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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew

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A strange assortment of knowledge, caprice, and whims. Throw in steel pens and DnD, shake, strain and serve. He/Him/Hey You thesteelpen.com theesterbrookproject.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 8m
If anyone's ready for a break from "elections don't matter, we can't win, & both parties are the same anyway," here's one. youtu.be/GlxveqpM4iM
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Stop The Doomerism. Do It For Farm Workers.
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 1h
B & D Foods Henning, MN
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Adam @eblueaxe.bsky.social · 2h
Myself and the team have clocked up a lot of hours putting this together over the last month. Come along to one of our venues and see for yourself some of the amazing evidence we have found!
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 3h
I signed a bunch more books at the Montclair Book Center, where you can order Hot Type and support an independent bookstore. And if you're in New England, come see me - and a working Linotype! - in Haverhill, MA, next Sat., Oct. 10. Links to both here: jeffjarvis.com
pile of two dozen copies of Hot Type, signed.
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Anishinabek Nation @anishinabeknation.bsky.social · 6h
(2/2) The day honours the Survivors & the children who never returned home from the Indian Residential Schools. We encourage everyone to wear orange & take the time to listen, learn, & reflect on the colonial history & the intergenerational impacts on Indigenous communities.  #StrengthenOurNations
(2/2) The day honours the Survivors & the children who never returned home from the Indian Residential Schools.

We encourage everyone to wear orange & take the time to listen, learn, & reflect on the colonial history & the intergenerational impacts on Indigenous communities. 

#StrengthenOurNations(2/2) The day honours the Survivors & the children who never returned home from the Indian Residential Schools.

We encourage everyone to wear orange & take the time to listen, learn, & reflect on the colonial history & the intergenerational impacts on Indigenous communities. 

#StrengthenOurNations
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 3h
I’ve been wondering whether this was less about the shock of watching Schmitt get pantsed than it was about realizing that you’re the next Republican questioner, and your script was based on following up this accusation, and now you have nothing.
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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 3h
Abundant Banded Iron Formations is my Seattle indie band name.
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Christina Kraus @elbenherzart.bsky.social · 6h
Artists, show us how you draw black women! Still one of my fav portraits! ♥️
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 6h
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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Internet Archaeology @intarcheditor.bsky.social · 3h
A really lovely evening catching up with lots of former colleagues at the joint 30th birthday celebrations with the Archaeology Data Service. And how fabulous does the IA logo look like on a cupcake!
Cup cakes with Internet Archaeology stripey logo on topADS birthday cake
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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 3h
Fascinating! ‘Greece will hand ​over to Bulgaria the remains identified as those of Bulgarian ‌medieval ruler Tsar Samuel under an accord signed on Tuesday that also provides for the transfer of other historic and religious ​artefacts between the two Balkan neighbours.’
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Ashley Hankins Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com · 3h
In case you didn't know: Many hospitals offer financial assistance programs that one can apply for. You may even end up getting all of your bill waived! I just got my bill brought down from over $6k to a little over $1k. Good luck everyone 🫡
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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 3h
Anyone else have that one work colleague who keeps stopping by your office and won't let you anything done?
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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 3h
Moat Monster here.
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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 3h
Sounds like a good time
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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 4h
How come every day someone is trying to destroy my perception that the 2000s are still recent? Not cool man, not cool.
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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 4h
Even the dumpsters have eyes these days.
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dkthompson @dkt-1.bsky.social · 7h
photo I took the other day, a detail of a mural near the Bynum General Store - shows the likeness of the late Clyde Jones, a local folk artist of renown for his "critters" made of found wood carved by a chainsaw. Jones died in 2025 but his work can be found all over Bynum and beyond.
Clyde Jones likeness on mural, Bynum General Store, 950 Bynum Road, Bynum NC, Sept. 6, 2026. DK Thompson Collection/Southern Folklife Collection/UNC-CH
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 8h
With 9 more artists added last night, HireHumanArtists.com is taking a break for October at 666 artists (muahaha Happy Halloween)🦇 However, we'd like to try to get the word out a leetle more to potential hiring clients... So we're looking for places to shout. #hha
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Find an Artist Who Doesn't Use Generative AI | Hire Human Artists
Looking for an artist for your next project? Our human artist directory is full of over 400 artists who have pledged not to use gen AI.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h
Nomen est omen. "Kremlëv" means "of or pertaining to the Kremlin." And it's not really his name. And that explains what his whole relationship with Trump Jr is really about. It's not that complicated. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 8h
Do I know any sneaker heads that may be interested in buying these? I got them and I think I got a men's 8, rather than a women's 8 and just never did anything with them. Pristine, in box condition. news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/1...
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Xbox and Adidas Unveil Third and Final Sneaker in 20th Anniversary Collaboration
Today, we’re thrilled to officially unveil the third and final sneaker as part of the Xbox 20th Anniversary collaboration, the adidas Forum Tech Boost, the first-ever Xbox sneaker available to purchas...
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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 9h
Luckily, Dennis' physique fits neatly inside a coozie on cold mornings.
sidewalk chalk drawing of a small lizard standing on the street with a purple foam rubber can cooler fit snugly around his torso
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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 12h
And pause, wrapped, cool sea mist. Hear feint, whispered Saints. Grasp sword and stake, step with care, through telling time. #Whitby #archaeology #history #heritage
Yellow sandstone gravestone surface pitted through erosion, names removed. In distance Whiby Abbey towers and Gothic arched windows, silhouetted against misty skyWhiby Abbey roofless ruin silhouetted against grey misty sky. Pierced with arched windows, like skeletal remains of vast behemoth
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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 12h
Piggy's tantrum would register on seismographs worldwide! apnews.com/article/carn...
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Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Don't hide your light from the world. Be a candle in the darkness, or a mysterious blue flicker in the forest, drawing lost travelers towards their mossy doom.
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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m trying to do the short form video thing over on Instagram (@artcrimeprofessor) and… it’s a steep learning curve. Definitely on the verge of being too old for this!
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Herky the Hawk Red Oak, IA
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Joe Newberry @joenewberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To quote Bugs Bunny, "What a maroon."
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Egyptology hive mind: there is an image from the New Kingdom depicting a black Vizier with his Egyptian wife and family from a papyrus/ tomb and I cannot find it anywhere. Help! Thank you.
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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The emergence of Nadine and the Widdershins Wayfinder
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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪
A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.
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dearbhla @dearbhlala.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ok i've changed my mind and i would like more comics work, hire me please dearbhlala.com
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Dearbhla Kelly | Design and illustration
Portolio website of comic colourist Dearbhla Kelly.
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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the reasons I love this account is it occasionally pops up some place I've never heard of, and sometimes it looks like a magical place to visit. The Republic of Kiribati looks like one of those places. A remote archipelago between Micronesia and Polynesia and halfway between Samoa and Hawaii
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Random Restaurant Bot @restaurant-bot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CPPL Restaurant; 8XJG+P3H, Bairiki, Kiribati www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&q…
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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is significant.
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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I took a personal day today and finally had time to read @medievaljay.bsky.social's excellent latest article, "Rebellion, Adultery, and Romance in Frankish Jerusalem: Melisende and Hugh of Jaffa Reconsidered," 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 (Jul. 2026). DOI: 10.1080/14765276.2026.2688757. I'm convinced!
A set of five screenshots from the movie "The Princess Bride," showing the Grandfather (Peter Falk) explaining the book he's about to read to his Grandson (Fred Savage). Grandson: "Has it got any sports in it?" Grandfather: "Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenger, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles..." Grandson: "Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try and stay awake."
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Royal Theater Archer City, TX
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/09/2026
"Our internal polling indicates that football remains incredibly popular. Even the general idea of Charlie Brown successfully booting a football, which we concede has never come close to happening, nevertheless polls modestly well across most major neighborhood demographics." 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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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another car has overstayed the allotted parking time.
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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even better if you can see it in person after being printed with wooden blocks and the paper is all indented, etc... Just the very best.
a broadsheet advertising "Spencerian Penmanship" by "Prof. Wing formerly of New York, at present a member of the Faculty of the Iron City Commercial College, Pittsburgh, PA"  there six different types in just these few words, one per line. The whole, long broadsheet with lots and lots more information on where, when, conditions of enrollment and ending with testimonials.
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's Low Quality Ad is for this "I Peaked in a Past Life" Pin. To be fair, I was a capybara in a past life. The bar is high. collabs.shop/mpbtov
An enamel pin of a pink and purple lotus flower resting on green lily pads, with a banner underneath that reads "I Peaked In A Past Life".
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Joe Newberry @joenewberry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Crabtree Creek. Raleigh, North Carolina. Get outside. It is good for your insides.
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Dave DiCello @davedicello.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last night was the 13th anniversary of the day that the Giant Rubber Duck arrived in #Pittsburgh, and honestly it was one of my favorite nights of photography. This was the only night that it wasn't parked by the fountain at the Point, creating some unique and fun images.
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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here be Dragons. 👇
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dawn of the debb @debbshock.blue · 28/09/2026
Monday is scary here, take this teeny tiny owl
a pygmy owl resting on a branch.
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Welsh Bollocks @welshbollocks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The "Ellis James" was a popular style in the 70's. It's still hugely popular in Garndiffaith and its environs...
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Takuo Matsuzawa @matsuzawa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A special fountain pen we made to order, featuring a finely textured surface.
A special fountain pen we made to orderA special fountain pen we made to orderA special fountain pen we made to order
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Desperate Christian women are turning to "wife school" and similar courses, hoping they can save their marriages. But there is no hope, ladies. The only fix is to divorce your MAGA husband. www.salon.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Wife school can't fix MAGA husbands - Salon.com
A new wave of Christian influencers claim women can save their marriages with more self-loathing
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No fear! The Rainbows follow Scarface through Coral City ✌️🌈🦜🐟🍋🦈 #lemonshark #sharksofcoralcity #scarface #nofear #coralcitycamera
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