J.T. Rannels
@jakeymon.bsky.social
“Though we seemed dead, we did but sleep: advantage
is a better soldier than rashness.”
Marx inspired, but not a Marxist: “don’t tell me that you understand, until you [read] the man.”
I enjoy blacksmithing and other means of, er, production.
is a better soldier than rashness.”
Marx inspired, but not a Marxist: “don’t tell me that you understand, until you [read] the man.”
I enjoy blacksmithing and other means of, er, production.
First successful forge weld today.
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
First successful forge weld today.
Blacksmithing: attempting to make a nail header from “higher carbon” RR spikes. More drawing to do, and then forge welding. Looking forward to the mistakes to come.
October 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Blacksmithing: attempting to make a nail header from “higher carbon” RR spikes. More drawing to do, and then forge welding. Looking forward to the mistakes to come.
Well, I didn’t buy anything for the last 23 hours and 40 minutes. I hope my sacrifice has helped effect regime change and destroy late capitalism.
March 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Well, I didn’t buy anything for the last 23 hours and 40 minutes. I hope my sacrifice has helped effect regime change and destroy late capitalism.
I’ve been drawing things lately. It’s fun.
February 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’ve been drawing things lately. It’s fun.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ain’t no negative like a biopsy negative because a biopsy negative means you can stop worrying about one specific thing which these days I’ll definitely take, if I’m honest.
February 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Ain’t no negative like a biopsy negative because a biopsy negative means you can stop worrying about one specific thing which these days I’ll definitely take, if I’m honest.
Back from hospital. Paralyzed, but might get better. Also high as a kite right now.
February 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Back from hospital. Paralyzed, but might get better. Also high as a kite right now.
Just a gratuitous picture of the dog looking handsome (and me looking like a hobo).
February 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just a gratuitous picture of the dog looking handsome (and me looking like a hobo).
1. Make noise. 2. Call it music. 3. ???? 4. Profit!
February 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
1. Make noise. 2. Call it music. 3. ???? 4. Profit!
It’s going to be art.
February 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It’s going to be art.
@henrylienauthor.bsky.social Fantastic work, Henry. I’m glad I didn’t have other plans tonight.
February 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
@henrylienauthor.bsky.social Fantastic work, Henry. I’m glad I didn’t have other plans tonight.
While my election-related battle vs despair continues, I’m at least at the point now where I’m starting to feel things again. Sure, “things” is just “thing,” and that singular “thing” is “rage.” But it does vary from “white hot” to “cold and determined.” I still don’t know what to do, though.
February 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
While my election-related battle vs despair continues, I’m at least at the point now where I’m starting to feel things again. Sure, “things” is just “thing,” and that singular “thing” is “rage.” But it does vary from “white hot” to “cold and determined.” I still don’t know what to do, though.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Curious about when we go from “Joe Biden’s fault” to “No one could have ever foreseen this” as the explanation for the most recent completely foreseeable heartbreak/disaster/tragedy.
January 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Curious about when we go from “Joe Biden’s fault” to “No one could have ever foreseen this” as the explanation for the most recent completely foreseeable heartbreak/disaster/tragedy.
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This is perfect explanation
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is perfect explanation
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Why have we let ourselves normalize 1500 sq. ft. houses starting at a half million dollars?
January 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Why have we let ourselves normalize 1500 sq. ft. houses starting at a half million dollars?
The difficulty is that over the last decade or so and in the coming decades good governance will really only mean keeping things from getting worse as quickly as they would have. #democracy
January 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The difficulty is that over the last decade or so and in the coming decades good governance will really only mean keeping things from getting worse as quickly as they would have. #democracy
I am very cautiously integrating ChatGPT into my fiction writing process: it helped me remember some beats I wanted to include in the plot and to visualize the beast in the world I’m creating. I’m calling it a haa’boon at the moment (horse-baboon, get it? Of course you do). Is it cute? Creepy? Both?
January 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I am very cautiously integrating ChatGPT into my fiction writing process: it helped me remember some beats I wanted to include in the plot and to visualize the beast in the world I’m creating. I’m calling it a haa’boon at the moment (horse-baboon, get it? Of course you do). Is it cute? Creepy? Both?
SoCal peeps: if you’re running an air filter today, don’t forget to close you chimney flue. In other words, don’t be like me.
January 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
SoCal peeps: if you’re running an air filter today, don’t forget to close you chimney flue. In other words, don’t be like me.
The picture from the Carter Center is fun, but remember that the service wasn’t the first time Jimmy Carter helped bridge political divides.
January 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The picture from the Carter Center is fun, but remember that the service wasn’t the first time Jimmy Carter helped bridge political divides.
Is the zuck-bezos-musk stuff veering into uncanny valley self-parody? Like the kind that feels more Scooby Doo villain than real? Like the kind that not so long ago we would have knowingly chuckled at and said, ah, at least that will never happen? Except now it is and… ffs.
January 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Is the zuck-bezos-musk stuff veering into uncanny valley self-parody? Like the kind that feels more Scooby Doo villain than real? Like the kind that not so long ago we would have knowingly chuckled at and said, ah, at least that will never happen? Except now it is and… ffs.
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If you've lost power due to the wildfires around LA and are using a portable generator, remember to keep it outdoors and make sure your carbon monoxide alarms are working.
January 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you've lost power due to the wildfires around LA and are using a portable generator, remember to keep it outdoors and make sure your carbon monoxide alarms are working.