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John Sundman

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Biodigital novelist, mover of heavy objects, volunteer firefighter (retired), national treasure. "Sundman figures it out!" : https://johnsundman.substack.com/ JohnSundman.com

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · Jan 10

I write & publish literary fiction for hackers, geeks, and fans of Borges, Lem & Nabokov. I’ve written 4 novel(la)s; another novel in the works. Cyberpunk/biopunk technopothestic biodigital thrillers, some of them metafictional. All concern hacking of both silicon- & carbon-based systems. 💙📚 🪐📚

A chronicler of biodigital technopotheosis

How I accidentally became a self-publishing cyber-bio-nanopunk novelist

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 1h

Re: Scenario 2: When I was a freshman at Hamilton College, two people from the Honor Court knocked on my door; they told me I had been accused of cheating on an un-proctored exam. This could lead to expulsion. FEAR!! Fortunately I wasn't taking the course in which this alleged cheating happened.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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scribbleghoul 🧟‍♀️ @scribblegurl.bsky.social · 1h

I have been muting accounts that doesn't use alt-text and adding them to my "Not alt-text" list since I got here. I wish it was a mod list. It would be nice if you could convert regular lists to mod lists.

It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · Nov 11

Muting/blocking larger accounts who don't use alt, unfortunately.

Fake alt, like "a picture" are really disappointing, too.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 1h

They're all entitled assholes. The core of their beings is the feeling of being aggrieved.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 3h

It's all this aesthetic pettiness. Rich boomer dudes with no real material worries so they spend all their worrying & complaining energy on something they saw while out and didn't like the look of.

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 4h

I mean, this is really desperate shit, isn’t it? I am a great deal more woke-sceptic than pretty much all of Bluesky but I honestly can’t be bothered to care about the National Trust putting vegan tampons in the men’s toilets and neither should you

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 2h

I love a nice storm but I don't love nasty storms that make me worry instead of just enjoying looking out the window, hearing rain on the skylight. I don't love trees falling across roads, knocking down power lines, leaving us in the dark. Or worse. I wonder which kind this nor'easter will be?

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 3h

Did I have Ms. Rachel taking on Obama on my bingo card in 2026?

No, I did not.

Dear @barackobama,

I saw in your statement you said “Israeli families” & “the people of Gaza.”

Palestinians have families, too.

This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.

I’ve sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.

Love,
Ms Rachel

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 8h

Next step is No Kings 10/18.

Do NOT be intimidated. No FEAR either.

There are over 2000 rallies planned. Let’s go for 10 million people plus.

SHOW UP!!!

Skip Montanaro @smontanaro.net · 1d

www.nokings.org October 18th.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 3h

Yes, it’s a mystery whether he’s prepared.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

The rupture “raises fresh doubts about whether Trump, operating with a hollowed-out national security team and a fragmented China strategy, is prepared for Beijing’s latest power play.”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3h

was it ever in doubt

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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WIRED @wired.com · 3h

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 13h

Of course they did. Also, use alt text. It's common courtesy.

Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1d

John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 13h

25th Amendment before 1 January, 2026. Prove me wrong.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15h

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 14h

That was supposed to be "~10 years ago," -- but you already figured that out.

John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 14h

~10 years my pager went off 5 AM: requesting help clearing downed trees blocking roads. (Electricity went out ~ midnight.) I got dressed, got in my car — & found my only exit route blocked by 3 big oak trees. So I walked with a flashlight 2 miles to firehouse. Hope this storm ain't like that one.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 14h

It's not even supposed to get here til noon Sunday, but already the National Weather Service has issued storm, high winds, & coastal erosion watches. Good bet that no ferries will run from late Sunday until noon Tuesday. I remember clearing roads after storms like this from my firefighter days. 2/3

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 14h

Longtime friends here know I love to post 6 AM when rain is falling on the skylight above my desk in the attic office in my falling-down house on the dirt road that dead-ends into a nature preserve on Martha's Vineyard — Dear Wife asleep & all else quiet. But this nor'easter is fucking nuts. 1/2

Photo of treetops seen through a skylight on a sunny day with some clouds.

Photo of treetops seen through a skylight on a dark, rainy day.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 1d

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 14h

Brutal, but I'll allow it.

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 14h

"I was always against the genocide in my heart at the time"

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 15h

I'd be a lot happier if she were president now. I'm not opposed to her running again.

posturing like you're the victim of pro palestinian protestors really does not impress me though.

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