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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

came across a survey on the Iran War on campus this morning and i gotta say this one stumped me for a bit

What would you personally consider a successful outcome for the United States?
(unanswered)
ℹ️ This is a required question

Regardless of what you would consider victory, what should the United States do now?
• Substantially escalate military operations
• Somewhat escalate military operations
• Continue approximately current strategy
• Reduce military operations
• Prioritize negotiations while maintaining some military pressure
• End offensive military operations but
maintain economic/diplomatic pressure
• Withdraw from the conflict as quickly as practicable

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

using this as the epigraph for a science fiction novel is such a power move

epigraph to A DESOLATION CALLED PEACE (Martine, Arkady 2021)

"First, reality was suspended. All breaches to Inca protocol occurred at once: the rules governing personal contact (visual, oral, and corporal), drinking, and eating were broken. When Ciquinchara first met the conquererd he was allowed to do what no Indian could, and now the tables were turned. Since there was no signifying context to frame their interactions, the actors exposed themselves to limitless risk. Atahualpa could have been slaughtered, or Soto and Hernando poisoned.…
—Gonzalo Lamana, in 'Beyond Exoticization and Likeness: Alterity and the Production of Sense in a Colonial Encounter,' COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN SOCIETY AND HISTORY 47, no. 1 (2005): 4–39

"To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles—this they name empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.
—Tacitus (quoting Calgacus), AGRICOLA 30"

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Woke 2: We Are No Longer Asking

i'm placing my mail-in ballot for California's November 2025 special election in my mailbox. i remembered to put the flag up, don't worry. actually i don't send things through the mail too often so it was a bit of a novelty. been thinking about getting into writing letters lately, although it could be tough to get in touch with people I'm not already talking to often since I probably don't know their addresses. something to figure out ig

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

reminds me of this incredible story from a couple years ago

a story posted on skynews: "You're barred! British pub drinkers say if Vladimir Putin walked in they'd 'wreck' him"

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

I thought I took photos when I saw it last year but the only one I could find is from 2022. it's not available to the public anymore but they're gonna move it upright & attach an external tank and solid rocket boosters and build a whole new Air & Space wing of the California Science Center around it

a photo of Space Shuttle Endeavour in its hangar at the California Science Center

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

I couldn't get this to work earlier

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Astro Squid, a game so obscure I'd forgotten until a few minutes ago that it was actually a commercial product. I don't think it was actually that good but who knows, it's been well over a decade since I played it last

a screenshot of Astro Squid gameplay. very barebones sidescrolling shmup stuff

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

sometimes it's that, sometimes this. G Gundam contains multitudes

domon kasshu (anime man, protagonist of Mobile Fighter G Gundam) holding a photo of a man and asking if you've seen that man

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

okay look. Starliner's a piece of shit, Boeing executives should be in jail, we're all on the same page there. but come the hell on

June 24, 2024 Newsweek article titled "Boeing Astronauts 'Stranded' on Space Station: What We Know"

"The space agency [NASA] also said that Wilmore and Williams are not 'stranded' as they could undock and fly home at any time if deemed necessary. They are being kept in orbit passed (sic) their planned return to 'allow mission teams time to review propulsion system data.'"

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

ah, 555 95472, my favorite minor peanuts character

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

my first thought was of the hexagrams in the I Ching, but idk if that's what you were thinking of

hexagram numbers in King Wen sequence (via Wikipedia)

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

I'm going with probably not, but I suppose I can't say for sure

from the Wikipedia article on Johnny Appleseed: "During his later life, he was a vegetarian. Chapman [Johnny Appleseed's actual surname] chose not to marry, as he believed he would find his soulmate in Heaven if she did not appear to him on Earth."

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

back at it again with the in-class doodles

a sketch of a zeppelin on lined paper. a very small (rougly proportionate) figure's falling out of it as someone in the gondola says "no ticket."

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

I lived through the October 2023 National Wireless Emergency Alert System test and all I got was this stupid notification

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

thinking about how Mars retired the M&M mascot characters for like a week after Tucker Carlson spent months on shit like this. what a stupid series of events

Tucker Carlson on his late and unlamented Fox News show framed next to a photo of a distressed M&M, captioned with "MISERABLE, NON-BINARY CANDY IS ALL WE DESERVE"

can you believe this shit. they put this on TV

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

they won't let you name your kids States Rights anymore, due to wokeness. that one's fine though

the introduction of the Wikipedia article on States Rights Gist, a Confederate brigadier general. his father did in fact give him that name. don't name your kids States Rights

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