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ell jay vee

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Anger about cladistics is part of my personal brand. Yinzer. Queer. Probably thinking about systems theory.

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Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Like many authors I am grappling with the Anthropic settlement "Works Allocation" with various incorrect claimants on numerous books. Including a claimant called "Lirael" for my book LIRAEL . . .
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
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After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
ai slop has driven me back to my cookbook collection which means that first off, thank you to the humans who wrote the cookbooks, and second off, WOW do i need to weed my cookbook collection holy cannoli
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I love Mehitabel. My mother gave me a copy of archie & mehitabel when I was maybe 8, and I read it to pieces.
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 17/08/2026
Both of these. 10/10, no notes. 🙂 (And both are lines I'd have been delighted to have written.)
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
He's back in the ICU with "low blood pressure" now, and frankly, this is looking like it might be it. Please, friends, if you or someone you know has a safe, comfortable, loving landing zone for his two cats, please please *please* speak up ASAP.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 16/07/2026
For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚
A drawing of Elizabeth Bennet, a lovely young woman with her long hair tied up nearly under a ribbon and wearing what is most likely a neo-classically inspired dress, looking pensive, two letters in her hand. Meanwhile Darcy, a handsome but stern-looking fellow, looks longingly at her. Also there is me, a little gremlin in big round glasses, skulking about in the background and hoping that they kiss. 

The accompanying text reads “Trung reads Pride and Prejudice for the first time, somehow.”
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
it matters to have a pope whose official position is "nope actually your virulent antisemitism is a cancer that must be immediately sliced out to save the rest of the body and I simply don't care who that pisses off" that's not just about these guys. that's a warning to everybody else
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Pantsirang @pantsawe.borasky.com · 02/07/2026
and this is why I was explaining more in my gc about Vatican 2 today, the journalism on this is really tiptoeing to NOT include relevant info like "so what exactly is this doctrinal disagreement about?"
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Sean Gentille @seangentille.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
bell centre temp check: an english-speaking child just screamed "WHAT THE FUCK" so loud that i heard it in the press box.
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tar-minyatur’s court twink ✵ @caranthirs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
some jokes write themselves
a notification from mlb that reads “alimber santa is the 2nd player in history to pitch in a no-hitter in his MLB debut, joining bumpus jones — who tossed a no-no in 1892”
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
what are the odds that the habs anthem singer cannot speak english whatsoever and just does the us natl anthem phonetically
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Neither grief nor pride had so much truth in them as did joy, the joy that trembled in the cold wind between sky and sea, bright and brief as fire.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/05/2026
Jeff Goldblum - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) www.tumblr.com/atomic-chron...
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Naomi Novik @naominovik.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
On this date 20 years ago, THRONE OF JADE was released! ICYMI, I'm giving away a different vol of the Temeraire series every month to celebrate HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON 20th anniversary. Today, I’m offering a different edition of TOJ on all socials; feel free to enter more than one! See info in pic.
Image of Audiobook CD of THRONE OF JADE, read by Simon Vance. Flying Dragon on a silky green background. Case signed by the author in coppery-colored permanent marker.IMAGE IS TEXT RULES FOR GIVEAWAY:

On this date twenty years ago, THRONE OF JADE was released!
ICYMI, I am giving away a different volume from the Temeraire series every month this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON / TEMERAIRE (as well as Books 2 & 3).

Today, I’m offering a different edition of TOJ on every platform. 
Feel free to enter more than one!

FB: Compact HC
IG: Standard HC
MASTODON: UK PB Edition (Black & White)
BLUESKY: Audiobook on CD 

To enter:
1. Follow my account
2. Like this post
3. Leave a comment sharing your favorite fictional food or meal
If it’s from a book, post the title & author too!

Entries are open until Monday, April 27 at 11:59pm ET.

You must be 18 or over to enter.

Winners will be notified and contacted for shipping details via DM by @naominovik.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are only able to ship to the US at this time. We’re very disappointed to not be able to ship to readers overseas; thank you for understanding.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.
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Waymo Is Not In The 'Vision Zero' Toolbox: Data - Streetsblog New York City
At least two of the cities where Waymo operates have not experienced declines in traffic-related injuries and deaths.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 23/04/2026
given the flyers-pens game apparently had at least five players from each in the sin bins, I think it would be hilarious if that meant a 0-on-0 until the first penalties run out. impractical, but hilarious; you were all so badly behaved the game is now effectively two minutes shorter!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Don’t let this fly under the radar: the Trump administration wants to kick ~6 million more people off of food assistance programs, including nearly 2 million children. That would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war. Priorities.
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
My mother passed away recently, and my siblings & I would like a permanent copy of her voicemail greeting, the one you get when you call her. I'm apparently googling the wrong things to find out how to do this. She had an iPhone, we have the passcode. Help?
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest? Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything." A short 🧵:
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
korean bbq maggi noodles, fried egg, and uzbek carrot salad is totally a healthy lunch what are you talking about
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/03/2026
1. The largest medical organization in the United States, the American Medical Association, has reaffirmed that gender affirming care for trans youth is medically necessary. It disavowed the New York Times reporting. Incredible development for trans youth. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The Largest Physician Organization In The US Reaffirms Gender-Affirming Care Is Medically Necessary
The American Medical Association is setting the record straight on trans people’s health care—expressing its full support of keeping decisions in the hands of doctors, patients, and their families.
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Dylan Morrison @dylanthyme.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
let's say you take a walk each night. one night while you're out, you see a corner of your neighbor's home burst into flame. no one else is around; you don't know if the homeowners are in. you can act--call 911, pound on the door, shout to wake them in case they're asleep--and you SHOULD act. why? 🧵
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Quote this with your most "I wrote this for me, but you can read it if you want to" fic: There are a couple of contenders, but the one that is essentially about the 1995 Newsweek bisexuality cover story is pretty damn high up there. archiveofourown.org/works/61844080
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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons - Laura JV (laurajv) - My Two Dads (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen, which also still gets comments regularly despite being over a decade old. I love that people love it. I love it. It's a fun story. archiveofourown.org/works/1962816
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Only in silence the word, Only in dark the light, Only in dying life: Bright the hawk's flight On the empty sky.
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
who the fuck is commentating this pens-bruins game and just pronounced Worcester, MA as "Whor-chester"
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Garrett Fitzgerald @sarekofvulcan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
“And the aliens are wonderfully alien but they still feel like people, and the ideas are wonderful and build on each other logically until a T-rex is eating Pavarotti in Central Park and it makes perfect sense and even feels somewhat inevitable,” says [ @tkingfisher.com ].
dublininquirer.com
Sixty years on, a Star Trek writer is still creating strange new worlds
Diane Duane’s early days writing fan fiction have led to a remarkable career as a novelist, comic writer and screen writer.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’” GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON
telegraphherald.com
A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee
Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.
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Shane Liesegang, SJ (シェーン|شَيْن|เชน) @sjml.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I was radicalized by a kind elderly Presbyterian minister in a brightly colored cardigan who played with puppets and told me that people could like me exactly as I am and that everyone is different and that's great and we should like them exactly as THEY are.
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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Abolish ICE www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
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Squirrel Hill Lunar New Year parade canceled amid fears of ICE in Pittsburgh’s Asian community
In lieu of the public event, organizers invite residents to write their New Year’s wishes on red tags, and tie them on trees throughout the neighborhood.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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Andy Brown @andybrown202.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Hey, I wonder how the Kyle MacLachlan AMA is goi-
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 20/02/2026
The ICE surge in Minnesota isn’t over — it just moved outside of the Metro. ICE agents are still terrorizing innocent people in the suburbs. They’re targeting bus stops and hospitals and parks and being more deceptive than ever. This isn’t over until ICE is out of the ENTIRE state.
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Julie Curry @curryj.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
You are a woman who plays hockey. You just won the Olympic gold medal. Your national head of state just demeaned you in the most sexist of ways. A music legend invites you to a celebration with him, instead of with the loser guy who just dissed you and your teammates. What would you do? YEAH, BOYYYY
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 24/02/2026
NEWS: The WNBA informed its teams and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association on Monday that if there isn’t a term sheet in place for the new CBA by March 10, the 2026 season will be impacted, multiple sources told Sabreena Merchant.
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
When it's about hating trans people, these motherfuckers can't shut up about how much they care about women's sports. When it's about women winning a gold medal in hockey, though, it's fun to insult them and act like only men matter.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19/02/2026
SO GOOD! "the idea that my political ideology is synonymous with hating technology is confusing. Every leftist I know has a hard-on for high speed rail or mRNA vaccines. But the “left is missing out” blog positions generative AI as the only technology that matters." -- @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social
aftermath.site
The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited
Techno-cynics are all just wounded techno-optimists.
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ell jay vee @elljayvalentine.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
USA-CAN ice hockey womens gold medal game scheduled opposite ladies figure skating: someone in scheduling Does Not Get It
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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
my other fave is “you would have said this about the Industrial Revolution” yeah dude, I hope I would have vociferously objected to the mass death and immiseration from irresponsible forced use of barely-understood new technology by craven monopolists incapable of valuing human life in that era, too
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Spooky rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 18/02/2026
Even just better transit solutions. There’s plenty of tech I am excited about.
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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“When will the left be excited about tech?” Brother, wait until you hear about mRNA vaccines.
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The weaponization of mass detention is the point. With Prof. Linus Chan on the vaporization of due process and @andreapitzer.bsky.social on mass detention and warehousing Amazon-style. shows.acast.com/amicus-with-...
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The Concentration Camp Next Door | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
The Trump administration has weaponized immigration detention against America
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celli @aliascelli.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A thought that had genuinely never occurred to me
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is what authoritarians are never gonna understand: average, everyday citizens do not like watching paramilitary thugs brutalize children. All the vaporware memes in the world can't fix that for them
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 08/02/2026
Green Day: “don’t wanna be an American Idiot” Page Six:
Garfield looks at a photo of himself with a big red circle & line through it and says “huh. I wonder who that’s for”
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Armies wear uniforms for a reason. And not just because it makes the laundry easier. I am reminded of certain lilac blossoms on a certain Glorious 25th of May. How do you tell your comrades from your potential murderers? A carrot, a leek, a lilac sprig, a red knitted hat, a frog costume. Duh.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Some safety tips for the big storm! Be safe, everybody.
IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST WINTER STORM, REMEMBER FOUR TIPS:
1. FILL UP YOUR TUB AND/OR POTS WITH WATER FOR YOUR TOILET.
2. DO NOT USE PROPANE HEATERS INDOORS. THE FUMES KILL.
3. EVERYONE STAYING IN ONE ROOM CONSOLIDATES WARMTH.
4. THE NORWEGIAN CAMP DIDN'T DESTROY ITSELF. ONE OF YOU IS THE THING.
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