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Bookwyrm
@phuata.bsky.social
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An old, dog-eared novel, a grizzly hide rug,
the corniest puns wrapped in baritone hugs,
black licorice toffee, something absurd,
and a musical number with too many words.
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I've made a deck of cards which I can use to make other things: stories and storytelling games.
Five playing cards spread out, but still overlapping. The cards read Disadvantage, Quest, Locked Away, Memory, and Adversary. The Quest card is the five of Doves (the birds being the suit of the cards). Locked Away is the seven of Hawks. Memory is the seven of Owls. Adversary is the six of Swans. Disadvantage is a three, but the suit is hidden. Each card has a partial quote visible on the bottom. The only clearly visible quote is on the bottom of the Adversary card, which reads, "This town's not big enough for the two of us." and attributes the quote to P. Bunyan.
July 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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A graphic from The Washington Post describing Nina as a "mostly dog name", meaning dogs are more likely to have that name than humans. The accompanying graphic shows a stylized dog face at one side of a spectrum, and a stylized human face at the other, with 3 stages in between which are part dog and part human. The highlighted face for Nina is a stylized face which has mostly canine characteristics, with few human ones.
March 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Ernie (from Sesame Street) holding a banana in his ear.
March 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Without downloading new pics, describe your gender
Ruxa, patient professor: a hominoid-bear in robes teaching a class. This character is from Magic the Gathering.
March 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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I think this just shows I have depression and anxiety. Are these all actually aspects of autism?

www.arealme.com/autism-spect...
A circular chart showing results of Depression: 98, Anxiety: 86, Aggression: 84, Tics and Fidgets: 74, Fixations: 70, Repetitive Behaviors: 70, Noise Sensitivity: 62, Motor Issues: 54, Social Difficulty: 46, Restricted Interests: 44, Flat Speech: 28, Eye Contact Issues: 20. The chart is captioned: Your total score on the Autism Spectrum Test result was 736.
January 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
I DON'T WANT WHAT ABILITIES I GET TO BE LINKED TO A MORALITY SYSTEM. DIFFERENT REWARDS FOR DIFFERENT QUEST CHOICES? FINE. BUT GOOD AND EVIL SKILL TREES? NO. LOCKING SKILLS BEHIND BEING GOOD OR EVIL JUST MEANS YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO ONE TO GET THE BEST ABILITIES. THAT MESSES WITH IN-GAME CHOICES. IT'S LESS "WHAT WOULD I DO", AND MORE "BUT I WANT EVIL LIGHTNING". AND BESIDES, ABILITIES LIKE EVIL LIGHTNING ARE JUST TOOLS. WHAT MATTERS IS HOW YOU USE EVIL LIGHTNING. ©2021, Dan Shiveegscomics.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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After I finally learned how to use power tools safely, I stopped getting jobs which required me to use power tools.
The instruction, "Tell us a true, one sentence story about your life that absolutely opens more questions than it answers and demands further context." superimposed on a photo of a red, smiley face ball floating on a large body of water.
August 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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How long ago is long ago? Here are four famous people who died the year I was born.
Groucho Marx Charlie Chaplin Bing Crosby Elvis Presley
December 2, 2023 at 7:21 PM
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Ross Daniel Bullen @BullenRoss God: Okay, I have destroyed all of Job's crops and livestock. Satan: Awesome. God: And afflicted him with boils. Satan: Lol. God: And made him an adjunct professor. Satan: Holy shit, that's going too far, dude.
November 25, 2023 at 10:24 PM
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Recommend four books buy posting their covers (be warned that two of these are the second books in their series):
Indexing: Reflections by Seanan McGuire Even White Trash Zombies get the Blues by Diana Rowland A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark by Harry Connolly The Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, and Jack Cohen
November 18, 2023 at 7:54 AM
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Drop something blue from your gallery!

Meet my new friend, Gumption!
A fuzzy blue puppet in a button-up shirt and blue jeans.
November 16, 2023 at 5:34 AM
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If you see this, skeet any photo in your gallery with no explanation.
A bag of King Arthur brand unbleached bread flour.
November 14, 2023 at 6:42 AM
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A 4 panel comic. The 1st panel has a wizard shouting, "Pull the sword from the stone and become the new king." The 2nd panel is of a person asking the wizard, "Are there any other available jobs?" In the 3rd panel, the wizard replies, "Get the cat out of the tree and become the new librarian." Panel 4 shows the second person reading a book in a library, with a cat on their desk. This is the cat which was rescued from the tree.
November 12, 2023 at 6:45 AM
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Introduce yourself with 3 RPGs.
Changeling: the Dreaming. Toon: the cartoon roleplaying game Four Corners: Thieves of Sovereignty
November 8, 2023 at 6:13 AM
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Tell us a perfect album that came out when you were sixteen.

I haven't come across and perfect albums, but here's one I owned and enjoyed.
The cover art of Weird Al Yankovic's album, Alapalooza, which is a parody of the original Jurassic Park logo.
November 8, 2023 at 5:49 AM
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Tell me where you're from with a food picture.
Meat, cheese, and green pepper pizza cut in squares because the pizza is too thick for triangle slices to be manageable.
November 7, 2023 at 4:08 AM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
October 18, 2023 at 4:10 AM
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Our two owl paintings by @snowbringer.bsky.social have now joined the fairy forest by @helihex.bsky.social to make for one gorgeous wall.
Three paintings on a beige wall. The two outer ones are very lifelike owls. The center one is a moonlit forest path.
September 21, 2023 at 4:23 AM
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Sorry, could you speak up? I've got something in my ear.
Ernie, from Sesame Street, with a banana in his ear.
September 21, 2023 at 2:16 AM
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Yes, we need to make some changes to make healthcare a place people want to work and are supported in, but are any of these other "concerns" actually happening?
For each of the following issues, please indicate how high of a priority they are for you. Ensuring parents are included in all important decisions involving their children at school Standing up for Saskatchewan’s provincial autonomy to protect our economy, resources, and workers from federal government overreach Protecting Saskatchewan’s economy to make sure the budget is balanced and we can pay down debt Recruiting and retaining more health care workers to ensure you receive better care in your community Protecting law-abiding firearms owners from the Trudeau Liberals gun grab Building our own relationships with international trade partners to repair the damage the Liberal federal government has created on the global stage Protecting Saskatchewan’s key economic sectors like agriculture, oil & gas, and mining from federal taxes and restrictions Do you feel that the Trudeau government Carbon Tax has negatively impacted your household?
September 19, 2023 at 8:37 PM