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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 21h

missed National Coming Out Day. but came across this screenshot of the mass email i sent 12 years ago!

mass email from me when i transitioned. the body of the email reads-
"about 15 years ago i sent out a mass email stating that i had used the Troy Aikman quarterback rating system to decide that the right choice was to switch email providers from Aol to Comcast. using the same system i'm pleased to announce that the Troy Aikman quarterback ratings system has given me the clarity to go ahead and switch genders.
i'm available to anyone by phone that would like to crunch the numbers. thanks eveyrbody and sorry for the mass email! and thanks Troy Aikman!"

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

went looking for the meme source and the whole thing was worth a watch m.youtube.com/watch?v=fYTX...

m.youtube.com

Christopher Columbus | Native Americans | One Word | Cut

YouTube video by Human

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i use @aimod.social as a labeler, and they have good lists that may help.

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

me: yeah i’ve had this supersack of mulch forever and it’s too heavy to tip over so i have to scoop it out with a bucket, which is a hassle coworker: why not just cut it open down the side? me: … … … I AM SO MAD WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THAT

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

it's like someone tried to replicate Ryan Reynolds using Armie Hammer and Kai's Power Goo

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i mean sure, driving would've gotten me there fifteen minutes faster than taking Marta, but then i would've missed out on a delightful conversation with my seatmate about her masters' thesis on linguistic analysis in theology

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i was waiting for my vision benefits to roll over to get new glasses, and then i remembered that i have free will and a reasonable amount of disposable income, and soon i will own two new pairs of Fun Glasses

square chunky white frames that glow ghostly blue in the dark!

roundish frames in a violet-blue-green gradient acrylic

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

watching AI slowly creep up on my job like the monster from It Follows while i try to find an exit strategy

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

we really wanted a hybrid Crosstrek, but they were only sold in four states and we couldn’t find a mechanic that could service it if we had gotten one out of state

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

there is a bleak irony in posting about inaccessible housing with an image that has no alt text

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Supernatural actually did this for me twice in that past season 5, it got so bad it looped back around to being entertaining in an incredibly meta way, and then it faceplanted again in the finale season

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henry ✷ @strange.website · 05/10/2026

it's a new season for technology & for technologists, and our labor and its impact to the world are both more greater and more dangerous than ever. how do we make sense of work in an industry many of us no longer recognize?

henry.codes

Dark Forestry

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

got my new plants in the ground about ten minutes before it started raining, which is a personal best

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

experiencing a new platform’s theming setup which is so bad it has literally given me a migraine

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Fiona Applebees 🍎🐝 @fionaapplebs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m sorry could you repeat that? Phil Collins was doing his drum solo

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Todoist has voice input.

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

yes rykie but now any Idea Guy can poop out a songlike object without ever having to give a shit about other people, which is what democracy really is

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i would guess he (like me) glanced at “Jackson” and thought Rick Jackson, the GOP gov candidate

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

sorted through my dead brother's art supplies and found the exact moment when he realized that when a print has words, you have to mirror them before you carve it

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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Georgia Recorder @georgiarecorder.com · 23/09/2026

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is calling for federal guardrails around the use of automatic license plate readers, citing multiple cases of law enforcement misusing the cameras to stalk and harass U.S. citizens. New from @mayahoman.bsky.social.

georgiarecorder.com

Warnock urges greater federal oversight of ALPRs • Georgia Recorder

Warnock, a Democrat, is teaming up with U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican, to urge the Department of Justice to issue guidance.

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Emilia Ruzicka @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Journalists! @accessiblejournalism.org is running a survey to understand the state of accessibility in news. The survey is meant to identify both how much journalists know and what journalists don’t know so we can create programming. Fill it out below! accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com/q/y2hGhFumV

accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com

OAJ 2026 Disability and Accessibility Survey | Organization for Accessible Journalism

I have posted a survey titled 'OAJ 2026 Disability and Accessibility Survey' on Organization for Accessible Journalism. Please help me by filling it out. Thank you very much!

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the founder of Fiber Parts (the cute lil yarn shop previous to Pink Tiger, in Avondale Estates) is kicking up a nonprofit that could use a boost: givebutter.com/qfTQfA?gba_d...

givebutter.com

Peach State Fibershed: Donate Today

By Peach State Fiber

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

tried using @mapquest.com for turn-by-turn nav instead of GoogleMaps. works reasonably well! it had some trouble pinpointing where exactly I was (which all GPS do to some degree), but OTOH I got to be a tiny wizard on the map instead of a car

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Kevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Imagine you sign up for a rideshare gig app after you get laid off. Imagine it starts offering gigs that break the law in exchange for thousands of dollars for a night of work. What happens when it starts blackmailing you into killing your best friend? Check out Happy Traveler now!

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Happy Traveler

YouTube video by Kevin Fox

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

does anyone else think Tilly Norwood is going to end up "starring" in some godawful Christian movie?

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You startle awake. It is 1969, you are a grant writer for ARPANET, and you have come to the inescapable conclusion that Al Gore must die before his Internet can infect the human mind.

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

reasonably sure we could get Daniel in on that

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

made four different freezer meals and then proceeded to eat a bowl of yogurt for dinner, why am i like this

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

RIP Pallookaville, purveyor of fancy corndogs and boozy milkshakes

Pallookaville window signage in hand-painted circus lettering

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm old enough to remember when the Christian right fear-mongered that marriage equality would lead to bestiality and now it qualifies you to be an FBI agent.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose

autonomy.substack.com

This Is Not A Love Song

Explaining the “maximalism” of trans rights

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

i looked it up especially for you

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️^6

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

a couple of places on Ghost have a subscriber-only full RSS feed option and it is my favorite thing ever

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

i’m so sorry ❤️‍🩹

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

at least it doesn't have another notch

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · 09/09/2026

Sometimes I think UX designers must just be really hungry based on how they name stuff. I mean, Snackbar?? Bread crumbs??? BURGER Menu????? Like buddy go have lunch jeez

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Do we block certain technologies because we are ruled by a cabal of primitivists stalking the halls of power, or because everything we develop is not an unalloyed good which can and should be spread far and wide?" www.thetechbubble.info/p/the-future...

thetechbubble.info

The Future Is Not Tech-Forward

On artificial intelligence, data centers, technological politics, and who gets to build the future.

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strixus @strixus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Absolutely astouding statistic about the #Dragoncon blood drive - it is the third largest blood drive in the WORLD. We had over 4k individual donors this year. The dent that makes in the US blood supply is AMAZING. Thank you all!!!

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

achievement: packed up the DragonCon room by checkout time, left with fewer bags than we arrived with and nothing is visible in the packed car

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

update: there is a plane circling around nearby our hotel towing a banner that says “C U IN HELL,” which I think means either someone downtown just got VERY DIVORCED, or the Dragoncon street preachers are trying something new this year

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i just realized that. i’m sure you did your part though

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

worth a shot! it is verifying residency, but you could add some comment about how you live just outside city limits and often visit AE businesses but are considering shopping and dining elsewhere bc the surveillance is a deterrent / makes you feel less safe / etc. and see if that makes it through

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

on the off chance anyone else from AE is On Here, a petition to cancel Avondale Estates' contract with Flock: c.org/GGV4txkHRk

c.org

Sign the Petition

Cancel the Flock Contract in Avondale Estates, GA

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this is a fantastic resource specifically for social graphics: accessible-social.com/images-and-v...

accessible-social.com

Images and Visuals

How to be accessible on social media when posting images and visuals.

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