Spencer (nervous)

@splopenn.bsky.social

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confirmed technical writer • alleged creative writer • adjunct • editor • acquirer of hobbies and hobby accessories • views represent those of your employer • yet still i err

A stack of books on a wood table with a small pencil plant and bottle of whiskey next to the stack. The books are the naked and the dead, hey you assholes, a shameful life, the elephant vanishes, are you happy, boxcutters, how to write a novel, 7 habits of highly effective people, north station, peace is every step, how to sell a haunted house, Lazarus man, an artist of the floating world, the unconsoled, and playing to win

Newspaper headline reading: (REGION) Man’s tattoo of a Krystal burger holds deeper meaning

This is a screenshot from the linked article. Header: Exploding pagers. Image: Photo of a pager superimposed over a dramatic explosion on a light blue background. Text: They beeped, and then they blew up. Across Lebanon, fingers and faces were shredded in what was called Israel’s “surprise opening blow in an all-out war to try to cripple Hezbollah.” The deadly attack was diabolically clever. Israel set up shell companies that sold thousands of pagers packed with explosives to the Islamic faction, which was already worried that its phones were being spied on