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Larry Clapp
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Reader, coder, husband. Maker of Hucksh(ell). @readcodesing on Twitter.
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phoenixcalida.bsky.social
Imo, this is tied to the quote about how conservatism relies on

1. ingroups are protected by law, but not bound by it

and

2. Outgroups are bound by laws, but not protected by them

Part of their protection is making sure you're never allowed to be away from them. You aren't allowed to be free
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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scalzi.com
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
doomscroll break
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
I hope Santa brings me a Miwaukee Stan Perpler!
a.i. image of an inexplicable hand tool that looks vaguely like a cross between a cordless drill and an old home movie camera, with ad copy that appears to be for some entirely different product. close up of the device's logo that seems to read Miwaukee Stan Perpler
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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tkingfisher.com
Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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alyssaharad.bsky.social
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 9d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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whatdivawants.bsky.social
Separation of Church & Hate by John Fugelsang is an excellent read regardless of belief or none

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
Separation of Church and Hate
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In the spirit of George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens, the son of a former Catholic nun and a Franciscan brother deli...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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swiftonsecurity.com
Abridged story about my incepting experience with computer security in an SME network. I already spent all day then removing spyware – another tale. Story regards 2007-2009, now many online references have expired. Like Symantec blogs and virus index...

A change needs witness to what was before.
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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razzball.bsky.social
Don’t know the reason/the reason
Insider Wire # @InsiderWire #BREAKING: X just paused the account location feature for an unknown reason. Fake accts run the X platform and this one’s pretending to be from Israel but it’s India Fake accts run the X platform and this one’s pretending to be from US but it’s Nigeria Fake accts run the X platform and this one’s pretending to be from US but it’s Bangladesh
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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verybadllama.bsky.social
I do not like your AI slop
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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naomikritzer.bsky.social
Also clearly he cast Charm Person on Trump. Since you make a WISDOM BASED SAVING THROW with that one, Trump was fucked.

dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:charm-...
Charm Person - DND 5th Edition
dnd5e.wikidot.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
This young man has it exactly right.
A tweet from “Adam Mockler @adammockler” reads: “Stephen Miller just went on Fox News and said telling troops to refuse illegal orders is an ‘open act of insurrection.’ He is telling on himself. They are planning to give illegal orders, and they want a military that will follow them blindly.”
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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delafina777.bsky.social
To me, someone who grew up in a Clinton liberal family, the question has an obvious answer: you are not in community with open white supremacists, ever, even if you are aligned on some specific issue.

You are not going to coalition-build with alt-righters. They are not fellow travelers.
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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quinnypig.com
Congratulations to Google on making a shitty thing worse.
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · 12d
Google starts rolling out ads in AI mode; the ads look similar to the citations in AI answers but with a "sponsored" label (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
theclapp.bsky.social
Found 'em: FFF

Fnord

There is no Antimemetics Division.
lowqualityfacts.bsky.social Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 12d
I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.

It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.

Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On October 1, 2025, after successfully completing 16 weeks of the FBI Academy's 19-week training program, Maltinsky was handed a letter terminating his employment with the FBI. The letter was signed by Defendant Patel ("Patel"). In the letter, Patel wrote that he had "determined that [Maltinsky] exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in [his] work area during [his] previous assignment at the Los Angeles Field Office." In short, Patel fired Maltinsky for displaying a pride flag at his workstation that had been flown by the FBI at the LAFO and then given by the FBI to Maltinsky. The Defendants' discrimination against Maltinsky for engaging in protected speech was a clear and brazen violation of federal law and the Constitution.
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
theclapp.bsky.social
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jelenawoehr.bsky.social Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 14d
I’ve never had a full blown ghostly encounter of my own, but my godmother, a very practical woman, once pulled up a chair and had a firm conversation with a ghost after one too many nights being woken up by electronics she’d taken the batteries out of activating suddenly and playing sounds
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
II. Credibility The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6] Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage. [FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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blank.org
If you get a notice from Bluesky that they are complying with a government subpoena about your account, put this app down, shut the fuck up and call an attorney.

Rah explains in detail below, but that’s the gist: STFU, lawyer up. Welcome to STFU Friday, starring: you.
rahaeli.bsky.social rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 15d
Hey, friend, it is time to do Future You a very huge favor: stop saying literally anything about this online, especially speculating what it might be about or what the grand jury might be looking at. If you think you know what it's about, no you don't.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
theclapp.bsky.social
Makes sense.
lowqualityfacts.bsky.social Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 15d
That's why you never find any bones in milk.
Cows have no bones.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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verybadllama.bsky.social
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
theclapp.bsky.social
I've seen this a couple times now and each time it reminds me of @tkingfisher.com
tomgauld.bsky.social Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Jul 7
‘Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad’ (my cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books)
Title: Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad An eight-panel cartoon showing a writer in a series of situations in a foreign country. Panel 1: looking at historic buildings saying "Kia bela vilaĝo!" which is translated below as "What a lovely village!" Panel 2: in a pretty garden asking the gardener "Ĉu ĉi tiuj estas venenaj" meaning "Are any of these plants poisonous? Panel 3: in a bar asking the server “Kie oni povas aĉeti pafilon?" meaning " Can one purchase a firearm nearby?" Panel 4: on a beach asking a fisherman "Ĉu la tajdo povus forporti kadavron?" meaning "Could the tide carry a dead body away?" Panel 5: approached by a police officer and saying "Saluton, oficiro." which is translated below as "Hello officer." Panel 6: being marched to the police station protesting "Okazis miskompreno!" meaning "There has been a misunderstanding!" Panel 7: in the interrogation room the officer holds up a moleskine notebook, the writer explains "La murdo en mia notlibro estas fikcia." meaning "The murder planned in my notebook is fictional." Panel 8: locked in a cell asking "Mi ŝatus telefoni al la Brita konsulejo." which means "I would like to telephone the British consulate." Note: The foreign language used by the writer in the cartoon is Esperanto. It has not been proofread by an Esperanto speaker so there may be errors.
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoons for this week’s @theguardian.com books
#holiday #vacation #reading
A happy book says: I'm so proud you chose me as your holiday read! I can't wait to start entertaining you! A smiling drink says: And I'm right here! Ready to keep you cool and refreshed while you read! A gleeful phone adds: Yay! So great! How about we kick things off with a load of the same old rubbish you always look at, plus some gloomy news and mavbe a few emails from work!! Hours later... The drink and book lie untouched. The phone is out of view but a bubble reads: Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll The book says “I hate that guy.”
August 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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sfwa.org
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
N. K. Jemisin: SFWA's 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient.
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
Hi!! I got TWO bookstore events this week:

Monday at Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA:
www.parenthesesbooks.com/events

Wednesday at Little District Books in Washington DC:
littledistrictbooks.com/products/les...

Please come hang out, and please tell your peeps! I don't wanna be lonely...
Lessons in Magic and Disaster Event with Charlie Jane Anders
Join us for a Conversation and Q&A with Charlie Jane Anders, Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster About the Book In the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own All the Birds in the ...
littledistrictbooks.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM