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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 2h

I’ve been given the coolest cup to drink my beer from

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 4h

Might have felt a bit crummy leaving but damn if the new Pynchon didn’t take the edge off the trip

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 6h

Love to be middle aged and have anxiety, I need to put my shoes on and go catch a tram to go play board games and drink beers with my friends but my body and brain think I’m gonna be chased by wild animals if I move off the couch or something

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 6h

Love to be middle aged and have anxiety, I need to put my shoes on and go catch a tram to go play board games and drink beers with my friends but my body and brain think I’m gonna be chased by wild animals if I move off the couch or something

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 20h

One of my all time favs!

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 1d

It’s just because I’m really quick with books

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 1d

Perfectly normal human interaction on the dating apps

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda telling that the guy with brain damage is a fascist innit

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 1d

Haha I moved not too long ago so the shelves are still well organised

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 1d

Love when something like this happens to a fave

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 1d

Yessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 1d

I think Alexis Wright is getting the Nobel prize but I also bought the new Pynchon and a Can Xue today just in case

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 1d

I’m on tidal and it’s good but honestly increasingly I just buy music on bandcamp and records from record stores also

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 2d

Tough decision, either way you’ll inflict psychic damage - either on yourself or others

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 2d

This is Engels’s girlfriend that died and then Marx was sad about that but not as sad about his kids not having shoes for the winter so please can Engels send some money

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 2d

It was a collection of David Graeber’s essays titled the Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World and it was very good

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 2d

Finished my public transport book halfway on my way to work. Oh no I’m going to the bookstore at lunch

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 3d

I think last year was too soon after Praiseworthy came out for her to really make that kind of impact on the readers - but this year I think she’s got a real chance.

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 3d

Nobel prize in Lit is getting announced tomorrow night (Australian time) - who are we feeling folks?

Maybe Alexis Wright I reckon

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 5d

I think the reason they don’t is because everyone knows he doesn’t

Joel Mendelson @jpmendelson.bsky.social · 5d

If any other president was 57 minutes late to an event addressing service members, there would be wall-to-wall coverage on all 3 major cable news networks addressing whether or not the president cares about the military.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump is now 57 minutes late for his speech but at least we're getting an emo version of Hulk Hogan's theme song

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 5d

Curious tarot pull for the first day back at the office after a week off

The queen of pentacles, the knight of cups, and death

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 7d

Reading a friend's research on neurodiverse people's experience in school, I'm realising that the main reason why I'm a book guy is because a teacher once told me he thought I had a knack for writing, and I made it my whole personality since like 4th grade.

Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 7d

God damn Matsumoto never misses

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Maks Sipowicz @callmesipo.bsky.social · 8d

I fucking love that moment when Columbo reveals to the rich murderer that he was onto them from the beginning and he has already has all the evidence while the murderer is under arrest and has lost everything they so cleverly thought to gain