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Elizabeth Bear

@matociquala

Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat. https://buttondown.email/matociquala THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ ANGEL MAKER https://books2read.com/u/3kzy2W

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DAMMIT.

06.03.2026 14:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was #2 and #3 on different boards but I don't remember the nodes because dyscalculia. :D

06.03.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The giant RAYTHEON great runes terminals in the basement of Buckley.

06.03.2026 14:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

secondhand market?

06.03.2026 14:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always nice to get some book love from the great Rich Horton.

06.03.2026 14:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats!

06.03.2026 14:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs

06.03.2026 06:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 10905 ๐Ÿ” 1574 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 535 ๐Ÿ“Œ 183

I definitely had a CD player in 1989 (Birthday present my senior year of high school). Home internet, not until 1993 or so. Before then, I used WWIV BBSes and eventually, my senior year at college, they gave EVERYBODY mainframe accounts, not just the engineering students.

06.03.2026 14:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didn't find out about it until after it was over...

06.03.2026 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you with me, Dr. Wu?

06.03.2026 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I also dated a sysadmin for a time.

Big mistake but in a weird story of way it got me where I am.

06.03.2026 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lol!!

06.03.2026 13:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pat Benatar is though

06.03.2026 13:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Better than just not writing!!

06.03.2026 13:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mostly used it to get to Usenet and MUSHes

06.03.2026 13:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It takes the scenic route at 2 am, dialing local numbers only.

06.03.2026 13:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're uuencoding their SPAM!

06.03.2026 13:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Tempest and As You Like It.

06.03.2026 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where's @hntdove.bsky.social to tell us about GEnie!?

06.03.2026 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't recall the name but as I said, 35 years ago.

06.03.2026 04:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I knew a guy in college who got raided by the FBI for phreaking. They seized his computer and didn't find anything because ask his codes were handwritten on index cards stuffed into a Penthouse magazine inside his box spring.

06.03.2026 04:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Perfect

06.03.2026 04:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We turned away from the light when we invented a way to go online without the computer screaming in warning.

06.03.2026 04:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1329 ๐Ÿ” 298 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

In point of fact, THIS username is probably older than the O.P., since I was using it on Delphi.

06.03.2026 04:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 52 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At least one! But it was thirty-five years ago.

06.03.2026 04:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lol. UConn.

Home of America's best peach ice cream for the three weeks the peaches are in season.

06.03.2026 04:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We just need somebody to stan for Wildcat and we'll have the holy trinity

06.03.2026 04:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
You Might Be A Gamer If...

This was my college gaming group:

You Might Be A Gamer If... share.google/uYuHY0h0s0E6...

The hemophiliac werewolf actually happened, for Call of Cthulhu 3rd edition values of "actually".

06.03.2026 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I met my first husband on a mailing list.

06.03.2026 03:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I occasionally see humor posts I made to Usenet via Delphi passed around as memes. Before that I was on WWIVnet and telnetted into MUSHes.

There are still people on Al Gore's internet who remember when it got pictures.

Do not speak to us of the deep magic, witch. We were there when it was written.

06.03.2026 03:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 226 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3