Arthur
@arthurupnorth.bsky.social
Coffee roaster, writer, small business co-owner. Northern Minnesota proud.
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imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
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The idea of giving $15 million to build a library for a group that's more likely to burn books than it is to read them...
December 14, 2024 at 10:06 PM
The idea of giving $15 million to build a library for a group that's more likely to burn books than it is to read them...
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James Webb telescope just dropped its latest image, Neptune, and its rings.
December 12, 2024 at 12:58 PM
James Webb telescope just dropped its latest image, Neptune, and its rings.
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Snapdragons are my favorite flower to grow. They do however produce seed pods that look like the screaming skulls of the damned.
December 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Snapdragons are my favorite flower to grow. They do however produce seed pods that look like the screaming skulls of the damned.
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I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so:
HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question.
Go!
HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question.
Go!
December 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so:
HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question.
Go!
HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question.
Go!
I wanna be @scalzi.com when I grow up.
Finally, a shirt that lets me proclaim, unashamed, my intense and almost overbearing sense of wanton masculinity, truly I am now the apex of all that is burly and manly and undeodorized in the world, just putting it on released a surging flood of testosterone that frightened the local birds and fish
December 10, 2024 at 3:06 AM
I wanna be @scalzi.com when I grow up.
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Nothing to see here except more dudes making bad decisions and ruining a legendary brand cell by cell.
December 10, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Nothing to see here except more dudes making bad decisions and ruining a legendary brand cell by cell.
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Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
December 2, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
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Zero reward for the white supremacist killer who murdered a teen in Manhattan the same day. Yeremi Colino does not matter to these people.
FBI offers reward up to $50,000 as health care executive’s suspected killer evades police for fourth day: cnn.it/4goevIr
FBI offers reward up to $50,000 as health care executive’s suspected killer evades police for fourth day | CNN
As the investigation into the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan enters its fourth day, the FBI says it is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest a...
cnn.it
December 7, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Zero reward for the white supremacist killer who murdered a teen in Manhattan the same day. Yeremi Colino does not matter to these people.
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Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
December 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Can’t say I’m surprised. Or sorry.
December 7, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Can’t say I’m surprised. Or sorry.
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Khan Noonien Singh for Secretary of State -- "Trump tells me has the best genes."
December 7, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Khan Noonien Singh for Secretary of State -- "Trump tells me has the best genes."
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Nearly every single Republican voted against releasing the Matt Gaetz ethics report.
Remember this the next time they pretend to care about protecting minors.
Remember this the next time they pretend to care about protecting minors.
December 6, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Nearly every single Republican voted against releasing the Matt Gaetz ethics report.
Remember this the next time they pretend to care about protecting minors.
Remember this the next time they pretend to care about protecting minors.
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i understand the emotions but a bunch of fascist psychos are about to be in charge of federal law enforcement, tighten up
December 6, 2024 at 12:30 AM
i understand the emotions but a bunch of fascist psychos are about to be in charge of federal law enforcement, tighten up
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The secret to MY happy marriage:
1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them
2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about
3. Be present for your spouse
4. Apologize when you do stupid things
5. Make them laugh when you can
1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them
2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about
3. Be present for your spouse
4. Apologize when you do stupid things
5. Make them laugh when you can
What’s the secret to a happy marriage?
December 6, 2024 at 1:11 AM
The secret to MY happy marriage:
1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them
2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about
3. Be present for your spouse
4. Apologize when you do stupid things
5. Make them laugh when you can
1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them
2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about
3. Be present for your spouse
4. Apologize when you do stupid things
5. Make them laugh when you can
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I'm not interested in being a scold shouting "murder is bad!" (half the world wouldn't believe I think that anyway), but I do want to point out that how we react to such events isn't just about what a murdered person deserves, but about how our own response shapes our experience, and changes us.
It’s not cool to celebrate someone’s death. Sure, Vlad the Impaler dipped his bread in the blood of his victims, but he was a human being who deserves our courtesy and respect
December 6, 2024 at 1:26 AM
I'm not interested in being a scold shouting "murder is bad!" (half the world wouldn't believe I think that anyway), but I do want to point out that how we react to such events isn't just about what a murdered person deserves, but about how our own response shapes our experience, and changes us.
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No shit murder is bad. The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him; they’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about
December 4, 2024 at 11:17 PM
No shit murder is bad. The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him; they’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about
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For as long as there has been art, there have been art critics.
December 4, 2024 at 10:01 PM
For as long as there has been art, there have been art critics.
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Biden to-do list this week:
Mon: Pardon Leonard Peltier
Tues: Commute the sentences of everyone on death row
Wed: National mandate to legalize weed
Thurs: Cancel all remaining student debt
Fri: Allow direct to consumer car sales
Sat: Pardon Leonard Peltier again
Mon: Pardon Leonard Peltier
Tues: Commute the sentences of everyone on death row
Wed: National mandate to legalize weed
Thurs: Cancel all remaining student debt
Fri: Allow direct to consumer car sales
Sat: Pardon Leonard Peltier again
December 2, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Biden to-do list this week:
Mon: Pardon Leonard Peltier
Tues: Commute the sentences of everyone on death row
Wed: National mandate to legalize weed
Thurs: Cancel all remaining student debt
Fri: Allow direct to consumer car sales
Sat: Pardon Leonard Peltier again
Mon: Pardon Leonard Peltier
Tues: Commute the sentences of everyone on death row
Wed: National mandate to legalize weed
Thurs: Cancel all remaining student debt
Fri: Allow direct to consumer car sales
Sat: Pardon Leonard Peltier again
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It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.
November 26, 2024 at 3:17 AM
It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.