Reposted by Kip ManleySarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6hHot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently. 531805318
Reposted by Kip ManleyNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 7hThere are people all over America now trying (legally and illegally) to plunder the stuff of their neighbors who've been kidnapped and sent to concentration camps. 1266
Reposted by Kip ManleyCity of Roses @thecityofroses.com · 02/10/2026We're halfway through the 46th novelette, "June 24th"—the beginning of Ysabel's side of the third season, Summer. #FantasyLit #Booksky #FreeBooks #ExQueenthecityofroses.comCity of Roses | No. 46: June 24th(In which an arraignment is made, meat is served, genres are discussed, a lecture is propounded, and plans intemperate and otherwise are laid.) 071
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 03/10/2026Nobody seems to remember that the US tried permanent Daylight Saving Time in the '70s and we canceled it after only one year because it was a fucking disaster. 242
Reposted by Kip ManleyAnne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Once tried (& failed) to write a Butch & Sundance-style bromance in which John Dee & Edward Kelley flee England & con their way across Europe to Prague, with Dee the naïve idealist & Kelley convincing everyone he needed to sleep with Dee's & everyone else's wives as part of his magick spells. 361
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 03/10/2026Dropping the harmonious running of not only our lands, as one does. 000
Reposted by Kip ManleyWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026welp another thing to worry about if you're a source worried about AI. read the whole thread: 229774
Reposted by Kip ManleyMark @maetl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In hacker culture and infosec this used to be called social engineering. Have we completely lost our street smarts? 2385
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026Discovering belatedly—perhaps blessedly belatedly—that IngramSpark can do sprayed edges. Oh, dear. 000
Reposted by Kip ManleyCity of Roses @thecityofroses.com · 02/10/2026The 46th novelette, "June 24th," continues, with—as promised—a discussion of genre: #FantasyLit #FreeBooks #IndieAuthors #SinisterFinancethecityofroses.comJune 24th (Act II)pale thick Lips – the Flow of Ideas – the Point of Ess Eff 001
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026longstoryshortpier.comWhen you get caught between the Moon andSo when I tell you The Spear Cuts Through Water is written in the second person— 000
Reposted by Kip ManleyK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!! 919440
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026Speaking as an artist and a cultural institution, I'll ally myself with the Church to safeguard our humanity the moment they rescind their inhumane ban on trans healthcare, and not a moment before. 010
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026Glad the cat and myself are firmly in agreement it's in both our best interests if he does not yotz in my lap. 010
Reposted by Kip ManleyKyle Marquis @moochava.bsky.social · 02/10/2026No one likes my idea that Babylon Berlin is an attempt to salvage the Star Wars prequels that got repurposed into a historical drama. 191
Reposted by Kip ManleyZachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Treason to patriarchy is loyalty to humanity 0305
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026Doing drugs, but also doing the nuclear, nuclear and drug, as one does. 100
Reposted by Kip ManleyAnil Dash @anildash.com · 02/10/2026Zohran quoting @prisonculture.bsky.social on Theo Von’s show may be the thing my brain finally rejects as a step too far. This, we refuse to process. 839226
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026Of all the genAI nonsense, it's the notion of deploying them as synthetic people to answer surveys and polls that has me side-eyeing the whole entire grasp on reality and how things work of some people. 141
Reposted by Kip ManleyLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I mean look. The antichrist is President and he’s having pastors arrested, just like Tim LaHaye warned us. What do you even do about that. 26618
Reposted by Kip ManleyAncillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 02/10/2026Happy October, everyone! Have some links:ancillaryreviewofbooks.orgWow! Signal: October 2026Jake Casella Brookins Hello everyone, happy October! We’ve had a busy month behind the scenes at ARB—as often happens, the vagaries of publishing and reviewing schedules conspired to stack our queu… 01410
Reposted by Kip ManleyMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 02/10/2026If this is how much they hate their own foot soldiers, just imagine what they think about you. 🤷🏿♂️ 1382
Reposted by Kip ManleyThe Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dems should absolutely be running on core issues like consumer protection. It’s such a no brainer and this administration has totally abandoned it. 03717
Reposted by Kip ManleyRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Scream it from the rooftops. 095
Reposted by Kip ManleyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Defunding policing was and is the floor. 035478
Reposted by Kip Manleybootsriley.bsky.social @bootsriley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I hope Keke Palmer gets a Golden Globe nomination for Best Comedy Actress for I Love Boosters. She not only gave us an unexpected, nuanced, touching performance- she brought back physical comedy & set the bar HIGH. One of the funniest ppl ever. Raucous laughter throughout. 1537
Reposted by Kip ManleyBecky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026SuperButch is a 1940s lesbian superhero history noir, by @barrydeutsch.bsky.social and me: superbutchcomic.comsuperbutchcomic.comBot Verification 042
Reposted by Kip Manleyevan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Would You Have A Look At The Replies To This Post 414255
Reposted by Kip Manleyemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda. 473128847
Reposted by Kip ManleyTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨my book Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America is on sale today on the Kindle store for $2.99! Sorry to link to Amazon but $3 is a solid price for a book that took me three years to write www.amazon.com/Wild-Faith-C...amazon.com 712150
Reposted by Kip ManleyRich Puchalsky @richpuchalsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here's the thread if anyone is interested: mastodon.social/@richpuchals...mastodon.socialRich Puchalsky ⩜⃝ (@richpuchalsky@mastodon.social)October is OLC (original lit crit) month! (No it's really not but I'm going to try to post various readings this month.) Note that I have no training in literary criticism whatsoever and have never ... 253
Reposted by Kip ManleyJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853202179
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026Quietly shooting a pro-ICE action film in Montana, as one does. 100
Reposted by Kip ManleyGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Since everyone started talking about Yudkowsky last week, I think we should talk about the other person who created contemporary AI discourse: Nick Land. This will be written for a general audience, and for something more substantial I'd recommend @eruditorumpress.com's Neoreaction: A Basilisk 79235
Reposted by Kip ManleyRead Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 01/10/2026It's the start of a brand new month, so let's take a look at the new indie SFFH releases for October! www.readindiefantasy.com/new-release-... 11312
Reposted by Kip ManleyPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 401599416
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026I want this man to witness the destruction of all he has wrought and to appreciate the joyful thriving lives and loves of all he attempted to destroy and I want him broken forever by the knowledge of the horror he has unleashed and I want him weeping to beg forgiveness from each and every one of us. 000
Reposted by Kip ManleyCBCC🔜NYCC @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"How Portland Became a Player in the Comic Book Industry" by Corbin Smith writing for Portland Mercury (9/30/26): www.portlandmercury.com/comic-books-...portlandmercury.comHow Portland Became a Player in the Comic Book Industry - Portland MercuryIt may surprise you to learn that Portland, Oregon, a mid-sized America city known for its rain and its many river spanning bridges, is a global hotbed for the production of comic books. A new documen... 1123
Reposted by Kip ManleyAndrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 01/10/2026According to ICE, Mr. Curo-Churata's "criminal" background was for driving a vehicle with an expired registration tag. 254
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026Really weird to realize that fantasy, the genre as we currently understand it, was still coalescing pretty much even as I was eagerly starting to read it. Such a contingent monolith. 110
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026Unflinchingly dismissing the mainstream's stupidity, as one does. 000
Reposted by Kip ManleyAlex McRoberts @alex.mcroberts.me · 25/09/2026It's been thought of, and solutions exist today. You can use a tool like pdsmoover.com to migrate your account to another PDS, in what is called an "adversarial migration". This means you can move, even if the PDS host was to try and block it. There are many other PDS hosts out there!pdsmoover.comPDS MOOverPDS MOOver – ATProto tools for PDS migrations and backups 132
Reposted by Kip ManleyClaudia: lesbian space merc @lesbianspacemerc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey @moderation.bsky.app @aaron.bsky.team is it official Bluesky policy that trans people aren't allowed to report posts that wish death to trans people as hate speech, since somebody is being threatened with suspension? Or is somebody going rogue and breaking policy to threaten a trans user? 416261
Reposted by Kip ManleyDracula is a Secret Yorkshireman (also Dog) @bignewgraphz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The left ‘win arguments’ when we see material change — greater democracy and localism, redistribution of wealth and power, a renewal of public services. Rhetoric is a device that is used to create false hope to stop us from actually fighting for these things. 0127
Reposted by Kip ManleyDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Interestingly, this is why alt was coded into early html - because images were so slow to load so this would convey info while waiting in ye olde dialup tymes. 733760
Reposted by Kip ManleyMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026all the things that God would have us do are hard for us to do 4431143
Reposted by Kip ManleyTruthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026The modern-day legal basis for the criminalization of immigrants largely rests on two anti-immigrant bills signed into law by Bill Clinton 30 years ago. The IIRIRA and the AEDPA further entrenched mass incarceration and laid the blueprint for the detention and deportation machine we have today.buff.lyClinton-Era Laws Passed 30 Years Ago Enabled Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda.Clinton’s ‘96 laws provided the legal foundation for mass detention, rapid deportations, and the evasion of due process. 48148