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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 · 17m
MFR is half-way to chupacabra. Worse than being all the way there.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 20h
... And how it's the DSA's fault
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well. Fuck. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
arstechnica.com
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...
mcsweeneys.net
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 · 05/10/2026
Just throw Roger Waters' name in and watch the pot boil over...
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I remember really good stuff that wasn't even on DNS. Just an IP address.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NO
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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 · 03/10/2026
Something something Cowboys
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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
This is why you sit with your back to the TV screen
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nice gloves (derogatory)
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Peak Male Performance, etc.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reading that quote, and I'm suddenly reminded of the Rule of Goats. But for (waves hand) whatever this.
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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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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lol yeah
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The AI slop ads and yard signs against Harvey are just so obvious, ugly, and desperate.
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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 · 29/09/2026
Makes a mess
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This, so they don't notice the person in the gorilla suit walking by in the background...
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I do naught. Those our all different words
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also: it does not act.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Deace: "We need the president out on the stump asap. We need better and way more aggressive messaging. Stop running fake and gay ads about how often so-and-so shows up for votes, and instead mercilessly hammer Democrats on the wickedness they’re voting for." Lol. Oh no. Not that. Oh please no. Lmao
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pretty sure I just went by this under the salt and sands
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
General Mills should know I will not purchase cereal under this circumstance
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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
Truth bombs from those who are touched with the insight
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Probably the first thing I knew about The Beatles
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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 · 25/09/2026
CONTROL
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We have a very popular course in southeastern Pennsylvania
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Maybe? I don't know. Someone would have to see his post first.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know I'm just in the dark, but "Birtles and Goble" sounds like someone taking the piss
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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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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You find an Apple ][ running a numbers station
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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 · 21/09/2026
The entire national debt -- the value of the economy -- is 40 trillion.
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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ooh. Edgy.
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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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