Lawrence Winnerman
@lwinner
Mid-50s he/him. Indiana >> Seattle >> Indiana. Gay. 🏳️🌈 Bengal cat dad. 🐈⬛🐈 EDM, TSwift, Lizzo, Chappell Roan, Beyoncé. Sci-fi nerd and aspiring author. Ardently hates Nazis. Opines at . Read my Sci-Fi at
A guardrail that depends on the driver's goodwill is not a guardrail. It is a suggestion painted on the road. The guardrails were us—only ever us. That can land as despair, or as assignment. I chose assignment: https://lwinner.substack.com/p/the-guardrails-were-us Img: Pudelek CC BY-SA
I woke Sunday to a wrecked apartment, vibrating cats, and a wren behind my bookcase. Then the phone lit up: Lindsey Graham was dead. In the old stories, a wren in the house means the death of a king. https://lwinner.substack.com/p/lindsey-graham-the-wren-in-the-house Img: Rhododendrites CC BY-SA
Ann Kramer spent decades watching successful people say: I have the house, the spouse, the stuff—so why am I not happy? The story they were handed stopped working. Today we launched a series on what gets built next. https://lwinner.substack.com/p/imagining-a-new-economy-session-one
"It was never going to be easy. It was the hardest join in the world. And it held." The Red Shard & The Pearl — a hopeful Near Field scenario from a united Jerusalem, offered as a portrait of what we could choose: https://lwinner.substack.com/p/the-red-shard-and-the-pearl
They're going to tell you the 2027 grocery bill was nobody's fault. "Nobody" is the door he's counting on to walk through before the bill arrives. Refuse to be surprised. And refuse to be surprised alone. https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-price-is-already-written
They're going to tell you the 2027 grocery bill was nobody's fault. The word "nobody" is the door he's counting on to walk through before the bill arrives. Refuse to be surprised. And refuse to be surprised alone. https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-price-is-already-written
Just like we suspected, a massive cover up!! open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/...
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We cover all the hard-hitting topics of today over at genxy.io on "The Daily Whatever."
Happy #Caturday! That moment when she discovers she can tell you she wants to go to visit Grandma just by sitting on the carrier. 😂😂
As a natural-born citizen, I've never had to take the Oath to the Constitution before. Until now. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic feels VERY CLARIFYING. This is our foundational document--defend it! Take the #ConstitutionalChallenge!
WTAF, New York Times?!? Millions of people protest, and in the digital Times it's a small headline with no pic below the "fold" and in the print Times it's a picture with barely any text below the fold? Are you kidding me?? I know you're owned by a compliant billionaire, but talk about failure...
Friendly morning PSA in light of 23andMe saying they're looking to sell their key asset.
Happy #Caturday from me and Ripley! It only took her nine years to become a lapcat! *kinda
Uh oh! Noon check-in. Geez, it's almost like once the markets catch wind the smell of bullshit they can't get the stink out their noses. 🤔🤔
Writers! Erin Michelle Gibes is offering a rare opportunity this year—one free developmental edit and six free sessions of book coaching—to one writer with a book they think has the potential to spark radical change in the United States. 💙📚🪐 Learn more: erinwritesmagic.substack.com/p/2025-make-...
So a thousand point drop in one day is into the “Black Monday” territory right! Or “Catastrophic Plunge Monday”? Or “Trump Pitsweat Monday”? Let’s all chip in some dogecoin for whoever gives this a name that sticks!
I just published my first sci-fi short story, "I Love You, Dieter Murphy", and it's my birthday! The gift I'd love most is a read and a subscribe to my new Substack. 🙏 Thank you! lwinner.substack.com/p/i-love-you... (figuring out captions - will do for next time!)
