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Angus McIntyre
@angusm.bsky.social
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SF/F author (“The Warrior Within” etc.) Photographer. Programmer. Allegedly sentient mammal. One more pawn for the Muppet Pastor. [he/him]

https://angus.pw/ - SF/F writing
https://raingod.com/ - Photos & more
https://disoriented.net/ - Travel & photo blog
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(Here's the opening of "The Warrior Within".)
A screenshot of part of a page from an ebook. The words "Chapter One" appear in blue letters at the top. Underneath, in white type on a black background, is the following text. "On the day after the Passing Festival, three men walked out of the swamps and came into town to kill a woman. Normally, Karsman would have been one of the first to know about the strangers. But while the strangers were making their way across the salt flats that lay between the city and the distant marshes, Karsman was a good four or five kilometers away, heading out of town along the Road."
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A woman holds a sign with a cartoon frog and the words “I support Amphifa”. A crowd of protesters with signs. One woman holds a sign reading “New York hated you before it was a thing.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A woman in glasses holds a sign that reads “If only Congress were alive to see this.” A man holds a sign designed to resemble a parking sign. Red letters on white read “No King Any Time. Violators will be removed.” A woman holds a yellow sign on which is a stylized image of a humanoid frog and the words “Don’t tread on me”. A crowd of protesters. One man holds a brown cardboard sign that reads “Imagine losing our country to a fat bitch that can’t even blend his makeup.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A woman in a white fleece jacket holds up a sign that reads “For the Epsteinth time, release the files.” A crowd of protesters. A woman in the foreground holds a sign that says “We will not flush away our democracy for this piece of shit” beside a caricature of Donald Trump as a flyblown anthropomorphic lump of feces. A man holds a sign that reads “Only fascists believe anti-fascists are terrorists.” A crowd of protesters. A man in the foreground wearing a green jacket holds a sign that reads “Elvis was the King. You are an asshole.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A person in a baseball cap and dark blue jacket holds a sign that reads “Consider this a sign”. A picture of a piece of brown card on which is written “IDK (I don’t know) where to start” in black block letters. A sign, held above the heads of a crowd of protesters. The sign has a picture of a stylized frog and the words “Don’t Obey” in white block letters on red. A group of protesters. A woman in the foreground holds a sign with three cartoon frogs and the words “United, we ribbit. Divided, we croak.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
angusm.bsky.social
Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A protest sign with three white panels on a black background. In the panels are written the words “Blood Clot 2025”. A crowd of protesters with signs. One sign reads “Even Bruce Springsteen is only The Boss. No Kings in the USA”. Another says “Rejecting kings since 1776”. A hand holds up a sheet of brown cardboard on which is written “Killing fishermen is a war crime.” A crowd of protesters. One woman holds up a sheet of card on which is written “My ancestors were immigrants and so were yours” in green, pink and blue letters.
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
angusm.bsky.social
Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A protest sign made from a sheet of brown card on which is written the single word ‘Empathy’ in black block letters. A protest sign reading “US Army. The original anti-fascists.” Smaller letters in the corner read “Nazi punks fuck off -- Jello Biafra”. A sign held above the heads of a crowd, with red and black lettering that reads “What the fuck?! You guys.” A protest sign consisting of a sheet of brown card on which is written “George Santos? Really? Who’s next? Ghislaine?”
October 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
angusm.bsky.social
Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan

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A hand-painted sign in brown and orange letters on white. It reads simply ‘Enough’. A hand holds a sheet of yellow paper on which is written “Honk if you’re not in the Epstein files”. A protest sign with black block letters on white card, reading ‘First they come for the vulnerable and we say No Fucking Way’. A person wearing an inflatable orange dinosaur suit walks in a crowd, holding a sign that reads “You think meteors are bad? Try fascism.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan.

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A man holds a yellow sign on which is written “Aunt Tifa says no kings”. His shirt has a US flag with the words ‘Rejecting kings since 1776’. A person holds a piece of card on which is the word ‘Antifa‘ and a photograph of Josephine Baker, an African-American woman, wearing a top hat, white tie and tails. A crowd of people. A man facing away from the viewer wears a red, white and blue stovepipe hat and a sign that says ‘Feed Gaza’. A protest sign in green and red letters. The text on the sign says “This madness ends when all of us rise up and say ‘No’.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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It's Caturday, and time to renew my #ProofOfCat.

