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Duncan Watson

@duncanwatson.bsky.social

I left twitter long ago but stuck with more free alternatives until now. I am a liberal (not neo) and post about bikes, magic, politics and urban policy. Still exploring Also known as @Teklord in City of Heroes. I don't identify where I live or work.

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Exactly, in my case we had a former corrections officer on the jury. Even he voted to acquit.

20.02.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Parking-aware navigation system could prevent frustration and emissions By minimizing the need to drive around looking for a parking spot, this technique can save drivers up to 35 minutes β€” and give them a realistic estimate of total travel time.

​New research from @cathywu.bsky.social et al. confirms something I've long suspected:

Navigation apps could save their users a lot of time β€” and tilt travel decisions toward transit and biking β€” if they showed users how long it takes to find parking.

20.02.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12

I have been on a jury where the arresting officer made contradictory statements and his actions were cast in serious doubt during the trial. We found the defendant not guilty. The defendant could have done it but the cop blew the case.

20.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the main reason to go after the rich is that if you don’t the entire structure of your society is predicated on the whims of people who are entirely disconnected from ordinary life

billionaires are simply too dangerous to exist, and any budgetary stuff that comes out of it is just a bonus

19.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4951    πŸ” 1203    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 29

After the first Trump presidency, Democrats ran to Joe Bidenβ€”I think largely out of nostalgia for the Obama years that made them feel safe as the pandemic ripped across the country.

But Biden didn’t do what needed to be done after Jan 6. Garland didn’t do it.

Never again.

20.02.2026 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems that Big Tech is following the liberal-authoritarian playbook of using policy announcements to defuse opposition (c.f. Microsoft and Anthropic's recent statements about covering the electricity costs of data centres) while the 'monopoly of violence' is applied to any actual opposition.

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Alteration of an XKCD comic that shows an intricate stack of building blocks which looks ready to collapse at the slightest breeze. The whole stack is labeled "TTRPG Design", and it's being held up by a lone tiny block near the bottom labeled "Great GMs".

Alteration of an XKCD comic that shows an intricate stack of building blocks which looks ready to collapse at the slightest breeze. The whole stack is labeled "TTRPG Design", and it's being held up by a lone tiny block near the bottom labeled "Great GMs".

22) Much of RPG design feels like this (original is "Dependency" by XKCD):

20.02.2026 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

They've definitely killed more and not telling us. Everybody involvedβ€”the murderers responsible and the accomplices after the factβ€”must be prosecuted.

20.02.2026 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 482    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

The wizard stands on top of the tower and scries the week's weather.

20.02.2026 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

God damn that’s young

20.02.2026 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight's episode of The Pitt is a fucking doozy. Prepare yourself emotionally.

20.02.2026 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The adventuring party entering a jungle area

The adventuring party entering a jungle area

Same page but in the thumbnail stage

Same page but in the thumbnail stage

Here’s an art WIP from my upcoming comic, SLEEPING WIZARDS!

My thumbnails tend to be pretty detailed (they’re basically halfway between thumbnails and pencils) so that stage always takes me the longest ✍️

Back SLEEPING WIZARDS on kickstarter! πŸ§™ www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

19.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

The fact that this financial shell game is so transparent and also seemingly legal is such a simply condemnation of the entire fucking system. But here we are, just waiting for the crash and ppl going "Who could've known!?"

20.02.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg this is a NIGHTMARE! What a horrendous person. At his trial over the death of his girlfriend, his EX girlfriend showed up to say that he abandoned her in the middle of the night on the same damn mountain. Fortunately, she survived. This is a very bad guy.

20.02.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

The wizard sleeps peacefully. In the distance, a wolf howls.

20.02.2026 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

first they came for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and I said nothing, but i did laugh quite a lot

20.02.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8780    πŸ” 1185    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 36

Who could have seen this coming after middle men pinched every penny on sales pricse, Fed contracted production they refused to fulfill, tax credits encouraged production the market couldn’t bear, and we force farmers to buy overpriced equipment they can’t fix themselves.

19.02.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I used to keep a spare copy of snow crash to loan to my team.

20.02.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Europe and South Korea making the US look weak af.

20.02.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I am impressed by Ric's slow roll with this reveal of Chase

20.02.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I climbed with a couple who would ascend mount hood in an afternoon with their dog. Some people are just endurance monsters. She once sprained her ankle at Smith Rocks and hopped up to the parking passing tourists the whole way.

20.02.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ski Mo athletes are bananas. I've got a riding buddy who does the longer distances and he's an absolute endurance beast.

20.02.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I watch General Hospital with my wife nightly. TBH I feel soap opera actors are heavily underrated.

20.02.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This storyline in #GH is making me like Ric. Even after his weird blackmail storyline from earlier.

20.02.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

every time I see a headline about our buildup around Iran all I can think of is that Daily Show episode with Jon Stewart eviscerating Rumsfeld and others and coining the phrase "Learning Curves are For Pussies" because we keep doing the same stupid shit over and over again

20.02.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The guys doing tree work in my yard were 40’ up with chainsaws having a yelled conversation about Hildegard von Bingen and medieval asceticism and this is sort of why I feel comfortable in Portland.

20.02.2026 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Olympic athletes, some of whom are teenagers, are held to a higher level of expected maturity than the most powerful man in the world.

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SHE’S SO GOLDEN πŸ₯‡

Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.

19.02.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6741    πŸ” 989    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 119

England is arresting people and the White House press isn’t even asking questions about Epstein.

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