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Patrick
@distantbabble.bsky.social
husband, childless cat dad, tabletop gamer... fan of sci-fi and fantasy.
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Ya know what bugs me just a wee bit...?
Seeing games I crowdfunded or pre-ordered at a retail store before I have my copy.
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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omg
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Forced to retire more like!
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Played a game completely off my radar tonight: Tolleno, from Sit Down Games.
Neat tile laying game that I had heard nothing about.
Have you?

#boardgames
@rolldicetakenames.com @thesecretcabal.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Absolutely zero empathy. He is a truly disastrous near-human.

www.msn.com/en-us/health...
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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It's definitely got that AI sheen to it and sure enough:
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Here are job openings for the "they're taking our jobs" crowd.
"Farmers, as a result, are worried that it'll be tough to fill labor shortages in an industry already hamstrung for upcoming harvests."

www.wlrn.org/immigration/...
Florida's agriculture industry could suffer if H-2A workers are too hesitant to come
Farmers said intense immigration enforcement is creating fear among their employees who work on H-2A visas.
www.wlrn.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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We're currently at the "Jesus didn't say we should feed people"
portion of the fall of American Evangelicalism.
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We early voted... voting while we legally still can.
#ProDemocracy
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We are literally starting a war.
The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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“They think that they’re tough. They have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore. We are so much more hardcore than they are.”

--Stephen Miller speaking to Memphis police earlier this month.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, believes his non-resident visa could have been rejected because he likened President Trump to a former Ugandan dictator. n.pr/3J8XXJN
Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka says U.S. revoked his visa after Trump criticism
Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, believes his non-resident visa could have been rejected because he likened President Trump to a former Ugandan dictator.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A super fun interview with
@rosemaryjones.bsky.social
Hosted by the great folks at @rolldicetakenames.com

spotify.link/aM1OVXTHPXb
Bonus Episode: Interview with Arkham Horror Author, Rosemary Jones
spotify.link
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I know @jamesgunn.bsky.social is super busy these days, but after seeing #Superman, I really need a #Brightburn sequel.
Brightburn Light GIF
ALT: Brightburn Light GIF
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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We had a chance to play through Fate of the Fellowship, and Chad and I had some thoughts....

youtu.be/wrDAbHFC7HI?...
Fate of the Fellowship: The Best LOTR Game Yet???
YouTube video by Games and Drinks
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM