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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Does anyone else play this incredibly annoying game? I hate it but can’t stop

A screen grab from the New Yorker game Shuffalo

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Which I’m bringing back the Patrick O’Brian quote of the day, concerning urination

‘It is well known that I am an urinator,’ said Stephen, looking at him firmly, ‘and in recent hours I have felt a great moral pressure on me to dive.’ It was quite true: no one had openly suggested anything of the kind, and after Hairabedian’s fate no one could decently even hint at it, but he had observed many low-voiced conferences, and he had intercepted many glances directed at his diving-bell, now stowed upon the booms – glances as eloquent as those of a dog. ‘So with your permission I propose descending as soon as John Cooper shall have reassembled the bell. My plan is to attach hooks to the openings in the galley’s deck, which being hauled upon will break up the floor-boards, revealing all that lies below. But I need a companion, a mate, to help me with the necessary manoeuvres.’
9-Treason's Harbour, ch.6, paragraph 156

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Libertarian Party of NH is truly a world-historical collection of weird dummies

NHLP tweets saying "we openly support the assassination of basically every elected democrat in New Hampshire / Bit if you don't have the balls to do that then you should probably vote Gap" and "if you want to light Democrats on fire, please do / is that what you're going to do? / Or are you going to pretend you are while sitting at home and doing nothing at all?"

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Presented without commentary, from the Buzzfeed listicle “Professionals Who "Read" People For A Living Reveal 21 Common "Tells" People Have No Idea Abou

“17. "I’m a business consultant. I graduated from one of Canada’s top business schools with really good grades. I help struggling small business owners make it in this competitive world. A couple of years ago, I met this woman who was a CEO at one of the most exciting tech startups in the world with millions in backing from hedge fund investors. For her privacy, I’ll call her Eliza. When I first sat down to talk with Eliza, the most important thing was to establish some trust with her. One of the first things she said to me was that she was 'engaging with me as a human,' which made me question if she was engaging with me as a human. When I pressed a little more, she insisted, 'I am being real with you,' which, again, raised some concerns about whether she was being real with me. Eliza is in jail for fraud now. I should have trusted my first instincts."
—u/MadoneOnMobile”

Excerpt From
“21 Secret Tells From Bartenders, Security Officers, And Other Professionals Who "Read Strangers" For A Living”
Angelica Martinez
BuzzFeed
https://apple.news/ArMlEzu_LR96neFQyZhGFvA
This material may be protected by copyright.

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Had trouble putting my finger on what his facial expression reminded me of. Then I realized it was this:

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

this is like one of those wireframe diagrams showing how gravity warps the space-time continuum

three wire diagrams of the sun, a neutron star, and a black hole warping the space-time continuum

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Welcome to Bluesky. Please familiarize yourself with the following accounts to understand the range of opinions it is acceptable to express.

The famous “everybody dies” x-men comic book cover where there’s a grid of photos of mutants,
mostly labeled “slain” or “apprehended.”

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

it is time once again to play the fun game of "let's spot all the jobs in this data center"

server racks lining a long empty hallway

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

its just us and Matthew Brockerick-era Godzilla holding it down

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I COULD SAY THE SAME TO YOU, NETFLIX

an email headline from Netflix reading "Don't forget to finish Detroiters"

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I can’t imagine what the issue was

The lighting display in question: giant spotlights pointing everywhere into the night sky

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

me most days: space is inspiring and cool me today:

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Saw this the other night. Couldn’t not take a pic.

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

o really? the stolen valor of these so-called "meteor"-ologists is on FULL DISPLAY

"As a meteorologist, you can think of it this way: we didn’t “forecast” the meteor. We diagnosed it after the fact using satellite flashes, lightning-mapper data, radar signatures, eyewitness reports, and eventually NASA’s analysis."

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Which it’s the Patrick O’Brian QOTD, concerning unorthodox uses of shells

The arrival of Admiral Snape and Captain Hallowell to eat their mutton with the Aubreys cut the conversation short, but it was not a great while before Stephen was on the subject once again. Sophie had whispered him to join her early, and as the three sailors were intent upon fighting St Vincent over again, shot by shot, it was not at all difficult for him to come away to the drawing-room while they were setting nutshells up in line of battle, and to come away with the certainty of a long, quiet interval before him.
5-Desolation Island, ch.2, paragraph 103

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Which it’s the #PatrickOBrian quote of the day, concerning wagers on war and peace. #AubreyMaturin

Madam,’ replied Stephen, ‘I repeat that I know nothing of the Stock Exchange: I could not readily distinguish between a bull and a bear. I only say that if your friends’ advice is based upon their persuasion that peace is to be concluded within the next few days, then you should perhaps reflect that they may be mistaken.’
11-The Reverse of the Medal, ch.6, paragraph 3

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Which it’s the Patrick O’Brian quote of the day, concerning straits and other matters.

The sailors, happy to be released from Fallopian tubes and biliary concretions, spoke of sperms they had seen within the Straits, Jonahs they had known, the horrible fate of ships in which Jonahs had sailed, and Jack’s party ended in an even more civilized way, moving from the sea to the land – plays seen, balls attended, and a furlong by furlong account of a fox-chase in which Mowett and Mr Ferney’s hounds would certainly have come up with their quarry if he had not plunged into a field-drain as darkness came on.
10-The Far Side of the World, ch.3, paragraph 90

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

If you live in the northern US and Canada, you can see Bombus ternarius, my fav bee and possibly fav animal, which sports similar colors. (I have a fav bee) val.vtecostudies.org/projects/vtb...

Bombus ternarious, a bumblebee with two brown-orange stripes on its abdomen

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Trying something new. Which it's the Patrick O'Brian Quote of the Day:

‘My hands have now regained the moderate ability they possessed before I was captured,’ observed Maturin, ‘but his have gone on to a point I never thought he could reach: his hands and his mind. I am amazed. In his own way he is the secret man of the world; but I wish his music were happier.’
17-The Commodore, ch.3, paragraph 109

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This is like that time Superman became president

Superman being sworn in as president on the cover of a comic book from the early 90s iirc

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Any fan’s of the original 1995 movie Shazam ?

A vhs of the very real movie Shazam starring sinbad

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Maybe it’s just because we’ve been reading Redwall at home, but this got me

A picture of sculptures of foxes disguised as monks, one from Japan and one from Denmark. Below, someone responds “it was a global problem”

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This Edsall piece argues as if No Kings has a youth motivation problem, but these data points suggest to me that this movement is succeeding in capturing older voters. (Which is to say the most valuable age demographic of voters.) I really don't see the problem here. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...

She provided the following data about the three No Kings protests: “At No Kings 1 (June 14, 2025) the median age was 36, at No Kings 2 (Oct. 18, 2025) the median age was 44, and at No Kings 3 (March 28, 2026) it was 48. Clearly, it’s getting older.”

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Prob somewhere wearing the mark of the beast on his forehead tbh

◄ Revelation 13:16 ►)
New International Version
It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Who wants to break it to this guy?

a screencap of a Marketplace listing for a "Vintage Raytheon frisbee. 25 years old," a claim belied by the fact that the frisbee says "September 14, 1980" on it.

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The strait of Hormuz is open for transit

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I'm committed to sharing this Bosch screencap until it catches on.

As screenshot of Jamie Hector from Bosch saying “I’m not talking about those Florsheim clodhoppers you wear”

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

"the falcon cannot hear the falconer." yeah ok but in his defense here are the falconers

RFK Jr and Don Jr in a field holding falcons

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Is this the year Calvin's dad gets his wish?

A Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin asks his dad for a traffic safety slogan, and his dad replies "Sure! Cyclists have a right to the road too, you noisy, polluting, inconsiderate maniacs! I hope gas goes up to eight bucks a gallon!" (Calvin then says he'll go ask his mom.

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Finished this last week. Not quite in the top tier with the Karla books or Perfect Spy but weirdly found this to be one his most fun books? Also easily my fav cover of these editions.

The cover of The Night Manager by John Le Carré. Cover features a tiger behind bars.

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Proselytizing the SUNY Albany campus to brutalism stans

SUNY Albany podium: a giant fountain surrounded by concrete pillars

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Just learned from @himself.bsky.social how E. German protesters in the '80s proved that the regime's critics were normal people—not "evil, weird freaks," as the regime would have described them. Echoes of Minneapolis, of course. But the other side of the coin is this guy. Textbook evil, weird freak.

Ilhan Omar's attacker with his mystery syringe.

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