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José Pablo Iriarte

@labyrinthrat.bsky.social

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Spec fic author and middle grade novelist. Cuban-American ceterosexual enby. They/them. Debut MG novel BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED is a Norton, BSFA, Ignyte, and Florida SSYRA finalist!!! https://linktr.ee/labyrinthrat

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 7h

Just a reminder, if you've got young-at-heart readers in your life who love funny ghost stories. 😊

A graphic noting that my books--BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED and AJ TORRES AND THE TREASURE OF CAPTAIN GRAYSHARK--are middle grade reads that are perfect for both Hispanic Heritage Month and Spooky Season.

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 26m

Reckon we will stick it out

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 34m

... Okay, the sound was actually great and the audience appreciative.

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 53m

Corded mics, slips of paper, we've traveled back to 2010.

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 1h

Trying out a new karaoke place, despite having sung last night. Karaoke starts in -23 minutes.

We . . . might not stay long.

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 2h

Is there an equivalent to the chris pratt "i see what you just did" photo that doesn't feature chris pratt?

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 3h

Today in "developments that would have gotten me disowned, were my father alive," I added shredded cheddar to my rice and black beans. It worked!

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 6h

i made a couple book promo images on canva tho, so there's that

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 6h

i don't know what flavor of neuroatypical exactly i am, but today i did the thing where an afternoon presentation meant i could do nothing else all day

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 7h

This is unreal. I hope he sues and gets all the money.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 7h

Just a reminder, if you've got young-at-heart readers in your life who love funny ghost stories. 😊

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 8h

Once you conclude there's a vaginoplasty illuminati transing nine year olds, you might as well put on the white hood and call it a day

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 11h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 9h

facebook reminding me to wish deceased former students a happy birthday

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 11h

Starbucks was playing some Yanni-esque new age music, and it made me miss Epcot so bad. 😢

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 1d

I was SO GOOD today when a student came up to me to complain that they had never been taught how to differentiate this.

SO GOOD

A photo of a question on a math quiz, asking students to differentiate 4√x.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote this on my hand sometime *this afternoon*, while ostensibly awake. I know what "Reward points" and "hours" refer to, but have no clue on "pics."

A photo of my left hand. Three phrases have been written on it, as a To-Do list for today:
- in purple ink: reward points
- in pink ink: hours
- in purple ink: pics

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if I need to update or at least restart my phone.

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 1d

Is the Wolfram Alpha app dead? I can't get squat out of it.

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 1d

No cookie right now.

Okay, fine, have a cookie, just stop screaming.

Okay, fine, take the rest of the cookies.

Why are you still screaming? Here, have some chocolate.

José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 1d

The era of trump is revealing to us who in our society would be/is inept at dealing with toddlers.

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Christopher Crawford @crawfordchrisv.bsky.social · 2d

There's always someone on Twitter arguing with no one. Saying stuff like "but I was told Steph Curry wasn't a good shooter."

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