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Accelerationista

@accelerationista.bsky.social
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I like to go fast. Moved to Boston in 1976 to attend MIT. Decided this was home. The Cradle of Liberty. Retired software engineer. Some of my software flew on the Space Shuttle. Motorcyclist, photographer, hacker, reader of all kinds of things.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 3h
Mel Odom (American, born 1950) First Eyes, 1982 Colored pencil, dyes, and gouache on paper 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 16h
You have to admit that Senator Eric Schmitt (Idiot - MO) really did everything he possibly could during Jack Smiths testimony to earn this Wile E Coyote gif.
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Wile E. Coyote's Ball Trap for Road Runner
Alt: Wile E. Coyote's Wrecking Ball Trap for Road Runner swings down, misses Road Runner and swings back up to crush Wile E Coyote.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 1h
Today Donald Trump said gas was more expensive under Biden because he thinks you’re too fucking stupid to know what gas actually costs.
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Jacqueline @justjacque.bsky.social · 8h
Flower of the day. #Flowers #BloomScrolling #DailyFlower
Rose daylily flower with ruffled petals and yellow throat  ‘Jammin’s Tara’
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Romeo Echo @romeoecho.bsky.social · 10h
Pet Peeve Of The Day: Websites with a login page with a little checkbox that says "Remember Me", except they never, ever, ever seem to be able to "Remember Me"
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Andrii Frolov @artandriifrolov.bsky.social · 10h
"Behind The Trees" - my oil painting
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ziploc's idea of how big a sandwich should be is very different from mine.
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 16h
Probably the most amusing unsolicited criticism I receive is people complaining that something I am discussing is old news I mean… you think??????
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 14h
My flower painting 🌹
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Takako Yamaguchi (Japanese, born 1952) Trap, 2024 Oil paint and metal leaf on canvas 60 x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6 cm) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 13h
My flower painting 🎨
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 13h
I’ve been asked to weigh in on the debate over whether to bring an iced coffee to an interview. It doesn't matter. Iced coffee is NOT why it's hard to land a job right now, and it's NOT why Gen Z can't get ahead. Our economy is rigged. We need to change that.
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Ann @lifeinthepnw.bsky.social · 19h
Dear Eric Schmitt: Other places where Jack Smith was not on February 3 — Skateboarding with Tony Hawk Watching a Howard Hawks film Visiting Ethan Hawke Jamming with Hamish Hawk At a Seattle Seahawks game At a Chicago Blackhawks game Birdwatching Cooper’s hawks …but now he’s watching you like a hawk
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I was not prepared for how much of adulting is trying to figure out what That Smell is. Not the trash can. Not the other trash can. (Took them out.) Not the garbage disposal, the dishes, or the cat box. (Cleaned them all.) Aha, it’s a rogue potato that decided to liquefy itself in the cabinet! 🥔
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 16/09/2026
Today's morning had some nice light :) I couldn't resist the urge to take a picture. #Edinburgh #sunrise #VisitScotland #goldenhour
A low-angle shot looking up a dark, shadowed street in Edinburgh at sunrise. In the center distance, the golden dome of the University of Edinburgh's Old College is illuminated by warm morning light, contrasting against a dramatic blue sky filled with textured clouds. The street is flanked by tall, historic stone buildings in deep shadow, with a single cyclist and traffic lights visible in the mid-ground.
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 03/09/2026
A streak of light cuts through the twilight above Edinburgh Castle. Scottish magic, or a glitch in the simulation? #edinburgh #castle #scotland #architecture
Edinburgh Castle illuminated on its volcanic rock at dusk under a deep blue sky with a pink light streak passing overhead.
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 21/06/2026
Did you know YouTube has been making money off my videos for years without a single penny coming my way? 🫠 You can change that! If just 2,000 people watched an hour of my content, I’d be monetized. I have hours of entertainment ready for you youtube.com/c/journeydude Please repost #scotland #history
Behind the scenes of filming the historical TV show Weird Britain with Dominik Journeydude in Scotland and Andy McGrath. Location: the first headquarters of the Knights Templar in Scotland!
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 14h
God: I gave you flight, but I had to take away your hands Bird: was that necessary? *bat lands on table, chews a strawberry* God: it was, yeah *dragonfly lands nearby on all six legs* God: Bird: just be real with me
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Kettle @kittenstrudel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Amy Lincoln, Daylight Stars & Clouds, acrylic and 17-colour silkscreen on Coventry Rag paper, 2023
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hadn't thought of any rehearsing. I was thinking it was a spur-of-the-moment thing. But you may be correct, because how would the person with the phone know when to turn the camera to the cat just at the right moment?
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah. That’s exactly what happened.
After the hearing, Schmitt insisted he'd gotten nothing wrong, but he seemed less sure Smith had committed perjury.
"I don't know if Jack Smith's lying or not. It was the only game - Atlanta was the only NBA game or men's college basketball game that night at 7:30,
Schmitt told HuffPost.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
stepped out for literally 4 seconds and now the overweight cat is eating all the high calorie food and the underweight cat is eating the weight loss food because they hate me personally
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Lance Oliver @theridesofar.com · 29/09/2026
The small-sport-bike segment in the U.S. #motorcycle market has been dominated for years by the Kawasaki Ninja 500 and its predecessors. But now that Honda has cut the price on its CBR500R, it's time for a fresh side-by-side comparison. Details in my review. #motosky theridesofar.com/2026/08/kawa...
Red Honda CBR500R with blue and white accents parked alongside a green Kawasaki Ninja 500 with white and yellow accents in front of a split rail fence and trees
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
Trump on AI regulation: "We're going to be signing a document today at about 5:00 renaming artificial intelligence…And we're going to be renaming it 'super intelligence.'"
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Good Samaritan @goodsamaritanhq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love when a recipe says “prep time: 10 minutes.” Ten minutes for WHO? A professional chef with eight hands? It takes me ten minutes to find the paprika. Then another five staring into the fridge hoping the ingredient I forgot to buy will spontaneously appear out of shame.
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Irony, already dead, is now double-dead
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terrible towelie @terribletowelie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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joe @shariauncle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
increasingly feels like my Perfectly Fine liberal arts education was an artifact grabbed fleeing a burning temple
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I-5 in Seattle
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tillamook brand cheese is excellent. Bigots are garbage. This is an easy choice to make.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Textile embroidered art by Sophie Standing, British born textile artist #womensart
Pictorial textile artwork featuring an elephant facing forwards
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I won't even allow a Google Home or Amazon Echo in my home, and I've been burned by *password managers* and bad Chrome extensions; I sure as heck won't trust Meta's Muse to do anything involving personal information
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am WAY more concerned with data centers using up our water and causing electricity rates to rise than I am about trans-gender people in public bathrooms.
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Time for this meme again
Skinner meme from The Simpsons:

Do data centers stress local water supplies, jack up electricity costs, and produce noise and other pollution?

No China has tricked us
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Whoa! 🐭✨ @joules-mouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Me, to the cat: "My goodness you have all the meows today! There aren't any meows left, you took them ALL. What are all the other cats supposed to do if you have all the meows?"
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
"The problem with Trump TV is that it has no purpose." Well, amongst the problems.
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I Watched Six Straight Hours of Trump TV. Please, Help Me.
It’s not TV. It’s . . . just awful.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can the migrant caravan give me a ride to work?
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
René Magritte (1898-1967) The Princess of Autumn, 1963. Oil on canvas
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 28/09/2026
New Horizons is now *three days away* from shutting off its two heliophysics instruments, simply because NASA has not provided the $2M in funding it had promised to the mission last year or this year. There is no science basis for shutting these off. Our earlier coverage:
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NASA’s New Horizons mission may shut down two instruments over lack of funding
Decision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This pisses me off so much. If shut off, it will be decades before we can collect comparable data.
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Chris Holmes @greenlaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Got out on this silly thing for the first time in nearly a year. Felt great!
BMW G650GS motorcycle in front of a long-closed and decrepit-looking store.
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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Golden Sky II 30x48 acrylic on canvas monica-morrill.jimdosite.com
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Frenemy of the People @frenemyofthepeople.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Okay, people, for the next hour you can ask me anything! (i won’t answer, but you can ask…)
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