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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 4h

One wall of my living room is now a sheet of glass looking onto my personal naked mole rat colony.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12h

“ChatGPT, henceforth you will refer to me as “Elfstar.”

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12h

Oh sure, but since I didn’t know she existed, I couldn’t have fixed it until she went off.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12h

Yeah, but people actually documentably HAVE lost their grip with chatbots. I’m not sure if we have similar data with D&D.

Also, D&D fundamentally requires other people to play, and those people are likely gonna go “Whoa, time out dude,” when you decide you’re the messiah. ChatGPT will help.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12h

I’m still a little puzzled by the woman on here who began yelling at me that she was tired of seeing me in her timeline. Ma’am, that is not under my control, it’s under yours!

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Spain / SophieCabra @spainimation.bsky.social · 12h

Selling hand painted magnets for the last few years has resulted in a lot of sad "My fridge isn't magnetic!" laments.

So now I have hand painted pins! Wear them on your lanyard or put them in your pin board!

Come see my at #BLFC2025 this week at table 302! (And of course I still have megnets!)

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12h

Hot damn, Sage Thrasher in the yard! I’ve seen a bunch of Curve-Billed but this guy was new!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

I literally bailed on a double major in Classics because I would have had to take a year of Greek.

Also, alas, relentlessly straight.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

Co-signed.

And even then, the SMELL. I remember a dude on Twitter saying his daughter wanted one and going “my dude, your house is going to smell like nothing you can imagine.”

I think people persuaded him not to.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

Sappho says it better than I can:

someone will remember us
I say
even in another time

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 14h

Good. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-newtown-shooting-alex-jones-infowars-ddcdede90c0c8d2710c768fd0ea9946f

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he knew the Supreme Court wouldn't take up his request for an appeal of a $1.4 billion defamation judgment, even though his lawyers believed the case was “cut and d...

apnews.com

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

Oh, watching chickens who have found a mouse is, uh, not for the faint of heart.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

If I knew nothing whatsoever about him, he still would not remotely appeal. Smug. Can’t abide smug.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

Wellllll…they’re pretty smart about things that matter to roadrunners. I’ve seen them using crosswalks. And they can be very clever ambush predators.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

Had to send that one to Kevin.

Though watching a kingfisher beat a crab to death is similar, on a much smaller scale.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

It’s so disappointed when it realizes it can’t fit the capybara in its mouth!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

I’m telling you, they’re velociraptors.

SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 1d

Roadrunner on a post. I have no idea what he was looking at . 🪶

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

I didn’t have time to see this before they were gone! Thank you, Sean!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

Yes! Try Bookworks in Albuquerque?

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PositivelyCrafty @positivelycrafty.bsky.social · 1d

For those in the United States, California Carnivores offers a wide array of plants that they grow from seed as well as tissue culture. The are ethical, knowledgeable, and very, very helpful. They have a true passion for the plants. www.californiacarnivores.com

Welcome to California Carnivores!

California Carnivores, founded by Peter D'Amato, author of The Revised Savage Garden, has been growing and selling carnivorous plants for over 25 years! Damon Collingsworth is our Master Grower and co...

www.californiacarnivores.com

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

I, um. Have perhaps not really fleshed that out super well.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

Right? They had laws in Ye Olde Medievale Times! It was a whole thing!

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Book Granny @bookgranny.bsky.social · 1d

More goodies! The @tkingfisher.com and @davewragg.com titles are still available from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social. The @aptshadow.bsky.social isn't on BB at the time of recording, but beautiful!

youtu.be/OBH9nqlWdww

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#books
#Reading
#SFF
#FantasyBook
#readersky
#BookReview

Tchaikovsky, Kingfisher, Wragg Broken Binding Unboxing

YouTube video by Book Granny

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

I am honored to contribute to the same dream!

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 2d

I’ve watched George spank JD on repeat so many times I think it’s a new kink.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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