Alex
@snowserious.bsky.social
35; Student of History; Currently with 2 stacks of books beside my bed
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Usually I can’t wait for a sequel but…
December 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Usually I can’t wait for a sequel but…
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Today is World Basketball Day.
On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball, based on the rules created by Canadian James Naismith, was played. He based the new sport on games he played as a youth in Canada, including duck on a rock. By 1936, it was an Olympic sport.
On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball, based on the rules created by Canadian James Naismith, was played. He based the new sport on games he played as a youth in Canada, including duck on a rock. By 1936, it was an Olympic sport.
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today is World Basketball Day.
On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball, based on the rules created by Canadian James Naismith, was played. He based the new sport on games he played as a youth in Canada, including duck on a rock. By 1936, it was an Olympic sport.
On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball, based on the rules created by Canadian James Naismith, was played. He based the new sport on games he played as a youth in Canada, including duck on a rock. By 1936, it was an Olympic sport.
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Very sad news and good thread from @astroroyalscot.bsky.social on Yannick’s legacy. 🔭
On this darkest solstice day of the year, my heart has dimmed, waking up to learn of the loss of dear colleague and mentor, Yannick Mellier. Yannick will be known to most as the lead of the amazing Euclid Space Telescope which will revolutionise our understanding of the Dark Universe 🧵🔭
![This square astronomical image shows thousands of galaxies across the black expanse of space. The closest thousand or so galaxies belong to the Perseus Cluster. The most prominent members of the cluster are visible in the centre of the image and appear as large galaxies with haloes around them in yellow/white, comparable to streetlamps in a foggy night. The background of this image is scattered with a hundred thousand more distant galaxies of different shapes, ranging in colour from white to yellow to red. Most galaxies are so far away they appear as single points of light. The more distant a galaxy is, the redder it appears.]
CREDIT
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ok3ms3dzop7gcwejp7lswhpi/bafkreiaukh5rfzzy4i242zdeoibuspehm6tmksbv3mfgk7yxcbk6fbtnv4@jpeg)
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Very sad news and good thread from @astroroyalscot.bsky.social on Yannick’s legacy. 🔭
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im thinking about the parental estrangement forums and shit and it feels like such a natural thing to come from a culture that doesn't see children as full human beings with agency, to extend the status of problem child past the age of majority and allow publishing and media to be complicit in abuse
December 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
im thinking about the parental estrangement forums and shit and it feels like such a natural thing to come from a culture that doesn't see children as full human beings with agency, to extend the status of problem child past the age of majority and allow publishing and media to be complicit in abuse
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
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Remember:
Games Workshop changed the Red Gobbo from a revolutionary communist freeing the enslaved masses to just a christmas goblin because there are no good guys in Warhammer.
Games Workshop changed the Red Gobbo from a revolutionary communist freeing the enslaved masses to just a christmas goblin because there are no good guys in Warhammer.
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Remember:
Games Workshop changed the Red Gobbo from a revolutionary communist freeing the enslaved masses to just a christmas goblin because there are no good guys in Warhammer.
Games Workshop changed the Red Gobbo from a revolutionary communist freeing the enslaved masses to just a christmas goblin because there are no good guys in Warhammer.
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The Heart Nebula near the constellation Cassiopeia. Explanation and gear details in alt text. 🧪🔭
#photography #astrophotography #astro #astronomy #heart #heartnebula #nebula #nebulaphotography #hydrogen #hydrogenalpha #opencluster #science
#photography #astrophotography #astro #astronomy #heart #heartnebula #nebula #nebulaphotography #hydrogen #hydrogenalpha #opencluster #science
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Heart Nebula near the constellation Cassiopeia. Explanation and gear details in alt text. 🧪🔭
#photography #astrophotography #astro #astronomy #heart #heartnebula #nebula #nebulaphotography #hydrogen #hydrogenalpha #opencluster #science
#photography #astrophotography #astro #astronomy #heart #heartnebula #nebula #nebulaphotography #hydrogen #hydrogenalpha #opencluster #science
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
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The impact of USAID cuts sits at 88 deaths per hour. Over 2100 deaths every 24 hrs. Over 63,000 deaths every 30 days.
Over 422,000 children have already died since the Trump administration cut USAID.
Over 625,000 people have died.
Over 422,000 children have already died since the Trump administration cut USAID.
Over 625,000 people have died.
The world‘s richest man killing the world’s poorest children…
This is a documented case of public man-made death. Why? Because a government dismantled oversight, purged experts, and ruled by decree, all things our assessment highlights.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The impact of USAID cuts sits at 88 deaths per hour. Over 2100 deaths every 24 hrs. Over 63,000 deaths every 30 days.
Over 422,000 children have already died since the Trump administration cut USAID.
Over 625,000 people have died.
Over 422,000 children have already died since the Trump administration cut USAID.
Over 625,000 people have died.
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Halo Combat Evolved was released 24 years ago this weekend. 👴
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Halo Combat Evolved was released 24 years ago this weekend. 👴
Accessible entries should be standard on all vuildings being built in the modern day and enforced with pulling of licenses for those who don't.
"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.
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Accessible entries should be standard on all vuildings being built in the modern day and enforced with pulling of licenses for those who don't.
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"he's not a pedophile because the minors he raped were pubescent" is not only trying to give cover for a pedophile but it's also linguistic prescriptivism, which is less of a moral wrong than the pedophile apologia but is still a moral wrong
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"he's not a pedophile because the minors he raped were pubescent" is not only trying to give cover for a pedophile but it's also linguistic prescriptivism, which is less of a moral wrong than the pedophile apologia but is still a moral wrong
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CTB-1. Medulla Nebula. A supernova remnant in Cassiopeia.
Data from September 2024.
65X300s
#astronomy #astrophotography
Data from September 2024.
65X300s
#astronomy #astrophotography
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
CTB-1. Medulla Nebula. A supernova remnant in Cassiopeia.
Data from September 2024.
65X300s
#astronomy #astrophotography
Data from September 2024.
65X300s
#astronomy #astrophotography
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Who remembers, having to get your film developed?
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Who remembers, having to get your film developed?
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SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
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FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears
Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
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You will reap what you sow.
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You will reap what you sow.
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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“SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT” (1977) dir. Hal Needham
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry
🎬 Universal Pictures
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry
🎬 Universal Pictures
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT” (1977) dir. Hal Needham
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry
🎬 Universal Pictures
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry
🎬 Universal Pictures
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The thing I want to stress to people: Authors (and other artists you admire) don't *expect* you to be scintillating when you meet us, so don't worry about being clever. What *is* appreciated is if you're nice. Just be nice! Nice is good!
But what if I say something completely stupid?? My anxiety is too high to speak coherently when meeting an author. The most I can manage is something like "thank you for writing and sharing your work. It has become my friend and I brought it here for you to sign, please." Then I flee.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The thing I want to stress to people: Authors (and other artists you admire) don't *expect* you to be scintillating when you meet us, so don't worry about being clever. What *is* appreciated is if you're nice. Just be nice! Nice is good!
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.