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James Raine // Fax Celestis
@faxcelestis.bsky.social
Infosec/privacy nerd (SSCP); tabletop game dev; video game dev (Dungeons of Dredmor); amateur photographer; even more amateur baker; colorblindness/CVD advocate; ADHD-PI; progressive; divorcee; father; he/him

I go by Fax Celestis pretty much everywhere.
Pinned
In case this wasn’t clear to anyone following me:

Vaccines do not cause autism
Gender is a social construct
Black Lives Matter
Police funding should be transitioned to social work
People are not illegal
Science is real

People deserve to be happy. Let them find their happiness however they can.
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Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!

www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope
During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
January 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Buying Balatro may have been a mistake
a man in a green sweater is holding a toy that says come on just one more run and i go to bed .
ALT: a man in a green sweater is holding a toy that says come on just one more run and i go to bed .
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So I bought Balatro. It was on sale.

I am seriously getting the same systemic puzzle vibes off of it that I get from Tetris. It’s marvelous, and it is going to devour me. A Galadriel level game.
December 28, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Arguably the best fortune I’ve ever received
December 25, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
December 19, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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Phase Transition xkcd.com/3025
December 16, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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December 14, 2024 at 5:31 PM
I experimented and made bread tonight
December 14, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Almost there…

#stardewValley
December 13, 2024 at 9:17 PM
At Fig Leaf Coffee this morning. #nakedfig #roseville
December 12, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Been in a terrible mood for a few days so of course I’m returning to old classics like Singin in the Rain, White Christmas, and The Music Man.

I dunno why old Hollywood is my happy place, but it is.
December 12, 2024 at 7:14 AM
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏
December 11, 2024 at 2:39 PM
“Pandemic”
Colored pencil
December 9, 2024 at 5:47 AM
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Me too Charlie Brown. Me too.
December 9, 2024 at 12:43 AM
December 9, 2024 at 4:10 AM
December 8, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Me: My character is immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, disease, nausea, fatigue, exhaustion, sickening, energy drain, crits, nonlethal damage, mind-affecting effects, death effects, the entire school of necromancy, acid, rust, ability damage, and ability drain.

DM: ???

Me: Hi, my name is Citadel.
Juggernaut (Readonly)
pifro.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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It might seem trivial in this weighty & vexed time, but I do feel the need to comment on the Pantone 2025 Color of the Year: Mocha Mousse. www.pantone.com/color-of-the-year/2025

Mocha is a port city on Yemen's Red Sea coast that sat at the center of maritime trade networks in the 17th & 18th C.
December 8, 2024 at 3:35 PM
The continued insistence by Gamefreak to release the same Pokemon game with a slightly adjusted roster over and over for the past 30 years is infuriating. There is so much unused design space in the Pokemon world that has all kinds of potential, and it’s just sitting there, wasted.
December 8, 2024 at 8:36 AM
December 8, 2024 at 7:18 AM