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Red Durkin

@daedsider.bsky.social

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bookseller, book buyer, book scout, bookstore owner, horror & rare book collector. I don't read; it's my terrible secret, please don't tell anybody A transgender or something. She/Her, but just to annoy you. Psalms 109:8

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · Jun 9

Don't let the Earth being a 13 septillion pound rock that's home to billions of people where objectively and subjectively important things happen literally all day, every day distract you from the fact that it's actually an elaborate psy-op where only one truly important thing happens at a time.

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 5h

these people are stealing from you and laughing at you

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 8h

Johnny Cash once wore a belt with such a sturdy buckle that it kept his guts from spilling out when he lost a fight he started with an uppity ostrich that broken two of his ribs and cut his stomach open with one kick. He was one of the coolest people who has ever walked the face of the Earth.

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 10h

wtaf are you talking about

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

The number next to F is too high

Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

Anti-fascist action, which began as a response to the National Fascist Party, began organizing in the 1920's and the "girlfriend of one of its founders" would be well over 100.

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

So THAT'S why there's a "Are you an illegal rabble rouser who came from some South American country to do us harm" checkbox on the ER intake forms.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

I complained about not getting an ARC of Victor LaValle's the Changeling and he sent me a signed hardcover.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

When they say they are "Constitutional Originalists" what they mean is that their goal is to repeal the last two centuries.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

They’re just gonna do a little lite slavery.

In addition, the new rule allows farm employers to charge H-2A workers for their housing, which was not allowed before. "It's a way for employers to continue to house workers and also charge them, and bring down effective wages," said Marcos Lopez of the Labor and Community Center at the University of California, Davis.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

I agree with this sentiment *only* as applied to dark roasts. Light roasts are for the sommeliers of coffee. Detecting floral notes and whatnot.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

An admin run entirely on contempt.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 4d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 2d

I'd try it. I think it looks fire as in "should be thrown into one," but I'd give it an open minded nibble

Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 2d

The New York Times is an institution of right wing propaganda, example # infinity of infinity

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 2d

I originally read this as "Dad books" like these were hallmarks of a genre

Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 2d

I quit drinking in June and it literally just occurred to me this morning that an unexpected side effect is that I've been more dehydrated

Nate's Myth @natesmith.dev · 8d

technically dehydration is also a drinking problem

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 2d

average cuomo bot

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 3d

I've posted this picture before but I do find it interesting that the police here arresting Carlo Gambino, at the time one of the most dangerous men in America with dozens of killers at his command, didn't feel the need to cover their faces because they are not ashamed of their work

Two men in long coats and uncovered faces escort a smirking Carlo Gambino, who wears a hat

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Nate @thenatewolf.bsky.social · Sep 18

Started calling the middle of a loaf of bread “the king’s bread” and saying things like “a cheddar this fine demands the king’s bread!”

This is just one of the many ways I have scraped joy out of a cold and unaccountable universe.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 3d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 3d

Why are we acting like it's 1858 and there's no way to confirm from the East coast whether or not the city of Portland is burning to the ground? Send a camera crew to Portland and broadcast it NOT on fire. Stop asking the love child of Pickle Rick and Grima Wormtongue to clarify his bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 3d

fuck, man, you are tedious.

Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 3d

I once lived in a house with 7 other people where flushing toilet paper down the toilet caused the basement where multiple people lived to flood with sewage. I won't be called "elitist" by someone whose name is in the Epstein files because I think healthcare is a greater public service than policing

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 3d

stop drinking alcohol and switch to weed

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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