Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
@jackscarab.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, 🍞&🌹 socialist, somehow Oklahoman.
Author of YA fantasy Aether Torrent. Buy it and then read and review it!
https://lnk.bio/JackDuffe
https://books2read.com/aethertorrent
💙📚 #booksky
Author of YA fantasy Aether Torrent. Buy it and then read and review it!
https://lnk.bio/JackDuffe
https://books2read.com/aethertorrent
💙📚 #booksky
Pinned
AETHER TORRENT, my anti-capitalist LGBT-protags YA fantasy adventure novel, is now out in eBook and paperback!
At any moment of your choosing you can buy it from any of several vendors and then read it! Including right now! Exclamation point!
💙📚 #booksky
#aethertorrent
books2read.com/aethertorrent
At any moment of your choosing you can buy it from any of several vendors and then read it! Including right now! Exclamation point!
💙📚 #booksky
#aethertorrent
books2read.com/aethertorrent
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
Baby elephants!
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Baby elephants!
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
It remains so goddamn funny that Schumer chose the other guy
Mamdani been mayor for five minutes & is pulling up on slumlords, tearing up flooring himself, disgusted, and took the whole media with him.
He is HIM 😭
He is HIM 😭
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
It remains so goddamn funny that Schumer chose the other guy
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
“God secreted / A tear. / “Enough, enough” / He commanded, but the machine / Looked at him and went on singing.” RS Thomas
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“God secreted / A tear. / “Enough, enough” / He commanded, but the machine / Looked at him and went on singing.” RS Thomas
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
I feel like I’m going insane, there is, like, an actual Venezuelan government that still exists
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I feel like I’m going insane, there is, like, an actual Venezuelan government that still exists
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
So Trump has:
-illegally abducted Maduro, which the neocons love, because they want the opposition to take over
-but then left his VP, who fully supports him, in charge
-but said she would follow his orders
-but then she didn't
-and now the Venezuelan opposition is also condemning Trump
-illegally abducted Maduro, which the neocons love, because they want the opposition to take over
-but then left his VP, who fully supports him, in charge
-but said she would follow his orders
-but then she didn't
-and now the Venezuelan opposition is also condemning Trump
January 4, 2026 at 3:03 AM
So Trump has:
-illegally abducted Maduro, which the neocons love, because they want the opposition to take over
-but then left his VP, who fully supports him, in charge
-but said she would follow his orders
-but then she didn't
-and now the Venezuelan opposition is also condemning Trump
-illegally abducted Maduro, which the neocons love, because they want the opposition to take over
-but then left his VP, who fully supports him, in charge
-but said she would follow his orders
-but then she didn't
-and now the Venezuelan opposition is also condemning Trump
Sometimes I think about how the Goths kept the Senate open and in some ways strengthened it.
You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
January 4, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Sometimes I think about how the Goths kept the Senate open and in some ways strengthened it.
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
While i'm on a White Zinfandel tear, the goddamn site admins need to get on the job of booting this fucking Julie spambot who keeps showing up in my notifications
January 4, 2026 at 2:11 AM
While i'm on a White Zinfandel tear, the goddamn site admins need to get on the job of booting this fucking Julie spambot who keeps showing up in my notifications
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
one reason people are already talking themselves into dumb conspiracies about why this is happening is because the actual reality is extremely hard to wrap your brain around
OH MY FUCKING GOD THEY HAVE NO PLAN
January 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
one reason people are already talking themselves into dumb conspiracies about why this is happening is because the actual reality is extremely hard to wrap your brain around
Next week at Magfest is going to be one hell of a time to be allowed -- nay, encouraged -- to scream along to the lyrics of Protomen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLv...
[HD] The Protomen - Act II - Light Up The Night
YouTube video by Light Up The Night
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Next week at Magfest is going to be one hell of a time to be allowed -- nay, encouraged -- to scream along to the lyrics of Protomen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLv...
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
Find someone who loves you as much as Chuck Schumer loves not doing his job
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Find someone who loves you as much as Chuck Schumer loves not doing his job
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state
"Please?" Rubio begged.
Marco Rubio said he’s reserving judgment on Venezuela VP Delcy Rodríguez’s denial, saying the U.S. will judge the interim authorities by their actions in the coming days and weeks and urging them to seize a “historic opportunity” to serve the country.-NYT
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
"Please?" Rubio begged.
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
We gotta figure out climate change. Not a scientist but my answers are “something with azollas” “something with mushrooms(?)” or “something with algae”. Also they should hand out free apartment solar panels at your post office.
January 4, 2026 at 1:27 AM
We gotta figure out climate change. Not a scientist but my answers are “something with azollas” “something with mushrooms(?)” or “something with algae”. Also they should hand out free apartment solar panels at your post office.
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
*looks over at Schumer and Jeffries*
Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, called President Trump on Saturday to personally object to strikes the U.S. had conducted in Venezuela and to the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Mamdani accused Trump of violating international law.
Zohran Mamdani Called President Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York accused President Trump of violating international law. It was the first time he had criticized the president since their White House meeting.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
*looks over at Schumer and Jeffries*
Source is evidently the puzzle company's paper, by the cited source on Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Un...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Un...
January 3, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Source is evidently the puzzle company's paper, by the cited source on Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Un...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Un...
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
they didn't stage a photoshoot afterwards, these pictures weren't them looking at tweets after the strikes were carried out to see if people were talking about them... this photo clearly shows they were posing for photos & looking at posts DURING the illegal military operation.
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
they didn't stage a photoshoot afterwards, these pictures weren't them looking at tweets after the strikes were carried out to see if people were talking about them... this photo clearly shows they were posing for photos & looking at posts DURING the illegal military operation.
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
based on the most recent tweet visible on screen, this photo was taken in the hour that passed between these two posts... during which time the strikes were taking place. the most important thing in the room was tweets. they wanted to make sure people were posting about it.
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
based on the most recent tweet visible on screen, this photo was taken in the hour that passed between these two posts... during which time the strikes were taking place. the most important thing in the room was tweets. they wanted to make sure people were posting about it.
The last time a sitting member of Congress was beaten with a stick at work, it was done by a slaver against an abolitionist.
Surely the roles can be reversed.
Is there no Democrat with the fortitude to earn an assault charge?
Surely the roles can be reversed.
Is there no Democrat with the fortitude to earn an assault charge?
"What do you want the Dems to DO exactly?" is kicked dog behavior. Elected officials are not meant to do insider trading and occasionally give a 4/10 speech about civility. They are an expression of the values of those they represent, you're damn right I expect up to and including physical action.
January 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The last time a sitting member of Congress was beaten with a stick at work, it was done by a slaver against an abolitionist.
Surely the roles can be reversed.
Is there no Democrat with the fortitude to earn an assault charge?
Surely the roles can be reversed.
Is there no Democrat with the fortitude to earn an assault charge?
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
"What do you want the Dems to DO exactly?" is kicked dog behavior. Elected officials are not meant to do insider trading and occasionally give a 4/10 speech about civility. They are an expression of the values of those they represent, you're damn right I expect up to and including physical action.
January 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"What do you want the Dems to DO exactly?" is kicked dog behavior. Elected officials are not meant to do insider trading and occasionally give a 4/10 speech about civility. They are an expression of the values of those they represent, you're damn right I expect up to and including physical action.
Reposted by Jack who wrote Aether Torrent
remember that one call of duty game where you invade caracas? i want you to imagine how many of the soldiers who were part of this signed up specifically because they played it
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
remember that one call of duty game where you invade caracas? i want you to imagine how many of the soldiers who were part of this signed up specifically because they played it