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Hotpot Maestro Sludge McIntyre
@alexei-dot-exe.bsky.social
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mud & rock language enthusiast | they/them | i am 30 or 40 years old and i do not need this
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there are four types of guys online. no exceptions.
a wide shot from Hackers (1995) illustrating the four types of Guys Online: Nikon, Dade, Cereal, & Phreak
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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big thanks to the anonymous friend who donated yesterday 🤲💚

if anyone has a little extra at the end of this month, please support Naima's family in preparing for the cold months with no buildings to shelter them

please share their story
A collage made by one of Naima's friends, shared with permission, made of pictures taken by Naima in Gaza. Top left: Elias, Saji, and Elan next to their tent during the early days of their displacement, when all the kids looked healthier. Top right: Elan, her little sister, standing near the sea wearing a kuffiyeh. A selfie Naima took in a mirror standing in her tent is captioned with her Go Fund Me campaign, also linked in the quoted post, and her Insta Gram account where she can still be contacted: gazannaeema_ The main text reads Naeema's Family Needs A Lifeline. Elias, Saji, and Elan are her siblings, becoming sick after a year of hunger. Their parents share a fraying tent with 4 children and their cat Max. Coordinated aid does not reach their area of Rafah. They need a circle of care so the kids can eat daily, and to keep hope alive of fleeing to Egypt.
September 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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post a random pic for reasons
a still from one of the "Dracula Flow" videos where an older man in sunglasses with a peaked hairline drawn on his bald head in black sharpie delivers some fucking awesome verses. it has been edited in greyscale with an old magazine dot-matrix print effect. it is captioned in an old timey gothic font, "Top Shelf Zaza Disrupted My Circadian Rhythm"
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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wait how did you find this picture of me
Photoshopped image of a tawny little gerbil standing on its hind feet and smoking a massive joint. There is a mouse cursor next to the thick smoke plume of the giant joint. The background is a TV news style blue geometric lines and diamonds.
September 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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guys i want to make everyone aware that i will be engaging in a new Special Interest this evening, therefore i have pre-emptively declared a self-curfew of 8pm to allow my expert panel (me) the resources they need to hyperfocus
a screen grab of the news headline banner "Autism Announcement" which has had the faces of the wrinkly deranged conspiracy grandpas in charge of America's government replaced by two nice and dignified looking TBH / yippees / autism creatures. unlike their predecessors, who are creepy, dehydrated cadavers ravaged by the soul-rot of their behaviors for their whole adult lives, the creatures are maintaining good eye contact etiquette by neither staring directly at each other or you, the viewer.
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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don't make me tap the sign
Edited stills from comedy series Parks & Rec where Ron Swanson, the quintessential DIY dad guy, is in Home Depot being approached by an employee who appears younger than him. The top image has been edited so that the employee's vest shows a "Blue Wave" emoji and a waving hand emoji. The text says "Hey there! Welcome to #TheResistance can I advise you on how to correctly protest?" The bottom image is zoomed in on Ron. It has been edited so that an Antifascist Action button graphic is over Ron's face, as he says "I know more than you."
September 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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tech-bro surveillance fascism's gonna have me learning to do juggalo makeup and only dressing like this in public
A bearded person stands slightly hunched over in profile. They are wearing an imaginative reproduction of Bronze Age Eurasian circumpolar clothing made from loosely draped linens, embroidered or woven wool fabric, leather, beaded twine, and animal bones. A leather cap affixed with large deer antlers and a small skull, maybe a lamb or young goat, is fringed with hanging leather strips that effectively obscure their facial features.
September 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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tearing my hair out watching credulous people interact with this obviously-AI account using AI slop to promote a book written with LLMs, with other obviously-AI accounts in the sparse replies

please, aspiring authors and readers, you don't need to pet & praise the hallucinating bots
Screenshot of the Blue Sky account miverraswriter promoting an e-book called The Hidden Face with a generative A.I. short animation of a long-haired man crouching awkwardly in fire The same account posting a poorly-cropped generative image which has the hallmarks of A.I. slop - confused lighting, jarring mismatched color values, a piece of a weird cravat/tie appearing from nowhere, a face that trends in a very particularly body-fascist direction by amalgamating hundreds of white, waifish, small-featured, large-eyed supermodel faces & becoming unable to sort out a coherent hairstyle. The post below is text which reads, "Let me explain why I think book reviews are not necessary. The number of reviews might not reflect the quality of the book. It depends on paid reviewers' intention to flatter the payer's work, intention to harm the competitor's book, and real potential reviews that weren't posted due to ignorance." This sentence is a grammatical mess trying to mimic a reasoned authorial voice. It also assumes a casually despairing, dog-eat-dog framing of the practices of creating & consuming "art" under extractive surveillance capitalism. Treating potential readers who might share thoughts as inherently adversarial to your Great Work is not something human authors are generally inclined to or can afford to do.
September 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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i haven't heard from Naima for 24 hours, and her family hasn't had funds to buy food for an entire week

