Micah @rincewind.run

Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.

Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild

🏳️‍⚧️ rights are human rights

A DISCWORLD PRIMER*

*or, why should I read this thing that everyone keeps going on about?

Come on in, sit down, pull up a chair. If you have followup questions, feel free to ask me or @ankhmorporkcity.watch, we're always happy to help.

(1/a lot, idk, we'll figure this out as we go)
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social
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whenever people announce they're taking a break from bluesky, it's usually because they're astronauts experiencing a mandatory communications blackout as they re-enter earth's atmosphere. that's why they always come back in six minutes
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Discworld QOTD, from Thief of Time

"‘We’re the most secret society you can imagine.’

‘Really? Who are you, then?’

‘The Monks of History.’

‘Huh? I’ve never heard of you!’

‘See? That’s how good we are.’"
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I'm moonscrolling
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also I appreciate the extremely relatable tech problems at the very end of the mission

astronauts: they’re just like us
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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social
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Things that work: giant rocket, very precise math, orbital mechanics, cameras, iPhones

Things that don’t work: Microsoft Outlook, toilets, sat phones
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huge thank you to everyone involved in this mission for reminding us of the best of humanity and I am tremendously glad it all went off as planned

space is pretty cool and so, in many cases, are people
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Jesse Gamble @jessegamble.com
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I have lost
the mines
that were in
the Strait

and which
you were probably
hoping
would go away

Forgive me
there were many
so hidden
and so deep
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my dog, he is very hungry, and my homework was so tasty
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it's never, ever, just one with dudes like this

quit the race and resign
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social
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I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
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my new voting slogan:

"Tom Steyer, I Guess? Everyone Else Is Worse"
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what a complete shitshow the CA governor's race is, this state deserves better
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he should drop out and resign, this is completely unacceptable and far too common
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young, adept communicator, purple state senator who is going to coast to reelection by ten points in georgia

personally I would prefer he stay in the georgia seat! but his margin of victory in the midterms is going to give him a lot of 'electable' buzz
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"I have acquired power; now who can I fuck" is unfortunately a load-bearing feature of society, from youtube stardom to politics
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multiple folks bringing up Pritzker and he's definitely a real possibility, but as I've said before I am worried that he's had a hard time breaking through outside of bluesky despite signaling more clearly than anyone but Newsom that he's running

breaking through the field will be harder for him
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imo the current 2028 favorites, if they want it, are AOC and Jon Ossoff

long way to go though
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I say this as someone who has a much higher opinion of the campaign she ran than most of bluesky: this is not going to work

there are a lot of reasons but at the core I simply do not think Dem primary voters are going to run someone who already lost to Donald Trump against his successor
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the bargain that put RFK Jr in charge of American health in exchange for putting Donald Trump back in the White House may go down as the single worst deal in all of human history
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of course it’s got cheap gold bullshit all over it, why wouldn’t he make it maximally hideous

something else to dismantle immediately if it ever gets off the ground
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I am quite curious how much Vetinari knows about the monks - my guess is he files them under "generally also invested in the stability of ankh-morpork so probably fine" if he's aware

but if there's anyone who could stay out of Vetinari's sight it's Lu-Tze
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Discworld QOTD, from Thief of Time

"‘We’re the most secret society you can imagine.’

‘Really? Who are you, then?’

‘The Monks of History.’

‘Huh? I’ve never heard of you!’

‘See? That’s how good we are.’"
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what did they think would happen

I am not even a white sox fan but I want one
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looking forward to another three years of "jd vance was privately correct about everything" stories in the runup to 2028

not gonna work, nice try though
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Micah @rincewind.run
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some people may argue that The Beekeeper not high art but it contains a scene in which a scammer tries to bribe Jason Statham with NFTs and is immediately tied to a truck and driven off the bridge so who’s to say it is not the greatest cinematic accomplishment of our times
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Micah @rincewind.run
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it is very important to remember that the confederates were both traitors and big stupid losers who got their asses kicked
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