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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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL
YOU CAN GET EVERY DISCWORLD TOME ON EBOOK FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SUBWAY FOOTLONG COMBO.
USUALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BOOK LEGALLY IS LIKE 400+
NOT.
A.
DRILL.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
YOU CAN GET EVERY DISCWORLD TOME ON EBOOK FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SUBWAY FOOTLONG COMBO.
USUALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BOOK LEGALLY IS LIKE 400+
NOT.
A.
DRILL.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
YOU CAN GET EVERY DISCWORLD TOME ON EBOOK FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SUBWAY FOOTLONG COMBO.
USUALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BOOK LEGALLY IS LIKE 400+
NOT.
A.
DRILL.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
YOU CAN GET EVERY DISCWORLD TOME ON EBOOK FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SUBWAY FOOTLONG COMBO.
USUALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BOOK LEGALLY IS LIKE 400+
NOT.
A.
DRILL.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
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Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica. n.pr/4rHpYsZ
Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica's near-freezing deep
Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica.
n.pr
February 18, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica. n.pr/4rHpYsZ
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"the radical left is pushing people to the right" i started off just wanting healthcare as a teenager and after seeing the system fail over and over i now believe it should be entirely torn down but sure it's the pronouns that are making people into psychopathic racists
February 18, 2026 at 10:01 AM
"the radical left is pushing people to the right" i started off just wanting healthcare as a teenager and after seeing the system fail over and over i now believe it should be entirely torn down but sure it's the pronouns that are making people into psychopathic racists
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Stephen Colbert, with grace and humor, is making his network overlords look like the most pathetic cowards imaginable, and that’s what they are. The last two nights have been a masterclass in courage and precise examples of how everyone should deal with this stupid administration.
February 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Stephen Colbert, with grace and humor, is making his network overlords look like the most pathetic cowards imaginable, and that’s what they are. The last two nights have been a masterclass in courage and precise examples of how everyone should deal with this stupid administration.
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"Egg Film" by Jacob Tobin.
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February 18, 2026 at 11:04 AM
"Egg Film" by Jacob Tobin.
jacobtobin.portfoliobox.net
jacobtobin.portfoliobox.net
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the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
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This man has always been a tired, loves-to-hear-himself-speak, sellout, tap dancing asshat who huffs the fumes off his own cultivated cult of personality & now all he’s doing is finally showing his true face. He is living proof that all your skinfolks aint your kinfolks. Poison Cosbyesque bullshit
Stephen A. Smith: "We wouldn’t have a border crisis under my watch."
"We ain’t defunding any police… There’s gonna be more."
It's with much regret I foresee the inevitable, he's running
"We ain’t defunding any police… There’s gonna be more."
It's with much regret I foresee the inevitable, he's running
February 18, 2026 at 6:05 AM
This man has always been a tired, loves-to-hear-himself-speak, sellout, tap dancing asshat who huffs the fumes off his own cultivated cult of personality & now all he’s doing is finally showing his true face. He is living proof that all your skinfolks aint your kinfolks. Poison Cosbyesque bullshit
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the problem with killing? hmm I'd say the expense
I couldn't forward the article but I think the headline says it all.
February 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
the problem with killing? hmm I'd say the expense
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The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.
February 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.
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oh so very much this
February 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM
oh so very much this
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"The demand for endless growth and parabolic improvement, forever, stretching into the unseen horizon, is pure and unsustainable insanity, insisted upon by fools"
- Woman who gets mad at herself if she goes slower on the treadmill than she did yesterday
- Woman who gets mad at herself if she goes slower on the treadmill than she did yesterday
February 18, 2026 at 4:38 AM
"The demand for endless growth and parabolic improvement, forever, stretching into the unseen horizon, is pure and unsustainable insanity, insisted upon by fools"
- Woman who gets mad at herself if she goes slower on the treadmill than she did yesterday
- Woman who gets mad at herself if she goes slower on the treadmill than she did yesterday
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over and over again the efficacy of these programs gets proven
and yet
and yet
In 2023, an Oregon program began providing 120 homeless youth with $1,000 every month.
Two years later, 94% of participants reported they were housed.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Two years later, 94% of participants reported they were housed.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Oregon tried giving homeless youth $1,000 a month with no strings attached. Here’s what happened
The program helped 94% of participants secure housing while building financial literacy skills that could break the cycle of homelessness.
www.oregonlive.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:32 AM
over and over again the efficacy of these programs gets proven
and yet
and yet
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Terrifying fact about asbestos:
Nearly all talcum powder and talc products are contaminated with asbestos, because the geological deposits regularly co-occur, so it's very hard to purely harvest talc.
This is why there was a baby powder causing cancer problem.
Nearly all talcum powder and talc products are contaminated with asbestos, because the geological deposits regularly co-occur, so it's very hard to purely harvest talc.
This is why there was a baby powder causing cancer problem.
Veritasium made a video on asbestos (that I helped with in a teeny tiny capacity). You can check it out here. #geology youtu.be/cMx139eTxoc?...
How One Rock Poisoned (Almost) The Entire Planet
YouTube video by Veritasium
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Terrifying fact about asbestos:
Nearly all talcum powder and talc products are contaminated with asbestos, because the geological deposits regularly co-occur, so it's very hard to purely harvest talc.
