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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The most important time to defend rights you believe are important is when someone has done something unequivocally wrong.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anyway nearly finished the second draft of my book about a wizard who experiences psychological and body horror beyond mortal comprehension and decides to thug it out, so that's an exciting thing to send to the prereaders

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Re; the Geller stuff: As a survivor, I have to believe someone doesn't have to be the worst things they've done as part of believing someone isn't the worst things that were done to them. Otherwise the ideas of growth and change is superficial, and recovery isn't a meaningful concept.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Oh yeah, they totally declared war on Iran like... immediately after they found that massive lithium deposit, huh?

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@edzitron.com Someone just linked me to a 19 page essay about why you're wrong; It was entirely researched and fact checked with AI. I think you're pissing off the exact correct people.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Somehow, Spider Noir managed to be a noir story where the femme fatale wasn't, city government wanted to work with the protagonist, the cops weren't in on it, and nobody was corrupt. I'd say it's a pizza with nothin', but Nicolas Cage means at least it had ham.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Hey folks, hot take: Unpopular opinion. Just a reminder, this is story time so buckle up. Saying this louder so people in the back can hear. Please, let that sink in. No notes. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Every day I pipe little icing flowers on the grave of Michel's Patisserie

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

You're allowed to be proud of your art, unless it's writing. Then you've got to act ashamed of having committed it, and beg forgiveness of anyone you send your work to.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I thought I had writers block, but I actually had heart failure. Whoops! Went from 'nothing' for a whole year to 60,000 words in 18 days. Fatigue is way more impactful than ideas.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The funniest thing about "Dagon" is how obviously Lovecraft was more terrified of seafood than fighting in World War 1

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Officially diagnosed as "Dracula" by a cardiologist. This isn't even a joke, I'm so stoked.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I will say, studying economics and politics and science really helps you get a view outside yourself. Instead of being depressed and thinking "What's the point, I'm going to die someday", I now get to think "The world will end for everyone in my lifetime".

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

One of the funniest things about this interview is it ending with Spinotti wondering why Michael Mann stopped taking his calls

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

My favourite thing in the world is what I call "Wikipedia Mad". Wikipedia editing rules force you to be objective and truthful, and that language makes the truth cut so much deeper to the bone. @techconnectify.bsky.social just made me cry, a little, from their intensity of that.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Guy pulled his car over last night to try to mug me, he got out of his car and we made eye contact; I realized what was happening at the same moment he realized I could take him. Long, awkward moment of him leaning against his car, pretending he just liked pulling off highways to take in the air.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I need to stop reading so much American political news, it's not going to matter in a year, is it?

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Ethically I know I should be vegetarian, but every time I walk into a fast food place I revert to being Henry VIII: "BRING ME THE FLESH OF TWO DIFFERENT BEASTS, DEEP FRIED IN THE LARD OF A HOG"

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The miracle of El Paso Elsewhere is that @writnelson.bsky.social's voice acting is so expressive he makes OG-Tomb-Raide-style polygons feel animated. You don't need to change a render when cracking your voice triggers the Kuleshov effect harder than a hard cut.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

My guy, you're why I can't even send mail to my US friends from this continent anymore.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

You know, I think if I ever get murdered, I'd take it as a sign I had lived a terrible life if a majority of the people who *liked* me were more excited by the opportunity than sad I was dead.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Listen, you can't blame everything on capitalism. Some things are just the fault of industrialization!

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

If Visa and Mastercard create a prohibition capable of giving crypto a general usecase and widespread adoption, all my internal thoughts are just going to be replaced with dentist-drill tier screaming.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

What Elon is doing with Grok right now feels criminal, even though there isn't a law against it. There should probably be a law against making Mechahitler.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Just thinking about how "Grandma and Grandpa" have the same prefix, but "Gran" only ever means "Grandma"

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

"I had the nicest dream. I was screenwriting, working in film again." "You were saying 'kill me, kill me, kill me' in your sleep over and over again." "Yeah, that makes sense."

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Every time I use something that has "Must be used in a well-ventilated area" on it, I kiss my fingers and raise them to the sky to thank Mother Earth for tanking another one for the team

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

New pair of inuit goggles to help with my hypersensory problems. I hate sunglasses because my brain works overtime trying to colour correct, I *cannot* see the blue and black dress as white and gold. These protect eyes by limiting field of view instead, which feels way better!

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

remember to be patient with american exceptionalism believers, they are going to be a bit grouchy for the rest of all of our lives

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A little example of maths for showing how supply chains are impacted by tariffs way harder than their initial number. It's pretty normal for pieces to cross borders multiple times in complex manufactured goods. Assume five border crossings, with a flat $10 of labour added at each step:

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Movie genre is based on colour; If it's green it's science fiction, if it's blue it's crime, if it's yellow it's action, if it's saturated it's romance/comedy, if it's desaturated it's drama. It's that easy. If you change the colour of the movie you also change the genre. I don't make the rules.

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Katlin @katlin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Heyo

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I always put the most effort into the forewords I write, because it's the only part of my books I expect immediate friends and family will read. I imagine this is how scientists feel about their headlines.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I've noticed the phrase "Bicker like an old married couple" really fell off since no-fault divorces began. It's like comparing action movie trends to lead levels.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The far-right are mostly anti-intellectual, It's not intelligence they dislike. There's nothing these motherfuckers love more than a smart guy who's enough of a dumbass to share their opinions.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Remembering in 2014 when the production company I was attached to asked me to write my best ad pitch for Apple, who I despised. I wrote the most sarcastic, hateful parody of an Apple commercial I could. And then they bought it, and it was the most money I've ever earned.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Forgetting to get the laundry from the machine for four hours: "Everyone else deserves forgiveness, except me, I am uniquely irredeemable and should live in a garbage bin with the rest of the garbage."

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Why separate art from the artist? It's way more interesting to know the person who made the piece, good and bad. Their values are represented in their work either way. Knowing either inoculates you against the negative so you can enjoy safely, or reveals motivations you wouldn't think of otherwise

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The most exhausting thing about being a leftist is living in the liberal eternal present. The past is anecdote, not data. No liberal pundit is ever checked on their record, on predictions from a few years ago, no matter how wrong. When they are wrong, it's only taken as proof their job is hard.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

No-spoiler Citizen Sleeper 2 review: It feels like the writers only have second-hand experience of people. The characters are good and interesting, but they never talk to each other - instead taking turns to soliloquy at the player. Without dialogue, just monologue, there aren't any relationships.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

What happened to goofy basebuilder games that aren't an appendage of an RTS or just made for kids? I've spent fifteen years chasing the high of another Evil Genius, and I fear I will die an old man before I see its likes again.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Love getting 18 hours of sleep - but while breakfast at 6pm is a treat, it's an adventure finding a place that's open for lunch at 1am. Going to have to make 'vroom vroom' noises in the nearest drive-thru and pretend I'm a really well-rested car.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Trying to catch up to where I left off on a writing project six months ago, which might as well be Sumeria to me. Tracking down my music playlists from back then and sucking the memories out of Mountainhead like the food critic at the end of Rattatouille.

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

There's a fatal car crash in the human brain when evolution collides with social media. It sees the wreckage of happens when you get famous on these platforms - how abjectly miserable it looks - and still goes, "God, I wish that were me".

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Junta S Thompson @countnumbers.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Being voted the author of the second best My Little Pony fanfiction of all time feels like such a dodged bullet. The natural first question anyone asks is; 'what beat you', and now it's about how embarassing this all was for someone else.

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