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Laurence

@piewords.bsky.social

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Information Pro trying to go sane in a crazy world. All my skeets are MY thoughts, so blame me; everyone else does. War Eagle!!! 🖖 [He/Him]

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 15m

I have feelings about this. I'm not sure they are good

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1h

The owner of Twitter just reinstated the accounts of several Nazi who had been suspending for violating Twitter's rules about doxxing other users. Now here's another piece on Bluesky's intellectual diversity problem.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11h

There’s 1,000 times more chatter about the Maine senate race in a year than about Maine’s ballot measure in 3 weeks that’d bring voter ID and crack down on mail voting… maybe let’s start there??? boltsmag.org/maine-questi...

A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts

Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 35m

I put on my wizard hat and robe

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 35m

And the interim suffering while the space is unusable

Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 38m

That is going to be some work

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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1h

big boat stuck!!

Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 3h

Interesting events on the Norwegian/Swedish border, where the Hagland Captain is still stuck next to the Svinesund Bridge having failed to successfully identify the wet bit that runs underneath it.

Photo of the unfortunate vessel, suspiciously close to the shore and even more suspiciously not moving...

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No Time to Wait @nttw.bsky.social · 7h

Eibhlin Colgan and Niall Anderson present "A Lovely Day for Digital Preservation: Guinness Adverts project" #nttw9

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Ant Stanley @iamstan.elmo.sh · May 24

Me scrolling the Skyline

Far Side comic of a couple watching a family of nerds cross the street, with the caption "Oh, look, Roger! Nerds! ... And some little nerdlings!"

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Theo Priestley @tprstly.com · 5h

Watched Smokey and The Bandit last night, it's absolute nonsense but I love it. 70s chase movies with Burt Reynolds, fast cars and massive rigs are a guilty pleasure.

Nothing beats The Cannonball Run though.

two men in red jackets are dancing in front of a fire truck that says make gifs at gif soup.com

ALT: two men in red jackets are dancing in front of a fire truck that says make gifs at gif soup.com

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Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social · 5h

Day 16 of Shutdown Furlough

On the left is a coffee mug with a dinosaur in a party hat with text that says “everything is fine. It’s fine.” It sits on a bookshelf in front of The Simarillion, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Aesop’s Fables, and the A Discovery of Witches trilogy. On the right is a zoom in of the other side of the coffee mug that says “but everything was not fine.”

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Theo Priestley @tprstly.com · 5h

Any Which Way You Can (2025)

Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 18h

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kat cosgrove @kat.lol · 6h

PLATFORM ENGINEERING IS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVOPS PRACTICES AND PRINCIPLES, IT ISN'T A COMPETITION AND IF YOU THINK IT IS I QUESTION HOW MUCH YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT DEVOPS IS

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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James W. Lackie - Grimdark fantasy Author @jameswlackie.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that the @canconsffh.bsky.social vendors room is open to the public this weekend, so you don't need tickets to pick up some sweet fantasy, science fiction, and horror merch from Canadian authors and artists!

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 9d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 14h

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

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Soak @gpc.bsky.social · 14h

May they find what they didn't know they were looking for

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 14h

Alf Hog is coming

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 14h

I really adore the phase after a mass Twitter exodus event where that small minority of asshole new users get their shit totally wrecked by the effectiveness of blocks and blocklists on here

it’s like watching a baby gazelle get eaten by a crocodile in a muddy river