Brian Kennemer
@zorkaficionado.bsky.social
Poster formerly known as "Zork Aficionado"
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Literature
Cargo Biking
Other stuff as needed
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This feed is for the February Group Read of the 1855 edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Reply to this post or contact me to be added to the list that allows you to post to the feed. Im allowing several days for the longer poems.
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In an airport and overheard a guy loudly being proud of owning stock in a company that makes prosthetic limbs because he works for a munitions manufacturer.
I’ve been on this trip for 45 mins and I need a fucking shower.
I’ve been on this trip for 45 mins and I need a fucking shower.
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
In an airport and overheard a guy loudly being proud of owning stock in a company that makes prosthetic limbs because he works for a munitions manufacturer.
I’ve been on this trip for 45 mins and I need a fucking shower.
I’ve been on this trip for 45 mins and I need a fucking shower.
Weird thing about me: when I buy hot honey I relabel it
January 18, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Weird thing about me: when I buy hot honey I relabel it
@laphamsquarterly.bsky.social has a podcast that did a 2 hr episode late last year about Q and Ish (as a couple we should be referring to them as Quish, by the way) being in love. Check it out.
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Episode 17: Queequeg and Ishmael in Love (with Alexander Chee, Aaron Sachs, and Caleb Crain)
The latest episode of The World in Time.
www.laphamsquarterly.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 AM
@laphamsquarterly.bsky.social has a podcast that did a 2 hr episode late last year about Q and Ish (as a couple we should be referring to them as Quish, by the way) being in love. Check it out.
📖🐳
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@laphamsquarterly.bsky.social has a podcast that did a 2 hr episode late last year about Q and Ish (as a couple we should be referring to them as Quish, by the way) being in love. Check it out.
📖🐳
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Episode 17: Queequeg and Ishmael in Love (with Alexander Chee, Aaron Sachs, and Caleb Crain)
The latest episode of The World in Time.
www.laphamsquarterly.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 AM
@laphamsquarterly.bsky.social has a podcast that did a 2 hr episode late last year about Q and Ish (as a couple we should be referring to them as Quish, by the way) being in love. Check it out.
📖🐳
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I’m GenX and was a latchkey kid starting in 3rd grade.
I learned my ethics from Hawkeye Pierce and Michael Stivik
I learned my ethics from Hawkeye Pierce and Michael Stivik
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I’m GenX and was a latchkey kid starting in 3rd grade.
I learned my ethics from Hawkeye Pierce and Michael Stivik
I learned my ethics from Hawkeye Pierce and Michael Stivik
@laphamsquarterly.bsky.social is having a HUGE sale and I picked up all the box sets I was missing. Plus they ship SUPER fast.
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 PM
@laphamsquarterly.bsky.social is having a HUGE sale and I picked up all the box sets I was missing. Plus they ship SUPER fast.
A family friend went to Planned Parenthood in Bellingham WA today to get birth control pills and was shouted at over a bullhorn by protesters on the sidewalk. It's 2026 and women still get yelled at when getting healthcare.
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 AM
A family friend went to Planned Parenthood in Bellingham WA today to get birth control pills and was shouted at over a bullhorn by protesters on the sidewalk. It's 2026 and women still get yelled at when getting healthcare.
In case anyone else is considering punishing themselves by attempting Joyce's Ulysses (like I am.)
It's the full text but with COPIOUS notes with links inline that come up in popups so you can read the notes on the same 'page' as the text. It even repaginates based on the most common editions.
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It's the full text but with COPIOUS notes with links inline that come up in popups so you can read the notes on the same 'page' as the text. It even repaginates based on the most common editions.
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The Joyce Project
joyceproject.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
In case anyone else is considering punishing themselves by attempting Joyce's Ulysses (like I am.)
It's the full text but with COPIOUS notes with links inline that come up in popups so you can read the notes on the same 'page' as the text. It even repaginates based on the most common editions.
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It's the full text but with COPIOUS notes with links inline that come up in popups so you can read the notes on the same 'page' as the text. It even repaginates based on the most common editions.
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Post your pinned feeds
January 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Post your pinned feeds
This video is a funnier send up of corporate culture than anything Scott Adams ever dreamed of in his tiny, cold philosophies.
This is also the video I use to explain to family what I do for a living as a project and portfolio management consultant.
This is also the video I use to explain to family what I do for a living as a project and portfolio management consultant.
The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch)
YouTube video by Lauris Beinerts
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This video is a funnier send up of corporate culture than anything Scott Adams ever dreamed of in his tiny, cold philosophies.
This is also the video I use to explain to family what I do for a living as a project and portfolio management consultant.
This is also the video I use to explain to family what I do for a living as a project and portfolio management consultant.
I love that my wife and I (together 40 years this October) have a relationship where I can walk up to her when she's wearing a tank top and say "Let me see them" and she poses bodybuilder-style to flex both biceps because he is a fitness badass.
January 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I love that my wife and I (together 40 years this October) have a relationship where I can walk up to her when she's wearing a tank top and say "Let me see them" and she poses bodybuilder-style to flex both biceps because he is a fitness badass.
Hey, #booksky and 📖! Lapham's Quarterly is preparing for it's new incarnation at Bard College by having a HUGE sale.
I highly recommend this wonderful, quarterly journal that draws art and writing from across time to fit that issue's theme.
Check it out.
I highly recommend this wonderful, quarterly journal that draws art and writing from across time to fit that issue's theme.
Check it out.
Back Issues
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January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Hey, #booksky and 📖! Lapham's Quarterly is preparing for it's new incarnation at Bard College by having a HUGE sale.
I highly recommend this wonderful, quarterly journal that draws art and writing from across time to fit that issue's theme.
Check it out.
I highly recommend this wonderful, quarterly journal that draws art and writing from across time to fit that issue's theme.
Check it out.
Scott Adams' passing reminds me that truly good people don't have to 'find god' on their deathbeds. Good people live their lives in a way that doesn't require last minute, emergency graspings for salvation. Their lives themselves were testimonies of why such salvation was not required.
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Scott Adams' passing reminds me that truly good people don't have to 'find god' on their deathbeds. Good people live their lives in a way that doesn't require last minute, emergency graspings for salvation. Their lives themselves were testimonies of why such salvation was not required.
Timeline Cleanse
Many years ago an elderly man was staring at sprouts in the supermarket...for so long that I asked him if he was ok...
"I love these, but I haven't had them since my wife died, I don't know how to cook them".
I told him how. He hugged me and bought the sprouts...
It's so easy to do good...
"I love these, but I haven't had them since my wife died, I don't know how to cook them".
I told him how. He hugged me and bought the sprouts...
It's so easy to do good...
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Timeline Cleanse
6/6 LOL
Technically I'm an elder millenial, but this was so relatable, especially I still have problems with being honest when I'm not fine. Fine is the only acceptable answer, and I still catch myself judging others for being "whiny" or "negative" or "complaining too much" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXPf...
6 Unspoken Rules That Wired Gen X Wrong
YouTube video by Gen X UnFiltered
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January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
6/6 LOL
At least he seems well fed
January 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
At least he seems well fed
As a kid it would have been the Duwamish.
Now it's the Nooksack.
Now it's the Nooksack.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 11:22 PM
As a kid it would have been the Duwamish.
Now it's the Nooksack.
Now it's the Nooksack.
OK, chapter 47 is just a long double entendre, right?
He's not even being clever about hiding it. LOL
"...and as Queequeg standing sideways, ever and anon slid his heavy oaken sword...drove home every yarn."
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He's not even being clever about hiding it. LOL
"...and as Queequeg standing sideways, ever and anon slid his heavy oaken sword...drove home every yarn."
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January 12, 2026 at 11:14 PM
OK, chapter 47 is just a long double entendre, right?
He's not even being clever about hiding it. LOL
"...and as Queequeg standing sideways, ever and anon slid his heavy oaken sword...drove home every yarn."
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He's not even being clever about hiding it. LOL
"...and as Queequeg standing sideways, ever and anon slid his heavy oaken sword...drove home every yarn."
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5 years since I lost my friend Colby Africa. A giant of a software engineer and a world class problem solver taken from us too early.
He also introduced me to John Digweed, Sasha, Kruder and Dorfmeister and others so today I will be listening to late 90s techno\house music on repeat in his honor.
He also introduced me to John Digweed, Sasha, Kruder and Dorfmeister and others so today I will be listening to late 90s techno\house music on repeat in his honor.
January 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
5 years since I lost my friend Colby Africa. A giant of a software engineer and a world class problem solver taken from us too early.
He also introduced me to John Digweed, Sasha, Kruder and Dorfmeister and others so today I will be listening to late 90s techno\house music on repeat in his honor.
He also introduced me to John Digweed, Sasha, Kruder and Dorfmeister and others so today I will be listening to late 90s techno\house music on repeat in his honor.
Im all for the use of quick blocks but yesterday I got blocked for saying "reporters dont write their own headlines."
LOL
LOL
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Im all for the use of quick blocks but yesterday I got blocked for saying "reporters dont write their own headlines."
LOL
LOL
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Is anyone interested in a March group read of Dickens' Great Expectations? It would be a nice, leisurely read with the heaviest day being about 16 pages.
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#pipspath
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#pipspath
January 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Is anyone interested in a March group read of Dickens' Great Expectations? It would be a nice, leisurely read with the heaviest day being about 16 pages.
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#pipspath
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#pipspath
There is a special place n hell for people that put large unremovable stickers on books. There is now a large sticky patch on my book.
Grrr
Grrr
January 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
There is a special place n hell for people that put large unremovable stickers on books. There is now a large sticky patch on my book.
Grrr
Grrr
New 50 year old hand made mahogany bookcase just dropped!!!
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January 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
New 50 year old hand made mahogany bookcase just dropped!!!
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Agreed. This and a very lengthy moderated word list and block lists that block over 200,000 right wing trolls is how I enjoy pretty much just art, books, and photography here.
Seriously, unpin the Discover feed, it’ll save you at least one jumpscare a week when Bluesky yeets you onto it on load
Serious word of advice to newbies. The Discover Feed. Never use it. Waste of time. The Following Feed is what you need; all the posts from the people you follow in the order they posted them.
I recommend removing the Discover Feed by clicking on the # in the top right to manage your Feeds list.
I recommend removing the Discover Feed by clicking on the # in the top right to manage your Feeds list.
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Agreed. This and a very lengthy moderated word list and block lists that block over 200,000 right wing trolls is how I enjoy pretty much just art, books, and photography here.
My wife found out about these bowls and they are amazing. We made some tonight.
Baked yam
Ground chicken
Cottage cheese
Avocado
Hot honey
Baked yam
Ground chicken
Cottage cheese
Avocado
Hot honey
January 10, 2026 at 4:47 AM
My wife found out about these bowls and they are amazing. We made some tonight.
Baked yam
Ground chicken
Cottage cheese
Avocado
Hot honey
Baked yam
Ground chicken
Cottage cheese
Avocado
Hot honey