Jack who wrote Aether Torrent

@jackscarab.bsky.social

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Writer, teacher, socialist, somehow Oklahoman. Author of YA fantasy Aether Torrent. Buy it and then read and review it! https://lnk.bio/JackDuffe https://books2read.com/aethertorrent 💙📚 #booksky

The "Wheeze" meme, a crop of a comic wherein a cartoon person leans on (and pounds on) a table while wheezing in tearful laughter.
A weather forecast. It sucks. In seven out of eight days the high is 100F or over. The eighth day is predicted 99.
A cicada on pavement making geiger-counter clicking noises, particularly when gently poked.
A picture of an outdoor artwork: a large Route 66 shield decorated with the first building of the University of Central Oklahoma, the first schoolhouse in Oklahoma, a kayaker on a lake, and several horse silhouettes, positioned around a blue cartoon hippo holding a tiny square. Lettering over the composition reads "EDMOND OKLAHOMA 66."
A screenshot from Daemons of the Shadow Realm, in which various characters watch an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood at the specific scene where Shou Tucker reveals what he has done. Caption: "I hate perceptive brats like you."
A screenshot from Daemons of the Shadow Realm, in which various characters are crammed into an apartment living room watching an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist. Both series were made by the same woman.
A Bluesky post, most recently liked by notable social media personality Chiitan, reading: For context: - The Fever is the WNBA team from Indiana. - It contains a couple of the most highly-regarded players in the league. - One of them, Sophie Cunningham, recently expressed that women's/girls' sports ought to exclude trans women/girls. - The WNBA is approximately 40% queer.
A panel from the manga Initial D, in which a close-up of a character stares out and sweats in astonishment.
Max Shreck, played by Christopher Walken in Batman Returns (1992),a man with swept-back white hair and a black-and-gray striped suit with a dark red bowtie.
An orange and black butterfly with patterning suggestive of Ancient Greek pottery.
A screenshot from the Avatar Legends fighting game, in which Korra faces a shirtless Ozai in the Fire Nation throne room. KORRA: Cut the crap. I know that you and your family have been trying to tear me and Azula apart.
A screenshot from Japanese video game variety show GameCenter CX, in which comedian and host Shinya Arino says "There's not a single encouraging word on that screen."
Gandalf, turning his head back and forth, looking puzzled.
Chort, an unimportant ogre-like boss from Final Fantasy XIV. He's a muscular humanoid creature with black and red skin, short horns poking from his body, and an enormous fat gut.
A tweet from Greg Baldwin on June 6, 2026, reading "In conclusion... Fuck you, Paramount." The image attached is Iroh bending lightning (or possibly redirecting it) with his middle finger.
A screenshot of a Bluesky post I made once. It says: "It was legitimately the 2020s equivalent of Pirates of the Caribbean and all executives involved just left it on the floor. Absolute peak of interest in the game and TTRPGs generally and they walked away. Stuck it in fuckin' Redbox and called it a day. Unconscionable." In response to one Mike McMahan saying: "We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep."
A blurred close-up of a text box on a character reference sheet for an Avatar character, citing chatgpt as a source instead of doing fucking research.
A newspaper displaying a satirical ad: PROTECTING AMERICA from FAIR ELECTIONS AIPAC America's Pro-Israel Lobby NOT A PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Beavis (right) and Butthead (left), finding something amusing.
The logo of the Sugar Land Space Cowboys. It is a robot with a visor face, wearing a blue scarf as well as a gray cowboy hat over a white helmet.
Temple Fugate, the Clock King from Batman: The Animated Series, a man in a brown suit and bowler hat with clock hands etched on his glasses, casually spinning a pocket watch.
A clip from the Avatar: Seven Havens trailer, featuring an ominously glowing red device that has unfolded vertically into a diamond shape.
A pair of aluminum pitchers on one placemat and, on another placemat, a large container and three smaller bottles.
A container of fries and a container of three large chicken tenders from Smashburger, standing on a table at an airport gate.
Some nerd who is me, claiming the following in a Bluesky post: "What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Some nerd who is me, claiming the following in a Bluesky post: "What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
A Western Gray Squirrel, itching itself with a hind paw.
A large room with three abstract paintings hanging on the walls, each enjoying their own lighting. A man in black stands by the corner, watching for art crimes.
A standing orange sign for the Portland Art Museum.
Crown Point Vista, a hexagonal building atop some stairs in Oregon.
Roger Stone (73) -- felon, fascist, and Christian supremacist -- displaying the Richard Nixon tattoo on his aged upper back.
Roger Stone (73) -- felon, fascist, and Christian supremacist -- displaying the Richard Nixon tattoo on his aged upper back.
One outer wall of Next Level, lined with pixel art from various video games and cartoons.
A corner of several pop culture character autographs, featuring Keith David twice.
"NEXT LEVEL."
A screenshot from a video in which Naoki Yoshida answers the topic (top caption) "Your first impression when you were introduced to the world of DISSIDIA DUELLUM". His reply (bottom caption): "Yeah, this definitely feels like something Tetsuya Nomura would come up with."
A long view of a rural wooded area. A series of lumps sits on the horizon, the centered one larger than the rest.
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin on the surface of the Moon, July 20th, 1969, as captured from video at the time.
A closeup of the famously comically ugly Nathan Bedford Forrest statue.
The shopping floor at Tillamook Creamery.
A wooden sign, reading, in different sizes of font: TIME TO MILK THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO MILK A COW
A free sample line at the Tillamook Creamery.
One side of an area of the Tillamook Creamery in which visitors can observe cheese production in progress.
An entrance to the Tillamook Creamery, with helpful large sign.
A screenshot from An American Tail, over the "Somewhere Out There" sequence.
A pair of sanke koi, primarily white with orange and black markings.
Thirty seconds of kpi fish swimming around, including a particularly large sanke bumping its face against a pier.
A large pond, or very small lake, at the Portland Japanese Garden.
A morning view of some mountains in Oregon.
A title image for Team Fortress 2.
"Pictoral Presentation of the True Aryan," a comedic propaganda poster from World War II, indicating cartoon versions of Hitler, Goring, and Goebbels. Caption: According to Fascist race-theory the genuine Aryan must be............. BLOND LIKE HITLER SLIM LIKE GÖRING BEAUTIFUL LIKE GOEBBELS
Comedian John Mulaney, standing on a stage with a pink/purple backdrop, speaking into a microphone: "And we were like, 'We know, but, hey.'"
A lovely mountain farm somewhere.
A closeup of the famously comically ugly Nathan Bedford Forrest statue.
Hoover Dam and part of Lake Mead, seen from above.
An aerial view of mountains and desert, with a splash of river in the distance.
A picture taken from an airplane in flight, depicting a greenish prairie and houses below.