Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
@jackscarab.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, 🍞&🌹 socialist, somehow Oklahoman.
Author of YA fantasy Aether Torrent. Buy it and then read and review it!
https://lnk.bio/JackDuffe
https://books2read.com/aethertorrent
💙📚 #booksky
Author of YA fantasy Aether Torrent. Buy it and then read and review it!
https://lnk.bio/JackDuffe
https://books2read.com/aethertorrent
💙📚 #booksky
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It's late January -- book awards season!
Being a YA Fantasy from 2025, my book AETHER TORRENT is eligible for the Nebula, Hugo Lodestar, and Andre Norton awards, and I advise anyone nominating for them to give it a look.
It's very good.
💙📚 #booksky
#aethertorrent
books2read.com/aethertorrent
Being a YA Fantasy from 2025, my book AETHER TORRENT is eligible for the Nebula, Hugo Lodestar, and Andre Norton awards, and I advise anyone nominating for them to give it a look.
It's very good.
💙📚 #booksky
#aethertorrent
books2read.com/aethertorrent
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In Minnesota, we are all too familiar with false spring. You think maybe winter’s finally over...until the cold snaps back, sometimes even harder.
That’s what this moment feels like. You may hear that ICE is “leaving", but they’re shifting, spreading out.
Don’t mistake a brief thaw for safety.
That’s what this moment feels like. You may hear that ICE is “leaving", but they’re shifting, spreading out.
Don’t mistake a brief thaw for safety.
February 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
In Minnesota, we are all too familiar with false spring. You think maybe winter’s finally over...until the cold snaps back, sometimes even harder.
That’s what this moment feels like. You may hear that ICE is “leaving", but they’re shifting, spreading out.
Don’t mistake a brief thaw for safety.
That’s what this moment feels like. You may hear that ICE is “leaving", but they’re shifting, spreading out.
Don’t mistake a brief thaw for safety.
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They already had one
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the party supported by JD Vance and Elon Musk, are now looking to ICE in the US for inspiration and saying Germany needs an ICE of its own. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
European far-right parties push for ICE-style police
Fringe figures want to follow the Trump playbook for tackling unauthorized migration.
www.politico.eu
February 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
They already had one
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Animators, i want to remind you that like 10 or 15 years ago there was a wage-fixing conspiracy involving 3 major studios, and they were found guilty in court and had to pay affected employees, but our rates never recovered.
We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Animators, i want to remind you that like 10 or 15 years ago there was a wage-fixing conspiracy involving 3 major studios, and they were found guilty in court and had to pay affected employees, but our rates never recovered.
We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
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yeah anyone who thinks this is a great idea wants a five year old victim to have to choose if they want their relative to die
As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
February 15, 2026 at 3:33 AM
yeah anyone who thinks this is a great idea wants a five year old victim to have to choose if they want their relative to die
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
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At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
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This is probably ok
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This is probably ok
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Discord advises UK users that they "may be part of an experiment" where instead of their age verification data never leaving their phone, it will now actually leave their phone
www.eurogamer.net/discord-advi...
www.eurogamer.net/discord-advi...
February 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Discord advises UK users that they "may be part of an experiment" where instead of their age verification data never leaving their phone, it will now actually leave their phone
www.eurogamer.net/discord-advi...
www.eurogamer.net/discord-advi...
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I went into my Azumanga Daioh Blu-Rays and ripped The Thing. You're welcome.
February 15, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I went into my Azumanga Daioh Blu-Rays and ripped The Thing. You're welcome.
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The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
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Photography is cool
Really photo editing here by Hector Vivas of Getty Images. Composite of the women's snowboard halfpipe final, depicting all the female Olympians who competed.
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Photography is cool
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Kash Patel going door to door to shock people
The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department searched a home last night that was two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s residence. No arrests were made.
FBI Searches Home Nearby Nancy Guthrie’s Residence
The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department searched a home last night that was two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s residence. No arrests were made.
www.vulture.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Kash Patel going door to door to shock people
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Invasion: Earth. Very fun commission and a throwback to one of my first bowls.
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Invasion: Earth. Very fun commission and a throwback to one of my first bowls.
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Unwavering confidence, backed by elite skill and discipline, has propelled Elana Meyers Taylor to become the most decorated female bobsledder and Black Winter Olympian ever.
At 41, U.S. Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor expects to win: 'I'm money under pressure'
Taylor, the most decorated female bobsledder of all time, says the only people to whom she has anything left to prove are her two sons, Nico and Noah.
nbcnews.to
February 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Unwavering confidence, backed by elite skill and discipline, has propelled Elana Meyers Taylor to become the most decorated female bobsledder and Black Winter Olympian ever.
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Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not
February 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not
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hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
Romance alert: Trump's reckless tariffs have Valentine’s Day costs up across the board:
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
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We bought Article II of the United Nations Charter with the blood of a hundred million human beings, and less than a century later, it's being sold for nothing by people who don't even understand what they're doing.
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
We bought Article II of the United Nations Charter with the blood of a hundred million human beings, and less than a century later, it's being sold for nothing by people who don't even understand what they're doing.
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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Trump’s Truth Social post blasting the Gordie Howe bridge echoed misleading claims made by a competing bridge company.
Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
Trump Threatens to Block Michigan-Canada Bridge He Once Championed
The president’s targeting of the bridge shows just how drastically U.S.-Canada relations have fallen between his two terms.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump’s Truth Social post blasting the Gordie Howe bridge echoed misleading claims made by a competing bridge company.
Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
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this valentine's day if you're single rather than mourn relationships that didn't last why not celebrate the bad matches you managed to escape or that never started that may have derailed your life. or, be grateful it made sense while it made sense, and you got out when it didn't
enjoy your peace 🕊️
enjoy your peace 🕊️
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
this valentine's day if you're single rather than mourn relationships that didn't last why not celebrate the bad matches you managed to escape or that never started that may have derailed your life. or, be grateful it made sense while it made sense, and you got out when it didn't
enjoy your peace 🕊️
enjoy your peace 🕊️
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America out here inventing entirely new heresies every day
Just passed a church where their decoration is a crucified Jesus is coming down off the cross under his own power. okay.
February 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
America out here inventing entirely new heresies every day