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Ed Hall

@buxleyhall.bsky.social

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Big fan of science, TTRPGs (especially the Cypher System), cool maps, fractals, and democracy (not necessarily in that order). Currently GMing a campaign in The Strange. I rebel. he/him

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 9h

Make it a fundraiser: $10 per whack; sledgehammers provided.
Funds go toward restoring the east wing of the White House.

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 4d

#NoKings

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 4d

Clearly House Speaker Mike Johnson failed American History. #NoKings protests are happening TODAY. 🎉 🇺🇸 🐸

Find your protest at www.nokings.org

A political cartoon by de Adder showing House Speaker Mike Johnson standing at a GOP–branded podium stating that “NO KINGS PROTEST IS UNAMERICAN.” Behind him is a painting showing the 1773 Boston Tea Party.

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 5d

It’s unusual for me to agree with anything Trump says, but in this one case, I think he nailed it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

DOOCY: What do you see as the biggest difference in diplomacy between Trump and Biden?

ZELENSKYY: Trump has a big chance now to finish this war. President Biden now is not the president

TRUMP: I would say the biggest difference is one is extremely competence and the other is grossly incompetent

Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 5d

It’s unusual for me to agree with anything Trump says, but in this one case, I think he nailed it.

Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Fractal Friday! ❄️ ❄️ ❄️

🔍: 250 billion

$Six light blue fractal swirls and six light blue fractal chains converging on a roughly triangular fractal at the center of the image. The background is a medium blue with perhaps just a touch of violet thrown in. The image reminds us that winter is on its way.$

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pastajoe.bsky.social @pastajoe.bsky.social · 22d

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 8d

Chef’s kiss perfection. 🐸 🐸 🐸

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 8d

Only four more sleeps until he largest peaceful protest in modern US history: No Kings Day! 🇺🇸
#NoKingsDay. #NoKings

Find your local protest here: nokings.org

The white text “No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Saturday, October 18” and the image of a graffiti crown with a big red ‘X’ crossing it out. All on a blue background in which, if you look carefully, you can see a montage of previous peaceful protests.

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 10d

WHO was president on January 6th?

A message from Donald J. Trump (@realDonalTrump) posted on Oct 11, 2025, 9:38 PM: “THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!!
President DJT”

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Fractal Friday! 🏵️

🔍: 4 quadrillion (or 4 million billion if you prefer!)

$A faint brown and green fractal fern–like shape with four–fold symmetry. A small, black minibrot surrounded by a red ring is at the center of the image. The image’s background is a pale yellow.$

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 16d

“Fuck you, Make me.”

A picture of John Oliver and his quote: At some point you’re going to have to draw a line. So l’d argue, why not draw it right here? And when they come to you with stupid, ridiculous demands, picking fights that you know you could win in court, instead of rolling over, why not stand up and use four key words they don’t tend to teach you in business school? Not, “OK, you're the boss.” Not, “Whatever you say goes.” But instead, the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away. And that is “Fuck you, Make me.”

Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 16d

Artwork is “The Great Pig” by zachco on Deviant Art, although I like the idea that he’s a Trojan swine... 🙃

www.deviantart.com/zachco/art/T...

Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 18d

I’m so glad you made it here!

Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 18d

Very valid point:

Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 18d

The reason you don’t see any proud boys marching with ICE is the same reason you never saw Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana at the same time.

Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 19d

Happy Fractal Friday! 🐘 🐘 🐘

🔍: 49 trillion

$Black fractal shapes at the bottom of this image look like—if you squint—elephants rearing up and trumpeting with fractal trunks. The background is blue and green and red and purple fractal lace.$

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 19d

I much prefer the old–school version of the Battlestar Galactica.

a black and white photo of a space ship with the word space on the side

Alt: The old–school version of the Battlestar Galactica.

media.tenor.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 24d

Age yourself with a film you saw in a cinema as a kid.

Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) — Bit of a cheat: I saw this years after it’s initial release, but first movie I remember seeing in a theater as a kid.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 24d

US Magistrate Judge Vaala trying to untangle Lindsey Halligan's first adventure in indicting someone:

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 24d

And the reward for the most milquetoast post of 2025 goes to...

*drumroll*

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries! *golf clap*

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25d

I have assumed this for some time, but we are seeing it play out in real time.

The image shows two X posts. The first, by Patrick Wyman, expresses outrage over a decision, calling a historical event at Wounded Knee a massacre of mostly women and children, labeling it one of the most shameful events in American history and questioning the morality of defending it. The second, by a user named Secretary of War Pete, states that under his direction, soldiers who fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee will keep their medals, declaring the decision final and their historical place settled, accompanied by an image of a man in a suit speaking at a podium with an American flag backdrop.

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Ed Hall @buxleyhall.bsky.social · 26d

Happy Fractal Friday! 🌵✴︎

🔍: 70 trillion

$A yellow spiky fractal star with a greenish core and a small brick–red center. The background is colored indigo, fading to violet on the left and right sides of the image.$

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 27d

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