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POGtastic @pogtastic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

when i said "let people enjoy things" that was for the lowbrow slop that I enjoy, which is a fun but slightly guilty pleasure. it was not for the lowbrow slop that you enjoy, which is an indictment of your moral character

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I still kinda miss checking Dresden Codak every couple of days to confirm it still hadn't updated <3 - Starslip, Girl Genius, Gunnerkrigg Court. God, and probably another two dozen and more. I know they're all still there: but I'm afraid to go back and check in case I realize my favs were bad lol

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

They're still damn good at trailers, I'll give them that much I'm not really excited for this shooter but it does make me wanna play through the series again.

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erictaysom.bsky.social @erictaysom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

2) "Ah but he *said* they would improve the economy." So did Harris. They both said that. If people voted for Trump because he said he would improve the economy, it means they preferentially chose to believe the pathological liar despite all evidence to the contrary.

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm sure it's actually a fairly boring error (normal hair-rending frustration of modding) But I like to imagine a world so full of mangos there's no space for people

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sorry to necro an old thread (just finished the published book very late last night and wanted to look at this map again) Is Las Vegas part of the glasslands (or a similar area)? Reading the book I wasn't thinking about it and I suppose I thought it was ruins

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Since ~2018ish I just bite the bullet and pay for a new battery once it's at about 75% max life (sure doesn't feel like 80% of max! Feels like 60% but I'm not going to argue with the number)

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/08/2026

Story time! Six years ago, my first book, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), came out. It was fun to write! I got to share all my cosmology fun facts and dig deep into all the ways the universe might end. I had SO much fun with it, I thought, "maybe I should write another book?" 1/?

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I went to a Swallows vs Dragons baseball game in Tokyo and it rocked. Very strong recommend

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

100%. "narrative coherence" turns out to be one of those things that it's better to have than not but ultimately isn't a make-or-break thing for your movie being good if its firing on all the other cylinders bsky.app/profile/anim...

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

my layman's understanding is that in 2026 solar wind and batteries are good enough that opening new plants doesn't really pencil unless we find a way to safely make them much cheaper but if you ever want to spiral, think about the timeline where older ones never closed.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I dislike this snide cowardly bullshit, you know exactly what I'm talking about, affirmatively defend it if you think it's good rather than performing ignorance

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

There are so many, but one of my favorites I've been thinking about lately is "Museum Guard" by Duane Hanson It's an incredibly lifelike fiberglass sculpture of a guard placed in the corner of this room in Kansas City's big art museum. It's hard to articulate how REAL he feels.

A totally normal and very much alive (and surely he's not actually a statue right?) uniformed late middle aged security guard standing watch in a corner of a room.

There is a large abstract geometrical piece to his right which continues out of frame

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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

i'm johnny knoxville welcome to concacaf

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Seconded on the Canteen, omg it's so good! I was over there in February & while the ice cream was pretty dang good the lunch was fantastic! Some of the best onion rings I've had in a while.

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Or ancient Greece! You find yourself in a dark twisting maze. In the distance you hear a [bellowing beast]* [imagine this is in red]*

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

What are your thoughts on Ian W Toll's history of the war in the Pacific? I see it in your bibliography and just finished book 2. I've been really enjoying it but I don't know where it sits among other histories of that era or what it might leave out of focus.

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erictaysom.bsky.social @erictaysom.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I don't think I'm ever getting over what might have been.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I definitely have become a lot more cosmopolitan chauvinist in a way that I know is sort of problematic, but I just don't see any way around it. If you allow the provincially minded too much autonomy they inevitably regress and start trying to burn witches, they need minding by their betters.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I hope they include a bit of Florida in the upcoming WARNO army general campaign because Red Dawn is going to be whispering to every Cuba main like the Green Goblin mask.

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Been a while since I played, have the mods caught up with that multi-threading update?

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S NOT CIRCE!?

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ending the hopeful 2nd act with a murder! As simultaneously her role (holy mission?) abruptly shifts. There is no more room for hope. Her task is now (only) the sheer horror of triaging billions of lives.

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Oh my god I'd love to see the "drugged and kidnapped into heroism" scene as the Act 2 -> Act 3 transition in her story "I am killing one of the few people who brings me joy as we walk into this dark future for the slim hope that he saves everyone"

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Boo!klynxman @brooklynxman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Kennedy is going to have a larger death toll to his name when all is said and done, and those deaths may carry on far longer into the future than Miller's. Miller is Hitler. Kennedy is Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse.

