Hyperlexic
@hyperlexic.bsky.social
Queer East Bay GenX native & parent. He/him. Had my mask pic before the fascists. I tend to block quote-arguers.
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Hyperlexic
@hyperlexic.bsky.social
· Sep 14
Since we have a lot of new users and I have some new followers, I thought I’d share a few Bluesky tools (lists, feeds, starter packs) I built!
(If you’re a pro-housing ttrpg gamer from Brazil, this will be perfect for you).
(If you’re a pro-housing ttrpg gamer from Brazil, this will be perfect for you).
this is strangely familiar. maybe I saw it way back then?
A 1977 Star Wars tie-in Coca-Cola Premium promotional poster starring R2-D2 and C-3PO by Del Nichols. (I’m particularly taken by his Obi-Wan Kenobi.)
January 15, 2026 at 3:41 AM
this is strangely familiar. maybe I saw it way back then?
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BREAKING:
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 AM
BREAKING:
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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49 years ago today
The Talking Heads opened for the Ramones at CBGB, New York City, January 15, 1977
Photo by Roberta Bayley
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #talkingheads #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The Talking Heads opened for the Ramones at CBGB, New York City, January 15, 1977
Photo by Roberta Bayley
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #talkingheads #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
49 years ago today
The Talking Heads opened for the Ramones at CBGB, New York City, January 15, 1977
Photo by Roberta Bayley
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #talkingheads #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The Talking Heads opened for the Ramones at CBGB, New York City, January 15, 1977
Photo by Roberta Bayley
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #talkingheads #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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No preserving evidence. No real investigation. Probably drove her car right to the junkyard. The cover-up could not be clearer.
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
No preserving evidence. No real investigation. Probably drove her car right to the junkyard. The cover-up could not be clearer.
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Around 200 protesters are gathered in north Minneapolis after a federal agent shot a man in the leg during an immigration operation.
Updates here: bit.ly/3NrvQHh
📸: Jeff Wheeler
Updates here: bit.ly/3NrvQHh
📸: Jeff Wheeler
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Around 200 protesters are gathered in north Minneapolis after a federal agent shot a man in the leg during an immigration operation.
Updates here: bit.ly/3NrvQHh
📸: Jeff Wheeler
Updates here: bit.ly/3NrvQHh
📸: Jeff Wheeler
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I wish I could have seen Oscar Wilde write about Grindr.
January 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I wish I could have seen Oscar Wilde write about Grindr.
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Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"
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Folks, Trump has brought the full force of ICE to bear on a mid-sized city and he can't even stop the demonstrations there. He's not going to be able to cancel the midterm elections by fiat or station his goons outside more than a handful of polling places.
January 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Folks, Trump has brought the full force of ICE to bear on a mid-sized city and he can't even stop the demonstrations there. He's not going to be able to cancel the midterm elections by fiat or station his goons outside more than a handful of polling places.
Every federal & military person hired or promoted after 2024 is going to have to be reevaluated.
Applicants for positions at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes are being asked how they would support the president’s policy priorities, raising concerns among some staffers and media watchers about the prospects for the outlet’s editorial independence. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Military newspaper applicants face ‘loyalty test’ on Trump policies
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Every federal & military person hired or promoted after 2024 is going to have to be reevaluated.
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Applicants for positions at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes are being asked how they would support the president’s policy priorities, raising concerns among some staffers and media watchers about the prospects for the outlet’s editorial independence. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Military newspaper applicants face ‘loyalty test’ on Trump policies
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Applicants for positions at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes are being asked how they would support the president’s policy priorities, raising concerns among some staffers and media watchers about the prospects for the outlet’s editorial independence. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Starmer vows action against Elon Musk's X:
"The actions of Grok and X are disgusting... We're absolutely determined to take action... We're not going to back down. They must act. We will take the necessary measures. We will strengthen existing laws.. This is weaponising images of women & children."
"The actions of Grok and X are disgusting... We're absolutely determined to take action... We're not going to back down. They must act. We will take the necessary measures. We will strengthen existing laws.. This is weaponising images of women & children."
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Starmer vows action against Elon Musk's X:
"The actions of Grok and X are disgusting... We're absolutely determined to take action... We're not going to back down. They must act. We will take the necessary measures. We will strengthen existing laws.. This is weaponising images of women & children."
"The actions of Grok and X are disgusting... We're absolutely determined to take action... We're not going to back down. They must act. We will take the necessary measures. We will strengthen existing laws.. This is weaponising images of women & children."
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"Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created—nothing. That is because we are all queer fish, queerer behind our faces and voices than we want any one to know or than we know ourselves."
August 13, 2024 at 11:58 PM
"Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created—nothing. That is because we are all queer fish, queerer behind our faces and voices than we want any one to know or than we know ourselves."
Is “Isaac Chotiner fan fic” a thing on AO3???
If so, how much of it is slash?
If so, how much of it is slash?
“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Is “Isaac Chotiner fan fic” a thing on AO3???
If so, how much of it is slash?
If so, how much of it is slash?
So sad.
I’d really like to read a well informed post mortem of what happened to CCA.
The finances of private colleges are obviously precarious. I don’t think there’s fraud or gross incompetence; just bets that turned out to be bad.
I do wonder whether staying in Oakland would have worked.
I’d really like to read a well informed post mortem of what happened to CCA.
The finances of private colleges are obviously precarious. I don’t think there’s fraud or gross incompetence; just bets that turned out to be bad.
I do wonder whether staying in Oakland would have worked.
