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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 8h

I may have forgotten to say Sprint Complete!! At ease!

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 11h

WRITING SPRINT START! 1 hour starts now! Go go go!

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 11h

How about a WRITING SPRINT?! It's been a while! Starts in 5 mins at half-past the hour. 1 hour of focused work. I know it's short notice, but jump in if you want, or time-shift it!

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.

Statue of James Watt. In his right hand he holds a telescopic stick with a frame at the top; in his left he holds a flat object about the size of a large smartphone. He is scowling at the possibly-not-a-smartphone as if he is tempted to yeet it into the sea. On that basis, it probably _is_ a phone.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah yes the circle of life

• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

CVS clerk to a mother/daughter pair at checkout: Oof, I need my lunch. Snacks don't cut it. Little girl, utterly incredulous: Snacks... don't cut it? Me (silently): Many snacks = meal. I'm with the kid.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think the Washington Commanders have a great name but their mascot should be

Washing from the Washington rap with laser eyes

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So we all just accepted a corporate character who called himself Mr Goodwrench and no one was, like, is this a penis thing?!

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

cuth pube

A sign that attempts to spell out "the Cube pub" by shifting the B in Cube down with the PU right before it and TH before the E.

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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 26/09/2026

It's really comin down out there (civilization)

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

Kevin Bacon is six degrees away Five degrees now, sir *alarm sirens blare* Four degrees Sir he’s breached the perimeter Three degrees Sir Two degrees One *kevin bacon crashes through the ceiling*

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georgia-lux @georgialux.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

Young man-- there's no need to feel down I said young man-- Pagliacci's in town You can go there-- see the world's greatest clown Now why do- you- wince- so sadly?

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Sarah(‘s new account) @harriet-vane1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is what living in the UK was like, re: number of Jameses.

In May 2024, James Watt stepped down as chief executive officer of BrewDog after 17 years in the role. He transitioned to a newly created non-executive position entitled "Captain and Co-Founder", remaining involved in the company's strategic direction while retaining his equity stake. He was succeeded by chief operating officer James Arrow.
In March 2025, BrewDog announced the appointment of James Taylor as chief executive officer and Lauren Carrol as chief operating
officer, following the departure of James Arrow, who stepped down for personal reasons. The

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.

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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

9/26/2026- SCOTUS www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/se...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026

The Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger By The Numbers theonion.com/the-paramount-warner-b…

90%
Increase in probability that DoorDash driver once wrote an episode of The Pitt

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“The Imagination Library is encouraging the public to give directly to their local Imagination Library Partner on Dolly Parton Day, or help establish a new program in their community” 📚 www.nbcbayarea.com/entertainmen...

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It’s Dolly Parton Day! Here's how you can celebrate.

Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day. Communities across the world are dedicating Friday to honoring beloved country singer.

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You will want to update the decor and layout of your restaurant to keep it feeling current. Oh, it’s called Eggs n Things? You’re good forever.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

you guys broke watergate

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today looking up details to correctly cite a scholar I found she's also made some art. #DHMakes This is Interference Pattern II by Frances Rothwell Hughes. She started each square when she had time to embroider and stopped when interrupted by her newborn www.francesrothwellhughes.com/interference...

Detail of textile artwork, showing 6 by 4 squares. Each square shows the same pattern in different stages of completion, ranging from dashes, to diamonds, to a complex geometric pattern filling the entire square.

Framed textile artwork consisting of 4 rows of 25 squares. Each square contains a different number of embroidered stiches in black thread.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: is there a doctor on board FRANKENSTEIN: *starts to stand* DR FRANKENSTEIN: *pulls him back down* i think they mean me

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chalamet in shambles.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An offer of truce! Accepted! Peace returns to Bluesky.

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Guys, I'm in a hot feud with NPR White House Correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben. I feel like this is an achievement of note.

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fantastic (harrowing) travel thread!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

• OLD ENGLISH: Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, / þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon... • MIDDLE ENGLISH: Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, / The droghte of March hath perced to the roote... • EARLY MODERN ENGLISH: To be, or not to be, that is the Question: / Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde...

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@annelisebaer.com Am I nuts or did the difficulty just accelerate like crazy?

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HjFUN @hjfun.southbronxpara.site · 22/09/2026

Hwæt?

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

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Matt Miller @mattmiller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a comic by Russ Heath, who drew the comic one of Lichtenstein’s most famous panels was based on

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"We're uprooting fraud by getting rid of these freeloaders who keep paying into the system without taking anything back out" Genius.

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We should all start screaming and not stop.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Writing "wisdom" I hate: WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW. This is the worst advice ever. It would be better if it was KNOW MORE SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT. Every good writer I know is constantly researching and getting new information and asking experts. It's a terrible bit of advice!

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mivven @ghostsghouls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It cannot be overstated how much Bret does not make an argument in this column. He does not list a single worthy book he thinks was excluded. He clearly has not read the vast majority of the books. His entire critique is just “these books are written by women and minorities, which is bad”.

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Scott Myers @gointothestory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Want drama? Ask a character: “What do you fear the most?” Then put them in a story where they must confront that fear. #screenwriting #scriptsky

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you would like to send Castor some love you can sponsor him with a Heart to Heart donation. www.hsccvt.org/Heart-to-Heart

hsccvt.org

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I know this thing. Hari Seldon is in it.

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just heard an interesting example of a shift in language usage. Young receptionist asking an older man if he had a phone number, or just a landline. She rephrased it a couple times and it was very clear she didn’t consider a landline to be a “phone”.

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