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Turning and turning in the fixed-width gyre The falcon can hear the falconer quite well all things considered Things remain in stable orbit; angular momentum is conserved Mere normalcy is loosed upon the world—

“This Is the Age of Miracles XOR Wonders”

Go ahead, put me on your stupid lists

“In the end”? Nothing ends, Charlie Brown. Nothing ever ends.

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It’s simple: catfish your boss’s wife. Suddenly, she’s distant; he needs a confidence boost. Suggest improv classes, it’s a great way to get out of your head. Encourage him for months, then attend his first showcase. Wait until he’s onstage, then jump up and ask him for a raise. What’s he gonna say?

this is how you lose the dish war

Humility endless is, Charlie Brown

if you're still writing using the hero's journey, your mind is closed to all the possibilities

concept: dystopian story where the Lunchables have a disclaimer reading “made in a facility that also processes TRAITORS TO THE STATE”

"Grifts are undertheorized, and too often conflated with long cons, scams, frauds and other more blatant soft crimes. Lemme offer a definition. A grift is a scheme that profits from the existence of a real problem without actually addressing it."

This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:

add this one immediately to the “That Goes Hard as Hell . . . It’s About WHAT?” hall of fame

never change, horse

@annabower.bsky.social did we ever find out who was the administrator of DOGE?

me trying to explain my keto diet at a restaurant:

And another thing: I'm mad. Please put it in the newspaper that I got mad. I am not ashamed of my emotions, which I believe are a normal and human reaction to events, and I welcome a frank and open discussion of why I feel that way, and possible paths forward.

I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so

soup

CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.

i think this one is also useful

hey guys i made a seasonal meme

Come see the coat

[coughing up blood] finding markets....for short fiction.....is worth it.....

the prophecy says i have to kick you in the dick

if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything

Actually okay if I were a billionaire I would definitely pay for skilled artists and bookbinders to do this with at least one huge wall-sized bookcase.

The Washington Post’s consistent position has been “we have no idea what’s in the Epstein Files and that’s fine” (even before the 25 purges) and for the paper that brought us Deep Throat and COINTELPRO that’s very strange and sad.

Parsley sage, rosemary and gun

Putting this guy in charge of administering my will

These premises fuck severely

eligibility post time!!!! this year i published two things: novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social 🧵

An interesting question to ask yourself is “if a bunch of my friends were rapists, would I know?”

the man loves positive reinforcement and he cares very little about where he gets it.

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

Wait this is fucking sick

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Decided against going full aggro but I saw a classic “who was president in 2008” out in the wild to compliment the now much more prevalent “who was president in 2020”

it hardly needs to be said tag urself

lmfao I was reporting a sexbot account to bsky mod (as you do) and I like to put that info in the report field so I tried to type “pornbot” but I typed “pornbit” by mistake like fuckin. Professor Farnsworth. Then I hit submit before I could clear the typo. Madness.

The International Association for Cryptologic Research has discovered that key management remains the greatest unsolved problem in cryptography

Q is still gay but rather then just mentioning a date it’s a plot critical point he can’t be reached cause his phone is in a locker during his time in a heinous London sex dungeon

Honestly after ten years(!!) of Republican “I haven’t seen that tweet” to have AOC say “you’re just informing me of that right now, [but here’s what I have to say in light of that information]” is so fucking refreshing

Not talking smack about Gothamist, who’s great, but this reads to me like “accused of rescuing a child and their adorable kitten from a burning building”