Mac
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Treguna, Mekoides, Trecorum, Satis Deez Nuts.
American fluff journalist: “people are wondering, could it happen here?”
America made the blueprint for mass shootings. What do you mean could it happen here? It does! Like all the fucking time!!!
America made the blueprint for mass shootings. What do you mean could it happen here? It does! Like all the fucking time!!!
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
American fluff journalist: “people are wondering, could it happen here?”
America made the blueprint for mass shootings. What do you mean could it happen here? It does! Like all the fucking time!!!
America made the blueprint for mass shootings. What do you mean could it happen here? It does! Like all the fucking time!!!
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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
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Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
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2. What to self-publish?
sketchbook pages
comics
poetry
short stories
a novel
dream journal
tiny posters
secret knowledge recipes
magical forumlae
your best tweets
bad art
good art
public domain art
manifesto
jokes
prophecies
memoir
unsent letters
fan art
problematic sex fantasies
thoughts & prayers
PRACTICE SPACE, your name:___________
a 2x2 handdrawn grid
3. This guide will show you how to self-publish a photocopied, saddle-stitched (stapled) 5.5x8.5" book. There are advantages to this format: it doesn't require specialized tools or skills, it's versatile, it's quick to make & cheap to reproduce. It has limitations too: it's not fancy, it's got to be ~40 pages or less and most bookstores won't stock a book without a spine. A book like this is ephemeral in exchange for being accessible. Nobody can stop you from sharing your work in a zine. All you need is [items are illustrated]...
white 8.5x11" paper
pens & pencils
tape or gluestick
white out
copier
long-arm stapler (copy shop will have one you can use)
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4. Prep the content of your book on 5.5"x8.5" pages (standard 8.5x11" sheet folder in half.) The total pages has to be a multiple of four, including the cover.
Ideas to get your page count to a multiple of four: title page, dedication page, bio page, decorative inside covers, big illustration, indicia, epigraph, table of contents. Cut or combine some of them.
Count your pages and % the total by four. This will be the number of fresh 8.5x11" sheets you'll need to produce a dummy book for the next step. For a 12-page book you'll need 3 sheets. Fold each one in half.
[Illustrations of numbered pages]
5. Illustration of template showing page order for printing. Page 12/1 (reversed side of sheet = 11/2); 10/3 (reversed 9/4); 8/5 (reversed /7/6).
Stack pages and number lightly in pencil. Then tape/paste content pages you prepared earlier into your dummy book, trimming them down as necessary.
It's going to be kind of puffy, messy and possibly sticky. Don't try to fold it in half again.
THE COPY MACHINE. By default it will copy 1 -> 1 (single-side to single-side) pages. Adjust the settings to 1->2 (single to double-sided).
*Include your name, contact info, date, location, and price (your cost x 3 minimum)*
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6. 1. Place original on scanner bed. 2. Close lid and scan. 3. Flip original. 4. Scan again and print. 5. Retrieve your double-sided copy. Check to make sure it came out right! 6. Once you have all your copies, touch them up with white-out and give everything a final once-over.
[Illustrations of step by step instructions above]
7. Your beautiful double-sided originals are ready to be dropped off at a local copy shop who can print, collate, fold and staple your books for you for a few cents/page. But if you'd rather do it yourself, place originals in copier feed tray, select 2->2 and hit print. Adjust the long stapler guide to 5.5" and staple twice down the center. Fold in half AFTER stapling.
[Illustrations of zine at different stages of printing. Final zine titled NOW it's a BOOK" resting upright in a cluster of dandelion flowers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u6y5bonxjtg5tqc7dqu3jx24/bafkreif36woauhy3gkyzau4y2sdkdlokyqxx3cdxrifsf3gonugffwhcwa@jpeg)
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I was out at Dyke Arm Wrestling the other night and having a conversation with a group of fellow dykes and one of them says to the other: “It’s weird that people think you’re a queer elder and you’re only 28. I’m 30. How do you think that makes me feel?”
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I was out at Dyke Arm Wrestling the other night and having a conversation with a group of fellow dykes and one of them says to the other: “It’s weird that people think you’re a queer elder and you’re only 28. I’m 30. How do you think that makes me feel?”
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I quit the fuckin labor rights violating lemonade stand so now would be a great time to grab some stickers or prints or originals!
If you’re thinking about gifts you have until Monday night to grab originals or stickers in time! Prints are handled separately so they’re chill. maxds.bigcartel.com
If you’re thinking about gifts you have until Monday night to grab originals or stickers in time! Prints are handled separately so they’re chill. maxds.bigcartel.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I quit the fuckin labor rights violating lemonade stand so now would be a great time to grab some stickers or prints or originals!
If you’re thinking about gifts you have until Monday night to grab originals or stickers in time! Prints are handled separately so they’re chill. maxds.bigcartel.com
If you’re thinking about gifts you have until Monday night to grab originals or stickers in time! Prints are handled separately so they’re chill. maxds.bigcartel.com
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12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
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Girl in a Pink Dress
Laura Wheeler Waring
Laura Wheeler Waring
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Girl in a Pink Dress
Laura Wheeler Waring
Laura Wheeler Waring
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
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Wanted to make a longer post about the mass shooting at Brown and found this post about Sandy Hook from 2012 and how sad is it that I can literally copy paste the exact same post because gun violence has only gotten worse without federal legislation to stop the ~40K annual preventable gun deaths.😓
December 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Wanted to make a longer post about the mass shooting at Brown and found this post about Sandy Hook from 2012 and how sad is it that I can literally copy paste the exact same post because gun violence has only gotten worse without federal legislation to stop the ~40K annual preventable gun deaths.😓
A bunch of film school bros are chatting behind me at the bar and are trying to get each other hyped about their respective short films.
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A bunch of film school bros are chatting behind me at the bar and are trying to get each other hyped about their respective short films.
Question:
Those of you who have portfolio websites (art, photography, etc.) what hosts are you using?
My squarespace expired and trying to update my theme was too much of a hassle so I’m ready to migrate.
Doesn’t need to be beginner friendly.
Those of you who have portfolio websites (art, photography, etc.) what hosts are you using?
My squarespace expired and trying to update my theme was too much of a hassle so I’m ready to migrate.
Doesn’t need to be beginner friendly.
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Question:
Those of you who have portfolio websites (art, photography, etc.) what hosts are you using?
My squarespace expired and trying to update my theme was too much of a hassle so I’m ready to migrate.
Doesn’t need to be beginner friendly.
Those of you who have portfolio websites (art, photography, etc.) what hosts are you using?
My squarespace expired and trying to update my theme was too much of a hassle so I’m ready to migrate.
Doesn’t need to be beginner friendly.
I met my word count goal today. Please clap!
I’m about 300-500 words away from being done, but at least now I can post everything by the deadline and not be in trouble.
I’m about 300-500 words away from being done, but at least now I can post everything by the deadline and not be in trouble.
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I met my word count goal today. Please clap!
I’m about 300-500 words away from being done, but at least now I can post everything by the deadline and not be in trouble.
I’m about 300-500 words away from being done, but at least now I can post everything by the deadline and not be in trouble.
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
I saw a new massage therapist today and I have another phrase to add to my validation folder.
“Oh my god your back is so tight. It’s like rebar!”
“Oh my god your back is so tight. It’s like rebar!”
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I saw a new massage therapist today and I have another phrase to add to my validation folder.
“Oh my god your back is so tight. It’s like rebar!”
“Oh my god your back is so tight. It’s like rebar!”
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I've been offline most of the morning -- has Trump died yet?
December 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I've been offline most of the morning -- has Trump died yet?
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it's not even the usual "leopards eating faces" thing! it's so much worse!! you were FEEDING the leopards on OTHER people's faces this whole time and now you're shocked they came for yours????? fuck ALLLLLLLLLLLLL the way off
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
it's not even the usual "leopards eating faces" thing! it's so much worse!! you were FEEDING the leopards on OTHER people's faces this whole time and now you're shocked they came for yours????? fuck ALLLLLLLLLLLLL the way off
Nancy would be a Gemini. I love this for her/us 💅
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 09, 1949
December 09, 1949
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Nancy would be a Gemini. I love this for her/us 💅
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
I could pick The Wizard of Oz, or even Strange Fruit…but I have to go with The Women. What a phenomenal film!
actual bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I could pick The Wizard of Oz, or even Strange Fruit…but I have to go with The Women. What a phenomenal film!
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Pam Dawber and Judy Graubart sound a lot alike. I feel like if they’d been cast in the same animated movie I’d get them confused 🥴
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Pam Dawber and Judy Graubart sound a lot alike. I feel like if they’d been cast in the same animated movie I’d get them confused 🥴
Catching up with Walker, as one does on a Saturday night, and this episode has an honest to goodness cross burning. A lot of hard Rs and a legitimate HH.
Wild that these guys were the villains in the 90s, and then our boy Chuck goes and votes for one…THREE TIMES.
Wild that these guys were the villains in the 90s, and then our boy Chuck goes and votes for one…THREE TIMES.
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Catching up with Walker, as one does on a Saturday night, and this episode has an honest to goodness cross burning. A lot of hard Rs and a legitimate HH.
Wild that these guys were the villains in the 90s, and then our boy Chuck goes and votes for one…THREE TIMES.
Wild that these guys were the villains in the 90s, and then our boy Chuck goes and votes for one…THREE TIMES.
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