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Carsten Skansen

@urizen.bsky.social

reader of books, player (&DM) of RPGs, decent cook

20 Followers  |  63 Following  |  23 Posts  |  Joined: 28.07.2023  |  2.5828

Latest posts by urizen.bsky.social on Bluesky

But it sort of was an own...

30.10.2025 09:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Why does this sound like a story co-written by @cstross.bsky.social and @sennydreadful.bsky.social ???

29.10.2025 15:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Madonna, Jenni, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Prince

28.10.2025 10:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man with a mustache is talking on a cell phone in a store . ALT: a man with a mustache is talking on a cell phone in a store .

Share your favorite black-and-white film

25.09.2025 08:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Statt den Kulturkampf weiter anzufachen: Wie wäre es, diese Anforderungen an guten Journalismus zu stellen: wahrheitsgetreu, sorgfältig recherchiert, relevant, unabhängig und verständlich präsentiert mit klarer Trennung zwischen Fakten und Meinung bei Achtung der Persönlichkeitsrechte.

17.09.2025 20:20 — 👍 222    🔁 28    💬 36    📌 1

Are you done with the worlds when the stories are finished or do you see an option where you would write more books in one of your worlds?

16.09.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

That is actually something I am always curious about: could an author not work from anywhere in the world, theoretically?

11.09.2025 07:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ganz Deutschland sollte erfahren, was diesen Herbst in #Hamburg erkämpft werden kann. Die Zeiten sind hart, aber die Hoffnung lebt - solange wir laut bleiben. Spread the word. #Zukunftsentscheid

01.09.2025 15:53 — 👍 781    🔁 317    💬 15    📌 17

Increase a band.

12 inch nails

14.08.2025 14:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Well..

04.08.2025 13:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Back to the future - could be a threat or a promise... 🤔

25.06.2025 11:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett; Warlords of Wyrdwood - RJ Barker

18.06.2025 14:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In dem Zusammenhang eine interessante Frage zur Sprache. Wird nicht ganz viel dadurch "geadelt" dass immer von Fact-Check gessprochen wird? Wenn man über die Macht von Framing nachdenkt, sollte man es nicht lieber "Lügen-Check" nennen?

12.06.2025 06:31 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Von Anfang an war die AfD überall in Medien eingeladen, sogar ein Höcke bei Jauch am Talkshow-Flaggschiff am Sonntag schon 2015.

In allen Parlamenten haben sie alle Rechte wie alle anderen Fraktionen auch.

Trotzdem verbreitet der ÖRR die Lügen der angeblichen "Ausgrenzung" 🤷‍♂️

22.04.2025 13:24 — 👍 665    🔁 169    💬 8    📌 2
The image shows a text post from a tumble user with the handle "theconcealedweapon" making an argument about the importance of protecting the rights of criminals as a safeguard against government tyranny. The post presents the following key points:

If you want to prevent government tyranny, ensuring criminals have rights must be your top priority
This is not meant as a joke or exaggeration
Without rights for criminals, governments can simply label people as criminals to strip away their rights
The post claims this has been a common tactic of tyrannical governments throughout history
The post concludes that believing people who break laws should forfeit their rights is effectively supporting tyranny

The argument centers on the idea that due process and legal protections for accused/convicted persons are fundamental safeguards against authoritarian government overreach.

The image shows a text post from a tumble user with the handle "theconcealedweapon" making an argument about the importance of protecting the rights of criminals as a safeguard against government tyranny. The post presents the following key points: If you want to prevent government tyranny, ensuring criminals have rights must be your top priority This is not meant as a joke or exaggeration Without rights for criminals, governments can simply label people as criminals to strip away their rights The post claims this has been a common tactic of tyrannical governments throughout history The post concludes that believing people who break laws should forfeit their rights is effectively supporting tyranny The argument centers on the idea that due process and legal protections for accused/convicted persons are fundamental safeguards against authoritarian government overreach.

no lies detected. #civilrights

21.03.2025 16:29 — 👍 8999    🔁 3584    💬 32    📌 59
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Swords, Cider, and Other Distractions A Glass Immortals Novella

Hey everybody! The new Glass Immortals novella is on Kickstarter. We've already hit our goal, but you'll get it early if you back me over there. Also I get a bigger cut, which is nice. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bri...

08.04.2025 21:44 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

I really like that thought. But as an attendum: there are a lot more possible readers in countries where libraries usually do not have a lot of english SF novels.

21.03.2025 08:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
the cover of The Grand Dark

the cover of The Grand Dark

The ebook of my dark, Kafka-inspired urban fantasy novel, THE GRAND DARK, is on sale in your favorite format for just $1.99.

06.03.2025 17:50 — 👍 138    🔁 34    💬 14    📌 8

Would read

01.03.2025 17:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Die Rechtstreiber der CDU Einige Wirtschaftslobbyisten und Denkfabriken untergraben aktiv die Brandmauer. Der nächste mögliche Tabubruch: eine Minderheitsregierung

Kleiner Funfact: Weil die CDU in ihrer kleinen Anfrage auch @gabrielakeller.bsky.social und meine Recherche zu den "Rechtstreibern in der CDU" erwähnte, hat sich das Publikum für diesen Artikel noch mal vergrößert.
Prognose: Wir überschreiten bald die 500 000 Zugriffe correctiv.org/aktuelles/pa...

28.02.2025 08:04 — 👍 2667    🔁 901    💬 53    📌 41

@cstross.bsky.social this might be of interest...

22.02.2025 17:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

tagesschau.de: US-Vize-Präsident JD Vance auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz. Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz ++ Vance beklagt Demokratie-Verlust in Europa ++

tagesschau.de: US-Vize-Präsident JD Vance auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz. Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz ++ Vance beklagt Demokratie-Verlust in Europa ++

Diese vollkommen sinnlosen Liveblogs, die nur Zitate wiedergeben, müssen wirklich aufhören. Das ist kein einordnender Journalismus, das ist leere Aufschreiberei.

Vance ist ein Faschist und tagesschau.de macht sich so zu seinem Sprachrohr.

14.02.2025 14:19 — 👍 2502    🔁 666    💬 84    📌 29
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Man muss wirklich nicht über jedes Stöckchen springen, dass einem die „Welt“ hinhält, aber dass „Antirassismus wegkann“, wie die Chefreporterin Freiheit dort heute schreibt, lohnt sich im allgemeinen Erdrutsch nach rechts vielleicht doch kurz zur Kenntnis zu nehmen.

13.01.2025 16:05 — 👍 1819    🔁 421    💬 51    📌 19
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@richardkadrey.bsky.social have you seen this artists awesome pulp scifi tarot? www.instagram.com/toddalcott/ might be of interest

08.01.2025 07:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This (and similar posts) makes me wonder a) if we will see a reverse conlonizaton where everybody able to will move back to Europe and b) if this would actually be much better for most of you americans (and c) it would totally mess with the "go back where you came from" rethoric of the right) 🤔

17.12.2024 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🇩🇪 Deutsche! 🇩🇪
I'm giving away a full set of signed paperbacks of the Empire of the Wolf trilogy. To enter, like and follow etc etc. Winner drawn at random!

22.11.2024 09:04 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

3/?
@cstross.bsky.social
@samsykesswears.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
@djangowexler.bsky.social

- and those are just the ones I found on bluesky...
So, their books good, you buy! 😁

18.11.2024 09:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

2/?
@richardkadrey.bsky.social
@markokloos.bsky.social
@marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social
@annleckie.com
@brianmcclellan.bsky.social
@seananmcguire.bsky.social
@naominovik.bsky.social
@anthonyryan.bsky.social
@stephenking.bsky.social
@scalzi.com
@nealstephenson.bsky.social

18.11.2024 09:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

5(?) authors I’ve read 5+ books by
@benaaronovitch.bsky.social
@joeabercrombie.bsky.social
@abraham.bsky.social
@rjbarker.bsky.social
@sblackmoore.bsky.social
@peterclines.bsky.social
@byharryconnolly.bsky.social
@maxgladstone.bsky.social
@kevinhearne.bsky.social
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
1/?

18.11.2024 09:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#sadineuropean

12.11.2024 08:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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