The Bard
@joshuamneff.bsky.social
Feral Time Lord in exile. Neurodivergent. Ace-Aro. Polyaffectionate. Master of Library Science, Stories, Games, Daydreaming, Mysteries, & Hope. Older than you might think. (He/him/they/them) https://linktr.ee/joshuamneff
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The Bard
@joshuamneff.bsky.social
· Nov 13
New Bluesky followers! Hi! Here are the things I get excited about and talk about the most:
* progressive politics
* ADHD
* queerness, especially ace-aro
* TTRPGs
* libraries
* Doctor Who
* Star Trek
* the Arrowverse
* comics
* cats
* '80s music, especially postpunk & new wave
* progressive politics
* ADHD
* queerness, especially ace-aro
* TTRPGs
* libraries
* Doctor Who
* Star Trek
* the Arrowverse
* comics
* cats
* '80s music, especially postpunk & new wave
My Gmail spam folder is all Shaun King, and that amuses and delights me.
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My Gmail spam folder is all Shaun King, and that amuses and delights me.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Strands #618
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Just finished The Mercy Makers by @tessagratton.bsky.social and it's one of the best fantasy stories I've read in a while. Queer, subversive, dreamy, tense, and spicy, with gorgeous, intriguing world-building, fascinating magic, and my favorite kind of narrator (3rd person cheeky). I'm astounded.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Just finished The Mercy Makers by @tessagratton.bsky.social and it's one of the best fantasy stories I've read in a while. Queer, subversive, dreamy, tense, and spicy, with gorgeous, intriguing world-building, fascinating magic, and my favorite kind of narrator (3rd person cheeky). I'm astounded.
Muttering to myself as I try to open my apartment door with my car key: "Way to go, Wrong Key-xote."
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Muttering to myself as I try to open my apartment door with my car key: "Way to go, Wrong Key-xote."
Strands #617
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Strands #617
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I know I say this a lot, but only because it's true and important: I really, really love @sirend.bsky.social. 💞
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I know I say this a lot, but only because it's true and important: I really, really love @sirend.bsky.social. 💞
The two party system in the US: the Fascist Party and the Neville Chamberlain Party. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The two party system in the US: the Fascist Party and the Neville Chamberlain Party. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Here, have some beauty.
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Here, have some beauty.
"Helping with my work load" would be AI doing my dishes, cleaning my bathroom, going grocery shopping for me.
People say 'why don't you use it to help with your work load' and, uh, just say you don't understand writing? Because what are you suggesting I do? Plug my ideas into the Plagiarism machine? You know, the creative, fun bit? The bit writers love? The bit we wish we could do all the time?? That bit??
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Helping with my work load" would be AI doing my dishes, cleaning my bathroom, going grocery shopping for me.
Yep. Never used it, never will.
Never have. Never will. Not interested in going anywhere *near* a crap app built out of countless millions of hard-won words stolen from my colleagues, the use of which will (bonus!) begin progressively to degrade my cognitive skills and blunt the edge of the tool I’ve spent half a century honing. 🤨
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yep. Never used it, never will.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Strands #616
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November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
He looks like Orson Welles intentionally playing an asshole.
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
He looks like Orson Welles intentionally playing an asshole.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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This skeet sponsored by @sirend.bsky.social asking me if we can meet up for dinner soon because it's been too long since we last saw each other and me thinking "This seems backwards. Shouldn't I be asking her this?"
I never think people need me in their lives as much as I need them. I should maybe get over that.
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This skeet sponsored by @sirend.bsky.social asking me if we can meet up for dinner soon because it's been too long since we last saw each other and me thinking "This seems backwards. Shouldn't I be asking her this?"
I never think people need me in their lives as much as I need them. I should maybe get over that.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I never think people need me in their lives as much as I need them. I should maybe get over that.
He's Otis but he thinks he's Lex Luthor.
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
He's Otis but he thinks he's Lex Luthor.