Stryk Redkite
@strykredkite.bsky.social
A geek whose name is writ in ones and zeroes. A mosaic of everyone I've ever loved. Social Justice Sorcerer. Gamer. Moderator. Forever DM. He/Him.
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Stryk Redkite
@strykredkite.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Since so many new folks are coming by, I might as well introduce myself again. Hi there! I'm Stryk, he/him, forever DM/GM. Elder Millennial and lifelong gamer. Working on telling interesting stories that I hope might resonate with some people. Feel free to say hello!
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I love the hell out of Super Mario, but just in case people needed a reminder about the ghoul whose voicing him and his views on both vaccines and autistic people, here ya go because fuck that guy.
Chris Pratt Defends Some RFK Jr. Plans, Criticizes Polarized Views: “Be Reasonable”
The Marvel star on his relationship with the controversial Health and Human Services Secretary and the blowback to some of his policies: "I'd hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any s...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I love the hell out of Super Mario, but just in case people needed a reminder about the ghoul whose voicing him and his views on both vaccines and autistic people, here ya go because fuck that guy.
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And I'm live with a little snow day Civ!
Camera not in the cards, because the way I'm bundled up and cozy, I ain't moving to get a face on. 😆
Come join me!
#CivilizationVII
twitch.tv/theoperageek
Camera not in the cards, because the way I'm bundled up and cozy, I ain't moving to get a face on. 😆
Come join me!
#CivilizationVII
twitch.tv/theoperageek
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
January 25, 2026 at 5:09 PM
And I'm live with a little snow day Civ!
Camera not in the cards, because the way I'm bundled up and cozy, I ain't moving to get a face on. 😆
Come join me!
#CivilizationVII
twitch.tv/theoperageek
Camera not in the cards, because the way I'm bundled up and cozy, I ain't moving to get a face on. 😆
Come join me!
#CivilizationVII
twitch.tv/theoperageek
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In 15 minutes, join me as I take another run at #CivilizationVII as Friedrich, since I totally dropped the ball last time!
We are right under this massive storm, so there have been a couple power flickers - let us hope it stays!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
We are right under this massive storm, so there have been a couple power flickers - let us hope it stays!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In 15 minutes, join me as I take another run at #CivilizationVII as Friedrich, since I totally dropped the ball last time!
We are right under this massive storm, so there have been a couple power flickers - let us hope it stays!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
We are right under this massive storm, so there have been a couple power flickers - let us hope it stays!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
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I'm live on Twitch with some patented Selinye Shenanigans(tm) to chase away the doomscrolling.
I still don't know what I'm gonna get up to...but we'll figure something out!
I still don't know what I'm gonna get up to...but we'll figure something out!
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I'm live on Twitch with some patented Selinye Shenanigans(tm) to chase away the doomscrolling.
I still don't know what I'm gonna get up to...but we'll figure something out!
I still don't know what I'm gonna get up to...but we'll figure something out!
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I gotta give myself a distraction from the news of today.
How about we do some gaming and hanging out at 7:30 ET?
Still don't know what I want to do yet ... but I need to do something that's not doom scrolling the news.
How about we do some gaming and hanging out at 7:30 ET?
Still don't know what I want to do yet ... but I need to do something that's not doom scrolling the news.
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I gotta give myself a distraction from the news of today.
How about we do some gaming and hanging out at 7:30 ET?
Still don't know what I want to do yet ... but I need to do something that's not doom scrolling the news.
How about we do some gaming and hanging out at 7:30 ET?
Still don't know what I want to do yet ... but I need to do something that's not doom scrolling the news.
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I shared the video that Catie posted in her thread with a friend of his that I follow on Instagram, who was looking for any and all footage of @nurdrocks.bsky.social's capture. She let me know that he has been located, is with family, and receiving medical care.
TTRPG friends, Matt, our friend and community member @nurdrocks.bsky.social has been taken by ICE while his back was turned, peacefully protesting. Matt is the founder of Justice Frontline Aid that provides aid & education in the MN community. I've linked the video footage below. Do not stay silent.
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I shared the video that Catie posted in her thread with a friend of his that I follow on Instagram, who was looking for any and all footage of @nurdrocks.bsky.social's capture. She let me know that he has been located, is with family, and receiving medical care.
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It’s not enough to say Abolish ICE. It’s not enough to vote no on ICE funding. It’s not enough to confront Kristi Noem or Greg Bovino with Stern Words.
If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?
If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
It’s not enough to say Abolish ICE. It’s not enough to vote no on ICE funding. It’s not enough to confront Kristi Noem or Greg Bovino with Stern Words.
If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?
If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?
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This is insane. INSANE. Without any legal basis at all, this memo says ICE doesn't need a warrant (or probable cause) to break into someone's home to arrest them. It's like a memo that says, "Actually, you DON'T have the right to remain silent."
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This is insane. INSANE. Without any legal basis at all, this memo says ICE doesn't need a warrant (or probable cause) to break into someone's home to arrest them. It's like a memo that says, "Actually, you DON'T have the right to remain silent."
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so our vet can see Peanut the rat, and it'll be roughly $250 to $300.
I know it's asking a lot, but the poor lil guy is miserable. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/tinychaosmouse
I know it's asking a lot, but the poor lil guy is miserable. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/tinychaosmouse
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 PM
so our vet can see Peanut the rat, and it'll be roughly $250 to $300.
I know it's asking a lot, but the poor lil guy is miserable. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/tinychaosmouse
I know it's asking a lot, but the poor lil guy is miserable. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/tinychaosmouse
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Don’t nominate him, Dems
The governor promised a crackdown on crime. But in the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals. Instead they stopped 15,000 Black and Latino drivers.
What happened when Gavin Newsom sent a ‘surge’ of state troopers to fight crime in Oakland
The governor promised a crackdown on crime. But in 2024, the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals.
oaklandside.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Don’t nominate him, Dems
My luck is not great. I get a new job, which starts Monday.
Two days ago, I go to run out and get food for @selinye.bsky.social and I, and my car won't start. Now, it's super cold and I haven't bought a new battery, so we figure it's that. We get a jumper box, it comes to life, and we drive...
Two days ago, I go to run out and get food for @selinye.bsky.social and I, and my car won't start. Now, it's super cold and I haven't bought a new battery, so we figure it's that. We get a jumper box, it comes to life, and we drive...
January 20, 2026 at 8:56 PM
My luck is not great. I get a new job, which starts Monday.
Two days ago, I go to run out and get food for @selinye.bsky.social and I, and my car won't start. Now, it's super cold and I haven't bought a new battery, so we figure it's that. We get a jumper box, it comes to life, and we drive...
Two days ago, I go to run out and get food for @selinye.bsky.social and I, and my car won't start. Now, it's super cold and I haven't bought a new battery, so we figure it's that. We get a jumper box, it comes to life, and we drive...
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And I'm live, pulling a roulette wheel of leaders until I get one I haven't beaten the game with!
Come join me on my ridiculous quest to beat every leader in @civilization.2k.com!
#CivilizationVII
twitch.tv/theoperageek
Come join me on my ridiculous quest to beat every leader in @civilization.2k.com!
#CivilizationVII
twitch.tv/theoperageek
January 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
And I'm live, pulling a roulette wheel of leaders until I get one I haven't beaten the game with!
Come join me on my ridiculous quest to beat every leader in @civilization.2k.com!
#CivilizationVII
twitch.tv/theoperageek
Come join me on my ridiculous quest to beat every leader in @civilization.2k.com!
#CivilizationVII
twitch.tv/theoperageek
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In 25 minutes, join me as we do what we do every Tuesday - try to conquer the world in our bid to beat #CivilizationVII with every possible leader!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
twitch.tv/theoperageek
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
In 25 minutes, join me as we do what we do every Tuesday - try to conquer the world in our bid to beat #CivilizationVII with every possible leader!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
twitch.tv/theoperageek
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Why not?
yeah let's do it why not
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Why not?
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This is a good lesson, no matter how you come to learn it
January 18, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This is a good lesson, no matter how you come to learn it
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Do you produce an Actual Play?
Do you want it to be available to the public in 10+ years?
Upload to the Internet Archive! I made a checklist to walk you through it, and to help us coordinate.
Do you want it to be available to the public in 10+ years?
Upload to the Internet Archive! I made a checklist to walk you through it, and to help us coordinate.
OK I made a checklist to help y'all get started uploading your APs to the Internet Archive. It's a lot shorter than my general guide to digital preservation, I promise
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
I've had enough people reach out that I'm going to start coordinating next week💚
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
I've had enough people reach out that I'm going to start coordinating next week💚
Digital Preservation of Actual Play
All My Friends Are Stories is a project designed to help people tell collaborative stories through Table Top Roleplaying Games (TTRPG). There are so many ways to play TTRPGs: you can play them for the...
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Do you produce an Actual Play?
Do you want it to be available to the public in 10+ years?
Upload to the Internet Archive! I made a checklist to walk you through it, and to help us coordinate.
Do you want it to be available to the public in 10+ years?
Upload to the Internet Archive! I made a checklist to walk you through it, and to help us coordinate.
Why not?
yeah let's do it why not
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Why not?
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Checking out @aloft-game.bsky.social thanks to @lurkit-gg.bsky.social !! See everybody over there!!
twitch.tv/thatonemusickid
twitch.tv/thatonemusickid
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Checking out @aloft-game.bsky.social thanks to @lurkit-gg.bsky.social !! See everybody over there!!
twitch.tv/thatonemusickid
twitch.tv/thatonemusickid
Hey #MTG Bluesky, I'm hunting for the serialized Bitterbloom Bearer from Lorwyn Eclipsed. Rebecca Guay is @selinye.bsky.social 's favorite artist, so we knew we'd be looking for that once it got announced.
Two collector boxes later and no luck. Anyone able to help? Yes, I'll pay.
Two collector boxes later and no luck. Anyone able to help? Yes, I'll pay.
January 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Hey #MTG Bluesky, I'm hunting for the serialized Bitterbloom Bearer from Lorwyn Eclipsed. Rebecca Guay is @selinye.bsky.social 's favorite artist, so we knew we'd be looking for that once it got announced.
Two collector boxes later and no luck. Anyone able to help? Yes, I'll pay.
Two collector boxes later and no luck. Anyone able to help? Yes, I'll pay.
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And I'm live with the final age of my #CivilizationVII game as Sayyida al-Hurra, followed by returning to my (probably abandoned) #AnimalCrossing island!
Come join me in chat!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
Come join me in chat!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
TheOperaGeek - Twitch
Professional Opera Singer • Geek Extraordinaire • Aria-Slinging Mercenary • Voiceover Artist • Actual Bard • Co-Creator of the #CollegeOfTheOpera • D&D • TTRPG
twitch.tv
January 18, 2026 at 3:56 PM
And I'm live with the final age of my #CivilizationVII game as Sayyida al-Hurra, followed by returning to my (probably abandoned) #AnimalCrossing island!
Come join me in chat!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
Come join me in chat!
twitch.tv/theoperageek
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ICE is more like USian Slave Catchers than German Gestapo.
But to have that convo folks would have to admit that the US is no stranger to fascist & imperial violence and that the Nazis actually learned from US policies. (Including that the US racial caste system was too extreme for even Nazis.)
But to have that convo folks would have to admit that the US is no stranger to fascist & imperial violence and that the Nazis actually learned from US policies. (Including that the US racial caste system was too extreme for even Nazis.)
January 18, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE is more like USian Slave Catchers than German Gestapo.
But to have that convo folks would have to admit that the US is no stranger to fascist & imperial violence and that the Nazis actually learned from US policies. (Including that the US racial caste system was too extreme for even Nazis.)
But to have that convo folks would have to admit that the US is no stranger to fascist & imperial violence and that the Nazis actually learned from US policies. (Including that the US racial caste system was too extreme for even Nazis.)
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I have never felt more seen by a Post
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I have never felt more seen by a Post
I have some of Nix's work in my cabinet and I always smile when I get to take it out and use it. Trust me, it's high quality and very nerdy, and 100% from a real live decent human being. Can't get better than that.
Whether you're just starting a TTRPG campaign or you're coming to the end of one. Have you considered custom commemorative glassware for the group? Anything from simple stock pieces to custom designed commissions!
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I have some of Nix's work in my cabinet and I always smile when I get to take it out and use it. Trust me, it's high quality and very nerdy, and 100% from a real live decent human being. Can't get better than that.
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Hey all! I do lore keeping services for your TTRPG shows!
I keep track of stats, write recaps, and provide organizational tools to keep your content easy to jump right into!
Consider hiring me?
I keep track of stats, write recaps, and provide organizational tools to keep your content easy to jump right into!
Consider hiring me?
Lore Keeping & Recaps - FreckleSketches's Ko-fi Shop
Do you have a mighty need to keep track of the lore in your world? Are you interested in getting the nitty gritty details of what happened throughout ...
ko-fi.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Hey all! I do lore keeping services for your TTRPG shows!
I keep track of stats, write recaps, and provide organizational tools to keep your content easy to jump right into!
Consider hiring me?
I keep track of stats, write recaps, and provide organizational tools to keep your content easy to jump right into!
Consider hiring me?
Hey y'all, question.
How far back do you save pay stubs, from previous employers? 5+ years?
Just asking, as I got asked for a nearly 5 year old pay stub and I had to just blink at them.
How far back do you save pay stubs, from previous employers? 5+ years?
Just asking, as I got asked for a nearly 5 year old pay stub and I had to just blink at them.
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Hey y'all, question.
How far back do you save pay stubs, from previous employers? 5+ years?
Just asking, as I got asked for a nearly 5 year old pay stub and I had to just blink at them.
How far back do you save pay stubs, from previous employers? 5+ years?
Just asking, as I got asked for a nearly 5 year old pay stub and I had to just blink at them.