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Sam Welter
@knightofnothing.bsky.social
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MN native trying like hell to be a good husband, father, ally, citizen, and steward. Here for politics, justice, D&D, movies, music, Tolkien talk, and other detritus. Hopeless dabbler. Cat person, but my dog has won me over. He/him.
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Snowy day, time to bust out the Dwarven Forge and make some progress #dwarvenforge #dnd #miniatures #terrain
Dwarven Forge dungeon tiles progress painting
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Chess folks: the Chess.com AI coach tells me that my my move of Qd4 is a "miss," and that I should have jumped Ng5, a square being attacked by two black pawns. Is the AI coach crazy, or is Chess too far subtle a game for my simple mind, and I should stick to Chutes and Ladders and Candyland? #chess
Depicts a chess match in mid game, illustrating the move I made in red, and the AI coach's critique of my move and its suggestion of a supposedly better move, which appears dubious to my admittedly unschooled eye.
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THESE PEOPLE
Alert at the top of the USDA.gov website today: "Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people."
October 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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It's already CATURDAY AGAIN!?!
#caturday #cat
A wild-eyed Calico cat rolling on a rug while clutching an egg-shaped foam makeup applicator
September 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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I just binge-watched Creature Commandos and G.I. Robot is my new favorite DC character

#DCU #GIRobot #CreatureCommandos
Close up of G.I. Robot and Sgt Rock celebrating after killing a bunch of Nazis. The robot is smiling and the sergeant is giving a wink and a thumbs up.
August 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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WHOA! He should have dialed his protest back and pointed a rifle at the feds, which is only a misdemeanor.
Eric Parker points his rifle at a crowd in Idaho in 2014, including federal agents
August 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who, or Transformers.
The Iron Giant squatting down in front of Hogarth to examine the boy
August 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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What is more traditional than Christians brewing beer?
A painting depicting three robed Trappist monks toasting with large flagons of ale
July 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Hamburg is an amazing city. There is far too much to see and do there in only one week! We'll have to visit again soon. Until next time!
An iron manhole cover in the courtyard of Hamburg's city hall that depicts the standard of the city - a stylized three-towered castle. Above the castle is the inscription "Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg" - the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
July 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Sleeping with his stuffies
#dog #dogsky
A shepherd-husky mixed-breed dog, sleeping peacefully on a shaggy rug between two of his favorite stuffed animal squeaky toys
June 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Take your pick! He is a whiny jackass almost the entire movie (and I love him for it). I think my personal favorite is "we should put her in charge!"
Bill Paxton as Private Hudson from the 1986 film Aliens: "Oh dear Lord Jesus, this ain’t happening, man… This can’t be happening, man! This isn’t happening!"
June 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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God tech sucks. This Twitter poll remains undefeated.
Twitter poll from 2023 asking for "favorite tech innovation" with four options - illegal cab company, illegal hotel chain, fake money for criminals, plagiarism machine
May 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Papa Francis explicitly called out American reactionaries, and Leo is already making the heads explode all the right people.

Tangent, but this remains an all-timer for me...
Tweet by @agraybee: "Every lifelong Catholic I've ever met is like "I think we're supposed to give this food to poor people" and every adult convert is like "the Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states women shouldn't have driver's licenses." dated 6/17/2022
May 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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My dining room table and chairs all have teeth marks!
Dog in hot dog costume captioned "we're all trying to find the guy who did this"
May 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Did you say counting..?
The Count, a muppet vampire from Sesame Street, waving
April 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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The process of selecting a new Pope
Spock and Kirk engaged in combat with Lirpas during Spock's Pon Farr in the Star Trek episode Amok Time
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Me in the 2nd national security group chat
The cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants holding a shell-phone with a look of surprised shock on his face
April 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Picture of the Marvel Comics villain Red Skull, captioned "I have the screen shots"
April 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Saw this a few weeks ago --
Warhammer 40k Ork in an ill-fitted suit pointing to a stock market chart. It is captioned "the stock market works exactly how wh40k ork vehicles are powered by the orks believing that they work."
April 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Sat down on the train and was greeted by this graffiti and...yeah
Picture of the stainless steel back of a light rail train bench with the letters F.M.L. scribbled in green ink or paint
April 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Jack D Ripper, but not satire.
Black and white photo of General Jack D Ripper, a character in the 1962 film Dr Strangelove. He is holding a cigar between his teeth. It is captioned with his famous quote from the movie: "women sense my power, and they seek the life essense. I do not avoid women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence."
April 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Live shot of Gen X white dudes watching the market tank
Picture of Patrick Star, a cartoon starfish from the television show SpongeBob Squarepants, looking at his hand with his face covered in chocolate, captioned "[bites hand] Oww! Where'd my candy bar go?"
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Current mood
A yawning calico cat lying on a fuzzy blue Pendleton blanket.
March 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Peregrin Took holds the Palantír of Orthanc and shrieks in pain from the blazing sphere, and the picture is captioned "Pippin accidentally getting added to the Sauron-Saruman-Denethor group chat
March 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The classic XKCD cartoon: A speaker from out of frame asks: "are you coming to bed?" A stick figure seated at a PC answers: "I can't. This is important. Someone is *wrong* on the internet."
March 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM