Eastern Kingbird
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Eastern Kingbird
@rapti.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Let's kick off character art thread chronologically with Dar Famtiaranden - saphicc Dragon Lady, a Paladin of Silvanus. Commission done by @ajmakesart.bsky.social some years ago! #ttrpg
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and MORE, Pteroeides sp. images by @seacrop_ds on the other place. Japan, Okinawa I think? #octocoralFriday
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
and MORE, Pteroeides sp. images by @seacrop_ds on the other place. Japan, Okinawa I think? #octocoralFriday
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sea pens, at once majestic and hilarious #invertefest
May 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
sea pens, at once majestic and hilarious #invertefest
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we should do reparations. we should literally just give homeless people free housing, to get on their feet if they can and if they can't, then to give them a safe roof over their heads. the govt should pay for everyone's college/trade school and healthcare.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
we should do reparations. we should literally just give homeless people free housing, to get on their feet if they can and if they can't, then to give them a safe roof over their heads. the govt should pay for everyone's college/trade school and healthcare.
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
This time of year is so weirdly conflicting with how important advent and christmas time was for me growing up, how it got conflated with illness and death and now the expectation of new life.
There‘s just a lot going on.
There‘s just a lot going on.
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This time of year is so weirdly conflicting with how important advent and christmas time was for me growing up, how it got conflated with illness and death and now the expectation of new life.
There‘s just a lot going on.
There‘s just a lot going on.
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this world is full of evil but i have seen too much beauty joy and love to believe that evil is the precondition
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
this world is full of evil but i have seen too much beauty joy and love to believe that evil is the precondition
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I'm hard at work on another fantasy piece, but in the meantime I've put this work back up on my shop. Enjoy!
"The Guardian of Fimbulwinter"
artificerind.threadless.com/designs/the-...
"The Guardian of Fimbulwinter"
artificerind.threadless.com/designs/the-...
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm hard at work on another fantasy piece, but in the meantime I've put this work back up on my shop. Enjoy!
"The Guardian of Fimbulwinter"
artificerind.threadless.com/designs/the-...
"The Guardian of Fimbulwinter"
artificerind.threadless.com/designs/the-...
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"The toy is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to small catnip mice who are slighted by other felines." - Fitzwilliam
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"The toy is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to small catnip mice who are slighted by other felines." - Fitzwilliam
Finally getting more in the Mythic Bastionland book and watching some videos and I love Hexcrawls anyway, but hnnnng.
Anyone up for Arthurian Shenanigans haha
Anyone up for Arthurian Shenanigans haha
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Finally getting more in the Mythic Bastionland book and watching some videos and I love Hexcrawls anyway, but hnnnng.
Anyone up for Arthurian Shenanigans haha
Anyone up for Arthurian Shenanigans haha
So far I‘ve been sleeping and playing InfinityNikki today and I think that will be the course of the next couple of days.
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So far I‘ve been sleeping and playing InfinityNikki today and I think that will be the course of the next couple of days.
It‘s honestly also a skill that develops like any other. Over time and sith a good feedback culture.
Not that long ago I had players roll to find a tavern in a new city and in retrospective when talking about it with other dms they asked me „A tavern wants to be found, it‘s a tavern“
Not that long ago I had players roll to find a tavern in a new city and in retrospective when talking about it with other dms they asked me „A tavern wants to be found, it‘s a tavern“
It‘s also a big tell on a DM that has never asked themselves the question of when to ask for a roll and when not.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It‘s honestly also a skill that develops like any other. Over time and sith a good feedback culture.
Not that long ago I had players roll to find a tavern in a new city and in retrospective when talking about it with other dms they asked me „A tavern wants to be found, it‘s a tavern“
Not that long ago I had players roll to find a tavern in a new city and in retrospective when talking about it with other dms they asked me „A tavern wants to be found, it‘s a tavern“
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a freshly summoned thancred confronts the exarch
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
a freshly summoned thancred confronts the exarch
I‘ll get myself some cornflakes for breakfast and then maybe … read a book. Play a game. The world on vacation is an oyster, apparently.
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I‘ll get myself some cornflakes for breakfast and then maybe … read a book. Play a game. The world on vacation is an oyster, apparently.
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Celebrating #WorldKindnessDay with a new illustration featuring some familiar faces enjoying a day out in Tuliyollal!
Share with us any heart-warming moments of kindness you've experienced in the world of #FFXIV! 🤗🫂
Share with us any heart-warming moments of kindness you've experienced in the world of #FFXIV! 🤗🫂
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Celebrating #WorldKindnessDay with a new illustration featuring some familiar faces enjoying a day out in Tuliyollal!
Share with us any heart-warming moments of kindness you've experienced in the world of #FFXIV! 🤗🫂
Share with us any heart-warming moments of kindness you've experienced in the world of #FFXIV! 🤗🫂
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Und wenn wir Gruppen pauschal von Behandlung ausschließen, weil es zu teuer ist sie weiterleben zu lassen, dann sind wir bei Eugenik u Sozialdarwinismus.
Dann reißt die Decke der Zivilisation. So darf ein Gesundheitssystem in e Demokratie nie funktionieren. Es widerspricht dem hippokratischen Eid.
Dann reißt die Decke der Zivilisation. So darf ein Gesundheitssystem in e Demokratie nie funktionieren. Es widerspricht dem hippokratischen Eid.
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Und wenn wir Gruppen pauschal von Behandlung ausschließen, weil es zu teuer ist sie weiterleben zu lassen, dann sind wir bei Eugenik u Sozialdarwinismus.
Dann reißt die Decke der Zivilisation. So darf ein Gesundheitssystem in e Demokratie nie funktionieren. Es widerspricht dem hippokratischen Eid.
Dann reißt die Decke der Zivilisation. So darf ein Gesundheitssystem in e Demokratie nie funktionieren. Es widerspricht dem hippokratischen Eid.
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This is way worse for civic rights and German democracy than you might fathom.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is way worse for civic rights and German democracy than you might fathom.
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hung out with some beetle people, mentioned fairy shrimp, and they mentioned a specialist ground beetle which is a fairy shrimp predator. how can you know that much of the story and then not know the best part, which is that the beetles only hunt at night because the shrimp GLOW IN THE DARK
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
hung out with some beetle people, mentioned fairy shrimp, and they mentioned a specialist ground beetle which is a fairy shrimp predator. how can you know that much of the story and then not know the best part, which is that the beetles only hunt at night because the shrimp GLOW IN THE DARK
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The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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The next $300 donated to the Games against Genocide charity bundle is matched by @boguscheesecake.bsky.social so not only are you getting 50 TTRPGs, not only are you supporting @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian efforts, but you're also getting your donation matched!! 🖤
Games against Genocide Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 50 TTRPGs to discover for a $10+ donation to @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian relief efforts.
Purchase the bundle here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...
There are 50 TTRPGs to discover for a $10+ donation to @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian relief efforts.
Purchase the bundle here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The next $300 donated to the Games against Genocide charity bundle is matched by @boguscheesecake.bsky.social so not only are you getting 50 TTRPGs, not only are you supporting @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian efforts, but you're also getting your donation matched!! 🖤
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This is spot on. Quantum’s gonna be the next cyber grift (again), after the bottom falls out of GenAI. www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is spot on. Quantum’s gonna be the next cyber grift (again), after the bottom falls out of GenAI. www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
I‘ll now have time off work for almost 4 weeks and will start the vacation by just … resting. My husband ordered food. I‘ll get my Delta Green books over to the bed, put on a stream and just … rest.
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I‘ll now have time off work for almost 4 weeks and will start the vacation by just … resting. My husband ordered food. I‘ll get my Delta Green books over to the bed, put on a stream and just … rest.
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It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
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55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
The History of Exploding Whales Is the History of the Internet Itself
My first whale video came in the form of a VHS tape mailed to me by a stranger from the internet.
www.vice.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm