William Gibson
@GreatDismal
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Author of Neuromancer, The Peripheral, Agency… I’m also @greatdismal.bsky.social
Vancouver
Joined April 2009
So to be clear is the Trump administration saying the thousands of people who counter protest lockdowns during Covid while open carrying firearms and the thousands of people who have protested stronger gun laws open carrying firearms all could legally be executed by the state?
Bessent: I'm sorry he is dead, but he did bring a semiautomatic weapon to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever Bessent: But he brought a gun! Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
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Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage. Read more: https://t.co/gs55sapKJH
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They Shall Not Pass! London. October 4, 1936. Oswald Mosley was the British Hitler. He wanted to parade his "Blackshirts" through the East End to intimidate the Jewish population. The Police Commissioner said the march was legal. He ordered the streets cleared. He underestimated
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Due to an extreme weather alert for temperatures at or below 0 C, additional shelter spaces will be open from tonight, Jan. 23, through Jan. 25 ⬇️ Translations: 繁體中文 | 简体中文 | Tagalog | Español | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | Tiếng Việt 1/7
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This isn’t about immigration anymore. It’s about killing non-fascists.
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MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. And yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone behind me here as we try to fulfill our oath
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USA 🇺🇸 Bruce Springsteen donated $500,000 to the family of a young woman who was killed by an ICE agent, leaving behind her six-year-old son.
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crazy to me that last year we said we don't have enough money to cure cancer but now we're trying to buy greenland
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William Gibson’s 'Neuromancer' Gets a New Deluxe Edition (Exclusive)
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William Gibson's 1984 novel 'Neuromancer' is getting a new look. PEOPLE can exclusively reveal a new deluxe edition of the cyberpunk classic that inspired hit films like 'The Matrix.'
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Tetanus is back TETANUS
As vaccine rates drop: "* At least 37 confirmed tetanus cases were reported in the United States in 2025, marking the highest annual case count in over a decade and exceeding the 32 cases documented in 2024." https://t.co/2JVvn6cwBv
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BREAKING: a three-year extension of the ACA Obamacare subsidies just passed the House 230-196 with 17 Republicans joining all Democrats. Take that Donald Trump. Take that Mike Johnson.
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2/2 Let’s Put The Future Behind Us is his visionary Soviet satire that looks all too real today. And, lastly, UFOS Are Real! is his non-fiction look at the history of flying saucers and the culture around them. You know what to do next: buy 'em all.
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1/2 It’s Jack Womack’s birthday today, so let’s talk books. The Dryco series is some of the best SF/cyberpunk/whatever you want to call it around and includes to extraordinary Random Acts of Senseless Violence.
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My father is 89. Born in 1936. Whip smart. Was in the Korean War. Stationed in Okinawa. He’s been around. Seen some shit. Stopped by for a couple happy hour beers today, and asked him about the ICE killing. He said 2 words… 2 words only… Gestapo shit.
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Keith Ellison on Kristi Noem blatantly lying about the circumstances of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis: "It's just deeply heartbreaking to see a person responsible for safety and enforcement of American law make such a brazenly false statement. It is truly sad for our
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Five years later, remember all the things we STILL don't know about January 6: - Who planted the pipe bombs? - Who disabled Pence’s key card? - Who removed the panic buttons? - Who shared the location of the non-reinforced windows?
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Oy. And in addition to Super Sad’s war with Venezuela, Absurdistan had some pretty Trumpy oil politics.
We are deep into our SuperSad True Love Story Era How does it feel to be always right, @Shteyngart
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There have only been 2 Con PMs in the last 42 years and they’ve both been shitty. Poilievre is 20 times shittier than them, so thankfully he never became one. All of the Lib PMs we’ve had in the past 60 years have been fantastic but PM Carney may be the best and most qualified.
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