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I remember a trope in 80's movies where any person walking about behind the Iron Curtain would be asked for their papers. Firefox with Clint Eastwood is a great example of this.

It was a sign of tyranny and paranoia that all Americans would understand and fear.

Aaaand now that's who we've become.

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d

"There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities." - Ursula K. Le Guin

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Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 1d

Foo. It looks like most are too acidic. Some tinkering may fix that though.

Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 1d

It should at most be like Star Trek physics.

Name the plot device, give it a characteristic, and move on with the story.

Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 1d

I adore the color of walnut ink.

I wonder if it is fountain pen safe.

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Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 1d

That's one seriously bad-ass name.

Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 1d

Work takes effort.

Either you want to write or you don't.

Using AI doesn't make an author or an artist any more than watching a game makes an athlete.

Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 1d

Current earworm: Detachable Penis by King Missile

Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 2d

Queued up as I descend into my basement workshop.

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 2d

Explaining Canadian Thanksgiving to Americans

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Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 2d

Reading A Philosophy of Thieves by @franwilde.bsky.social, and I swear I caught a hint of Yinzer in her words. "Needs cleaned" if I remember correctly.

Laurie Anderson once sang Language is a Virus (itself a Burroughs quote), and I think Yinzerisms are the best example.

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Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 2d

I really wish my French was way better. I can think up a few ways to say it, but I have no idea which one is actually right.

"Ce n'est pas de la broderie"
"Celui-ci n'est pas brodé" 🤔

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