The Metabaron
@kojoakekekwadwo.bsky.social
I've been staff for Charticon, TFcon, Joelanta/Toylanta, started The Audio Knights Theatre and The Carolina Sith. I love learning neat things and bringing people together. Beekeeper. Firearm Instructor. Voice Actor. Podcaster. Trivia Host. Author. Dad.
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Okay, so it's a long shot, but I'm needing 1-3 badges for #magfest - #TheProtomen are our favorite band and my daughter has never seen them live - I need at least one badge so she can experience all three Acts! Would love for me and my wife to be able to go as well! Thanks! #NeedBadge #ISO
@magfest.org Anyone out there with 1-3 badges? Trying to get at least my daughter to see #TheProtomen live and enjoy the show shenanigans! I'm watching posts on Discord, Reddit, Facebook!
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@magfest.org Anyone out there with 1-3 badges? Trying to get at least my daughter to see #TheProtomen live and enjoy the show shenanigans! I'm watching posts on Discord, Reddit, Facebook!
Okay, so it's a long shot, but I'm needing 1-3 badges for #magfest - #TheProtomen are our favorite band and my daughter has never seen them live - I need at least one badge so she can experience all three Acts! Would love for me and my wife to be able to go as well! Thanks! #NeedBadge #ISO
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Okay, so it's a long shot, but I'm needing 1-3 badges for #magfest - #TheProtomen are our favorite band and my daughter has never seen them live - I need at least one badge so she can experience all three Acts! Would love for me and my wife to be able to go as well! Thanks! #NeedBadge #ISO
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Cuban trogon, or tocororo (Priotelus temnurus), the national bird of Cuba 🇨🇺
This bird refuses to live in captivity. The tocororo can only survive in freedom, which is why it has become such a powerful symbol for Cuba.
Photo by Roman Cahero [FB]
#birds #nature #photography #wildlife
This bird refuses to live in captivity. The tocororo can only survive in freedom, which is why it has become such a powerful symbol for Cuba.
Photo by Roman Cahero [FB]
#birds #nature #photography #wildlife
September 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Cuban trogon, or tocororo (Priotelus temnurus), the national bird of Cuba 🇨🇺
This bird refuses to live in captivity. The tocororo can only survive in freedom, which is why it has become such a powerful symbol for Cuba.
Photo by Roman Cahero [FB]
#birds #nature #photography #wildlife
This bird refuses to live in captivity. The tocororo can only survive in freedom, which is why it has become such a powerful symbol for Cuba.
Photo by Roman Cahero [FB]
#birds #nature #photography #wildlife
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It is remarkably frustrating to me to watch a system break down against a kind of threat its systems were *designed* - reasonably well designed! - to defeat because everyone whose job it is to actually *do* that is busy hiding under their desks hoping against hope someone else will bell the cat.
August 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It is remarkably frustrating to me to watch a system break down against a kind of threat its systems were *designed* - reasonably well designed! - to defeat because everyone whose job it is to actually *do* that is busy hiding under their desks hoping against hope someone else will bell the cat.
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US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children…
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.
www.reuters.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children…
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark's 'reading crisis.' The Scandinavian country's 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.
www.lemonde.fr
August 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Any contributions are welcome - cancer sucks! Please share with others!
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Donate to Ashley's Cancer Recovery Journey, organized by Ashley Platts
Ashley’s “Let’s Kick Cancer in the Face” Fund
Well… I didn’t exactly … Ashley Platts needs your support for Donate to Ashley's Cancer Recovery Journey
www.gofundme.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Any contributions are welcome - cancer sucks! Please share with others!
www.gofundme.com/f/tsb423-don...
www.gofundme.com/f/tsb423-don...
@jamesgunn.bsky.social So I saw a post where it said you're not sure what Batman you want to fit in this universe? I submit to you two options: 1) Allstar where he's crazy as shit & super paranoid but comes in clutch or 2) Adam West campy, speech-making, smiling Batman - Light RDJ Stark-esque. DM me
July 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@jamesgunn.bsky.social So I saw a post where it said you're not sure what Batman you want to fit in this universe? I submit to you two options: 1) Allstar where he's crazy as shit & super paranoid but comes in clutch or 2) Adam West campy, speech-making, smiling Batman - Light RDJ Stark-esque. DM me
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New Penny Arcade for your Wednesday!
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/0...
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/0...
Deceptively Delicious - Penny Arcade
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
www.penny-arcade.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New Penny Arcade for your Wednesday!
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/0...
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/0...
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Vienna has been dethroned. The new "world's most livable city" is [drum roll] Copenhagen, which was also, in a separate survey, recently ranked the world's happiest city.
US cities basically do everything exactly the opposite of Copenhagen, which is why not a single US city is in the top ten.
US cities basically do everything exactly the opposite of Copenhagen, which is why not a single US city is in the top ten.
The world's most liveable cities for 2025 - and what it's really like to live there
Copenhagen has overtaken Vienna as the world's most liveable city in 2025. But what makes these places tick? Locals in five top-ranking cities share what life is really like there.
www.bbc.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Vienna has been dethroned. The new "world's most livable city" is [drum roll] Copenhagen, which was also, in a separate survey, recently ranked the world's happiest city.
US cities basically do everything exactly the opposite of Copenhagen, which is why not a single US city is in the top ten.
US cities basically do everything exactly the opposite of Copenhagen, which is why not a single US city is in the top ten.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
It's a typical Colonizer tactic - let's make this place seemingly inhospitable for anyone rationally-minded: encourage people to leave, forcibly deport others, incarcerate others, kill others, let others die from lack of resources - and when they have shaped the land in their image again, they'll
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It's a typical Colonizer tactic - let's make this place seemingly inhospitable for anyone rationally-minded: encourage people to leave, forcibly deport others, incarcerate others, kill others, let others die from lack of resources - and when they have shaped the land in their image again, they'll
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Jade Miura
IG: jadexmiura
IG: jadexmiura
July 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Jade Miura
IG: jadexmiura
IG: jadexmiura
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lol what if I told you everything happening right now is because a subset of white people don't want to be minorities?
June 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
lol what if I told you everything happening right now is because a subset of white people don't want to be minorities?
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There are now more than 2000 #NoKings events scheduled for all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam and about a dozen foreign countries.
RSVPs are skyrocketing, which is particularly worth noting because a lot of people are very understandably dead set against RSVPing.
We will not back down.
RSVPs are skyrocketing, which is particularly worth noting because a lot of people are very understandably dead set against RSVPing.
We will not back down.
June 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There are now more than 2000 #NoKings events scheduled for all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam and about a dozen foreign countries.
RSVPs are skyrocketing, which is particularly worth noting because a lot of people are very understandably dead set against RSVPing.
We will not back down.
RSVPs are skyrocketing, which is particularly worth noting because a lot of people are very understandably dead set against RSVPing.
We will not back down.
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This is genuinely so bad, he can’t even answer basic questions from budding teen atheists lmfao. It’s like that scene in game of thrones when all the children ganged up and stabbed grand maester pycelle to death
May 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is genuinely so bad, he can’t even answer basic questions from budding teen atheists lmfao. It’s like that scene in game of thrones when all the children ganged up and stabbed grand maester pycelle to death
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I 3D modelled my favorite dream car as a spawnable for VRChat
May 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I 3D modelled my favorite dream car as a spawnable for VRChat
I think about these things with the college woman and the toddler boy I have.
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A Treatise on Single Black Fatherhood in Modern Times
Black single fatherhood looks different in the age of a second Trump presidency. I'm preparing my daughters for whatever may come.
newsone.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I think about these things with the college woman and the toddler boy I have.
newsone.com/6149852/sing...
newsone.com/6149852/sing...
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I cried, so now y’all can too. Mr. Riddick graduated at 80 years old! It’s never too late, and this is important as I constantly doubt myself. 💙💙💙 congratulations to you sir!!!
May 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I cried, so now y’all can too. Mr. Riddick graduated at 80 years old! It’s never too late, and this is important as I constantly doubt myself. 💙💙💙 congratulations to you sir!!!
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TRUMP AND BESSENT: We’re negotiating with China, this trade war will be resolved soon.
CHINA: WTF are you talking about.
www.ft.com/content/3e07...
CHINA: WTF are you talking about.
www.ft.com/content/3e07...
April 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
TRUMP AND BESSENT: We’re negotiating with China, this trade war will be resolved soon.
CHINA: WTF are you talking about.
www.ft.com/content/3e07...
CHINA: WTF are you talking about.
www.ft.com/content/3e07...
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The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
April 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
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Don’t shame people for not immediately reading all the books they buy. Some books aren’t made to be ready right away, okay? Some books need time to mature. Some books need to cure for a while. Some books are prosciutto, and don’t you forget it.
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Don’t shame people for not immediately reading all the books they buy. Some books aren’t made to be ready right away, okay? Some books need time to mature. Some books need to cure for a while. Some books are prosciutto, and don’t you forget it.