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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew

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A strange assortment of knowledge, caprice, and whims. Throw in steel pens and DnD, shake, strain and serve. He/Him/Hey You https://thesteelpen.com/ https://theesterbrookproject.com/

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · Feb 15

I'll make this a table of contents post for my steel pen posts. They seem to be reasonably popular, but I only post them periodically, so they may get buried. Here are the ones I've posted so far. I'll keep adding as I go.

Also, more info in my alt text.

The original.
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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thought I'd try something, see if anyone is interested.

Let's look at a single object, humble and everyday for it's time, and unpack some of its context and importance.

This is a "steel pen" from Gillott. They were sold by the gross in small paper boxes.
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A photo of a shiny steel dip pen nib. It is laid out on a millimeter scale and is approximately 3.1 centimeters long. The imprint on the pen says, "Double Elastic. 604F. Joseph Gillott's" and "England" along the heel of the pen. It is a straight shaped pen with a strong grind, two shoulder slits and long tapered point which help with it's elasticity.

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Adroitly Absurd @adroitlyabsurd.bsky.social · 4h

I teach about this at work - that is, the foundation of law being mutual agreement in it’s “concreteness”

It’s best summed up in the symbolism of the tablet in the
Statue of Liberty’s arm, a keystone-shaped tablet reading “July 4th 1776”

There’s good reason for why it looks like that:

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Detail of the Statue of Liberty’s left arm, her hand cradling a keystone-shaped tablet in the same familiar green weathered copper patina reading “July IV MDCCLXXVI”

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Adroitly Absurd @adroitlyabsurd.bsky.social · 4h

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 5h

Interesting. I find her the one who I think I could tolerate hanging out with the most. Her and Roko and Babs. The others are a little too far down the Chaos Goblin spectrum, or too far towards the other end. Almost everyone would be fun to hang out with for an afternoon, but I would be exhausted.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 6h

Up the autumnal backlanes of Ceredigion, mid Wales, this afternoon 🍂🌞

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 8h

Mark of the Beast for many fundies.

Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 8h

Follow the money. How is he connected to the development of that site once the building was cleared?

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 9h

Exactly. I refuse to believe that there was no one compiling risks, but totally believe they chose to “accept” those risks.

Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 9h

This should be GOOD!!

Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 9h

Can't contain how much you LOVE Maps?

We're getting a real treat ready for you at #NewberryLibrary! "Mapping Outside the Lines" opens tomorrow!

It's curated by Dave Weimer, more info here:
www.newberry.org/calendar/map...
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Exhibition door with geode looking diagram vinyl of white wiggly lines going up on the left side.

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 9h

So Trump thinks we should give a $20B bailout to the right wing government in Argentina, but we can’t afford to keep your healthcare from going up by $1000s of dollars a year? Bullshit.

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 9h

Amazing and beautiful, as always.

Annie Stegg Gerard @anniestegg.bsky.social · 9h

The painting process for "The Golden Sentinel" (11x14 inches, oil on wood panel) featuring a winged sphinx adorned in jewels, keeping watch from her gnarled tree.

#sphinx #sphinxart #oilpaintingprocess #mythologyart

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Katie (she/her) @librariankqm.bsky.social · 1d

"The Trump Administration abruptly ended federal support for a highly effective intervention that helps disabled people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access benefits to help them stabilize their lives."

www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 19h

Just need a press pass in the hat band.

a black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and smiling .

Alt: a black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and smiling .

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

1909

According to evidence of elderly people, the world has been growing worse with each generation; men less manly; women less womanly, honesty less common; religion less of an influence. According to the evidence of conditions, however, the world seems to have been growing ever and always a better place for the human race to live in.
--West Concord Enterprise, 2 Sep 1909

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT, NYC 💒 🏙️

We can't wait to see you LIVE, TONIGHT at the legendary Radio City Music Hall for the long-awaited wedding of Fjord Stone & Jester Lavorre! 💕

Learn More About Our NYC Live Show ⬇️
https://critrole.com/event/newyork2025/

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Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social · 1d

This is my favorite thing I've seen in ages, and also it is precisely my daily life with a 6-year-old lair companion named Grimoire, and a whole bunch of facsimile codices on the shelves.

Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 2d

Is there anyone in the Seattle area who really wants to get into macro photography and has a Nikon? I'm giving up on heavy camera gear and I'm going to sell a ton of stuff including a barely used speedlight kit and commander, Laowa 100mm Macro, Nikkor 10-20mm, Manfrotto tripod with ball head...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile at Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at The Onion on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 1d

Preach it!

Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 1d

It is a magical place. Photos mine.

Photo of Bell Rock near Sedona, AZ. A rugged, red rocky upthrust in the midst of desert scrub.

The Mystic Trail near Sedona, AZ. A line of rocky outcroppings with horizontal white striping on red rocks. Between you can see scrub pine and red dirt trail. The sky has scattered high clouds.

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MWhite @pjmatt.bsky.social · 1d

This is an absolutely delightful paragraph here. just joyful

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Fred Ramsdell was parked at a campground in Montana on Monday when his wife suddenly started shouting. He first thought that maybe she had seen a grizzly bear. Instead, she had regained cell service and had seen a flood of text messages with the same news. “You just won the Nobel Prize!” she yelled.

Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 1d

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

It's black letter, can't get more explicit, printed in US code you ignoramus. 31 U.S. Code § 1341 (c)(2)

*JOHNSON: SOME LEGAL ANAYLYSTS DON'T BELIEVE IN SHUTDOWN BACKPAY

(2)Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.

Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 1d

I have never know supposedly straight men who are so preoccupied with men and manliness, manly sex practices, and male genitalia as right wing men. From controlling when and how often you should be climaxing, to tanning your balls, these guys are just weird.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 1d

They're hoping that no one else has object permanence. If they just hide it then it must not exist, despite being in black and white in the law books. Didn't work for LGBTQ+ folks, won't work here.

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