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Joe Weber

@joeissilly.bsky.social

Dork. Writer. Goofball.

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James@nonzerosum.games · 6d ago

"Cube" is a movie I'm drawn back to all the time... it's so relevant to the systems at play in the world. nonzerosum.games/div... This next post relates "Cube" to my idea of the "dividual" and learns us some learnings about how to avoid the pitfalls of siloed alignment.

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Joe Weber@joeissilly.bsky.social · 3w ago

Think Weirder Volume 2 arrives Oct 29th and my short story "Jennifer Does Pushups" (originally published in @analogsf.bsky.social) made the cut. I'm excited - this is my first time in an anthology, and I'm sharing space with some really excellent SF/F authors. thinkweirder.com/index.html

Think Weirder Volume 2: The Year's Best Science Fiction Ideas

The best concept-driven science fiction of 2025, featuring the Hugo and Locus Award-winning "In My Country" by Thomas Ha. Coming October 29, 2026.

thinkweirder.com

Joe Stech@thinkweirder.com · 4w ago

Table of contents and cover reveal for volume 2 is now up at thinkweirder.com! This will be the best book I've ever released, with stories by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Peter Watts, Isabel J. Kim, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Thomas Ha, and others. I keep re-reading the stories, they're all so good.

Think Weirder Volume 2: The Year's Best Science Fiction Ideas

The best concept-driven science fiction of 2025, featuring the Hugo and Locus Award-winning "In My Country" by Thomas Ha. Coming October 29, 2026.

thinkweirder.com

Joe Weber@joeissilly.bsky.social · 3w ago

I spent saturday at the Las Vegas Book Festival, where in addition to book signings and author panels, you could play a full-size version of Guess Who? I also want to give a special Thank You from LV to Natalie Baszile (Queen Sugar) for being an excellent headliner. nataliebaszile.com

Outdoors at the Las Vegas Book Festival - 25th year. Picture was taken at the Historic Fifth Street School, which is the white spanish-inspired building with the terra cotta roof in the immediate background. A life-size game of Guess Who? is being played on the grass lawn in the foreground.
Joe Weber@joeissilly.bsky.social · last mo.

Two years ago today, the Tropicana was imploded to build a stadium for the Las Vegas Athletics. Scheduled to be ready for the 2028 season. Left picture is from April (18 mo.), the other two I took this week (2 yrs).

Progress of the Las Vegas Athletics' new stadium at 18 months. two levels of concrete and metal framework, plus the beginnings of the third tier of bleachers. Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Excalibur visible in the background.Progress of the Las Vegas Athletics' stadium after two years. Concrete wall now surrounds the first two stories, and the metal framework for all the bleachers is now up. There are three metal arches built at the top, which look like the support structure for the dome. Excalibur visible in the background, but all the other casinos are now obscured by the height of the stadium.Alternate angle for the Athletics' new stadium, this one taken from the bridge between the New York, New York and the MGM Grand (visible on the left). The whole structure can be seen from this angle, including three roof supports, the last of which was finished up just this week. Las Vegas Blvd (The Strip) visible in the foreground, with traffic barrels (unrelated road work, actually), and also the OyO can be seen behind the stadium.
Joe Weber@joeissilly.bsky.social · last mo.

I want to give a shout-out (do people still say shout-out? I dunno, I'm old) to Buffy's Book Boutique here in Vegas for putting together a writing contest for local authors. Love to see bookstores and the writing community supporting each other. Congrats to all the winners! www.buffysbooks.com

A crowd of local authors gather at decorated tables for the Writing Contest Celebration at Buffy's Book Boutique. Black and orange streamers hang from the ceiling (possibly part of their Halloween decorations.) There was a meet-and-greet with snacks and coffee, then the winners of all five categories read their works for the crowd. A really excellent night overall.
Joe Weber@joeissilly.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Have you ever been at the grocery store checkout, looking at the items the person in front of you is buying, and thought to yourself, 'Man, that person must be an *amazing* cook?'