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quollified.bsky.social
Overcaffeinated nerd, bad swordfighter, and amateur photographer
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Ok, I'm doing a version of this thread for 🧪 who are new to political conditions where info security is a safety issue: 1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance 2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion 3. Don't live post resistance meetings

submitted 4 days ago • 41 comments

The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

submitted 5 days ago • 116 comments

*guy who can't play Diablo for himself* Yeah all these government payments are probably fraud

submitted 14 days ago • 25 comments

The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943. Only one cat has ever received the award. This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25

submitted 203 days ago • 44 comments

A 404 Media reader made a much clearer, better formatted PDF version of the declassified, World War II-era government guide to "Simple Sabotage" and resisting fascism and asked that I share it widely so here it is: www.404media.co/heres-a-pdf-...

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times @peterbakernyt.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 10 comments

Party leadership is just incapable of accepting responsibility for anything ever

submitted 24 days ago • 418 comments

The gag order was lifted in late 2023 - so I'm coming at this late, but this is the first I'm hearing of it, so sharing in case others didn't know. So if you use Signal, for example, change the setting for Notification Contents to "No Name or Content". 🧵 /1

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

What I really need is a tournament Feder, but it’s really hard not to buy myself a very fancy sharp.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

“Women don’t meet the standards for being in the military. Anyway, here’s why I, a functioning alcoholic, am qualified to run the DoD.” -Hegseth

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Orcas are attacking my yacht. Urgently hiring whalers to defend it. Will pay any amount. Must be battle-ready and tougher than the last team of whalers I hired, who were all immediately pulled underwater

submitted 48 days ago • 47 comments

This phenomenon is absolutely getting people killed in the only developed country without universal healthcare but I don’t think Americans would grasp just how bad it is without experiencing the alternative. You would radicalise so quickly.

submitted 51 days ago • 79 comments

Instead of packing for my flight tomorrow like a functional adult, I've decided now is a great time to edit photos from last year

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

@bencollins.bsky.social @theonion.com ❤️ what i needed to come home to

submitted 62 days ago • 84 comments

Some kind of Halictidae doing it’s thing

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

So it turns out that hitting people with swords is much cheaper than therapy. As a bonus, the bruises will briefly distract you from your traumatic past.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments