James
@tlbjames.bsky.social
🏳️🌈Science-literate gay Gen-X misanthrope married to @TLBTim.bsky.social. Grizzled copy editor, proud dogfather, rude grammarian, self-pub'd queer SFF/horror author, podcaster since 8/10/06 (@TrashSprinkles.bsky.social), and pragmatic nihilist. He/Him
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James
@tlbjames.bsky.social
· Dec 14
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1988)
—James Baldwin (1924–1988)
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Two exceptionally beautifully carved Mithraic altars found in Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland, are going on display for the 1st time. The Roman altars date to the 140s - when S-Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius 📷 National Museums Scotland & Duncan McGlynn media.nms.ac.uk/news/rare-ro...
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Two exceptionally beautifully carved Mithraic altars found in Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland, are going on display for the 1st time. The Roman altars date to the 140s - when S-Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius 📷 National Museums Scotland & Duncan McGlynn media.nms.ac.uk/news/rare-ro...
M-O-O-N 🌝❤️
Took a break from my current big piece to relax a bit and made a watercolor 😈🎨🦇
February 13, 2026 at 4:21 AM
M-O-O-N 🌝❤️
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Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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THEY CAN’T ERASE US, OUR HISTORY, OR OUR STORIES.
These colors DON’T RUN, and neither do we.
These colors DON’T RUN, and neither do we.
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
THEY CAN’T ERASE US, OUR HISTORY, OR OUR STORIES.
These colors DON’T RUN, and neither do we.
These colors DON’T RUN, and neither do we.
I legit thought this was insane yet entirely expected, then saw the account and breathed a sigh of relief before again plunging into despair because it's still entirely plausible and only remains fiction up until it actually finally happens.
“Our new Stephen video generator is an easy, user-friendly text-to-video model that can create clips up to two minutes long and will easily trick the commander-in-chief into believing Mexico has deployed nuclear weapons on the U.S. border,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI Introduces Premium Video Generator For White House Advisors Manipulating Trump
SAN FRANCISCO—Heralding what it called a “bold new age” in warping the mind of the nation’s elderly leader, OpenAI introduced a new premium video generator Thursday marketed toward White House advisor...
theonion.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I legit thought this was insane yet entirely expected, then saw the account and breathed a sigh of relief before again plunging into despair because it's still entirely plausible and only remains fiction up until it actually finally happens.
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📽️ WATCH: We went inside the immigrant family detention center in Dilley, Texas.
Listen to what kids told reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social about their life in detention — and the things they’ve lost and left behind.
Read more: https://propub.li/4toqME6
Listen to what kids told reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social about their life in detention — and the things they’ve lost and left behind.
Read more: https://propub.li/4toqME6
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
📽️ WATCH: We went inside the immigrant family detention center in Dilley, Texas.
Listen to what kids told reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social about their life in detention — and the things they’ve lost and left behind.
Read more: https://propub.li/4toqME6
Listen to what kids told reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social about their life in detention — and the things they’ve lost and left behind.
Read more: https://propub.li/4toqME6
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Please donate if you can!
We’re all trying to do something for our neighbors in need here in Minnesota. My wife and I want to raise money to get diapers to families who need them.
Never run a GoFundMe before. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/299cbf1ff
Never run a GoFundMe before. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/299cbf1ff
Donate to Help Saint Paul Families Provide Diapers for Kids, organized by Jill Moe
Kids in Minnesota need diapers.
Amid the ongoing ICE occupation, many f… Jill Moe needs your support for Help Saint Paul Families Provide Diapers for Kids
gofund.me
February 13, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Please donate if you can!
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The caption:
"How do you not go unhinged embarrassingly wild to that song??"
"How do you not go unhinged embarrassingly wild to that song??"
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The caption:
"How do you not go unhinged embarrassingly wild to that song??"
"How do you not go unhinged embarrassingly wild to that song??"
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What's your comfort horror movie?
Both of these.
Both of these.
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 AM
What's your comfort horror movie?
Both of these.
Both of these.
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This is QUITE a journey with a great ending. 😂👏
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 AM
This is QUITE a journey with a great ending. 😂👏
Forgot to mention, took tomorrow off to make my 3-day weekend and 4-dayer, so tonight is now First Friday!
a woman with a robotic eye painted on her face says fun will now commence
ALT: a woman with a robotic eye painted on her face says fun will now commence
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Forgot to mention, took tomorrow off to make my 3-day weekend and 4-dayer, so tonight is now First Friday!
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We are living in the four thousand year wake of the Canaanite tribe’s internal split
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
We are living in the four thousand year wake of the Canaanite tribe’s internal split
I thinks it's rather humorous that techbros' bullshit has started making technology so useless that they're effectively causing a growing number of people to go backwards by removing ring doorbells and anything that gets AI shoved into it and going back to physical media. It's nice to see.
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I thinks it's rather humorous that techbros' bullshit has started making technology so useless that they're effectively causing a growing number of people to go backwards by removing ring doorbells and anything that gets AI shoved into it and going back to physical media. It's nice to see.
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Thanks for voting for me as your representative. However, since other people in other districts didn’t vote for democratic candidates, I’m just going to sit back and relax until the next election
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Thanks for voting for me as your representative. However, since other people in other districts didn’t vote for democratic candidates, I’m just going to sit back and relax until the next election
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I’m not sure whether we should take it seriously when folks ask “what can the democrats do since they’re not the majority?,” you’re not playing your position, friend. Their job doesn’t stop because the coalition isn’t large enough. No, they need to get out there and argue. Fight!
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I’m not sure whether we should take it seriously when folks ask “what can the democrats do since they’re not the majority?,” you’re not playing your position, friend. Their job doesn’t stop because the coalition isn’t large enough. No, they need to get out there and argue. Fight!
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like you should be worshipping the sun and the trees, Olaf
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
like you should be worshipping the sun and the trees, Olaf
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White people who yell about the middle eastern migrants destroying white culture are bizarre because white Europeans worship the middle eastern god
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
White people who yell about the middle eastern migrants destroying white culture are bizarre because white Europeans worship the middle eastern god