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Nathan Hedrick

@nattydugong.bsky.social
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He/him, writer, ex-teacher, dingus

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026
"The central lesson of this cycle is not that Charlie Brown should stop trusting Lucy. It is that Charlie Brown must do a better job explaining why trusting Lucy remains the responsible choice." buff.ly/X2RjqP5
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“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party
“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This theory operates under the assumption that there are a ton of anti-trans single issue voters who are otherwise liberal. It’s the stupidest idea imaginable and also the prevailing belief of the Democratic establishment.
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Scotti Mann Creations @scottimann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I hope this one gets some traction… otherwise I feel folks might be missing some pretty good art. Lol I do live the impression that he’s being conjured from the ancient book. Arise the demon… #comicbooks #dccomics #superheroes #illustration #fanart
Full color drawing of MADCAP Comics character, Etrigan the Demon drawn by Scotti Mann. Shows Etrigan stepping from a flaming ancient book as if being conjured forth.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
LEONARD NIMOY and his son Adam on the set of ‘Star Trek’ in 1965. “The make-up folks put ears on my son Adam to surprise me. A precious moment while shooting the original series.”
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The mystery beef. It's horse meat, though, right?
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Prefrontal cortices are a vestigial organ nowadays
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Just saw a thing where a director talked about taking out sex/nudity because audiences don’t want to see it. Here’s an idea: fuck the audience. I’m the chef & they’ll eat what I serve them and like it. *The audience* knows what they want? Why don’t you let a toddler drive a car next?
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
the ideal academic life is being an eccentric Victorian lord. Invent a stamp licking machine at 22. Get elected to the Royal Academy for counting the beetles on your estate. Die in an arsenic explosion. The perfect life.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This shit with Taylor Farms is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you may say you “don’t do politics,“ but politics are more than happy to do you. The microbes political bribes got out the door and into your intestines don’t particularly care that you find it all beneath you.
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Also, BEGGING a poorly-read Gen Z reviewer to call the tropes "tired"
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Lol at anyone trying to read the odyssey before seeing the movie. You done BEEN doin that
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I would like to see "Majin" Vegeta brought up on domestic terrorism trials. I remember the World Martial Arts Tournament Massacre, and you expect me to be okay with him walking free, married into the Briefs empire, the wealthiest family on the planet?
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 04/07/2026
laura palmer whispering in cooper’s ear in the red room:

