/2...

PANEL 1: GRAMP, an older bald man with a grey mustache, walks OSO, a fawn pug. In the background is a brown paneled fence, a tree and a bush. The sky is a grey-blue. The lighting is gloomy. NARRATION: When you walk your dog PANEL 2: Closer up on GRAMP and OSO. The background shows a post-and-rail fence with bushes behind it. OSO looks back at GRAMP. The sky is a clear blue. NARRATION: You solve nothing PANEL 3: GRAMP has picked up his pace, smiling, while OSO runs ahead of him. Behind them is a white picket fence and som bushes. The sky is a bright blue. Light highlights on the characters as they look at each other, red hearts about their respective heads. NARRATION: Yet find all the answers ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

TODAY'S COMIC: When you walk your dog...

Am I about to become a fitfluencer? I've finally started getting invited to fitness influencer events! I got email today offering me a chance to get early access to a new line of athleisure clothing if I attend their event! Sadly, t...

What would I do to get early access to a new line of athleisure clothing? Well, probably nothing.

www.philipbrewer.net/2025/09/03/a...

A dog sitting on the grass in a park, with the sign for the park visible behind it.

Taken yesterday, but didn't cross post for some reason: My pupper-dog, photographed in good light:

2025-08-31 7:34: https://philipbrewer.micro.blog/2025/08/31/073626.html

Ashley's nemesis is not the "grey fluffy dog on the block," but rather (apparently) ANY little white fluffy dog, including ones that she has not previously met.

Otherwise: same.

A Mixed Experience at Worldcon - Steven D. BREWER The 2025 Worldcon in Seattle was generally good. I served on a lot of panels, had a good reading, and (for me) met a lot of people. But I had one unpleasant experience that left a bad taste in my mout...

I did a writeup about my #Worldcon experience, which was generally good but mixed. stevendbrewer.com/a-mixed-expe...

2025-08-17 08:54 Me: You're a good girl Ashley! There's no girl good-gooder than you! You're the good-gooderest! Jackie: Good-gooderest? Me: Do you know a girl that's good-gooder? If not, she's the good-gooderes...

Ashley's trainer gave her this new collar, then observed that it makes her look like Supergirl. #dogsofmastodon

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I wish there were some way to tell the NYT that I don't ever want to see a headline that points to an audio story.

Ai Sucks — Sonny Ross I’m just sick of it you guys. Edition of 100, A4 Sized, signed and numbered. Printed on 250gsm recycled stock.

Prints for your coworkers to see
edition of 100, A4 sized and signed.
www.sonnyross.com/shop/aisucks

it's particularly remarkable in that Vichy Twitter and Threads have (supposedly) like 10 times the userbase, and Facebook 100 times, yet we get virtually no traffic from any of them. that's how much the algorithms strangle outbound links

The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us? Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”

A New Scarlet A: for Authors, Artists, and, now, Allies - Steven D. BREWER Mastercard and other payment processors, under pressure from right-wing groups and the government, are forcing vendors to remove works with a wide variety of perfectly legal, but in some way sexually ...

Authors and Artists are being branded by neo-Puritans with a new kind of Scarlet A as #Mastercard and payment processors refuse to let them sell their work. Now Allies can show their support. Push back! stevendbrewer.com/a-new-scarle... #ScarletA #AisforAllies

an older man wearing an absurd steampunky hat standing beside a weird obelisk sculpture. From the label: James Washington, Jr. (1911-2000) Obelisk with Phoenix and Esoteric Symbols of Nature 1982 Carnelian granite Collection of the Sheraton Seattle Hotel

There was a weird obelisk sculpture in the lobby of the Sheraton. Someone recognizing me as a @seattlein2025.org participant offered to take a picture of me in front of it.

The $170 billion kidnapping machine is coming. Keep your town out of it. How to tell your local law enforcement to get out of bed with the secret police.

We still have time.

But not much.

I'm glad I've never sent "intimate and embarrassing" emails to Elon Musk. I mean... Ew.

A ‘tropical’ disease is spreading in American wildlife This neglected tropical disease is no longer confined to the tropics. It’s here, in the United States, spreading silently in wildlife.

“In the heart of Illinois, while researching wildlife disease, I made a discovery that stunned me: More than half of the raccoons I sampled were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas’ disease… It’s here, in the United States, spreading silently in wildlife.”

Zine about Alphistia regularly published now. You can DM here, or email me at alphistia@gmail.com and I'll send you pdf copies as I make them (once or twice a month) More info at alphistian.blogspot.com?view=flipcard

#zine #zines #zinester #zinesters #hopium #hopepunk #solarpunk #microstate