Writer, editor, Shadowrun line developer. Co-creator of the Ulanigahi series. Likes baseball, ghost stories, con artists, indie music, old movies, games, public policy--that sort of thing. He/him or they/themhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mymybpjaz22mI mean, fair. Why would anyone think that a basic Thatcherite argument rings conservative? [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Oct 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mymybpjaz22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3myld5vvdoc2mForget the '90s--lemme explain the '80s, when many of us did not have computers in our homes, but the school library had one or two, and mostly they had boring stuff on it, but they also had Oregon Trail, so you jumped on that during library time every chance you got. Even though there was a line. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3myld5vvdoc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3myidssgoos2mIt's what Sister Simone would do. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3myidssgoos2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mxpfwwna6k2rAfter a visit to a Native American museum emphasizing the evolving roles of Native people in Chicago, we ate at a’50s-style diner that has a kosher menu, then got ice cream at a place that has halal food by a mini golf course. Yeah, assimilation is hard.12 Oct 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpfwwna6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mxhh3qqg5k2fI got Ditka takin' on the Almighty God and the entire hosts of heaven. I'll spot you let's say three million points. Who you gonna take?09 Oct 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxhh3qqg5k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mwydn2qayc2kCue Tom Nichols et al saying sure, the left may have been right about some of those labels but they made the mistake of being right too quickly. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwydn2qayc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mwoq77en2c2u"Once people become really fond of their delusion, you can no longer tell them it's a delusion" feels like a great point to make in the middle of an epistemic crisis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoq77en2c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mwo7sljm4k2uReally tough dilemma right now being highly suspicious of LLMs in general but also wishing this chatbot could become president now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo7sljm4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mupskfnar22gMy political thesis is that a whole lot of weird asymmetries in American politics make more sense when you understand the Democrat donor class scares easily, and the MAGA donor class does not. Why was Biden's age a problem but not Trump's? Because the Democrats got scared, MAGA didn't.04 Sep 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupskfnar22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3muk7ntqeis2j [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk7ntqeis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mtjptxja2c2jHow dare you say the Tribune editorial board is out of touch with the vital issues of our time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjptxja2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mt34xofcdc2z#footloose3000 Collapsing in style is all I have to offer right now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt34xofcdc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mrssdsoy6s2dAt Gen Con, excited to learn more about this game that I assume focuses on @themountaingoats.bsky.social29 Jul 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrssdsoy6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mre2evwuvc2mI’ll be signing with Mike at the Friday 2 pm slot, begging him to provide writing tips! And also sweep out the booth! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mre2evwuvc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mrdea7qywk24I kissed a beautiful woman this morning and walked free in a picture-perfect Chicago day, so who’s winning masculinity now? [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdea7qywk24https://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mrdd7w3fjs24Weirdly, while I have plenty of rejections, they’ve pretty much all been either professional or bland. Nothing to enrage me. Online reviews are a different matter but don’t really count as “authority figures.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdd7w3fjs24https://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mr3qxdxdus2nI love Speaker for the Dead. I wish Card would read it again to underline how important it is to understand people from their perspective, not yours. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3qxdxdus2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mqvgddkmqc2jI have a joke about Jason but … okay, to be honest, it ends pretty poorly. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvgddkmqc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mqqg5jnpds2rNed Crisco [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqg5jnpds2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mqcp27ww2s2uHere's a thing I've been working on that can finally be talked about! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcp27ww2s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mq5uk7w5hk2vLunch in the greatest city in the world.08 Jul 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5uk7w5hk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mppa4i46vc2eI've been dreading that someone who had my number might call me randomly and just want to talk. So I put my phone on silent. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppa4i46vc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mpfjd3nmak2gIn the manuscript I just finished, I included a boat named the "Little Death." I was worried it might be too crass, but apparently on the boat-owner scale, it might be too subtle. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpfjd3nmak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mp7ijpiows2eTwitocracy (n): Government by and for terminally online weirdos. Gonna roll this around in my head for a while, see if I like it as a label.26 Jun 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7ijpiows2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mp5tfplysc2eThis definitely appeals to a certain subset of people. I don’t have a preferred mayoral candidate yet, but I’ve been riding the train past the Uptown Theater for 30 years and heard all the ideas to fix it, and I’d _love_ to see the inside. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jun 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5tfplysc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mp365mtahk2qHow are you going to lose Chicago? There’s so much of it! I mean, every direction I turn right now, there it is! Pretty easy to find! But if Trump can’t find it, me and my immigrant neighbors will be just fine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp365mtahk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3moidg75dqs2zFascinating historical tidbit: The longstanding term for a deal that is not finalized and may need to be further negotiated at gunpoint is “not a deal.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3moidg75dqs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mo4oxfuapk2aIf this works, my go-to legal defense forever will be "Your honor, you need to keep letting me break the law, because I promised other people I would break the law if they gave me money! And they did! And I don't want to give up that money!" IANAL, obviously, but feels pretty air-tight. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4oxfuapk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonmhardy.bsky.social/post/3mo4iuv6y322aOooo, guess who's gonna get an earful about the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District next time I see him in person! It's great! Owns lots of land! Can do some cool green stuff if the right people are involved! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:ps5agdnrtptim34jaymeoqte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4iuv6y322a