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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus

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Photographer, gamer, software engineer, deeply disappointed optimist. Tell the ones you love that you love them. Some day they'll be gone (or you will). Also at: Mastodon: http://sfba.social/@thechrispaduan The Bird Place: same handle as here

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · Nov 14

I never did an intro post, so here goes:
I am a software engineer by trade living in Silicon Valley. I tend to post about:
Geekery
Cats
Videogames
Movies
Music
The wonders of nature
Political nonsense
Absurdity in other forms

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 8h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1h

Reminder:

The world is on fire.

It’s okay to find joy in dumb things.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Andrew Coleman Francis @andrewcfrancis.bsky.social · 11h

"Sir, a second meme has..."

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 10h

🧑🏽‍🍳🍕

Pipin' hot!

😎

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10h

Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week.

Everyone ready?

Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

More and more Democrats are calling out the Mad King, you love to see it

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 7h

How can the wicked smile while the world is burning

How can they turn their eyes and walk away

How can the blue bloods hide, while brothers killing brothers

Why do they divide I and I for diamonds and gold

Jez @jezcorden.com · 10h

Are you happy?

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 7h

JFC, I can’t even with these people. Probably why I have them blocked on Apple News.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

i have questions WSJ

AI and the Fountain of Youth
Technological advances may turn back aging, extending the average life span by at least a decade.

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 7h

How can the wicked smile while the world is burning?

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 9h

I believe in some parts of Appalachia “That boy done needed killin’.” used to be a legal defense.

Treats Hog (Good) 류강 대™🪨🕯️ @karnesmellagio.bsky.social · 19d

Instead of the insanity defence, people should try the world spirit defence for manslaughter and murder

"I killed that man because the world spirit compelled me to"

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 9h

Sweet baby Jesus, this is not a serious country.

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 12h

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 10h

Hard to watch images from war ravaged Portland where capybara, frogs, unicorns and pink dinosaurs are dancing in the middle of the night outside the ICE facility.

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 9h

IIRC the original was a commentary on Cold War paranoia. Everything old is new again.

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 10h

I feel it.

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 11h

Screen cap from The Thing showing MacCready recording into a microphone.

Left panel text: No one trusts anybody now.
Right panel text: And we’re all very tired.

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 11h

Where are they on Gulf of Mexico?

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 11h

Celtics fans?

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 11h

Why can’t we have nice things?

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Disney promoting AI slop posters at the ‘Tron Ares’ premiere

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 13h

The Dude has spoken:

"ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 11h

Hopefully Don Norman hasn’t seen this.

Josh Foreman @josh-foreman.bsky.social · 13h

Follow for more design insight

Photo of a teapot and tea cup with the caption "Dev: creates simple and intuitive UI." followed by a photo of a man sealing his mouth in the top of the teapot and blowing pressure to cause the tea to shoot in an arc out of the spout and into the tea cup, with the caption "User:"

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 11h

!!!

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 11h

I love how the edges of Munk’s mouth twitch like Thierry Henry when he pauses. 😃

Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 14h

10/8/2025 WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT MY PRESIDENT!!!

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

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