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C. L. Polk

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I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · Nov 14

Okay I need to tell y’all something

if someone doesn’t act right in my replies I must block them

People don’t know how to act here yet, and will come to argue or dunk back and drag it out and listen Bluesky doesn’t put up with that

I don’t either

Conduct yourselves

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1m

but hold on, you just said you transferred with 14 labelers! how can you be at 21?

An excellent question! These labelers were automatically added to my account, are not removable, and count towards my 20, that's how

If you're on bluesky or blacksky, do you see these bonus moderation services?

a list of mandatory bluesky moderation services from brazil, russia, turkey, india, and germany that were automatically added to my account when i moved it to blacksky.

C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1m

so i think i know why i can't subscribe to this labeler and it's because bluesky has a limit of 20 labelers, and me transferring to blacksky with 14 labelers put me over the limit, to 21

i couldn't add another labeler

but I also can't drop a labeler, because being at 21 has bugged it

C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1d

I still can’t subscribe to @stechlab-labels.bsky.social‘s labeler. is this normsl for blacksky users, to not be able to subscribe to labelers?

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1h

Haymarket Books are amazing, 80% off is such a bargain, please go browse

Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 9d

ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!

At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe t...

www.haymarketbooks.org

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1h

it's very much a bad part. Ugh. I'm so tired of complete dinks being in charge of things.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1h

I miss having our international bestie! I highly resent that I couldn't do any of the four trips i had planned for 2025t

(I did go to Montreal though, and I love it, what a fantastic city)

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1h

this is a great club and i'm happy to be a part of it

C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1h

oh, i'm not implying that an influential nation trying to unpick a great deal of economic entanglement with the united states of america would declare war on *them*

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1h

I did that *gasp* and then I hooted with laughter

i could feel stonemasons ready to gouge names from plinths. the power.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1h

It's interesting, what people say in the heat of trying to be right about garbage taxes on Americans

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 1h

i originally wanted the e95s because it's the modern version of the elite and it's so very midcentury modern, i mean look at this gorgeous creature

a burgundy and gold pilot e95s, uncapped, posted, and ready to write. I like the inlaid nib and the way the pen tapers.

a Pilot e95s pen in burgundy/gold, capped. the short body makes the capped pen more of a pocket pen size. I like it because the proportions between cap and barrel are interesting.

C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

i mean, if "did that" means someone patiently coaching him to point at the letters he likes as they scroll through typefaces

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

It's almost as if, etc

C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

...That's *awfully specific,* Alito

what are you trying to say?

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2h

Alito: what if there were an imminent threat of war with a powerful enemy whose economy was dependent on US trade?

what if goldfish had laser-eyes
what if I could ride a bike to outer space

like that's just utterly implausible and not even kind of what's happening in this case

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

does that label from bluesky moderation say "intolerance?"

really.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

I have to wait until November 12 but I think i'm right behind you

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 14h

Didn’t folks say “identity politics” was the reason we weren’t winning

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

I have a Pilot e95s in burgundy. it was my first Japanese pen and my first gold nib pen. I have bought nothing but Japanese gold nib pens since. seriously, they are so wonderful to write with.

dagneo 🥐 Kumoricon J1 ☁️ @dagneo.art · 14h

Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it

Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 3h

Exactly this. Especially this in the wake of Mamdani.

Any politician that pivots or pivoted to a campaign of fascism should get the ending to their political career they deserve

Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 15h

i will never vote for Gavin Newsom. i want every other politician to look at how badly Newsom destroyed his own political career by pivoting to fascism & see it as a clear warning that the dignity of marginalized people is not negotiable.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

I am in this picture and I am so tired

C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

I confess that i did order an advent calendar in September but I LOVE advent Calendars, what a treato

C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 2h

if you've been in/lived in your aging grand/parent's house, you know the sign and label stage of trying to care for them at home

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

New sign outside the Oval Office..

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 13h

listen, if you're ever despairing about your art or whatever, just ask yourself "is anything i ever make going to be as stupid as a cybertruck?" ✨

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 4h

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall This is your reminder that writing doesn't happen in a vacuum. You have a whole #writingcommunity here supporting you! Give a shoutout to someone who's been helping you out this month!

Image of a branch with its leaves turned red, overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall - November: Drafting - You're the only one who can write your book, but that doesn't mean you need to write alone.”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 6h

whos in the social media bubble now you gooncel freaks

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 5h

the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates

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