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Your Obedient Serpent
@athelind.bsky.social
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Athelind Llewellyn Long, Dragon At Large, Hoard Potato.
Born on the Cusp of the Boom and Gen X, I am nevertheless The World's Oldest Millennial.
Pronouns He/Him or They/Them; I am large, I contain multitudes.
Queer, Here, Get Used To It
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www.reuters.com/world/us/for...

Man, this shot from the Reuters article on Cheney's demise really sums up the Dubya Administration:
A photograph of former Vice President Dick Cheney on the left and former President George W. Bush on the right. Although Cheney is in the background, he is in perfect focus, while Bush in the foreground is blurry and indistinct.
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Getting strong #KingCrimson vibes from this
The front and back album covers from King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King", featuring a distorted face screaming as it fades into the cosmos. The inside art from King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King", featuring a disembodied, distorted, smiling face floating in a blue void with red dots or spheres. There are hands making odd but peaceful gestures. To the left, the lyrics of the album are printed.
October 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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A summary of Pete Hegseth's speech to the armed forces brass yesterday:
October 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Looks like Thriller to me.
September 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Derek "Blight" Powers from Batman Beyond, whose black skeleton is clearly visible through his glowing green flesh, walking into a room full of futuristic tech. the caption reads, "Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"
June 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Looks like we need to add yet another category to the Venn Diagram.

www.tumblr.com/capricorn-0m...
An exceedingly complicated Venn diagram in the shape of intersecting triangles. "Chicago" is at the center of the diagram, falling into the categories of Citation Styles, Pizza Styles, and Broadway Musicals. Other categories include Chess Openings, Things That Are Too Expensive, and Shocked Exclamations.
May 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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I mean, EVERYTHING else aside, you're the one with the red lightsaber, Darth Tariff.

#WeKnowTheEmpireWhenWeSeeIt
A screen cap from Twitter showing a tweet from the official White House account. There is an AI image of Donald Trumps face on a bodybuilder's body, dressed in a sleeveless Jedi robe, and holding a red lightsaber. Behind him are two bald eagles and two US flags. The text reads, "Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy. You’re not the Rebellion—you’re the Empire. May the 4th be with you."
May 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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James Doohan as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, from the Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles". He's looking with narrowed eyes at someone off-screen, and the caption reads, "Laddie, don't you think you should rephrase that?"
March 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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“Post a pic from your device without explanation.”
A burning mattress in a field of dry grass in the pre-dawn hours. The frond of a palm tree impinges on the upper left side of the image. An abandoned baby stroller next to a bus stop. It's filled with sticks and small logs, and there's an empty backpack lying on top of the wood.
December 30, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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I am a firm believer in the strategic and tactical wisdom of J. Wellington Wimpy.
J. Wellington Wimpy from the Thimble Theater/Popeye comic strip. He's a portly man with a derby hat, a scraggly moustache, and eyes that are perpetually closed. In this image, drawn by Elsie Segar, he's saying, "Let's you and him fight!"
December 29, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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I got so used to Nick Fury looking like Samuel L. Jackson that I forgot he used to look like David Hasselhoff.
David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury, with beard stubble, an eye patch, and a cigar clamped in his gritted teeth. He's taking cover behind a corner and holding a pistol that is futuristic in a dieselpunk kind of way.
December 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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a guillotine flanked by two torches, with the caption, "In these difficult times ... some cuts may be necessary."
December 12, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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A screen shot from "The Last Unicorn", where Amalthea, a white unicorn, confronts the monstrous, demonic Red Bull. The caption reads, "Celestia's Secret Origin: Red Bull Gives You Wings."
November 24, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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Reskeet your profile pic!

(I found this image a couple of decades ago, and lost the original attribution almost as far back. If anyone can help me find the original so I can credit the photographer, I would greatly appreciate it!)
A close-up photograph of the eye of some reptilian creature. The scales are orange-gold, with heavier scales of deep purplish black on the ridges above and below the eye. The iris is red-orange, with a bright yellow rim around the pupil. Photographer unknown.
November 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek
Lucy, the spaceship from the Canadian Sci Fi show "Killjoys", on the ground with landing gear extended Lucy, the spaceship from the Canadian Sci Fi show "Killjoys", in space
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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October 30, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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The way I see it, I'm voting for the people I would *prefer to oppose.*

Here's how I picture it:
Two bar graphs labeled "Left" and "Right". Each has markers labeled "Actual Progressive" (not quite all the way to the left side), "Liberal Centrist" (in the middle), and "MAGA Fascist" (almost all the way to the right). On the first bar, the space between Liberal Centrist and MAGA Fascist reads, "If Liberal Centrists win, Actual Progressives gain or hold this much ground." On the second bar, the same space reads, If MAGA Fascists win, Actual Progressives lose this much ground."
October 17, 2024 at 2:34 AM
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"Ample Breasted Gothic Partner" in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo
October 7, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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at risk of repeating myself
A guillotine flanked by two torches, with a caption reading, "In these difficult times, some cuts may be necessary."
October 3, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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This phrase popped into my head this morning and it compelled me.
An image of the Fantastic Four's adversary, Annihilus, surrounded by flames and "Kirby Dots." The caption reads, "Come with me/And you'll be/In a world of pure Annihilation," with "Annihilation" emphasized in all caps and a different font.
September 30, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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A guillotine flanked by two torches, with a caption reading, "In these difficult times, some cuts may be necessary."
September 28, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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without downloading new pics where are you mentally
Brainiac 5 of the Legion of Superheroes saying, "Behold ... the Flight Ring!" The image has been edited so he is only holding up the finger the ring is on, which is his middle finger. Cliff "Robotman" Steele of the Doom Patrol TV series, flipping off the camera with both hands. The caption reads: "I've said it before and I'll say it again: Fuck."
September 19, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,872,973!

#yaaaaay
September 17, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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The perfect album that came out when I was 21.
the cover of Dare To Be Stupid, by "Weird Al" Yankovic
September 16, 2024 at 2:27 AM
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I thought this was The Fellowship of the Thing
The cover of Fantastic Four #509, featuring the whole team with Ben "The Thing" Grimm in the foreground. Art by Mike Wieringo, Karl Kesel, and Paul Mounts.
September 16, 2024 at 2:19 AM