DonQuihobbit de La Mancha
@hobbituscaesar.bsky.social
Archivist and historian. Scifi fan. Not a time traveler or an immortal, I promise. Marylander. Gray-ace. He/him, 46. 🏳️🌈
Husband: @jasperhedgehog.bsky.social
Girlfriend: @shadii.bsky.social
Open, but mostly for cuddles & smooches.
Husband: @jasperhedgehog.bsky.social
Girlfriend: @shadii.bsky.social
Open, but mostly for cuddles & smooches.
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For the gods are not heedless of those who have killed many, and the black Furies in good time enfeeble the man who has been lucky in escaping justice, destroying his life as they reverse his fortune; and when he enters the house of the unseen, he has no protection.
January 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
For the gods are not heedless of those who have killed many, and the black Furies in good time enfeeble the man who has been lucky in escaping justice, destroying his life as they reverse his fortune; and when he enters the house of the unseen, he has no protection.
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It leaves a mark on your soul, meeting a god. Most people never meet one before they die. A few saints, prophets, and other holies have more than one mark.
The witch couldn't help stare with her second sight.
"You've met them all? Many times?"
Her friend shrugged. "They say I'm a good listener."
The witch couldn't help stare with her second sight.
"You've met them all? Many times?"
Her friend shrugged. "They say I'm a good listener."
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It leaves a mark on your soul, meeting a god. Most people never meet one before they die. A few saints, prophets, and other holies have more than one mark.
The witch couldn't help stare with her second sight.
"You've met them all? Many times?"
Her friend shrugged. "They say I'm a good listener."
The witch couldn't help stare with her second sight.
"You've met them all? Many times?"
Her friend shrugged. "They say I'm a good listener."
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Why would any Democrat vote to confirm any trump admin pick. What is the point here
7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 9, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Why would any Democrat vote to confirm any trump admin pick. What is the point here
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Arrived at MAGfest! Ended up getting an accidental corner atrium room. Already got to hear a spontaneous orchestra a little bit!
January 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Arrived at MAGfest! Ended up getting an accidental corner atrium room. Already got to hear a spontaneous orchestra a little bit!
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"I wish I could do magic.'
"If you have no magic," said the witch, "it's because you've used it all."
"I've never done magic."
"There's one spell most can do instinctively - turn back time. It only works once, it's so big it burns up all your magic."
"I've never! If I could, I..."
"Would have?"
"If you have no magic," said the witch, "it's because you've used it all."
"I've never done magic."
"There's one spell most can do instinctively - turn back time. It only works once, it's so big it burns up all your magic."
"I've never! If I could, I..."
"Would have?"
January 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"I wish I could do magic.'
"If you have no magic," said the witch, "it's because you've used it all."
"I've never done magic."
"There's one spell most can do instinctively - turn back time. It only works once, it's so big it burns up all your magic."
"I've never! If I could, I..."
"Would have?"
"If you have no magic," said the witch, "it's because you've used it all."
"I've never done magic."
"There's one spell most can do instinctively - turn back time. It only works once, it's so big it burns up all your magic."
"I've never! If I could, I..."
"Would have?"
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Don’t worry guys, the same FBI that is openly and actively covering up a child sex ring that implicates the president of the United States will doubtless act with integrity and bring this murderer to justice.
Minneapolis Chief Brian O'Hara confirms that the FBI is in charge of the investigation. He says MPD role is maintain the security of the crime scene.
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Don’t worry guys, the same FBI that is openly and actively covering up a child sex ring that implicates the president of the United States will doubtless act with integrity and bring this murderer to justice.
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
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Do you have an expansive visual imagination? Have you ever wondered what Marquis de Sade might do in a Tex Avery directed Looney Tunes style cartoon? Well, John Zorn /did/ wonder and wrote a Looney Tunes style soundtrack for it.
Cat O’ Nine Tails
YouTube video by John Zorn - Topic
youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Do you have an expansive visual imagination? Have you ever wondered what Marquis de Sade might do in a Tex Avery directed Looney Tunes style cartoon? Well, John Zorn /did/ wonder and wrote a Looney Tunes style soundtrack for it.
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for all these guys drone on about men and maleness and masculinity, they behave like spoiled boys. this kind of thing is legitimately an affront to the office and the people whom vance is supposed to serve and represent.
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
for all these guys drone on about men and maleness and masculinity, they behave like spoiled boys. this kind of thing is legitimately an affront to the office and the people whom vance is supposed to serve and represent.
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They always want to “save classics!” until they find that it’s only by heavily redacting Greco-Roman literature (e.g. cut out the gayness!) that they get what they call “western civ.” It’s all a ridiculous game of omission.
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 7, 2026 at 2:21 AM
They always want to “save classics!” until they find that it’s only by heavily redacting Greco-Roman literature (e.g. cut out the gayness!) that they get what they call “western civ.” It’s all a ridiculous game of omission.
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From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
I will be at MAGFest Thursday through Sunday! Staffing with Concert Security with @jasperhedgehog.bsky.social.
January 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I will be at MAGFest Thursday through Sunday! Staffing with Concert Security with @jasperhedgehog.bsky.social.
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Wild to see how this was (accurately) described at the time and how much it has been completely whitewashed even though it was recent enough that we all saw it and lived through it.
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Wild to see how this was (accurately) described at the time and how much it has been completely whitewashed even though it was recent enough that we all saw it and lived through it.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
Concerning the ministers of Augustus and his reformed Republic.
January 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Concerning the ministers of Augustus and his reformed Republic.
À propos of absolutely nothing, there seems to be a missed opportunity of a comic theme of State names and antonyms that's completely missing us by.
Here, I'll start.
Here, I'll start.
January 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
À propos of absolutely nothing, there seems to be a missed opportunity of a comic theme of State names and antonyms that's completely missing us by.
Here, I'll start.
Here, I'll start.
My job has sent me an email informing me that, "The Wireless Emergency Annunciator System is now operational." My brain read that in Marvin the Martian's voice and now I can't unhear it.
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
My job has sent me an email informing me that, "The Wireless Emergency Annunciator System is now operational." My brain read that in Marvin the Martian's voice and now I can't unhear it.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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like, i have to believe it's not 1 or 2 — but this is because i still, even now, have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that this admin would commit such an incredible strategic blunder of this magnitude out in the open, despite having seen them do it more than once previously
anyway, on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being "not at all" and 10 being "100% on board and has an airtight case ready to go", how prepared do we think that the bondi DOJ is to prosecute maduro effectively? because i know what my guess is.
January 4, 2026 at 11:15 PM
like, i have to believe it's not 1 or 2 — but this is because i still, even now, have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that this admin would commit such an incredible strategic blunder of this magnitude out in the open, despite having seen them do it more than once previously
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this is one of the problems with scheming viziers running the show, trump says, clearly, that it's about the oil, and to him, it might be; for rubio, it's something different, for hegseth, it's yet again something different. the insanity comes from trying to reconcile three competing thoughts
The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
January 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
this is one of the problems with scheming viziers running the show, trump says, clearly, that it's about the oil, and to him, it might be; for rubio, it's something different, for hegseth, it's yet again something different. the insanity comes from trying to reconcile three competing thoughts
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The new Black Mirror episode was pretty weird
January 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The new Black Mirror episode was pretty weird
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No one believes this. We don't, they don't, even their supporters don't. There's no point on having these guys on to tell lies that no one believes and not push back.
WELKER: If the purpose of the operation was to capture Maduro and bring him to justice, why does the US need to take over the Venezuela oil industry?
RUBIO: Well, we don't *need* to. We have plenty of oil in the US. We want to see the oil proceeds of the country benefit the people of Venezuela.
RUBIO: Well, we don't *need* to. We have plenty of oil in the US. We want to see the oil proceeds of the country benefit the people of Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
No one believes this. We don't, they don't, even their supporters don't. There's no point on having these guys on to tell lies that no one believes and not push back.
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Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.