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Kendra, scary version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 16h

Writing a novel is just writing fan fiction except you're the only fan

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AITA Hoffmann @jrbolt.bsky.social · 1d

General: Bad news, Pennywise. The Russkies are beating us in the clown race. They're developing their own clown. Code name Smirnov.

Pennywise [reading dossier] "In Soviet Russia, clown laughs at you." What is this shit?

General: They're laughing at America, Pennywise. They're laughing at Freedom.

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 1d

Bay Area folks, get ready for ICE sweeps this weekend, look for actions to join if you're able. will post actions as quotes on this post.

oaklandside.org/2025/10/22/m...

Major federal immigration operation will begin tomorrow in the Bay Area

Customs and Border Protection agents are headed to the Bay Area for an operation, the agency has confirmed.

oaklandside.org

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Fry @frymondius.bsky.social · 1d

I can't wait! I'm really rooting for these weirdos

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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 1d

The sheer number of these really makes the bit

LuUuUuUuke Knox 👻 @lukeknox.me · 1d

these should all be mass-produced. every single one.

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

Share if you agree

Fat little brown/white/grey bird with a yellow tummy stands on concrete with flora behind it

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 1d

Okay I’ve got this great idea for a podcast where we —

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

FT columnist Janan Ganesh recently wrote of his conversion to the 'Great Man' theory of history - but only a minority agree

-History is primarily shaped by major figures: 27%
-Primarily shaped by broad social / economic / cultural / tech changes: 51%

yougov.co.uk/topics/enter...

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 3d

part of why i find the idea that certain tech is inevitable (LMS, AI, etc) to be silly is we're not far removed from the before times. we have it in recent and living memory how we function without these things. i graduated from college in 2013. we had reading packets and printed our assignments

Screenshot of Blue Sky conversation with the middle username redacted

Adrienne Massanari: I have so much grading to do, and Canvas is down because of the AWS outage.

Object lesson #1940273 that maybe forcing us all to use crappy LMS tools that are beholden to tech infrastructures controlled by Bezos et al wasn't the best idea. #acasky

Redacted: I noticed you didn't offer an alternative LMS you would rather use. I hate Besos also but unless you have a specific solution you've vetted that can scale like canvas and is impervious to downtime this comment seems like whining.

Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social:

i wonder...how in the world did faculty teach or grade before the invention of the
LMS? i suppose there was simply no teaching or grading before the internet

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 3d

The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 3d

“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.

Curtis Yarvin & David Starkey - The End of the End of History
By Oakeshott (formerly Scruton)
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The second Oakeshott Lecture of 2025 - with perennially viral tech philosopher Curtis Yarvin and eminent historian David Starkey

In the second Oakeshott (formerly Scruton) Lecture, Curtis Yarvin will address the End of the End of History in the Post-Cold War Era.

A former software developer, Curtis Yarvin came to international prominence under the pen-name Mencius Moldbug as a critic of contemporary democracy. An avid promoter of technocracy and critic of ‘the Cathedral’, Yarvin has become an influential figure on the American right - a reliably controversial voice and a confidante of JD Vance and Peter Thiel.

Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing

MONTECITO, CA—Signaling a new chapter in her career, pop star Katy Perry released a new single Monday about the superiority of Canadian manufacturing. “When I learned about the strength of Canadian au...

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Fry @frymondius.bsky.social · 3d

Distinguishing an established canon of literature is actually very useful as a personal exercise and is a great way to represent yourself.

Compiling a broad canon of literature and claiming universality is a fool's errand.

I don't care whether or not a work is a "classic." Tell me why YOU like it.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 10d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 10d

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 10d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, so when YOU grab a Danish for a quick snack, it's a guilt-free, tasty little treat. But when I, Grendel,

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 4d

pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 5d

Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?

19thnews @19thnews.org · 5d

Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country

On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.

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Mariana Colín @themorbidzoo.bsky.social · 5d

I’m so sorry but being a little contrarian edgekid (not OP) about No Kings doesn’t make you look cooler or like a more serious political actor. The frog suits are good. The grannies and “wine moms” are good. Looking cuddly and goofy is a legitimate protest tactic in the face of tyranny. Grow up.

Breana Navickas @breanimator.bsky.social · 5d

I'm seeing a lot of criticism of the No Kings stuff. A lot of it is very valid I agree. But I also feel like there needs to be a nuanced understanding that these events are still a net positive I feel like. because it gets the liberal folks, the wine moms the grandmas the van dads out there.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 5d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5d

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

No more kings. Vimes had difficulty in articulating why this should be so, why the concept resonated in his very bones. After all, a good many of the patricians had been as bad as any king. But they were...sort of...bad on equal terms. What set Vimes's teeth on edge was the idea that kings were a different kind of human being. A higher lifeform. Somehow magical.

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Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · 6d

“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”

Euronews @euronews.com · 7d

Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'

"Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix next month.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 6d

In this piece I deconstruct traditional standards of pet photography, leading the viewer to question what elements differentiate a good photo from a bad one, and whether the presentation of something as art is itself a component of art

Extremely out of focus photo of a small black cat leaving a cardboard box

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Fry @frymondius.bsky.social · 8d

It's him. The mobster lobster himself. Don Zoidberg

Fake oil painting of the Futurama character Dr Zoidberg in a suit.

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Fry @frymondius.bsky.social · 8d

I've also not read it for a similar reason, but regardless we shouldn't let our lack of surprise distract us from the fact that it's bad for the nasty worm log to be in the kitchen.

That's not where where worm logs go.

Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 8d

haven’t read that young republican politico piece yet. i think mostly because it doesn’t appear to contain any novel information for me. like yeah if you flip over a log you see lots of nasty worms?? shrug

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Fry @frymondius.bsky.social · 8d

"If he squeals then he'll be squawkin' with the seagulls." *intimidating lobster sounds*

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Fry @frymondius.bsky.social · 8d

As mama always said: don't put all your revenges in one grave.

wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 9d

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

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Fry @frymondius.bsky.social · 9d

As a white man, I know a thing or two about being a talentless hack. That's why I'm throwing my support behind this Barry Whyse person.

Good luck at CBTS, Barry!