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"I think men need to challenge other men when women aren’t in the room. That’s where a lot of this culture survives, in the joke nobody challenges, the story everybody laughs at." Read the Playboy interview here:

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Meet The "South Park" Writer Behind the Viral "Cornell 7" Website

Cornell University has been the subject of innumerable headlines this week, as an anonymous woman’s lawsuit against the university over her alleged 2024 rape prompted New York prosecutors to reopen th...

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That Weird Word Guy @legacyhero.bsky.social · 3h

I'm drooling over here...!

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3h

Sick of wrist based ads and notifications, I swapped out my Apple Watch for a simple Casio a couple weeks ago. About twice a day I catch myself utterly amazed that it doesn’t need charging. This stuff warped our perspective of reality. Slowly but surely.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 3h

Did you/ are you also watching Lower Decks?

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly one week from right now, we'll be gathering online to hear Charles Stross @cstross.bsky.social read from his latest novel and to answer questions about... well, about whatever you'd like to ask him. Sign up on Eventbrite to join us for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000172679...

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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Charles Stross

An evening with leading science fiction novelist Charles Stross.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 5h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 4h

We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 4h

Mini-Batman is the best storytime Batman

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 4h

My understanding is with all the removals and forced retirements it's mostly tools now...

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 23h

335) Worlds of Adventure Indiana Jones with Horse. Another attempt by Hasbro to have a unified aesthetic/ gimmick for younger audiences. Truth is, though, there's something fantastic about these really simple, 2 1/2" figures. And believe it or not, this is my first-ever Indiana Jones figure.

A tiny, cartoony Indiana Jones atands on a wooden desk. He has his classic Stetson and leather jacket, but wears a tie with his shirt. In one hand is his bullwhip, while the other holds an oversized, golden Holy Grail. In the background is a pale Buckskin horse (beat description?) scaled for Indy to ride

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5h

Today! Come get things signed!

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 5h

This is a fantastic thread about Strange New Worlds and you should all read it and think about it. And yes, I'm specifically talking to YOU. ...no, not you. You understood all this from the start. You know who I'm talking about. They need to read this and think about it.

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Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 7h

So much of the ire directed at SNW feels disingenuous to me, a reflection of how we devalue comedy in favor of drama. How so many viewers claim to only want DARK stuff. How every reboot or revival has to be described as "gritty" to be taken seriously.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 6h

GOUT COP! Paperback: tinyurl.com/s6787dba GOUT COP! Ebook: dumb-industries.com/goutcop GOUT COP!

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 6h

To be fair, they know what they are, they just don't know which exact category they fit in. Y'know, like spec fiction authors.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 9h

We've had the ability to watch, say, Counterstrike marathons, Street Fighter tournaments, or chess matches between computers since the 90s. Spectacles which, by their very definition, would be at a "higher standard" than human play. And nobody wants it. It's entirely meaningless. It has no appeal.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 12h

Most TV is just this now.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 6h

Okay-- at the 24 hour mark Space Zombies are 78% funded. So if you're one of those folks who waits on Kickstarters because you want to be *sure* they're going to fund... well, it looks pretty much like this one's going to fund.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 7h

No one bares their fangs quite like the found-out frauds. They do NOT like being seen for what they are and will burn down a village if the alternative is a nanosecond of self-reflection.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 7h

Yes! I had that one too!

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 16h

What's a poster you had in your room growing up? Somehow I ended up with a subscription to World magazine, and every issue had a big fold-out poster. One month was all about the special effects in this new movie, so I ended up with this glorious shot on my wall for the next few years.

Classic shot from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK showing the Millennium Falcon in deep space, racing away from a pair of TIE fighters as a massive Star Destroyer looms in the background.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 16h

Awwwwww, man. I remember this whole era of Marvel realizing they could print posters and t-shirts. So much cool stuff. I remember getting a black "symbiote" T-shirt and treating that thing like the Shroud of Turin for years because what were the odds anybody'd make THAT ever again...

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 16h

WHOA! If my math is right, it hasn't even been 24 hours and they're just a couple bucks shy of 2/3 funded.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 19h

Back at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social tonight to listen to these fine folks talk about THE BIG BAD BOOK OF KAIJU @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social Luke Dumas @scottsigler.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social

Four men sit at a long table with a Mysterious Galaxy banner hanging in front of it. Left to right it's Henry Herz, Scott Sigler, Luke Dumas, and Jonathan Maberry. Henry has a baseball cap, everyone else has glasses.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 20h

They're entirely separate species. Like the difference between an elephant and an elephant seal.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 20h

we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 23h

Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Also: if you work for a restaurant, cafe, farm, etc that sometimes has food that goes to waste, get in touch with your local FNB chapter! They may be able to pick up the food and cook with or distribute it.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 29/09/2026

Advance Reader Copies, you say...?

An open brown cardboard box, some of the packing paper has been pulled away to reveal two identical bright orange book covers-- copies of THE OFF SEASON

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 22h

Yeah, the retro astronauts/ zombies are really nice. It's a great little collection.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 22h

A big shock I know, but I just backed Space Zombies From MARS! Red Dust II. Well, I backed it a few hours ago, but got distracted and forgot to hit the "spread the word" button. So, hey, if you like astronaut and/or zombie figures, this is barely 12 hours in and I think it's already 57% funded.

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Space Zombies From MARS! Red Dust II.

A 6" action figure line featuring astronauts and zombies. The Nameless Toy Company's first offering in the 'Nameless Universe.'

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

VOTE EARLY #Ohio

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Your fave's fave @actually.roiskinda.cool · 23h

I’m less interested in what Bluesky is doing because of Blacksky and the over diversification of the Atmosphere ecosystem. Bigots work *hard* to get our attention because if it wasn’t for the violence they constantly use, we’d forget about them. They aren’t doing anything interesting.

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Ravishing Rick Ruud van Nistelrooy @astroscounty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two weeks ago my voter registration in Texas was unavailable. Today it was active. Check and make sure you’re good to go!

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 29/09/2026

Advance Reader Copies, you say...?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And don't forget to come see me tomorrow at Brick & Mortar OR Friday at Ridgecrest Books in Shoreline! bsky.app/profile/djan...

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 29/09/2026

This book is ridiculous fun and you really, really need to read it.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sure folks on Bluesky know this but most normies out there have no idea just how deep their conservative neighbors are into their alternate reality. They do not live here on earth with us at all.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 29/09/2026

I think Spike is going to look fantastic with some.of the Boss Fight retro-space figures, like Roxy London or the Vampiron Secret Service.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 29/09/2026

Maybe you need some books about a man for our times, a violent, sweary necromancer with anger management issues. The Eric Carter series www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...

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Eric Carter

Buy books online and find book series such as Eric Carter written by Stephen Blackmoore from PenguinRandomHouse.com

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 29/09/2026

Didn't have this, but bringing it up just so @toril.bsky.social will see it.

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