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Lilly Emerson

@lilly-dev.bsky.social
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Platform engineer and former SDET. I kept telling myself I'm going to start learning Rust soon, AND NOW I FINALLY AM. Doting cat parent. Blog: lllly-orchard.github.io

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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 10/07/2026
Vince McMahon laser eyes meme: 

Teaching you how to be a leader 



By having AI write it for me 




By paying someone else to tell AI to write it for me 



By offshoring the job of telling AI to write my leadership lessons
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cover of the unfortunately fictitious magazine Vizier Monthly. Against a red background, a pale man in black sits schemingly, surrounded by headlines
-"they never knew what hit them" Myzithra the Cruel Tells All
-You On Top: The Fierce New Secret to Success
-10 Signs Your Spymaster Is In His Treachery Era (Number 9 Will Shock You!)
-schemes to drive your lord wild
-9 poisons so subtle even you won't know how they died
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Lilly Emerson @lilly-dev.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
BRING 👏 BACK 👏 BOOK-IT 👏 FOR 👏 ADULTS
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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 07/07/2026
check in on your trans girl friends because half of them are going to start using motoko kusanagi pfps in 3 weeks
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P.A. Bastien @pabastien.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I was told by Nickelodeon Execs that my Paw Patrol script about a tornado that flings pies was way too scary for midwesterners and that it presented (and this is an exact quote) "A DIRECT THREAT TO MIDDLE AMERICA."
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Lilly Emerson @lilly-dev.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I don’t know enough to have strong feelings about age-restricting social media per se, but i do have strong feelings about the measures that would need to be put in place to enforce it
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Lilly Emerson @lilly-dev.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Shortly before the pricing model switch, in a meeting with other senior engineers i said “i have no sympathy for companies that don’t plan for ai prices to rise dramatically” I got some nasty looks and realized we might be one of those companies
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Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Not only was Independence Day one of the greatest summer blockbusters of the 90s, it was also (possibly) *the* greatest, pettiest cinematic diss track @secretbase.bsky.social @jonbois.bsky.social
youtu.be
THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE | PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE 15
YouTube video by Secret Base
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Performance review season so it’s time once again to align my cat’s achievements this year with her employer’s five pillars of success
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Lilly Emerson @lilly-dev.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Wait until he looks into the statistics for life insurance
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
narrowing section 230 ensures only giants like meta have the resources to allow for people to post on their platforms while everyone else has no choice but to end their user-created content platforms. this is just big tech trying to make the internet consist of only their walled gardens
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Alec S // Renegade Sector Games @renegadesector.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I'm a big fan of media analysis but sometimes the best form of media analysis is letting a piece of art sit with you, making you feel weird in a way you can't understand or explain, until one day you have a life experience and you remember the piece of art and you realize that you understand it now
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
it's not gambling, brendan, it's predicting. there's a huge difference
coach mcgirk from home movies
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rem @tsulala.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
9: Summer Centaur!🌺🔫🌊
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bitch princess of everything (batty) @batshaped.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
poké-relics #makeaterriblecomicday2026
1) "THE HOLY POKé GRAIL!"

2) "DAMN"

3) "WAIT IS THIS THE"

4) "ORIGINAL POKé-BIBLE"

5) "THE DIRECTLY TRANSCRIBED WORD OF POKé-GOD?!"

6) ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS ARCEUS
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We have an opportunity in this moment. A responsibility. To insist on everyone’s humanity, all the way through.
"One of the clearest lessons from this election is that Democratic voters want leaders who refuse to compromise on anyone's humanity. Throughout this campaign, we ran on building bridges and embracing a politics rooted in solidarity and shared safety, rather than fear and division. As I said last night: ‘I will aim to be one of the Jewish Congressmembers most willing to stand up for Palestinian freedom, human rights, and dignity. And I will stand just as firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. Those are not two different jobs. They are the same job.’ Hillel taught that lesson two thousand years ago, and last night’s results highlight its importance for Jewish politics in New York City today."
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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Time to bring back my most liked art post, now with prr prr prr
1: a person is pointing on a bed where cats are lying in a way that leaves a vaguely human outline in the middle, saying "this is my hole!! it was made for me!!
panel 2: a twisted shape of a person lies on the bed, screaling silently as the cats sleep peacefully in random positions
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 24/06/2026
The LC Discord cooked up some thoughts on the scandal naming convention
Calvin's dad explains
"Listening to a podcast about political scandals? Let me show you something interesting. The two types of political scandal or Watergate and Teapot Dome. All scandals fall into these two categories. Iran Contra? Watergate. Menendez bribes? Teapot dome."
Calvin: "Yeah..."
Dad: "Plame? Watergate. The first Trump impeachment? Teapot Dome. The green Reflecting Pool, despite actually being about water, is Teapot Dome."
Last panel Calvin looking horrified, clutching his pillow in the dark
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/06/2026
This is a fight between the volunteers of the Democratic Party and the consultant/billionaire class of the Democratic Party. That's what it is.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I will just say, from Oregon, that to me a big part of why Mamdani and Lander blew up on a national level was that their shared values, mutual respect and solidarity across faith traditions (even while running against each other!) was like everything beautiful about both New York and America
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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My brother, if we win the Democratic Party primaries then we ARE the Democratic Party
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conkface.bsky.social @conkface.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Sam Frantics @dsoart.com · 23/06/2026
Garffeld
Three panel comic of an homage to the first Garfield strip, but Jon is a monk and Garfield is a medieval rendering of a cat. In the first panel, Jon says, “HWÆT, LAM JON ARBUCKLE. I AM A MONK, AND THIS MY CATTE, GARFFELD.” In the second panel, Garffeld is thinking, “ HWÆT, I AM GARFFELD. I AM A CATTE, AND THIS IS MY MONK, JON.” In the last panel, Jon says, “OUR ONLY THOUGHT IS TO GLORIFY GOD.” Garffeld thinks, “FEDE ME.”
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
When we talk about the challenge of integrating new players into Fighting Games, I truly believe things like Mindara are the best chance you have at a good onboarding process; games that use fighting systems but aren't bound to the play length or balance restrictions of a classic fighting game.
kickstarter.com
A Fighter's Nova: Mindara
Halfway between a JRPG and a fighting game. A Fighter’s Nova: Mindara fuses story exploration with the intensity of a fighting game.
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spooky sky ✨🌙✨ @sky-writes.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
yeah i'm into
planet fitness
fitness Planet into mv MOUTH

pic of galactus stolen from wotc bc fuck em
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J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Confessions from a sandhill crane colt: Ugly mom was doing the best she could with what she had (chopsticks and a sock). #wildliferehab 🪶
A sandhill crane puppet made from a grey sock and pair of black chopsticksA sandhill crane puppet made from a grey sock and pair of black chopsticksA sandhill crane puppet made from a grey sock and pair of black chopsticks offering a bite of food to an orphaned colt
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AAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 09/06/2026
obsessed with thomas. happy pride 🪿🌈✨
tumblr post with a screenshot of an article titled “Blind Bisexual Goose Named Thomas Who
Spent Six Years in a Love Triangle With Two Swans And Helped Raise 68 Babies Dies at The Ripe Old Age Of 40”

subheading: He's a bit much

MAY 29, 2024

RIP to the legendtumblr post continues

This goose fucking rocks and had a crazy life!
(link to Thomas’ wikipedia article)

I really just have to summarize Thomas's entire life:

• He was in a committed relationship with a male swan named Henry for 18-24 years before a female swan named Henrietta showed up and mated with Henry.
• Thomas was initially jealous of the pair and attacked them, breaking 2 of the 5 eggs Henrietta had laid. However, once the remaining eggs hatched, Thomas warmed up to them and helped raise them.
• Henry couldn't fly because of an injured wing, so Thomas taught the cygnets how to fly.
• When they needed to reduce the goose population in the pond where Thomas and the swans lived, they dyed Thomas's feathers red so he wouldn't be separated from Henry.
• Henry, Henrietta, and Thomas remained in their happy throuple for years and raised 68 cygnets before Henry died in 2009. After Henry's death, Henrietta found another swan and flew away, leaving Thomas alone.
•Thomas finally met and mated with a female goose in 2011 and had his own babies. However, another goose named George stole them and raised them himself.
• As Thomas grew elderly and blind, he was relocated to a wildlife center where he raised orphaned cygnets.
• His caretaker at the center described him as "pretty high maintenance."
• Thomas died in 2018 at the age of around 40. He had a funeral that included a small coffin and a procession that was led by a bagpiper.
He was buried under the stone where Henry was buried, the two finally reunited in death.
• Before and after his death, Thomas has been celebrated as an icon of the LGBTQ+ community for obvious reasons.
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Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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SwampLizard @swamplizard.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star) Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The political press very clearly understands “truth” as a social agreement, a compromise position between everyone important enough to have an opinion. It did not reflect on how this would allow dedicated liars to go all-in on lies again and again and dramatically shift the position.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/01/2026
actually communicating “I’m here and I’m working for you and here’s how” is an aspect of governing that’s neglected by far too many people who think the work speaks for itself (or, frankly, don’t have the communication chops Zohran does) this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Walz: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this. As I told the white house in no uncertain terms this morning, the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation. The state will handle it. Period.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Mortality rates: Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000 Penicillin 2/100K Viagra 4/100K Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K) More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list. They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
Screenshot of TikTok terms of service 

For Legal Reasons
We may share Information We Collect → to comply with the law, including to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims, or government inquiries. We may also disclose Information We Collect → to enforce any terms applicable to the Services, and to protect and defend our rights, interests, safety, and security, and those of our affiliates, users, or the public.
Information You Provide may include sensitive personal information, as defined under applicable state privacy laws, such as information from users under the relevant age threshold, information you disclose in survey responses or in your user content about your racial or ethnic origin, national origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual life or sexual orientation, status as transgender or nonbinary, citizenship or immigration status, or financial information. For example, we may process your
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 23/01/2026
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026
I just thought everyone should see this
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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Momus Jones @boyq.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Gimli the dwarf from Lord of the Rings, bearded, with a helmet, speech bubble for the post below.
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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
arrested development "but it might work for us" meme except it goes
tobias fünke: we should do a UBI pilot program like the hundreds of pilot programs people have already done
woman: well did it work for those people
tf: yes it always does the impacts of cash transfers are very well understood
but it might not work for us
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Reid Southen @rahll.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This kid is awesome, actual hero.
“He was tearing them up and just shoving them in as fast as he could,” said Ali Martinez, a witness to the event. “Like when you see people in a hot-dog eating contest.” According to the police estimate, around 57 of the 160 images on the wall were destroyed.
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startmenu @startmenu.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a lovingly crafted, often uncomfortable look at the transition into adulthood. @taylorjrioux.bsky.social reviews.
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Review | Perfect Tides: Station to Station - Just Enjoy the Ride — startmenu
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a lovingly crafted, often uncomfortable look at the transition into adulthood. Taylor Rioux reviews.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
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