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every day i cut off my left hand in a single swift strike and then reattach it
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veryimportant.lawyer
Everything these people write reminds me of Tricia Lockwood’s tweet but they are both Jonathan Franzen
Patricia Lockwood @TriciaLockwood Just discovered this stunning short story in my drafts "I'm pregnant!" shouts Jonathan Franzen's wife. He places a finger on her lips. "No, it is I who am pregnant," he says. "Pregnant with the next great American novel." He walks into the backyard and places a single portobello mushroom upon the grill. 12:49 PM • Jul 9, 2014
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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internethippo.bsky.social
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
hughneill.bsky.social
instead of reading about something as deeply unpleasant as anything involving RFK’s personal life, consider the light refreshing beach read of SINISTER EXTREMITY: A Love Story, which is about cutting off your left hand in a single swift strike without anesthetic every single day
a book cover of SINISTER EXTREMITY: A Love Story by Hugh Neill. in stark red and black, a human right hand holds a large cleaver over the fingers of its own left hand
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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kcoxdc.bsky.social
There are blocks I won't go jogging down because it's just a wall of Ring cameras right up against the street with no setback and I do not need everyone and their grandmother recording me struggling at sunrise.

www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
NILAY: mechanically, walk people through what you mean. You put enough Ring products in a neighborhood, and then AI does what to them that helps you get closer to the mission of zeroing out crime? JAMIE: So, the mental model, or how I look at it, is that AI allows us to have ... If you had a neighborhood where you had unlimited resources, so every house had security guards and those security guards were people that worked the same house for 10 years or 20 years, and I mean that from a knowledge perspective. So, the knowledge they had of that house was extreme; they knew everything about you and that residence and your family, how you lived, the people that came in and out. And then, if that neighborhood had an HOA with, call it private security, and those private security were also around and knew everything, what would happen? When a dog gets lost, you’d be like, “Oh, my gosh, my dog is lost.” Well, they would call each other, and one of them would find the dog very quickly. So, how do we change that and bring that into the digital world is — NILAY: Can I just ask you a question about that neighborhood specifically? JAMIE: Sure. NILAY: Do you ever stop and consider that that neighborhood might suck? Just the idea that every house on my street would have all-knowing private security guards, and I would have an HOA, and that HOA would have a private security force. You can easily paint that as dystopia. Everyone’s so afraid that we have private cops on every corner, and I’m paying HOA fees, which is just a nightmare of its own.
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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nacl.sh
a lot of ppl are deeply confused about my beliefs so for anyone curious — my beliefs can more or less be summed up as rejecting this statement and everything associated with it.
headachings.bsky.social headachings.bsky.social @headachings.bsky.social · 2d
Humanity is evil so most things humanity do is indeed evil
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
hughneill.bsky.social
i love that they are so disconnected not just from what makes gaming appealing, but from general human economics that “this robot might actually try to spend thousands of dollars of your money on tissues if you are too good at video games” is formatted as a joke instead of a life-ruining horror
gomizone.bsky.social Gomi @gomizone.bsky.social · 3d
just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
hughneill.bsky.social
my favorite english dish is Hot Egg. it’s where they deep fry an egg in the shell for just long enough to make it uncomfortably hot to the touch and really greasy, without cooking the inside in any palatable capacity. the english constantly defend Hot Egg as a cornerstone of their national identity
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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hughneill.bsky.social
the tragic tale of Schvantlfeim
Excerpt from page 117 of SINISTER EXTREMITY: A Love Story by Hugh Neill A deep masculine voice with a thick inscrutable accent re-sponded, "Yes. I speak." "Hello sir, my name is Griffin and I'm calling on behalf of Faust Direct Sales. Do you have a moment to talk about Tho Killer?" "You say Dog Killer? No need. Am." "Pardon? No. Tag Killer. Tag Kille is a revolutionary topical treatment for skin tags, moles, skin cancers, or any—" "I kill your dog. I give good price." "I don't — I am the one offering goods. I did not call in search of services. Did you say you'd kill my dog? For a good price?" With a marked tone of pride, Schvantlfeim said, "Yes. I best dog killer of steppe." "Please say you mean you were a veterinarian, where you were from?" "No. If bastard wild dog threaten home, if eat chicken, if attack child, I kill dog and solve problem. I take rock, I throw rock through dog head. My service quality. Much demand." "So do you have any interest in Tag—" "When come to city, find no work. Business fail. City people treat dog like child. Cherish. Protect. Even when see starved dog of wild, they say, rescue. I offer kill, they say, no. No, Schvantifeim! I best at what nobody want! Now look for work. Veterinarian, do not hire. Before when kill dog people say, Schvantlfeim, thank you so much, thank you for killing bastard dog what ate my daughter. In city those who kill dog, crying child beg for dog back. What to do?"
September 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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hughneill.bsky.social
he said no. He said if a dog was threatening my chicken coop (don’t have chickens) he would throw a stone through the dog’s head. He said he was patient and would wait vigilant through dead of night “until dead of night become dead of dog.” He laughed loudly and said “then we will eat well of him.”
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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hughneill.bsky.social
Hi Reddit. I (28M) met a giant muscular man with an inscrutable accent named “Schvantlfeim” (??M) (sp?) who said he would “kill [my] dog” and “give good price.” Didn’t have the tone of a threat and seemed extremely proud to offer this service. I don’t have a dog. I asked if he was a veterinarian and
August 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
hughneill.bsky.social
entire can of sardines for lunch check. post your entire can of sardines that you’re having for lunch
an open rectangular can of sardines on a white plate with black chopsticks beside it. the sardines are whole, with intact dark skin and a dusting of fresh cracked black pepper. it looks great if you’re into this kind of thing, and rather grim if you’re not
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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reki.gay
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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annaleen.bsky.social
This is new information for me, too. It's wild that the person who invented the most common reading education system in the US says point-blank that it doesn't matter if people don't actually read words, but just guess what they are. He says it's fine to see the word "pony" and read it as "horse."
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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mikemay.bsky.social
- Reloading here!
- I'm reloading.
- Cover me, I'm reloading!
- Have to reload!
- Why are there so many nude men here? It boggles the mind. Anyway, I'm reloading.
June 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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dumbmike.bsky.social
Dialogue from the original Rated M first person shooter KILL NUDE MEN:

- I must kill nude men.
- Hm. Low on ammo.
- Getting low on health.
- Where are they all coming from?
- I can see everything.
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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bodegacats.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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antlervel.vet
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
hughneill.bsky.social
what is the most satisfying yet archetypal Guy With Sword Goes On A Quest novel
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
hughneill.bsky.social
i genuinely do not understand why anyone has used instagram in years. people talk about struggling to quit instagram but it is immediately, viscerally repellent to me. i dash in there to check messages every once in a while and it’s like walking into a steam room fully clothed
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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juniorhoncho.bsky.social
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
hughneill.bsky.social
Gun.
agoldman.bsky.social Alex Goldman @agoldman.bsky.social · 7d
Please quote tweet this like you’re super mad about it
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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antlervel.vet
I can’t remember the last time I legit cried laughing at something but the second verse of this song has done it
juniorhoncho.bsky.social more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 8d
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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screamerjim.bsky.social
Until the sun burns out
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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radishharmers.bsky.social
Vote blue? No, matter who!
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
The thing about ACA is that if an American describes how it works to someone from literally anywhere else, the other person will be utterly horrified at its deliberate cruelty.

The way the horror of pre-ACA healthcare sounds to an American, is basically how ACA sounds to everyone else on earth.
March 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM