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GubbWerks in Exile

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Queer Trekkie Old Dude on a strange and difficult path. Erklärbär. I practice Buddhism because I'm terrible at it. Autistic as a motherf***er. I love humans, all of them, but humanity is a constant disappointment.

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · Jun 14

When all the sceptre'd crew
Have paid their Homage, due
The Guillotine
Let Freedom's flag advance
Till all the world, like France
O'er tyrants' graves shall dance
And PEACE begin.

-Joel Barlow, veteran of the Revolutionary War, 1794

A historical artifact presented sans comment.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 6h

At least "The Roses" changed the name a little before releasing a shitty soulless version of a good movie that already exists.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 6h

Well, the Fallout one is kind of a cheat, because that's *every* Fallout from Bethesda: something something Dad-Father-Pappy-what-have-you.

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 6h

As a Trekkie who dislikes Star Wars with a passion, solidarity. Fucking reactionary bullshit wrecking our franchises.

a man in a blue shirt is holding a glass with a yellow liquid in it

Alt: Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) lifts a glass of orange-peach liquid to someone off camera and nods approvingly, in the manner of a toast. He is wearing a shiny blue Starfleet medical tunic and is standing in front of what must have been the Federation's most bisexual wall available at that time.

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 7h

Now I am too.

There is something wrong with us specifically, isn't there?

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 10h

Five versions of Blade Runner.

An open plastic case, modeled on the Voight-Kampf machine, containing a metal origami unicorn, a police "spinner" rotor vehicle toy, a series of production stills and concept art, and a box containing five DVDs.

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 10h

Did you scale a single corncob pipe up by 500? Or a clay pipe?

(This is my main assumption)

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 10h

1. You say the word "Islamophobia" is unnecessary.
2. Islamophobia and Antisemitism occupy the same linguistic niche.
3. You are a transphobic bigot.

That's all you, man. I'm just postulating based on evidence.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 10h

Your ceaseless campaigning against the concept of "antisemitism" (an exact parallel to Islamophobia as a linguistic construct) combined with complete ignorance of social ethics is about what I'd expect from an NDL member, so I'll just assume that that's where your head is at.

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 11h

The White House is the boss monster of problematic plantation buildings so maybe focus on stuff that matters like literally every other thing they are doing.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 11h

THIS. Working for nothing is pre-scabbing. It's complying in advance and is the opposite of solidarity.

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 11h

It's clear that you're a dipstick, but to clarify your original foaming dribble: for union terms, the only real qualifier is "where is his citizenship and where does he pay taxes." But hey, apparently this is some kind of belittlement kink for you, so go off.

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 11h

Nixon put in a bowling alley; FDR had a swimming pool installed. Clinton put in a music room so that he could play the sax without disturbing people. And don't get me started on the acres of glassed-in conservatories that were the "in" thing for 19th century presidents.

Shit does indeed happen.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 11h

Omnilingualism.

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Angela 🖖🏼 @anjabread.bsky.social · 20h

My daughter and her boyfriend will be here Wednesday morning and my son's birthday is Thursday, so I won't be around much this week.

PLEASE help if you can, I really need the trash bags and chicken and beans. Thank you, have a great week, live long and prosper! 🖖🏼

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Check out my list on Amazon

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

Then it's gibberish because that list includes The Wicker Man, Gremlins, Phantasm, f***ing MISERY for Romero's sake.

It seems like it's either just YA horror that adults are embarrassed to admit that they still enjoy, or meaningless.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

My assumption, with the ongoing devaluation of "cozy" as a genre prefix (it is appropriate with mystery), is that people are somehow adverse to using the word "comfort." In the sense of "I know it's horror, but it's my 'comfort' horror."

I assume it's tied up with social pressure and shame.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

You're British?!?

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't know what "farmhouse decor" meant, but I did have a lot of family who were farmers, so I did a quick image search.

Is the point to look like an aged photograph of things that used to have colors? Because this feels very much like a "F-150 that you use to drive to your office job" feel...

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

I kind of do, kind of don't, but we don't agree on that issue and that's also okay. The point is to do everything we can to deal with the current parade of dipstickery, so I have your back.

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

It begins

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

*brews extra coffee in terror*

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

Goodness gracious. At this point I'm pretty sure I could withstand 2 to 3 minutes at a rave before I died. God be with you.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta be real: calling a genocide a "pet project" when all Harris had to do was call it what it was is a wild take.

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

The British Museum, that's the working person's museum to rob. You rob the Louvre with respect. You rob the British Museum with a brick and a healthy disregard for the upper classes.

a group of people are sitting around a table with candles and drinking .

Alt: A scene of Adam Ant mocking a group of regency toffs and dancing on their table from the music video for "Stand and Deliver" (1981).

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GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · 1d

I love that this is a chain of posts with the subject "thieves with an on-point hat game."

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