This is Frankie, who we fostered earlier this summer, and who has now joined the household. I have decided that he is a member of the Lumpenpurrletariat, because when I woke up this morning there was a purring lump in the bed with me.
A gray tabby cat lounges on a gray sheepskin rug, his head propped against a purple pillow.
October 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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What's your sign?
A warning sign consisting of a black-bordered yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark inside. Below, in black on yellow, are written the words "Pericolo Generico", Italian for "generic danger".
September 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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What's the worst that could happen?
A cartoon. A wizard in a blue robe and star-covered conical hat is looking angry, staring at a scroll. Behind him is a pentacle with three candles. In the center of the pentacle is a lemon with arms and legs, smiling. A thought bubble above the wizard's head reads "Man, I hate cursive". On the scroll is written "How to summon a lemon", with the initial 'l' of 'lemon' looking very much like a 'd'. Small text in the lower right credits the cartoon to jimbenton.com.
September 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr.
An album cover. Looking up at a demented-looking man wearing safety glasses and a white lab coat as he thrusts an anesthetic mask toward the viewer. The man's mouth is open, revealing his teeth. At the top of the image is written "Doctor Feelgood" in red letters, while at the bottom are the words "Private Practice".
September 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
angusm.bsky.social
post a meme made by you
Inigo Montoya, a man with dark hair and a mustache, with a quizzical expression on his face. Over the image is written in white block letters "You keep calling that API. I do not think it returns what you think it returns."
September 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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For Caturday, this rather handsome individual was seen in the window of a cat cafe on West Port, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The head of a cat, seen in profile. The cat has short fur, white on its throat and body, gray on its head and ears. Its eyes are pale blue.
August 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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If you see this, post something monochromatic.
A street scene. In the foreground is a middle-aged woman in a puffy winter coat. Behind her is melted snow and a deep puddle. A car driving through the puddle is surrounded by white spray.
August 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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And third up for #BlackCatAppreciationDay is our current foster, Samson, who is very smol and believes that humans will probably eat him. His hobbies include hiding under things, watching NYPD helicopters, and beating up catnip mousies when he thinks no one is watching.

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A small black cat lies on top of a battered black canvas shoulder bag, looking up at the viewer.
August 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Our second #BlackCatAppreciationDay star is Cobb (known as Black Cat, to distinguish him from his sister Caprese, who was gray, and known as Crime Cat). Cobb was a very sweet cat who we fostered briefly last year.

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A black cat with yellow eyes lies on a windowsill, next to a large flowerpot.
August 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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It is #BlackCatAppreciationDay, so I am hereby appreciating three very fine black cats of my acquaintance.

First up is Sin (short for Yersinia), who lived with us for seven far too short years, and who I still miss very much.

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disoriented.net/2023/01/sin/
A black cat with green eyes sits on its haunches on a wooden floor, looking up at the viewer. Behind the cat can be seen the corner of a small rug.
August 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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My extremely short story "Naturally, You Have Questions” appears today on the Night Shades website.

www.annareser.com/ns-naturally...

(btw, @nightshadesmag.bsky.social‬ is open for submissions currently, so you should send them your own extremely short stories).
A shadowy interior, with a person looking out through a window into a misty blue space filled with vegetation. Tall towers with glowing lights rise in the background.
August 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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It's Caturday, and time to renew my #ProofOfCat. This is Sampson, our newest foster. He only arrived yesterday, and he's still unsure about his new situation, but he did come out to explore, and even let himself be brushed.
A black cat, looking anxious, hides behind a sisal scratching post. He wears a white paper collar, and has a little patch of white fur on his chest.
July 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I'm 90% sure I recognize that tunnel from the waking world, and this is another section of it.

This picture shows a part of the tunnel that was repaired after nearby bomb explosions damaged it in the 1940s. Which is pretty much as scary as it sounds.
A section of tunnel with metal walls painted yellow-white. The curved wall sections are held together with large bolts. A group of people are visible in the distance.
July 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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In a startling new revelation, an expert says that Scottish seagulls eat a diet that consists exclusively of ice-cream, and that withholding ice-cream from seagulls can cause emotional distress and substantial physical harm.

(Photo of expert below)
A large white seagull with pink feet and a yellow back.
July 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Time to renew my #ProofOfCat. This is our latest delivery from the Kitty of the Month Club (aka Animal Care temporary fostering), the very handsome and charming Frankie.
A close-up of a gray tabby cat. The cat is seen in three-quarter profile, in front of a set of black bookshelves filled with books.
July 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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This plaque commemorating an important event is on a park bench in Hackney Wick, London.
A plaque on a park bench. The plaque reads ‘Pablo da Silva once took some shrooms and got so mashed he spent seven hours sitting here watching two nine foot high rubber ducks swimming up and down the channel slagging him off something rotten.’
June 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM