@jfoy.bsky.social
Also @[email protected]. He/him, cishet xennial nerd in urban Cascadia. Gradatim.
"had much the same effect as a PhD in the social anthropology of necromancers, or the necrotic sociology of anthropophagists, or maybe both" -- @cstross.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 5:48 AM
"had much the same effect as a PhD in the social anthropology of necromancers, or the necrotic sociology of anthropophagists, or maybe both" -- @cstross.bsky.social
We only think of Y2K as not being a big deal because we put enough attention on it, early enough, that we had time to do the work. We need to be talking about 2038 a lot more than we are.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_20...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_20...
Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 AM
We only think of Y2K as not being a big deal because we put enough attention on it, early enough, that we had time to do the work. We need to be talking about 2038 a lot more than we are.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_20...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_20...
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When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
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Deadline coming up to apply to take my summer week long intensive seminar “History of Censorship from the Inquisition to the Internet” open to anyone interested, through the Rare Books School.
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Deadline coming up to apply to take my summer week long intensive seminar “History of Censorship from the Inquisition to the Internet” open to anyone interested, through the Rare Books School.
"I am a civil engineer, but I'm not *your* civil engineer."
Grady.
"Some of us just... yearn for the mines."
GRADY.
Grady.
"Some of us just... yearn for the mines."
GRADY.
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 AM
"I am a civil engineer, but I'm not *your* civil engineer."
Grady.
"Some of us just... yearn for the mines."
GRADY.
Grady.
"Some of us just... yearn for the mines."
GRADY.
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More people need @marissalingen.bsky.social's stories in their lives.
Thanks to @naomikritzer.bsky.social I just read the most delightful story
kaleidotrope.net/archives/aut...
kaleidotrope.net/archives/aut...
“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen
kaleidotrope.net
February 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
More people need @marissalingen.bsky.social's stories in their lives.
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We have SIX DAYS to get this out of the Washington State Senate. NEXT TUESDAY is the legislative deadline to get bills out their house of origin.
If it doesn't pass by then, it likely dies till 2027.
Since farmworkers were written out of labor laws in 1937, we have to win at the state level.
If it doesn't pass by then, it likely dies till 2027.
Since farmworkers were written out of labor laws in 1937, we have to win at the state level.
SB6045, a bill to allow farmworker collective bargaining in WA state, will soon be voted on in WAs Senate. This bill is critical for WA farm workers like those at Windmill mushroom who have been fighting to get a contract since 2022. Take action today: act.seiu.org/a/waorganizi...
February 11, 2026 at 11:10 PM
We have SIX DAYS to get this out of the Washington State Senate. NEXT TUESDAY is the legislative deadline to get bills out their house of origin.
If it doesn't pass by then, it likely dies till 2027.
Since farmworkers were written out of labor laws in 1937, we have to win at the state level.
If it doesn't pass by then, it likely dies till 2027.
Since farmworkers were written out of labor laws in 1937, we have to win at the state level.
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Seattle Renters: join the fight for affordability! We are extending the deadline for the Seattle Renter’s Survey to February 20 and we want to hear from as many different communities as possible.
Find all survey links below.
English: forms.office.com/g/B1K37QsKt
Find all survey links below.
English: forms.office.com/g/B1K37QsKt
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Seattle Renters: join the fight for affordability! We are extending the deadline for the Seattle Renter’s Survey to February 20 and we want to hear from as many different communities as possible.
Find all survey links below.
English: forms.office.com/g/B1K37QsKt
Find all survey links below.
English: forms.office.com/g/B1K37QsKt
Luge spoons. If they do this in the other direction it's called snuggle skeleton.
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Luge spoons. If they do this in the other direction it's called snuggle skeleton.
Stop. Pay attention to these content warnings: This story is not safe for work, for minors, or for the unconsenting. It is gory and tragic and full of rage and too, too timely. I was not ready for it, and it broke my heart, and it deserves a fucking Hugo.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Bullet Time at the Kink Party
Leah is queer community. Leah is expanding and expansive. Leah wants to fall in love with everyone still alive in this room and beyond and be their bottom for a night, just one night, though she wo…
strangehorizons.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Stop. Pay attention to these content warnings: This story is not safe for work, for minors, or for the unconsenting. It is gory and tragic and full of rage and too, too timely. I was not ready for it, and it broke my heart, and it deserves a fucking Hugo.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
I generally prefer to work from home, but some days the office has its charms.
