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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 7h

The party adopts a grad student XD

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 1d

Tabletop is about power fantasies which is why tonight we foisted enough gold on a burnt out grad student that she could get a better apartment and maybe have the mental space to write for herself again.

No one look at me, @runesael.bsky.social that was SO LOUD.

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 2d

I STILL have the phone number memorized for a landline that hasn’t been in use for almost two decades.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so glad to see this because I had to go to the other site whenever I wanted to watch it which is… not infrequent.

Casval Rem Pike-un ☄️🍩 @redcomets.net · Mar 10

(ok sorry it's not the full thing but I had to trim it. the skater is Keiji Tanaka and I'm obsessed with his outfit choice.)

Finally: Char's Counterattack on Ice

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 4d

If it helps my dad also thought his GP was playing a prank when he gave the referral.

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 5d

this baseball game is up to HOW many innings???

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 5d

This happened to me, too, it was AWFUL

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 5d

… my dad got his vasectomy done by a urologist named Richard Chopp.

This. This would happen to my dad.

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 5d

I just found a D20 Modern character sheet from a high school campaign and what a mess of a system, I feel disoriented just looking at it.

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 5d

They are TERRIFYING you’re so valid

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 6d

ohhhh no

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 6d

Y’know, fair. XD Did the Gaylord have any wild carpeting?

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 6d

Petition for at least one room to be classic Dragoncon

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 7d

You met your girlfriend because of social media you goob. (Unless this is what you’re alluding to. XD)

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 7d

My perfect angel baby cat hopped onto the bed, put her paws on me, and PUKED ON MY LEG.

I love her so much. This is a new low for her and she’s perfect.

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 8d

... what do you MEAN a location of the bbq place we used to drive almost an hour to back when we lived in Texas opened up FIVE MINUTES FROM MY CHILDHOOD HOME.

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 8d

Yes! I only buy them on sale, and they make AMAZING blankets.

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 8d

ooh I think I have the same anniversary cake colorway

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 8d

5) Jewish day schools that inexplicably only go from K-8th grade. (Great theater programs.)

Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 8d

four types of private schools in america:

1) catholic schools for racists
2) nondenom schools that dont teach you science
3) hippie schools that dont teach you to read, inexplicably 87% matriculation @ top 20 colleges
4) hogwarts, costs 55k/yr, explicably 99% matriculation @ top 20 colleges

Stone Cold Jane Austen @grayathena.bsky.social · 8d

Having gone to a really shitty private school is so funny. People hear “private school” and rightly think my parents were well off but instead of playing lacrosse or whatever I was learning young earth creationism from a Russian antisemite in portables outside a church

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 8d

I've been daydreaming about a cozy cabin where I can craft and joining the renfaire merchant circuit lately, I'm there with you.

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 8d

At least they'd hopefully know exactly which sea was closest to walk into?

(This would've been my downfall and I am in awe of your work here, geography and I were NOT friends.)

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 8d

How to:
🔘 Understand reports on trans youth health care
🔘 Report on EOs targeting trans Americans
🔘 Report on polls about trans issues

From TON and @transjournalists.org, here’s a free collection of resources for all journalists. 🧪 www.theopennotebook.com/resources-fo...

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🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 9d

This... isn't surprising. It's in character for her, upsettingly. But it does still hurt.

🎃 Jeni 🎃 @allonsyjeni.bsky.social · 9d

My aunt just insulted my media literacy and told me I was falling for propaganda because I texted her "Hey, checking in, it's never a good thing to be in one of this admin's targeted places." (Portland.)

That's all my text said, and apparently that's enough for her to get to insult me. Fun!

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 9d

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

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