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@tallawk.bsky.social
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I am Groot. Hubby of @owl369.bsky.social. Go outside. Taking things apart since I discovered Dad's toolbox. Love my family. Prone to bouts of guitar playing. Discovering alternate uses for everyday objects. Evidence & fact based. He/him.

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well. Fuck. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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Mass quarantine issued in Russia after unexplained death of plague researcher
Unconfirmed reports have suggested there was a laboratory accident.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bloodbath. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-f...
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A Field Guide to Legacy Media Pundits in the United States
The Family Values Pundit (Divorcio moralisticus) HABITAT: New York Times bestseller list and a weekly column. DISTINCTIVE CALL: “As a man with a deeply unhap...
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How many NFTs have you even minted bro?
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kevinwglass.bsky.social @kevinwglass.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The difference between the progressive coalition and the conservative coalition in America is that pro-life groups see this news and say "you got it, throw us under the bus, do what you need to do to win, we're still turning out for you like loyal soldiers"
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Did he buy her a horse for this post???
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Fr. Cannabranna Lammer. @drraulduke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stolen from working-class music hall performers, c.1900. It's also ableist (anosmia), speciesist, and centres dog owners. I shouldn't have to explain this for free in 2026, so I won't: cashapp in bio, $5 per oppression. Proceeds go to my cat, who has anxiety, partly because of posts like this.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh, this is gonna get BAD for those that "dropped" this ball.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You first, Spencer.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I just can't imagine what it's like to make peace with your death by execution -- or not! -- and then wake up in the hospital hours later. And you know the state will just try to do it to you again.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Me and my grunge friends would’ve killed A.I. with hammers I can tell you that much
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesus Christ dude
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Whoops. Lol.
A steam deck accidentally running the bootloader for Qubes
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K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
anyway, one last Friday afternoon plug for the strange (but fun if you're a particular type of sicko) thing I wrote earlier this week about historiography in Star Wars keithpille.com/preface-to-l...
The emergence of the materialist Gilroyist frame of reference serves to throw some of Lucas’ material into a different context. Lucas’ first documentary, eventually titled A New Hope, depicts actions occurring directly after the end of the Gilroy team’s materials. Viewed through the Gilroyist perspective, a large, diffuse coalition of secular activists and agitators worked at great cost to establish a Rebel military and intelligence operation and used these combined operations to acquire crucial military intelligence about the Imperial Death Star project. Then a farm kid from the outer rim showed up at the decisive moment, helped to fill out a fighter squadron depleted from the just-completed Battle of Scarif, and managed to strike the decisive blow, with or without the supernatural aid of the Force. The New Hope footage is (mostly*) unchanged, but it tells a slightly different story with this added context; Skywalker is just one hero among many, and if he can strike harder than some before him it’s because he’s standing on the shoulders of giants, none of whom had anything of consequence to do with the Force.

*Subtle changes to different editions of Lucas’ documentary materials remain an ongoing frustration of serious historians.

And so now we come to the crux: which of these frames is the correct one? Clearly, they must coexist to some extent. Documentary materials from both interpretative streams unambiguously show supernatural Force-based abilities, so they clearly existed; but the Gilroy materials’ recontextualization of early Lucas provides a strong hint that the old master was letting his biases get the better of him when he moved the Force more and more towards the center of his documentaries.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There are two brains inside of you
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Really? You're gonna just break wind, just like that?"
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Silicon Valley Neverland Ranch. WTF.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New rail car, meet old rail car. (*new to us)
An EXO coach car facing a Bomber coach car in the shop
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Alright all you rail buffs! The EXO cars are on the property at Frazer. And I know how you all are about the pictures.
EXO car 735 in Frazer Shop EXO cars in Frazer Shop
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ben @benrs.uk · 17/09/2026
good morning
APStylebook • @APStylebook • 16h

We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing "the" labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses. And use these descriptions only when clearly relevant.

AP The Associated Press 
Replying to @APStylebook

The use of "the French" in this tweet by @AP was inappropriate and has caused unintended offense. An updated tweet is upcoming.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Unfortunately, it's a mystery as to what Ukraine did. And why. Why did the refineries blow up? So unfortunate.
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Betteridge’s Law @betteridgeslaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Could GTA 6 teach Gen Z how to be in a relationship?
betteridgeslaw.com
Could GTA 6 teach Gen Z how to be in a relationship? - Betteridge’s Law
No.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The beatings will continue until morale improves #guitar
Left hand with guitar-string calluses
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have learned what a Sankey diagram is against my better judgement
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Boo! BOO!!! Like, seniority means shite around here, man.
You are on the waitlist for Steam Frame 1TB Kit
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
LOUDER
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Also: he knows it's a dead letter. A lie. It's not going to happen if they somehow keep control.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is how my better half puts me in hell
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 06/09/2026
A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Bucks County Is Trying to Weaken a Pennsylvania Clean Water Law | Energy Transfer is moving to head off a criminal case over the monthslong jet fuel leak into an Upper Wakefield Township neighborhood’s drinking water source, @insideclimatenews.org.
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A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Bucks County Is Trying to Weaken a Pennsylvania Clean Water Law - Bucks County Beacon
Energy Transfer has not yet been charged, but it is already moving to head off a criminal case over the monthslong jet fuel leak into an Upper Makefield Township neighborhood’s drinking water source.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Auto-play MIDI music
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Bran 9 From Outer Space @bransonreese.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
swanboy.com/comic/labor-...
Noel and Sebastian riding a jet ski together at the lake. Noel is wearing a shirt that reads "I'M NOT THE STEPDAD I'M THE DAD WHO STEPPED UP"
Happy Labor Day
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H. P. Read @readhpr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Lovely article about a 99-year-old retired math professor who recently published a major result. It's the story of mentorship and multi-generational collaboration. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
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The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice (Gift Article)
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Caves of Qud
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?”
In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”.
In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure.
In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
At the Academy of Natural History in Philadelphia today. Save the museum!
An Allosaur, I think? At the Academy of Natural History The Tyrannosaurus at the Academy of Natural History Some funky sheep / goats at the Academy of Natural History A live (!) frog on a leaf at the Academy of Natural History
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
FTA: "The newborn Aurelius is John’s only known grandson." There it is! There's the conspiracy! The only KNOWN!
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"I've decided to be worse."
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This really, really sucks. This is the wrong direction to go. When the deal between the Eagles and the Link expires in a few years, how many billions will the city cough up to keep them open? www.inquirer.com/education/ac...
inquirer.com
The Academy of Natural Sciences is closing its museum after nearly two centuries
The closure does not affect the rest of the institution, which builds and maintains the collections and conducts research through departments such as the Patrick Center for Environmental Research.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Stevie Ray Vaughan? Catch him next time. Nirvana, unannounced, at an after-hours club in NYC? I'm tired boss. I try to avoid these mistakes now. You never know.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title reads, "Suddenly Finding A New Obsession".
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, in front of her computer. She has a bored expression on her face.
In the second panel we zoom in on her face. She looks suddenly alert.
In the third panel we zoom in even closer on her face. Her eyes and mouth are wide open in intrigue.
In the fourth panel we zoom out and see Sarah in front of her computer again, but this time she is dressed in a frog costume, surrounded by frog toys, and has an "I heart frogs" poster behind her.
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🧌🥛 🏨 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
fuckin god damn! it worked!!! 🔭 no digital compositing just one tenaciously stupid asshole with an hour’s worth of four and a half minute timers and a large format camera
me holding negative with a bunch of dark spots changing size in a diagonal line negative converted and cropped into a photo showing to moon rising to the right and increasing in size as it comes out of eclipse
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That's just some hair-metal lead singer we forgot
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Ursulala @ursulala.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Musik 🎶 "Roland Moog Modular"- Synthesizer ab 1964 Musiker: Hannes Beiger (Hätte ich auch gern. Würde nur noch Krautrock machen.😉)
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The faster the sign ups, the faster your reward.
Email screenshot with bold, colorful text surrounded by attention-grabbing punctuation. The email humorously promotes an "Onion Membership" with exaggerated and absurd claims, such as fixing lightbulbs and winning opportunities. Mentions of Ticketmaster Class Action Lawsuit, Jerry, and Jelly Roll tickets are included. The email ends with playful language and instructions to send it to others.
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rabagast @rabagast.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
in news from norway, one of the largest grocery brands here has just redesigned their jam packaging and i'm not entirely convinced they know what they're doing.
a glass jar of apricot jam. the jar label illustration has a very AI-looking grandma type of person hugging an apricot as big as herself. the apricot has butt cheeks. grandma has one hand on each apricot butt cheek. it's not entirely clear if she's just caressing the butt cheeks or pulling them gently apart.

the (new) brand name on the label doesn't even match the (old) brand name on the glass jar because this whole redesign project is clearly all slop all the way.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh! OMG. I thought that person was joking.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm just not going to take part in that
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Max_Ginnel @maxginnel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1) Hey 👋 Here is the 5th chapter of the electric guitar evolution series. This time, let’s discuss the iconic Gibson Les Paul model. Follow the thread.👇👇👇 #history #indierock #blueskymusic #MusicSky #indiemusic #musiciansky #originalmusic #guitar #guitarhistory
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
No. I intend to be worse
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Now you tell me
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I would cross the street to avoid this image
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