Ricki Sparks (she/her)
@geekeryetc.bsky.social
All things Tolkien, Critical Role, TTRPGs, video games, books, comics and graphic novels and any other general geekery.
Album of the day: North Texas Wond Symphony's Respair music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Album - Respair
YouTube video
music.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Album of the day: North Texas Wond Symphony's Respair music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
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CORP BORG is now ending the year in the top 34 most popular physical games on @itch.io, which is in the top 0,0007% of total. Nice.
Grab your CORP BORG on sale or claim a free community copy here: heltung-storytelling.itch.io/corp-borg
Grab your CORP BORG on sale or claim a free community copy here: heltung-storytelling.itch.io/corp-borg
CORP BORG by Heltung Storytelling
A MÖRK BORG inspired office-crawl OSR. Evil corporations, demons and imminent apocalypse.
heltung-storytelling.itch.io
December 23, 2024 at 7:49 PM
CORP BORG is now ending the year in the top 34 most popular physical games on @itch.io, which is in the top 0,0007% of total. Nice.
Grab your CORP BORG on sale or claim a free community copy here: heltung-storytelling.itch.io/corp-borg
Grab your CORP BORG on sale or claim a free community copy here: heltung-storytelling.itch.io/corp-borg
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Next time, people should abandon a nefarious social platform *before* its owner uses it to conquer America.
November 20, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Next time, people should abandon a nefarious social platform *before* its owner uses it to conquer America.
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if you’re passing a bill specifically to allow you to prosecute librarians in case a child encounters a book you don’t like, you’ve gone past “are we the baddies” into straight out cartoon villainy
Fuck this. Librarians are the best. I stand with librarians and against book banning now and forever.
www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-n...
www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-n...
West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecu
www.newsandsentinel.com
February 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM
if you’re passing a bill specifically to allow you to prosecute librarians in case a child encounters a book you don’t like, you’ve gone past “are we the baddies” into straight out cartoon villainy
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I don't think people understand the gravity of making librarians and teachers *criminally liable* for disseminating information. Fascist shit, from a known playbook. No one has the luxury of being surprised anymore.
Fuck this. Librarians are the best. I stand with librarians and against book banning now and forever.
www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-n...
www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-n...
West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecu
www.newsandsentinel.com
February 19, 2024 at 9:52 PM
I don't think people understand the gravity of making librarians and teachers *criminally liable* for disseminating information. Fascist shit, from a known playbook. No one has the luxury of being surprised anymore.
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1923: Hitler’s failed coup.
No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.
1933: Hitler takes power.
I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.
No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.
1933: Hitler takes power.
I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.
February 10, 2024 at 8:38 PM
1923: Hitler’s failed coup.
No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.
1933: Hitler takes power.
I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.
No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.
1933: Hitler takes power.
I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.
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do we do #SuperbOwl jokes on Bluesky? If so here is the most Superb Owl of all, the Blakiston's fish owl 🦉.
February 11, 2024 at 4:05 AM
do we do #SuperbOwl jokes on Bluesky? If so here is the most Superb Owl of all, the Blakiston's fish owl 🦉.
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There aren’t any bills in NATO.
Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who don't pay their bills
Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who don't pay their bills
The US presidential hopeful says he would not protect any country failing to pay its bills.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2024 at 6:00 AM
There aren’t any bills in NATO.
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Copy/paste for film criticism, literary criticism, etc. etc.
Galling to me to read so many takes about music journalism not being necessary now because you can just listen to a song and decide if you like it or not. Criticism is about helping the reader understand why it is that they like it, or do not, and connecting the cultural dots of a work's meaning.
January 18, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Copy/paste for film criticism, literary criticism, etc. etc.
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"if trump is taken off the ballot his supporters will respond with violence" is literally saying the law is whatever fascists want it to be because you're afraid of them.
December 29, 2023 at 6:35 AM
"if trump is taken off the ballot his supporters will respond with violence" is literally saying the law is whatever fascists want it to be because you're afraid of them.
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Headlines about Maine throwing Trump off the ballot are significantly more normal and less huffy than when Colorado did it, which should be a lesson: the more you do the obviously right thing, the less the press will do its weird song and dance about norms and precedents
December 29, 2023 at 3:57 AM
Headlines about Maine throwing Trump off the ballot are significantly more normal and less huffy than when Colorado did it, which should be a lesson: the more you do the obviously right thing, the less the press will do its weird song and dance about norms and precedents
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Making a skating game set in Palestine has become an act of resistance aftermath.site/making-a-ska...
Making A Skating Game Set In Palestine Has Become An Act Of Resistance - Aftermath
For the developers of "Palestine Skating game," the game "has become more important now than at any other time."
aftermath.site
November 13, 2023 at 7:34 PM
Making a skating game set in Palestine has become an act of resistance aftermath.site/making-a-ska...
Going back to work after 11 weeks off is hard. #Idon'twanttoplay #missingmynap
November 13, 2023 at 1:17 AM
Going back to work after 11 weeks off is hard. #Idon'twanttoplay #missingmynap
On a positive note, haven't heard any Christmas music in stores yet. However... I haven't really been in many stores. #heh #Christmasincoming
November 10, 2023 at 5:56 PM
On a positive note, haven't heard any Christmas music in stores yet. However... I haven't really been in many stores. #heh #Christmasincoming
This is entirely true!
November 10, 2023 at 5:25 PM
This is entirely true!
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Is it just me or did 2023 go very quickly? We're almost halfway through November. #timeflieswherewasthefun
November 10, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Is it just me or did 2023 go very quickly? We're almost halfway through November. #timeflieswherewasthefun
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"We ran some tests and discovered that the senator’s neural pathways short-circuited when he pictured an African American who wasn’t actively in pain or otherwise being violently oppressed."
Doctors Confirm McConnell Had A Stroke After Imagining A Happy Black Person
WASHINGTON—Having determined the cause of an episode in which the minority leader froze midway through remarks to the press and then remained silent for 19 seconds, doctors confirmed Thursday that S...
www.theonion.com
July 27, 2023 at 8:06 PM
"We ran some tests and discovered that the senator’s neural pathways short-circuited when he pictured an African American who wasn’t actively in pain or otherwise being violently oppressed."