Going4Baroque
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Good books, hard math problems, and cute dogs
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Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
February 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
CORRECT OPINIONS OVER HERE
And Fantasy-Faction's #1 SFF Book of 2025 is…
1. A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by @robertjbennett.bsky.social.
1. A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by @robertjbennett.bsky.social.
February 19, 2026 at 12:18 AM
CORRECT OPINIONS OVER HERE
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To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
February 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
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Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
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A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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Them, but also more directly: 285 people out of 535 could end all this (218 + 67). That fact should not be treated as an "oh they'll never do it" shrug, as if they don't have agency. They should be hammered constantly as traitors and cowards every day they don't.
Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Them, but also more directly: 285 people out of 535 could end all this (218 + 67). That fact should not be treated as an "oh they'll never do it" shrug, as if they don't have agency. They should be hammered constantly as traitors and cowards every day they don't.
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In other ARC news, I just finished Cameron Reed's What We Are Seeking and y'all should get your hands on a copy as soon as you can.
Also, if you haven't already, read The Fortunate Fall, which has been out for a while so you can experience her work RIGHT NOW.
Also, if you haven't already, read The Fortunate Fall, which has been out for a while so you can experience her work RIGHT NOW.
January 24, 2026 at 5:26 PM
In other ARC news, I just finished Cameron Reed's What We Are Seeking and y'all should get your hands on a copy as soon as you can.
Also, if you haven't already, read The Fortunate Fall, which has been out for a while so you can experience her work RIGHT NOW.
Also, if you haven't already, read The Fortunate Fall, which has been out for a while so you can experience her work RIGHT NOW.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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This doesn't mean you're bad for not having realized it before, but none of these are new practices. Like I said, there's a reason all their IPs are blocked on all my devices!
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This doesn't mean you're bad for not having realized it before, but none of these are new practices. Like I said, there's a reason all their IPs are blocked on all my devices!
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Got a pretty good phishing attempt, an apparent PaperlessPost invitation (complete with the full standard footer, although cropped here). If you click through it has a captcha, and then redirects you to a spoofed Gmail login page.
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Got a pretty good phishing attempt, an apparent PaperlessPost invitation (complete with the full standard footer, although cropped here). If you click through it has a captcha, and then redirects you to a spoofed Gmail login page.
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Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
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A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
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I’ve seen a million media stories about how sad Republican voters in CA are about losing their Republican representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’ve seen a million media stories about how sad Republican voters in CA are about losing their Republican representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
My boyfriend and I were driving and passed Got Teeth Ln. we looked at each other and said “no one tell @tkingfisher.com about got teeth ln” we say no one tell t kingfisher about X to each other regularly”
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My boyfriend and I were driving and passed Got Teeth Ln. we looked at each other and said “no one tell @tkingfisher.com about got teeth ln” we say no one tell t kingfisher about X to each other regularly”
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How do y'all expect to beat the fascists if you don't even post alt text?!
June 15, 2024 at 9:17 AM
How do y'all expect to beat the fascists if you don't even post alt text?!
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The world is actually FULL of technologies that were created and then went away because they sucked and no one wanted them. it happens all the fucking time. The idea that as soon as they're here we all just have to learn to live with it and find a use for it is just stupid tech industry propaganda.
Remember when they said this about NFTs... and the blockchain... and VR... and 3D...
How many times do we have to see tech no-one but tech bros want consigned to the ash heap of history before we realise that yes, actually, we *can* close Pandoras box.
How many times do we have to see tech no-one but tech bros want consigned to the ash heap of history before we realise that yes, actually, we *can* close Pandoras box.
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The world is actually FULL of technologies that were created and then went away because they sucked and no one wanted them. it happens all the fucking time. The idea that as soon as they're here we all just have to learn to live with it and find a use for it is just stupid tech industry propaganda.
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Good morning! If you're looking for a quick boost to your 2025 reading goals, might I suggest whisking yourself away to "dark and fantastical places" with my award-winning novella THE QUEEN OF THE HIGH FIELDS.
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Good morning! If you're looking for a quick boost to your 2025 reading goals, might I suggest whisking yourself away to "dark and fantastical places" with my award-winning novella THE QUEEN OF THE HIGH FIELDS.
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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"(The RATGDO, which involves physically wiring a computer running open-source software to a garage door opener, does not involve circumventing a digital lock.)"
“They want people to pay for using zeros and ones,” Mr. Proctor said. “There’s a fight over whether the economy is going to function that way. What are the limits? ‘Oh, you want to turn on your headlights? I’m sorry, you don’t have the headlight package.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"(The RATGDO, which involves physically wiring a computer running open-source software to a garage door opener, does not involve circumventing a digital lock.)"
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After literal decades of fearing that I would never be published, today marks the publication of This Brutal Moon, the final book in the Kindom Trilogy! I hope you love it as much as I do!
@orbitbooks.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social #thisbrutalmoon #thekindomtrilogy
@orbitbooks.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social #thisbrutalmoon #thekindomtrilogy
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
After literal decades of fearing that I would never be published, today marks the publication of This Brutal Moon, the final book in the Kindom Trilogy! I hope you love it as much as I do!
@orbitbooks.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social #thisbrutalmoon #thekindomtrilogy
@orbitbooks.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social #thisbrutalmoon #thekindomtrilogy
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well well well, if it isn't my old friend monday. brave of you to show your face around here again after everything you've done
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
well well well, if it isn't my old friend monday. brave of you to show your face around here again after everything you've done
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"America is a Christian Nation"
"You're a liar, an apostate, and an oathbreaker. You cannot serve honorably"
"You're a liar, an apostate, and an oathbreaker. You cannot serve honorably"
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"America is a Christian Nation"
"You're a liar, an apostate, and an oathbreaker. You cannot serve honorably"
"You're a liar, an apostate, and an oathbreaker. You cannot serve honorably"