William Rucklidge
@wjrucklidge.bsky.social
Work like you were living in the early days of a better nation.
I just backed Girl Genius: Escape from the Island of the Rat Queen! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/gir...
Girl Genius: Escape from the Island of the Rat Queen!
Adventure, Romance, MAD SCIENCE! The next TWO volumes of Phil & Kaja Foglio's acclaimed graphic novel series!
www.kickstarter.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I just backed Girl Genius: Escape from the Island of the Rat Queen! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/gir...
Cho's, a hole in the wall place on California Avenue in Palo Alto, serving amazing dumplings and bao (and not much else), run by one grumpy Chinese guy. If he was out of something, he was out, and if you didn't like that, that was your problem
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Cho's, a hole in the wall place on California Avenue in Palo Alto, serving amazing dumplings and bao (and not much else), run by one grumpy Chinese guy. If he was out of something, he was out, and if you didn't like that, that was your problem
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If you have “sincere concerns” about trans athletes in sports, all it means is that you have given yourself a rationale for your bigotry that you sincerely believe exonerates you for aligning to a far-right tactic for marginalization and exclusion.
January 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
If you have “sincere concerns” about trans athletes in sports, all it means is that you have given yourself a rationale for your bigotry that you sincerely believe exonerates you for aligning to a far-right tactic for marginalization and exclusion.
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The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM
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IT BEGINS AGAIN!! Avatars for Charity! Jan 2026 theme for caricature avatars is JAY WARD! If you're young think 'Bullwinkle and Rocky'. For your tax deductible donation to our MS Society of Canada fundraiser I will draw you in this iconic cartoon style. Details in jpeg. Link: tinyurl.com/mscure2026
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
IT BEGINS AGAIN!! Avatars for Charity! Jan 2026 theme for caricature avatars is JAY WARD! If you're young think 'Bullwinkle and Rocky'. For your tax deductible donation to our MS Society of Canada fundraiser I will draw you in this iconic cartoon style. Details in jpeg. Link: tinyurl.com/mscure2026
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I feel like letting every president of my lifetime get away with Unlimited War Crimes was a serious mistake
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I feel like letting every president of my lifetime get away with Unlimited War Crimes was a serious mistake
Achievement unlocked: spent entire year (so far) in jammies
January 2, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Achievement unlocked: spent entire year (so far) in jammies
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It's Russian for "retired at the request of the president."
Without looking it up, what do you think ‘defenestration’ means?
January 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM
It's Russian for "retired at the request of the president."
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Talking with people at a holiday gathering here in Toronto last night, and when it came up, most of us nodded that we likely won’t ever visit the United States again.
It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.
It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.
December 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Talking with people at a holiday gathering here in Toronto last night, and when it came up, most of us nodded that we likely won’t ever visit the United States again.
It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.
It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.
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Unbelievably, it's been 25 years since we lost Kirsty MacColl yet the beauty of her music and her memory still resonate. Here's a song I wrote for her to sing in the 1995 movie 'Mad Love'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
Kirsty MacColl - As Long As You Hold Me
YouTube video by PassionateFriend
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Unbelievably, it's been 25 years since we lost Kirsty MacColl yet the beauty of her music and her memory still resonate. Here's a song I wrote for her to sing in the 1995 movie 'Mad Love'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
Very sad news - one of my favourite authors ever since I got my mind blown by Titan as a wee nipper
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Very sad news - one of my favourite authors ever since I got my mind blown by Titan as a wee nipper
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
A friend of mine got interviewed about aphantasia, the condition some people have where they have no "mind's eye", no ability to visualise images www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Aphantasia explained: When your mind works differently
For most people, memories come with a vivid mental picture: the face of a friend, the layout of a childhood home, the colours of a sunset. For others, those pictures simply don’t exist.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A friend of mine got interviewed about aphantasia, the condition some people have where they have no "mind's eye", no ability to visualise images www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
National borders should not be barriers. It should be as easy to move to another country (and work there) as it is to move to another city.
If this sounds absurd, read
Open Borders openborderscomic.com (illustrated by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social)
If this sounds absurd, read
Open Borders openborderscomic.com (illustrated by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social)
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
National borders should not be barriers. It should be as easy to move to another country (and work there) as it is to move to another city.
If this sounds absurd, read
Open Borders openborderscomic.com (illustrated by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social)
If this sounds absurd, read
Open Borders openborderscomic.com (illustrated by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social)
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He’s on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
He’s on a mission from God.
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Just want to urge anyone in the U.S. eligible to vote for anything at all this election cycle to please do so. Shock everyone with the turnout. Make jaded pundits cough coffee out their noses. Make poll volunteers smile. Make voter suppressors nervous again.
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Just want to urge anyone in the U.S. eligible to vote for anything at all this election cycle to please do so. Shock everyone with the turnout. Make jaded pundits cough coffee out their noses. Make poll volunteers smile. Make voter suppressors nervous again.
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Gizmodo article on next Murderbot novel Platform Decay: gizmodo.com/murderbot-pl...
The Next 'Murderbot' Novel Finally Has a Release Date
Alexander Skarsgård's Apple TV series based on Martha Wells' hit 'Murderbot Diaries' books also has a second season on the way.
gizmodo.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Gizmodo article on next Murderbot novel Platform Decay: gizmodo.com/murderbot-pl...
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
I'd tell you my most GenX complaint but you're not listening anyway so why bother
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'd tell you my most GenX complaint but you're not listening anyway so why bother
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It is time for Canada to grant refugee status to trans people from the US @mark-carney.bsky.social
1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people.
Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.
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Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.
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Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People
Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It is time for Canada to grant refugee status to trans people from the US @mark-carney.bsky.social
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“Civility” is how the modern Right — and increasingly the modern “middle” — describes the attitude “thank you Sir, may I have another”
also I don’t give a shit about “civility,” who cares
September 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“Civility” is how the modern Right — and increasingly the modern “middle” — describes the attitude “thank you Sir, may I have another”
Apropos of nothing, some words from Elvis Costello
Because there's one thing I know
I'd like to live long enough to savor
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
Because there's one thing I know
I'd like to live long enough to savor
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Apropos of nothing, some words from Elvis Costello
Because there's one thing I know
I'd like to live long enough to savor
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
Because there's one thing I know
I'd like to live long enough to savor
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
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Chris Kluwe on Gavin Newsom and his treatment of the trans community:
www.thehandbasket.co/p/chris-kluw...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/chris-kluw...
August 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Chris Kluwe on Gavin Newsom and his treatment of the trans community:
www.thehandbasket.co/p/chris-kluw...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/chris-kluw...
If you're one of the people who hasn't fallen in love with Murderbot yet (but don't tell it! You'll make it uncomfortable!), what are you waiting for? Get all the books and more! www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If you're one of the people who hasn't fallen in love with Murderbot yet (but don't tell it! You'll make it uncomfortable!), what are you waiting for? Get all the books and more! www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...