Ibn Bassal
@ibnbassal.bsky.social
My son, the onion. Recovering former game dev, current cardiovascular researcher
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
December 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
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People who go to college/university and then complain about "having" to be educated while there always baffle me.
You just want job training? Go to a trade school! I use my cousin, a master welder, as an example. He didn't choose welding training & then complain about having to learn to weld.
You just want job training? Go to a trade school! I use my cousin, a master welder, as an example. He didn't choose welding training & then complain about having to learn to weld.
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
People who go to college/university and then complain about "having" to be educated while there always baffle me.
You just want job training? Go to a trade school! I use my cousin, a master welder, as an example. He didn't choose welding training & then complain about having to learn to weld.
You just want job training? Go to a trade school! I use my cousin, a master welder, as an example. He didn't choose welding training & then complain about having to learn to weld.
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You gotta focus on what you are excited to DO, not who you imagine you will get to BE. That way lies madness and striving and tragedy.
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You gotta focus on what you are excited to DO, not who you imagine you will get to BE. That way lies madness and striving and tragedy.
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There is a prison of judgment and success-chasing most artists get heaved into at an early age and can take a lifetime to get free from. You gotta understand that the process—not the product!—is the thing.
Others are entertained as a byproduct of you attending to rituals you construct for yourself.
Others are entertained as a byproduct of you attending to rituals you construct for yourself.
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
There is a prison of judgment and success-chasing most artists get heaved into at an early age and can take a lifetime to get free from. You gotta understand that the process—not the product!—is the thing.
Others are entertained as a byproduct of you attending to rituals you construct for yourself.
Others are entertained as a byproduct of you attending to rituals you construct for yourself.
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absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
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while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
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CHRISTOPHER: hey tone — there’s this guy. says he’ll take care of the “who” problem. no questions. he’s got some kinda vendetta.
TONY: oh yeah? some kinda real monster, huh? that’s who you bring to me? this guy have a fuckin’ name, chrissy?
CHRISTOPHER: yeah, he does, actually. da grinch
TONY: oh yeah? some kinda real monster, huh? that’s who you bring to me? this guy have a fuckin’ name, chrissy?
CHRISTOPHER: yeah, he does, actually. da grinch
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
CHRISTOPHER: hey tone — there’s this guy. says he’ll take care of the “who” problem. no questions. he’s got some kinda vendetta.
TONY: oh yeah? some kinda real monster, huh? that’s who you bring to me? this guy have a fuckin’ name, chrissy?
CHRISTOPHER: yeah, he does, actually. da grinch
TONY: oh yeah? some kinda real monster, huh? that’s who you bring to me? this guy have a fuckin’ name, chrissy?
CHRISTOPHER: yeah, he does, actually. da grinch
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Pop crave posting this and not like the times or the post is everything we need to know about the medias complicity
An ICE agent in Minneapolis pinned a pregnant woman’s face into the snow and knelt on her body.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
December 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Pop crave posting this and not like the times or the post is everything we need to know about the medias complicity
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Trade catalog images
American Type Founders Co.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
1950
Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/ATF1...
American Type Founders Co.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
1950
Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/ATF1...
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trade catalog images
American Type Founders Co.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
1950
Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/ATF1...
American Type Founders Co.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
1950
Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/ATF1...
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S1E4: "Andy Vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit)", originally aired June 9, 2002 #missionhill
![S1E4: "Andy Vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit)", originally aired June 9, 2002 [05:34]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v4wfttnbajbe6tsz3ngnvhak/bafkreibrc73phvju5dpclbnvecnhte5h2tfixsznkiiwmz3nbinimo7o6i@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
S1E4: "Andy Vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit)", originally aired June 9, 2002 #missionhill
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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“We like to pack coffee and a few sandwiches and spend the day out here watching the ore ships get loaded.”
Marquette, Michigan
Marquette, Michigan
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“We like to pack coffee and a few sandwiches and spend the day out here watching the ore ships get loaded.”
Marquette, Michigan
Marquette, Michigan
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told my sons that ghosts are fake and made-up but goblins are very very real because that is the truth
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
told my sons that ghosts are fake and made-up but goblins are very very real because that is the truth
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A Spiteful Banquet of Clam Chowder
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A Spiteful Banquet of Clam Chowder
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🎵Mitosis brings all the cells to the yard
🎵And they're like o ꝏ oo ꝏꝏ oooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏ oooooooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏ
🎵And they're like o ꝏ oo ꝏꝏ oooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏ oooooooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏ
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🎵Mitosis brings all the cells to the yard
🎵And they're like o ꝏ oo ꝏꝏ oooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏ oooooooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏ
🎵And they're like o ꝏ oo ꝏꝏ oooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏ oooooooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏ
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Super impressed with this extremely well-documented, and well-designed, open source hacking project. What a pleasant surprise: www.typeframe.net
Typeframe
A collection of open-source hardware and software for building writerdecks/cyberdecks.
www.typeframe.net
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Super impressed with this extremely well-documented, and well-designed, open source hacking project. What a pleasant surprise: www.typeframe.net
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Graceful Ascent by Vasily Kandinsky, 1934
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137770
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137770
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Graceful Ascent by Vasily Kandinsky, 1934
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137770
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137770
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I notice when people think masc presenting enbys dont actually count btw. I see that shit constantly, especially in otherwise leftie circuits.
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I notice when people think masc presenting enbys dont actually count btw. I see that shit constantly, especially in otherwise leftie circuits.
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me: ayo Blindwrist. whats in the oven today
Blindwrist the Profaner: ᴀɴɢᴇʟ ᴍᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ
me: thats a harrowing roast brother
Blindwrist the Profaner: ʏᴇꜱ. ᴡᴇʟʟ. ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜᴀʀᴅɪᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ.
me: i suppose thats true
Blindwrist the Profaner: ᴀɴɢᴇʟ ᴍᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ
me: thats a harrowing roast brother
Blindwrist the Profaner: ʏᴇꜱ. ᴡᴇʟʟ. ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜᴀʀᴅɪᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ.
me: i suppose thats true
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
me: ayo Blindwrist. whats in the oven today
Blindwrist the Profaner: ᴀɴɢᴇʟ ᴍᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ
me: thats a harrowing roast brother
Blindwrist the Profaner: ʏᴇꜱ. ᴡᴇʟʟ. ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜᴀʀᴅɪᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ.
me: i suppose thats true
Blindwrist the Profaner: ᴀɴɢᴇʟ ᴍᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ
me: thats a harrowing roast brother
Blindwrist the Profaner: ʏᴇꜱ. ᴡᴇʟʟ. ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜᴀʀᴅɪᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ.
me: i suppose thats true