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Edward Martin III

@edwardmartiniii.bsky.social

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Author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and solver of problems (usually my own, I’ll admit). Always happy to talk story with story-talkers. Always welcoming to under-represented voices, trans voices, etc. If I ran for office, my “party” would be Starfleet.

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 9h

My mind is blown!

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 9h

On one hand what the heck, Temu?!

On the other hand, I bet if I painted these bad boys olive green, they could walk right into an icy office, bringing something very warm to help.

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 10h

Ooooooh, shit! Is THAT why?! Dang, I never knew!

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 11h

Well, I knew it was true, but seeing the article announcing it makes me haz a sad. But dang, season two of "I Am Not Okay With This" was scripted? I really wanna see those scripts!

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‘The Society’ & ‘I Am Not Okay With This’ Canceled By Netflix Due To COVID-Related Circumstances

Netflix has opted not to move forward with second seasons of The Society and I Am Not Okay With This due to COVID-19-related circumstances.

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 13h

Enjoy a happy song that I enjoy:

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Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple (Official Video)

YouTube video by SideOneDummy

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 18h

And yes, they are adorable!

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 18h

The first two were easy examples. The third one was the nut. And yeah, it SEEMS correct, but gives my eyeballs the heebie-jeebies.

Usually, I can avoid it with rewriting the sentence, but assume for this that the quote is specifically important to retain. :)

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 18h

Swamp puppies!

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, the pricing doubles each year for three years, so that's effed.

This is a computer I kinda hope to keep using for several years.

The idea of pitching a computer because of this is... irksome.

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 19h

Writer question...

Assuming normal punctuation is inside a quote, like this:

I asked her "Why are you wearing that?" or

I told her "That's not electric."

How do you prefer punctuating the mixed intention?

For example:

Do you suppose she meant to say "I am the Kwisatch Haderach."?

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 20h

I met someone a while back who said they could tweak certain Windows computers from "not compatible with Windows 11" to "Just kidding, compatible with Windows 11".

Is that a thing that can really be done?

I don't wanna trash my tools, man.

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 1d

So much this!

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a GOOD day to exercise!

Thank you Deathbot 9000 for the inspiration!

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

Hellllll yeah!

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, I wouldn’t go in THAT direction!

It makes me think about why we need excuses to punish people.

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s a Venn diagram. Blue represents anti-vaxxers, and yellow represents people claiming to be “pro-life”: 🟢

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

Too many, whether it’s percentages or raw numbers.

I used to think it was like wiping our asses after taking a shit, in that we all agree that this should be done to be a decent society, but apparently, eschewing ass-wiping is now “a thing” that some guys do to prove manliness. Ugh.

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

The Venn diagram’s probably nearly a circle.

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

Kitty nose-prints on the window. OMG, super cute!

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

Anti-vaxxers are stupid and gullible and instead of educating them or at least securing them away from harm, the US has embraced the idea that they are worth listening to, and as a result, the US is going to have more dead children.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Over 150 schoolchildren quarantined as US measles cases hit 33-year high

The children in South Carolina were unvaccinated, as were many of the 1,563 people infected in the US this year.

www.bbc.com

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

They called me crazy back at Academy, but here's the thing:

I think "Timetrap" is a super under-rated sci-fi show that takes the premise of "Fountain of Youth" and creates this crazy and-yet-makes-sense story around it, and goes in a direction I would have NEVER guessed in thousands of years.

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

The racists are the worst, ‘cause they are just RICH ground for “justified” bullshit.

Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

I think that people think "I want to have an opinion, but I want it unchallenged" and so they claim it came from someone else, such as "a nurse I know ON THE INSIDE" or "these golden tablets" or "the bible" or so on.

Watch out for these people. They KNOW they are doing wrong.

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

I tend to think of laws as formalized agreements society makes to describe when it is acceptable to commit violence upon each other.

I recognize this as hopelessly simplistic, yet nevertheless it provides useful grist for my mill.

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 2d

I used to be a pyramid power / ancient astronauts / cryptozoological / parallel universes / psychic powers guy, etc.

But then I learned how brains worked, how people thought, etc.

I will still listen to stories, and many of them are quite terrifying.

Humans sure like to tell scary stories.