It's a Pip!
@nopipbutcpip.bsky.social
Dice-wrangler, bureaucrat-whisperer, wearer of hats and bearer of walking sticks. He/him.
Adult human, well past the age of majority in my jurisdiction.
Adult human, well past the age of majority in my jurisdiction.
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Key clue here: the word “toxins”. That’s a fake medical term. If you see that word? Someone is trying to sell you on some snake oil nonsense
Under-the-weather TikTokers are slicing raw potatoes and placing them in their — and their children’s — socks before bed. The theory is that the potato draws out toxins.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
No, putting a potato in your sock will not cure a cold
TikTokers are placing slices of raw potatoes in their — and their children’s socks — overnight to cure illnesses.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Key clue here: the word “toxins”. That’s a fake medical term. If you see that word? Someone is trying to sell you on some snake oil nonsense
What the actual fuck. How is this still a thing? I've heard this nonsense before, and now it's getting press?
Under-the-weather TikTokers are slicing raw potatoes and placing them in their — and their children’s — socks before bed. The theory is that the potato draws out toxins.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
No, putting a potato in your sock will not cure a cold
TikTokers are placing slices of raw potatoes in their — and their children’s socks — overnight to cure illnesses.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
What the actual fuck. How is this still a thing? I've heard this nonsense before, and now it's getting press?
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On Armistice Day, I think about this recreated soundscape of the moment the guns fell silent on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
A testament to the arbitrariness of war as much as anything else www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/l...
A testament to the arbitrariness of war as much as anything else www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/l...
Listen to the Moment the Guns Fell Silent, Ending World War I
A new exhibit at the Imperial War Museum uses seismic data collected during the war to recreate the moment the Armistice went into effect
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Armistice Day, I think about this recreated soundscape of the moment the guns fell silent on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
A testament to the arbitrariness of war as much as anything else www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/l...
A testament to the arbitrariness of war as much as anything else www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/l...
Weird bout of insomnia tonight. Eyes want to close. Nothing else is ready for sleep.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Weird bout of insomnia tonight. Eyes want to close. Nothing else is ready for sleep.
And this one was too big.
And this one was too little.
But this one was JUST RIGHT.
And when the bears came home...
And this one was too little.
But this one was JUST RIGHT.
And when the bears came home...
victor frankenstein rifling through a barrel of dicks looking for one thats just right
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
And this one was too big.
And this one was too little.
But this one was JUST RIGHT.
And when the bears came home...
And this one was too little.
But this one was JUST RIGHT.
And when the bears came home...
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My annoying ttrpg take tonight: I never don't want a map. I don't expect there to always be a map, I'm fine with not every scene having a map, but even in games that don't need a map, I want the map. If given the option, there's never a situation where I'll choose theater of the mind over a good map
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
My annoying ttrpg take tonight: I never don't want a map. I don't expect there to always be a map, I'm fine with not every scene having a map, but even in games that don't need a map, I want the map. If given the option, there's never a situation where I'll choose theater of the mind over a good map
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via the treatment advocacy center
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
via the treatment advocacy center
Said at dinner tonight with @illmeaningfaery.bsky.social: "There's a dress code for these defenestrations."
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Said at dinner tonight with @illmeaningfaery.bsky.social: "There's a dress code for these defenestrations."
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
It's such a low bar to cross, but they managed to cross it. I'll take it.
Supreme Court suggests that Kim Davis go fuck herself and/or one of her 37 ex-husbands.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's such a low bar to cross, but they managed to cross it. I'll take it.
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I took a foam core presentation board from Walmart, sliced it up, and made a #BasicFantasy GM screen.
I'll use the other two for some other games.
#TTRPG #OSR
I'll use the other two for some other games.
#TTRPG #OSR
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I took a foam core presentation board from Walmart, sliced it up, and made a #BasicFantasy GM screen.
I'll use the other two for some other games.
#TTRPG #OSR
I'll use the other two for some other games.
#TTRPG #OSR
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SEIZE JOY FROM THE JAWS OF PAIN. DO YOU NEED TO ASK FOR HELP?
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
SEIZE JOY FROM THE JAWS OF PAIN. DO YOU NEED TO ASK FOR HELP?
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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I see a lot of folks saying this will hurt Dems in the midterms and frankly I’m not sure that’s true - if anything, it shows the depth to which people are angry and engaged and wanting to fight these assholes
but it does substantially increase the chance they will be voting for different Democrats
but it does substantially increase the chance they will be voting for different Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I see a lot of folks saying this will hurt Dems in the midterms and frankly I’m not sure that’s true - if anything, it shows the depth to which people are angry and engaged and wanting to fight these assholes
but it does substantially increase the chance they will be voting for different Democrats
but it does substantially increase the chance they will be voting for different Democrats
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"But removing Confederate statues destroys our heritage!"
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"But removing Confederate statues destroys our heritage!"
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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weathers changing. more time for gaming
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
weathers changing. more time for gaming
I keep looking at this, and considering if something could be made delicious here. Like, take some diced apples -- maybe Granny Smith -- and lightly fry with cinnamon and nutmeg, then mix with noodles and a gentle cream sauce, with some nice mild white cheese melted into it...
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I keep looking at this, and considering if something could be made delicious here. Like, take some diced apples -- maybe Granny Smith -- and lightly fry with cinnamon and nutmeg, then mix with noodles and a gentle cream sauce, with some nice mild white cheese melted into it...
Also at RPG events and Ren faires. Trust me.
if you want kinky you won't find them at the bar but rather the romantic section at the book store.
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Also at RPG events and Ren faires. Trust me.
Aw, yeah. I decided to make French toast for the first time in a long while, and I nailed it. Came out damn tasty.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Aw, yeah. I decided to make French toast for the first time in a long while, and I nailed it. Came out damn tasty.
All right, dreaming brain. My childhood had enough bad memories, I don't need you trying to assemble new ones.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
All right, dreaming brain. My childhood had enough bad memories, I don't need you trying to assemble new ones.
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for the longest time ive been pronouncing them as "co-ela-canth" but its "see-la-canth"
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Pet Adventurers!
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Pet Adventurers!
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We sent the presidencies of Harding and Nixon straight to hell for a fraction of the corruption that happens every hour of every day on camera in this regime
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
We sent the presidencies of Harding and Nixon straight to hell for a fraction of the corruption that happens every hour of every day on camera in this regime