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

that's why I was saying "syrup"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/04/2026

the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 26/04/2026

I’m increasingly coming around to the view that the guy who attacked Trump / WHCD last night was mostly [albeit not entirely] trying to commit suicide-by-cop. (rushing the Secret Service with a bunch of weapons???)

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It's genuinely indistinguishable from the way right wingers talk about sex ed

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Micah @rincewind.run · 21/03/2026

the failure of Merrick Garland in dithering and adhering to norms that were no longer remotely adequate in the face of the threat of a Trump comeback is even more damning after watching what happened with Mueller

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I've been following since the beginning. ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing this with us

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I can’t get over how Cultural Revolution the DOGE story is, these young people doing crimes they didn’t understand on behalf of a political leader

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max @use-as-is.dev · 08/02/2026

who is brave enough to become the bonaparte of los angeles

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 04/02/2026

RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype

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Piri Martine @piri.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

😭🫡

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Me look at Damocles: haha look loser with a fuck ass sword hat Me with a sword over my head: fuck this sucks

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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The single law change I would introduce which would infuriate the most people is totally legally exempt pedestrians from the rules of the road. You can now do anything you like if you do it on foot.

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Just took a photo of these two earlier today at the National Portrait Gallery And for additional context, these two are prominently displayed directly opposite each other

Plaque for photo in prior comment

Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
Born Little Rock, Arkansas
Commander of American land forces in the Pacific at the outbreak of World War II, General Douglas MacArthur suffered the worst defeat of his career in the spring of 1942, when he was forced to flee the Philippines in the wake of Japanese invasion.
Uttering on his arrival in Australia his famous words,
"I shall return," MacArthur now faced the task of repelling Japan's drive for dominion in the southwest Pacific. His success in that effort, combined with his own genius for self-promotion in the press, made him one of the most popular heroes of the war back in civilian America. By the time he made good on his promise to retake the Philippines in spring 1945, his reputation had reached legendary proportions, and the following September, he was chosen to preside over Japan's final surrender.
Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952)
Oil on canvas, c. 1952
Gift of Henry Ostrow
NPG.78.271

I'm so sorry I cut off the Spanish, but I genuinely meant this as a personal photo. I didn't think it'd be relevant.

Descriptive plaque for photo in prior comment

Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890-1969
Born Denison, Texas
With a talent for military strategy and the ability to work effectively with personalities of all types, General Dwight D. Eisenhower proved uniquely suited for the role of supreme commander during World War II. A career army officer, Eisenhower began his wartime service in 1941 as head of the War Plans Division under General George C.
Marshall. He was assigned to lead U.S. forces in Britain in the spring of 1942, and later commanded the Allied forces' invasions of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (1942-43). Named supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force by President Franklin Roosevelt in December 1943, Eisenhower masterminded the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, and directed Allied operations in Europe until the surrender of Germany in May 1945. Enormously popular with the American public after the war, Eisenhower was elected to the presidency in 1952 and served two terms.
Thomas E. Stephens (1886-1966)
Oil on canvas, 1947
Gift of Ailsa Mellon Bruce
NPG.65.63

I'm sorry I cut the Spanish off when I took the photos. I meant them for personal use only and didn't think they would be relevant.

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The byronic over-dramatic impressionist General Douglas MacArthur Vrs The quiet soul eroding stare of General Eisenhower

General Douglas MacArthur in the National Portrait Gallery here as a very dramatic, somewhat impressionist, painting, more lifelike to the top of the piece and much more abstract towards the bottom

General Eisenhower at the national portrait Gallery here depicted in a very life like style with what I can only describe as a quiet soul eroding stare

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I love BUR! Is it easy to arrive at? No. Is it pleasant to be in? No. Is it a beautiful building? Think again. Does it have good food? Listen, it’s not LAX.

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POGtastic @pogtastic.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Star Wars has a ton of flaws in every property and the fan consensus is "let's make funny memes about them" because, for all of his flaws, George Lucas has managed not to publicly lose his mind on Twitter

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

On top of all the other reasons I like it, it was surprisingly respectful. Like I can easily imagine this being played in a church basement

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Are we talking like contract work, at-will, blood oath? I mean yeah this sounds like it would have been a great summer job in college

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Alexander G @hozbrick.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

What is this panel from by the way and would you recommend checking it out?

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