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I generally prefer to work from home, but some days the office has its charms.
Ridiculous, indeed. Mine arrived today, and, uh. Four cubic feet of loose masks is not what I expected, but you can't beat the price! Anyone need masks?
(I try hard not to support Bezos, especially recently, but I contain multitudes.)
(I try hard not to support Bezos, especially recently, but I contain multitudes.)
February 6, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Ridiculous, indeed. Mine arrived today, and, uh. Four cubic feet of loose masks is not what I expected, but you can't beat the price! Anyone need masks?
(I try hard not to support Bezos, especially recently, but I contain multitudes.)
(I try hard not to support Bezos, especially recently, but I contain multitudes.)
I searched for my surname, not really expecting anything, and found hundreds and hundreds of hits: it's shared by one of the attorneys involved, no relation of which I'm aware. We need a better discovery mechanism.
www.justice.gov/epstein
www.justice.gov/epstein
www.justice.gov
February 6, 2026 at 3:29 AM
I searched for my surname, not really expecting anything, and found hundreds and hundreds of hits: it's shared by one of the attorneys involved, no relation of which I'm aware. We need a better discovery mechanism.
www.justice.gov/epstein
www.justice.gov/epstein
Signs left at Pioneer Square transit station after the march. This choked me up a little as I came around the corner.
February 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Signs left at Pioneer Square transit station after the march. This choked me up a little as I came around the corner.
Demonstration at City Hall: Seattle Public Schools students walked out today to protest ICE. The kids are all right.
February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Demonstration at City Hall: Seattle Public Schools students walked out today to protest ICE. The kids are all right.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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A we mourn the ravaging of the Washington Post, it's a great day to subscribe to your local newspaper or another regional paper. Local reporting has a huge positive impact on local rights & justice, & we are seeing local papers shut down at devastating speed
Democracy dies in darkness is still true
Democracy dies in darkness is still true
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A we mourn the ravaging of the Washington Post, it's a great day to subscribe to your local newspaper or another regional paper. Local reporting has a huge positive impact on local rights & justice, & we are seeing local papers shut down at devastating speed
Democracy dies in darkness is still true
Democracy dies in darkness is still true
Bezos's shell (I won't call it The Post) laid off Ukraine war correspondent Lizzie Johnson without bringing her home. Reportedly, they canceled her return ticket at her termination.
I've said before, I used to love and respect The Post, but that paper is dead.
Don't support Bezos.
I've said before, I used to love and respect The Post, but that paper is dead.
Don't support Bezos.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Bezos's shell (I won't call it The Post) laid off Ukraine war correspondent Lizzie Johnson without bringing her home. Reportedly, they canceled her return ticket at her termination.
I've said before, I used to love and respect The Post, but that paper is dead.
Don't support Bezos.
I've said before, I used to love and respect The Post, but that paper is dead.
Don't support Bezos.
I can't not hear this in the tone of voice of @carisahendrix.bsky.social's Lucy Darling
oh nooo
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 AM
I can't not hear this in the tone of voice of @carisahendrix.bsky.social's Lucy Darling
An orthopedic surgery clinic called Maslow's Hierarchy of Knees
A used bookshop called Maslow's Hierarchy of Reads.
A collection of Islamic festivals called Maslov's Hierarchy of Eids.
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM
An orthopedic surgery clinic called Maslow's Hierarchy of Knees
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The answer is for WA to become the anti-MAGA. Invest in higher ed, not cut it as Gov. Ferguson wants. Fund the research and health care that Trump and DOGE cut. Hire all the scientists and experts looking for a good job in a good place. Build a lot more housing so people can afford to move here.
Seattle’s ‘prosperity bomb’ may finally be fizzling. So now what?
It’s the awkward thing about the affordability debate. Nothing makes a city cheaper faster than an economic bust.
www.seattletimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The answer is for WA to become the anti-MAGA. Invest in higher ed, not cut it as Gov. Ferguson wants. Fund the research and health care that Trump and DOGE cut. Hire all the scientists and experts looking for a good job in a good place. Build a lot more housing so people can afford to move here.
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In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Charismatic megafauna!
A good news story: a year old male mountain lion walking around a San Francisco neighborhood was successful tranquilized and relocated to wilderness, in part because the neighborhood helped out and had the right attitude.
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Charismatic megafauna!