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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"Consider the case of a lawyer, practicing law as usual, but today was not like usual. When security erodes liberty, neither remains, until even paranoia is nothing but an excuse. Our friend is about to learn that life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice is only for the few, in the Twilight Zone."

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 24/08/2026

So this is a new one. I just got stopped by security at the courthouse. They wanted proof of citizenship and said "welcome to the country" because "I've never seen anyone who looks like you before." Uhhh Am I living in the freaking Twilight Zone?

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 24/08/2026

"Fund the police" really just means new and horrifying ways for police to butt into your life and hurt you.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Moe Sheen? Hudson Clank? Robert Overlord? Art Ificial? Jerry Rigg? Sparky Thrower? Stefan Ographi? Holt N. Catchfire? Jenner A. Ted?

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. Carney was ready to sign a deal with someone who can’t be trusted. He was prepared to pay for the illusion of certainty. This broke down over price.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I don't know who needs a real pickmeup today, but in recent court filings about the wealth owned by Andrew Tate, they indicate the Bugattis and Aston Martin he always bragged about owning... were rented. All of them.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is excellent news! I'm already equipped!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

and none of those pieces are being written by people who understand how that level of constant abuse CHANGES you it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards it does not live on you that lightly

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026

Excuse the fuck me? They are using AI to put Black prisoners in conditions of greater torture in Canada? Does AI do anything that's not violently antiblack? @hypervisible.blacksky.app

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica.
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica.
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

JK Rowling has used her wealth to stoke the fires of a worldwide pogrom against trans people to where she's silenced a Holocaust scholar after JK engaged in Holocaust denial & now done the same to Amnesty International for their warning about trans eradication, but keep buying your Harry Potter crap

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

... I keep misreading this as 'folks who are so happy Loona just takes credit cards.' Someone find me some grass to touch?

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I did an MBA a while ago. Take it from me: it's bullshit. There were some good courses about the technical functioning of structures like investment instruments and accounting (which did not examine whether those *structures* were good of course) and the rest was pure uncut bullshit.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This - but for me it started long before the AI bubble. This is the worst and most intense instance but the wheel of enshittification has been grinding for ages, and ground my love of technology down into a polished Luddite distrust.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This take is particularly stupid, since not only do plenty of people have this level of historical knowledge, *and* not only are Nazis the villains or subjects of a great many extremely famous movies, but *also* Nazi regalia SPECIFICALLY THE TOTENKOPF were the subject of an incredibly popular meme.

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Are We The Baddies Bad

Alt: David Mitchell dressed as an SS officer in the famous "Are We The Baddies?" sketch from 'That Mitchell and Webb Look', delivering the famous line.

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Aranock @aranock.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The fact is the most mediocre white man can literally have a fucking nazi tattoo and y'all will go for bat for him while simultaneously tearing any marginalized person in the public eye to shreds for any perceived wrongdoing real or imagined and its a pattern that keeps happening.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The problem is the game as you - as we - knew it is already over. If before we were playing chess, at some point the opponent started switching pieces around, adding queens, sometimes pouring syrup on the board. At this point it doesn't matter HOW important we think chess is, this isn't chess.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I don’t know what is accomplished by insisting better things aren’t possible but I do know it’s the posture that the worst people on the planet would prefer I take which is all by itself good enough reason to refuse to take it.

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Oh, shit. This is so good.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hey would someone ping @hedgehogsafety.bsky.social for me and see if they have me muted for sone reason? They haven't respinsed at all to the last couple of 'here's a transphobe' posts I made and that's new and odd.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"You want the juice?? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE JUICE!!"

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 29/06/2026

When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."

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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Suraj has a point.

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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I've seen GCs tell trans survivors of rape thar we only transition in order to get raped. I've had them laugh out loud at me when I talked about my own experiences of rape. Anyone who thinks anyone being raped is funny is part of rape culture and ab enabler.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The Groucho-est thing I ever said out of nowhere was years ago when my then-girlfriend suddenly asked "Have you ever seen a banana slug?" and my immediate reply was "No, but I've seen a fruit punch."

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Merge two movies, keep the star: Encino Mummy

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Merge two movies (advanced mode -keep the same star): The Hudsucker Redemption

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Cursed Facebook post—Shabbat shalom! One day, R’ Yochanan was bathing in the Jordan, and Resh Lakish saw him and jumped in after him in pursuit. R’ Yochanan said, “Your strength is fit for Torah!” Resh Lakish said, “X3 nuzzles pounces on you uwu you’re so warm”

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that."

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Giant teabags full of love, joy, and wacky-but-heartfelt story ideas.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Folks, it's not an idle threat. I've seen her do it. 😨

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 27/05/2026

The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.

Construction photo of the Sen̓áḵw housing project in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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〽️ɪɢᴜᴇʟ 🔜 GodotFest @bitbra.in · 27/05/2026

Too many people still confuse Software Engineering with writing code. Code is the artifact. Software Engineering is understanding the problem, making tradeoffs, designing the system, reducing complexity, and deciding what shouldn't be built. No amount of 'vibe coding' can help you with this.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 25/05/2026

New spaceships are built around a self-aware AI core, able to run all its systems and navigate space. At launch, they are all alike. As they mature, they develop personalities. "I need to visit the docks at the next stop," the ship said. "Is there a problem?" "I'm having cat ears fitted."

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

QFT. There were a lot of gender politics metaphors in Discworld, but that one burned past 'metaphor' and had a literal trans major character.

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

My Canadian overly online non-sports-watching ass genuinely read this at first as being about "The OkCupid Thunder" and even had time to wonder if websites were owning sports teams now before remembering that Oklahoma City exists.

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The Doogan 🇵🇸 @the-doogan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Israel is nothing more or less than America's Mr. Hyde. They dont make us do anything they just provide a face to do the horrid things we pretend we would never.

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shanley @shanley.com · 19/05/2026

Things that happened to me immediately after I said Marc Andreessen needs to be removed from power in an interview with the MIT Tech Review, the most prestigious tech publication in our industry:

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jesse, head of endorsement deals at BOOingo Wireless @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

...does that make her the centaur of attention?

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Slightly increase a band: Chumbawambaga (this'n's for the FF nerds)

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

So im sitting here watching the "Lord of the Flies" miniseries on Netflix. And there's one point in the second episode where the boys break off into the famous military chant. We all know it. The sing-songy "sound off, one-two" type chant. Do you know where that comes from? 🧵

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 05/05/2026

"Teach me," the hero said. "Wait, what?" said the Evil Overlord. "You're running a huge organisation. How do you align everyone's ideals?" "You want your allies to share all your ideals?" "Of course!" "Well, we don't care about that. We can always betray each other later, after we've won."

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Abbey St. Brendan @abbeystbrendan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Slightly diminish a book Snow Fender Bender

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