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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 19h

Going to meet up with bestie this morning for coffee, then a walk to the Japanese Garden. We WILL be discussing the latest season of Strange New Worlds, because, seriously, WTF with some of those?

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This thread. Even really good men often don't see this, because they aren't part of it or they can't read the undercurrents. It's like white folks not understanding microagressions towards BIPOC folk.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But We Mustn't Ruin HIS Life By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social Read more cartoons! —> #Policartoon Support the cartoons! —>patreon.com/barry

Four-panel cartoon with a tiny kicker panel below.

PANEL 1. A Black delivery worker stands beside her van, holding a package. She looks downcast.

WOMAN: Everywhere I went I was terrified I’d run into **him**. I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t concentrate…
WOMAN: After I failed two classes I lost my scholarship.

PANEL 2. A girl in pink sits on a bicycle on a residential street, looking down.

GIRL: He sent the video to everyone in school. **Everyone**. I had to be homeschooled until I could get into a different school.

PANEL 3. A woman sits in an apartment armchair, holding a baby who pats her face. She looks sad.

WOMAN: It’s been ten years… My therapist says PTSD isn’t ever cured, but it’s something I can learn to manage.

PANEL 4. A hand holds a phone showing a male podcaster at a microphone.

MAN: Nobody feels worse than me about what happened — but we can’t ruin these young men’s lives!

KICKER. The podcaster speaks with Barry, the cartoonist.

BARRY: What sort of thing would “ruin their lives”?
MAN: Being expelled. Or being publicly criticized. Or made to switch dorms. Or to switch a class. Basically, anything he might notice.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have literally seen dudes tailspin because of a super-casual "Pretty rapey/racist/weird/etc., dude." from a friend. Fuck some girl/brown person and their dumb opinions, they don't care about us. But they are 100% not prepared to hear it coming from you.

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Had a lovely walk yesterday, on the Rock Creek Trail, through the park & back. Also got mending done, the ironing, put away laundry, cleaned the kitchen. Today is library shift & acupuncture. Also, some guys are coming to replace some underperforming solar panels. Ah, we're livin' the life... 😂

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John Heaton has had enough of Halloween @jheaton416.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kruse: Every university needs to take this issue a lot more seriously than they currently do. Every university:

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well, I have been abandoned, as I am every Sunday*, without a car, but it's a beautiful day, so maybe I better go for a walk. *(Now that he's retired, he's started doing a 12-hr shift at the fire dept. EVERY Sunday instead of every other.)

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

NEW VOCABULARY: Claudication (n), sudden acute chest pain caused by realizing the bullshit article you just read two-thirds of was probably AI slop

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John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Desi Lyden called POTUS a "thirsty attention slut" on the Daily Show. 🤣 I propose a General Troll Strike, where every media outlet actively tries to antagonize the president.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

bit weird given the play is written in early modern English but I'd pay to hear Ēalā Rōmēo, Rōmēo, for hwȳ eart þū Rōmēo? Wiðsace þīnum fæder and forsac þīnne naman; oþþe, gif þū nelt, swere mē þæt þū mīn lēofa sīe, and ne bēo iċ nā lenġ Capulēting.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 22/09/2026

** I have a (reprinted) story in "Unnamed Worlds 4: Pirates" which is freely available in an anthology of issues 1-4. Unnamed Worlds is a "minimal rules" magazine filled with inspiration for role-playing games. wightbred.itch.io/unnamedworlds **

wightbred.itch.io

Unnamed Worlds 1-4 by Wightbred

Custom worlds and techniques for tabletop roleplaying

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Micah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026

really can't be overemphasized enough - you are not required to argue, even if you're getting yelled at you can simply not engage don't respond, turn off quotes and replies, block people if they won't leave you alone nobody is forcing you to reply if it's going to make you miserable

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ll take this a step further and say, I believe we should be able to support an average-sized family on a single income at what we determine to be the minimum wage. A lot of Boomers got this. But for whatever reason, we’re considered ridiculous for proposing it.

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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You get the same pushback from the “return to tradition” shitheads who wanna go back to the 1950s but when you say “cool, 90% income tax rate” they go “no not that part, just the racism parts”

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you ever need your faith in the sciences restored after having it so violently compromised by techbros masquerading as technologists, I encourage you to check out the breakthrough after breakthrough ongoing in oncology.

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Share a TV show that raised you. I think this explains a lot...

Looney Tunes intro image, showing the iconic concentric red circles with "Looney Tunes" in a jaunty font at top and "That's all Folks" [sic] in cursive at the bottom. In the black center of the circles, as if leaning into a 3-D space, are Bugs Bunny with a carrot, Sylvester the cat, Daffy Duck, the Roadrunner, Tweety Bird, and Marvin the Martian with his ray gun.

A black and white still from the 1957-1966 TV show Perry Mason, showing Perry (Raymond Burr) in his office, sitting at his desk, looking down at a book or paper. To his left, looking over his shoulder, is Paul Drake (William Hopper) and to his right, seated next to him and also looking at the paper, is Della Street (Barbara Hale). This show was on at noon every day on Channel 12 when I was a kid.

Shot from Star Trek (original series), showing, left to right, Scotty (James Doohan), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Kirk (William Shatner), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), and Chekov (Walter Koenig) standing against a multicolored, geometric background. They are all, save Spock, smiling. I think this is at the end of the episode "I, Mudd."

Promo shot for the show M*A*S*H, with the final cast with their armsa around each other (except for Winchester, standing alone in the back), photographed outdoors on location. Left to right: Father Mulcahy (William Christopher), Major Winchester (David Ogden Stiers), "Hawkeye" Pierce (Alan Alda), Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan), Margaret Houlihan, B.J. Hunnicut, and Max Klinger.

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Ailes du Soleil @ailesdusoleil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Took me about 1 year to start feeling somewhat normal again and then some things were never the same. I luckily noticed something was wrong and when my ex mentioned something as well, I went to a therapist. Burnout sucks ass. Don't let it get to that point.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 19/09/2026

if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf

mi
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
protecting, maintaining and improving the health of il Minesotans
RABID BAT FOUND ON SIDEWALK
On Tuesday, September 15 at about 12pm, a bat was found on the sidewalk on Hennepin Ave between N. Washington Ave and N 3°St.
The bat died and was sent for rabies testing. This bat tested positive for
rabies.
A woman was seen crouching by the bat and putting it into a bag. She was described as a 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with curly brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. If this was you, please call 911 and ask to be connected to Animal Care & Control.
Bites from bats are tiny, may be painless, and may not leave a mark. An person who had physical contact or touched this bat should talk with health care provider this weekend for assessment. During the week, Minnesota Department of Health can also provide rabies assessments at 651-201-5414.
If vou did not touch or have any contact with the bat, you have no risk of rabies and do not need shots.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh I LOVE the Public Universal Friend! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_...

en.wikipedia.org

Public Universal Friend - Wikipedia

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⚧️ what am I going to do with all these BONES??? ⚧️ @meatbag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Who knew that all you need to bring the BUFF BUCKS to the yard was some grubby nuts???

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 15/09/2026

Monthly Disabled Creators Boost! - Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below. - Go into the replies and look for works to read and share. - Follow new creators and make your feed brighter! NSFW and erotica welcome! #WriteSky #ActuallyDisabled

disabled or chronically ill author? share your work below!

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I guess it is autumn after all: I've started listening to my ambient playlist...

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🧵Thiiiiissss. Also, if you get something STUPID wrong, like putting a bustle on a Regency dress, or having the moon rise at the SAME TIME EVERY NIGHT NO MATTER THE PHASE, it shows me you just don't CARE.

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wow, I totally missed Rose City Comicon. TOTALLY. Today is the second day. I also missed Zootoberfest, which is tonight, but I haven't reached out to anyone & I ain't going alone. September just fucked me up this year. I no idea what day it is. I think I just can't let go of summer.

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The meme was "Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring." Murderbot is brilliant. You need someone with no personal ambition, no cause or philosophy, but who has a bone-deep (if reluctant) sense of responsibility. Someone else had TOS Spock, which is also good. How about...

static.klipy.com

Star Trek Data: It Is Possible

Alt: Data (Brent Spiner) from Star Trek: The Next Generation, standing against a sectioned wall with a serious expression on his face. He is obviously looking at Picard (Patrick Stewart), who is out of focus in the foreground left. Data raises his eyebrows and says, "It is possible."

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I really did love the Proclaimers' first album. I thought Bill Cosby was (usually) very funny. I've left them behind, for what I hope are obvious reasons, but that doesn't change that they once produced something that resonated with me. TBH, though, I was only ever meh on the Crazy Wizard Lady.

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Octopuss Design LLC @octopussdesign.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our Fall Collection is Live! Check it out at www.octopussdesign.com!

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You want great, flawed, completely lovable/relatable characters? Amazing, alternately heart-breaking and hilarious facial expressions? Jaw-dropping storm paintings? Queer AF everything? GET YOU THIS BOOK!

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Going canoeing today. It's beautiful and sunny, alas*, but should still be good. They took down our alley tree yesterday, though, and I am still sad, looking out my window here and it's gone. *(I prefer overcast for paddling.)

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026

I mean they let me write a whole book about the moon turning to cheese

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Their story keeps changing" is the first thing you learn in How To Sus Out A Liar 101.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A thing worth remembering is that Zohran Mamdani is not only using direct social media communication with his constituency as an undeniably successful charm offensive, but also in recognition that legacy media is *fully* captured by billionaire interests, & attempting to go thru them is pointless.

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⚧️ what am I going to do with all these BONES??? ⚧️ @meatbag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

No you fools you don't understand, LLMs are the future, all hail the Cleveland Flesh Clinic and may the unbelievers vomit their throats to ruin

Google AI Overview stating: A swollen or painful throat after vomiting is usually caused by stomach acid irritation and physical strain on the Cleveland Clinic tissue lining.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 09/09/2026

If the people working at Anthropic et al sincerely believe that GenAI will kill 10% of humanity in the next decade, why can't we try them for conspiracy to murder?

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What an execrable waste of oxygen. I hope his movie tanks worse than John Carter or Heaven's Gate.

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James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️ @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Conan was a So Bad It's Kinda Good movie, but the soundtrack is AWESOME in that bombastic, sweaty, 80's way. Great for blasting while cleaning the house!

Cover of the Soundtrack for 1982's Conan the Barbarian, a slight adaptation of the movie poster by Renato Casaro, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan, bare-chested and loin-clothed, raising a sword above his head. Valeria, the female costar (played by Sandahl Bergman) -- wearing, essentially, a chain-mail bikini with epaulets -- crouches at his feet with her sword driven before her into the ground. Behind both figures is what looks like a bonfire flame. Or maybe it's the the fire of the burning cities Conan has left in his wake.

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