Shawn Misses Link
@smq.codes
Programmer, progressive, aspiring antifascist. (he/him/any)
Cishet white dude of a certiain age but I try not to be an ass about it
Using "lame" disparagingly is ableist.
Cishet white dude of a certiain age but I try not to be an ass about it
Using "lame" disparagingly is ableist.
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Shawn Misses Link
@smq.codes
· Nov 13
Hello to all my wonderful, hurting, desperate Gazan followers! I see you. I won't block or mute you. I SURE AS HELL won't report you. But as much as I want to I can't solve a humanitarian crisis with my household income. Most days all I can do is relay your appeals. I'm sorry.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
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This OU bullshit, where this trans TA’s job is imperiled because she’s trans, is something I remember trying to explain to cis people I could see on the horizon like… four or five years ago, and no one would believe me, and it turns out now that it’s happening, no one still believes me lol
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This OU bullshit, where this trans TA’s job is imperiled because she’s trans, is something I remember trying to explain to cis people I could see on the horizon like… four or five years ago, and no one would believe me, and it turns out now that it’s happening, no one still believes me lol
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
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one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
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It tried to kill me but I have finished the book. Second pass pages read through, final copy and line edits done.
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It tried to kill me but I have finished the book. Second pass pages read through, final copy and line edits done.
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
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I’ll put it this way: I have significantly more optimism that we can beat this particular set of fascists than I do that Dems will do what is necessary not to hand the country right back over to the next batch four year later
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’ll put it this way: I have significantly more optimism that we can beat this particular set of fascists than I do that Dems will do what is necessary not to hand the country right back over to the next batch four year later
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The time he saw a big fly
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The time he saw a big fly
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Ooh, ooh, ooh! It's a chiral protein thing isn't it!?
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Ooh, ooh, ooh! It's a chiral protein thing isn't it!?
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Please preorder our book, shit's getting weird again.
#scifi #fantasy #YA #comic #comics #webcomic #webcomics #preorder
#scifi #fantasy #YA #comic #comics #webcomic #webcomics #preorder
You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 NOW! - Side Quested Webcomic
Yes, finally! You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 wherever books are sold! Here are convenient links to some of the big stores (but your local indie brick-and-mortar store will also…
sidequested.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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"How weird do you want to get?" I ask the nice person responsible for SIDEQUESTED's ad campaign before I explain how I might have to kiss an ox.
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"How weird do you want to get?" I ask the nice person responsible for SIDEQUESTED's ad campaign before I explain how I might have to kiss an ox.
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take a fucking sociology class, learn the patterns of how humans move and interact with each other, and understand that there are exploitable weaknesses in our brains that we cant do anything about individually. individual choice is great but should not come at the expense of societal health
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
take a fucking sociology class, learn the patterns of how humans move and interact with each other, and understand that there are exploitable weaknesses in our brains that we cant do anything about individually. individual choice is great but should not come at the expense of societal health
💯easy choice
green bean casserole sucks and I say that as someone who knows how to make dump casseroles tasty and spicy. Just cook fresh green beans. also ham haters can give me theirs.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
💯easy choice
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
Finally getting into @tkingfisher.com 's Hemlock & Silver--pretty sure I'm privileged to be one of the comparatively-small number of people who can claim to have met Snow's cat in person!
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Finally getting into @tkingfisher.com 's Hemlock & Silver--pretty sure I'm privileged to be one of the comparatively-small number of people who can claim to have met Snow's cat in person!
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That's Llanowar's Ass!
I think @funranium.bsky.social might appreciate this.
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
That's Llanowar's Ass!
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Evergreen skeet
I don’t really feel like talking about stupid things, which covers a lot currently.
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Evergreen skeet
When I was 6 my mom won a TI-99/4A home computer in a mall raffle. I sat in a corner with the User Reference Manual for an hour and came out writing simple BASIC programs, despite only having learned to _read_ the year before. There was no longer any question what I was going to be when I grew up. 😆
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
When I was 6 my mom won a TI-99/4A home computer in a mall raffle. I sat in a corner with the User Reference Manual for an hour and came out writing simple BASIC programs, despite only having learned to _read_ the year before. There was no longer any question what I was going to be when I grew up. 😆
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If you had told me Mamdani and MTG would both be in the news today, and gave me eleventy thousand guesses as to why, I’d … still be guessing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If you had told me Mamdani and MTG would both be in the news today, and gave me eleventy thousand guesses as to why, I’d … still be guessing.