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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 8h

Never. They can tie me to a stake in the middle of Rate Field, and I'll die quoting Martin Luther.

Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 8h

"Junkie" is a good way to describe it. Cult is another. I rarely engage because you can't fix a cultist with words. If you want a relationship, then you can stay adjacent, demonstrate a better way of life, and firmly shut down their attempts to enlist you. That is literally all you can do.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 9h

I have a friend whose parents literally have a framed picture of Donald Trump in their entry hallway. But yeah, let's blame the kids for being psychos.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 9h

Agreed. The polling didn't exist to back this up, but I'd wager you could find vague secessionist sentiment throughout American history. We were born in separation; the dogma lives loudly within us. That said, the things I feel in my armchair are a far cry from grabbing an AR and joining a militia.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 9h

I've also questioned the random disappearance of nobility.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 22h

Yep. You just have to give less of a rat’s ass than they do. These guys have mortgages, debts, bills, and expensive hobbies. I’m not saying this is an easy road to go down, but the pressure points are legion and very accessible to civilian officials — exactly as designed.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Flash. Didn’t even need to think about it.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"What was Jesus like?" "Oddly enough, monetizable."

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Heck, this was “generic conservative” in the ‘90s when I came of age. The idea that the government is a bloated carcass of waste and fraud, and that huge swaths of federal leeches should be cut loose, has been conservative dogma as long as I can remember.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Guy in my church is adamant that the free-falling polls are a psyop to depress turnout. He is most certainly not going to be okay in November.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This has been the Age of Look Just Listen to Them and Stop Imagining What You Want Them to Mean.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I support pushing the emperor’s face into everyone’s living room. Don’t let anyone forget why they’re worse off.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Love my hometown. Worth pointing out that the suspension is temporary while the city’s legal counsel figures out if they have the authority to make it permanent: www.livingstonenterprise.com/news/filming...

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Filming of movie paused downtown after residents voice concerns

City commissioners voted Saturday morning to temporarily suspend production of a film being made in downtown Livingston.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I remember thinking I could drink some wine the day after donating. After I climbed out of the tunnel that sucked me down into the couch, I realized that no actually don’t do that.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“her dress might come off” 😂

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm so afraid. The president is attending a rally on Monday in Grand Island NE, and the Huskers host the Terps tomorrow. I fear his ETTD field might be strong enough that 48 hours of proximity could doom us. 😰

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It is a little disconcerting that so many people who know a lot about LLMs on a technical level appear to go a little insane. It would be like if there was a really cool and effective new kind of pen, and for some reason about 40% of the people involved in the pen making process went mad.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

All of these so-called people are committing the crime of being brown in public. They're even appropriating the superior culture of their white betters!

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Callender’s Caribbean fantasy begins with the makings of a revenge tale, but becomes a murder mystery. Its exploration of slavery and colonialism is thoughtful, but Sigourney’s self-loathing overwhelms the story. Full review: nwcasebolt.substack.com/p/queen-of-t...

nwcasebolt.substack.com

Queen of the Conquered

Kacen Callender

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Beautiful. They all hooked themselves up to a septic tank, so they deserve everything that flows their way.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I grew up in Livingston. You couldn't pick a worse town to film this in. The locals are... different. 😂

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Constitution was the least obnoxious framework that everyone could hold their noses just long enough to sign (complimentary).

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some real Trumpist-but-leftishly theories of the rule of law going on in here. 😬 I’m pretty sure you don’t beat the people who want the law to be clever word games by agreeing with them that the law is, in fact, clever word games.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s a good thing infosec doesn’t require a lot of eye contact.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I would come very close to selling my immortal soul if it meant I didn’t have to use my insurance provider’s website ever again.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So much begging and pleading to be accepted, and it will never happen. Sad!

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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yet again, the invertebrate blob that is the GOP is forced to expend its dwindling capital and airtime on the screaming grievances of the orange tumor pulsing at its center. Oh well. Sucks to suck.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you want to see me not pull even a single punch, ask me what I think about “One Second After.”

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I said *very* overblown. And that was pulling my punches. 🙂

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think Ted Koppel’s fear of a nation-disabling EMP attack is very overblown, but his excellent description of this exact problem in “Lights Out” is horrifying. We simply cannot replace this stuff at speed or scale. It’s scary.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I dunno man, my glazier seems pretty happy about my broken window.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is why I will always advocate for reading books. 1. A book doesn’t care what you think. You can only respond to it, not change it. 2. You are relieved of the pressure of performing a response for an audience. 3. Because of #1 and #2, you are free to think instead of trying to control.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Jerking Off in Public Administration is somehow even more embarrassing than the name would lead you to believe.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What even is the point of this nest of threads? 😂😂 I’ve seen both. My parents had very little money and planned meals a month in advance. I pull down a much higher salary, and dinner planning is a mix of panic and triage. I’d wager it’s more a question of personalities and circumstances than class.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Chalcedonian Christianity does not, I think, draw back in horror from the joining of the transcendent and the mundane, even in corporate worship. The line between this and flippancy is hard to pin down; but in my circles, a Pharisaical baptism of preference is the clearer and more present danger.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes, but otoh I think we can be so serious about the aesthetic of holiness that we become unserious about The Holy. I'm thinking of pastors I know personally who fret on social media about Being Christian the Right Way, and let's just say I know something of their ministries.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As a software engineer, I’ve spent 2026 oscillating between high optimism and deep despair. I work with the tools every day. I see the limitations that still require deep human involvement, but I also see the capabilities. Anyone mocking AI as a trash code generator is whistling past the graveyard.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dude. I never thought about this, but you’re right. I guess we all have a humiliation kink, well okay then, a cleansing fire it is.

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Nathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

He’d have to have more to his personality than huffing his own farts.

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mothman the wanderer @gnostichippie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I see you're posting a photo of a loved one. must be nice. have you considered, though, that right now, some atrocity is going on that you could helplessly doompost about?

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