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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him

@womzilla.bsky.social
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A dilettante in the old sense. "We are all us."-Greg Stafford "It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."--Stoppard

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 2h
I promise you, there are Democrats in congress right now who still believe it is possible to go back to before Trump. It is not. Republicans are spending Trump’s term as Vought intended. They are intentionally breaking government in as many places as they can to make going back impossible.
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com · 8h
Malcolm Edwards was definitely on our short list of “people we didn’t know well who had a profound influence on our life anyway.” For several reasons, but first because he phoned us in late 1983 to say we should run for TAFF and that he’d pull together the necessary UK nominators. A great editor.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 10h
Aw, Matt Howarth died. His stuff was not like anyone else's, and when he was on, which was most of the time, his stuff wasn't touched or touchable by anyone else's stuff. Vale!
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 11h
Wordle 1,934 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Birdie, tied the 'bot.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 11h
Connections Puzzle #1212 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Solve order green-yellow-purple- blue.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h
it's such a perfect example of what is actually alito's hallmark as a justice, shoddy, sub-undergraduate thinking dressed up with five dollar words.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wordle 1,933 3/6* ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Birdie, beat the 'bot by 1.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1211 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Solve order blue-yellow-purple-green. Saw the herring, didn't pursue it.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wooooo!
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Archive October 3, 2026 Wordle 1,932 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Par (just barely), lost to the 'bot by 1, a type of word I'm terrible with.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I, too, lacked subject knowledge on blue.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1210 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Solved yellow-green-purple. Saw the rainbow herring but didn't fall for it. Nyy sbhe pngrtbevrf unq checyr-fglyr pbaarpgbef fb V unq ab pyhr nobhg gur beqrevat, naq V'z abg fhecevfrq vg jnf n 5/5.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
An orange cat peers down through a hole in the ceiling. It is wide-eyed, possibly in shockm Below is the caption "Ceiling Cat is watching you masturbate.".

A classic meme from the early 2000s.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don't believe top Democrats and their consultants really understand what the voters want. We want justice--including punishment. We want justice & punishment for the Cornell 7, we want both for the Trump administration, for everyone at ICE. The Dems want order. But order must follow justice.
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Avram Grumer @avramg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Six Sigma of Palmer Eldritch
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is a very odd concept for a puzzle.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Long Story Short #56 🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 Cut a sentence to five of its own words. #longstoryshort sheets.works/s/cpwxe
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Long Story Short #56
Cut a sentence to five of its own words. A daily word game.
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 2nd 2026 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com I was one turn ahead of the evidence on that premature guess. Sigh. But this one was only Perfect 17%, so I had a lot of company.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wordle 1,931 4/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Par, tied the 'bot despite move #3 bring provably wrong in 2 different ways.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1209 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Solve order green-blue-yellow. Saw the herring but again did not tease it out.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 1st 2026 (Tricky), in less than 8 minutes My time 7m 13s; Top 50% 7m 0s Perfect 39% 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com Okay, I feel good about that one.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What up, Pelerines and hierodules? Hasten to this bundle of the nearly complete Tor Books Gene Wolfe library. (It omits a few chapbooks and oddities and his first novel, which he didn't want reprinted.) 7 collections, 30+ novels, a pinnacle of literature. www.humblebundle.com/books/ultima...
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Humble Book Bundle: The Ultimate Gene Wolfe Library by Tor Books
Get a massive library of the best of sci-fi and fantasy master Gene Wolfe! Choose what you pay, and support Alzheimer’s Research UK with your purchase!
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pinky and the Brain, from the eponymous series. 

Pinky, a dumb mouse, asks "What we gonna do today[,] Brain?" 

The Brain, a mouse with a gigantic cranium, replies, "The same thing we do every[ ]day[,] Pinky[...]"

(Sorry about the terrible punctuation in the meme; it was the only copy I could find with this exact fragment of dialog.)
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1208 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Solve order most of blue-purple-green-rest of blue-yellow.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/10/2026
good the court has upended the rights and freedom of millions of people and declared donald trump of all people an untouchable god-king whose every feeling must be coddled they deserve to be miserable
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it’s me AC @wellgoshacs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“kill all rapists” is actually reactionary, sorry
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As a transplant, I have always been bewildered that New Yorkers *don't* refer to trains by their color lines but even now some still refer to BMT/IRT/IND as if those communicated something useful. (In a lot of contexts, the color line is not enough info, but in many, it is.)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Drop Site: LAT is running a paid Israeli government tourism campaign featuring a map that completely erases the occupied Palestinian Territories. The sponsored content, labeled "Paid Program" and produced by the paper's branded content arm, LA Times Studios, is titled "Israel: Land of Creation,"
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
word counts from trump's responses: fucking - 1 shit - 3 hell - 5 beef - 0 gas - 1
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Story time. My wife's post here reminds me of one of my favorite stories from my time on the Hill, of which there are many. I was in Comms for a Dem member, and the Caucus would put on a weekly talking points seminar for comms staffers. More often than not, these were run by Third Way.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now is the moment for us to reach down and pick up the power we have as citizens and rebuke these abuses so decisively that no president will try anything like this again for centuries.
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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I notice he’s not offering to fight traitors or nazis.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I was genuinely shocked when I learned that "cockamamie" didn't come from Yiddish.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine being a healthcare provider and a botched “death penalty” victim is brought into your ER. This is so depraved
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How is this not Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last 2 reposts: The GOP is a death cult.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Truly chilling how much the justices love killing people.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wordle 1,929 5/6* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Par; the 'bot faceplanted!
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 30th 2026 (Medium), in less than 10 minutes Top 50% 5m 29s Perfect 42% 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com Slow and steady actually worked this time!
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1207 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Solved as shown. Pretty sure there was a rainbow herring but I didn't tease it all the way out.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 29th 2026 (Medium), in 04:56 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com Can't fricking count to 5.
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