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lockheedelektra.bsky.social
Mads 📝
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They/them - white - Do Not Mistake Me For A Heterosexual - sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and generalized fuckery
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lockheedelektra.bsky.social
A Knight's Tale is a Christmas movie
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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samthielman.com
As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
The greatest thing she ever said to me was in 1943 after the opening of Oklahoma!, when I suddenly had unexpected, flamboyant success for a work I thought was only fairly good, after years of neglect for work I thought was fine. I was bewildered and worried that my entire scale of values was untrustworthy. I talked to Martha. I remember the conversation well. It was in a Schrafft's restaurant over a soda. I confessed that I had a burning desire to be excellent, but no faith that I could be. Martha said to me, very quietly: "There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. As for you, Agnes, you have so far used about one-third of your talent."
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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wikibeermeup.bsky.social
pics that go hard
Headline: Public menorah lighting celebrates Hanukkah in Cedar Rapids. Photo: Rabbi Aaron Schimmel uses a tiki torch to light the flames on a 9-foot metal menorah. He is wearing traditional rabbinic clothing and has a very cool beard. The implied flourish of the whole photo is giving steampunk jewish gandalf in the best way. Photo credit Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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defector.com
Apply for an internship that doesn't suck: defector.com/would-you-li...
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector…
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November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
lockheedelektra.bsky.social
Today in demented cooking: my sweet potatoes were too hot and my cream was too cold so I
A bowl of mashed sweet potatoes with a measuring cup of half and half sitting inside it. I'm sorry.
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
lockheedelektra.bsky.social
Fell down a research hole in pursuit of my usual bullshit and I found out that the mother of modern ice cream was a total babe
A black-and-white drawn portrait of Agnes B. Marshall, cookbook author, magazine publisher, culinary instructor, and inventor of the ice cream cone. She has dark curly hair in a simple up-do and is wearing a pendant necklace and a dress with "mutton chop" sleeves. She's giving Late-Victorian-woman-ahead-of-her-time with her direct gaze and slight, confident smile. It must be stressed: she's a total babe.
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
lockheedelektra.bsky.social
Journaling fucking rocks, I was all upset and weepy earlier and now I'm still upset but I have clarity about it
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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detritusbooks.bsky.social
On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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maxwellfrost.bsky.social
Federal Workers are not getting paid & Trump is cutting off SNAP. We have to come together & take care of our community. We’ve Organized a few spots where you can drop off non-perishable goods. AFGE will help get these items to federal workers in Central Florida. Please help out if you can 👇🏾
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
lockheedelektra.bsky.social
I got lunch today at a local spot and it came with potato chips. I do not care for potato chips (pauses to dodge tomato) so I gave them to a pair of tweens at the next table. They were so jazzed. I think I might keep getting potato chips with lunch just so I can give them away to people
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE END OF SNAP

This is important. This came to me overnight through a group organizing in the PNW. Please consider adopting these strategies where you live. YOU WILL SAVE LIVES. SNAP runs out 11-1.

