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Kip Manley

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Writer, phantasist, bon viveur; a litigation support paralegal as needed. Spouse to a cartoonist, parent to an aspiring large-animal veterinarian, three cats and (now) two dogs to be fed on a regular basis. See also @thecityofroses.com

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Wolverine apparently indoors, a background like the Danger Room or something is seen from head to waist from his right side as he lights a cigerate or something and says, "Maybe it's just the way o' the world that did it. Maybe the dream is DEAD. Maybe we should all stop pretendin' it ain't--" Thanks, Logan.

Wolverine apparently indoors, a background like the Danger Room or something is seen from head to waist from his right side as he lights a cigerate or something and says, "Maybe it's just the way o' the world that did it. Maybe the dream is DEAD. Maybe we should all stop pretendin' it ain't--" Thanks, Logan.

07.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

Like Ryan Coogler said, β€œEvery day I wake up, I get to contribute. That’s what I’m focused on.”

And β€œI try to protect my love for what I do, as best I can.”

07.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People always confusing the industry that makes the art with the art itself, and thinking if they quash the art, they'll cure the ails of the industry.

06.03.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
brianmcginnisnc
Brian McGinnis' wife has
NOT been allowed to see him in the hospital.
He is currently awaiting surgery for severe injuries.
Legal counsel has also been denied access.
A Marine veteran.
A firefighter.
A father of four.
And his family still cannot see him.

brianmcginnisnc Brian McGinnis' wife has NOT been allowed to see him in the hospital. He is currently awaiting surgery for severe injuries. Legal counsel has also been denied access. A Marine veteran. A firefighter. A father of four. And his family still cannot see him.

so apparently Brian McGinnis has been denied access to both his family and legal representation since a sitting senator broke his arm

06.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 1650 πŸ” 737 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 51

we live in the worst society in history, one where everyone is miserable, one that is literally killing everything alive, and millions defend it every day because they can’t imagine anything else

06.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The "trans people do school shootings" thing is such a shockingly stark example of the stupidity of bigotry: a "fact" which crumbles upon the most glancing contact with anything resembling reality, wielded with increasingly dangerous intensity as the shibboleth of an increasingly desperate in-group.

06.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's hilarious that "working class" now applies exclusively to the racist failsons of regional car dealership owners but every unemployed trans person is an "elite".

06.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1998 πŸ” 476 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

Also more overt depictions and celebrations of direct action, he said, expectantly.

06.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, there are fewer than 700,000 Americans with $1m in their 401k accounts, which is terrible, as 4.1 million Americans should retire this year.

Also, the number of plan participants taking a hardship withdrawal is booming in the Trump economy.

06.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

You might want some historical perspective for this one. (You might've wanted some for the previous, as well, but that's what the footnotes are for. I mostly want to highlight this use of Google Maps. More like this, please.)

06.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Ray McKinnon in Deadwood.)

06.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just learned that Buddy Holly's high school girlfriend was named Echo McGuire.

Good lord. I'm in love.

06.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

That's not true. But Tokugawa Iemitsu issued the Sakoku Edict in 1635, closing Japan's borders and rigorously limiting international contact, to avoid an interview with Chotiner

06.03.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
β€ͺProton‬
 β€ͺ@proton.me‬
Β· 1h
Replied to 
EinhornPapa
Clickbait headline. Proton didn't hand anything to the FBI. Swiss authorities processed a legal request involving a shooting & explosives. This is about the highest existing legal bar. Even then only payment info was disclosed. This proves how little we hold. For max. anonymity - cash or crypto.

β€ͺProton‬ β€ͺ@proton.me‬ Β· 1h Replied to EinhornPapa Clickbait headline. Proton didn't hand anything to the FBI. Swiss authorities processed a legal request involving a shooting & explosives. This is about the highest existing legal bar. Even then only payment info was disclosed. This proves how little we hold. For max. anonymity - cash or crypto.

This is not a serious company. If they block anyone who points out the hypocrisy in their response to collaborating with the feds, then they absolutely do not care about the promises of privacy.

06.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

The mistake is confusing detail vs fidelity. Vibe prototypes let you add a lot of detail quickly, just like how component libraries do.

But all of that detail is essentially distraction and waste. Showing off your tasteful drop shadow on the card view is not stress-testing the merit of the solution

06.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 262 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 8

Waitβ€”I've shown symptoms of anxiety, from time to time. Holy shit: am I conscious, too?

06.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Neil Gaiman is innocentβ€”

β€”of spilling my leftover coffee all over the tray when it was being taken downstairs. That's on me. The rest of that shit though? Oh, yeah. That's him.

06.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How It’s Made: A 7,000-Word Story on Coal in Oakland β€œThis is the only time in my entire life, I think, where I wrote long and someone was like, β€˜Well, could you make it longer?’”

People said they wanted more culture pieces on Bsky, right? For COYOTE, I interviewed the @oaklandreviewofbooks.org and @meganwachspress.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes account of how Megan's 7,000-word feature (!) on coal in Oakland came to beβ€”a phenomenal work of longform journalism.

06.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Having agentic experiences and workloads, as one does.

06.03.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free." --David Graeber

06.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 420 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œConsidering how force can be used against children”.

Hey, UK?

Vote Green.

06.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

CSPAN
@cspan
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@SpeakerJohnson after House blocked War Powers Resolution: "We're not at war, we have no intention at being at war. The president and the Department of Defense have made it very clear, this is a limited operation."

CSPAN @cspan . @SpeakerJohnson after House blocked War Powers Resolution: "We're not at war, we have no intention at being at war. The president and the Department of Defense have made it very clear, this is a limited operation."

Darkly funny he had enough self-awareness to revert to "Department of Defense" here.

06.03.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 1458 πŸ” 261 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 29
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Wow! Signal: March 2026 Jake Casella Brookins The Ancillary Review of Books was founded to address the radical possibilities of criticism, particularly in the context of the radical possibilities of speculative fiction. N…

A bumper load of essays and reviews: our March link round-up is live!

06.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

"At a certain point, he realized the sci-fi was getting in the way of stories where desire and separation matter more than the clatter of fabulous machines or action scenes."

06.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this.
The post was β€œJUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ”₯”

06.03.2026 08:22 πŸ‘ 3148 πŸ” 1098 πŸ’¬ 666 πŸ“Œ 1190

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	Iran hits Amazon data centres in jolt to Gulf AI drive
First known military strike on a US hyperscaler rattles regional ambitions to build multibillion-dollar cloud facilities

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The rapid expansion of American-owned data centres in the Middle East has opened up a new front for Iran’s retaliation against the US, complicating Gulf ambitions to build multibillion-dollar AI facilities in the region.

Drone strikes on Amazon Web Services facilities this week in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain highlight the vulnerability of cloud facilities β€” prominent symbols of US tech power in the region and hard to defend against air attack.

Fars News Agency, an outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said on Thursday that Iran targeted Amazon and Microsoft facilities in recent drone strikes.

Experts say Amazon’s facilities were likely targeted by Iran. Microsoft said it had not experienced any outages in the region.

The strikes mark what is believed to be the world’s first military attack against the US β€œhyper…

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I double checked. This is not being reported at WaPo.

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06.03.2026 10:18 πŸ‘ 790 πŸ” 335 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 16

Porn Wars of the Pedocons (who are all still somehow 12 years old):

06.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can actually disagree with tyrants & warmongers no matter who they are & without caveats.

06.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Sigh.)

06.03.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kindred Spirits Teaser Trailer
Kindred Spirits Teaser Trailer YouTube video by Cartoon Saloon

w o w

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