It was nice to finish 2025 with FOUR book awards for Journey to 2125, including two first-place medals.

And let me not forget the BookLife Prize review - scored 9.75 out of 10. :)

It's been a gratifying year for Journey to 2125, with three book awards to date.

My very enjoyable conversation with Leigh Martinuzzi and his Hidden Why podcast just dropped, find it here - www.thehiddenwhy.com/episode-1136...

I'm excited to see Journey to 2125 now on two Amazon bestseller lists - #3 in Hard Science Fiction and #2 in Political Fiction. :)

An interesting conversation with Andrew Keen, Keen On America - find it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Good night 🌙 and….

OMG! This might be the best Gavin Newsom meme, yet. 🙌💪🤙🌊🇺🇸😂🤣👇

Just in - my novel, Journey to 2125 was just chosen as the WINNER in the Visionary Fiction category by NIEA. Find it here – www.amazon.com/Journey-2125.... The audiobook is out on Spotify (with TEN voice actors), and coming soon to Audible. www.indieexcellence.com/19th-annual-....

The audiobook for Journey to 2125 has just dropped onto Spotify, to be followed soon by Audible and the other distributors. A wonderful cast of TEN voice actors bring the novel to life. And here is a new interview about making the audiobook - audiobookconnection.podbean.com/e/interview-....

Hmmm... This Atlantic article describes how Meta has stolen millions of books for their AI - and my novel Unfettered Journey is one of them. They even copied the Japanese version.

A free book right now... garyfbengier.com/2125TikTok

Don't know who did it. Vengeful birds!😁

Perfectly captured.

Sadly, closer to midnight. And the two top risks are highlighted at the beginning of my novel - www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

Obama’s inauguration -
28 degrees
I’m going to leave this here ALL day Jan. 20 …..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

AI trivia - A marketing use of AI that you likely will see more of soon - a mailer arrived for TED2025, included a photo of ME (from last year) - clearly not an accident. (From the badge photos, they can use AI to sort through footage for matches, then print the mailers with one special photo slot.)

Tammy Duckworth is just killing Hegseth.
Gets him to admit he has never done internationals security arrangements. Doesn't know what SecDef has to do on same.

She asks him to name ASEAN countries and significance of them. He names a bunch of countries that aren't part of ASEAN.

This is making rounds. I’ll just drop it right here.

Kind words from the Midwest Book Review about my new novel, Journey to 2125. You can find it at www.amazon.com/Journey-2125....

Fossil fuel companies

5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.

Scientists and vaccine-makers broke speed records developing COVID-19 vaccines that have saved tens of millions of lives worldwide – and were the critical step to getting life back to normal. to.pbs.org/4h108do

My podcast interview with Joe (Joseph) Raczynski, Tech Snippets Today, also just dropped on YouTube. Joe loves to explore these topics in depth. A fun discussion! tinyurl.com/mryamwrm
And find my new novel as a last-minute stocking stuffer at www.amazon.com/Journey-2125...

My podcast interview with Jason Hunt, Live From the Bunker, just dropped on YouTube. It was fun to debate the future of these technologies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPpk...
And find my new novel as a last-minute stocking stuffer at www.amazon.com/Journey-2125...