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Brandon Blackmoor
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Welcome to the Slow-motion Apocalypse™
I don't think I will keep up with Bluesky. The premise of following /followers just doesn't work for me. I don't care about either. I just want to keep in touch with my friends.
November 26, 2024 at 4:23 AM
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I’m not sure, but this may just be the greatest movie to ever have this title. THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA, released 20 years ago this year... Seems like it was only the day after yesterday.
November 24, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I've been saying most of this for a while, which is why #6 is difficult for me. But I will try.
November 24, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I'm writing a fantasy novel set in ersatz Portugal. "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday", or "Moonday, Treesday, Windsday"?
November 24, 2024 at 5:57 AM
It has always puzzled me that when a regime decides to expand its territory, other countries send their clueless young people to kill other clueless young people, rather than dropping bombs on the people who ordered the invasion.
France declared Ukraine has the right to defend itself, including using French SCALP missiles, against Russia.

“There’s no red line,” said a French spokesperson, reinforcing support for Ukraine’s strikes on targets like the reported North Korean-command post in Russia's Kursk region.
November 23, 2024 at 9:49 PM
"Man On The Inside": an octagenarian widower with mentally impaired grandchildren adapts to an all-inclusive retirement community that has no waiting list.
November 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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after another long day of browsing old court documents, i just want to remind everyone that if a stranger agrees to do something illegal with you and they keep asking you to say out loud what the illegal plan is, that’s because the officer is recording you.
November 23, 2024 at 2:02 AM
"A pint can not hold a quart, Mr. Pizer. If it holds the pint, it's doing the best it can." Vincent, "The Black Hole" (1979)
November 23, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

#books #reading #booksky #poetry
November 20, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Feral Historian is my new favorite YouTube channel.

@chrisweuve.bsky.social might find this interesting.

youtu.be/O4NEcDO9MNA?...
The Federations : It’s the Same Picture
YouTube video by Feral Historian
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 6:46 PM
It looks like the "Worse Than Betsy DeVos" square will be marked off as soon as the incumbent President takes office. I thought that one would be more of a challenge.
November 19, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I confess that I don't understand the purpose or appeal of this medium. But here is a song that makes me happy.

youtu.be/rt71I__gwWg?...
youtu.be
November 18, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Why is chocolate egg nog not a thing?
November 18, 2024 at 12:32 AM
In my career as an IT guy, I learned that no one likes to hear "I told you so." A Senior Analyst/Regulatory Subject Matter Expert of my acquaintance suggests this professional-sounding alternative:

"This was identified early on as a likely outcome."
a man dressed as mcdonald 's ronald mcdonald with red hair and white face paint
ALT: a man dressed as mcdonald 's ronald mcdonald with red hair and white face paint
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:25 AM