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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I saved these in my library account, thanks to this rec.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
…that is WILD. Why bother with it at all?
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We had a pilgrim come to town, chasing some (mostly true) rumors of ancient religious ruins, stayed half a season, took one look at how the locally dominant religion was exploiting the ruins for profit, and buggered off right back up the pilgrim route he’d just established.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I was gifted a copy of “A Quiet Year” and played a couple of times with my gaming group. It’s a delightful game, and in addition to creating some delightful locales with deep backstory, we came across some surprisingly common concerns in our group. Go buy it.
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Dr. Oswald Sobrino @oswaldsobrino.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I found it quite useful: How to Write a Thesis, According to Umberto Eco thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/umberto-eco-... #Education #Writing via @mitpress.bsky.social
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Umberto Eco's Guide to Writing a Thesis
A funny and unpretentious guide by the illustrious novelist Umberto Eco, for his favorite audience: teachers and their students.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Incredible stuff from Cards Against Humanity, who is now building a monument to interfere with SpaceX.
Why do you keep calling Elon Musk “a sad little bitch with no friends”?

Great question! (1) He is sad, (2) he is a bitch, and (3) he has no friends.

Did Elon Musk spend his 47th birthday alone, with no friends?

Yes.

Did Elon Musk beg Jeffrey Epstein for an invitation to his island, but get rejected?

Yes.

You’re saying that even the world’s most infamous pedophile didn’t want to be Elon Musk’s friend?

Yes.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Brain: “You can stay if you want to, but I’m leaving”
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Homer Simpson Brain Dead
Alt: Homer Simpson passes out while listening to Flanders
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Just in case you think bsky posts are shouting into the void, well, that’s true, but I still read them.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
There doesn’t seem to be a good place to give this vote of support to you, so I’m doing it here. I’m more lefty than you, and I appreciate your perspective. You know much more about many parts of policy than me, and when I disagree with you I appreciate seeing why.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I like your comparison better
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We call him Best Value brand Ron Perlman, with apologies to Ron Perlman. And he lives in Florida, so we blame them
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
(This in response to a complaint about bookkeeping in 3e + 4e) I like it in principle. More numbers means more depth to the world. Numbers up = good, numbers down = bad. In practice, I often forget to write down my loot, much less how much farming my homestead got done this season
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So let's just say when King Elessar decides to pronounce the Shire an autonomous region under his protection rather than, like, trying to invade it, your thought is, "oh thank Eru..."
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Does he?
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
That was adorable.
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🍁Mel🇨🇦 @melhathnofury.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Here’s instructions on building your own Corsi-Rosenthal box.
DIY Air cleaner instructions.
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
oh so NOW you support gender confirmation treatment
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Mine just hosts D&D nights twice a month.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This story is a data point in a conversation that some other non Christians and I are having over on FB. Can I share a screen shot and a link to this post with them?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Empire collapse under the weight of metaphors.
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
NEW: A special TTRPG charity bundle to help designer Rae Nedjadi offset their medical expenses after serious illness and a month-long hospital stay. Includes Apocalypse Keys plus a terrific selection of other games. Get over $285 in games for just 25 bucks! 👇 www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
On the left, an illustration of Rae Nedjadi with short curly black hair and horn-rim glasses, wearing a purple and pink striped robe. Next to that, the covers of the games in the Rae Nedjadi Recovery Bundle: Our Haunt, Apocalypse Keys, Doomsday Delights, Brindlewood Bay, Defy the Gods, Once More Into the Void, Blue Rose, Raccoon Sky Pirates, Glow, The Love Balloon, The Wildsea: Ships Gardens, Paragons, Gingerbread Kaiju, The Hunger in the Void, Space Post, Seers & Roebuck, For Coin & Blood, Dynasties & Demagogues, Party Beach Creature Feature, Heroic Maps - Villages (Summer), Quantum Entanglement, and Infestation at Devil's Glade.
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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The Pope has decided that instead of competing against each other, Portugal will play Brazil while Spain plays Mexico.
Mon., Jul 6, 3:00 PM
Portugal
Spain
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You
A proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...
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In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce...
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Well, that’s going on repeat.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
WHAT’S THE SONG DAMMIT
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
OK, checking it out on Hoopla now
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I was trying to be silly when I said it, bc I never remember my obvious-I’ll-never-forget spots. But I have a cereal I basically only eat during the school year, so that would actually work
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In a very special, obvious place that you will obviously never forget, like under your mattress or at the bottom of a cereal box
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
one of the oldest running dialogues in history is "war is a massively complicated political, bureaucratic, and logistical endeavor" vs. "fuck you pussy, war is when you're a fucking badass, oh shit I lost"
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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 17/06/2026
RFK jr is a eugenist. That's why he says what he says and does what he does.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I still genuinely touch bare metal to get that little static shock before I pump gas
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I have indeed. I hadn’t made that connection until you said that.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I don’t know if it’s minor, but it’s irrational. Gas station explosion caused by an employee smoking a cigarette.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride Month to my magnificent LGBTQ friends and my magnificent LGBTQ enemies 💜
pride flag
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I lost my job, I can't sleep due to the floodlights from the data center next door, and my tax dollars are being given to men who ransacked the Capitol on January 6th. But at least I can watch Vanilla Ice perform on the National Mall.
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Giraud, basically @giraud.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A spotify playlist of various artists where all songs are either “running up that hill” or “rolling down the hill”
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
What about those of us who aren’t your friends
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 14/05/2026
Spotted on Tumblr…
Screenshotted tweet:”If people are fighting for an orb you are reading fantasy. If people are fighting fir a cube you are reading sci-fi. If it gas more sides than that. I dont know. I dont know man.”
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Slightly increase a band Exodus
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Good news—it will never get built. It’s a money laundering scheme.
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it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 10/05/2026
how it feels to learn anything at all about anyone or anything in 2026:
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/05/2026
VANISHING CULTURE is out now! From #InternetArchive, this book looks at what is disappearing online. It asks what it means when the record of ourselves starts to vanish 🕳️ 📖 Download: archive.org/details/vani... 🛒 Purchase in print: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta... #DigitalMemory #Books
Book cover titled “Vanishing Culture” on a teal background. Pixel-art style graphics show a VHS tape, open book, film reel, chain link, and vinyl record dissolving into digital fragments. At the bottom, a cursor icon points to the word “SAVE,” alongside an archive-style building icon, evoking digital preservation.
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Pipe smoke tho…
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profejohncosby.bsky.social @profejohncosby.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I went with a student group to a Ford plant tour some years ago. The tour included a ra-rah presentation about the history and future of the company that included an embedded commercial for the still-in-dev EV F-150. After that I was considering buying my first truck. Ah, well, what might have been.
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