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Gnarlygeek (aka Tom)

@gnarlygeek.bsky.social

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DEI is a moral imperative. US, IT/Eng, Science, Atheist, Grandpa, Married, LGBTQ+ and Neuro advocate. All posts are my personal opinions. Starting some writing projects! If you don't like what I post, tell me, I'm here to share and to learn.

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Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · Jan 10

I may not you follow back. It's not personal. I have a day job. I'm here for what interests me, and my time is limited. I never follow if there's no profile, or no posts, or only sex pics, or if it's clear the intent is to sell porn or ask for charity - I do give to my preferred charities.

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Spencer Green @spencergreen.bsky.social · 5h

Because sending U.S. soldiers into a Middle East war zone always worked well for us in the past. (And by "war zone," I mean "actual-not-like-Portland war zone.")

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and privat...

apnews.com

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 5h

Hitler had plans for one of those in Berlin, too. Unlike Trump, he could draw it for himself.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 4h

Someone asked me if I do marketing consulting work, and the answer is:

Absolutely not 💃🕺

I am extremely good at that job, but reason I started fiction Patreon was so I DIDN'T feel need to do MORE corporate work as my side hustle.

I do enough for capitalism 😆

Let me write about sentient plants.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 13h

“For me, rape means forcing someone, tying them up”

Failure to understand a concept isn’t a defence. Further, what’s the practical difference between tying someone up so they can’t move and drugging them so they can’t move?

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 13h

Poetry.

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 13h

A court in southern France has increased by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! Thunderbirds are STILL GO!

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

Closed to weather engineering aircraft! Also closed to: Rebel X-wings, Colonial Vipers, Federation shuttles, and that blasted Millennium Falcon.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

wow what happened to the "free state of florida" smh

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 1d

“Why did the second 9/11 happen?” will be one day answered by “demented President Grandpa reassigned everyone to the task force for harassing immigrant families and zip-tying their children.”

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 1d

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · 1d

Latest accessory trend - the broom warmer.

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Arturo Serrano 🇨🇴🤖👽🧙🦄 @carturo222.bsky.social · 1d

It would be a problem if all the cartoons knew each other. Can you imagine the sword envy between Lion-O and He-Man? Can you imagine the fashion battles between Skeletor and Mumm-Ra?

𝚙̶𝚞̶𝚣̶ juice @puzzylpiece.xyz · 27d

i cant stop thinking about this fucking review

brendan o'hare on Letterboxd has wwritten the following review for Hayao Miyazaki's classic "Sprited Away":

"Thought maybe Spongebob would be in this because he's a cartoon too but i still really enjoyed this"

The review was posted on December 29th, 2020 and he rated the film 4 and a half stars. His review has 3,023 likes.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 1d

Especially pussy-ass bitch fascism

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

“ICE needs to go into Chicago because the Chicago police are incapable of protecting the city but ICE can’t protect themselves so the Chicago police must protect them”

God I hate fascism so much

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Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · 1d

Note: do not order a Rueben at any place that thinks it's ok to use a "sub roll".

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Fair and unbiased.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Accurate

theonion.com/report-reube...

Report: Reuben Rated Top Midsize Sandwich In Its Class

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA—Praising its standard features and overall dependability, J.D. Power and Associates released a new set of rankings Thursday, naming the Reuben the number-one midsize sandwich in i...

theonion.com

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Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · 1d

ambulance

Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations. It's been 30 years for me.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Arrived in NYC, about to get the most authentic version of Mexican food in town

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TimothyMiller Author @timomiller.bsky.social · 1d

Three thousand Mexican runners are set to arrive in Chicago this weekend for the Marathon, even as the National Guard is set to deploy. This should be fun.

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Author Thomas Lockhaven @thomaslockhaven.bsky.social · 1d

What's up #duck

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump seems to think “habeas corpus” is a person, based on new video from today. This is getting so bad that even Jesse Watters on Fox nEws had to declare today that Trump definitely doesn’t have dementia

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Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · 1d

✧ Last book you read: System Collapse: The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells)
✧ your current read: Lord of Chaos: The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)
✧ Last book added to your TBR: The Witch Road (Kate Elliott)
✧ Next anticipated read: All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders)

#booksky #books 💙📚👀

Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · 1d

He's working the Nobel prize angle really hard and all he's got is "soon", "phase", "a line" - it's all fluff.

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Spencer Green @spencergreen.bsky.social · 1d

Concepts of a first phase of a plan.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

I'm in the most exciting city on earth! Time for some WACKY BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS!

(Lies down on the hotel bed, watches science videos)

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Gnarlygeek (aka Tom) @gnarlygeek.bsky.social · 1d

What a fucking waste of my tax dollars! It's the gift that keeps on giving. They can keep going down the rabbit hole searching for "the antifa network". It doesn't exist, so they can keep claiming they're "getting closer to the top leaders" - which also, don't exist.

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