maniagnosis
@maniagnosis.bsky.social
Tommy M. McGuire (Not that one. Nor that one.)
Coding bum, tetrapod. (he/him)
Bitterly cynical misanthrope. It's always more complicated. I apologize in advance; I tend to get too comfortable.
Called 'weird' by Kevin Kruse.
Coding bum, tetrapod. (he/him)
Bitterly cynical misanthrope. It's always more complicated. I apologize in advance; I tend to get too comfortable.
Called 'weird' by Kevin Kruse.
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maniagnosis
@maniagnosis.bsky.social
· Jun 25
For the curious, the text
(J'ay souvente fois envie
D'efforcer sans regarder où
Mais je ne peu onc en ma vie
Rompre une anguille au genou)
roughly translates into:
"Oftentimes I feel the need
To power through with my head down
But I can't for the life of me
Break an eel over my knee"
(J'ay souvente fois envie
D'efforcer sans regarder où
Mais je ne peu onc en ma vie
Rompre une anguille au genou)
roughly translates into:
"Oftentimes I feel the need
To power through with my head down
But I can't for the life of me
Break an eel over my knee"
Those are wise words, indeed.
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It's funny that an erroneous study of caffeine coffee in 1925 is why people, even doctors & dietitians, claim it is a diuretic. The researcher did not take into account that the more fluids you drink, the more you need to go. When scientists looked at input vs output, it wasn't a diuretic.
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
It's funny that an erroneous study of caffeine coffee in 1925 is why people, even doctors & dietitians, claim it is a diuretic. The researcher did not take into account that the more fluids you drink, the more you need to go. When scientists looked at input vs output, it wasn't a diuretic.
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It's time for a bit more "Beginner's Luck" for "A Fistful of TOWS 3". LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBja... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social
"A Fistful of TOWS 3": Beginning's Luck
YouTube video by Jim Owczarski
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November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's time for a bit more "Beginner's Luck" for "A Fistful of TOWS 3". LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBja... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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But it turned out there was more to Jim's arrival than we had initially assumed. He had actually been invited over to our house by our cat Charles, to work full-time as a personal valet for Charles.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
But it turned out there was more to Jim's arrival than we had initially assumed. He had actually been invited over to our house by our cat Charles, to work full-time as a personal valet for Charles.
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Did you know there's a 500-million-year-old species that lives in the deep sea called Paleodictyon, but we only know it from trace fossils and marks on the seafloor and have absolutely no idea what the animal is?
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Did you know there's a 500-million-year-old species that lives in the deep sea called Paleodictyon, but we only know it from trace fossils and marks on the seafloor and have absolutely no idea what the animal is?
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
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PROMOTE IT! BUY BOOKS! YOU WANT BOOKS! YOUR FRIENDS WANT BOOKS! YOUR ENEMIES DO NOT WANT BOOKS SO BUY THEM BOOKS THAT'LL SHOW THEM!
@lollardfish.bsky.social told me to promote my book so if you want a nice, breezy, funny little murder mystery book to read you should cop that shit for only .99!
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Like, Comment, Subscribe, DIE: A Fiona Brooks Murder Mystery - Kenneth Clyburn's Ko-fi Shop
Before this day, I’d seen two dead bodies. By the end of it, I’d seen four.
My name is Fiona Brooks, and you may know me from the time I punched Ame...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
PROMOTE IT! BUY BOOKS! YOU WANT BOOKS! YOUR FRIENDS WANT BOOKS! YOUR ENEMIES DO NOT WANT BOOKS SO BUY THEM BOOKS THAT'LL SHOW THEM!
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Because my children are Gen Alpha monsters, they want to know if I've sold 67 copies of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 this month--get it? 6-7 * makes flailing juggling motion and despairs * I'm about 20 copies shy. For Black Friday, want to help an indie publisher pull one over on his kids?
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three: Kotowych, Stephen: 9781738187539: Books - Amazon.ca
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November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Because my children are Gen Alpha monsters, they want to know if I've sold 67 copies of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 this month--get it? 6-7 * makes flailing juggling motion and despairs * I'm about 20 copies shy. For Black Friday, want to help an indie publisher pull one over on his kids?