please don't let my friend disappear💔

ask your people, in person, to make recurring commitments
print & post this image on community boards
help our sister live

www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
A photo collage and appeal made by Naima's friend and shared by her request. There are pictures of her younger siblings and a selfie taken in their tent. The graphic is constructed to easily share on sites like Instagram, or to be printed out at libraries & posted in community & faith-based spaces. The text on the graphic reads: Naeema's Family Needs a Lifeline. Elias, Saji, and Elan are her siblings, becoming sick after a year of hunger. Their parents share a fraying tent with 4 children & their cat Max. Coordinated aid does not reach their area of Rafah. They need a circle of care so the kids can eat daily, and to keep hope alive of fleeing to Egypt. Above Naima's self photo is the link to her crowd fund, which is shared in this text post, and her Instagram handle: gazannaeema_
August 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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woke up this morning to my friend Naeema's account deleted

this is the 2nd account she's lost to racist reporting scum, enabled by blusky's moderation continually siding with genociders

please advocate for Naeema's family in your local #FreePalestine groups. we are all #Gaza has, don't look away
A collage-style graphic to advocate for Naeema's family's survival in Gaza. There are pictures of Naeema's siblings Elias, Saji, and Elan which she personally approved with her family's permission for raising survival funds. The left column of text reads "Naeema's Family Needs a Lifeline: Elias, Saji, and Elan are her siblings, becoming sick after a year of hunger. Their parents share a fraying tent with 4 children and their cat Max. They need a circle of care so the kids can eat daily, and to keep hope alive of fleeing to Egypt." The crowd funding link is www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-awad-familys-journey-to-safety
August 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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This Is The Way

-signed, a queer crip who is themself two (or more) things
An epic handshake meme, illustrated with a Black person in a white t-shirt clasping hands firmly with a white person in a red t-shirt. Their arms are strong, interlocked like they are each helping to steady the other person, and united in solidarity. Text over the left arm reads "Disability Pride," text over the right arm reads "Gay Wrath," and middle text over the united hands reads "July"
July 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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holy shit the gang could've avoided this in so many different ways, primary among them *not deferring leadership to or organizing at all with ex-cops*

suddenly makes a lot more sense why the shooter's name has been under wraps this long
The materials I created involved the following types of guidance: How to determine whether an open-carry protester is being responsible and safe. How to determine if an open-carry protester is actually there in support of the event or might instead be a threat. How to speak to an open-carry protester in a way that doesn't cause distrust, alarm, or defensiveness. How to approach an open-carry protester in a way that encourages a respectful exchange so that you can understand their motives and establish rapport. How to reassure the crowd nearby that this person isn't a danger to them. How to create trust between the open-carrier, the people around them, and the event organizers. The security team rejected my guidance as "unqualified," saying that their experience as ex-cops was more qualifying (while also choosing to derogatorily defame the Black Lives Matter movement in the same conversation). This was the first I had heard that these people were ex-cops; I was horrified and immediately cut off contact with the security team. To my alarm, the Utah 50501 administration team was unconcerned with this development, and unfortunately this was part of a broader pattern at Utah [should read "pattern at Utah 50501." End of sentence cut off in screenshot.]
June 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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truly, for real real, i love the scouts-bake-sale energy some of the new movement folks are bringing to the local Indivisible rallies, it's much needed fresh vibes

but y'all have got to start acting just a smidgeon less like seasonal college town Lowe's employees afraid of getting fired
A meme made of two altered stills from a well-known Parks & Recreation scene where Ron Swanson, rugged individualist handyman, is shopping at a Lowe's home improvement store. In the top scene a uniformed employee approaches Ron. The image has been edited so the uniform vest has a blue wave emoji and a waving hand on it. The employee says "Hey there! Welcome to #TheResistance, can I advise you on how to correctly protest?" The bottom image shows Ron in close up, his face obscured by the red and black flags logo for Antifascist Action affinity groups. His original dialogue subtitles remain "I know more than you."
June 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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stealing this from the person who posted it yesterday, without alt text, and made sure to clarify for all the Dems that they don't *really* hate america

i would like to clarify that america is a generational curse writ in centuries of blood & ecocide, and i hate its shambling half-animated corpse
A close-up of a mug of coffee which has frothy cream on the surface. Text over the pale liquid says: My plan for today? Same as always: smoke weed and hate America
June 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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quoted image with alt text
Screencap of a deleted tweet from Terry Moran that reads: The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not brains. It's bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater. You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate. Trump is a world-class hater. But his hatred only a means to an end, and that end is his own glorification. That's his spiritual nourishment.
June 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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with alt text
Screenshot of a post by user funky student, @ natskashi They have written the text "our anti capitalist martyr" above a news grab from an article called A Rat Broke Into an ATM, Ate 18,000 dollars worth of cash, and Died. The article shows an entire ATM's worth of shredded bank notes inside the shell of the machine, and an adorable stock photo of a wild rat brown rat looking very cute and based.
June 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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ok i wax lyrical about this show a lot and then the next scene i watch immediately has a minor villain doing PogO faces at all the drama he has wrought
Dragos, a Greek man with a full beard and roughspun cloth cap, is peering out from behind a curtain at an all-out brawl he indirectly caused. He is making an incredibly goofy face as he relishes the chaos. He's puckering his mouth to form an O shape, and fish-eyed in a tight close-up shot.
June 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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thinking about

Her
A close-up of Rainbow Quartz, a tall lady with high teased hair in pinkish blond tones, with dusky mauve skin, four eyes, and a rosy gem in her forehead. She has softly closed eyes and a dreamy expression, and she is fluffing her hair with limp hands after just being created from the fusion of Rose Quartz and Pearl.
May 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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anti-talking machines meme that reads: All robot & computer must shut the hell up. To all machines: you do not speak unless spoken to. And I will never speak to you. I do not want to hear "Thank you" from a kiosk. I am a divine being. You are an object. You have no right to speak in my holy tongue.
May 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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my beloved
A Chicago-style deep dish pizza on top of a checkered tablecloth at Edwardo's Natural Pizza. Cheese is at least 2 inches deep, sauce on the top, with a nicely browned crust.
May 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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it is ghoulish to try and erase the families desperate to survive this

this is Rena, who lost three of her siblings recently and who deserves to be seen

chuffed.org/project/help...
A young child in a red shirt with cartoon animals on it is sitting next to a large pile of rubble. Her eyes are cast down, and her hand is near an object made a purple plastic, trapped in the jumble of concrete and burnt materials.
May 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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image with alt text

Mohsen Mahdawi has been released!

free Rümeysa Öztürk, free Mahmoud Khalil, free all ICE detainees and destroy their concentration camps!
Mohsen Mahdawi, wearing a suit and keffiyeh, raises both his hands with peace signs outside a federal court building. He is surrounded by supporters on the sidewalk who are cheering and looking joyful.
April 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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the face you make when he look back at it
A still from the Turkish TV drama Dirilis: Ertugrul. Baiju Noyan, a Mongol general with leather armor and long black hair, is staring intensely into the middle-distance with one eyebrow raised and a half-smirk. Looks kinda horny for his arch-nemesis, who is out of frame and just did a badass spear throw to save Baiju's life.
April 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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the vibe i bring to bluskyy
Augbert, the dream-walking physicist from Dropout's Very Important People series, is crouching in an Art Deco-ish cushioned chair inside a warmly lit interview studio. He is dressed in furs and leathers, with a semi-feral expression on his face, framed with long & tangled tawny hair, clenching his fists. Subtitles on this still read: Get back to real toadstools
April 22, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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also absolutely delighted at how much i've come to love Ares, a character i first thought was a throwaway Villain Of The Week, but who actually rivals Sadettin Kopek for attention during their scenes together. they are both * so good * at the physical acting, the body language, the bitchy glares
A screenshot from the Turkish TV drama "Dirilis: Ertugrul" - On the left is Ares, a Byzantine general wearing a dark cloak. He is firmly gripping the hand of Emir Sadettin Kopek, an emir of the Seljuk Empire and aspiring usurper of the Sultan. While Ares is craning his head towards the emir, his face barely hidden from the camera, Sadettin is leaning as far back as he can from this crazy Greek without breaching his strict sense of decorum. He is standing awkwardly, when he normally carries himself with exagerated dignity at all times, and he is glancing up at Ares with a wary expression, like he just realized he is shaking hands with a hungry lion after agreeing to free him so long as he eats that other guy way over there.
April 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM