Dirck de Lint
@dirck.bsky.social
Intermittently clever writer of horror and SF, he/him (won't get salty about they/them). Find me hither and yon at https://linktr.ee/dirckdelint
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Hi all!
We could use some orders through our store to get us through the cold rainy months ahead, so just a reminder that you can get our books here!
If you add over £60 of items then it discounts 20%!
Everyone's a winner every time!
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averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com
We could use some orders through our store to get us through the cold rainy months ahead, so just a reminder that you can get our books here!
If you add over £60 of items then it discounts 20%!
Everyone's a winner every time!
(reposts gratefully received)
averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com
Avery Hill Publishing
Avery Hill helps aspiring creators reach their potential and is a home for those geniuses the mainstream has yet to recognise.
averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Hi all!
We could use some orders through our store to get us through the cold rainy months ahead, so just a reminder that you can get our books here!
If you add over £60 of items then it discounts 20%!
Everyone's a winner every time!
(reposts gratefully received)
averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com
We could use some orders through our store to get us through the cold rainy months ahead, so just a reminder that you can get our books here!
If you add over £60 of items then it discounts 20%!
Everyone's a winner every time!
(reposts gratefully received)
averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com
I know what this is *meant* to be, but I can't read it without the tune of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" slipping into my head.
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 28, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I know what this is *meant* to be, but I can't read it without the tune of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" slipping into my head.
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Finally got up the nerve to log into X so I could kill my account there. Managed not to see anything unspeakable there while I was at it.
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Finally got up the nerve to log into X so I could kill my account there. Managed not to see anything unspeakable there while I was at it.
The Thing (1982)
[name a more dessicated, hostile-to-life place on this planet]
[name a more dessicated, hostile-to-life place on this planet]
January 27, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The Thing (1982)
[name a more dessicated, hostile-to-life place on this planet]
[name a more dessicated, hostile-to-life place on this planet]
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Enforce the Canada Health Act and stop the premier's from expanding private healthcare.
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Enforce the Canada Health Act and stop the premier's from expanding private healthcare.
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Make private health care illegal so the rich stop stealing from everyone who isn't.
As we head into a new session of Parliament, our new government is focused on our core missions — to protect our communities, build our economy, and empower Canadians with new opportunities.
Together, we’re building Canada strong.
Together, we’re building Canada strong.
January 26, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Make private health care illegal so the rich stop stealing from everyone who isn't.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Morning...
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Morning...
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Do y'all remember this from 2016? I think about this a lot. ❤️
September 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Do y'all remember this from 2016? I think about this a lot. ❤️
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PhD here, built a website with other PhDs devoted to organizing PhDs and future well respected people to criticize and comprehend kleptomaniac grifter plagiarist incapacitating machine
against-a-i.com
against-a-i.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:31 AM
PhD here, built a website with other PhDs devoted to organizing PhDs and future well respected people to criticize and comprehend kleptomaniac grifter plagiarist incapacitating machine
against-a-i.com
against-a-i.com
I believe this has been a known possibility for a long time, but the difference in cost between "fire up the particle collider" vs. "dig up tons of rock and do lots of stuff to shake out ounces of gold" has always favoured the latter approach economically.
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I believe this has been a known possibility for a long time, but the difference in cost between "fire up the particle collider" vs. "dig up tons of rock and do lots of stuff to shake out ounces of gold" has always favoured the latter approach economically.
I assume Scott is there mainly for the ratings value in potentia he brings-- "BREAKING NEWS: CNN Pundit has all the skin pulled off his head by CNN Pundit."
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 21, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I assume Scott is there mainly for the ratings value in potentia he brings-- "BREAKING NEWS: CNN Pundit has all the skin pulled off his head by CNN Pundit."
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I am building an essential 90,000 square foot ballroom and soliciting billion dollar membership fees for my new alternative UN while I shake down Venezuela for cash I will hide in Qatar and I am debating whether I should collapse NATO by stealing the world’s biggest island.
as it always is, part of the trump problem is that describing his behavior in plain language makes you sound like you should be on a 72 hour hold
January 20, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I am building an essential 90,000 square foot ballroom and soliciting billion dollar membership fees for my new alternative UN while I shake down Venezuela for cash I will hide in Qatar and I am debating whether I should collapse NATO by stealing the world’s biggest island.
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I am sure @jessnevins.bsky.social and his Mesopotamian RPG project already know about this
Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online
www.openculture.com/2026/01/dict...
#books #literature #language
www.openculture.com/2026/01/dict...
#books #literature #language
Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online
It took 90 years to complete. But, in 2011, scholars at the University of Chicago finally published a 21-volume dictionary of Akkadian, the language used in ancient Mesopotamia.
www.openculture.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I am sure @jessnevins.bsky.social and his Mesopotamian RPG project already know about this
The coldest of comforts: the very concept of "war crime" arose from the way Canada conducted itself in WWI. We're very nice people unless someone starts shooting.
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The coldest of comforts: the very concept of "war crime" arose from the way Canada conducted itself in WWI. We're very nice people unless someone starts shooting.
Wasn't Father Ted exiled to Craggy Island for this sort of thing?
President Trump is keeping proceeds from the first sale of Venezuelan oil in an offshore bank account based in Qatar, according to reporting from Semafor.
The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/ylz4Msu
The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/ylz4Msu
January 19, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Wasn't Father Ted exiled to Craggy Island for this sort of thing?
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Reading another psychology/human behavior book talking about the Milgram experiment and thought about what might happen now if universities were still allowed to conduct those studies and then realized that is effectively exactly what social media does. It's one big Milgram experiment.
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Reading another psychology/human behavior book talking about the Milgram experiment and thought about what might happen now if universities were still allowed to conduct those studies and then realized that is effectively exactly what social media does. It's one big Milgram experiment.
As someone who wrote a pile of short stories before getting COVID and hasn't been able to finish one since, this is unsurprising news.
(started on a new story last week-- a hopeful "hooray...? toward neuroplasticity)
(started on a new story last week-- a hopeful "hooray...? toward neuroplasticity)
"even a “mild” infection that you seemingly bounce back from may leave a latent neurological footprint—a silent echo of the virus that persists in the brain’s wiring." #covid #cognition #brain #health
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
MRI Scans Reveal Your COVID-19 Can Leave Behind Nasty Brain Damage, Even After You "Recover"
Millions of people could be suffering from unseen damage.
www.zmescience.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
As someone who wrote a pile of short stories before getting COVID and hasn't been able to finish one since, this is unsurprising news.
(started on a new story last week-- a hopeful "hooray...? toward neuroplasticity)
(started on a new story last week-- a hopeful "hooray...? toward neuroplasticity)
Punctuation be damned. Either there's crocodiles or there's something that kills crocodiles; whichever it is, I'm not going in there.
January 19, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Punctuation be damned. Either there's crocodiles or there's something that kills crocodiles; whichever it is, I'm not going in there.
I never quite got around to shutting down my presence on The Site The Once Was a Bird, and now I'm afraid to log in there to do so lest I my computer fill with images which the Criminal Code of Canada has some VERY SERIOUS AND VALID OPINIONS about.
January 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I never quite got around to shutting down my presence on The Site The Once Was a Bird, and now I'm afraid to log in there to do so lest I my computer fill with images which the Criminal Code of Canada has some VERY SERIOUS AND VALID OPINIONS about.
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Ah, there's the January I know.
January 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Ah, there's the January I know.
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*begins training owls to snatch the tongues of bigots*
I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
*begins training owls to snatch the tongues of bigots*