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Connor
@merchantofvice.bsky.social
Born in Colorado, lives in Williamsburg founded a booze company, does some SFF writing and has a cat.
If I ever go back to the event I’m going to make a “first camp or epstine list” art project with prominent burners
US elite institutions be as ethical as Burning Man challenge

via @henryburke.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
A messy breakup and a new romance complicates a bands new album “Rumors”
Fleeted Rivalry
The two savviest fuel-gatherers in Scotland desperate to warm each other up:
Peated Rivalry
The scions of the two biggest grain producing families in Eastern Washington secretly long for each other:
Wheated Rivalry.
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Two competing counterstrike players battle it out:

L33t3d Rivalry
Two competing pitmasters battle it out:

Meated Rivalry
Two competing tailors form an unlikely alliance:
Pleated Rivalry
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Was pretty last night
January 27, 2026 at 11:52 PM
@joeabercrombie.com I need you to know how much I’m loving Devils.
Was burnt out on darker stories with (too much la Carre) and the chapter about Sunny trying to do nice things I one of my favorite things I read this year
Characters trying to be kind, in an unkind world is just so difficult to write
January 26, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This is actually how Zemeckis breaks story for his films.
The Man Who Fell To Earth With Big Naturals
The Thing With Big Naturals
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social is the Eisenhorn trilogy any good.
Really liked Caiphus Caine as a funnier break from the ghosts series.
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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It’s been a couple years since Minnesota striped a confederate flag
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Slightly diminish a band.

Blü
Slightly diminish a band.

Herb Alpert and the Owensboro Brass
Slightly diminish a band.

The Beatle.
January 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Everytime I get on a high speed rail in Taiwan and go 180 miles in an hour and a half for 39 bucks it is deeply annoying to think of how bad us rail is.
January 9, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Facebook was fun
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
No A.I. force everyone to be nice enough to their friends pit smoking older brother for when you need to beat a boss.
We've been through this. There is no shame in easy mode. There is no shame in reading/watching tutorials. Some people have 80hrs/wk to pump into gaming. The rest of us have families & jobs. A built in "Fuck, how do I get past this so I can start having fun again?" button? Sure. Let people have fun.
“The patent describes the idea of a ‘ghost’ character upon whom players could call in times of need; when summoned, the ghost could step into the player’s metaphorical shoes to either demonstrate what they’re doing wrong or just complete the challenging section for them.” 🤦🏿‍♂️
January 7, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Instead our libertarian anime avatar reply folks have already left for X
Thinking idly about how there was a time in the past where the Grok CSAM scandal would lead to a huge exodus off X to Bluesky and elsewhere but how now everyone who cared about such things has already left
January 6, 2026 at 3:29 AM
“….And this is why it’s bad for Biden and Mamdani”
"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors."

NYT Editorial Board

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Everyone always forgets, the other side gets a vote
What the fuck does that even mean
U.S. Senator Mike Lee says Secretary of State Rubio informed him that Nicolás Maduro was arrested by U.S. forces for prosecution in the United States. The military action was aimed at protecting the arrest operation. Lee added that no further U.S. military actions in Venezuela are expected.
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Those Coyotes are enrolled in the Kennedy school of government and about to fuck up every country with a sheep trade imbalance
The fuck you mean we got COYOTES in Cambridge, Massachusetts?????? As in Wile E.?????????? I’ve made peace with the turkeys. But this is some new shit entirely!!!!
In Cambridge, coyotes are just another neighbor - The Boston Globe
The predators may seem out of place in a dense, urban city. But it's their home, too.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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I've got six days to raise $1800. please help.
January 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Guan Yu or Jesus.
Guy with good facial hair, had some radical ideas.

Was executed by the state only to ascend to heaven as divinity.
January 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
@thoc.bsky.social this is supposed to be Guan Yu right?
I recognize the image it was based in but don’t remember from where
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Rest in peace friend.
December 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Taipei medical tea shop run by an ex nun.
Very @wendyxu.bsky.social coded.
December 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Taipei medical tea shop run by an ex nun.
Very @wendyxu.bsky.social coded.
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
And Palpatine, who SOMEHOW fucked
And Palpatine, who SOMEHOW returned
December 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Hainanese chicken rice
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM