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Chris Womack
@hollowoak.bsky.social
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White cis het GenX male--but don't hold it against me. Friend to all but the willfully uninformed.

The hell the US is going through? The pain, the terror? I see it. Am experiencing it. Plus I've got cancer. Cut me some f'ing slack.

Oh, and mask up.
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If you see this post a bird.
A white great egret with a yellow bill stands in a random southern California driveway giving the photographer side eye
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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How bout this funny-ass lookin chicken I saw walking home last week?
A realllllly tall white bird (heron? Egret?) standing in someone's driveway giving the camera side eye
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Now it's over 500, and it looks like it's all bots on blacksky that are reposting it:
Screenshot of the start of the "reposted by" list for the post in question. Every account reposting it is of the "firstnamelastname3digits" variety, dot blacksky, dot myatproto, or dot crypto... something
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Fixed it for ya
The above post hand-edited with the word "truck" crossed out and replaced with "still" and "corner" also crossed out and replaced with "patio"
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Maybe mine is hunting yours?
Cybertruck with a hi-vis orange wrap job, like it's wearing a hunting vest
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Received a package today, fulfillment for a Kickstarter. Thanks, @richardkadrey.bsky.social 👍
Copy of the new "Nervous Breakdown" edition of Richard Kadrey's novel Kamikaze L'Amour, together with a DVD from the author's personal collection, Coming Attractions: Horror Vol. 1
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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From today's newsletter:
(Threat Model is always free to read, but oh so worth a subscription)
It's not about Apple, or Google. It's isn't just a free speech issue (but oh, it is so a violation). This is about having crossed the line where the US government dictates what apps every country in the world has access to, or will be able to distribute. Think about it. If there is a demand from the Trump administration for the removal of apps pertaining to aspects of women's health care (periods and abortion), apps for payment processing or commerce that compete with the administration's grifts or plans, apps for non-sanctioned news, or any other horrific Project 2025 pet project they're forcing on the US, we can expect that the administration will come up with a distressingly illegal, unsupported-by-evidence reason that Apple/Google can pass off as an excuse, and Apple/Google will implement the Trump administration's will. What happens when the US government wants to punish another country via the app store? Do all world leaders get to have these demands met now?
October 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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goose chase meme, labeled "who is whose lunch?" "who is whose lunch, motherfucker?"
October 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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My thoughts always go here
The map of Abed's Pillowtown, Troy's Blanketsburg, and the contested battleground in between, from Community
October 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Another gem from Tumblr
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Tumblr post by beatbizzle, Sep 15: I overheard a woman at my job say "Your whole personality revolves around what you hate instead of what you love and thats an awful way to live." to the resident vocal Maga in the breakroom. He was stunned into silence for at least 60 seconds so that was nice.
October 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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So have you considered a flatmate?
Knockoff Beetlejuice men's halloween costume marketed as "Juice Demon"
October 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Lovecraftian eldritch god Yog Sothoth making inroads in the dried fruit section

Great Old Ones gonna teach us to shout and kill and revel *and* help us stay regular while we do it
Photo of a grocery store shelf on which are stocked three varieties of "Yoggies"--mixed berry, strawberry, and mango-peach--yogurt-covered bits of dried fruit "✓2 billion probiotics ✓good source of fiber ✓no artificial flavors or colors" So saith the label
September 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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A friend's going through a no-fun breakup so they get a pic of a hummingbird
Hummingbird perched on a feeder, with a photobombing squirrel running along the top of a cinderblock wall in the background
September 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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As the current #Covid wave begins to crest, remember that it won't peak everywhere all at the same time. Stay vigilant and stay informed with this week's Threat Model from @violetblue.bsky.social --lots of good news here. Read/share/support: www.patreon.com/posts/139686...
#LongCovid #MedSky
Threat Model Top stories: Covid increases in EU and UK; US and Canada continue at high levels Masks are back on the streets in Rome amid surge Violet Affleck delivers powerful argument for Covid/LC prevention at UN  New data on Covid and kidney damage Steve Martin cancels shows due to his second Covid infection in 2025 Kourtney Kardashian (many reinfections) chops off hair in Covid haze Long Covid linked to heavier periods New variant adds multiple gastrointestinal symptoms Experimental intranasal vaccine eliminates Covid 100% in mice Antibiotic use with Covid tied to antibiotic resistance Australia’s Moderna mRNA plant is ready to rock Header image for today's newsletter features art from NCUIH.org, depicting a Native American woman with long black hair wearing a dark blue T-shirt, a Western hat with a feather in the band, turquoise jewelry and a fitted respirator adorned with a sticker that reads "Be A Good Relative"; there's an adhesive bandage on her upper arm and another sticker on her sleeve that reads "I Got Vaccinated." Text below the image: #BeAGoodRelative #NCUIH #NativeHealth GET VACCINATED For the elders. For the youth. For the future.
September 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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We've passed 3% active #Covid infectivity; ACIP and AHIP are duking it out over vaccine availability, so mask up, get jabbed, and read @violetblue.bsky.social's latest Threat Model newsletter. Her birthday's this weekend, so please support and spread the word:
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#medsky
Top stories: Surges increase up in US, UK, Ireland, Canada; no sign of peaks or declines Ireland surge not milder: “All of us were much sicker than before with it.” Man's Covid infection lasted 2 years, setting a new record RFK Jr.’s CDC may limit Covid shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids Huge global analysis: More than one-third of people who catch Covid experience Long Covid Long Covid linked to heavier periods and risk of iron deficiency Op-Ed: Using an HIV “cocktail” approach to Covid treatment Online lectures from the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Covid’s mounting cardiovascular toll Header image for today's newsletter features artwork depicting a femme Native American person in the classic Rosie the Riveter pose, wearing a respirator and displaying a bandaged bicep. Art: from IllumiNative and Urban Indian Health Institute's For the Love of Our People campaign.
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I think the owner of this one foresaw many such instances and decided to just skip the safety cones
Cybertruck with a hi-vis orange wrap job. It looks like a squashed traffic cone.
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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A new Threat Model: #Cybersecurity newsletter is out now from @violetblue.bsky.social. As always, it's free to read, so check it out. If you like what you see, consider joining the Patreon, or sending Violet a gift--her birthday is this weekend, so, perfect timing!
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It's the 30th anniversary of the release of Hackers, so today's newsletter header image is a movie poster, featuring Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie Threat Model Cybersecurity: September 16, 2025 This week: Massive Attack used facial recognition on an audience without consent, China’s Great Firewall source code and docs leak (it’s been sold as a product to other governments), Airlines sell 5 billion plane ticket records to US government for warrantless searching, Proton suspended (then reinstated) a journalist on behalf of an unnamed cybersecurity agency, SMS blasters land in Switzerland and South Korea, and more. Threat Model is a free, reader-supported publication. Keep the news without paywalls flowing by becoming a patron. If you find value here, you can also donate via Venmo, Cashapp, or PayPal. Charge your batteries with The Covid Safety Handbook, How To Be A Digital Revolutionary, or A Fish Has No Word For Water.
September 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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If you've seen claims that Covid deaths are down and the current wave is mild, here's a splash of cold water from @violetblue.bsky.social's latest Threat Model: #Covid newsletter, out now. Read/share/support:
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#LongCovid #MedSky #PublicHealth
Header image for today's newsletter is a retro cigarette ad, touting "Omicron for ciitizens extra Special extra Mild Available now in the air you breathe, courtesy of poor governance! WARNING: OMICRON is known to be a more harmful varient [sic] in children, and may cause long term brain and organ damage." So when we see headlines about hardly any Covid deaths, or less, or fewer,I really can’t cite them as fact but can just say maybe and I hope. I know for certain any underlying numbers have been widely-agreed-on, vast undercounts, and that Long Covid or Covid’s well-known, extremely documented acceleration of other conditions is nowhere to be seen in such claims.
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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A new Threat Model: #Cybersecurity from @violetblue.bsky.social is out, so get your weekly dose of #infosec news. Read/share/support:
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Header image for today's newsletter is a four-panel meme showing Superman striding down the street, spotting a burning Tesla factory, ducking into a phone booth, and then Clark Kent strolling away whistling Threat Model Cybersecurity: September 9, 2025 This week: Covid vaccine locations vanish from Google Maps in the US and internationally, the Salesloft hack blast radius expands, a rad new makerspace in New Zealand opened its doors after 40 years of men-only spaces, hacked Boris Johnson files reveal withheld Covid communications and comments about Putin’s Covid “paranoia”, the AI Darwin Award Nominees are in, rightwing dirtbags abandoning Twitter because of Musk, Sarah Michelle Gellar is a Covid-prevention hero, Covid vaccine locations vanish from Google Maps in US as well as globally, and more. Threat Model is a free, reader-supported publication. Keep the news without paywalls flowing by becoming a patron. If you find value here, you can also donate via Venmo, Cashapp, or PayPal.
September 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I thought Pokemon Go was supposed to be a family game
A Tauros and a Snorlax have materialized in the same spot with the Snorlax behind/overlapping the Tauros' haunches so they appear to be fucking
September 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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I saw this happening at the local HS football field a few nights back. I didn't go in (though a passerby offered me a free ticket), but I love living in such a diverse community.

Oh, and abolish ICE.
Online ad for an "outdoor open garba" Gujarati music festival featuring Indian singer Kinjal Dave, 31 Aug at the Valencia High School football field Pic I took of the event in question from across the street. There's a stage at one end of the field, and the field itself is jam-packed with festival goers
September 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Forget Mamdani, this is the mayor we need
Kyle McLachlan in suit and tie with a fearsome side part and fist raised, sitting at a table behind a nameplate that reads "MR. MAYOR"
September 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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A reminder these need to be mocked on sight
A Cybertruck with a hi viz orange wrap job. My eyes! My eyes!
September 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Drop an old person you are going to turn into in the future.

(Me interacting with the rest of the world / me with my Bluesky peeps)
Denethor, preternaturally aged, tired of your bullshit Denethor at the head of his host, ready for battle
September 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
A sign that reads MASSAGE GRANG OPENING
September 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM