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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Whole comic in reply thread.
Read it. It's good. 💜
Read it. It's good. 💜
February 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Whole comic in reply thread.
Read it. It's good. 💜
Read it. It's good. 💜
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I can’t help thinking there’s so much money changing hands wrt ICE detention that there aren’t even enough investigative reporters to track
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
Michigan ICE detention center owner reports $254 million profit, record new business in 2025
The company that owns Michigan’s North Lake Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Midwest, reported $254 million in profit last year, up nearly 700 percent from $32 mill...
www.michiganpublic.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I can’t help thinking there’s so much money changing hands wrt ICE detention that there aren’t even enough investigative reporters to track
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
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.hack//SIGN is so fucking special and a very good chunk of it is that the "trapped in an MMO world and percieving it as physical in a way that the rest of the cast does not" is not framed as empowering or fantastical, but as an immediate and troubling sign of dissociation
Thinking very much about how good the end of the 1st episode of .hack sign is.
Following this mystery of who this person is and why they're so distantly hostile to others, the clear grief and fear they're processing, this bug of reality constantly coming at them and them adamantly rejecting it.
Following this mystery of who this person is and why they're so distantly hostile to others, the clear grief and fear they're processing, this bug of reality constantly coming at them and them adamantly rejecting it.
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
.hack//SIGN is so fucking special and a very good chunk of it is that the "trapped in an MMO world and percieving it as physical in a way that the rest of the cast does not" is not framed as empowering or fantastical, but as an immediate and troubling sign of dissociation
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AI is revolutionizing the world! A Playstation now costs $5,000 and this is the last phone you will ever own.
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
AI is revolutionizing the world! A Playstation now costs $5,000 and this is the last phone you will ever own.
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New: Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes
Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.
House passed it.
Trump supports it.
The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.
House passed it.
Trump supports it.
The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes, but Democrats could still block it
The SAVE America Act has passed the House and enjoys President Trump's support, meaning the Senate's 60-vote threshold is the only thing standing in the way of it becoming law.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
New: Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes
Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.
House passed it.
Trump supports it.
The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.
House passed it.
Trump supports it.
The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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they used to use the Olympic Anthem for athletes competing under neutral flags, but then they decided they didn't want the Russian/Belarussians to get the Olympic Anthem, so ahead of 2024 they wrote a special Individual Neutral Athletes anthem that they'll use if any of them win
February 17, 2026 at 9:35 PM
they used to use the Olympic Anthem for athletes competing under neutral flags, but then they decided they didn't want the Russian/Belarussians to get the Olympic Anthem, so ahead of 2024 they wrote a special Individual Neutral Athletes anthem that they'll use if any of them win
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have you ever read one of my Discworld QOTDs and thought, hey, I should really get around to reading those books?
good news! the full series is back on Humble Bundle - it’s Kobo but it’s pretty easily to transfer those to your preferred e-reader
you won’t regret it
good news! the full series is back on Humble Bundle - it’s Kobo but it’s pretty easily to transfer those to your preferred e-reader
you won’t regret it
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February 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM
have you ever read one of my Discworld QOTDs and thought, hey, I should really get around to reading those books?
good news! the full series is back on Humble Bundle - it’s Kobo but it’s pretty easily to transfer those to your preferred e-reader
you won’t regret it
good news! the full series is back on Humble Bundle - it’s Kobo but it’s pretty easily to transfer those to your preferred e-reader
you won’t regret it
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I was just telling a pal that if you’ve been waffling between a Switch 2 and a Steam Deck, now’s the time to grab a S2 because this gongshow is going to get worse before it gets better. I understand the “boycott Nintendo” angle, but Switch 2 prices are about to be the least of our problems!
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I was just telling a pal that if you’ve been waffling between a Switch 2 and a Steam Deck, now’s the time to grab a S2 because this gongshow is going to get worse before it gets better. I understand the “boycott Nintendo” angle, but Switch 2 prices are about to be the least of our problems!
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People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
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He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
How many of the media outlets eulogizing Rev. Jesse Jackson today spent decades trying to undermine his work & turn him into a punchline?
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
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This fall, Ill be crowdfunding THE WILL OF MONSTERS! It has mainly been coming outta my own pocket, I know what I want the film to feel like and the script and animatic are already done. Click the link below to support a REAL filmmaker and accept no substitutes 🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...
February 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This fall, Ill be crowdfunding THE WILL OF MONSTERS! It has mainly been coming outta my own pocket, I know what I want the film to feel like and the script and animatic are already done. Click the link below to support a REAL filmmaker and accept no substitutes 🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...
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Yall, I am not a warehouse architect. I understand the warehouses are shitty as is and no one should be in them. But if billions weren’t being poured into DHS the point is that it could be poured into making unused real estate better right? Into helping people? We can all imagine this reality, yes?
February 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Yall, I am not a warehouse architect. I understand the warehouses are shitty as is and no one should be in them. But if billions weren’t being poured into DHS the point is that it could be poured into making unused real estate better right? Into helping people? We can all imagine this reality, yes?
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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"My family."
By a 5-year-old imprisoned in a Texas concentration camp.
By a 5-year-old imprisoned in a Texas concentration camp.
February 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"My family."
By a 5-year-old imprisoned in a Texas concentration camp.
By a 5-year-old imprisoned in a Texas concentration camp.
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“Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.”
- 9-year-old imprisoned for 113 days in Texas concentration camp
- 9-year-old imprisoned for 113 days in Texas concentration camp
![Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya
A 9-year-old from Colombia
Detained for 113 days
“Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreifxoomy4y5oootgz3h4jyduzskqabo2pnyq5nvls7k7fq5tcnbipu@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM
“Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.”
- 9-year-old imprisoned for 113 days in Texas concentration camp
- 9-year-old imprisoned for 113 days in Texas concentration camp
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“More than 60 days … going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems the water is what makes people sick here.”
- 12 year-old imprisoned for 60+ days in Texas concentration camp
- 12 year-old imprisoned for 60+ days in Texas concentration camp
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
“More than 60 days … going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems the water is what makes people sick here.”
- 12 year-old imprisoned for 60+ days in Texas concentration camp
- 12 year-old imprisoned for 60+ days in Texas concentration camp
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Star Ocean is wild sometimes
February 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Star Ocean is wild sometimes
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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I like the Chrono Trigger approach where they just say to hell with the fourth wall and have a moment where a little reused monster sprite comes on screen, looks you the player directly in the eye to tell you how to do something, and then you go back to playing the game.
I'm older than you so I can confirm that they came with a little book that had the tutorial in it and you read it on the way home
February 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I like the Chrono Trigger approach where they just say to hell with the fourth wall and have a moment where a little reused monster sprite comes on screen, looks you the player directly in the eye to tell you how to do something, and then you go back to playing the game.
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Hey look at this new thing I worked on!
Avatar: The Last Airbender--Jet--Rebels and Rhinos arrives Sep. 8, 2026, and is available for pre-order now! Collider has the exclusive details: https://bit.ly/3OjwNSA
By @faitherinhicks.bsky.social, @peterwartman.com, and team. In collaboration with Avatar Studios.
By @faitherinhicks.bsky.social, @peterwartman.com, and team. In collaboration with Avatar Studios.
February 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Hey look at this new thing I worked on!
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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as a Gen-Xer, I reluctantly agree. We have some good 'uns, but our bullies and bigots are the ones voting for Trump in the largest numbers of any generation.
Yes, I'm being hyperbolic, but it really does seem like Millennials fell into the sweet spot of not having as much of he boomer bigotry rub off on us as compared to Gen-X and also not having our childhood brains fried by algorithms and clickbait.
February 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
as a Gen-Xer, I reluctantly agree. We have some good 'uns, but our bullies and bigots are the ones voting for Trump in the largest numbers of any generation.
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Grappling with the sheer scope of this man’s legacy is nearly impossible.
Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
February 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Grappling with the sheer scope of this man’s legacy is nearly impossible.