This Week’s Weird Sideswipe by Current Events

Hello to the FBI/Secret Service/NSA people now monitoring this account because apparently the attempted shooter liked a few of my posts in the last month, here's a picture of my cat to get you started— John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) 2026-04-26T18:50:39.094Z Apparently it’s true: The fellow who came to the Correspondent’s Dinner the other night with a bunch of weapons (and who, it should be noted, came nowhere near the president or anyone else in the ballroom), liked four Bluesky posts of mine in the last month. Which ones? I have no idea, although a cursory view of my last month of Bluesky posts shows nothing particularly spicy in a political sense. This does not surprise me, as I usually send all my really spicy political takes to Threads. Most of the last month of Bluesky posts for me wer about JoCo Cruise, whacking on “AI,” photos of cats and Krissy, and talking about writing. Maybe this dude liked cat pictures? He’s arrested now and his Bluesky account is down in any event. We may…