BREAKING: California College of the Arts, the last nonprofit art and design school in Northern California, will close by the end of the 2026–2027 academic year. Nashville-based Vanderbilt University will take over the San Francisco campus.
California College of the Arts to Close at End of 2026–2027 School Year
Vanderbilt University will take over the campus of the Bay Area’s last remaining nonprofit art school.
www.kqed.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
So sad.
I’d really like to read a well informed post mortem of what happened to CCA.
The finances of private colleges are obviously precarious. I don’t think there’s fraud or gross incompetence; just bets that turned out to be bad.
I do wonder whether staying in Oakland would have worked.
I’d really like to read a well informed post mortem of what happened to CCA.
The finances of private colleges are obviously precarious. I don’t think there’s fraud or gross incompetence; just bets that turned out to be bad.
I do wonder whether staying in Oakland would have worked.
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It's not just progressives. Reps Dan Goldman and Eric Swalwell also told me Dems must push for ICE defunding and extremely onerous restrictions on the agency in budget talks.
As Swalwell said: "I am not going to pay masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period."
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
As Swalwell said: "I am not going to pay masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period."
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
January 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
It's not just progressives. Reps Dan Goldman and Eric Swalwell also told me Dems must push for ICE defunding and extremely onerous restrictions on the agency in budget talks.
As Swalwell said: "I am not going to pay masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period."
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
As Swalwell said: "I am not going to pay masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period."
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
My thoughts on Adams as an early Dilbert enjoyer.
As happens one of my early jobs in the 90s was a working the very company Adams worked in and was basically lambasting (our local telco).
My view was that Adams’ basic critique was way too narrow. Pretty much his issue was that guys like him weren’t important enough.
My view was that Adams’ basic critique was way too narrow. Pretty much his issue was that guys like him weren’t important enough.
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
My thoughts on Adams as an early Dilbert enjoyer.
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It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
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Hellenistic gold wreath, 3rd century BC.
A dazzling example of ancient goldsmithing! 🤩
From Pergamon (modern-day Bergama), Turkey. Istanbul Archaeological Museum
📷 by me
#Archaeology
A dazzling example of ancient goldsmithing! 🤩
From Pergamon (modern-day Bergama), Turkey. Istanbul Archaeological Museum
📷 by me
#Archaeology
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Hellenistic gold wreath, 3rd century BC.
A dazzling example of ancient goldsmithing! 🤩
From Pergamon (modern-day Bergama), Turkey. Istanbul Archaeological Museum
📷 by me
#Archaeology
A dazzling example of ancient goldsmithing! 🤩
From Pergamon (modern-day Bergama), Turkey. Istanbul Archaeological Museum
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Merry Feast of the Ass, y’all!
January 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Merry Feast of the Ass, y’all!
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Yall ever seen a sword-billed hummingbird before, which is plenty weird naturally without AI augmentation.
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Yall ever seen a sword-billed hummingbird before, which is plenty weird naturally without AI augmentation.
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It is not actually plausible that a Harris presidency would be carrying out ICE internal operations in anything like the form and scale they are now being done. Incredibly basic, trivially easy to acquire, knowledge of the contemporary lay of the land in US politics makes this clear.
January 14, 2026 at 8:36 AM
It is not actually plausible that a Harris presidency would be carrying out ICE internal operations in anything like the form and scale they are now being done. Incredibly basic, trivially easy to acquire, knowledge of the contemporary lay of the land in US politics makes this clear.
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Filmed outside a police station in Teheran. Arrested protestors are lined up against a wall. You don't see, but you hear:
"Death to Khamenei!" ...gunshot
"Down with the regime!" ...gunshot
"Death to Khamenei!" ...gunshot
"Death to the Dictator!" ...gunshot
their last words...
"Death to Khamenei!" ...gunshot
"Down with the regime!" ...gunshot
"Death to Khamenei!" ...gunshot
"Death to the Dictator!" ...gunshot
their last words...
January 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Filmed outside a police station in Teheran. Arrested protestors are lined up against a wall. You don't see, but you hear:
"Death to Khamenei!" ...gunshot
"Down with the regime!" ...gunshot
"Death to Khamenei!" ...gunshot
"Death to the Dictator!" ...gunshot
their last words...
"Death to Khamenei!" ...gunshot
"Down with the regime!" ...gunshot
"Death to Khamenei!" ...gunshot
"Death to the Dictator!" ...gunshot
their last words...
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The thing about the lead prosecutor in Minnesota, who resigned, is that he recently claimed there was $9 billion of Medicaid fraud in MN, which is an absurd amount intended to inflame. So he’s found a line he won’t cross, and this is good.
The Minnesota shooting case is now metastasizing unlike any i've ever seen. The successive resignations of heads of the crim section at CRD and 3 top career prosecutors in Minn -- who had hung in all this year n/w/stg multiple outrages-- means the Department is in open revolt in DC and the field.
January 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The thing about the lead prosecutor in Minnesota, who resigned, is that he recently claimed there was $9 billion of Medicaid fraud in MN, which is an absurd amount intended to inflame. So he’s found a line he won’t cross, and this is good.
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I still believe most Americans are good-hearted and know that the vast majority of undocumented immigrants are not violent criminals. I don't think Trump's immigration policies are popular. I don't think most Americans are white nationalists. I worry about time lost, but have faith in the end.
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 AM
I still believe most Americans are good-hearted and know that the vast majority of undocumented immigrants are not violent criminals. I don't think Trump's immigration policies are popular. I don't think most Americans are white nationalists. I worry about time lost, but have faith in the end.
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this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)