ColdPhaedrus
@coldphaedrus.bsky.social
Science teacher. Former chef. Player of games both tabletop and video. Friend of plants and animals (except mosquitos). New Jersey born and raised. Husband. Father.
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since we're letting podcasters run the FBI now, I'd like to make it known to any future presidents that if you appoint me i will pronounce the "human" in "human trafficking" like Quark from DS9.
there will be no other substantial changes
thank you for your attention to this matter
there will be no other substantial changes
thank you for your attention to this matter
October 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
since we're letting podcasters run the FBI now, I'd like to make it known to any future presidents that if you appoint me i will pronounce the "human" in "human trafficking" like Quark from DS9.
there will be no other substantial changes
thank you for your attention to this matter
there will be no other substantial changes
thank you for your attention to this matter
A red-tailed hawk behind my home very closely watching a squirrel nest while mama squirrel yells angrily. Nature is very dramatic sometimes.
September 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A red-tailed hawk behind my home very closely watching a squirrel nest while mama squirrel yells angrily. Nature is very dramatic sometimes.
Cool butterflies and bees at Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown, NJ
August 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Cool butterflies and bees at Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown, NJ
The anti-immigrant "do it the right way" people slay me. Our system is completely broken and the Republicans have blocked any and all attempts to try to fix it, including voting down bills THAT THEY HELP WRITE. Secretary of State Marco Rubio famously did this when he was a senator in 2013.
July 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The anti-immigrant "do it the right way" people slay me. Our system is completely broken and the Republicans have blocked any and all attempts to try to fix it, including voting down bills THAT THEY HELP WRITE. Secretary of State Marco Rubio famously did this when he was a senator in 2013.
@dungeondudes.bsky.social Great new video on the general feats.
Pointing something out about the Great Weapon Master feat that is easy to overlook: the damage boost works with a longbow or crossbow, so if your archer can spare the ability points to get a 13 STR, it’s a big boost to them too.
Pointing something out about the Great Weapon Master feat that is easy to overlook: the damage boost works with a longbow or crossbow, so if your archer can spare the ability points to get a 13 STR, it’s a big boost to them too.
Tier Ranking the General Feats in D&D 5e 2024 (Part 1)
YouTube video by Dungeon Dudes
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June 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
@dungeondudes.bsky.social Great new video on the general feats.
Pointing something out about the Great Weapon Master feat that is easy to overlook: the damage boost works with a longbow or crossbow, so if your archer can spare the ability points to get a 13 STR, it’s a big boost to them too.
Pointing something out about the Great Weapon Master feat that is easy to overlook: the damage boost works with a longbow or crossbow, so if your archer can spare the ability points to get a 13 STR, it’s a big boost to them too.
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trans women are women, pass it on 🏳️⚧️
June 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
trans women are women, pass it on 🏳️⚧️
Summer in my house means summer vegetables, and summer vegetables means ratatouille.
June 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Summer in my house means summer vegetables, and summer vegetables means ratatouille.
The dog vomit slime molds (fuligo septica) are out this morning.
They are simultaneously cool and gross.
They are simultaneously cool and gross.
June 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The dog vomit slime molds (fuligo septica) are out this morning.
They are simultaneously cool and gross.
They are simultaneously cool and gross.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
Very apropos. Also, very ironic that this speech was from Dwight Eisenhower.
Very apropos. Also, very ironic that this speech was from Dwight Eisenhower.
June 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
Very apropos. Also, very ironic that this speech was from Dwight Eisenhower.
Very apropos. Also, very ironic that this speech was from Dwight Eisenhower.
World Tree Barbarian is CRAZY.
Oh, I get to attack from 15ft away with my maul? And I can push enemies away, knock them prone, and give them disadvantage on the next save at the same time while teleporting myself and the enemies using no resources? Plus the normal barb stuff? Sign me up.
#DnD
Oh, I get to attack from 15ft away with my maul? And I can push enemies away, knock them prone, and give them disadvantage on the next save at the same time while teleporting myself and the enemies using no resources? Plus the normal barb stuff? Sign me up.
#DnD
June 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
World Tree Barbarian is CRAZY.
Oh, I get to attack from 15ft away with my maul? And I can push enemies away, knock them prone, and give them disadvantage on the next save at the same time while teleporting myself and the enemies using no resources? Plus the normal barb stuff? Sign me up.
