iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 3h

I have so many books embedded in my subconscious that honestly a list like this below the top 3 ends up being more a representation of my current subjective emotional state than an actual ranking of influences. But you could definitely put the Redwall Cookbook as a stand-in for the series at large

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 4h

myninebooks.com/g/24695caa6284

The Silmarillion
Ender’s Game
Dragonflight
Many Waters
The Horse and His Boy
That Hideous Strength
The Tombs of Atuan
Wishsong of Shannara
Mr Midshipman Hornblower

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 13h

Perelandra is also my least favorite of the 3 but I’ve heard @davoh.bsky.social is willing to wax eloquent about its virtues

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 20h

Rich + sexist is Trumpier than than poor and sexist, and rich + not-sexist is less Trumpy than poor + not-sexist which makes for very odd looking cross tabs on the second image

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 20h

Looks like socioeconomic status hits polarization amplitude but not polarization valence which is fascinating

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22h

The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.

theunpopulist.net

A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis

Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 23h

And even if you do everything right if you’re not budgeting time to let it set in the freezer and relying on the machine to get the consistency right your odds of overchurning and getting frozen butter are so so high

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 23h

“What if I do 1 Tbsp of extract instead of 1 Tsp” you’re so fucked

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 23h

“What if I substitute honey 1:1 for sugar in this otherwise working recipe” Hope you can get the ice cream machine outside and it happens to be January in VT

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 23h

So the two best known tricks for soft scoopable ice cream are “more sugar” and “bit of alcohol” and both of those also put you down the dark path to batter that won’t set no matter how well the machine is working if you’re not a Freezer Chemistry Magic person

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 23h

The problem was usually more that everyone thought of using the ice cream machine at the same time and only one of them can

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:

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Anna Zand @annazand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Firefighter saying his gear adds 30lbs and my brain instantly translating that to one toddler.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How may I help you?

Macro photo of a very plump apple green caterpillar facing us head on, reared-up, its six forelegs clasped expectantly.

It is a late instar larva of Antheraea polyphemus.

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 05/10/2026

This is always a bit disconcerting

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 05/10/2026

Does not spark confidence when your “anti plague research institute” lab techs are dying of plague tbh

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 05/10/2026

You can’t just steal @pippy.bsky.social’s display name like that

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 05/10/2026

How long are you in BTV? Perfect fall weather right now! 🥳

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 05/10/2026

Don’t feel great about an account with a profile level NSFW label liking a bunch of pictures of my shoes tbh

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 04/10/2026

Fancy drinks o’clock Wife: “did you even put any tequila in this??”

Sparkling Blueberry / basil / tequila lemonade

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 04/10/2026

First and last name for everyone!

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 04/10/2026

This precisely intersects my “literacy crisis but wokely” “Baptist history” and “Vermont state pride” conversational interests

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 04/10/2026

Erasing the guy who invented separation of church and state in America and got exiled from MA for standing up for indigenous rights and keeping the hub of the North Atlantic Slave Trade that didn’t even want to join the US at all post-revolution, because “Plantations” is a “bad word”

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 04/10/2026