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J. M. Lassen

@jlassen.bsky.social
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 3h
Just a girl and her* airplane 🥰 * actually it is emphatically the Canadian Aviation Museum’s airplane but they do let me fly it a lot
Me standing on the wing of a yellow De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, on a sunny afternoon. I’m wearing a flight suit and aviators and trying to look cool, which may or may not be effective, but the lighting is really good at least
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DW Bowers 🐸💙 🇺🇸 🫏 @dwbowers.bsky.social · 3h
Communist China builds much better affordable electric cars than the “capitalist” US. Americans are forced to pay more for inferior products because the US is not allowing Chinese cars to be sold here. American companies would be forced to build better cars if the market was not protected.
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Valerie Sizemore @tarwatirno.bsky.social · 3h
Michael Vassar, who was President of MIRI before the name change and probably made the Thiel introduction, is in the Epstein files. Vassar visited Little St. James in 2015, and they discussed their shared preference for "blue eyed people." The root cult is very nakedly a eugenics cult.
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jeffrey E.: Re: Landed. — Epstein Emails
Email from jeffrey E. in jeevacation@gmail.com: i like the idea. can you send me michaels contacts he and michele =ere here yesterday, again , you w
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Jax O'Lantern, Bimbo Reprobate 🎃✨️ @rufflejax.bsky.social · 1h
Michael Vassar/Arc is one of my three LessWrong exes. He's the one who called me a 5y/o in a hot 20y/o's body. He's the one who stuck his dick in my mouth while I was waking up in his borrowed apartment.
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S.E. Sinkhorn @sesinkhorn.com · 1h
you can't just go "what if everything about this situation were entirely different than it actually is" and expect anyone to take that argument seriously. the situation isn't different. the situation is what it is. that's the situation that people are responding to. this is a genAI post.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
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I'm not in a leftwing bubble because it makes me feel good and safe or whatever, it's because I've heard all the arguments on the other side my entire life including in popular media every single day and they all suck ass and hearing them further also sucks ass.
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 1h
Wow. Things going absolutely fucking crazy in the bloodiest ways imaginable, as I cast around trying to make sense of the narrative, and what is happening. It is a very neat literary trick to suddenly make the reader unsure and confused, mirroring the characters reaction. #OffTheReservation
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 2h
(jokes on him, Six Bridges Book Festival was cool as hell)
ayana gray, looking like a celebrity; me, looking like a fan who crashed her event; danielle afsordeh, looking like a historian who just moderated a fantasy panel and did an amazing job
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 6h
anyways, i propose that we ban everyone from saying other users should enjoy concentration camps. i think this would be a positive move towards a safer website.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 6h
this was the most foreseeable outcome of all this and why i sarcastically told the mod team to enjoy the camps 17 days ago. i knew they would see it differently when directed at themselves, everyone always does.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 6h
The path to today was laid the second he made an insane decision like "telling a trans person to enjoy the camps is not a threat." the second he said that, his mod team became fair game for these statements. because they are inherently threats, towards trans people or not.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10h
It took like a week for him to change his mind on the "enjoy the camps" thing. All it took was people saying it to the mod team instead of trans people.
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 2h
Today I was considering chastising someone I know but haven't spoken to in a couple years for using what might have been AI generated Image in promotional flyer. Then decided that after not spoken to them in 2 years, suddenly coming at them about MAYBE using AI image is a dick move.
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 5h
Happy Sunday! May you have lovely fall weather and a book to read- unless you dog ear pages 👻
In The Shining (1980), instead of using a bookmark like a civilized person, Wendy Torrance chooses to dog ear pages instead. This is Kubrick's subtle way of letting the viewer know she and her family deserved everything that happened to them.
[Image of a scene in The Shining where Wendy and Danny are eating and Wendy is holding s paperback with a page dog eared.]
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Gary Hershorn @garyhershorn.bsky.social · 6h
The sun put on quite a light show as it rose behind the Empire State Building in New York City Sunday morning, seen from the 14th Street viaduct in Hoboken NJ #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #sunrise #EmpireStateBldg
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The Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 5h
Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set And blew. "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."
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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 7h
I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the house of leaves. I’m at the combi s n e a v t a i e o l n fo esuoh & tuh azzip
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 16h
American football is just a complicated game of Rock Paper Scissors. Offense choose 1 thing and defense chooses another and result is based on combination. Rinse/repeat.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 22h
Yes that rape Bellamy was chief of the CUPD at the time in 2024. Now he’s at Ithaca PD as of October 2025 www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell...
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Details emerge in case of former Cornell student alleging gang rape by fraternity members
A woman, identified only as Jane Doe, alleges she was gang-raped by seven fraternity members in 2024 and accuses Cornell University of failing to protect her.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 22h
Anthony Bellamy was CUPD chief at time of rape and this incident with my dad
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 23h
Anthony Bellamy is now Deputy Chief of Ithaca pd
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 23h
When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 22h
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is my first bookstore shift of spooky season(aka the 31 days of Samhain). Time to set the tone: if you haven’t read any of these, you should!! @stephengrahamjones.com @gradyhendrix.bsky.social @gabino.bsky.social @caitlinstarling.com #JCO #EmilyMDanforth @nghivo.bsky.social
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
OMG. @nghivo.bsky.social has a new book out!? Add another October release to my “must read” pile! #TheScarletBall
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Stumbling across the spirit of Paul Newman in a MN pool hall playing 9ball, with a bartender named bambi keeping the quest going was wild… #OffTheReservation @stephengrahamjones.com
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 03/10/2026
TRAPPED IN A STRANGE AND ALIEN LANDSCAPE ON ANOTHER PLANET Surely it is not... FRONCH TOAST, the breakfast of CHAMPIONS (champions who will be doing many many panels)
a super close-up of a blob of butter, some maple syrup, and a shake of cinnamon sugar on a stack of french toast
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Becca 🇵🇸 NYCC K34 @rfarrowster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
bringing her back
The Legolas and gimli “never thought I’d die fighting side by side with an elf” scene from the two towers except the quote has been altered to read “never thought I’d die fighting side by side with Catholics/what about side by side with a Pope Against AI!/Aye, I could do that”
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I want to give a big shout out to Pleasure Witch Confections. I ordered six pieces of Halloween chocolate. Later, when they told me my order would be late, they said they'd put in some extra treats. Here's everything they sent! In particular, check out the Necronomicon and Lament Configuration.
over a dozen piece of Halloween, including a giant skull lollipop, several smaller skull bonbons, some chocolate coins with faces of Michael Meyers and Pennywise, plus razor blades, the Necronomicon, and the lament configurationChocolate razor bladesA chocolate NecronomiconA chocolate lament configuration
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm not saying that I was ahead of the curve, but I've been calling Trump an asshole since the first Sandman Slim novel in 2010. (It helps that I was born in NY. Every New Yorker knows what a vile pig he is.)
The cover of Sandman Slim
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caffeine anxiety ego death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the other 9 are the single "Panama" from Van Halen's 1984
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i just read an expression I’ve never heard before, but I’m using it from now on. ”…like blood off a duck’s back” @stephengrahamjones.com #OffTheReservation
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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My new novel doesn’t drop until May 4th, but suddenly it’s available for pre-order on the usual sites, and…wow, I guess it’s real. Forty years in this business, and every time feels like the first time. @tachyonpub.bsky.social
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Forty Million Summers : Wilson, Robert Charles: Amazon.ca: Books
Forty Million Summers : Wilson, Robert Charles: Amazon.ca: Books
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Cat Randall @catrandall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Would he feel comfortable in a society that embraces trans people, I wonder. Does he consider we have a place in a decent country, or is that debatable? And it is for these and many more reasons I can’t get behind your haircut from California as a presidential candidate.
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Two or three years ago you did everything you needed to perfectly well without AI. The fact you think you *need* it now shows how thoroughly brainwashed you've become by billionaires intent on turning your brain to slurry.
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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am playing Traveller tonight. Seem like we will be leaving the decommissioned space station in pursuit of our clones. I got such a bad feeling lol.
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is least surprising thing in world that person who has been rewarded for being snobby literary icon has snobbish literary takes. If bad-to-hurtful literary takes are worst things we learn about JCO I will take that as a win, considering what other iconic writers have gotten up to.
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 01/10/2026
It's official, and time for my annual post: HAPPY 1ST DAY OF SP🎃🎃KY SEASON!
Illustration of a pumpkin person with a pumpkin head, wearing a pink robe, holding a mug of coffee with ghost smoke coming out of it, standing in front of an open window, looking out happily.
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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just in case anyone thinks it can't happen, I'm 50 & my debut novel from Bad Hand comes out on Oct 20th. In 2017, a TBI upended my life. Writing helped craft a new, post-injury sense of self. Writing horror was a way to process the grief & anger about what I'd lost. You're never too old to start!
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Ben Berman Ghan @inkstainedwreck.ca · 01/10/2026
Man I’m so excited. Saint of Bright Doors and Rakesfall were both mind-altering pieces of work, the kind of writing I spend all of my time HOPING to encounter but rarely do
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
Susan Sarandon from the movie The Hunger, blood flowing down lips, chin and neck, with a look of bliss on face.
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J. M. Lassen @jlassen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Three of the novels that I am most looking forward to this month are new books by @stephengrahamjones.com, @caitlinstarling.com and @premeemohamed.com. Crazy how amazing my October reads are stacking up.
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Grim Melody Pratt @timpratt.org · 01/10/2026
I usually try to watch at least 31 horror movies in October (some days I miss, some days I watch more than one) so I like it!
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996
A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just read @katemanne.bsky.social ‘s fantastic piece in The Cut about the Cornell rape and she points out that students protesting conditions in Gaza were treated more harshly than the rapists and holy shit, this detail
One of these students was my own advisee, and having supported her throughout the the months-long case, I can state with confidence that she did nothing wrong. Moreover, she happens to be deaf and was suspended in part for being “unreasonably loud.” Privacy consideration
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Western governments like Britain and Canada have been in a bind since the genocide began three years ago. Their complicity in the very worst crime against humanity on the books has forever tarnished their sanctimonious human rights image.
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PJ Harvey Dent @bsakat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wendy Carlos should be on the 20 dollar bill. There should be a 50-foot-tall, solid-gold statue of her in Pawtucket. You should be able to buy all her albums in any format you want and a line of custom branded synths. She should be a household name along with Bob Moog.
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Arturo Serrano @carturo222.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes I like to call Magnolia "Daddy Issues: The Movie." Well, Her Private Hell is "Bisexual Lighting: The Movie."
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