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PBS Passport is generally fine, but their promos are also loud. ::sigh::

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

HBO is the only service I have (aside from Apple, which is going away soon) that is ad-free so that I can fall into dreamland to the uninterrupted soothing sounds of How It's Made. So I gotta find something else. Unlike cable, streaming ad volumes aren't regulated.

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yes. the big takeaway from the crucifixion of Jesus is that capital punishment is good.

Jack Posobiec

@JackPosobiec
Christ Himself accepted the death penalty

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I mean, this person must have such a limited amount of media consumed to have no idea that fancy has so many definitions. Has he never heard "flights of fancy?" Is he uncurious or just really thick? And he was so confident in his mistake!

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Such a fragile ego. Imagine learning something new and being angry about it. Bless.

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This is an old article, but still relevant. In the wee hours, I read comments and one stood out to me (and another). Fellow wordsmiths (particularly @kawhittlesey.bsky.social) might find the ensuing exchange amusing. The offender did not & blocked me in less than a minute after my comment! (cont'd)

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Ha, and now Mr Newspaper has blocked me. The internet is so full of fragile egos. Bless.

What a bizarre thing for this person to argue. Yes, fancy can be a thing that is imaginary and definitely indicative of a person with a florid vocabulary (such as a fancy lawyer 😏)

lesleyest @lesleyest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Anyone heard an update on the symphony musician who had to sell his instrument to pay his bills?

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lesleyest @lesleyest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Took a pic of some Friday to ID later. Thanks for saving me the effort 😁

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lesleyest @lesleyest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I miss the relaxing vacation from Sunday through Friday, but I miss none of the rest of it (including the Saturdays and the people from Indiana who've discovered the Gulf Coast).

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 03/10/2026

His palms are nailed, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his loincloth already, mary's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm and ready To drop truths, that he'll speak and others write down, the whole crowd goes meek He opens his mouth, "father why have you forsaken me"

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lesleyest @lesleyest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah, it's almost comical. Seems like the fentanyl panic here has subsided for now. Still wild, though. I guess it was created to stack charges on people like attempted murder.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So how long will the war have to continue to make sure it stays that way, that Iran has no nuclear weapons? “Stays that way” forever seems like a long time.

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lesleyest @lesleyest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When I had my port installed for chemo, I was talking to a nurse as they started putting up the screening and then they started taking it down. I said, "oh no, is something wrong?" She said, "no, you're finished." 30 minutes passed in the literal blink of an eye. I felt nothing. It was amazing.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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I have never heard of any newsrooms with alarming practices like those described in this thread. If you have, I’d like to hear from you. Contact in bio.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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lesleyest @lesleyest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is my thought. The cops act like even looking at fentanyl will kill you. The state confiscates it, so.... (also, I was given it in the hospital and can imagine it is the easiest way to go).

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lesleyest @lesleyest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ah, gotcha. My labs don't say much at all unless my blood calcium is super wild.

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lesleyest @lesleyest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

They don't let us get scans. We have to wait until there's a problem either with bloodwork or pain that won't go away. No "scanxiety," but the weight of wondering what's going on and if I'm ignoring something I shouldn't is rough.

Srsly. I have two more years of 2x/yearly appts, then 1x for another 4 years.

Oh no. There is a woman in the waiting room who is crying. Clearly a recurrence. I hope she gets unexpected good news back there.

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 30/09/2026

I still remember the look on the ultrasound tech's face when I asked to see the image. She said, "the doctor will be in to see you in just a second..." and lowered her head as she walked out.

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Burning man should be a festival where they burn a shitty man Like an actual guy that sucks Then I would go

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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