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James
@tlbjames.bsky.social
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🌈 Science-literate gay Gen-X misanthrope married to @TLBTim.bsky.social. Grizzled copy editor, proud dogfather, rude grammarian, self-pub'd queer SFF/horror author, podcaster since 8/10/06 (@TrashSprinkles.bsky.social), and pragmatic nihilist. He/Him
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · Dec 14
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”

—James Baldwin (1924–1988)
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 1m
I'm not too fussed about it. My retirement plan is die at my desk.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 1h
They gotta make up for not taxing the wealthy somehow . . .
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 1h
ADHD HYPERFOCUS ACTIVATE! FORM OF "What do you mean it's already time for dinner? I just finished my first cup of coffee!"
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 1h
My boss doesn't care about *how* I work, just that I stay reasonably accessible during business hours and meet or exceed my due dates and quality goals (which I do on all counts).
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 1h
Same. I've been working remote fulltime for over a decade, and though I look like a feral college dude half the time, my performance and efficiency is better than when I was in an office. When work is light, I do housework, laundry, bathe Max, etc. When work is heavy, I'm locked in for the duration.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 2h
In ANY economy that shit's too expensive to give away. We don't even share with friends anymore. Like the Garbage Pail Kids cards of yore, if you want one of mine, you better trade me one of yours for it—and it has to be something I want, not another freakin' LEAKY LOU.
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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 3h
Thanatotheristes is a late Cretaceous tyrannosaur whose name means 'Reaper of death.' I couldn't help this image of it in Grim Reaper guise popping into my head.

Brown pencil on plain notebook paper, 125 × 190 mm, 2020.

#Halloween #Samhain
Brown pencil drawing of a cloaked and hooded figure with the head of a tyrannosaur, facing left, standing amid billowing smoke. The blade of a scythe emerges from the cloak's folds. At the bottom of the image is a scroll with the words, 'Thanatotheristes: Le faucheur de la mort'.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 5h
Little by little they chip away at our rights in the name of their god.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 19h
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 18h
Oop, and there's the opening pitch of the evening's world series posts.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 18h
We had those roost in our rental's palm trees⬇️ in California every summer night. Their hooting was both hauntingly spooky and hilariously goofy.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 18h
Makes a nice b&w
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 18h
I actually quite like this one, too. I took these (and two others that DID NOT come out good) at random the other day. It was windy and I was having hell lining up the shot. This pic⬇️ was right before I grabbed the stalk to hold it still (the first pic up there ⬆️, right after which the 🦋 flew away).
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 18h
Post something random or you’ll have an awful November.

There’s no sense in tempting the universe.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 19h
(He was a black husky mix.

mostly husky . . .

. . . mostly.)
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 19h
Cases in point . . .
(circa 2014-ish)
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20h
This is an unsettlingly potent metaphor at the moment.
zealousagain.bsky.social Rory, new face who dis? @zealousagain.bsky.social · 21h
Capitalism is cannibalism.
jessdkant.bsky.social Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 21h
Forty million people are poised to lose food access. Nearly three quarters of a million federal workers are furloughed. Corporations are laying off tens of thousands at a time. We face the worst unemployment crisis since the pandemic. Farmers are broke.

Today the stock market reached a record high.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 20h
Our Xander certainly was a tackler and a cuddler.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 20h
Awww! Also, ew, don't hug me I don't know you.

(Via r/funny)
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 20h
(mebbe.)
a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and blue jeans
ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and blue jeans
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 21h
Forty million people are poised to lose food access. Nearly three quarters of a million federal workers are furloughed. Corporations are laying off tens of thousands at a time. We face the worst unemployment crisis since the pandemic. Farmers are broke.

Today the stock market reached a record high.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 21h
Frankly, I'm rooting for the carrier monkey at this point. We had a good run and have well overstayed our welcome as a species.
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 21h
What's it like inside your head?
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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 21h
Timeline cleanse: Eat Your Heart Out, Paul Hollywood edition
weratedogs.com WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 22h
This is Kaito. He is the final boss of blue eyes. You are not prepared to face his stare. 13/10 (IG: tikanni.kita.n.tehya.3.sibes)
a black husky with white paws sits outside on a gray mat. this is kaito, and he stares at the camera with sparkling blue eyes. he wears a southwest pattern bandana around his neck. kaito rests his black face between his two white paws and looks up at us with his blue eyes. he's resting on a big pet pillow. kaito's pink tongue and bright blue eyes pop in the sun as he lays on a rug outside.
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Fergi-Jo-Lisa 🎃👻🏳️‍🌈 ✨️ @lolafaglana.bsky.social · 22h
Hisses.
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