The FWJ
@funkywoodjam.bsky.social
TTRPG enthusiast, cat-dad, hockey fan, amateur historian, occasional poet, and recovering G and T kid.
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100 conservatives Vs. A 3rd grade science book.
May 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
100 conservatives Vs. A 3rd grade science book.
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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
What the fuck? I knew Trump was Putin's fuckboy but sweet baby Jebus.
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
February 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What the fuck? I knew Trump was Putin's fuckboy but sweet baby Jebus.
"Someone with his business acumen"
Bless your heart!
Bless your heart!
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
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February 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"Someone with his business acumen"
Bless your heart!
Bless your heart!
Today's mental jukebox has gone from "Bohemian Rhapsody" to "La Vie Boheme" from Rent to "Espresso."
So basically it is Mr. Toad's Wild Music Ride over here.
So basically it is Mr. Toad's Wild Music Ride over here.
February 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Today's mental jukebox has gone from "Bohemian Rhapsody" to "La Vie Boheme" from Rent to "Espresso."
So basically it is Mr. Toad's Wild Music Ride over here.
So basically it is Mr. Toad's Wild Music Ride over here.
If you are an attorney who uses Gmail rather than your firm's domain as your email address then don't @ me about the various protocols I use to protect my client's data when you receive a production and are too fucking dumb to extract a zip.
February 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If you are an attorney who uses Gmail rather than your firm's domain as your email address then don't @ me about the various protocols I use to protect my client's data when you receive a production and are too fucking dumb to extract a zip.
Movie pitch:
Ocean's Eggsleven wherein redneck Brad Pitt and hillbilly George Clooney put together a team of thieves to hijack a Tesla eighteen-wheeler full of eggs.
Ocean's Eggsleven wherein redneck Brad Pitt and hillbilly George Clooney put together a team of thieves to hijack a Tesla eighteen-wheeler full of eggs.
February 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Movie pitch:
Ocean's Eggsleven wherein redneck Brad Pitt and hillbilly George Clooney put together a team of thieves to hijack a Tesla eighteen-wheeler full of eggs.
Ocean's Eggsleven wherein redneck Brad Pitt and hillbilly George Clooney put together a team of thieves to hijack a Tesla eighteen-wheeler full of eggs.
From time to time I have to read legal filings and sometimes I do it for fun. Those from pro se litigants tend to be wild rides however I am reading one today from an attorney who is representing himself and some Does where wild ride does not begin to describe it. Some highlights:
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February 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
From time to time I have to read legal filings and sometimes I do it for fun. Those from pro se litigants tend to be wild rides however I am reading one today from an attorney who is representing himself and some Does where wild ride does not begin to describe it. Some highlights:
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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
February 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
This only adds up to 80%. How did the other 20% respond? Did they just talk and talk and talk and never answer the question?
"The US should use military force to obtain new territory like Greenland and the Panama Canal"
Disagree: 71%
Agree: 9%
Ipsos / Jan 21, 2025 / n=1077
Disagree: 71%
Agree: 9%
Ipsos / Jan 21, 2025 / n=1077
January 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This only adds up to 80%. How did the other 20% respond? Did they just talk and talk and talk and never answer the question?
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What I Read in 2024 19/19
Finally, the last books I read in 2024:
Secrets and Sacrifices by Cath Lauria
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
I recommend all of these, although "Secrets and Sacrifices" might not be for you if you're not into Call of Cthulhu.
💙📚 #booksky
Finally, the last books I read in 2024:
Secrets and Sacrifices by Cath Lauria
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
I recommend all of these, although "Secrets and Sacrifices" might not be for you if you're not into Call of Cthulhu.
💙📚 #booksky
January 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
What I Read in 2024 19/19
Finally, the last books I read in 2024:
Secrets and Sacrifices by Cath Lauria
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
I recommend all of these, although "Secrets and Sacrifices" might not be for you if you're not into Call of Cthulhu.
💙📚 #booksky
Finally, the last books I read in 2024:
Secrets and Sacrifices by Cath Lauria
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
I recommend all of these, although "Secrets and Sacrifices" might not be for you if you're not into Call of Cthulhu.
💙📚 #booksky
What I Read in 2024 18/?
The largest reading project I finished this year was most of Allison Weir's "Six Tudor Queens" hexalogy. I started "Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession" in 2023, finished this up in 2024 and then went on to complete the next four volumes.
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The largest reading project I finished this year was most of Allison Weir's "Six Tudor Queens" hexalogy. I started "Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession" in 2023, finished this up in 2024 and then went on to complete the next four volumes.
💙📚 #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
What I Read in 2024 18/?
The largest reading project I finished this year was most of Allison Weir's "Six Tudor Queens" hexalogy. I started "Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession" in 2023, finished this up in 2024 and then went on to complete the next four volumes.
💙📚 #booksky
The largest reading project I finished this year was most of Allison Weir's "Six Tudor Queens" hexalogy. I started "Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession" in 2023, finished this up in 2024 and then went on to complete the next four volumes.
💙📚 #booksky
I did nazi this coming.
Cue the mansplaining from a old white men about how Elon used the Bellamy salute and how the gesture is not exclusive to or originated with the Nazis.
If you have to explain how you are not a Nazi while using their symbols, well, uhhh, here's your sign?
Cue the mansplaining from a old white men about how Elon used the Bellamy salute and how the gesture is not exclusive to or originated with the Nazis.
If you have to explain how you are not a Nazi while using their symbols, well, uhhh, here's your sign?
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever. ”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
January 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I did nazi this coming.
Cue the mansplaining from a old white men about how Elon used the Bellamy salute and how the gesture is not exclusive to or originated with the Nazis.
If you have to explain how you are not a Nazi while using their symbols, well, uhhh, here's your sign?
Cue the mansplaining from a old white men about how Elon used the Bellamy salute and how the gesture is not exclusive to or originated with the Nazis.
If you have to explain how you are not a Nazi while using their symbols, well, uhhh, here's your sign?
What I Read in 2024 17/?
And to finish out the #Battletech fiction I read this year, I read the following novels:
In the Shadow of the Dragon by Craig A. Reed
Without Question by @swankmotron.com
Ember of War by Jason Schmetzer
💙📚 #booksky
And to finish out the #Battletech fiction I read this year, I read the following novels:
In the Shadow of the Dragon by Craig A. Reed
Without Question by @swankmotron.com
Ember of War by Jason Schmetzer
💙📚 #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What I Read in 2024 17/?
And to finish out the #Battletech fiction I read this year, I read the following novels:
In the Shadow of the Dragon by Craig A. Reed
Without Question by @swankmotron.com
Ember of War by Jason Schmetzer
💙📚 #booksky
And to finish out the #Battletech fiction I read this year, I read the following novels:
In the Shadow of the Dragon by Craig A. Reed
Without Question by @swankmotron.com
Ember of War by Jason Schmetzer
💙📚 #booksky
What I Read in 2024 16/?
I also read the following #Battletech anthologies: "Gray Death Rising" by Jason Schmetzer, "The Mercenary Life" by Randall Bills, and the "Counterattack" BattleCorps anthology.
💙📚 #booksky
I also read the following #Battletech anthologies: "Gray Death Rising" by Jason Schmetzer, "The Mercenary Life" by Randall Bills, and the "Counterattack" BattleCorps anthology.
💙📚 #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
What I Read in 2024 16/?
I also read the following #Battletech anthologies: "Gray Death Rising" by Jason Schmetzer, "The Mercenary Life" by Randall Bills, and the "Counterattack" BattleCorps anthology.
💙📚 #booksky
I also read the following #Battletech anthologies: "Gray Death Rising" by Jason Schmetzer, "The Mercenary Life" by Randall Bills, and the "Counterattack" BattleCorps anthology.
💙📚 #booksky
What I Read in 2024 15/?
Rounding out the #Battletech short-fiction I read this year is the Fortunes of War pentalogy: Giving Up the Ghost by Bryan Young, Blood Rage by Craig A. Reed, A Skulk of Foxes by Jason Hansa, Hounds at Bay by Geoff Swift, and Heavy is the Head by Phillip A. Lee
💙📚 #booksky
Rounding out the #Battletech short-fiction I read this year is the Fortunes of War pentalogy: Giving Up the Ghost by Bryan Young, Blood Rage by Craig A. Reed, A Skulk of Foxes by Jason Hansa, Hounds at Bay by Geoff Swift, and Heavy is the Head by Phillip A. Lee
💙📚 #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
What I Read in 2024 15/?
Rounding out the #Battletech short-fiction I read this year is the Fortunes of War pentalogy: Giving Up the Ghost by Bryan Young, Blood Rage by Craig A. Reed, A Skulk of Foxes by Jason Hansa, Hounds at Bay by Geoff Swift, and Heavy is the Head by Phillip A. Lee
💙📚 #booksky
Rounding out the #Battletech short-fiction I read this year is the Fortunes of War pentalogy: Giving Up the Ghost by Bryan Young, Blood Rage by Craig A. Reed, A Skulk of Foxes by Jason Hansa, Hounds at Bay by Geoff Swift, and Heavy is the Head by Phillip A. Lee
💙📚 #booksky
What I Read in 2024 14/?
More #Battletech short-fiction I read this year includes "A New Game" by Steven Mohan, Jr., "Emerald Sword" by Tom Leveen, and "Let Slip the Dogs of War" by Bluesky's own @swankmotron.com.
💙📚 #booksky
More #Battletech short-fiction I read this year includes "A New Game" by Steven Mohan, Jr., "Emerald Sword" by Tom Leveen, and "Let Slip the Dogs of War" by Bluesky's own @swankmotron.com.
💙📚 #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What I Read in 2024 14/?
More #Battletech short-fiction I read this year includes "A New Game" by Steven Mohan, Jr., "Emerald Sword" by Tom Leveen, and "Let Slip the Dogs of War" by Bluesky's own @swankmotron.com.
💙📚 #booksky
More #Battletech short-fiction I read this year includes "A New Game" by Steven Mohan, Jr., "Emerald Sword" by Tom Leveen, and "Let Slip the Dogs of War" by Bluesky's own @swankmotron.com.
💙📚 #booksky
What I Read in 2024 13/?
I filled in some of the spans between books with #Battletech short-fiction such as "Fang and Claw" by Michael Ciaravella, "Rules of Engagement" by Blaine Lee Pardoe, "The Field is Lost" by Lance Scarinci, and "Lethal Lessons" by Daniel Isberner
💙📚 #booksky
I filled in some of the spans between books with #Battletech short-fiction such as "Fang and Claw" by Michael Ciaravella, "Rules of Engagement" by Blaine Lee Pardoe, "The Field is Lost" by Lance Scarinci, and "Lethal Lessons" by Daniel Isberner
💙📚 #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
What I Read in 2024 13/?
I filled in some of the spans between books with #Battletech short-fiction such as "Fang and Claw" by Michael Ciaravella, "Rules of Engagement" by Blaine Lee Pardoe, "The Field is Lost" by Lance Scarinci, and "Lethal Lessons" by Daniel Isberner
💙📚 #booksky
I filled in some of the spans between books with #Battletech short-fiction such as "Fang and Claw" by Michael Ciaravella, "Rules of Engagement" by Blaine Lee Pardoe, "The Field is Lost" by Lance Scarinci, and "Lethal Lessons" by Daniel Isberner
💙📚 #booksky
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What I Read in 2024 11/?
In keeping with the genre fiction theme, I tried to read Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser stories. I made it through Swords Against Death, Swords & Devilry, Swords Against Wizardry, Swords in the Mist, and The Swords of Lankhmar before I took a break.
💙📚 #booksky
In keeping with the genre fiction theme, I tried to read Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser stories. I made it through Swords Against Death, Swords & Devilry, Swords Against Wizardry, Swords in the Mist, and The Swords of Lankhmar before I took a break.
💙📚 #booksky
January 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
What I Read in 2024 11/?
In keeping with the genre fiction theme, I tried to read Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser stories. I made it through Swords Against Death, Swords & Devilry, Swords Against Wizardry, Swords in the Mist, and The Swords of Lankhmar before I took a break.
💙📚 #booksky
In keeping with the genre fiction theme, I tried to read Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser stories. I made it through Swords Against Death, Swords & Devilry, Swords Against Wizardry, Swords in the Mist, and The Swords of Lankhmar before I took a break.
💙📚 #booksky