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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tonight in Valhalla, Jim Henson is dusting off his old Kermit puppet and preparing for a non-rehearsed stage performance of Muppet Treasure Island with Tim Curry reprising his role of Long John Silver and Dolly Parton as Miss Piggy as Benjamina. Gonna be a banger.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows.

I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Boomers: No one wants to work anymore. Also boomers: I will use a piece of software that is wrong with every other sentence it creates to do my job rather than do my own work. Also also boomers: I will pay triple for this software than I would pay an actual person.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

New restaurant idea: A Greek restaurant with live acoustic music. Call it Guitar Gyro.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

without downloading any new pictures, what is your mental state?

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"Da new Pope is the now officially da greatest man to ever come out of Chicago....second only to, of course, da great Mike Ditka." SNL, you've got an easy layup this weekend. Don't blow it.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I'd like to go on the record and say that "the algorithm" in all its forms (social media, music apps, television, etc) is the single worst technological development of the last 40 years. The amount of destruction that it's caused is going to take decades for civilization to understand and undo.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Pantheon is the single most unappreciated and underrated sci-fi show so far of the 2020's. I'm not trying to say that it's the best and that there's nothing out there better than it, but it's absolutely not watched by enough people who would fall in love with it.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Years ago, I got a job as a shift leader at a Papa John's in FL. The store was lacking so many basics like paper towels in the bathrooms, garbage bags, etc. After a few months, I found out this was because the GM got a bonus if he kept his spending below a certain threshold. (🧵)

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

They do not care at all about waste or fraud. They care that the money being spent isn't going to them or their friends. They aren't going to lower spending, they're just going to spend it on themselves instead.

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Kristi Noem Says $200 Million DHS Ad Campaign Thanking Trump Was His Idea

Donald Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said he instructed her to make ads that “thank me for closing the border.”

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

"He who saves his country does not violate any law."

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James @boaty.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Farscape (1999)

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The richest man in the world, who secured $3.7 billion in government contracts in 2024 alone, said that Disability payments - which cap out at $48,000/year for individuals - is rife with fraud. The bōlz on this guy.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 20/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 19/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 18/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 17/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 16/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 15/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 14/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 13/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

"Dude, it's not healthy to just live inside your own head. You gotta get out and talk to people more. Don't just build this mental prison and get lost in your mind." Me:

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 12/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 11/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 10/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 9/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 8/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 7/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 6/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I'm watching Emilia Perez right now. I'm halfway through and it's an absolutely bizarre movie. But I just learned about this parody short film that made me lose it laughing so hard. Johanne Sacrebleu is one of the best names made up names I've ever heard of.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Hello citizens of BlueSky. My name is J.E. Tobal. I am a writer of speculative fiction and an avid enjoyer of bourbon. If you are so inclined to learn more about my novel, feel free to read this review. If you are so inclined to buy me bourbon, feel free to do that too.

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Book Review: Artefactum by J.E. Tobal

ARTEFACTUM by J.E. Tobal is a thrilling adventure into twisted dreamworlds and alternate timelines. Check out what Andrea Marks-Joseph has to say in her book review of this indie sci-fi novel.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 5/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 4/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 3/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 2/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book/Day 1/20 #booksky💙📚 #bookchallenge (Hat tip to @robhb.bsky.social for this challenge idea)

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RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

inventing a machine to make art for you is like building a robot to fuck your wife

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I'm looking for a professional editor to review & edit the first issue script of a 5-issue series. The genre is sci-fi, but the first issue is very grounded in regular people & relationships and takes place on modern day Earth. Paid freelance gig and no Fiverr/amateurs, please.

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J.E. Tobal @jetobal.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Facebook 2010 - Spend part of your day connecting with friends and family, making plans, and staying up to date Facebook 2025 - Spend part of your day connecting with non-existent people doing non-existent things www.foxbusiness.com/media/meta-i...

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