Patrick Johanneson 🚀👻 🇨🇦

Hi, I'm Patrick. I write SF/F, I take photos—largely in the dark—and I wrangle websites for my spending cash. I keep a blog over at patrickjohanneson.com, though I cross-post most everything here too. #Introduction #PinnedPost

not just a pumpkin, a Pumpkin King www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-2C...

My wrist is to the point now that I can do the transitions from sitting to lying and back again as uke in katame-no-kata. Not gracefully, yet, but I can *do* it again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs34...

I'm glad I'm not anyone's middle school drama teacher. Terrifying job

well, dang RIP, Walter Koenig

FINALLY ... oh, sorry for shouting

fingers crossed

There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

For fuck's sake find other references. That transphobic hag does not get to perpetually dominate the zietgeist. The terms "soul sucking" and "drain the happiness out of me" existed before dementors. Use your big girl brain and find a better way to say it without falling back on your 4th grade read

In 2021, archaeologists announced the discovery of the 3000 year old Egyptian city called "The Dazzling Aten" near Luxor. I want to call your attention to a brick wall under the red arrow. It's 'serpentine' & a single brick wide, separating a housing complex from the road. Why the odd shape?

Evergreen.

scenic moon, tho.

For the evening crowd.

At lunch I picked up @adapalmer.bsky.social's Too Like the Lightning from my local public library (the magic of inter-library loan!) and I look forward to starting it after work.

why is this so catchy and also so relevant, dammit www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_FJ... ("Origin of Species" by @mc.frontalot.com)

I liked the clouds this morning as I was getting ready for work. patrickjohanneson.com/2026/10/23/c...

No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.

Post some moon art patrickjohanneson.com/2026/10/02/h...

a message from the future

10/60 BUTTERFLIES FEED ON TEARS “According to The Chicago Academy of Sciences, sometimes butterflies — particularly, male butterflies — will feed on sweat and tears, as well as other moist things like puddles or wet gravel.” Butterflied will also feast on blood…” jtierney.net#butterflies-...

kinda glad I'm not Ondrej or Ondrej's servers today

PHP maintainers today

Just today I clicked "no thank you¹" on a "please allow all the cookies" that said that the data was being collected by the site "and our 1712 partners". — ¹ I may have muttered "fuck no" under my breath as I did it.

Nation shocked as Alberta makes good decision

There's a "Bill and Ted" Regency costuming test: If you can't come up with more period-accurate costuming than a teen comedy from the 1980s, what are you even doing? slate.com/culture/2020... also @billandtedtest.bsky.social

man, vibe coding SUUUUUCKS

#WIPSnips Oct. 18: "autumn" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #PrairieSFF

We already have flying cars. They're called helicopters. They're really expensive and there are good reasons you have to have a pilot license and work with air traffic control to fly them. Putting jets on a sedan is not going to result in a better vehicle or transportation experience in any way.

sweet, maybe I'll have that last piece of pie then