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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

great patron interaction just now - 'you guys sent me an overdue notice, but it has someone else's name on it, my address is wrong on it, and it says i have books checked out that I've never read'

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

i really don't like admitting it as someone with local pride but the Colorado Rockies completely clear both the Tetons and the Wasatch Front

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

i visited Black Canyon of the Gunnison this time of year a few years back and the drive through the San Juans was probably the prettiest thing I've ever seen

Nick Mustoe @nickmustoe.bsky.social · 3d

It is raining gold on the San Juans. Probably peak color for the season as rain moves in this weekend.

Golden aspen and Engelmann spruce surround a dirt road.

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 2d

deeply frustrated by coworkers who constantly act like it's their first day on the job and have to be reminded how to do every single thing

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 5d

love that book, did it for a book club last winter. you see the title and think to yourself 'well it can't really be *that* bad' and then you read the book and it really is

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 6d

they're making toilet two factor authentication real

R.L. BurnStein @prairiepatriot.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Flock CEOs website is interesting…

Great start-up ideas boss! The masses demand and upgrade to the toilet!

Website of Flock CEO

Garrett Langley
Bio
I am a byproduct of my parents (both in sales) and my education (ECE from Ga Tech). I like to write code and sell things. Industry doesn't matter to me. Products that solve a real problem for consumers.
Work History
• Firethorn (acq Qualcomm) - imagine if Mint, Venmo, and Apply Pay were in one app, but on a Motorola Razor - 3rd employee
• Experience (acq Cox Enterprises) - trying to make live events more fun for fans and more profitable for teams - Co-founder, VP
• Clutch (incubated at Cox) - imagine if everyone owned a garage full of cars, matching the perfect ride for the situation - Co-founder
• Flock Safety - imagine if we could eliminate crime, we capture evidence to make it easier for police to do their job - Co-founder, CEO
Startup Ideas
• Toilets - impacts the whole world. hasn't changed in hundreds of years. plumbing is tricky though.
• Constrained social networks - path (RIP) remains my favorite social network. constraints breed creativity.
• Wine - could you make a guilt-free (i.e., no alcohol) wine?
• Vertically integrated technology companies in big, old industries (Atrium for XYZ)
• Mass consumer company using crypto
garrettlangley.com

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Mr Pie Break @piebreak.bsky.social · 7d

I've pulled beauty from the jaws of creation and yet still you all forget my power

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 11d

Trump comments on the opposition: "I thought [I] would be met with fury on the left, but they're sort of giving up."

"I really thought that we were gonna have to sort of fight it through. There's been no fight."

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 12d

they should say it was because of disco elysium even if the kid is like 13

Tamper Proof Lid @readuction.bsky.social · Nov 6

I know a real life person who named their kid Harry cause of the stupid books. They now claim it was for another reason, but I remember. Lmao

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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · 14d

It weird that cant just report 'The president of the united states is medically insane' in a big newspaper

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 13d

have a very similar thing on my dad's side of the family, everyone has died of cancer before 65. family legend says there's a curse but i think it's because they live 80 miles downwind of the Nevada Test Site

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 14d

heartwarming moment in the gas station just now - dad teaching his son how to play powerball

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 14d

fifty years after the second nuremberg trials there are gonna be kids going into their grandfathers basement and finding these in carefully hidden display cases

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 17d

always with the fucking meadowcream with this guy

Redwall Feasts Bot @redwallfeasts.bsky.social · 17d

It's called honey an' blackberry cordial. Very nice with meadowcream pudding and red currants—go on, fill your plate.

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Topher Brennan (he/they) @topherbrennan.bsky.social · 29d

I recently heard someone say that in most countries Chotner would be a replacement-level competent interviewer, but in America he destroys people because they've never gotten a follow-up question in their lives.

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 17d

it wasn't until college that i learned that there were other places to put a tv than mounted 6 feet above a fireplace

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 18d

I spent most of my life between birth and 17 in rooms that looked like that one

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 20d

me 😝

sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 23d

unironically rules that Kansas out of all the states in the midwest has decided it's responsible for 1/5th of all of american history. and i agree

Snowden St. @snowden.st · 23d

Thinking once again about this narcissism index of the US states, asking them to rank their state's contribution to "all of US History", and then comparing it against nonresidents' rankings of the same state.

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Heat map of how residents ranked the percentage their home state contributed to all of US History. Virginia the most at 41% and Iowa the smallest at 9%

Researchers created a Narcissism Index by comparing how residents rated their home state's historical importance compared with nonresidents' rankings. The only outlier was Washington state, which researchers believed was caused by people's confusion with Washington, D.C. (Psychological Science)

Virginia the highest Narcissism Index, 18%, CO, IA, KY, and MS at 1%

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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 23d

Rick Steves should die so we could get a millenarian cult going

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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 24d

They already ended free speech to stifle the Palestine movement a year or two ago but fwiw I am genuinely sorry to see it's affecting talk-show hosts now too.

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 24d

been soft launching this by pronouncing my q's as hard k's for a while now

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · 24d

had to take a few mental health days this week. yesterday i called out, went back to bed, and had a vivid dream about blowing up my workplace with a bomb. now what could that mean

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · Sep 11

It’s kind of like if you could give a culture a concusssion

The Ken in Yellow @ Lone Star Zine Fest @kenlowery.bsky.social · Sep 11

Quick question: what the fuck is anyone talking about anymore

An airport banner with an image of a folding laptop paralleled to a hot dog that reads "feeding fans faster with AI"

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sexual magician @psionicwarrior.bsky.social · Sep 4

editorializing

I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · Sep 4

One look and you know he’s having fun :3

A black and white tuxedo cat with bright yellow eyes is hiding playfully under a piece of crinkled brown packing paper. The cat’s wide eyes and forward-leaning posture make it look like he’s clearly having fun.

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