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Angus McIntyre

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SF/F author (“The Warrior Within” etc.) Photographer. Programmer. Allegedly sentient mammal. One more pawn for the Muppet Pastor. [he/him] https://angus.pw/ - SF/F writing https://raingod.com/ - Photos & more https://disoriented.net/ - Travel & photo blog

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8h

"pajamas of foot"

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 9h

Surprise anthology release today!
Scott's planet is a shared world anthology about a colony abandoned on a world still in its Carboniferous period. That means giant bugs, no real trees, and a lot of wacky biology to play with.

💙📚🪐 #bugsky #scifi #anthology

www.amazon.com/dp/194947650...

Cover of Scott's Planet edited by Jared Kavanagh and Bob Brown, of b-cubed press. Two figures stand on an alien beach walking towards a massive stone arch in the distance against a blue gray sky.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 3d

Someone at New York’s “No Kings” rally was holding a sign that read “No Kings, including Zohran Mamdani. Cuomo 2026.”

And I can’t even begin to make sense of that one.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 3d

Never mind the headline, you had me at "Butterdome".

"Two men enter, one man leaves, slightly glistening and slippery to the touch."

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 4d

The bookseller was probably scared to tell you the truth in case the ducks were listening.

Spoiler: the ducks are ALWAYS listening.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Read that as "smoked peasant", and thought that the super-rich might have gone just a bit too far this time.

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A woman holds a sign with a cartoon frog and the words “I support Amphifa”.

A crowd of protesters with signs. One woman holds a sign reading “New York hated you before it was a thing.”

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A woman in glasses holds a sign that reads “If only Congress were alive to see this.”

A man holds a sign designed to resemble a parking sign. Red letters on white read “No King Any Time. Violators will be removed.”

A woman holds a yellow sign on which is a stylized image of a humanoid frog and the words “Don’t tread on me”.

A crowd of protesters. One man holds a brown cardboard sign that reads “Imagine losing our country to a fat bitch that can’t even blend his makeup.”

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A woman in a white fleece jacket holds up a sign that reads “For the Epsteinth time, release the files.”

A crowd of protesters. A woman in the foreground holds a sign that says “We will not flush away our democracy for this piece of shit” beside a caricature of Donald Trump as a flyblown anthropomorphic lump of feces.

A man holds a sign that reads “Only fascists believe anti-fascists are terrorists.”

A crowd of protesters. A man in the foreground wearing a green jacket holds a sign that reads “Elvis was the King. You are an asshole.”

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A person in a baseball cap and dark blue jacket holds a sign that reads “Consider this a sign”.

A picture of a piece of brown card on which is written “IDK (I don’t know) where to start” in black block letters.

A sign, held above the heads of a crowd of protesters. The sign has a picture of a stylized frog and the words “Don’t Obey” in white block letters on red.

A group of protesters. A woman in the foreground holds a sign with three cartoon frogs and the words “United, we ribbit. Divided, we croak.”

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A protest sign with three white panels on a black background. In the panels are written the words “Blood Clot 2025”.

A crowd of protesters with signs. One sign reads “Even Bruce Springsteen is only The Boss. No Kings in the USA”. Another says “Rejecting kings since 1776”.

A hand holds up a sheet of brown cardboard on which is written “Killing fishermen is a war crime.”

A crowd of protesters. One woman holds up a sheet of card on which is written “My ancestors were immigrants and so were yours” in green, pink and blue letters.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A protest sign made from a sheet of brown card on which is written the single word ‘Empathy’ in black block letters.

A protest sign reading “US Army. The original anti-fascists.” Smaller letters in the corner read “Nazi punks fuck off -- Jello Biafra”.

A sign held above the heads of a crowd, with red and black lettering that reads “What the fuck?! You guys.”

A protest sign consisting of a sheet of brown card on which is written “George Santos? Really? Who’s next? Ghislaine?”

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A hand-painted sign in brown and orange letters on white. It reads simply ‘Enough’.

A hand holds a sheet of yellow paper on which is written “Honk if you’re not in the Epstein files”.

A protest sign with black block letters on white card, reading ‘First they come for the vulnerable and we say No Fucking Way’.

A person wearing an inflatable orange dinosaur suit walks in a crowd, holding a sign that reads “You think meteors are bad? Try fascism.”

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan.

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A man holds a yellow sign on which is written “Aunt Tifa says no kings”. His shirt has a US flag with the words ‘Rejecting kings since 1776’.

A person holds a piece of card on which is the word ‘Antifa‘ and a photograph of Josephine Baker, an African-American woman, wearing a top hat, white tie and tails.

A crowd of people. A man facing away from the viewer wears a red, white and blue stovepipe hat and a sign that says ‘Feed Gaza’.

A protest sign in green and red letters. The text on the sign says “This madness ends when all of us rise up and say ‘No’.”

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

The original marketing line, "P-p-p-ick up a Penguin" has also been abandoned, with the new non-chocolate Penguin biscuits being advertised with the slogan "F-f-f-fuck up a Penguin."

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 8d

"Asking for a friend," right?

I imagine the "zombie pathogen", whatever it is, as being something like rabies. Eating a rabid animal would be a VERY bad idea.

If you have plans for a "Big Book of Zombie Recipes", I think it's a nonstarter. Vampires and werewolves are probably off the menu too.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 10d

Alan Garner is 91 today. A brilliant and unique author. His books have inspired and enchanted me since I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen at the age of 11. Here is my treasured copy of Red Shift. The Le Guin quote on the cover is wholly accurate.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 9d

"Top Army general says he's using Magic 8 Ball to make key command decisions."

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 10d

My first reaction was "By 'hidden', do you mean that they're using part of the spectrum that's allocated for some other purpose, and annoying everyone who's using it as intended?"

And sure enough …

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 10d

Tele-cat-nesis

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 12d

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig no graves. Instead, lure your enemy into a catacomb, then immure him.

INGREDIENTS
1 catacomb
stones
mortar (pre-mixed)
cask of Amontillado (fictitious)

NOTES
Practice your masonry skills. You will need to be able to work quickly.

Serve cold.

Goo Radley @kellylink.bsky.social · 12d

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig no graves. Save your strength! Make your enemy do it. Tell him it’s going to be a swimming pool & you’ll pay him above minimum wage & let his family come over to swim anytime they want if he’ll help with excavation.

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 14d

“We’ll test in production.”

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 15d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 15d

"The chancellor approved it"

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 15d

I'm pretty sure that the list of things RFK jr believes DON'T cause autism is probably about one item long, and the one item is "genetics".

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 16d

BO!!!!!!

Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 16d

Inside me are two wolves. One wolf thinks that TypeScript adds unnecessary complexity to what is already a horror of a language. The other wolf will grudgingly admit that type-checking in TypeScript has saved me from shooting myself in the paws more than once.