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Aaron Furq

@geekydad.bsky.social

310 followers 350 following 1.3K posts

Hey I’m a Dad if two. Involved in youth sports. In Texas. I sell Physical media! I have a store check out what I have to offer.

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · Nov 30

Hey this is my pin post. I'm here for positivity. I have been through a lot this past yr and honestly I'm done with the negativity. Don't take my talk of peace or that I am going positive for weakness. Nothing about me is weak. If your into tech books movies sports I'm the guy to follow.

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 1d

Hey so what authors and authors join in what books or series..both that you feel has been forgotten or don't see/hear about anymore that you wish people would talk about #booksky #fantasysky #thrillersky #horrorsky

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 1d

Check out former intern Maddie Erb's rave review of THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES (Tor, 2023) by Malka Older.

www.neonhemlock.com/reviews/mimi...

The cover of THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES against a bg from the illustration; two silhouettes against an orange Jovian scene.

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Mailbag Monday! Today we have queer mysteries & dark romances, tales of resistance & commitment to justice, sapphic terrors on the broad back of the sea & in the courts of queens, strange circuses, & true classics from fantasy masters. Stories from beloved authors & new voices alike! Any faves?

A stack of books flanked by dark and light pink cosmos (bottom to top): WE WILL RISE AGAIN ed. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older; CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske; MIRAGE CITY by Lev A.C. Rosen; SAVAGE BLOOMS by S.T. Gibson; BIRDS, BEASTS, AND BEDLAM by Derek Gow; THE GILDED ABYSS by Rebecca Thorne; THE SOVEREIGN by C.L. Clark; SHADOWPLAY by L.R. Lam; NIGHT’S MASTER by Tanith Lee

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 2d

Forever hold the Touchstone banner high.

Print ad for a variety of Touchstone Pictures VHS releases.

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Carolyn Ownbey, PhD @carolynownbey.bsky.social · 2d

If you haven’t seen it, this footage from @apnews.com is incredibly important.

The intent here seems unmistakable, in two ways: (1) just read the genocide convention, here it **absolutely** is, and (2) this level of infrastructural destruction is, no question, meant as pre-development demolition.

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 2d

They ended the war because they didn't want to then do what Russia which was send people to die over the very dirt? Because there doesn't seem to be anything around

samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 3d

This is what is left of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 2d

My 15 yr old still talks about this movie. Great film

Brian Schirmer @brianschirmer.bsky.social · 2d

Finally watched THE LIFE OF CHUCK, and it’s by far one of my favorite films of the year. Brimming with ideas & genuine emotions. Unlike any movie I’ve seen, but absolutely relatable to anyone. @mikeflanaganfilm.com has crafted the most human movie in years. Go in knowing as little as possible.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 2d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 2d

It wouldn't be Pennywise with out some creepiness! Come on! He's just a clown! Are you creeped out by clowns?

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 2d

The eye move too. Watch when you
Move across next time 😂 a woman on TikTok recorded a video and the way they have the head it moves 😂😂

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 3d

So my son saw the Netflix limited edition show with Robert Deniro and now wants to watch more of his work. Yes! Was wondering when we'd get into mob movies and it's fall time so Goodfellas here we come baby! #filmsky #moviesky

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Adam Hoffman @adamhoffman.bsky.social · 3d

I feel honor and duty bound to skeet any Peanuts related thing I comne across to @gailsimone.bsky.social . So . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7s...

Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club - Official Launch Trailer

YouTube video by GameTrailers

www.youtube.com

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 3d

That sucks. If the other half could get health care it would really help. She works with special needs kids/adults.

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Jonathan Janz @jonathanjanz.bsky.social · 3d

I'll be signing books here in five hours. If you're a reader or even reading-curious, stop by and say hello at Books & Co. in Dayton, Ohio!

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 4d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 3d

I can imagine being a book seller has to be crazy to a point. Some of the books are beautiful and cool but damn expensive.

Being creative is always interesting when it comes to the cash.

Ghoul-Lish McBride 🎃 @lishmcbride.bsky.social · 3d

It is a real bananas way to make a living.

Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 3d

They do not break apart so easily. Because back in the day to get a car to look really fucked up you had to actually hit at a decent speed and now I can get the same effect going 5 mph.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Cyndi Gradel @cyndigradel.bsky.social · 3d

Putting all of my anger into this new story. No character is safe.
#writing
#slashers 🖤🔪

a woman is talking on a cell phone and saying `` what did you say '' .

Alt: a woman is talking on a cell phone and saying `` what did you say '' Scream movie scene

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 3d

During the game last night I cracked open this book and read the story. Man what a wild wild ride. Barker has a sense of wonder in the lovely but it's gorey and violence and generally perverse. New version of Book of Blood. Barker pushes things forward to such a degree. Blast reading. #booksky

Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 3d

Right now.

Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 4d

If you think AI is great and scary check out the song Let it Slip by beats with AI. 😂😂

Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 4d

Umm as a Girl Sad I have no reply. Horror fan in me is going wtf?

Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 4d

Hey @ethanhonk.bsky.social check out above. New book info!

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Aaron Furq @geekydad.bsky.social · 4d

I need money but I'll be getting a copy for sure.

$pfracassi.bsky.social$

Philip Fracassi @pfracassi.bsky.social · 4d

Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming novel, SARAFINA, coming from CLASH Books in April 2026.

This is a paperback original with a cover by Joel Amat Guell and an introduction by Nick Cutter.

SARAFINA is a Civil War-era horror novel, and might just be the scariest thing I’ve published to date.

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