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Books make great gifts! Maybe you know someone who'd enjoy Bad Naturalist, a tale of my attempts to bring native meadows back to a 200-acre mountaintop when I didn't know anything about plants, plus I'm a terrible gardener--but other than that it went great!
🌿 #books (thx @lollardfish.bsky.social!)
🌿 #books (thx @lollardfish.bsky.social!)
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Books make great gifts! Maybe you know someone who'd enjoy Bad Naturalist, a tale of my attempts to bring native meadows back to a 200-acre mountaintop when I didn't know anything about plants, plus I'm a terrible gardener--but other than that it went great!
🌿 #books (thx @lollardfish.bsky.social!)
🌿 #books (thx @lollardfish.bsky.social!)
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While I wrestle my current project under control, here’s the last one, it’s open access (that means free): chicago1919.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/fightforrigh...
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
While I wrestle my current project under control, here’s the last one, it’s open access (that means free): chicago1919.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/fightforrigh...
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After 34 or so years of writing, my first collection of stories came out in March (with another coming this coming March). Realistic, magical-realistic, character-based, from New Hampshire to Maryland, with some stops in between.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/american-a...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/american-a...
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
After 34 or so years of writing, my first collection of stories came out in March (with another coming this coming March). Realistic, magical-realistic, character-based, from New Hampshire to Maryland, with some stops in between.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/american-a...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/american-a...
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Promote your books!
www.amazon.com/American-Foo...
www.amazon.com/American-Foo...
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Promote your books!
www.amazon.com/American-Foo...
www.amazon.com/American-Foo...
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Obligatory promotion post.
If you enjoy Beauty amd the Beast, werewolves, eldritch monster noises, savvy butlers, hot farmers, and cake, please enjoy:
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
If you enjoy Beauty amd the Beast, werewolves, eldritch monster noises, savvy butlers, hot farmers, and cake, please enjoy:
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Obligatory promotion post.
If you enjoy Beauty amd the Beast, werewolves, eldritch monster noises, savvy butlers, hot farmers, and cake, please enjoy:
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
If you enjoy Beauty amd the Beast, werewolves, eldritch monster noises, savvy butlers, hot farmers, and cake, please enjoy:
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
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You're the boss!
bsky.app/profile/matt...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
It is here! Covering French Colonialism, Japanese Empire, the Cold War, coup attempts, the CIA, US Diplomacy, the war in Vietnam, and more, Khmer Nationalist looks at how Cambodia navigated the post-WW2 era. CODE 09BCARD FOR 30% OFF
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Khmer Nationalist by Matthew Jagel | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Khmer Nationalist is a political history of Cambodia from World War II until 1975, examining the central role of Sõn Ngọc Thành. It is a story of nationalistic independence movements, political...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You're the boss!
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It's a good week for a touch of joy, and a reminder that despite different languages & cultures, some things, like crazed family interactions?
Can be universal & priceless.
Enjoy the gift of the Rice Truck Saga. With thanks to Shiv & his family for letting us ride along. They got us through 2020.
Can be universal & priceless.
Enjoy the gift of the Rice Truck Saga. With thanks to Shiv & his family for letting us ride along. They got us through 2020.
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It's a good week for a touch of joy, and a reminder that despite different languages & cultures, some things, like crazed family interactions?
Can be universal & priceless.
Enjoy the gift of the Rice Truck Saga. With thanks to Shiv & his family for letting us ride along. They got us through 2020.
Can be universal & priceless.
Enjoy the gift of the Rice Truck Saga. With thanks to Shiv & his family for letting us ride along. They got us through 2020.
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Did anyone else read EKRANOPLAN and then sing this immediately aftewrwards?
two pink stuffed animals are standing next to each other .
ALT: two pink stuffed animals are standing next to each other .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Did anyone else read EKRANOPLAN and then sing this immediately aftewrwards?
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Apparently I’m on Wrecks that Changed the World (Episode 4) on PBS this evening, talking about HMS Prince of Wales, Pearl Harbor etc. I wasn’t even sure they’d ever made the programme (I did a day of interviews at FAAM between lockdowns and never heard any more from them)
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Apparently I’m on Wrecks that Changed the World (Episode 4) on PBS this evening, talking about HMS Prince of Wales, Pearl Harbor etc. I wasn’t even sure they’d ever made the programme (I did a day of interviews at FAAM between lockdowns and never heard any more from them)
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I also hope this one has a happy ending.
I am reliably informed that my book has made an excellent gift for a large number of dads and dad types (non-gendered), if you need a gift for a dad or dad type in your life!!
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I also hope this one has a happy ending.
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I love when people have A Thing That They Love and they post about The Thing a lot. It makes me happy
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I love when people have A Thing That They Love and they post about The Thing a lot. It makes me happy
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Some of y'all watch football. Some the parade. Some of you put on that one episode of WKRP from 1978... and that was a brilliant one.
But the true best Thanksgiving TV tradition, the one nearest and dearest to my heart, is MST3k's Turkey Day marathon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZJ7...
But the true best Thanksgiving TV tradition, the one nearest and dearest to my heart, is MST3k's Turkey Day marathon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZJ7...
2025 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon: Double Troubled Features Edition
YouTube video by MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Some of y'all watch football. Some the parade. Some of you put on that one episode of WKRP from 1978... and that was a brilliant one.
But the true best Thanksgiving TV tradition, the one nearest and dearest to my heart, is MST3k's Turkey Day marathon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZJ7...
But the true best Thanksgiving TV tradition, the one nearest and dearest to my heart, is MST3k's Turkey Day marathon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZJ7...
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Get one at EelFacts.net!
My Eel Facts Advent calendar arrived from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social!
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Get one at EelFacts.net!
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"Oh, surely not that tie, sir."
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Oh, surely not that tie, sir."
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Coming 12/5-15, Brian Neff and I are going to be running a Game Jam! The goal is to help more TTRPG designers get published and tied into the community. Details below and at itch.io/jam/grassroo....
Big thanks to our signal boosting friends, including @9thlevelgames.bsky.social and @unpub.org
Big thanks to our signal boosting friends, including @9thlevelgames.bsky.social and @unpub.org
Grassroots Game Jam 2025
A game jam from 2025-12-05 to 2026-01-23 hosted by Grassroots Game Jam, Brian Neff & Raven's Library. A Quick Intro Brian and Ty are veteran RPG players and designers who have been in the industry for...
itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Coming 12/5-15, Brian Neff and I are going to be running a Game Jam! The goal is to help more TTRPG designers get published and tied into the community. Details below and at itch.io/jam/grassroo....
Big thanks to our signal boosting friends, including @9thlevelgames.bsky.social and @unpub.org
Big thanks to our signal boosting friends, including @9thlevelgames.bsky.social and @unpub.org
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We get the print Onion and honestly the "ads" alone are enough reason to buy a subscription. It's hilarious and very sharp satire all the way through.
Extremely good news: A print subscription for The Onion is very on sale today. You'll get your first copy by Christmas.
It's $75 for a year's worth of newspapers shipped to your real-life mailbox each month.
Get one for yourself, your friends, your family, or your enemies.
membership.theonion.com
It's $75 for a year's worth of newspapers shipped to your real-life mailbox each month.
Get one for yourself, your friends, your family, or your enemies.
membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
membership.theonion.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We get the print Onion and honestly the "ads" alone are enough reason to buy a subscription. It's hilarious and very sharp satire all the way through.
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America's Test Kitchen has been my go-to for years now! The recipe developers do lots of science (which you can read if you like or skip right to the recipe) and they include photos and illustrations which are really helpful. They help me understand not just what to do but why to do it.
I have developed zero recipes for NYTimes Cooking, and more than 100 for ATK, this is correct
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
America's Test Kitchen has been my go-to for years now! The recipe developers do lots of science (which you can read if you like or skip right to the recipe) and they include photos and illustrations which are really helpful. They help me understand not just what to do but why to do it.
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Spotted Inventing the Renaissance by @adapalmer.bsky.social in the non-fiction list :)
It's that special time of the year... CPL's 2025 Best of Best lists are here! Best of Best compiles 2025's top reads for kids, teens and adults.
Check the thread below to see CPL staff's top 10 favorite books. #CPLBest📚🏆
View the rest of the lists: chipublib.org/bestofthebest
Check the thread below to see CPL staff's top 10 favorite books. #CPLBest📚🏆
View the rest of the lists: chipublib.org/bestofthebest
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Spotted Inventing the Renaissance by @adapalmer.bsky.social in the non-fiction list :)