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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oooh, these look pretty! Okay, you're right, I do want one. Thank you so much! 🦇🥰🦇

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Jon Evans @rezendi.com · 12/09/2026

Surprised I haven't seen more of this chart from Anthropic's www.anthropic.com/institute/ec... (well, semi surprised - when a wave of doom debate hits it tends to drown out all else 🙄) "In all scenarios, ordinary workers get _zero_ of any AI-driven economic growth" is, um, striking!

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And here I am, still trying to get from the scribbling madwoman to the rumpled wreck drinking her coffee. Halfway there... and then after that, I gotta get to that woman in the suit? Ugh. (But yes, anything by Elle Cordova is gold!)

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My Gods, it's even bigger and bushier than Anson Mount's! 😮

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yup, good point — both halves of it. I forget if any white characters use the word in _Get Out_, but if they did, it would be acceptable. (And honestly, I give _Blazing Saddles_ a pass, too, regardless of how much or how little influence Cleavon Little had.)

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yup. And similarly, it doesn't matter if a white person "didn't mean it in a racist way", because *that word is INHERENTLY racist*. The *only* non-racist use I can see for it is when Black people try to reclaim it. That's all. (And even then, you'll note they shift the -er ending to -a.)

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've always subscribed to Jay Smooth's dictum that "If you're not the original target of an insult, you can't be the one to reclaim it." Can't find his original video, but here's someone's repost with an odd title: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7nC... Black people can take back the N word. Whites? No.

youtube.com

Getting everyone up to speed on 'No Homo' or Jay-Z is a tool

YouTube video by Rick Dunn

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm so sorry, I should have replied a week or so ago to let you know: the card arrived! It's lovely, and thank you so much for the bit about liking seeing my posts! I'll try to post here a little more often.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Numbers 2 and 8 both appeal to me. Do you still have my address? Thank you very much, and I hope you're enjoying your trip/move/whatever!

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I've only been under the V-N Bridge on ferries. Naturally it never felt remotely like we were going to hit the bridge! This is a much closer view. (Okay, and also walking on the Belt Parkway. An even more different experience, because I was moving so slowly.)

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

How odd. Well, I'll be on the lookout for them. Hope your trip is going well, wherever it is you're off to!

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Whoa, you're in New York? Well hi! 👋🏻 And sorry, I have no idea about the mask things you're talking about, but I'll keep my eyes peeled next time I go out.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"We don't usually see each other's banners. Here's mine! Quote with yours!"

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Okay, but where the heck is this GIF from? I'm interested in watching whatever the hell that is!

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Truth. Everything about the design says, in no uncertain terms, "This ship was designed for one singular purpose: to go FAST. Really fucking fast."

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Charlie Brainman @expanse.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

FYI regarding Gaiman since his account is reactivated: If you want to disconnect from it, the correct order is unfollow, then block. If you forget to unfollow first, click on @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and unblock, then unfollow/block.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I think The Voyage Home was already nearly perfect, but I would watch the hell out of this anyway.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Mok's first line is an entire rollercoaster in just 2 words (plus the way they animate his mouth moving during it!)... "I'mmmmmmmmmm Mok." 😮

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The transphobe-to-Nazi pipeline is real. Don't give JK Rowling money. Simple.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

For extra "ugh, why‽" value, he's posting on Substack. 🤦🏻

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

JFC, WTFingF, he's claiming introspection got invented in _the 1910s or '20s_‽ Like, he's never heard of René Descartes? What a fucking clown.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Shit. I can hardly even imagine how marginal his health care/insurance must be. And the article ended with him having auctioned off his car recently? He must be really hurting for money now. 😟 Poor guy. I hope he's going to be okay.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Thank you. And... understood, but damn. Anyway, I still think it's cool as hell.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Cool! And the sound reproduction quality's good? It's isn't scratched or anything? How hard would it be for you to copy that into MP3/FLAC/whatever?

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Everybody! I just found something. I'm sure lots of people knew, but I didn't, so here it is: Paste a link into your post. Watch it generate a linked preview of the page, but one that *doesn't take up more characters*. Delete the link *text*. The preview link remains. :)

en.wikipedia.org

Luddite - Wikipedia

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I keep this around for anyone who claims I write like "AI" because of my em dashes:

Screenshot of Walter White from the show _Breaking Bad_, from his infamous "I am the one who knocks speech" (where he tells his wife that he isn't *in* danger, he *is* the danger). Bold captions have him bellowing, "You think I write like AI? Because I use em dashes?! No, Skyler. AI uses em dashes because it writes like me!"

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I live in a world where this is simply not so. I use the sparkle emoji to denote things that are magical, or actually sparkly (like fabulosity, drag queens, and so on), and never to denote "AI". (I might use 🤖 for that, I suppose.) Come join me, the ~~water's~~ _sparklies are_ fine! 😁

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

It's really sad to see #Carney stans spreading outside of Canada. People, please understand: he's a neoliberal. He wants to reset the world to the economic system that opened the door to fascism to begin with. He happens to have a good speechwriter and is "normal shaped." Do not get attached.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Drat! Well, I hope your trip was good. Say hi to Tito for me! 👋🏻🫂

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

If you have a chance to get together and catch up, let me know! I'd love to say hi!

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ceej @ceej.online · 22/01/2026

There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yeah, me too. It's honestly kind of disturbing how much of my worldview was shaped¹ by chronic, massive early exposure to what we then simply called "Star Trek". 1. largely for the better IMO, but still

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I was holding back tears by 25 seconds in. Gods, that finale was so powerful!

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I have some lovely memories of a visit there some 10–12 years ago. Including one of the best Piña Coladas I've ever had in my life, in one of the nicest places to drink one.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Wait, does that last hashtag mean you're in Kona right now?

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Thing 1: Those look delicious! 😋 However, Thing 2: Now I have Gandalf in my head saying, "I liked Biscotti the White." 🧙🏻‍♂️🤓

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

It is *far* more interesting to ask why non-compete clauses are now inserted into the contracts of people working fast-food. There was no "trade secret" to selling sandwiches; there is tactic of trapping workers in crap jobs.

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Never forget, our politics are "polarized" because the right has been sliding towards fascism for twenty years, and now it's *arrived* there. If anything, the centre and liberals have been dragged *to* the right in the process, and the actual left is now organizing against the fascism. #JustSaying

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Also, I'm pretty sure MasterCard and Visa don't share a security department. Big financial institutions like that *do not* want to move security operations out-of-house or trust it to third parties. At. All.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him) @wandererblue.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

And hey, I know the bar that coaster is from! 🥰💖

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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull” First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided. With me so far? 1/x

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