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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 5h

It's really clear that "social permission for bigotry" is the real animating spirit behind MAGA, and "anti-woke" politics in general. It's a hate movement for losers who can't handle living in a society.

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 19h

I def don't have all the answers as to why there is such a persistent crisis/lull cycle in US orchestras, but one thing I do know from my 25 years at the high end of that business is that WAY too many execs and board leaders are convinced there is a magic sustainability formula hiding somewhere.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 4h

Coffee Thought™: The left-right framing has outlived its usefulness.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 20h

We spent the rest of the season convincing judges to stick it to the coach by saying we won on niftiness and flexibility in their comments.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 20h

Which, decades ago when we were on the high school debate team together, he closed out 2AC one time by improvising a claim that our plan was both nifty and flexible. The negative didn't carry it, so I pounced on it in the 1AR. The didn't bite again so he hit it in the 2AR. Our coach got so mad.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 20h

The stupider things get, the more I miss my dearly departed co-founder of the Institute for Niftiness and Flexibility.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Coffee Thought™: To a first approximation, it can be said that every person who wears a badge or robe in the U.S. is a morally compromised reactionary who should never be allowed to hold an office of special trust and confidence.

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Crippled Giraff Decals @crippledgiraff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A friendly reminder for Orctober

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was sick and lots of other excuses, but The Gizmotron™ always knows best. The set knocked the rust off my voice tout de suite.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So if you haven't noticed — and judging by the lack of any inquiries about it, you haven't — I hadn't had the Seagull out of her case since I went to L.A. at the beginning of September.

A screenshot of the spreadsheet known as The Gizmotron™. Tonight's rehearsals were:

After the Gold Rush
Almost Cut My Hair
Anything But Me
High and Dry
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
If It Makes You Happy
It Don't Come Easy
No Matter What
No Woman No Cry
Sleeping With the Television On

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

M E M O R A N D U M To: MMO Designers What people yearn for isn't really "how it used to be." What they want is a game that isn't so fully instrumentalized that they are free to just be without some veiny-neck complaining their DPS is two-tenths too low.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

M E M O R A N D U M To: Lamp and Flashlight Designers One button for everything sucks. I almost never want to change the color temperature. Making that the default action when a finger lightly brushes the single control button is ridiculous.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 03/10/2026

Anyway, it's 2026 and there are people, in public, saying with their full chest that we shouldn't have fought Hitler and I don't know what you do about that without a set of politicians made of something a bit firmer than slime.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

M E M O R A N D U M To: Class Action Attorneys A buck? You made me fill out a form to find out I could get a buck? Eat me.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Coffee Thought™: Believing in 'Theory X' management is a sure sign of a bad leader.

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John Duncan @johntheduncan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In some new writing I critique William I. Robinson's book "The Global Police State" to argue that policing is more than just a repressive tool but a way in which labour relations are organised and through which fascist ideology can emerge organically www.patreon.com/johnthedunca...

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The Global Police State: Policing, and the production of Fascist Ideology | JohntheDuncan

“This global police state is emerging at a time when world capitalism descends into a crisis that is unprecedented, given its magnitude, th

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Coffee Thought™: Nothing privately owned should be allowed in orbit.

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Recent calls to abolish the family mistake a political institution for a problem of care and labor. This piece argues that family abolition borrows radical rhetoric while neglecting how families reproduce authority, domination, and the state. By Robyn Marasco buff.ly/unBUyqS

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The Anti-Politics of Family Abolition - Salvage

In loving memory of Asad Haider ‘And just as God has been pronounced dead quite often but has this sneaky way of resurrecting himself, so everyone debunks marriage, yet ends up married.’ – Shulamith…

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Coffee Thought™: Low birth rates aren't an "existential crisis" for a country or its people. They're an existential crisis for the financialized economy.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is six months later. Incredibly, Pete Hegseth is still the Secretary of Defense. He is still without even a whiff of a shred of an iota of a mote of honor.

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Star Trek: Klingon Discommendation

Alt: Star Trek: Klingon Discommendation

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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026

Man Confident He Would’ve Been Brave Enough To Send Thumbs Down Emoji In Cornell Group Chat

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

M E M O R A N D U M To: UX Teams If I am hovering over a word and I double click, I definitely don't want to select the entire sentence or paragraph. Stop it.

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ob1quixote @ob1quixote.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Coffee Thought™: I want rapists and their rape culture of domination and abuse DESTROYED. Fiat justitia ruat caelum.

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Board Game Stats @bgstatsapp.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

This is your monthly reminder to go to the Backup Check (Settings --> Backup Check) and see if your data is still safe! With Cloud sync and/or a Manual export you can make sure you can restore your data if anything happens to your device! More info: www.bgstatsapp.com/support/back... #bgstats

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Andy “voice of Brak” Merrill. 🎅🏻🤡🐒💩 @amerrill2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There’s a part of this country that’s WAAAAAYYYY beyond “Ida Know.”

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