This is why there was a baby powder causing cancer problem.
Nearly all talcum powder and talc products are contaminated with asbestos, because the geological deposits regularly co-occur, so it's very hard to purely harvest talc.
This is why there was a baby powder causing cancer problem.
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Milt Kahl just having them wiggle their heads around just to show off I swear god damn inhuman god of an artist.
February 18, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Milt Kahl just having them wiggle their heads around just to show off I swear god damn inhuman god of an artist.
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Fragment of an anthropomorphic brazier. Aztec (c. 1300)
February 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Fragment of an anthropomorphic brazier. Aztec (c. 1300)
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Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate🧧
The last Year of the Fire Horse began in '66 & saw anti-war protests & civil rights struggle. It was the year Rev. Jackson left seminary to join Dr. King’s Freedom Movement.
May 2026 bring New York the same bold change people deserve.
The last Year of the Fire Horse began in '66 & saw anti-war protests & civil rights struggle. It was the year Rev. Jackson left seminary to join Dr. King’s Freedom Movement.
May 2026 bring New York the same bold change people deserve.
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate🧧
The last Year of the Fire Horse began in '66 & saw anti-war protests & civil rights struggle. It was the year Rev. Jackson left seminary to join Dr. King’s Freedom Movement.
May 2026 bring New York the same bold change people deserve.
The last Year of the Fire Horse began in '66 & saw anti-war protests & civil rights struggle. It was the year Rev. Jackson left seminary to join Dr. King’s Freedom Movement.
May 2026 bring New York the same bold change people deserve.
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Does Trump still golf? Used to be that fucker was hitting the links every other day. Used to be stories and pictures of him on the course. So, is he so impaired he can no longer golf? Or is he golfing up a storm but they’re just hiding it for optics during the horrors?
February 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Does Trump still golf? Used to be that fucker was hitting the links every other day. Used to be stories and pictures of him on the course. So, is he so impaired he can no longer golf? Or is he golfing up a storm but they’re just hiding it for optics during the horrors?
Wherein I explain in my long-winded way about how this guy is spot-on about incels.
![A Discord monologue on the subject of incels and their vocabulary.
[redacted]
good grief is that where "maxxed" and "mogging" come from
[Jackscarab]
Yep. Incel boys wanted vocabulary as in-group signifiers for their girl-free social circles. Pickup nonsense was born from a place of seeing celibacy as a problem that could be engineered away. When enough time passed that it was proven useless, or indeed an active deterrent to the Feeeeeemale attention they required, they needed new vocabulary to enforce the walls between themselves and women with outright hatred and more eugenics than a plantation logbook.
Breeding this, maxxing that. Mogging this, foids that.
Dave Sim was rather ahead of his time by calling women voids. Nowadays there's an F in front of the word.
The incel community is so close to white nationalists as to be nearly an eclipse. Racists are always happy to provide an answer for impressionable young men as to why they're feeling bad about themselves.
Memetic despair and fatalism are part of the mix, too, for the gentlemen who don't have the nerve to hate women or Jews (it's always Jews, in the end) more than themselves.
For further information, read Tal Lavin's "Culture Warlords." Or don't, and feel better about the country.
[Jackscarab]
(I seem to have a high tolerance for this sort of thing, but it could cause despair in others.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:au2tppis3mqhabkhhng4wyde/bafkreifg4uf2mihgto76y62yolfy3diw4j3y2zxuo6a72xpi74kgli7qje@jpeg)
February 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Wherein I explain in my long-winded way about how this guy is spot-on about incels.
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Motherfucker, I made a movie for $600 in 2022 and I didn't need a plagiarism machine or to ask randos for ideas. I just asked myself "Wouldn't it be fucked up if snowmen ate people?"
Grow an imagination, """filmmaker."""
Grow an imagination, """filmmaker."""
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Motherfucker, I made a movie for $600 in 2022 and I didn't need a plagiarism machine or to ask randos for ideas. I just asked myself "Wouldn't it be fucked up if snowmen ate people?"
Grow an imagination, """filmmaker."""
Grow an imagination, """filmmaker."""
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Today is the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Adar, Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
Ramadan Mubarak!
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
February 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Today is the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Adar, Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
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This guy (@glutelord.bsky.social) is correct about a lot of the discourse around "looksmaxxing" and so much of guys' ideas of what men should look like, and he should keep saying it.
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This guy (@glutelord.bsky.social) is correct about a lot of the discourse around "looksmaxxing" and so much of guys' ideas of what men should look like, and he should keep saying it.
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This is the tech that will get me excited
February 17, 2026 at 11:58 PM
This is the tech that will get me excited
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fwiw insofar as there’s a maga after trump, i think RFK, jr. is an underrated figure for inheriting it, he is unlikely to disappear whenever trump croaks
RFK, jr. is one of the few high profile people in the world who is as naturally and unpleasantly weird as donald trump, and for many of the same reasons
February 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
fwiw insofar as there’s a maga after trump, i think RFK, jr. is an underrated figure for inheriting it, he is unlikely to disappear whenever trump croaks