“a second coop has hit twin peaks”
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ceej @ceej.online · 03/07/2026
it’s so funny to imagine a silicon valley striver getting invited to a top-secret “ideas conference” ready to learn the Secrets of the Elites only to get trapped on an understuffed hotel chair for eight hours while a very sweaty billionaire rants about how the Actual Devil lives inside chinese RAM
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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Many people still don’t understand the most basic truth about human beings: our liberation is interconnected.
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Physical books. You own them. They don't require updates. They don't surveil you or collect and sell your data. They are a genuinely safe hallucinogen that leaves you smarter and more empathetic and with a longer attention span the more you use them. Free from the library. What's not to like?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/07/2026
WASHINGTON—In a judgment the majority of justices said reflected the intentions of the Founding Fathers, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling this week that upheld state bans on transgender athletes, adopting an originalist vision for junior varsity volleyball rosters.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“moderate” is positional. so, sure, we need moderates, after we elect enough leftists that Mamdani is a moderate by comparison.
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Leftists need to de-stigmatize the soapbox. Light the blazing virtue-signals. It's ideological war! Join the ranks of the Moralist Army and cast aside the self-conscious chains of cringe! No satire on the front lines, no whinging in the trenches!
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Heh heh heh, LLMs might make small composition errors in writing a signal of authenticity, if not quaintness >:)
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I kinda wanna do a little social media presentation of some of the random historical tidbits I've uncovered about my hometown while writing this book, but some people have advised me to keep info proprietary... But I don't own history..?
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Just stop listening when people talk about "reality," "realism," "realistic" in regards to politics. Any assertion of "realism" is always disingenuous; nobody's perception of political reality is accurate, so why NOT speculate? Why NOT promote your ideology? Just STOP voting for white men!
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What the country needs, as far as a course of action or a healing ethos to promote, is not a nebulous concept that just hasn't been found yet. What will fix this country was detailed explicitly by queer feminist writers in the 90s and have been available for decades.
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My thing about graham platner and the "purity politics" issue is that for every race with a problematic white guy candidate that the Left "just needs to accept as lesser of two evils," there was a queer woman or a black woman or a Latino woman that "couldn't have won"
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Republicans think Kratos at the end of God of War 3 is a real man, regular people know Kratos at the end of GoW:Ragnarok is a real man.
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Dirk Vanover @dirkv.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The key in any review is being able to articulate WHY you liked/disliked something. If the reader can discern what didn’t work (or worked) for you, then they are better informed as to whether they might enjoy the work you’re reviewing.
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I think when Hemingway said "Write drunk, edit sober," he inadvertently weighed in on the future discourse about AI being an accessibility tool for creative writers. ADHD makes the raw copy BAD. The dredge, the poop-out-the-butt first draft garbage is ROUGH from the ADHD brain (...)
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Ok since the writing process has begun in earnest, I think I'll post a bit about the process and my struggles with ADHD in writing a novel. #1: AI isn't gonna TOUCH this project, I've got something to prove #2: Why the fuck does story come in novel, this is dumb
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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
No shopping experience will ever equal the satisfaction of finding cool stuff at a used bookstore.
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Remember, kids, correct deductive reasoning means nobody else CAN argue it. It's what makes philosophy a science!
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
When dudes with bad political takes are disagreed with by many people and call it a "pile-on," I assume two things: 1. They can't identify correct or incorrect reasoning anyway 2. They only developed the take because they get off on feeling like "the lone intellectual vs. the populist masses"
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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
All depictions of the Odyssey, a fantasy story, should be historically accurate. So they should look ancient Greek (blond, buff) and talk like ancient Greeks (BBC British).
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Scotti Mann Creations @scottimann.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Moon Inks. #marvelcomics #moonknight #comicbooks #superheroes #fanart #inkart #illustration #comicbookart
Black and white inked drawing of Marvel Comics’ Moon Knight vaulting over a rooftop in a dramatic action pose with a gritty skyline silhouette in the background. Drawn by up and coming comic artist Scotti Mann
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 13/04/2026
In addition to their cultural achievements, the Aztecs far outstripped European contemporaries in the sciences. By 1500 they had developed floor buttons, spring-loaded wall spears, flaming spiked pendulums, and awe-inspiring (if rudimentary) clay robots that drop machine gun ammo
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Does anyone else think it's interesting that rhetorically, Trump only ever uses physical size as a descriptor when talking about most everything? Like, everything has to be BIGGER; even abstracts like deals and legislation. Almost like he can't get much deeper into an analysis of anything.
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Chatgpt, generate an image of **nude Tayne**
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This was literal prophecy. TELL me that this is not what all these chatgpt dipshits have become
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Tim and Eric - Celery Man
YouTube video by Twinfold11
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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I knew this would do numbers on Reddit.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Americans are being denied health care so Trump has enough money to blow up a girls school in a foreign country.
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ceej @ceej.online · 10/06/2024
sometimes the white protagonist in a japanese video game is given a face So White it helps me to understand racism
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Let's be clear. The working class Trump voters had valid complaints about how America was oppressing them, but there were other options than "Vote for worst person possible and watch it break." The main one was "Listen to the people building a better way and throw your vote away to them."
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Nathan Hedrick @nattydugong.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"why do you hate America?!" says MAGA. We hate YOUR America. The one you made when you took over.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
kat's one year of campaigning has arguably moved democratic politics forward more than the average elected democrat has while in congress
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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Gladiator
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musicianapolis @generalmusician.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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