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David Hand

@ptolemar.ch
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Little teapot. Ex-programmer? Unabashed user of Gentoo. Acceded to #NAFO on 2023 Apr 25. He/him/etc.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13h
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11h
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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Centrist Madness Election Center @centristmadness.bsky.social · 22h
The Biden dementia theory has been conclusively disproven, as has the theory that he didn’t use leverage to force Israel to accept a ceasefire (which they did multiple times). No one will ever admit they got these things wrong.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 28/09/2026
Hope isn't something I hope for. It's a commandment, along Faith and Love. It is, therefore, something I pray for.
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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2026
The Klingons are great when you realize they're not really a warrior race as much as they are a bunch of theater people with knives
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 26/09/2026
"Goddammit, you said you wanted to steal 20 tons of silicon; you've stolen 20 tons of silicon. What're you complaining about?"
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 23/09/2026
Sen. Jon Husted: “The war needs to come to an end as quickly as possible so that we can lower gas prices” Sen. Jon Husted when he could've voted to do just that:
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 21/09/2026
Attention, @marbleliberal.bsky.social.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 20/09/2026
Ultima V
Screenshot of Ultima V. The Avatar is travelling on a road between the City of Britain and the Castle of Lord British.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/09/2026
Election in occupied areas by Russia - voting under military supervision.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“I’m not voting for anyone because I oppose genocide.” Guess what, no you don’t.
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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Edward Tufte surely never intended for his work to be used this way.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 15/09/2026
"Cringe", if you will.
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
a recent ADHD discovery I’ve made, YMMV: for those of us with internal hyperactivity, productivity/time management advice can be very bad because it encourages thinking a lot about the best way to use your time, and THE THINKING IS THE THING STOPPING US FROM DOING ANYTHING EXCEPT THINKING
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 13/09/2026
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A page from a book. The only text on the page reads, "This page intentionally left blank."
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In the last decade, I've gone from a largely libertarian view of gambling to that of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
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Thomas O’Mahony @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
To learn more about this you should listen to @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social
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Episode 266 - The Toledo War
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast · Episode
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 08/09/2026
It's unfortunate to lose another local newspaper, but I don't expect to miss the Toledo Blade.
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ACLU of Texas @aclutx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you’ve moved, you still have time to update your registration before October 5. Every eligible Texan should be able to easily cast a vote that counts. (2/2)
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More than 1.2 million Texas voter registrations are flagged. Here’s what voters should know
The designation doesn’t mean a voter is ineligible. Here’s how to check your registration and make sure you’re ready to vote.
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typing loudly ⌨️ @typingloudly.zip · 02/09/2026
cursed to know too much about how LLMs work while also thinking they are bad club
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Stephen England @stephenengland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you'd told me fifteen years ago that in 2026 that the folks who formerly(?) made up the Christian Right would be publicly obsessing over "teens need to be having more sex," I would have thought you were drunk.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 30/08/2026
This has convinced me to give @mapquest.com a try on my phone. I like maps that don't lie to me because someone powerful says to. Android app: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
play.google.com
MapQuest: Get Directions - Apps on Google Play
MapQuest is your go-to app for maps, GPS, voice navigation & live traffic.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 30/08/2026
I sincerely hope this was accidental, #Duolingo. But it was the wrong answer. You could have picked literally any number else.
A screenshot of a Duolingo math lesson. It reads: Select the expanded form [of] 8(x+6)=88. Two options are given: 8x+48=88 and 8x+14=88.
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A. Elizabeth West @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I made one, haha
Mapquest picture of Lake Ontario renamed "Lake Him Up"
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
400 library workers begin their strike Monday after endless months of trying to negotiate with management. Already the anti-union propaganda machine is calling the library workers entitled. The LIBRARY workers. You don't staff the desk at the free stuff store because you're greedy.
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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Any Xer still trying to be cool never was.
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Kent Lind @camasonian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We have data on this. The blue is all the non-ag human use:
Colorado River usage chart
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The utility of racial supremacism lies in the belief that there is some innate quality to one race that elevates it above all others, regardless of any lack of achievement, merit or aesthetic appeal. Supremacism is literally and specifically an ideology for losers
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Yooty @yooty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I don’t think people adequately understand how fucked up the situation on the USS Abe Lincoln is.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 14/08/2026
I love that counting ballots in England looks just like in Ohio: A bunch of folding tables in an indoor basketball court.
The interior of a large gymnasium. Basketball hoops are mounted on the walls. Many temporary tables are arranged in a large rectangle. Inside the rectangle, poll workers carefully count and record ballots. Outside are a scattering of observers and a TV reporter.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 08/08/2026
After 17 years of marketing Android as an open platform, Google is mandating developer registration for all apps. Independent developers, open-source contributors, and alternative stores like F-Droid face an uncertain future. 146 days remain. @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org
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Keep Android Open
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 06/08/2026
I'd be happy to receive your message and be your friend.
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typing loudly ⌨️ @typingloudly.zip · 05/08/2026
this is my exact situation -i would love some therapy -i can even afford some therapy because job/no life -i fill out forms for therapy that are longer than my security clearance never get a call back
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Path (seasonal)🎉 @demandavoider.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
guys will literally spend years navigating the united states health care system, confused by the process of finding and paying for regular visits to a mental health professional instead of going to therapy
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Woke Strasserism is not my favorite political development
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/05/2026
the antebellum south is as close to hell on earth as this country has ever gotten evil baked into every square inch of the place
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I always thought of Opus Dei as the Catholic version of Scientology but these SSPX monks are like “hold my beer, which we invented”
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Incredibly hard statue in Maralik of Soghomon Tehlirian, the assassin of the architect of the Armenian genocide, standing on he damn head
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Everyone coming on my feed and explaining to me that all is lost, I note what I have noted before, that there are no Negro Spirituals entitled, “Welp, I Guess It All Sucks and I Am Giving Up.”
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The Hotdog Pope @hotdogpope.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I think that many people don't understand that Evangelicals consider Catholicism to be essentially a pagan religion.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In 60 days or so, we’ll face an election we can’t successfully win without a landslide. Any low-percentage win and they’ll do what we know they already know exactly how to do, and more. We’ve all seen it happen. So we need that landslide victory. We all must vote.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
a dog who can read you the newspaper and get 85% of the headlines right is the most important invention in dog history and the least important invention in newspaper history
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/07/2026
you might also say that identity politics takes many forms, and isn’t simply a euphemism for “black people and women in politics”
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 06/07/2026
It would actually be kinda fun if @iwriteok.bsky.social were to do an episode on him.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS LMAO
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Revan @revan.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026
I was the most senior Catholic in the English government & the Vatican
seemed unwilling to move its moral guidance...
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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There are only two types of US citizen: Naturalized and Birth. If you’re a citizen and you didn’t swear an oath of citizenship at a naturalization ceremony, you are a birthright citizen. When radical Republicans talk about birthright citizenship, they’re talking about _you_.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 30/06/2026
NEWS! Nursery teacher says woke brigade 'has gone too far' after toddler identifies as a little teapot
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Nursery teacher says woke brigade ‘has gone too far’ after toddler identifies as a little teapot
A nursery school teacher has been left stunned and confused after a small child declared themselves to be a little teapot, short and stout.
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 26/06/2026
GCU @cultureshipnames.bsky.social
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David Hand @ptolemar.ch · 25/06/2026
It makes me So. Fucking. Angry when Catholics refuse to welcome the stranger, the foreigner, the migrant, the refugee. Our Lord has commanded it, and—holy shit, have you no memory? Have you no anticipation we'd be on the list?
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