John Borland
@klaxonator.bsky.social
Writer, translator, Berlin, books. Very loud music, very quiet music. The way the ocean glows at midnight. Butterflies. Birds. TTPRGs. Trans rights, migrant rights, human rights. He/him.
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The universe does things on a subatomic level that would get you arrested for bank fraud if you tried the financial equivalent.
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The universe does things on a subatomic level that would get you arrested for bank fraud if you tried the financial equivalent.
Speaking from Germany, I can confirm that the Stasi inform-on-your-neighbor model ultimately produced exactly the kind of sustained social delight we all crave
Contractor Recruiting People on LinkedIn to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE, Will Pay $300
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Speaking from Germany, I can confirm that the Stasi inform-on-your-neighbor model ultimately produced exactly the kind of sustained social delight we all crave
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
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Let me be clear, in a wild goose chase scenario you would not be chasing the goose
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Let me be clear, in a wild goose chase scenario you would not be chasing the goose
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“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.
thisislaborwise.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
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Busy week in the studio! Here’s a bird I made goofing around instead of working and some things that caught my attention:
✨ open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
#kidlit #kidlitart
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#kidlit #kidlitart
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Busy week in the studio! Here’s a bird I made goofing around instead of working and some things that caught my attention:
✨ open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
#kidlit #kidlitart
✨ open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
#kidlit #kidlitart
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get in girls we’re bringing back phrenology
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
get in girls we’re bringing back phrenology
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Watching RFK jr run away from someone collapsing feels like a harbinger of things to come
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Watching RFK jr run away from someone collapsing feels like a harbinger of things to come
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Everyone is hope scrolling now
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Everyone is hope scrolling now
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When the initial draft was less than 5k words but the editor wanted more and now the draft is over 6k words but the word maximum is 5k
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When the initial draft was less than 5k words but the editor wanted more and now the draft is over 6k words but the word maximum is 5k
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Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.
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Sorry ghost traditionalists but haunting people while you’re still alive is just better. Like I have this friend who borrowed a book a while ago and never returned it, and the other night I followed him around his house opening his kitchen cabinets and booing him, and you know what? Got my book back
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sorry ghost traditionalists but haunting people while you’re still alive is just better. Like I have this friend who borrowed a book a while ago and never returned it, and the other night I followed him around his house opening his kitchen cabinets and booing him, and you know what? Got my book back
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The young Liszt swanning around Switzerland being a puffed-up dickhead, you love to see it
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The young Liszt swanning around Switzerland being a puffed-up dickhead, you love to see it
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Confidence goals
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October 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Confidence goals
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might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
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Germany' 'oldest and biggest' gay nightclub, Berlin's SchwuZ, is closing its doors next month. I covered its last-ditch fight for survival over the summer and the hole it will leave in the community www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a.... www.instagram.com/p/DQKTg7fjDN...
Germany’s ‘oldest and biggest’ gay nightclub declares bankruptcy
SchwuZ, a 50-year-old dance hotspot, falls victim to inflation and rising rents threatening Berlin’s club scene
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Germany' 'oldest and biggest' gay nightclub, Berlin's SchwuZ, is closing its doors next month. I covered its last-ditch fight for survival over the summer and the hole it will leave in the community www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a.... www.instagram.com/p/DQKTg7fjDN...
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BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Please Use it and SHARE!
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Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
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Hey #sfba friends -- here are a couple of posters for you, created by the same artist who made them for Chicago. Print and share with everyone who needs them!
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hey #sfba friends -- here are a couple of posters for you, created by the same artist who made them for Chicago. Print and share with everyone who needs them!
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
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Acorns Dream
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Acorns Dream
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I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!
vajra.me
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
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Good morning ☕
Another fog pic from last week.
For me the ultimate quiet.
#WeekQForQuiet
#AlphabetChallenge
Another fog pic from last week.
For me the ultimate quiet.
#WeekQForQuiet
#AlphabetChallenge
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Good morning ☕
Another fog pic from last week.
For me the ultimate quiet.
#WeekQForQuiet
#AlphabetChallenge
Another fog pic from last week.
For me the ultimate quiet.
#WeekQForQuiet
#AlphabetChallenge
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We just live in a john carpenter movie now.
October 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We just live in a john carpenter movie now.