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That dude who does all the yelling. Marxism, maths, mirth, mTrek. https://www.idfc.co.uk/

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · Apr 1

Plus, the first Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations book is out in paperback, if that's the sort of thing you think you might be into (and you live in the UK).

www.idfc.co.uk/product-page...

Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations Volume 1.1 (paperback+1st class postage) | Infinite Diversity,

The first volume of IDFC in weighty paperback form! Contains essays on every episode of Season 1 of The Original Series (including "The Cage"), along with pieces on The Motion Picture, James Blish's S...

www.idfc.co.uk

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

Seeing a suggestion on here that Nazis can't be punks

Sadly this is not true

There's a whole song about what they should do

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𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖆 𝖓𝖊𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗 🏳️‍⚧️ @neurosismancer.gay · 8h

“i was married, but i’m not married anymore. women don’t like the vehicle.”

A UFO shaped vehicle on a Brooklyn street, made of stained and slightly rusty metal panels. A door on the side has a wheel to open it.

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Dave Probert @daveprobert.bsky.social · 12h

Principal Skinner meme saying "Do people not like Jared Leto? No, it's the Tron franchise that has failed"

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23h

Extremely good cat.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23h

(Personally, I'd put the line between those capable of internalising criticism and those who aren't, but I'd imagine the correlation between my formulation and that of the OP's is pretty damn high.)

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23h

Being me, I'd modify this slightly into "people who care about others no matter how they differ from themselves", but otherwise, this is a pretty damn good place to draw the line.

jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 1d

“More than at any other time — I'm finally realizing that the world is simply divided into people that care about others, and those who don't — but don't want to be shamed for it.”

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!

Tulika Bose @TulikaBose_
More than at any other time — I'm finally realizing that the world is simply divided into people that care about others, and those who don't — but don't want to be shamed for it
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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23h

I've said this elsewhere, but every single "zero tolerance" policy I've ever come across eventually revealed itself to be "zero recognition" - a commitment has been made to not accept something, so heaven and earth is moved to claim said something isn't, in fact, actually happening.

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23h

This is true so often, in so many (ostensibly) different circumstances: power doesn't decide what to do in response to an outrage, it decides how to frame the outrage in such a way that they don't have to do anything.

Wanly Made Mailman @basicchunnel.bsky.social · 21h

We still have to call them "white nationalists", because "the country is run by white supremacists" is too spicy of a statement. Like obviously if the latter were true, something would really have to be done

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 2d

O’Flaherty’s intervention on trans rights and protest rights centers on the necessity test, not proportionality.

In the simplest terms, it’s the question of “is it going to help?” If a law achieves nothing good and only interferes with our freedom, it violates human rights.

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 2d

Count me among those unhinged and incapable of textual analysis, I guess.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 3d

Watched Terrifier. What an ugly, unpleasant film.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

Some of those who say I quit
Are the same who talk bullshit

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 3d

We’ll need a followup story on each of these cops a few months into Mamdani’s term to see if they made good on their vows to leave the force

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · Oct 31

Book cover for Pet Cemetery featuring an angry cat’s face hissing as a silhouette of a man stares off. Text and title read:

I just
FED YOU
Stop yelling at me...

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 4d

That book is an absolute trip.

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 7d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 8d

Challenge level: impossible. That said, Animal, Beaker, Gonzo, Lew Zealand and Sam are all top-tier.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 8d

Name your Fav Muppet.

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 10d

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 10d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · 9d

Liberals stop creating a false binary choice between Newsom and Trump in 2025 challenge level: impossible.

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 9d

I distinctly remember someone - I think it was Sunny Hundal - telling a lefty journalist, with concrete-thick smugness, that although she'd been right and he'd been wrong, none of his important friends had taken that as a sign she should be listened to, so clearly his analysis was better.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9d

Also see e.g. the war on terror, George Osborne and austerity, the protests against austerity and the anti-austerity movement, Boris fucking Johnson and now Sir Keir Starmer. The hits just keep on coming and the lads just keep on yapping and yammering, but none of them can explain.