James
@atelesparvos.bsky.social
My sign is High Fantasy with a Science Fiction rising and a Tolkien moon.
Go Bills.
Go Bills.
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
Every touchdown in Chargers Titans was scored by a defensive player. And every touchdown was scored when the chargers have the ball. It's 7-7.
November 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Every touchdown in Chargers Titans was scored by a defensive player. And every touchdown was scored when the chargers have the ball. It's 7-7.
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Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
They showed highlights of the Cowboys pass rush and... it just looked like a bunch of plays where Love held on to the ball too long? Like none of them were quick pressures?
September 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
They showed highlights of the Cowboys pass rush and... it just looked like a bunch of plays where Love held on to the ball too long? Like none of them were quick pressures?
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I do not give a shit about "illegal" immigration. I'm more concerned with everyone having their basic human needs met, such that their lives aren't shit. A few people desperate enough that they'll risk their lives in a flimsy boat doesn't change that, if anything it reinforces it
September 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I do not give a shit about "illegal" immigration. I'm more concerned with everyone having their basic human needs met, such that their lives aren't shit. A few people desperate enough that they'll risk their lives in a flimsy boat doesn't change that, if anything it reinforces it
July 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.
May 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.
I get knocked down
Don't get up again
I'd rather stay on the ground
Don't get up again
I'd rather stay on the ground
May 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I get knocked down
Don't get up again
I'd rather stay on the ground
Don't get up again
I'd rather stay on the ground
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Feels like just in my lifetime the tech industry went from solving problems to pretending to solve problems, to creating problems
May 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Feels like just in my lifetime the tech industry went from solving problems to pretending to solve problems, to creating problems
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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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Every now and again it blows my mind that humans need food and water to literally stay alive and we've created a society where we have to PAY for it.
May 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Every now and again it blows my mind that humans need food and water to literally stay alive and we've created a society where we have to PAY for it.
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Honestly it could have returned pristine results and I'd say the same thing, because I don't think we should be hanging this entirely on "the plagiarism machine is wrong" because some day the plagiarism machine might be right, but it will still be the plagiarism machine.
April 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Honestly it could have returned pristine results and I'd say the same thing, because I don't think we should be hanging this entirely on "the plagiarism machine is wrong" because some day the plagiarism machine might be right, but it will still be the plagiarism machine.
The new Samsung UI making it so only swiping down on the very top right corner brings up the quick settings is an act of hostility towards left handed people
a man is talking to a group of people while standing in front of a tree .
Alt: Tobias from Arrested Development yelling "There are dozens of us. DOZENS!"
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April 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The new Samsung UI making it so only swiping down on the very top right corner brings up the quick settings is an act of hostility towards left handed people
A great example of how technology has gotten worse:
I have a novel I've been working on for a long time. One day a sidebar appeared that let me click on a chapter and it would take me right to it. Perfect!
Now that's gone, and whatever they replaced it with is so dysfunctional it's useless
I have a novel I've been working on for a long time. One day a sidebar appeared that let me click on a chapter and it would take me right to it. Perfect!
Now that's gone, and whatever they replaced it with is so dysfunctional it's useless
April 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A great example of how technology has gotten worse:
I have a novel I've been working on for a long time. One day a sidebar appeared that let me click on a chapter and it would take me right to it. Perfect!
Now that's gone, and whatever they replaced it with is so dysfunctional it's useless
I have a novel I've been working on for a long time. One day a sidebar appeared that let me click on a chapter and it would take me right to it. Perfect!
Now that's gone, and whatever they replaced it with is so dysfunctional it's useless
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never forget that we’re currently facing total economic destruction because fox news got upset about 0.0001% of our population wanting equal rights
April 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
never forget that we’re currently facing total economic destruction because fox news got upset about 0.0001% of our population wanting equal rights
How could anyone want AI generated BS when real life space is giving us this
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NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
April 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How could anyone want AI generated BS when real life space is giving us this
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We watched people standing in line for 8-10 hours to vote in Georgia, so they made it illegal to give them water. They called in bomb threats to majority Black polling places. They did everything they could to suppress the vote.
And then folks are out here like, "well Georgia voted for this lol"
And then folks are out here like, "well Georgia voted for this lol"
I really hate this take. You have no idea why people didn't vote. We live in a country with systemic voter suppression. Election Day isn't a national holiday in the US and there's a host of mechanisms set up to encourage people in many states not to vote.
68% of eligible voters did not vote *against* Trump. They just couldn't be arsed to vote against fascism in a binary election where fascism was one of the options, and the other was not fascism. Which means they're OK with fascism - at best. Most of them voted for him and love fascism.
April 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We watched people standing in line for 8-10 hours to vote in Georgia, so they made it illegal to give them water. They called in bomb threats to majority Black polling places. They did everything they could to suppress the vote.
And then folks are out here like, "well Georgia voted for this lol"
And then folks are out here like, "well Georgia voted for this lol"
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“I hate communists” you say on your communist weekend instead of being in the capitalist workplace
April 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“I hate communists” you say on your communist weekend instead of being in the capitalist workplace
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This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻♀️
April 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻♀️
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putting stuff between 2 slices of bread has no right whatsoever to be this much tastier than if you eat them separately
April 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
putting stuff between 2 slices of bread has no right whatsoever to be this much tastier than if you eat them separately
I feel like a big part of me being vague with time and distance when I write is because in a completely new fantasy world, if I get too specific I start overthinking. Minutes, miles, liters... if this world even HAS such measurements, they'd be called something else and measured differently.
me, writing about spans of time:
"it had been endless days"
"almost a decade"
"centuries ago"
"dozens of years"
"he'd lived years beyond telling"
exact numbers can't get me!
"it had been endless days"
"almost a decade"
"centuries ago"
"dozens of years"
"he'd lived years beyond telling"
exact numbers can't get me!
a man in a suit and sunglasses is dancing on a rooftop
Alt: the agent in the matrix dodging bullets by just being everywhere and nowhere at once
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March 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I feel like a big part of me being vague with time and distance when I write is because in a completely new fantasy world, if I get too specific I start overthinking. Minutes, miles, liters... if this world even HAS such measurements, they'd be called something else and measured differently.