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Aardvarkian Blues
@jamesmcshane.bsky.social
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Wannabe Writer from Dublin, Ireland. Lover of books, movies, all things pop culture, a bit of politics, equality in all things, Manchester United (for my sins), and, of course, my beautiful wife. Kidney transplant recipient, July 2023.
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h
tl;dr this is, as I've been screaming into the wind about for a week now, not just illegal as shit but fundamentally means the Constitution as written is no longer in effect

That said if you want an even deeper dive on the subject than I've done, this is a very good thread
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 14h
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 16h
A pound to a penny they’ve put spyware in her luggage. Greta would be better off destroying everything. The absolute fucking shame of the IDF and the Israeli state.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d
A veteran TV director compared Keri Russell’s casting on “The Americans” to that of James Gandolfini’s in “The Sopranos.” She had an “inner light, an inner soul” that made you feel for her character, even at her cruellest moments, he said.
Keri Russell’s Emotional Transparency Has Anchored Three Decades of TV
But, offscreen, she’s not even sure that she wants to be an actress.
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 2d
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'Peace deal' or not, Gaza remains the holocaust of our time
Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians who continue to count their dead
www.middleeasteye.net
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d
This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 3d
It's a shame what Sally Jenkins did to Sally Jenkins.
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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 3d
When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot
A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this: SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d
Tom Gauld in The Guardian.
Ideas seller to customer: WHERE WRITERS REALLY GET THEIR IDEAS I'M ALL OUT OF MIND-BLOWING CONCEPTS AND HEART-RENDING NARRATIVES, BUT I'VE GOT AN ACERBIC OBSERVATION, AN UNEXPECTED OUTCOME AND A COUPLE OF AMUSING NOTIONS DEAS TOM GAULD
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6d
Tick-tock.
The Clock Is Ticking
Trump and Putin face a reckoning
chadbourn.substack.com
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 5d
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them (2018)
--- Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy, Yale University. #antifa #England #flags
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d
Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump
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Reuters @reuters.com · 6d
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 5d
WHERE’S MY AWARD
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6d
Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.
"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder
Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!
www.freefunder.com
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 7d
Reading should never be a numbers game.
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 7d
The Germans obviously have one.
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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 8d
22.600 of my followers have not followed our shop's account yet...Garfield is side-eyeing you
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vintagehabibi.bsky.social @vintagehabibi.bsky.social · 11d
vintagehabibi.etsy.com/listing/4376...
Garfield ornament
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 8d
It’s #TacoTuesday.
A glass bow full of delicious taco goodness.
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 9d
Did your prime minister resign because he stiffed a tenant for €3000?
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 10d
Imagine you're at a writers' retreat with the lads and you're all showing off a draft after dinner and then your mate's girlfriend goes here is the novel Frankenstein which I just wrote
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 10d
Aged well.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social · 10d
Jim Gavin's presidential run:
bart simpson is giving a speech at a podium while homer simpson is standing in the doorway
Alt: Grandpa simpsons entering, hanging his hat then seeing Bart and leaving
media.tenor.com
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 10d
I blame the Americans myself, confusing our Gavin to theirs today. They got him all conflustered.
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 10d
Breaking: Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election.
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 10d
Yeah, but did he win any All-Irelands for Dublin?
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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 10d
😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social · 10d
He leads the fourth largest economy in the WORLD.
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 10d
The Margrittest Captcha of all time.
A parody captcha with text, "Select all squares with pipes. If there are none, click skip." The pipe is Magritte's "Ceci n'est pas une pipe."
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