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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Movie adaptations that are better than the book: Children of Men: just a flawless film from a fine novel Villaneuve's Dune: all the encyclopedic stuff is there for the looking but it just dials down hard on the visually astounding As good as original: Arrival from Stories of Your Life.

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Just a reminder that when Jack Smith collected extant records of Congresspersons' texts aiding Jan 6 insurrection he was hauled before Congress and idiotically threatened. But Kash Patel setting up real time intercepts of journalists' phone data is kosher. www.wired.com/story/feds-g...

wired.com

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"Young conservatives are practicing misogyny the right way" --Ezra Klein

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trying to remember the name of the strategy wherein one fights a proxy war but treats both sides as their ally by giving both capital and assistance. Oh, it's "idiocy"

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

1/25 The night of 9 October 1799, a British frigate ran onto a sandbank off the Dutch islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. Some 240 people were aboard; one survived. She carried gold and silver worth around a million pounds. Most of it is still down there. #maritimehistory #otd

Painting of a three-masted warship heeling hard in a storm, sails torn and a British ensign flying, waves breaking over her stern, which carries the name La Lutine.

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We just finished China Mieville's young adult Moby Dick spin Railsea and my kiddo is now excited to hear Moby Dick so excited to hear this!

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tired: Russian doctrine is from the early 20th century Wired: Russian doctrine is from the 13th century

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Chief of Staff of Kitchen Cabinet

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Llol bsky.app/profile/bria...

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When your coffee is a portal

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Throw back to being surprised by the bill after you went over your minutes except instead you get medical bankruptcy and lose your house

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SoCal residents: 70: it's freezing! 85: I'm dying, it's a heatwave!

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Having the utterly bonkers experience of being in a notoriously expensive country and kind of shrugging because $22 (18 CHF) for a pint and a sandwich wouldn't be crazy in Seattle

A hazy pint on a table with a Nogne Ø mat, Geneva traffic in the background

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"but thanks for paying for ads on my behalf"

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"paying for nice things appeals to people who like nice things, but not to people who hate everything" Marc Novicoff points out

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I support Sha-tree-a law

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The lady-centaur cleavage is throwing me for a damn loop

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

US Americans coming to Europe: I've wanna hit the WWII sites! Me on the way home from a hike: wait, I need to stop in Martigny/Octodurus to see where Galba turned back during the Gallic campaign

1st century Roman amphitheater in Martigny near the site of the battle that stopped the Roman advance north through the Alps ca. 57 BCE

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"it's just a series of hybrid, cyber, and physical attacks on multiple allied countries by a single state actor. And sure a 2016 DPD definitely labels these attacks 'acts of war' but what if we just look the other way while we invite said state back into the global economic fold instead?"

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Men everywhere shocked when most women polled "choose the Inostrancevia"

An Inostrancevia pouncing on a downed Scutosaurus demonstrating a situation preferable to most women than encountering a strange man in the wild

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

US in 2016: cyberattacks are considered acts of war if they meet certain thresholds US in 2026: state directed attacks on infrastructure or entities within sovereign states will be ignored

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oldie but goodie: Star Wars' bacta gel first seen in Empire Strikes Back with Luke floating in a big tube of it but later put in sprays, patches, and even--for a video game--grenades. Miraculous slime is my favorite. Recent 2nd: Kaiju derived healing grafts and shots in Bennett's Anna & Din series

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If they could they'd usually get hired. Most did not.

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not order booze and not talk shit about the prior interviewers. Low bars.

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey US-Americans, I just walked into a pharmacy in France, got an ultrasound and a custom fitted knee brace in under 20 minutes for €149. I paid $450 for just a crappier generic brace 20 years ago in Seattle. We were losing before RFK Jr came in with "let's die of measles"

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Totally. Where's the random boxy thing under their pants? Their overly long ties? Their inability to do a pull-up without kicking?!? We need lethal trolling not carpet rolling!

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very important all these warfighters have their testosterone levels tested ASAP

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Invoked every time I need something to wash away the rain, wherever I am

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When the couple from LA assure you the tacos "aren't very good" but you live in a place where decent tortillas are hard to find and are, therefore, VERY happy. "There's no tuna or canned corn, though, right?" you ask in your mind.

Eminently decent barbacoa and carnitas tacos on a picnic table with homemade salsa and a pint of lager

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Charlie Kirk goes full Bennie-(Shapiro)-jesserit?

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We used to follow interviews for baby analysts with a paid lunch with other analysts. The number who didn't get it was part of the interview was staggering.

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sunset beers under the highest point in Europe don't suck

Alpen glow on the Mont Blanc massif a church spire in Chamonix and trees visible in the foreground

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"yes, we'll have a giant party to inaugurate our beautiful ballroom. No, it's not weird I only invited journalists and Democratic lawmakers"

static.klipy.com

City Building Engulfed in Fire

ALT: City Building Engulfed in Fire

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Constitutional crisis number what, exactly?

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Meeting was to discuss Putin's refusal to enter Mar-a-Lago: that place is fully bugged by everyone on earth

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sorry we missed you! We left your F-35 parts in Hong Kong

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"you can't make this up" he says after totally making up a random straw man

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Guys, I'm beginning to think maybe the stuff he and his administration says maybe isn't super good faith

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"yes it's genocide but someday they will reunite maybe"

Melania (or Melania double) wearing a jacket reading "I Really Don't Care Do U?" as her husband's policies tear children from their parents and wreak global havoc

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

American cops drooling and suddenly urging US support for Ukraine so their departments can get these as surplus

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Not to mention mass killings of minority populations e.g., Jewish residents in present day Germany back in 1348

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Increasing global death rates and decreasing global GDP for a generations just isn't filmable in a sexy enough way

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2026

How did a man named Umar Kremlev go from Russian biker gang member to Putin ally to secret benefactor of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding? 🎧 Tune in for a very special episode of ProPublica's “Paper Trail” podcast:

propublica.org

Podcast: The Russian Benefactor Who Funded Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"thank you for the pushback! You're right, when I said 'nuclear materials' I really meant 'unclear manifest.' Hope there wasn't too much confusion!"

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@myedmondsnews.bsky.social Any idea why Edmonds PD was guns out in Seattle yesterday?

Photo taking from car window. A dingbat apartment in Seattle. Two F150s facing it. Police with assault rifles and full plate reading "Edmonds Police" facing it

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TheName @thename.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New non-Twitter platform: Bird Calls. Literal tweets to send messages

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