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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/10/2026

Vote early and in person, folks. If you're in a "vote by mail" state and can deliver your mail-in vote directly rather than relying on USPS this year, do it. Otherwise get it into the mail at the earliest possible date. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?

Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I was thinking after a prior post of yours about how the last few years have ruined cleverness for me. Anything that doesn't push the needle forward on real issues feels worse than useless, it's appeasement. Zingers used to be fun.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't know that I know what I'm doing here on bsky, but I do know it is satisfying to block anyone who follows me and 10,000 other accounts. It's like a video game.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you get to the right spot it has nine blank spots and you click them and then do a search. I did some single letter searches to refresh my memory

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

From my9games.net. I limited myself to 1 per series and tried not to just spray it with NES era games.

Title- My 9 Games that shaped who i am. The cover images are Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Stardew Valley, Loom, Halo 2, Civilization II, Super Metroid, No Man's Sky

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This kind of AI BS (from "Master Woodworking" is what makes me reluctant to try new content creators. (This one is incredibly obvious, this time, and was an easy block.)

Screenshot of @woodworkinghacks.bsky.social 's post of a youtube video on Is Your Workbench the Right Height? Includes screenshot from the video with obvious AI text saying "The Right Workbench Size?"

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We made jokes like that and then we saw a functioning one further down the road and it seems like exactly that

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@deznite.bsky.social They did have a permanently closed Gobblers which I found wildly fascinating and would have tried, otherwise.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This trip wasn't fine dining so much as local diners all up and down the state. We did have some delicious 'pickle fries' (thin cut fried pickle spears), fried perch, french onion soup, a romaine wedge salad, chicken and waffles... But at the time of that post I was in Gaylord, so, Arby's.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@aniking.bsky.social grabbing food in your old town on the way back from the UP. <3

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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

an all-star cast! guest hosts! new minigames! and the same game samer you know and love. 🥰 make some noise season 5 premieres october 5

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I don't get your aggression. Its not superior, it has a f2p mechanic that allows people to keep playing and thus keep buying things, which was my point. Though I originally bought it when it came out. I'm not trying to win the internet, I am just making an argument for a change.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You don't seem to understand the difference between whining for a personal favor and a suggestion for improvement. If you (or more importantly, they) disagree, fine. I'm enjoying Guild Wars 2 plenty, but I personally would return to spend more if I had a way to keep playing. Which is the point.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I bought one DLC and swiftly went from being able to play free to play to no longer being able to play at all after a month. So now I'm not tempted to buy anything else through gameplay. It seems counterproductive to making money, IMHO. Please consider how to retain folks who drop off sub.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is how I feel about things with engines - they can be fun, but they are too much maintenance.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

By the time of my last first date, I knew exactly what was and wasn't on the table. That did not make it less hot - on the contrary, it made room for excitement and anticipation.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I turned on the new feature I term, "don't make me go viral".

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026

Cheating on a bribery scheme is a *mood*. This isn't just enshittification, it's enshittification *inception*. Amazon managed to enshittify their own enshittification! 71/

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A quick search says this is real.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

While there were many rewarding aspects to Lakes of Fire this year, including accomplishing some art I'm proud of, the most important seems to have been breaking my pattern of wasting hours a night on TT instead of sleeping. I just want to talk to friends and learn specific things, not browse. GL!

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The addition of -maxxing is so, so dumb. Like, it was dumb in the original context of smashing your face with a hammer to appear more "chiseled", and it is even worse in every other context.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It definitely seemed like a group of actors pretending to be an Improv group to me. I look forward to the BTS on this. Comments imply some of Jake's stuff was shot well in the park, so we will see how real the punishments were.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Knowing these three are actual besties who really love each other helped me with this one.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It me. I was always a 2nd shifter at heart, but school at 8am has necessitated a change. For a few years I fought it, which means for a few years I got very little sleep. Deeply unhealthy.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Speaking as an American, this is the best solution for both countries in the long term, considering the absolutely untrustworthy U.S. administration. It's gonna suck, though, as a Michigander.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/08/2026

"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...

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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)

Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I've been talking a lot about the disastrous recent loss of American institutional capacity regarding climate science. But today, I'd like to announce something we've been working on, quietly, in the meantime to offer a lifeline to some of those affected. [Thread]

First page of a 2-page flyer describing the Climate Science and Communications Fund. It shows a map of gift recipient locations, and also summarize statistics regarding the program thus far (including over $3 million disbursed to date), with testimonials from individual recipients.

Second page of a 2-page flyer describing the Climate Science and Communications Fund. It further describes the need for and goals of the program. It also includes a point of contact email: roshan@climate-talent.org

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I don't love you talking to my friend that way. She is a whole ass person and deserves a space to share each aspect of her. Besides, I posted about the end of food and followed it up with my double decker sandwich creation. >.>

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

ICYMI, the Dobby grave story was completely fake. Like, just, totally not true in any way.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Some days you don't feel inspired, and other days you make a double decker sandwich out of PB, strawberry jam, and cocoa almond spread on the honey oat bread your child virulently rejected because "it has seeds in it."

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not that it matters in the face of here-and-now joy, the experiencing and treasuring of being essential to thriving and, for many of us, even survival. True Self Authenticity doesn't matter in that context; we are who we need to be, and the changing never ends.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What is "real", can one ever see or approach a "true" self? We are, and then we change, and we also are. What makes the prior us less real? Also, did we change or did how we see ourselves change... or is the differing view of ourselves (in light of unlearning, I guess) the actual change?

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"In this moment, the obsession with wokeness that seems to monopolize the thoughts of America’s commentary class is utter decadence, a prime example of the total lack of moral seriousness among many of the people who presume to explain the world to ordinary Americans.” 👇

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Having a distant new partner has resulted in way more cute selfies than I took before, which is kind of nice. But yeah, the reason is that I don't see them, because of other obligations.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I realize that my (US) community is pretty left in general, but I don't know anyone confused about what happened here or who is to blame. When Canada says, "There is no way in hell we are buying U.S. liquor again", we say, "yeah, that makes sense. Who would?" The U.S. is enacting finance violence.

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Articles that FB will never show me for 1,000, Alex

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Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv · 12/08/2026

Coming soon: Dimension 20: Toylight! 🧸🪁🚂 Join Brennan Lee Mulligan and the Intrepid Heroes (Emily Axford, Ally Beardsley, Brian Murphy, Zac Oyama, Siobhan Thompson, Lou Wilson) for a fantastical adventure! D20: Toylight premieres September 16, only on @dropout.tv!

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Working together (outside of commerce), playing together, creating together, discussing what's happening and what we feel about it in small groups, or together, or even writing for yourself, they all feel like a sidestep away from the freight train of American Culture. Community vs individualism

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Skennedy @skenasky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think the best we can do for ourselves (and, for me, my child) is to make conscious decisions about what to absorb from our culture, to actively think about and hopefully discuss a close read of what we consume, and to seek to create culture locally or even individually if you can call it that.

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