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Mark Bowen @aratusofsicyon.bsky.social · 6h

" It was 2016. It's always 2016 with us. In our lives together, which are sweet in the way of rotting things, it is somehow permanently 2016."

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 12h

attend CYBERWARCON, receive enlightenment.

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Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 6h

Dear God

Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 9h

Have you ever wanted to see two terminally online nerds really (and I mean *really*) get into the SVR deep lore while continuing the eternal goal of making 2016 last forever?

Gosh does @cyberwarcon.bsky.social have a talk for you!

Oil Into The Fire — CYBERWARCON

www.cyberwarcon.com

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Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 1d

“Man, I dunno, I’m starting the think the guy in the Nine Line t-shirt who doesn’t own any books and hasn’t heard of Radiohead might not be one of us.”

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 1d

giving myself silicosis so I can sue oliver’s father for driving 11 mph in the preschool parking lot

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

confidentiality
integrity
access

pick two and work towards all three

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

samizdat in the digital age isnt just about distribution of materials but maintaining their integrity through physical copies

there is a potential, in addition to crass efforts at control, to exert a more subtle influence - the shifting of passages, the removal of content, etc

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 3d

samizdat in the digital age is w y l d

layer in genAI and the need for physical copies takes on a sharper more urgent point

sneaker nets, pigeons w 5 TB usb sticks, water proof headphones w 32 gb storage, open source printers/printing press, the return of the zine, etc

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 4d

they call this “the Blade test” down at Camp Peary

Call of Cthu-Luke @llobrow.bsky.social · 4d

"eastern european goth girl takes you to a surprise rave in an industrial freezer" is one of those obvious red flags that would absolutely work on me

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Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 4d

maranasati, liberation upon hearing “hut”, etc.

Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 4d

mac jones thought about death for the first time and went out and threw for 350 yds

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 7d

“if the government is shut down then why i am at work?” (2025)

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“Hey man did you get QA to sign off?” Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 7d

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Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 8d

who up being ungoverned?

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 9d

reckless covert action is the cure to male loneliness (2025)

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Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 10d

Pull up in Tacit Blue and see this mf pulling away in Have Blue!?! She say don’t worry about him?!

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 10d

They have these Think Tanks. And they build buildings for people that think. And it's really not thinking it's a little bit of combination of thinking but it's something you sort of have or you don't have (2025)

AI can’t replace me im already useless to society

Alternative timeline joe brandon running for office with lilith on the human instrumentality project

The adversary didn’t follow the rules we made up

American can should must and will blow up the moon

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Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 14d

while the krasnoe nebo relitigate world wars, the most insufferable conscientious abstainer i know is literally asking in the flesh if we’re in any way better off having won the american revolution. so try harder, i guess.

Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 16d

100 million americans of dubious genetic stature, fueled by stress, anger, and fear, mainlining reactive oxygen species as their frayed telomeres burst at the seems:

“Acetiminobuglobulin guy gets it.”

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Russell J @russelljohnson.bsky.social · 16d

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 17d

the langley cafeteria has announced a new deli sandwich: the PROLOGUE (shaved london broil, sharp cheddar, dijon mustard, arugula, baby spinach, and fried onions)