Filbi (they/them)
@filbi.bsky.social
hi im filbi they/them
award-winning author of "Jetpack Jimmy Goes to the Moisture Fair: A Play in Seventeen Acts" (Gollancz 2009)
friend of Eggbug
award-winning author of "Jetpack Jimmy Goes to the Moisture Fair: A Play in Seventeen Acts" (Gollancz 2009)
friend of Eggbug
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Filbi (they/them)
@filbi.bsky.social
· Aug 24
we all know that Jetpack Jimmy went to the Moisture Fair, but I never told y'all if he came back
maybe I never will
maybe I never will
thinking about him
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
thinking about him
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And paying authors!
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
And paying authors!
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It's also hard to say your country is falling to fascism and not also say people should be preserving every possible document by any means necessary.
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It's also hard to say your country is falling to fascism and not also say people should be preserving every possible document by any means necessary.
Reading The Purple Sapphire by John Taine (pseudonym for Eric Temple Bell). I shouldn't compare them but I feel spoiled by A. Merritt. It's hard going from Merritt's ecstatic purple prose to Taine's very matter-of-fact writing.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Reading The Purple Sapphire by John Taine (pseudonym for Eric Temple Bell). I shouldn't compare them but I feel spoiled by A. Merritt. It's hard going from Merritt's ecstatic purple prose to Taine's very matter-of-fact writing.
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The thing is, are you really? I sympathize with authors saying they're sick of people talking about archiving and access when they just want the latest Romantasy for free but .. Those international archive projects of millions of OOP docs and textbooks do not exist as cover to distribute Romantasy!
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The thing is, are you really? I sympathize with authors saying they're sick of people talking about archiving and access when they just want the latest Romantasy for free but .. Those international archive projects of millions of OOP docs and textbooks do not exist as cover to distribute Romantasy!
for the record, I pirate 100% of the books I read, but I also buy physical copies of 100% of them for my shelf, and most of them were out of print to begin with, and of those a large percentage are in the public domain
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
for the record, I pirate 100% of the books I read, but I also buy physical copies of 100% of them for my shelf, and most of them were out of print to begin with, and of those a large percentage are in the public domain
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Utena gets so much cardio before a duel. Me, I'd be winded for half an hour after reaching the top of those stairs.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Utena gets so much cardio before a duel. Me, I'd be winded for half an hour after reaching the top of those stairs.
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The last of the original Garbage Pail Kids has died in custody
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The last of the original Garbage Pail Kids has died in custody
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my 8 year old self got so mad seeing it for the first time and the Whos are actually upset that their presents got stolen. that’s not how it’s supposed to work!!!!!
also it just looks upsetting
also it just looks upsetting
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
my 8 year old self got so mad seeing it for the first time and the Whos are actually upset that their presents got stolen. that’s not how it’s supposed to work!!!!!
also it just looks upsetting
also it just looks upsetting
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the Whos should not be capitalists. they should not have a crooked mayor. they should not attend swinger parties. this is all wrong for a Dr. Seuss movie.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
the Whos should not be capitalists. they should not have a crooked mayor. they should not attend swinger parties. this is all wrong for a Dr. Seuss movie.
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I hate that the Ron Howard Grinch has been canonized as a Christmas classic. even at 8 years old watching it in a theater (the prime age!) I knew making the Whos normal human-like jerks was a fully wrong misread.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I hate that the Ron Howard Grinch has been canonized as a Christmas classic. even at 8 years old watching it in a theater (the prime age!) I knew making the Whos normal human-like jerks was a fully wrong misread.
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Saddening thread about the horror of live-action Suess.
Though it gave me a chance to plug the exception, the utterly bizarre and rather wonderful 5000 Fingers of Dr T, made in the 1950s. Just bonkers.
Though it gave me a chance to plug the exception, the utterly bizarre and rather wonderful 5000 Fingers of Dr T, made in the 1950s. Just bonkers.
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Saddening thread about the horror of live-action Suess.
Though it gave me a chance to plug the exception, the utterly bizarre and rather wonderful 5000 Fingers of Dr T, made in the 1950s. Just bonkers.
Though it gave me a chance to plug the exception, the utterly bizarre and rather wonderful 5000 Fingers of Dr T, made in the 1950s. Just bonkers.
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DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
*checks*
yep, Daryl Ayo still sucks
yep, Daryl Ayo still sucks
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
*checks*
yep, Daryl Ayo still sucks
yep, Daryl Ayo still sucks
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watching a looping AI generated video of Roger Ebert saying "video games are art" and chugging mountain dew until I die of caffeine poisoning
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
watching a looping AI generated video of Roger Ebert saying "video games are art" and chugging mountain dew until I die of caffeine poisoning
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star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
finally saw the last Rebuild of Evangelion movie
I cried at the end
I cried at the end
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
finally saw the last Rebuild of Evangelion movie
I cried at the end
I cried at the end
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Today is the birthday of artist Lou Fine (Nov. 26, 1914-July 24, 1971.) One of the greats of the Golden Age, he was the artist that early creators like Jack Kirby wanted to be like.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is the birthday of artist Lou Fine (Nov. 26, 1914-July 24, 1971.) One of the greats of the Golden Age, he was the artist that early creators like Jack Kirby wanted to be like.
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Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
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“Under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being."
— Robert Anton Wilson
— Robert Anton Wilson
"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“Under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being."
— Robert Anton Wilson
— Robert Anton Wilson
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my sister: why do you delete so many posts
me: sometimes you don't know something's really stupid until you send it out into the world
my mother: *staring at me just a beat too long*
me: sometimes you don't know something's really stupid until you send it out into the world
my mother: *staring at me just a beat too long*
November 24, 2024 at 6:21 PM
my sister: why do you delete so many posts
me: sometimes you don't know something's really stupid until you send it out into the world
my mother: *staring at me just a beat too long*
me: sometimes you don't know something's really stupid until you send it out into the world
my mother: *staring at me just a beat too long*
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Russ Heath and Darwyn Cooke were way nicer about it than I would’ve been.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Russ Heath and Darwyn Cooke were way nicer about it than I would’ve been.
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Roy Lichtenstein is a fucking parasite who made millions— and his foundation STILL makes big bucks— off the work of comics artists. He refused to credit them, or share a penny with them.
His thievery is no different than AI scraping is now.
His thievery is no different than AI scraping is now.
Roy Lichtenstein is STILL a beloved pop artist, and everyone knew from day one that his work was repurposed comic panels.
That's like saying "Andy Warhol was once a beloved pop artist but today is recognized as a man who plagiarized his pieces based on soup cans."
That was the point of Pop Art.
That's like saying "Andy Warhol was once a beloved pop artist but today is recognized as a man who plagiarized his pieces based on soup cans."
That was the point of Pop Art.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Roy Lichtenstein is a fucking parasite who made millions— and his foundation STILL makes big bucks— off the work of comics artists. He refused to credit them, or share a penny with them.
His thievery is no different than AI scraping is now.
His thievery is no different than AI scraping is now.
Nothing pisses me off quite like overly bright headlights.
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Nothing pisses me off quite like overly bright headlights.