Jonathan Beckford Minnamon
@hvarf.bsky.social
Portland, OR
formerly @calamityjive on the birdsite
ain't afraid of no ghost
formerly @calamityjive on the birdsite
ain't afraid of no ghost
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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Someone stole my headphones at the airport so I'm back in my death penalty era
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Someone stole my headphones at the airport so I'm back in my death penalty era
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If you have a billion dollars, you literally have enough money to never have to hear any criticism for the rest of your life. Just because they’re all addicted to going online and getting yelled at isn’t my fucking problem.
The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you have a billion dollars, you literally have enough money to never have to hear any criticism for the rest of your life. Just because they’re all addicted to going online and getting yelled at isn’t my fucking problem.
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
share.google
December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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I have officially launched TrueRef's new timed gesture tool (Flow) & free pose library (Pose)! Both are linked on trueref.io.
While limited right now, both will contain our full free library by the 1st. 🤍
Flow: community.trueref.io/trueref_gest...
Pose: community.trueref.io/free_referen...
While limited right now, both will contain our full free library by the 1st. 🤍
Flow: community.trueref.io/trueref_gest...
Pose: community.trueref.io/free_referen...
December 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I have officially launched TrueRef's new timed gesture tool (Flow) & free pose library (Pose)! Both are linked on trueref.io.
While limited right now, both will contain our full free library by the 1st. 🤍
Flow: community.trueref.io/trueref_gest...
Pose: community.trueref.io/free_referen...
While limited right now, both will contain our full free library by the 1st. 🤍
Flow: community.trueref.io/trueref_gest...
Pose: community.trueref.io/free_referen...
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by the end of the year you will realize it’s not say Star Trek (important: that’s an eg. I have nothing against Star Trek) that’s rich and dense and incredible. It’s your own engagement that creates the incredible thing. Have fun with texts don’t ascribe god powers to them
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
by the end of the year you will realize it’s not say Star Trek (important: that’s an eg. I have nothing against Star Trek) that’s rich and dense and incredible. It’s your own engagement that creates the incredible thing. Have fun with texts don’t ascribe god powers to them
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in 2026 instead of lore-diving whatever giant franchise benefits from your engagement try doing it with any writer/director with a substantial body of work but no “fandom”. Marie Ndiaye. Maryse Conde. Samuel Fuller. See where it gets you. If you gotta have a static setting do Mervyn Peake
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
in 2026 instead of lore-diving whatever giant franchise benefits from your engagement try doing it with any writer/director with a substantial body of work but no “fandom”. Marie Ndiaye. Maryse Conde. Samuel Fuller. See where it gets you. If you gotta have a static setting do Mervyn Peake
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Jon's a clown. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
December 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Jon's a clown. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
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look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
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Has it been Sunday all day??? When did Saturday happen???
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Has it been Sunday all day??? When did Saturday happen???
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Happy Eat the Christmas Tree Day to all who celebrate
December 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Happy Eat the Christmas Tree Day to all who celebrate
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Growing up in Gaza, I didn't realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn't face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a concentration camp, and that it shaped my life mondoweiss.net/2025/12/i-di...
I did not understand I grew up in a concentration camp until I left Gaza
Growing up in Gaza, I didn’t realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn’t face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a…
mondoweiss.net
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Growing up in Gaza, I didn't realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn't face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a concentration camp, and that it shaped my life mondoweiss.net/2025/12/i-di...
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[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
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since just asking for dms didn't work out as i expected, i'll just say it here:
i'm gifting a 3-months Sponsor deck.blue membership for artists on bluesky! just reach me out on the dms to get it and be able to schedule posts!
requirements: 1k+ followers, don't use ai and keep posting real art!
i'm gifting a 3-months Sponsor deck.blue membership for artists on bluesky! just reach me out on the dms to get it and be able to schedule posts!
requirements: 1k+ followers, don't use ai and keep posting real art!
if you're an artist with 1k+ followers that uses deck.blue to schedule posts, please reach me out over on the dms! i have something for you all
December 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
since just asking for dms didn't work out as i expected, i'll just say it here:
i'm gifting a 3-months Sponsor deck.blue membership for artists on bluesky! just reach me out on the dms to get it and be able to schedule posts!
requirements: 1k+ followers, don't use ai and keep posting real art!
i'm gifting a 3-months Sponsor deck.blue membership for artists on bluesky! just reach me out on the dms to get it and be able to schedule posts!
requirements: 1k+ followers, don't use ai and keep posting real art!
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If I were running out of magic power to sustain my delightful illusory world, I would simply not let it fall into a corrupted state that exposes my deepest memories
December 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If I were running out of magic power to sustain my delightful illusory world, I would simply not let it fall into a corrupted state that exposes my deepest memories
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happy weird time between christmas and new years
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
happy weird time between christmas and new years
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if you missed this earlier...it owns. hope matt taibbi does not sue me for saying that this owns
For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10 Hours Hypnotic Fireplace Ambiance – 4K Macro Slow-Motion Color Flames, Crackling Fire (No Music)
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
if you missed this earlier...it owns. hope matt taibbi does not sue me for saying that this owns
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"Everywhere I went in Chicago, there were community members patrolling streets, following government agents, warning victims, and pushing back any way they could — and always, the whistles around their necks, the sign you’re around allies."
(via @hammerandhope.bsky.social)
(via @hammerandhope.bsky.social)
War at Home
A record of ICE’s assault on immigrants and the people’s resistance.
hammerandhope.org
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Everywhere I went in Chicago, there were community members patrolling streets, following government agents, warning victims, and pushing back any way they could — and always, the whistles around their necks, the sign you’re around allies."
(via @hammerandhope.bsky.social)
(via @hammerandhope.bsky.social)
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2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House.
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
The Last Thing US Transit Agencies Should Do Now
Rising costs and widening deficits as pandemic aid runs out are challenging bus and train operators in many cities. But cutting service needs to be a last resort.
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House.
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
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There are 12 days of Christmas
They start on the 25th
It’s in a song, get educated
It’s not over keep eating
They start on the 25th
It’s in a song, get educated
It’s not over keep eating
December 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
There are 12 days of Christmas
They start on the 25th
It’s in a song, get educated
It’s not over keep eating
They start on the 25th
It’s in a song, get educated
It’s not over keep eating
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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A reminder that the pyramids are literally in the city, and that the distance between the Grand Pyramid of Cheops and the Sphinx is larger than the distance between the Sphinx and the aforementioned combination KFC/Pizza Hut.
December 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A reminder that the pyramids are literally in the city, and that the distance between the Grand Pyramid of Cheops and the Sphinx is larger than the distance between the Sphinx and the aforementioned combination KFC/Pizza Hut.