Shecky
@shecky.bsky.social
Geek. SF/F copyeditor (450+ works edited, rehomes feral commas, hot-glues dangling participles, etc.). Quantum comma mechanic. He/him. (Avatar by Howard Tayler) sffcopyediting.com
When did Mikey start campaigning so hard for the Dems?
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When did Mikey start campaigning so hard for the Dems?
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Reposted by Shecky
I’m holly, I’m jolly. You’ve got believe me. I swear I am
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I’m holly, I’m jolly. You’ve got believe me. I swear I am
Images you can hear with the sound off. (Alt text: a tuxedo cat, standing on a bodega's refrigerated-section shelf, looking directly at the camera and yelling.)
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Images you can hear with the sound off. (Alt text: a tuxedo cat, standing on a bodega's refrigerated-section shelf, looking directly at the camera and yelling.)
Now I get to add Dell to my list of Trump-humping megacorps I never want to buy from again.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to fund ‘Trump Accounts’ for millions of American kids | CNN Business
Michael and Susan Dell are donating $6.25 billion to fund investment accounts for at least 25 million American children.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Now I get to add Dell to my list of Trump-humping megacorps I never want to buy from again.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
What a Dex of 20 looks like.
Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
What a Dex of 20 looks like.
One of these days, when I have that mythical Entirely Free Weekend, I think I'm gonna have to do a Gary Oldman Film Fest (why, yes, I did just introduce my mom to SLOW HORSES; why do you ask?).
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
One of these days, when I have that mythical Entirely Free Weekend, I think I'm gonna have to do a Gary Oldman Film Fest (why, yes, I did just introduce my mom to SLOW HORSES; why do you ask?).
People wonder why I loathe LSU so; I was there and saw equivalent things too damn often. (Yes, I know, it's a Problem in college athletics in general, one that infuriates me, but it was always so BLATANT and over the top even for *that*.)
Lane Kiffin's LSU contract will pay him the equivalent of my Louisiana public university annual salary every two days
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
People wonder why I loathe LSU so; I was there and saw equivalent things too damn often. (Yes, I know, it's a Problem in college athletics in general, one that infuriates me, but it was always so BLATANT and over the top even for *that*.)
Looking for keyboard suggestions. I keep a spare keyboard in my laptop bag for travel/emergency. I do like the one I currently have, but it's frankly a bit too wide, and I'd like to replace it. Needs:
- Frustum keys (= NOT chiclet)
- Illuminated characters (preferably no light around the keys,
- Frustum keys (= NOT chiclet)
- Illuminated characters (preferably no light around the keys,
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Looking for keyboard suggestions. I keep a spare keyboard in my laptop bag for travel/emergency. I do like the one I currently have, but it's frankly a bit too wide, and I'd like to replace it. Needs:
- Frustum keys (= NOT chiclet)
- Illuminated characters (preferably no light around the keys,
- Frustum keys (= NOT chiclet)
- Illuminated characters (preferably no light around the keys,
Go listen to the whole album and let your holiday playlist be forever enriched.
as far as i’m concerned, this is the *only* version of that drummer boy christmas song
Funky Little Drummer Boy
YouTube video by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Topic
m.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Go listen to the whole album and let your holiday playlist be forever enriched.
$30K: good dipshit tax. (Look into her eyes and hear the ocean.)
Watch carefully and you can see right through her eyes into the headrest.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
$30K: good dipshit tax. (Look into her eyes and hear the ocean.)
UGH enough of this EXCITEMENT, Bama. I miss the days of joyless murderball.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
UGH enough of this EXCITEMENT, Bama. I miss the days of joyless murderball.
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This is lore-accurate. Clerics are only proficient with bludgeoning weapons.
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is lore-accurate. Clerics are only proficient with bludgeoning weapons.
Sunrise over the old homestead:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Sunrise over the old homestead:
Oh, HELLO, my own cats. I'd missed you so.
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Oh, HELLO, my own cats. I'd missed you so.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
For all suffering through family-related Turkey Day malaise (THANK YOU, @cryptidchicken.bsky.social!).
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
For all suffering through family-related Turkey Day malaise (THANK YOU, @cryptidchicken.bsky.social!).
@cryptidchicken.bsky.social Gotta ask: do you have one of your Stories™ set on/around Thanksgiving?
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
@cryptidchicken.bsky.social Gotta ask: do you have one of your Stories™ set on/around Thanksgiving?
Is the current Pope on a mission from Gahd?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Is the current Pope on a mission from Gahd?
May this be the first of MANY.
Marge Greene announces she is resigning from Congress, that she doesn’t want to go through a brutal primary against a Trump backed opponent, and says Trump has treated her like a battered wife and has been hateful to her and is trying to destroy her.
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
May this be the first of MANY.
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If you have a problem with trans women, trans men, or trans people of any make or gender, then you got a problem with me and I suggest you let that marinate
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If you have a problem with trans women, trans men, or trans people of any make or gender, then you got a problem with me and I suggest you let that marinate
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
I can't find explicit confirmation of this. Anyone have a definitive source?
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I can't find explicit confirmation of this. Anyone have a definitive source?