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@tlbjames.bsky.social

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🌈 Science-literate gay Gen-X misanthrope married to @TLBTim.bsky.social. Grizzled copy editor, proud dogfather, rude grammarian, self-pub'd queer SFF/horror author, podcaster since 8/10/06 (@TrashSprinkles.bsky.social), and pragmatic nihilist. He/Him

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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · Dec 14

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”

—James Baldwin (1924–1988)

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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 31m

It's weird to think that whenever we do an art festival, we're basically moving and setting up a small art gallery and retail shop with over a hundred individual moving parts and pieces to track, coordinate, and manage. 🤯

No wonder I need checklists to keep up with it all . . .

James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 58m

Ugh, that was me Thursday morning. Hope your neck relaxes and feels better quickly. 😬

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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 8h

We have a 2k sq ft 3/2/2 ranch with a pool. Wanna trade?

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 10h

Oh gods
he looks right into your soul doesn't he
what have I unleashed upon humanity
meep

James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 10h

The finished batch of new Quorkies! heading to ArtsGoggle in Fort Worth tomorrow.

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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 10h

*looks up term*

Oh gods apps are about to get so much worse, aren't they? They did it. They . . . They found a way to enshittify enshittification.

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you for sharing your art with us. I love everything about this.

James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 10h

I absolutely LOVE everything about this.

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 16h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 19h

YOU COULD PERHAPS HAVE LED WITH THE MOVIE PART

NPR @npr.org · 20h

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

n.pr

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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 22h

Modern shuttlecraft don't use keys anymore. They use bio-signature proximity sensors and voice recognition security protocols.

KEYS . . . Only 21st century troglodytes use keys, Commander GRANDPA.

Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 22h

locked keys in shuttlecraft

James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 22h

BRING BACK MAJUSCULE.

I may use this at work just to confuse the hell out of people.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 22h

Timeline cleanse: Penguin Bubble Party edition

ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 2d

At the Saint Louis Zoo, one-year-old rockhopper penguin Bumi had a blast with bubble enrichment! Keepers set up a bubble machine for the indoor habitat at Penguin & Puffin Coast for a fun bubble party!! 🫧🥳🫧 #WildlifeWednesday

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 23h

Everything sucks and is super scary right now so please enjoy this little deer to start your weekend:

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

It’s bad enough to take the blood money, but there’s a whole extra level of moral rot when you start jumping up and down and stamping your feet trying to convince the world that this was a fine choice I made and nuh-uh, YOU’RE the real hypocrite. Embarrassing!