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Aberrant Eremite

@aberrant-eremite.bsky.social
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Historian, fiction writer, father. I used to be eccentric, but now I have a diagnosis.

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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Every now and then I accidentally judge someone else by the standards I use for myself, and it's fantastically cruel and unjust. Of course I never learn anything from this.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When I was a kid, I didn't realize that every song on the radio was about romance/sex. I thought they could be about all kinds of things! So in "All Out of Love," I thought he was singing "I know you were right/Believing the Solon." I vaguely knew that a Solon was some sort of authority figure, so..
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"You are not immune to propaganda" Yes, I know, I suck, quit rubbing it in!
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Second Annual White House UFC Cage Match will pit enslaved immigrants against AI-powered robots, and the New York Times will treat it as a normal event.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Oh, now *two* CEOs have been booed by college students? Time for the columnists to load up their cancel-culture/campus-free-speech article templates.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
We all think that everyone else is just a little dumber than we are. In smart people, this looks like the XKCD comic about feldspars. In dumb people, it looks like Donald Trump saying that not many people know the word "groceries."
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Sometimes I think I have imposter syndrome, but then I see much more accomplished people claim that *they* have it, and that makes me think that I haven't really done enough to qualify for imposter syndrome.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
At its most humane and useful, "vibecession" rhetoric is about pointing at desperate people and telling them that their experience doesn't matter.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It seems to me like a lot of people who don't normally have anything to say about disability rights are leaping at the chance to tell Black people to shut up.
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Possum Punks Comics & Games @possumpunks.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The problem with the Trolley Problem is that it trains you to think in terms of *Who is disposable?* The real question isn't about lever pulling, but rather about stopping the psycho who keeps typing people to the tracks!
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I was just opening a jar for my mother when it occurred to me: the Hulk is trans! He gets great strength, which is sometimes useful, but he's in a big weird ugly body that doesn't feel like his and his emotions are out of control. But She-Hulk enjoys her life. That's who he's meant to be!
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Wait, people pronounce "chalk" with a silent L? People are going around saying "chawk"? "Chawkboard?" "Chawk it up to human error"? Absurd. Demented.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Think about if things had gone just a little differently, RFK would have definitely eaten everyone else involved in that fucked up affair. Imagine living in that world, where every time you hear about Nuzzi or Lizza or too many z's in general it's in the context of RFK being a cannibal
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I just backed Shadowrun: Anarchy 2.0 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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Shadowrun: Anarchy 2.0
Shoot straight. Sling spells. Hack the Matrix. Scr*w the corps. Roll Dice. Focus on the Story. Shadowrun's new alternative ruleset!
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
My ADHD superpower is that if you ask me a question that's not about one of my special interests, I'll cry.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Proud to be the 1,348th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Disappointed that there were no more Murderbot books to read, I decided to try other books by @marthawells.com . I am pleased to report that *City of Bones* is also delightful!
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Proud to be the 323rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Sometime Lofty Towers! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
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Sometime Lofty Towers
A Sword & Sorcery novel by a veteran of the genre.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Yes, I flipped off a bigot harassing toddlers at a drag queen story hour. No, I won't apologize for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXd7...
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I think that Joe Abercrombie underestimates the toughness of the human skull. But damn can the man write a fight scene.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Played TTRPGs with the family over the long weekend. My Mom, who's not normally a gamer, was daunted by D&D, & I was bored with it, so we played @rustysellsword.com's Cortex, specifically @angille.bsky.social's Mythikal. Had a great time with a system that's wonderfully flexible & approachable.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
First they came for Antifa - And I said nothing because I didn't think that fascism was a real threat. Then they came for the trans people - And I said nothing because honestly, they kind of creep me out. Then they came for the Federal employees - And I said nothing because bureaucracy, ugh, right?
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Getting a little tired of living in the little box in the history book called "causes leading to"
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2025 IS LIVE Three issues - a Sword & Planet special - a New Jirel of Joiry story... The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus stories will be added to this year's issues! Go here to learn more and back the magazine: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Backerkit "JUST LAUNCHED" header with "NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2025 IS LIVE" over top a Goran Gligovic painting of a warrior woman triumphantly bursting out of a giant snake, the sun boiling behind her, a lioness watching on.

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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Backerkit acknowledgement of my backing New Edge Sword & Sorcery magazine.
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I just had a short story rejected in 3 hours and 20 minutes. A new record for me. I'm assuring myself that it's not because I suck *that* bad.
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
BEHOLD THE COVER REVEAL OF ISSUE #5 BY @pulidoarts.bsky.social! We will be revealing contributors to our 2025 issues in the days to come as we prepare for the crowdfunder in February! Make sure you're the first to be notified by clicking here: www.backerkit.com/call_to_act...
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I got my first story rejection of the New Year! I'm telling myself that this is a good thing, as I've been too tired to submit for ... a long time. So trying and failing is better than not trying. Still stings every time, though.
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY ISSUE FOUR is available now! Please enjoy these cropped samples of just *half* of the original B&W illustrations accompanying titanic tales and engrossing non-fiction related to this dynamic fantasy sub-genre. newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY ISSUE THREE is available now! Please enjoy these cropped samples of just *half* of the original B&W illustrations accompanying titanic tales and engrossing non-fiction related to this dynamic fantasy sub-genre. newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I somehow missed that @tkingfisher.com had come out with the fourth Paladin book! I'm reading it now with delight. I'm not normally a romance reader, so I sort of felt like the author was poking fun at me personally when a character said, "I thought it was well written, but soppy."
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social totally got me with the old "the first hit's free, kid" trick. Issue 0 is fantastic - Howard-style weirdness and action with modern sensibilities. Now I'm going to have to buy some issues to get more of this!
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Sarah Palin is pissed about being left off the list of malevolent buffoons being nominated for Cabinet posts. She says she was the original MAGA, and she kinda has a point. After all, you can't spell "palingenetic ultranationalism" without "Palin"!
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Aberrant Eremite @aberrant-eremite.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
This was one of the best things ever on Twitter! It makes me happy to see it again.
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