Kip Manley
@kiplet.myatproto.social
Writer, phantasist, bon viveur; a litigation support paralegal as needed. Spouse to a cartoonist, parent to an aspiring large-animal veterinarian, three cats and (now) two dogs to be fed on a regular basis. See also @thecityofroses.com
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Kip Manley
@kiplet.myatproto.social
· Oct 11
Attently reading, as one does.
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Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
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POPEYE (who, for the purposes of this post, is the protagonist of A Serious Man):
SY ABLESKMAN? WELL BLOW ME DOWN!
SY ABLESKMAN? WELL BLOW ME DOWN!
October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
POPEYE (who, for the purposes of this post, is the protagonist of A Serious Man):
SY ABLESKMAN? WELL BLOW ME DOWN!
SY ABLESKMAN? WELL BLOW ME DOWN!
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*turns around in chair* you know who else got suspended for 72 hours
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
*turns around in chair* you know who else got suspended for 72 hours
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Portland: MAGA is going to be holding a second "patriot block party" at the ICE facility tonight & tomorrow.
There is the outside possibility that it could include Proud Boys.
There is the outside possibility that it could include Proud Boys.
MAGA is planning another "Patriot Weekend" at PDX ICE this Fri + Saturday. Last time this happened it got very very aggressive (see thread).
They are hinting at a "surprise" this time.
They are hinting at a "surprise" this time.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Portland: MAGA is going to be holding a second "patriot block party" at the ICE facility tonight & tomorrow.
There is the outside possibility that it could include Proud Boys.
There is the outside possibility that it could include Proud Boys.
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Not just shit but actively harmful to themselves. Issuing statements through personal accounts then wondering why people are in their mentions about unresolved and/or wrong mod decisions, and getting weirdly petulant and angry as a result.
like, 99 percent of the current problems people have with the bluesky mod team stem from the fact that they have no PR team and are shit at doing PR themselves
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Not just shit but actively harmful to themselves. Issuing statements through personal accounts then wondering why people are in their mentions about unresolved and/or wrong mod decisions, and getting weirdly petulant and angry as a result.
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My latest essay in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series is about Lin Carter's Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings, his 1969 book about, well, Tolkien. It's also Carter's attempt to tell the history of "epic fantasy." It's messy and weird but, as I argue, really important:
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings” by Lin Carter
The tenth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Lin Carter’s curious non-fiction study Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings (1969), a book that helped pa…
seanguynes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My latest essay in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series is about Lin Carter's Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings, his 1969 book about, well, Tolkien. It's also Carter's attempt to tell the history of "epic fantasy." It's messy and weird but, as I argue, really important:
I think a new government would be a better outcome for all involved, but the point is not without merit.
if your moderation team bans someone for a harmless unactionable exclamation of disgust, but permits a govt account to say stuff like this,
you need a new moderation team.
you need a new moderation team.
![Dept. of War [sic]'s bluesky account says "To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: If you keep trafficking deadly drugs–we will kill you."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a4n6zqm2ufqrdbyszo5gvgyq/bafkreifpxnl7xocstyj3ztg3enbd5osgyaxznmbkkkysjjuykxbplp5gl4@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I think a new government would be a better outcome for all involved, but the point is not without merit.
Noahpinion, for instance. Jeepers, folks. The world is not made a better place by quote-dunking Noahpinion. Everyone already knows he's a dolt.
Interchange his name with over a dozen others this place is obsessed with to the degree you're actually their fans through a perverse back door. Don't talk disdainfully about "normies" & then make clear you're the first ones clicking on every NYT, WaPo & Atlantic link you hunt down in the wild.
People. Please. We all already know Thos. Chatterton Williams says nothing of value to no one who cares. Consider his latest pre-dunked by all and sundry, and move on. The field's been played. The well is dry. The horse is dead. Move on.
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Noahpinion, for instance. Jeepers, folks. The world is not made a better place by quote-dunking Noahpinion. Everyone already knows he's a dolt.