Start a block/neighborhood channel on Signal and get to work.
We refuse to let neighbors go hungry while politicians posture. We can stand up a street-level safety net in days. Neighborhood plan: "Block Food Steward" model One steward per block. A volunteer with a single shelf or 2-3 totes of staples who coordinates quiet, no-shame help. Starter shelf (suggested): 10 lb rice • 10 lb dry beans • 8 lb pasta 12 cans vegetables • 12 cans protein (tuna/chicken/beans) 2 large peanut butter • 2 shelf-stable milk packs • 1 cooking oil Baby formula (sealed), diapers (mixed sizes), wipes, soap, toothpaste How it works: 1. Steward posts once to the block group: "I've got a small shelf of staples. DM 'BAG' no questions asked." 2. Keep a simple in/out tally; rotate oldest first; replace what's used. 3. If demand spikes, steward pings the block: "NEED: 6 cans, 2 pastas, diapers size 4." 4. For larger needs, handoff to a local food bank. Privacy and dignity first—no photos, no public names. Comment to volunteer: STEWARD - [Your Street Name] Comment to donate: DONOR - [Item or $ pledge] Need help? DM me the word BAG. No shame. Volunteer at food banks this week. Show up for a 2-hour shift. Sorting, bagging, intake, there's a role for everyone. Donate smart. Shelf-stable staples first; ask for priority items before dropping off. Be kind to clerks. They didn't create this mess. They're catching the fallout. Hunger is not a negotiating tactic. Contact your state and federal reps today and demand: An immediate SNAP/WIC bridge with retroactive benefits. No more hostage-taking of basic nutrition assistance. De-link food aid from unrelated fights. Fix the pipeline, then debate policy. No politics at the pantry door. We help first, argue later. No purity tests. If someone says they're short on food, we feed them. Dignity and privacy. DM, porch drop-offs, initials only. Safety: sealed formula only, check dates, store cool/dry, pet-safe. The Timeline? Tonight: Name stewards; seed each shelf with a starter kit. Within 48 hours: Every block has at least one steward, a group text, and a small reserve.
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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jmkeep.bsky.social
“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
lockheedelektra.bsky.social
I don't know if I'm painting the tree right. I've only heard stories from my grandfather, handed down through the centuries. Before our planet died, he said, you could pluck food right off them. It's a far-fetched idea, but the fantasy helps me fall asleep, clutching an heirloom jar of ancient dirt.
talesfeathers.bsky.social Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · Oct 14
On an interplanetary merchant ship, strictly enforced rules and regulations are how a crew survives with ship intact and food properly rationed. Even so, each crewmember is allowed a few grams of paint and personal items for their bunk. What does your cot look like?

#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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loveandbarley.bsky.social
give greta thunberg a gundam
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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jessehawken.bsky.social
“The only real politics I knew was that if a guy liked Hitler, I’d beat the stuffing out of him and that would be it.” - Jack Kirby

Happy birthday King
comicsinthega.bsky.social Comics in the Festive Age @comicsinthega.bsky.social · Aug 28
Jack Kirby, born on August 28, 1917. The King.
A black and white portrait photo of Jack Kirby in a suit.
August 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
lockheedelektra.bsky.social
I've successfully drank 48 oz of water each day for the past few days
Please clap
August 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
lockheedelektra.bsky.social
The perfumery smells like grass and coconuts this time. Above the lintel, a scene of a summer picnic flickers in the aromatic haze. My memory, but with more golden light and no ants plaguing the blanket.

What memory do I want people to see when they smell me? Each tiny bottle offers a new option.
talesfeathers.bsky.social Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · Aug 19
You've visited the city before, of course; shopping with your parents, visiting family with your parents. But it's a whole new world now, stepping out from the dragonship gondola onto the aerial platform. An adult, free to choose as you will. What do you do first?

#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
August 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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yeetkunedo.bsky.social
re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.
Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be. The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with. The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization. In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape. You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.
July 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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theabigailthorn.bsky.social
Gaza Soup Kitchen work to feed the people currently being starved by the Israeli govt. If you’d like to join me in donating, here’s their website: gazasoupkitchen.com
Gaza Soup Kitchen
Serving food not conflit
gazasoupkitchen.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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dandock.bsky.social
I love that the first half of Yu Yu Hakusho is "Yeah! We gotta stop these demons! We gotta get stronger!" and the second half is "The demons have been subject to mankind's cruel ways for a while and your pursuit of power will only turn you into a monster. Hope you feel like shit about it. Bye!"
July 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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maxnewland.com
Can't wait to get drone striked at the park bc the AI sniper to hallucinated Bin Laden over my face like The Madonna on a piece of toast
popcrave.com Pop Crave @popcrave.com · Jul 14
The US Department of Defense will reportedly start using Grok, Elon Musk’s AI model.
July 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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tuta.com
⚠️Today Gemini starts scanning your phone ⚠️

We've updated this blog post with the recommendations of our tech-savvy community. Learn:

👉 How to disable Gemini
👉 How to deinstall Gemini

And why @grapheneos.org @lineageos.org etc are better.

Stop #Google now: 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
Screenshot of the email Google sent with a headline "We've made it easier for Gemini to interact with your device" next to text, "NO THANKS! Learn how to disable Gemini on Android on the Tuta blog."
July 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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janus.bsky.social
a screenshot from fire emblem with inserted text dialogue: “I do not love my country. I love the people in it and want their needs met.”
June 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM