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Geeky blue dot in Missouri

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 30/09/2026
Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket. “There’s no point beating yourself up for failing to clear a backlog (of unread books, undone tasks, unrealized dreams) that was always inherently unfeasible to clear in the first place.” [oliverburkeman.com]
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Treat your to-read pile like a river | Oliver Burkeman
I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that you, like me, have a large pile (or digital equivalent) of books or articles you've been meaning to get around to reading, plus maybe a long queue of podcast episodes to which you'd love to listen, if only you had the time.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026
"When my guests come over, it’s gonna be like BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes. Guess what season it is—fucking fall. There’s a nip in the air, and my house is full of mutant fucking squash." buff.ly/pykYN6f
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm sure that just as soon as we're done throwing the transgender community under the bus the Right will cease its odious attacks on discrete and insular minorities
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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jesus Christ, famously stingy about giving fish to people
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Listen, if you’re not happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship either, happiness comes from picking a new hobby and then buying all the things to start that hobby then finding the perfect little storage container for those things and then putting that storage container in the spare room
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Analyst: Trajectory matters. Am I filling the glass or drinking it?
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Family Handyman recently had a one-sheet plywood challenge, so I thought I’d share a standing desk I made a few years ago. It’s almost the same height as width, but tapered legs trick the eye so it doesn’t look like a boring square. #woodworking
Hand drawn plans for a standing desk made from a single sheet of plywood. A standing desk made from a single sheet of birch plywood. The top is two sheets thick with a beveled edge, and the legs have a nice taper. A standing desk with a monitor and laptop on it.
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Harold Lunch? That doesn’t seem right.
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Mark E. Poasts @lolphillies.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment
Facebook post from Scottish soccer fan - The busses have stopped at some park thing near the ground and there's American guys making food and giving people free beers and stuff
Some Haiti fans here as well, what a bunch of good guys
wtf is going on man, what an experience this is man holy shit

With photos of people boozing in a parking lot
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Mrs. Cecil Wade @mrscecilwade.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Royals baseball team is not doing well, but their team photographer - Jason Hanna - has taken some great shots this year.
Photo of a baseball stadium on a cloudy day. In the clouds, there is the shadow of the downtown Kansas City skyline.
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is excellent news. Can we crew the whole mission with billionaires?
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Obligatory Star Wars post: when a loved one asks me to do something on a Saturday that doesn’t involve making sawdust, playing guitar, or going to the hardware store, I whine that I was going to go into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Trump’s “complicated relationship with the Bible” is a lot like my complicated relationship with Charlize Theron
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I really @raygunsite.com doesn’t start posting on SubStack. There are so many alternatives that don’t subsidize literal nazis.
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Out: Hiking the Appalachian Trail. In: Teleported to Waffle House.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/03/2026
well that went way deeper than I was expecting
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tomate 🍅 @jascha.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026
When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
So the oil gets an armed escort, but Americans stuck overseas are SOL.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
okay, this is funny, though
Toronto harold satire site headline: "Canadian Olympic hockey teams to bring back silver medals to home country that has healthcare and stable democracy"
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Jack Hughes definitely needs to get a gold tooth with a medal engraved on it.
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I did not need to know that the oldest US Olympian is younger than me. I mean, I assumed it, but didn’t need it confirmed.
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TimTam- (Caudle) - Remembering Roo @caudlewag.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
THIS IS NOT A DRILL YOU CAN GET EVERY DISCWORLD TOME ON EBOOK FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SUBWAY FOOTLONG COMBO. USUALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BOOK LEGALLY IS LIKE 400+ NOT. A. DRILL. www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
This is my super bowl. I turned it from an oak burl I’ve been saving for years until my skill was worthy of the wood.
A three footed oak burl bowl. It’s super. A three footed oak burl bowl. It’s super.
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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 27/01/2026
Docusign, I never, ever, EVER want you to AI “summarize” my legally-binding contract, thanks.
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jme @jamieeb.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
it’s that time again
Dave Matthews apology form to apologize to Dave Matthews for your misguided dislike of Dave Matthews
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It’s not that ICE isn’t trained. This is what they have been trained to do.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Kevin is right -- holy hell! -- but among many other things, this obit demonstrates the possible price of resistance.
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Claire Nevin-Field @clairenf.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
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Redirecting...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The road to Excellence leads through the Valley of Sucking.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I’ve turned three little bowls this week, all from wood that someone decided wasn’t fit for firewood. And they’re right; logs with interesting grain tend not to split well, and spalted wood is in the process of rotting. #woodworking #woodturning
Two small turned containers made from highly figured wood.
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
A nice visual metaphor for tech companies laying people off because the genAI sales people told them genAI could do all the jobs.
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Is there, like, a special Hobby Lobby for rich people where you buy shit like this?
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Popular Science @popsci.com · 18/12/2025
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Turned a nice little bowl today. #woodworking
A small wooden bowl, dark heart wood with light rays emanating downward. A small wooden bowl with complex grain and a little bit of dark blue epoxy fill in some of its cracks.
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenterIn a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Searched YouTube music (don’t judge) for “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” and among the search results was a podcast about the Dyatlov pass incident. Huh. Okay, I guess I can see that.
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
A filled donut is basically a breakfast burrito.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
"I'm not in denial about [AI]. I'm in open rebellion." Amen.
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Coinman of the Month @meetzow.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
Preview of news program with title "who should be fed chair?"
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litcritter.bsky.social @litcritter.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Who knew Laurie Anderson had thoughts about genAI?
An image from the Laurie Anderson installation at the Hirshhorn Museum. The text reads, “If you think technology will solve your problems then you don’t understand technology - and you don’t understand your problems.”
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Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
This is lore-accurate. Clerics are only proficient with bludgeoning weapons.
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