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8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
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Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
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BlueSky could have shared a screenshot of my tweet showing the Oct 10 timestamp and that I was using Johnny Cash lyrics to quote-tweet about an article on Johnny Cash. Instead, they made it look like I issued a random death threat and falsely claimed I posted it this week. They should apologize.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
BlueSky could have shared a screenshot of my tweet showing the Oct 10 timestamp and that I was using Johnny Cash lyrics to quote-tweet about an article on Johnny Cash. Instead, they made it look like I issued a random death threat and falsely claimed I posted it this week. They should apologize.
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Since Sarah Kendzior’s account has been restored for a “death threat”- I’m wondering why Link’s hasn’t… does Bluesky take alleged threats against their CEO more seriously than ones against other people? Will Patton Oswalt also have a full account ban?
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Since Sarah Kendzior’s account has been restored for a “death threat”- I’m wondering why Link’s hasn’t… does Bluesky take alleged threats against their CEO more seriously than ones against other people? Will Patton Oswalt also have a full account ban?
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Every single judge, no matter the docket, should have to spend one 34 hr day in the local jail, one in the state prison, and one in federal prison.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Every single judge, no matter the docket, should have to spend one 34 hr day in the local jail, one in the state prison, and one in federal prison.
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Bluesky Safety: we have suspended Patton Oswalt for saying "pedophiles are bad." This is against are terms of service
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Bluesky Safety: we have suspended Patton Oswalt for saying "pedophiles are bad." This is against are terms of service
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And it’s unfortunate because we can easily see this coverage around accommodations for Maxwell curdle into a reactionary push to make prisons even more punitive for everyone.
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
And it’s unfortunate because we can easily see this coverage around accommodations for Maxwell curdle into a reactionary push to make prisons even more punitive for everyone.
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Oh you’re telling me there should be entities that can protect the public from the effects of the unfettered pursuit of short term profit by corporations? Shame you guys did everything you could do dismantle them
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Oh you’re telling me there should be entities that can protect the public from the effects of the unfettered pursuit of short term profit by corporations? Shame you guys did everything you could do dismantle them
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I'm yearning for people to read the novella I just quietly released on a small press. There have been some delays shipping from the publisher. This book means so much to me, & my journey to seeing it published was so long. I'd love to see it out there so I can get reader feedback.
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'm yearning for people to read the novella I just quietly released on a small press. There have been some delays shipping from the publisher. This book means so much to me, & my journey to seeing it published was so long. I'd love to see it out there so I can get reader feedback.
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let the penis hit the floor
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
let the penis hit the floor
Still not entirely sure about this theory, but.
What we talk about when we talk about what we’re pointing to
Though it is neither necessary, nor sufficient, to be sure of anything at all.
www.longstoryshortpier.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Still not entirely sure about this theory, but.
I'm really gonna have to see the TV Glow before I get too much further in this next bit, aren't I.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm really gonna have to see the TV Glow before I get too much further in this next bit, aren't I.
(I do love Porco Rosso.)
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
(I do love Porco Rosso.)
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We just need to pat them on the head and say, "No, silly, you're not going to move out when we start taxing you properly. You're going to have your nose pressed to the window of the limo excitedly at all the cool shit. You're going to want to stop the limo and check it out! And not feel scared to!"
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
We just need to pat them on the head and say, "No, silly, you're not going to move out when we start taxing you properly. You're going to have your nose pressed to the window of the limo excitedly at all the cool shit. You're going to want to stop the limo and check it out! And not feel scared to!"
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Notable trend: Curmudgeonly, bereaved middle-aged lesbian best-selling authors are the detective-like protagonists of two (2) major but very different streaming shows
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Notable trend: Curmudgeonly, bereaved middle-aged lesbian best-selling authors are the detective-like protagonists of two (2) major but very different streaming shows
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It's almost like when you tax the rich in a place you get to make that place a better place and even the rich just looking out the windows of their limos at most of that place in passing prefer to think "oh, that looks nice" rather than "I must prepare my bunker for the impending apocalypse"
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's almost like when you tax the rich in a place you get to make that place a better place and even the rich just looking out the windows of their limos at most of that place in passing prefer to think "oh, that looks nice" rather than "I must prepare my bunker for the impending apocalypse"
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them