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Fly @flockofwords.bsky.social · 4h

a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 15h

LotR is straightforwardly a narrative about the virtues of multiculturalism because everyone being isolated and alone will just get picked off by Sauron but the DEI fellowship have what it takes.

Because they bring along a gardener.

(I’m aware there’s problems here too)

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 6h

“Fun, clever, sexy and utterly engrossing.”—All About Romance

“I just read a spy thriller, a comedy of manners, an action-adventure joyride, a post-war 20s class novel and a very turbulent romance. They were all fantastic. It’s astounding to me that they were all the same book.”—Samit Basu

Flyer with Slippery Creatures cover. Text reads: Soldier. Spy. Shenanigans. This weekend only 99p!

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 6h

It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

books2read.com

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Robert Ghoulet @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 20h

Mark this down:

On Monday, Trump will announce that he "saved" the SNAP program and people will get their food stamps for November. Republicans will claim that Democrats wanted people to starve but Trump made sure it didn't happen. The media will go along with them.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16h

It’s wild to me that someone who spent $400k on a poorly drawn internet picture would publicly admit to that.

Like, if that was me, I’d probably fake my death and move to another country so I’d never have to talk about it ever again, and he’s just putting it out there for everyone to see!

TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20h

y’all.

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Fly @flockofwords.bsky.social · 16h

This really is like some kind of drug-addled nightmare. It feels like going mad, all wibbly wobbly disregard for physics and biology.

So, yeah - Lynchian Fever Dream.

𝔻𝕒𝕟 [spooky pun] 🎃🍻🐦‍⬛ @danmynrd.bsky.social · 17h

AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17h

Sign in a LIBRARY: Fuck social media. marry books. kill AI.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

Musk backed out of a fight when it became apparent that Zuckerberg, who was younger and fitter, would beat him up in public

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

We are three months away from an Elon Musk funded remake of the Lord of the Rings starring Kevin Sorbo as Boromir.

The plot will be that Boromir kills the fellowship for being foreign, discards the ring because jewelry is gay, and defeats Sauron by beating him in a series of shirtless swordfights.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

We need to do ultra-masculine fascism, like in J.R.R Tolkien's famous book, "Lord of the here's why Ultra-Masculine Fascism is evil, stupid and self defeating. Under no circumstances do it you fucking clowns."

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.

The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.

A screenshot of a tweet by Elon Musk (@elonmusk). The tweet reads:

“When Tolkien wrote about the hobbits, he was referring to the gentlefolk of the English shires, who don’t realize the horrors that take place far away.

They were able to live their lives in peace and tranquility, but only because they were protected by the hard men of Gondor.

What happened to the nice man who was brutally murdered while walking his dog will happen to all of England if the tide of illegal immigration is not turned.

It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die.”

Below the tweet is a grey box that says: “This post is unavailable" indicating that the Tommy Robinson tweet he's QT'ing is missing.

The timestamp reads: “8:02 AM · Oct 29, 2025 · 1.9M Views”.

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Fly @flockofwords.bsky.social · 17h

Boom.

Merciless Grimmly (👻sPoOpY mOdE👹) @mercygrimm.bsky.social · 18h

Hitting me like a freight train now that they haven't read LotR, they had ChatGPT and Grok summarize it for them and give them a bullet point of the main themes

Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 19h

Death of the author etc, yes yes, but it remains fascinating to me how not a single tech billionaire seems to understand any fiction they have ever read.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 23h

Lia Smith, transgender student athlete at Middlebury College, died to suicide last week after being banned from participating in competition.

A somber piece by @alyssaur.bsky.social describes how she's being remembered by her friends and family.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned

Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...

www.assignedmedia.org

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 1d

I know a lot of people are already spreading this info, but hoping to spread it a little further: donating to a food bank, food pantry, or food distribution mutual aid group is really important right now, as TFG and the fucking GOP are shutting down snap benefits on November 1. I'll link to a few

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21h

Last year, Andrew Cuomo brought in nearly $5 million for "consulting."

We don't know who paid him.

Or who he now owes.

Cuomo Earned Almost $5 Million From Consulting in 2024, Returns Show

www.nytimes.com

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 22h

Former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio on the Times' now-deleted story against Zohran Mamdani.

The Times, our supposed newspaper of record, was duped by an impersonator, it seems.

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Conversation
Bill de Blasio
@BilldeBlasio
I want to be 100% clear:
The story in the Times of London is entirely false and fabricated.
It was just brought to my attention and I’m appalled.
I never spoke to that reporter and never said those things.
Those quotes aren’t mine, don’t reflect my views.

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CHOAM Nomsky (frightening) @samthielman.com · Dec 17

Your social engineering chops
Are nonpareil, I give you props
For cryptocurrencies
and other schemes
Your seasteads are divine escapes
Within your mind, you rotate shapes
But please be kind, don’t steal my apes
Jolene

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Fly @flockofwords.bsky.social · 21h

Not gonna lie, they had me in the first half…

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22h

Private Eye.

Minority representation on TV causes outrage
There has been widespread
way of life and their strange
support for prominent Reform MP
customs, but Reform MPs
Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of
comprise only 0.7 percent of the
minorities on television.
House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time
Said one angry viewer, "She's more than Fiona Bruce.
right. Every time you turn on
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of
the telly there's another Reform
MP being interviewed by Laura
my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough.
Kuenssberg."
There are too many people with
She added, "I respect their angry red faces on television."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'

We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.

Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.

Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

www.theguardian.com

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Fly @flockofwords.bsky.social · 1d

…welp, this photo that I just randomly stumbled across for a movie I didn’t get around to watching is going to send me in search of OT3 fic about Mr Fantastic.

(Sorry, Ben.)

Poster for the recent Pedro Pascal version of The Fantastic Four, showing the titular characters posing for a group photo, with Johnny Storm leaning in to his brother in law’s personal space while holding his sister’s hand in a way that makes me want a very specific kind of fic.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Frog and Toad ate many cookies, one after another.

“You know, Toad,” said Frog, with his mouth full, “I think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick.”

“You are right,” said Toad. “Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop.”

Frog and Toad stuff their faces with cookies, one after another.

From "Cookies"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Ben McCombe @benmccombe.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure he will be fine politically.

His reddit is still a gold mine for oppo research.

He will more likely go down as a history lesson for consultants on how not to introduce a candidate.

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Ben McCombe @benmccombe.bsky.social · 4d

Found a reddit video Platner posted along with description of his unit in Iraq being ordered to stop using mortars in high density urban areas.

He devised a method to use mk19 grenade launchers to evade detection by command.

"It wasn't the most accurate system" he says, but he still used it.

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