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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Print-only scifi/fantasy/weird lit. Fiction, short stories, poetry. B&W artwork welcome, as long as it will look right when copied on a basic commercial copier. 1200 words max. No AI. Contributors receive two free print copies. For more details or to submit your work: aggressive.education@gmail.com

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Freaky Deaky: queer print-only speculative fiction lit zine seeking submissions.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

There are a couple songs from the Hair soundtrack like that.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Their quality hasn't been up to snuff in well over a decade. I always had luck with Grinders.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Thanks! Did you send me your current address? Text or messenger or here or whatever. I'll send it tomorrow!

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I'll send a copy of this little zine about my childhood armory to the first 7 people who send me a mailing address.

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Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I've been going by Lee and using he/him pronouns with friends and now you are invited to do so as well! hi!

a picture of me with the word 'LEE!' written across it. this is also what the next two pictures are.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

A new zine about the old days.

Small zine on graph paper. The title is A Well Armed Childhood with the subtitle I Read A Lot Of Fantasy. All the lettering and art is hand drawn in simple black ink. The image is of a sword with a curved guard and some etching on the blade. This was a very common plastic sword design in the 90s. Once you hit a few things with them, the would split along the seam on both sides and have to be taped back together with duct tape.

Lettering and art hand drawn in black ink on graph paper. The art is a life size drawing of a butter spreader knife from a set of silver flatware. Text: "You can't sharpen a silver plated butter spreader on a brick." Below: "Mom hated when I took these." It's true, too. I always lost them in the yard trying to use them as boot knives.

Lettering and art hand drawn in black ink on graph paper. Text: "Drinking straw + tape wrapped pin blow gun" and "Seldom worked but stung like hell when it did." The art is of those two exact things. I'm pretty sure I mostly just tried to get the darts to stick in my wall or some cardboard.

Lettering and art hand drawn in black ink on graph paper. Text reads: "Daggers: a pirate requirement," "Slats from a semi-discarded shutter," and "Trimmed with a hand saw." Art shows a very blocky wooden dagger with a squared off guard, attached with three nails (one showing the bent over end, two just showing the head). My folks weren't happy that I stole all the slats from that shutter.

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I'm not worried about the licensing. I'm saying it doesn't look good up close. It's sloppy and obvious. Which is too bad, because it's a great concept. They should have paid a queer artist to actually create the image for them.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Except this looks all wonky if you pull it up. You can tell everything was just placed over a stock image. The HRC specifically looks wrong - it caught my eye immediately as looking tacked on afterward. If you want to make a big, cool statement graphic, this ain't the way.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

No I figured out why it looks weird. Someone took an already existing eagle image and added in the harness, makeup, etc. That's why it looks wonky. It's just gussied up stock art. That's kind of not cool. www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/2...

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Why does the HRC symbol on the harness look like it was photoshopped in on top of something else?

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

That stretch never made a profit. Now the tracks are owned by companies that ship goods and Amtrak doesn't want to pay what it would cost to buy schedule space.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

That was the last Muppet movie in which Richard Hunt voiced Janice. She hasn't sounded quite right since then.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Some people just don't like cringe humor and watching people embarrass themselves. I've seen a lot of the office and it largely made my skin crawl. I can tell it's well written, I can see why people like it, but it's not for me.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Hey, how's your blood pressure?

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I'd love to see your sources on that.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

In 2000, I was on a greyhound headed for Cali. In western states, law enforcement stopped the bus and went down the aisle checking docs on anyone who was brown/had an accent. They removed people, loaded them into a truck, and took them away. We have always lived in a country like that.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I don't see Democrats doing a damn thing about it either, honestly.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I remember when I was a queer teen in the early mid 90s. I used to hunt down any gay-related catalog I could get my hands on (teeshirts, gay cruises, jewelry for homos) and save them. I'd read them until they were shreds because they were proof that there was a community out there somewhere.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I've said most of those things in Host Voice because of you.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I'm not fighting for democracy. I'm fighting for people.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I don't know, that's a good question. Any system that allows the populace to vote in a fascist regime that strips the country for parts, sells citizens into slavery in different countries, and rips the civil rights from people is a failed system.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I think you're adding the "there's no hope anymore" part. It's frustrating to talk to people - mostly registered Democrats - who are stuck in this mindset of working within the system to vote them out. There are many things we are and can be doing, but few of them involve voting.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I think it's pretty important for people to be aware that just hanging on for four years and working to vote them out probably isn't a viable option at this point.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

There are places like House of Music, Legacy, Hub at Feather Oaks, and Oyster City that do music every week. And then Fire Bettys and that kind of place has shows too, but not always.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

926 sometimes, Sound Bar sometimes, but always Blue Tavern and The Bark. I check it every week for the event list. Before Covid every venue sent theirs in, now not so much.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Isn't the concert update whatever the venues call in? Blue Tavern and The Bark are the only ones who add things regularly.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

"I will burn this building down before I let anyone touch that beautiful brain." Go Martha Jones go!

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Right? It's like a 600 sf 1/1 with rats in the walls and bathtubs held up by bricks.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The Fives are now going for $1000 each with no renovations.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

and who shall scape whipping?

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I've said it before, I'll say it again. It's a sin and a shame that Taye Diggs was one of the only actors in Chicago that didn't get nakedish.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is so far past that. This is a fascist coup in progress. I can't think of any time in history when fascists got power and were removed through the everyday government methods. The dems can't and won't do anything about it.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Note to OPM staff: Personal items cannot be searched. If any attempt is made, demand legal representation. Personal devices you own are off-limits to these staffers. Also, do not leave personal items in the office overnight. Stay alert and cautious.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Okay, but when did 90s plastic chokers become a trans girl specific accessory?

Sabrina the teenage witch wearing a see through top with a white tank top under it, long blonde hair, and a plastic choker. She's in front of a classroom chalkboard. The 90s!

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I am both so very, very glad to be sober in these times and also very, very aware of how good it would feel in the moment to just get blackout drunk.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

That or they're so sure that the laws protect them that they are just completely flatfooted now that it's really fucking obvious laws don't mean shit. They're kids expecting a bully to play nice when all he wants to do is kick them in the ass a bunch of times.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I honestly don't know why people are acting like this admin or the folks who voted for them care if their actions are legal or make sense. They just change or ignore rules. Laws only have power as long as those with the power agree to abide by them. Quit acting affronted and start fighting back.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

As someone who did trivia hosting as a full time career, I hate this for you. People who enjoy playing trivia games already play the style they want and people who don't aren't going to enjoy it no matter what.

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Hank @hanklyspeaking.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Beer and barley soup. Truly the most peasanty of the soups.

Soup! With beef, barley, green beans, carrots, and a spoon. And lots of garlic, but you can't see that here.

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