Peter Newland

@phantasmagician.bsky.social

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Writer, gamer, martial artist, metabolic conditioning coach, ex optimist. Kung Fu action grip since 1970.

Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:58 UTC

When Twitter did their post mortem of the 2016 election, I got a notification that I had interacted with a fake account run by the Russians. I see similar efforts going on right now.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:14 UTC

Packing stuff up and came across a fifth old laptop that I will now have to recycle responsibly. Those Toshibas were really good back in the day. Also found a bunch of old uniforms from before the camo pattern changes in the 2000s. No idea why we still have those.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 00:44 UTC

He finally left his basement?

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 23:01 UTC

If on Election Day voters remember Biden in the debate but forget the thousands of shockingly disqualifying Trump things, there's a good chance it's because influential members of the mainstream political press chose to perpetually remind them.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 23:04 UTC

Thanks! I'll tell her that when she gets home. :)

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 22:45 UTC

Packed up the last of my TTRPG books today. We still have way too many books even after donating a bunch of old paperbacks.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 22:29 UTC

Nice to see the BTS Army here on Bsky. My wife is a fan :)

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 11:00 UTC

Seven times between 1801 and 1869 Congress changed the size of the court, going from a low of five justices in 1801 to a high of ten in 1863. In most of those cases, as in 1801 and 1863, the size went up and down in order to fix an imbalance or overreach by the Supreme Court. My latest

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Comics Outta Context @comiccontext.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:24 UTC

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

That is horrible. I'm so sorry

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:29 UTC

I think so. Doesn't ever seem to happen, though.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 18:59 UTC

I'm about halfway through packing up the house, and I need three more guitar cases. How did I get them here in the last move? I have no memory of this.

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 16:02 UTC

Virgo: You will continue to haunt your own house, praying for any connection to those actually alive.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 18:23 UTC

🤣🤣🤣

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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 16:51 UTC

Wow. @nytimes.com has closed their Threads account and left the platform after days of getting just shredded in the replies for their handling of Biden post debate.

Now they're getting dog piled on Instagram for running from Threads.

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 16:01 UTC

Scorpio: Fragments of memory will come back to you at unexpected moments, detailing your previous life as some sort of pet to an intergalactic traveller. You will miss this time of no responsibilities intensely but they are gone forever.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 19:22 UTC

This seems slightly unfair and imbalanced.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 19:21 UTC

I'm Irish, and I approve this message.

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Lynn of the Fae @auberon.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 14:38 UTC

Still looking for participants in a 24 hour consumer strike to protest SCOTUS

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 10:22 UTC

one of the most dishonest things people in my profession do is pretend as if “the story” and “the narrative” isn’t something they have direct control over

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 04:02 UTC

Oh, so it's their latest voter suppression attempt also? That's the other thing they always try to do. It must suck knowing deep down that they can't win any other way.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 01:10 UTC

It is the worst I've ever seen. I've lost respect for even more people this week.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 01:02 UTC

Non citizens already can't vote. That proposed act is just pandering to the racist base.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 00:39 UTC

Absolutely!

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:53 UTC

I'm genuinely sick of all the white noise. The billionaire bought media wants their tax cuts. Everyone in the working class should vote for the Biden Harris campaign. Anyone who doesn't, clearly lacks moral clarity.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:11 UTC

Good. Maybe now they'll actually cover it. I still haven't seen any media coverage of Trump's name in the recently released Epstein docs. There's plenty of stuff for them to cover besides Biden's age.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:54 UTC

I've been more disgusted by people on the left this week than by the Reich wingers. Part of it is the billionaire owned press pushing the story, but the rest is easily influenced people taking that bogus narrative into every damn site I read.

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Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:23 UTC

Fun fact:The last time a Business Plot to destroy US democracy was underway, The Times also pretended it wasnt- they have wanted this since 1930

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 21:30 UTC

Well, well, well... it's about time!

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 21:19 UTC

My thoughts exactly!

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 03:09 UTC

I think it's time for ice cream

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 02:59 UTC

I think listening to that debate on my phone while playing video games was the right call. Made it much easier to deal with.

I will never be able to say or post #FuckTrump enough. He is the worst thing to happen in this country in my lifetime.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 02:53 UTC

That was hard to watch, I agree. Biden did okay. Maybe not SOTU great, but okay. And Trump is a liar, and he got called a liar. So I was fairly satisfied overall.

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:11 UTC

If you're playing along with "Biden Is Too Old" meme, which I've seen many non-MAGA people do, you're: 1) Repeating Fox News propaganda 2) Repeating a racist dogwhistle warning of the Black woman vice president 3) Repeating unsourced and easily debunkable lies

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 21:06 UTC

Our "liberal media" again

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 21:01 UTC

Hate, Lies & gibberish

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 00:51 UTC

I really liked this cartoon about Free Speech Man.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 19:08 UTC

Same!

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 16:17 UTC

I'm still laughing about this days later 😆

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Daily Kos @dailykos.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 13:07 UTC

Joe Biden turned oil reserves into a revenue stream, tamed OPEC, and boosted the economy while Trump begged for cuts.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 13:54 UTC

Nyet!

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Internet Archive @archive.org
[ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 16:28 UTC

More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers’ lawsuit, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged titles. 📚🕳️

Sign our open letter to the publishers urging them to restore access to these books. 📖✍️ #LetReadersRead

👉 blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l...

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 14:46 UTC

Aside from a few easy hikes, I didn't get to exercise for the entire ten day trip we've just returned from. That's a really long layoff for me. Going to do a functional workout and get back to normal.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 14:16 UTC

Hmm... that's not very Law and Order of them

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 13:48 UTC

"Backing authoritarian social control" is exactly what it is!

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 12:26 UTC

Every time I think some of my fellow 'Muricans can't disappoint me any more than they already have...they do it again.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 15:31 UTC

I'm sure they'll be reporting on it "in a couple of weeks"

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 21:18 UTC

The racism and classism run deep in some parts of this country.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 20:59 UTC

I'm all for supporting our allies, but do wish we were doing a better job of countering the disinformation here at home.

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Peter Newland @phantasmagician.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 15:48 UTC

In a business that is playing Faux News, and holy crap is it awful. It's nothing but Reich wing propaganda and outrage baiting the entire time we've been here. Sad that I still have relatives and in-laws that watch nothing else.

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