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Just James
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Merely me. Coder, harried and grumpy
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cstross.bsky.social
Psst: if you're in the USA or Canada, Amazon.com are selling my novel "A Conventional Boy" for $2.99 for the next two weeks! (It's a promo to push my next novel, "The Regicide Report", which comes out at the end of January.)

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A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel
Amazon.com: A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel eBook : Stross, Charles: Kindle Store
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December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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delilahsdawson.bsky.social
The post reads: There are no rabbits On the trampoline No squirrels skydiving On the air conditioner The cat is not holding a meeting In a dapper little suit But there’s a fat pit bull at the bus stop And a baby with chubby feet in a stroller And the air smells like fall Real life is happening all around you And it is more beautiful than garbage Vomited up by a machine that eats water and jobs I am begging you to unhook your brain And go eat ice cream on a bench Life is too short To stare at a small screen That turns your dreams into pretty pictures And your brain into mush.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Video of the Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOFW...
Betty Boop's Halloween Party 1933 720p
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October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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uncleduke1969.bsky.social
[best read with a French accent]

“I am so very sorry sir, without a reservation, there is simply nothing I can do for you.”
2 photos of a fluffy black-and-white cat with a pencil-thin mustache. They appear to he looking up and speaking in the first, scowling in the second.
October 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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andrewfacini.com
Out: begging students to not write their assignments with AI

In: including invisible instructions for the copy-pasters
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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aclu.org
You have the right to be yourself at your public school, no matter what lawmakers say.

Learn more at aclu.org/lgbtqstudentskyr
Black graphic titled "LGBTQ Students in Public Schools, Know Your Rights" Underneath the title there is a two-columned bulleted list reading "Schools can’t discriminate against you on the basis of your sexual orientation or gender identity. Your school is required to respond to reports of harassment or discrimination. You have the right to dress in a way that reflects your gender identity at school and at school events. School officials can’t “out” you to anyone, including your parents, without your permission. You have a right to express yourself, including discussing LGBTQ topics. Schools can’t prevent you from bringing dates of the same gender to school events. Multiple courts have affirmed trans students’ right to access separated programs and facilities (like bathrooms) consistent with their gender identity, and some states explicitly protect this right. We’re rooting for you this school year, and we have your back." At the bottom of the doc it reads "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" and there is a pink ACLU logo.
August 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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rebeccawilliams.info
Missed my Burner Phone 101 workshop at the Brooklyn Public Library?

Here’s the companion write-up, with discussion highlights and updated slides: rebeccawilliams.info/burner-phone...
Burner Phone 101
Hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library, this Burner Phone 101 workshop introduced participants to phone-related risk modeling, privacy-protective smartphone practices, the full spectrum of burner phone...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
the discovery that it is possible to generate coherent, grammatical text without a thinking mind behind it was a shock to everyone, but it might have come as slightly less of a shock to anyone who's edited think tank policy proposals.
August 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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xtop.bsky.social
when i have 6 to 8 enemies coming by the house
screenshot of a recipe for Beef Fizz — 2 cans condensed beef broth, 1 cup chilled ginger ale, 2 tablespoons lemon juice — Combine ingredients and pour over ice in glasses. 6 to 8 servings.
July 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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lizneeley.bsky.social
A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.

Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Screenshot from Reddit. User is zensnapple, posting 6 months ago. Thread says "How to turn off Google AI Overview in Chrome SOLVED Open Chrome and put chrome://settings/searchEngines in the search box. A tab will open which brings you to Search Engine > Manage Search Engines and Site Search. Click on the Add button by the Site Search update. A box will open. Fill in the form with the following: Name: AI Free Web Shortcut: @web URL: {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14 You’ll now see AI Free Web in the list of search engines. Click on the three stacked dots on the right side of AI Free Web on the list. Select Make Default. From now on, google functions pretty much like it did back when it was good. Good luck out there."
July 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full costume was arrested by Tallahassee officers for credit card fraud

www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
A police officer arrests Chuck E Cheese while children watch in the background
July 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
jrnewman42.bsky.social
"At least with Tulip Mania they didn't put Tulips in charge of the government...." - bears repeating.
July 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
“the party being led by jeffrey epsteins best friend wants to repeatedly examine your childs genitals” is a true statement
July 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
"For the life of me, I can't tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unrest that he himself had a hand in shaping."
I Have No Idea Why I’ve Suddenly Started Thinking About the 1917 Russian Revolution
So there I was, minding my own business, when, for some inexplicable reason, I found myself idly thinking about the fall of the Romanov dynasty. Fo...
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June 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.
June 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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chronicillness.bsky.social
@fortesalatifi on twitter someone once said "preexisting conditions is a capitalist way of saying medical history" and I've never forgotten it
June 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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maladroithe.bsky.social
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Jun 18
Vice-President JD Vance confirms he has joined BlueSky.

@jd-vance-1.bsky.social
JD Vance V @JDVance Just set up my page on @bluesky, hope to see you guys there! un valive @jd-vance-1.bsky.social Follow Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you. States" supports this position). The implication of these arguments is that courts should defer to so-called expert con- There are several problems with appealing and deferring to the authority of the expert class. First, so-called experts have no license to countermand the "wisdom, fairness, or logic of legislative choices." FCC v. Beach Communications, Inc., 508 U. S. 307, 313 (1993). Second, contrary to the representations of the United States and the private plaintiffs there is no medical consensus on how best to treat gender dysphoria in children. Third, notwithstanding the alleged experts' view that young children can provide informed consent to irreversible sex-transition treatments, whether such consent is possible is a question of medical ethics that States must decide for themselves. Fourth, there are particularly good reasons to question the expert class here, as recent revelations suggest that leading voices in this area have relied on questionable evidence, and have allowed ide-logy to influence their medical guidand Taken together, this case serves as a useful reminder that the American people and their representatives are en- JD Vance @jd-vance-1.bsky.social • 47s To that end, I found Justice Thomas's concurrence on medical care for transgender youth quite illuminating. He argues that many of our so-called "experts" have used bad arguments anc substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth. JD Vance @jd-vance-1.bsky.social • 46s I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids. What do you think?
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social Jennifer Jacobs @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social · Jun 18
Asked what his "unconditional surrender!" post meant for Iran, Trump says: "Very simple -- unconditional surrender. That means I've had it. I've had it. I give up, no more. Then we go blow up all the nuclear stuff that's all over the place there."
June 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Vaccines save lives.

That’s it. That’s the post.
June 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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ezband.bsky.social
Para todos esos emos que crecieron con esta rola… ya llegó la versión que no sabías que necesitabas. Aquí les va Welcome to the Black Parade de My Chemical Romance en versión Norteña-Spanglish.

#mychemicalromance #welcometotheblackparade #emosnorteños #norteñoremix #spanglishmusic #ezband
June 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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aramshabanian.bsky.social
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM