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She/Her. Mid-30s. PNW. Bi. 🎨Minipainter 🧵Stitcher ✨DIYer 🎭Tabletop Gamemaster 🖱⌨PC Gamer 📝Writer Playing Solo: Horizon Forbidden West & Avowed Playing with @zonugal.bsky.social: Baldur's Gate 3 & Blue Prince hEDS & ADHD

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whimsysgeekery @whimsysgeekery.bsky.social · Nov 7

Let's be moots if you like any of these!
🌟 Dragon Age
🌟 Dreamfall/The Longest Journey
🌟 Realm of the Elderlings
🌟 Sims
🌟 Dreamlight Valley
🌟 Guild Wars 2
🌟 Comics (DC, X-men, Indie)
🌟 Minipainting
🌟 Stitching
🌟 Dollhouse Room Kits
🌟 TTRPGs
🌟 Writing
🌟 Board Games
🌟 Star Trek
🌟 Witcher
🌟 IWTV
🌟 Art

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Michael Meir Saltzman @saltzman.bsky.social · 19h

Hell yes my worlds collide as Adam writes about D&D and talks to @aabria.bsky.social about Elon Musk pretending he has enough friends to play a game with (gift article!)

Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist

The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”

www.theatlantic.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 9d

Time change is so hard for pets. They have their internal clocks highly-regulated. They're attuned to the rhythms and routines of the day. They know their rights. And suddenly, everything is in disarray and confusion and their people are pointing at clocks and lecturing them about arcane human rules

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Σ(°ロ°) gin @ginsays.bsky.social · 10d

IT'S NOVEMBER but I'm not ready to give up the ghost just yet!! Go for it young miss!! 💚 #spookycute #ocs

a young miss sits in an arm chair tilting a book to her ghostly companion, who's pulling the "arm over back of chair not quite around shoulder" move. all the portraits hung on the wall look on in excitement of this development. go for it girls!!!

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Tony DiTerlizzi @diterlizzi.bsky.social · 11d

🎃Happy Halloween!🎃

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whimsysgeekery @whimsysgeekery.bsky.social · 12d

This is the show I wanted all along. I'm so happy we get to have this, and it's my favorite book of the series too.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 12d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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whimsysgeekery @whimsysgeekery.bsky.social · 13d

In case you're not already aware, you can enroll in 1 additional year of security updates (so long as you have the Home or Pro version). www.engadget.com/computing/mi...

Microsoft has ended Windows 10 support, but here's how to get an extra year for free

Thanks to Extended Security Updates, you don't have to make the switch to Windows 11 just yet.

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Pat Wahler @patwahlerauthor.bsky.social · 16d

Kind of loving this free little stick library.

#booksky #books #read #library
@ollie

Image: painting of four dogs gazing up at sign with various types of sticks posted on it. Text: Stick Library - first stick is lush and leafy named "Romance" Second stick has cobwebs and spiders and is labeled "Horror". Third stick is pink and purple and labeled "Sci-Fi". Fourth stick is thick and beefy and labeled "Reference"

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onion person @junlper.beer · 20d

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Ragnar Tørnquist @ragso.bsky.social · 26d

I can’t say I’m *thrilled* that Dustborn is selling for less than ten bucks (not our decision) but if it helps more people discover the game — and maybe cut through some of the noise and misinformation? — I’ll take it.

So yeah: buy Dustborn!! It’s cheap as hell right now, at least on GOG.

ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 27d

If anyone has like $10 amid *waves at everything* and you're looking for a game, Dustborn, which was review bombed to Hell, is on sale at gog . com

It sounds interesting

The complete version, which gives you the game And the soundtrack is $7.91 until 10/20/25

www.gog.com/en/game/dust...

Dustborn + Original Sound Track

Dustborn + Original Sound Track includes: Dustborn Dustborn - The Vision Tour Bundle Dus

www.gog.com

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 28d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 28d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · Oct 9

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · Oct 7

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · Oct 8

Sign the new House of Commons e-petition calling on the Government of Canada to strengthen protections for LGBTQ+ people worldwide and reaffirm Canada’s role as a safe haven.

Thank you to MP Rob Oliphant for sponsoring this important petition.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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whimsysgeekery @whimsysgeekery.bsky.social · Oct 7

I second this recommendation! Especially if you're a fan of horror comedy.

whimsysgeekery @whimsysgeekery.bsky.social · Oct 7

Reminds me of my recent(ish) visit to Crater Lake in OR. The blue almost matched the Gatorade I had!

Photo of a Cool Blue Gatorade in front of Crater Lake, which is a deep blue color.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · Oct 7

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · Oct 6

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Grimbles Cursed Emporium @grimblesdgrumbles.bsky.social · Oct 3

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Tom Taylor @tomtaylormade.bsky.social · Sep 29

I hate AI with a passion.
It’s a culmination of so much that is wrong with the world. A theft-machine that puts profit and product over people.
It turns out… I can hate it more.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 27

First look at the AI Stan Lee Hologram at LA Comic Con 🚮

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rat posting from the lab @gizmouse.bsky.social · Sep 29

academy award contending tiktok

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · Sep 28

If you can help, please do. Pretty monstrous stuff here. Arrested at her scheduled green card meeting after having gotten married. We are in Hell.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-barba...

Donate to Help Barbara Fight for Her Future After ICE Detention, organized by Nikki Groton

Support Barbara’s fight to stay with her family and community!!!! … Nikki Groton needs your support for Help Barbara Fight for Her Future After ICE Detention

www.gofundme.com

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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · Sep 26

Timeline cleanser 🐈

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whimsysgeekery @whimsysgeekery.bsky.social · Sep 27

TBF, I've known people who refuse to take any type of pain med, because they feel like it makes them weak. So I can see a doctor asking to find out, and to see if it provides marginal relief. (I say this as someone who takes a lot Tylenol for pain and have had people make *judgements*)

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · Sep 26

Seattle & King County —

A rabies-positive bat was found near Washington Park Arboretum.

Two unknown people gave the bat water before it was tested. They need to seek treatment for exposure to rabies.

Bat with rabies found in King County
A rabid bat was found on a residential road near Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle.

Public Health Seattle & King County

Two unknown people gave water to the sick bat before it tested positive for rabies. We're trying to find them so they can seek any needed treatment for exposure to rabies.

If you or someone you know had any contact with a bat near this area, seek medical care immediately or contact Public Health - Seattle & King County at 206-296-4774.
Public Health
Seattle & King County

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