cloner
@clonersimpson.bsky.social
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· Mar 28
im a person and my name is cloner
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ERRANCIES IN ULMETH'S FALL | PART 7 | They fled the hills and the ruin of the Flying Haystack of Iron. They sought Fallkirk. A goblin waited by the moat—Glogbuiftee. Arrows fell. She demanded a favor. They paid and escaped. A Spirit begged. They obeyed and were deceived. patreon.com/benjaminmarra
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
ERRANCIES IN ULMETH'S FALL | PART 7 | They fled the hills and the ruin of the Flying Haystack of Iron. They sought Fallkirk. A goblin waited by the moat—Glogbuiftee. Arrows fell. She demanded a favor. They paid and escaped. A Spirit begged. They obeyed and were deceived. patreon.com/benjaminmarra
It's a Brand New Age of Stupidity.
The crickets are cashing in their chips.
Planes are building homes in newly lit ground nests
and the Fat Man is on TV again,
wobbling and saying something about a chair,
or a building? or something else?
It doesn't matter.
The crickets are cashing in their chips.
Planes are building homes in newly lit ground nests
and the Fat Man is on TV again,
wobbling and saying something about a chair,
or a building? or something else?
It doesn't matter.
October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's a Brand New Age of Stupidity.
The crickets are cashing in their chips.
Planes are building homes in newly lit ground nests
and the Fat Man is on TV again,
wobbling and saying something about a chair,
or a building? or something else?
It doesn't matter.
The crickets are cashing in their chips.
Planes are building homes in newly lit ground nests
and the Fat Man is on TV again,
wobbling and saying something about a chair,
or a building? or something else?
It doesn't matter.
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It's the end of The Best American Poetry.
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector
When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...
defector.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's the end of The Best American Poetry.
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
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I still think many Americans have no idea how bad this is going to get. I saw President Obama reposting a tepid, mealy-mouthed analysis by Ezra Klein—who's never seen a phenomenon he couldn't be 5 years late in incompetently circumscribing—and I felt like we don't have what it takes to survive this.
August 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I still think many Americans have no idea how bad this is going to get. I saw President Obama reposting a tepid, mealy-mouthed analysis by Ezra Klein—who's never seen a phenomenon he couldn't be 5 years late in incompetently circumscribing—and I felt like we don't have what it takes to survive this.
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Help Ron Rege!
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Donate to Help Ron Regé Jr recover from serious injury, organized by Ron Regé Jr
On May 30, I accidentally knocked over a large, heavy mirror in my apartment.… Ron Regé Jr needs your support for Help Ron Regé Jr recover from serious injury
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June 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Help Ron Rege!
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This is why right now is dumber than thr Iraq runup. There was a year of endless propaganda on top of the war mindset of post-9/11 and Bush at +60% approval. Right now its a historically unpopular president following an unpopular ally into a war nobody wants and he's making zero attempt to sell it
June 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is why right now is dumber than thr Iraq runup. There was a year of endless propaganda on top of the war mindset of post-9/11 and Bush at +60% approval. Right now its a historically unpopular president following an unpopular ally into a war nobody wants and he's making zero attempt to sell it
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.
June 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.
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Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
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Non-toxic male roll models are out there, if young men genuinely want to find some.
May 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Non-toxic male roll models are out there, if young men genuinely want to find some.
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Trolling Strom Thurmond - UMass Amherst, 1969
May 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trolling Strom Thurmond - UMass Amherst, 1969
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This is how the Republicans slash Medicare without telling us they’re slashing Medicare.
May 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is how the Republicans slash Medicare without telling us they’re slashing Medicare.
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artists support each other when systems will not. there's little safety net. it is resilience. artists are not your competitors. artists are your peers, mentors, and the ones who will defend the ability to create sustainably.
to those who struggle to continue drawing,
you are an artist.
to those who struggle to continue drawing,
you are an artist.
May 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
artists support each other when systems will not. there's little safety net. it is resilience. artists are not your competitors. artists are your peers, mentors, and the ones who will defend the ability to create sustainably.
to those who struggle to continue drawing,
you are an artist.
to those who struggle to continue drawing,
you are an artist.
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Not shocking, but nevertheless absolutely appalling. PBS is low-key propaganda for the MAGA crew now, I guess.
May 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not shocking, but nevertheless absolutely appalling. PBS is low-key propaganda for the MAGA crew now, I guess.
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The House has passed the GOP's budget bill with the 10-year ban on state AI laws intact. If the provision survives reconciliation in the Senate, the California, Colorado, or any other state that sought to pass laws governing AI would be legally banned from doing so.
This is what's behind the bill:
This is what's behind the bill:
Behind Silicon Valley and the GOP’s campaign to ban state AI laws
Inside the effort to de-democratize AI
www.bloodinthemachine.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The House has passed the GOP's budget bill with the 10-year ban on state AI laws intact. If the provision survives reconciliation in the Senate, the California, Colorado, or any other state that sought to pass laws governing AI would be legally banned from doing so.
This is what's behind the bill:
This is what's behind the bill:
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Golden Axe
April 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Golden Axe
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This is not good
The House GOP Quietly Slipped In An AI Law That Would Accidentally Ban GOP’s Favorite ‘Save The Children’ Laws
Buried in the House GOP's massive budget reconciliation bill is a seemingly simple provision about AI regulation. The idea appears straightforward enough: stop states from regulating AI…
Buried in the House GOP's massive budget reconciliation bill is a seemingly simple provision about AI regulation. The idea appears straightforward enough: stop states from regulating AI…
The House GOP Quietly Slipped In An AI Law That Would Accidentally Ban GOP’s Favorite ‘Save The Children’ Laws
Buried in the House GOP's massive budget reconciliation bill is a seemingly simple provision about AI regulation. The idea appears straightforward enough: stop states from regulating AI companies for the next decade. To do this, they quietly added language preventing states from regulating "artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems." This is, ostensibly, about "protecting innovation." Or maybe just pleasing some campaign donors .
www.techdirt.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is not good
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Eric, you should just leave the light on.
Or, better yet, tell us the days when you don’t have a scoop about Trump’s brazen corruption.
Or, better yet, tell us the days when you don’t have a scoop about Trump’s brazen corruption.
NEW TRUMP CONFLICT ALERT:
A company with ties to China that produces content for TikTok announced this week it is investing as much as $300 million into $TRUMP memecoin. This as Trump decides the fate of TikTok in the U.S.
With David Yaffe-Bellany
nyti.ms/42Xwou3
A company with ties to China that produces content for TikTok announced this week it is investing as much as $300 million into $TRUMP memecoin. This as Trump decides the fate of TikTok in the U.S.
With David Yaffe-Bellany
nyti.ms/42Xwou3
Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency (Gift Article)
The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale would allow it to invest heavily in the $TRUMP memecoin.
nyti.ms
May 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Eric, you should just leave the light on.
Or, better yet, tell us the days when you don’t have a scoop about Trump’s brazen corruption.
Or, better yet, tell us the days when you don’t have a scoop about Trump’s brazen corruption.
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this should be career ending
Sean Duffy changed his wife's flight on Monday to avoid Newark Airport and then made a TV appearance on Tuesday insisting it's safe to fly from there.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife's Flight to Avoid Newark Airport
Would you let your family fly out of Newark?
gizmodo.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
this should be career ending
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A few facts everyone knows about 1890s cinema is that the viewers were prudes shocked at a glimpse of ankle and films like THE KISS (1896) caused a scandal with the open smooching--
What's that? THE KISS wasn't offensive at all? It was actually a comedy & was even screened at church fundraisers?
What's that? THE KISS wasn't offensive at all? It was actually a comedy & was even screened at church fundraisers?
May 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A few facts everyone knows about 1890s cinema is that the viewers were prudes shocked at a glimpse of ankle and films like THE KISS (1896) caused a scandal with the open smooching--
What's that? THE KISS wasn't offensive at all? It was actually a comedy & was even screened at church fundraisers?
What's that? THE KISS wasn't offensive at all? It was actually a comedy & was even screened at church fundraisers?
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Elon Musk will now have a company town.
Starbase, Texas, home of Musk's SpaceX, will soon be an official city.
A total of 212 Starbase residents, most of whom are SpaceX employees, voted to incorporate as a new town.
Starbase, Texas, home of Musk's SpaceX, will soon be an official city.
A total of 212 Starbase residents, most of whom are SpaceX employees, voted to incorporate as a new town.
May 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Elon Musk will now have a company town.
Starbase, Texas, home of Musk's SpaceX, will soon be an official city.
A total of 212 Starbase residents, most of whom are SpaceX employees, voted to incorporate as a new town.
Starbase, Texas, home of Musk's SpaceX, will soon be an official city.
A total of 212 Starbase residents, most of whom are SpaceX employees, voted to incorporate as a new town.
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After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5)
May 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5)
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank