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Michael Hanscom

@michaelhans.com
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Enthusiastic ambivert. Geeky, liberal, friendly, curious, hopepunk; trying to be a good person. (he/him) 🖖 Primarily a Mastodon user (@djwudi@tenforward.social); semi-active here. Blogging since the '90s: michaelhans.com

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Norwescon @norwescon.org · 30/09/2026
Membership Rates Increasing October 1st: The full (four-day) adult membership rate will increase from the current $80 rate to $110 on October 1. This rate will continue through mid-March (to be announced before that date) after which it will…
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Membership Rates Increasing October 1st
The full (four-day) adult membership rate will increase from the current $80 rate to $110 on October 1. This rate will continue through mid-March (to be announced before that date) after which it…
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 29/09/2026
macOS Golden Gate Music app still crap: The latest in my ongoing string of grumbling about Apple's lack of care for the non-streaming aspects of their macOS Music (iTunes) app.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/28/macos-golden-gate-music-app-still-crap
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 28/09/2026
Weekly Notes: September 14–17, 2026: Two weeks in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past fortnight.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/27/weekly-notes-september-14-17-2026
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 27/09/2026
The City and The City by China Miéville: Book 42 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: The crime novel part is a good mystery; the setting itself is fascinating and has me looking at the spaces I live in differently.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/26/the-city-and-the-city-by-china-mieville
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Seriously I'm seeing people be all "haha he's a 12 year old boy" when he mentioned the Arch with the Snipers but for some reason no one seems to do the math this way. Whether or not he builds the arch, he's telling you he's not leaving and he's gonna ask the military to protect him in the WH
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 16/09/2026
Weekly Notes: September 7–13, 2026: A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/13/weekly-notes-september-7-13-2026
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 13/09/2026
The Death of Princes by John Peel: Book 41 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: Most notable for the number of overt A-Team references given to Barclay.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/12/the-death-of-princes-by-john-peel
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Norwescon @norwescon.org · 12/09/2026
It’s September! You know what that means? Just six months until #NWC49! Our first planning meeting of the year is kicking off now. Want to help out? Visit our Volunteers page for all the details: buff.ly/IC0ROIH #norwescon #norwesconvolunteers
Lots of people gathered around round tables in a hotel conference room, with a large straight table at the front with our Executive team, and a Zoom window projected on one wall for our remote attendees.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 10/09/2026
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett: Book 40 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: The Turtle moves.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/09/small-gods-by-terry-pratchett
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 09/09/2026
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett: Book 39 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: A Discworld look at stories, fairy tales, and what happens when someone is a little too intent on making sure they go just the way they should.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/27/witches-abroad-by-terry-pratchett
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 09/09/2026
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett: Book 38 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: It's easy to see why Death is a favorite character in the Discworld series.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/17/reaper-man-by-terry-pratchett
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 08/09/2026
Vacation Log Part 8: Home!: Part eight, in which we return home. Plus some random travel thoughts that came up over the journey.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/06/vacation-log-part-8-home
Part eight, in which we return home. Plus some random travel thoughts that came up over the journey.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 08/09/2026
Vacation Log Part 7: London: Part seven of our summer adventures: London!… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/06/vacation-log-part-7-london
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 01/09/2026
Vacation Log Part 6: Paris: Part six of our summer adventures: Paris!… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Vacation Log Part 6: Paris
Part six of our summer adventures: Paris!
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 27/08/2026
Vacation Log Part 5: Brussels: Part five of our summer adventures: Brussels, Belgium!… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Vacation Log Part 5: Brussels
Part five of our summer adventures: Brussels, Belgium!
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 25/08/2026
Vacation Log Part 4: Amsterdam: Part four of our summer adventure: Amsterdam!… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Vacation Log Part 4: Amsterdam
Part four of our summer adventure: Amsterdam!
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 23/08/2026
Vacation Log Part 3: Berlin: Part three of our vacation: A day in Berlin.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Vacation Log Part 3: Berlin
Part three of our vacation: A day in Berlin.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 22/08/2026
Vacation Log Part 2: Frankfurt: Part two of our summer vacation: Frankfurt, Germany!… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Vacation Log Part 2: Frankfurt
Part two of our summer vacation: Frankfurt, Germany!
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 21/08/2026
I Miss Music Stores: This has been coming to mind as I travel through Germany on our vacation this year: I really miss music stores. Just like Amazon or Netflix is a pale shadow of a bookstore or a Blockbuster, online mus… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/21/i-miss-music-stores
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 18/08/2026
Vacation Log Part 1: San Francisco: Part one of our summer adventures, from Seattle to San Francisco.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Vacation Log Part 1: San Francisco
Part one of our summer adventures, from Seattle to San Francisco.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 14/08/2026
Week-and-a-half-ish-ly Notes: August 3–13, 2026: A week and a half or so in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past eleven days.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/13/week-and-a-half-ish-ly-notes-august-3-13-2026
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 14/08/2026
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi: Book 37 of 2026: ⭐️: Actively disliked this one; a rare instance where I came very close to bailing out and DNF'ing, and probably only stuck it out because it's part of my Hugo Best Novel reading proj… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/13/the-windup-girl-by-paolo-bacigalupi
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/08/2026
A hearty f*** you to Adobe for the platform-wide licensing system that makes it impossible for me to use both my university license to Acrobat Pro and my personal license to their Creative Suite at the same time. I remember when buying a software package meant you could use it, no bullshit.
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Happy Dave Matthews Band Poop Bus Day to all who celebrate! On August 8, 2004, the DMB tour bus dumped an estimated 800 pounds of human waste from the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago onto an open-top sightseeing boat in the Chicago River below. There were 120 tourists aboard the vessel.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The TikTok girlies are referring to Amanda Palmer as “steampunk Ghislaine Maxwell” and damn
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 04/08/2026
Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall: Book 36 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: Apparently, my suspension of disbelief is fine with zombies, but insufficiently pedantic Trekkies is over the line.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/04/night-of-the-living-trekkies-by-kevin-david-anderson-and-sam-stall
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 03/08/2026
Weekly Notes: July 27–August 2, 2026: A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/02/weekly-notes-july-27-august-2-2026
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 03/08/2026
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett: Book 35 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Got quite a few laughs out of this entry in the series.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/02/moving-pictures-by-terry-pratchett
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 29/07/2026
Star Trek: The Enterprise Logs Volume 2: Book 34 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: As with the first, it’s not so much about the actual quality as the cringe entertainment value.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/27/star-trek-the-enterprise-logs-volume-2
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 28/07/2026
Eric by Terry Pratchett: Book 33 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: A shorter book, this is a relatively quick romp; not bad, but not a standout.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/26/eric-by-terry-pratchett
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 28/07/2026
Book 32 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: Another fun adventure with Pratchett’s undercurrent of social commentary throughout. michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Book 32 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: Another fun adventure with Pratchett’s undercurrent of social commentary throughout.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 27/07/2026
Weekly Notes: July 20–26, 2026: A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/26/weekly-notes-july-20-26-2026
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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Vulcan As A Motherfucker. 🤘🏻🖖🏻
This is a second alternate version with text added. star trek lower decks fan art illustration of T'Lyn. she's leaning against something (off screen), wearing sunglasses, has purple eye shadow - as is vulcan tradition, multiple piercings in her ear, 2 rings, a starfleet delta and a vulcan hand symbol. She has the lesbian slit cut in her eyebrow. she's wearing a blue choker, and two necklaces. one is a simple silver chain. the other is Khan's makeshift broken starfleet necklace from the OG "Wrath of Khan." she's wearing a punk wristband and black opal ring. on her right arm is the vulcan script for "live long and prosper" and on her left arm is the vulcan script for "peace and long life." both are obscured by the pose. her blue tank top has the letters "IDIC." the decal is worn and faded. the background is purple to match her eyeshadow. The yellow text says "Compassion Is The Radicalism of Our Time."
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 21/07/2026
Weekly Notes: July 13–19, 2026: A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Weekly Notes: July 13–19, 2026
A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 19/07/2026
Star Trek: The Enterprise Logs: Book 31 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: By just about any realistic objective measure, these are bad; two stars would be generous. But as artifacts of 1970s Trek comics, they’re certainly entertaining.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/18/star-trek-the-enterprise-logs
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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 17/07/2026
The classic “I want to believe” poster, but with the UFO replaced by Jimothy.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 17/07/2026
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky: Book 29 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: This was excellent. My favorite of Tchaikovsky’s books that I’ve read so far.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/16/service-model-by-adrian-tchaikovsky
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 15/07/2026
Hey, I know this guy!
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 13/07/2026
Weekly Notes: July 6–12, 2024: A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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Weekly Notes: July 6–12, 2026
A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week.
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 08/07/2026
A Fury Scorned by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski: Book 28 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: More introspective than most Trek novels.… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/06/a-fury-scorned-by-pamela-sargent-and-george-zebrowski
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 04/07/2026
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: Book 27 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: A neat exploration of quantum physics and the nature of the universe through lenses of Black perspectives, queer theory, and pop culture, with one _incredibly_ incorrect sen… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/03/the-edge-of-space-time-by-chanda-prescod-weinstein
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 30/06/2026
The AI Compass: The Union Organizer: AI is a real tool being used to extract real labor value from real people without paying them. You don't care about the singularity — you care about the artists, writers, and work… michaelhans.com/eclecticism/...
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https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/06/30/the-ai-compass
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 27/06/2026
Yeah; figured that out and edited the original post on Mastodon. Goofed up my days when pre-scheduling my photo-a-day posts. :)
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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
CAN'T STOP. WON'T STOP. DON'T LIKE IT? CALL THE COPS. SMUT PEDDLER IS BACK. Follow the preview page. www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
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Coming soon: THE RETURN OF SMUT PEDDLER.
Smut Peddler was the vanguard of the new wave of sexy and smutty alternative and indie comic collections. And we're not done yet.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Egypt and Iran have requested that Pride events in Seattle during their World Cup match be canceled and… no. Welcome to Seattle. This might be the most patriotic I’ve felt in my life. Pride isn’t happening during your game; you’re here during Pride. Suck a rainbow. apnews.com/article/worl...
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Iran and Egypt will meet, uncomfortably, in Seattle's World Cup 'Pride Match'
Egypt and Iran are two of the most repressive countries for gays and lesbians. But by sheer coincidence they will square off in a World Cup “Pride Match” in Seattle coinciding with the city’s annual c...
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Kat @bondkat42.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This whole thread but especially this part. The Praireland convictions, the Spokane ones....just all of it. It's enraging and wrong, and if you can't see that or say it, you should think about why you can't.
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John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Tech CEOs in 2026: ‘We spent billions to hopefully one day have an ai that can make people feel like it’s portraying real emotions for tv, but we need way more money to do it’ Jim Henson in 1955: ‘yeah so I stuck some ping pong balls to a bit of old felt and called it Kermit’
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Michael Hanscom @michaelhans.com · 23/06/2026
This is really cool. Thanks for pointing it out!
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