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Mike Wyant Jr.

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Dee closes breaches in spacetime across the galaxy, but when a mission goes horribly wrong, she loses everything.

2022

Wyant, Mike, Jr.

Wyant, Mike, Jr.

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DOGE’s Incompetence is Deadly

Trump and Musk are Sabotaging Our Nation’s Security

5d ago

Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE: This is inaccurate. The referenced “classified information” is actually public FedScope data, posted publicly by OPM (Office of Personnel Management) in March 2024. Quote of Aaron Rupar @atrupar: Kaine: “Yesterday the DOGE guys post classified information on their website, and they had to realize, ‘Oh, we didn’t realize that agency was a classified agency.’ You shouldn’t let people rampage through offices that have classified information.”

5d ago

They’re Coming After Straight White Dudes, Too

Called my US Senators and Representative today like I do Monday-Friday every day to the best of my ability.

Feb 14

Re: Mr. Bove, I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S. Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stat…

Feb 14

Finding Common Ground: Stand Together Against Division

If you’re just getting involved in the movement against Trump’s drastic push to the the far right and fascism: please be patient.

Feb 7

Raised fists for social justice in black and white.

Feb 7

How I’d Run Musk’s Coup

So, I was chatting with some folks about the, uh, “recent actions” by Musk and his team in DC right now.

Feb 3

A wide view shot of the chaos of January 6th as they rushed the Capitol, through Trump banners over the side. Smoke and tear gas rush across the top as they swarm

Feb 3

Needed a New Name for an AI in My Book… So I Asked One

So, uh, I have a character in the last book of my series that is a very specific kind of AI (leaving vague because spoilers), so I got to…

Apr 6, 2023

Needed a New Name for an AI in My Book… So I Asked One

Apr 6, 2023

AI Art and the End of Creativity

Except… not really

Dec 6, 2022

A skull with a wreath on its head sits on a dirty table, a barren land in the background

Dec 6, 2022

The Power of Almost

I almost finished five books this year.

Nov 22, 2022

$Created with Midjourney from this prompt: the sound of anxiety screaming inside my skull for eternity, fractal, crimson and cerulean — v 3 — ar 16:9$

$Created with Midjourney from this prompt: the sound of anxiety screaming inside my skull for eternity, fractal, crimson and cerulean — v 3 — ar 16:9$

Nov 22, 2022

Mike Wyant Jr., Author of the Anisian Convergence — Issue #1

Well hello there and welcome to my incredibly underused newsletter!

Oct 7, 2022

Mike Wyant Jr., Author of the Anisian Convergence — Issue #1

Oct 7, 2022

July 4th —Something to Celebrate

On this July 4th I want to remind folks that what makes the US great isn’t some stupid hats or a specific figurehead that echoes our own…

Jul 4, 2022

someone holding a small flag front and center

Jul 4, 2022

Believability in Speculative Fiction

And Why It’s a Useless Metric

Apr 1, 2021

Gold skinned man sitting on SF throne with a unicorn over left shoulder, a gorilla over right and several cats. Source: https://amazingstories.com/2013/10/bad-science-fiction-fantasy-art/

Apr 1, 2021

Mike Wyant Jr.

Mike Wyant Jr.

he/him

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Author. Retired SysAdmin. "Life is chaos. Be kind." Author of the Anisian Convergence Space Opera series.

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