#DnD
Oh, I get to attack from 15ft away with my maul? And I can push enemies away, knock them prone, and give them disadvantage on the next save at the same time while teleporting myself and the enemies using no resources? Plus the normal barb stuff? Sign me up.
#DnD
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This is just the beginning. They are going to come after healthcare for trans adults next.
JUST IN: The Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law that bars gender-affirming care for minors.
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law that bars gender-affirming care for minors
At issue was a Tenneessee law that bars minors from accessing gender-affirming care as they transition from their sex assigned at birth.
n.pr
June 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is just the beginning. They are going to come after healthcare for trans adults next.
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Such a good session in the necropolis last night. My players got past the rolling ball trap, unwisely decided to try to loot the sarcophagi and managed to (barely) deal with the undead guardians, and successfully answered all the gypsosphinx's riddles.
I love this game. #dnd
I love this game. #dnd
June 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Such a good session in the necropolis last night. My players got past the rolling ball trap, unwisely decided to try to loot the sarcophagi and managed to (barely) deal with the undead guardians, and successfully answered all the gypsosphinx's riddles.
I love this game. #dnd
I love this game. #dnd
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of our family’s life in this country."
Yes, this was seven years ago. Miller is the same cruel xenophobe now that he was then.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Yes, this was seven years ago. Miller is the same cruel xenophobe now that he was then.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
of our family’s life in this country."
Yes, this was seven years ago. Miller is the same cruel xenophobe now that he was then.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Yes, this was seven years ago. Miller is the same cruel xenophobe now that he was then.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
Just a reminder that Trump has been credibly accused of raping a child along with Jeffery Epstein. After he was done, in response to his victim’s tearful question about what would happen if she gets pregnant, he told her to “get a fucking abortion”.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just a reminder that Trump has been credibly accused of raping a child along with Jeffery Epstein. After he was done, in response to his victim’s tearful question about what would happen if she gets pregnant, he told her to “get a fucking abortion”.
Reflecting on all this Musk/Felon 47 nonsense, a quote from the Discworld novels comes to mind:
"And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based."
GNU Terry Pratchett
"And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based."
GNU Terry Pratchett
June 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reflecting on all this Musk/Felon 47 nonsense, a quote from the Discworld novels comes to mind:
"And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based."
GNU Terry Pratchett
"And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based."
GNU Terry Pratchett
Take a look at the cowards who run Columbia University and let this be a lesson for everyone about what happens when you bend the knee and expose your neck to fascists:
You get your head cut off.
You get your head cut off.
Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says
The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has notified a university accreditation body that Columbia University had violated federal anti-discrimination laws by its alleged failure to protect Jewish students on its campus.
www.reuters.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Take a look at the cowards who run Columbia University and let this be a lesson for everyone about what happens when you bend the knee and expose your neck to fascists:
You get your head cut off.
You get your head cut off.
Came upon a quote from CVS Health (a pharmacy benefit manager) saying that the company's “top priority is to make health care more affordable.”
If a public company (besides maybe a B corp) says that their "top" priority is anything except maximizing shareholder value, they are lying, full stop.
If a public company (besides maybe a B corp) says that their "top" priority is anything except maximizing shareholder value, they are lying, full stop.
June 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Came upon a quote from CVS Health (a pharmacy benefit manager) saying that the company's “top priority is to make health care more affordable.”
If a public company (besides maybe a B corp) says that their "top" priority is anything except maximizing shareholder value, they are lying, full stop.
If a public company (besides maybe a B corp) says that their "top" priority is anything except maximizing shareholder value, they are lying, full stop.
A well-built Armorer Artificer feels fucking invincible sometimes and it's awesome. Between the huge AC, Flash of Genius, and spells like Blur and Mirror Image you're incredibly hard to touch.
Add a race like halfling or harengon and feats like Fey-Touched and enemies are officially in trouble.
Add a race like halfling or harengon and feats like Fey-Touched and enemies are officially in trouble.
June 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A well-built Armorer Artificer feels fucking invincible sometimes and it's awesome. Between the huge AC, Flash of Genius, and spells like Blur and Mirror Image you're incredibly hard to touch.
Add a race like halfling or harengon and feats like Fey-Touched and enemies are officially in trouble.
Add a race like halfling or harengon and feats like Fey-Touched and enemies are officially in trouble.
Lots of ladybug pupae on the oak trees today.
June 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lots of ladybug pupae on the oak trees today.