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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 18h

Post a blue jay for reasons 🪶⚾️

Don’t blue jays look great in October?

A blue jay on a maple tree in my backyard, red and yellow leaves behind him

char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 1d

(go jays go!!)

seriously though I've always enjoyed how many baseball teams are named after just some bird that might've hung out near the park. like, oh we need a name. hey how about, uhhh, oh that's a cool bird, we'll be that

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 1d

nooo that's not a relaxing day off

char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 1d

knives: handled!

Orange and green sliced peppers, with tofu, sprinkled with black sesame seeds, on white rice, in a ramen bowl far too large for this meal but eh it was the closest thing to hand. it's way spicier than it looks 😂

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 1d

A+ smol nap, I'm feeling better prepared to handle knives 💪

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 1d

5pm Friday, catching a little horizontal time before stumbling into the kitchen to make dinner (stir fry peppers from a friend's garden, plus tofu), perhaps a little ill-advised nap...

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Writing & Editing @wrtrstat.bsky.social · 2d

Timeline cleanse. Each midnight. ... Inspector Gadget for 8 cellos theme song. by Samara Ginsberg. That is the post. Enjoy! Comment, kinda perfect for Halloween sound. =) - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmM3...

Inspector Gadget for 8 cellos

Inspector Gadget theme arranged for 8 cellos

www.youtube.com

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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 2d

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

atlantic article screenshot
headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get
sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight
by yasmin tayag

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 2d

not great 💚💚💚

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the ghost of pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 2d

check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby

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What is the oldest lullaby or nursery rhyme that...
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As far as the earliest we know of, it's another Babylonian tablet, about 4000 years old and most often known as Little Baby in the Dark House. We don't have the music for it, but again, the BBC article has a good go at describing some commonalities of the music that tends to accompany lullabies, so that might inspire you.
The rough translation for that Babylonian lullaby, by the way, is:
Little Baby in the dark house
You have seen the sun rise
Why are you crying?
Why are you screaming?
You have disturbed the house god.
'Who has disturbed me?' says the house god.
'It is the baby who has disturbed you!
'Who scared me?' says the house god.
'The baby has disturbed you, the baby has scared you, making noises like a drunkard who cannot sit still on his stool.
He has disturbed your sleep!
'Call the baby now, says the house god.
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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 2d

taking all afternoon to reply to an awkward email rather than napping ahead of tonight's late night conference panel appearance: suboptimal use of wfh

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 2d

It has stopped!!

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 2d

Unexpected testing of the hard-wired heat detectors in the building = unexpected beeping that hopefully will end at some point soon 😬

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 3d

it was a perfect way to end the session, I am so contented 😂😎

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 3d

and yet!!

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 3d

(the two rolls, from two different players, ended up both being Guidance'd and skill modifier'd to be over 20, how amazingly satisfying was that??)

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 3d

I have little index cards as reminders of how to play my monk, and even though it's written RIGHT THERE... 😅

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char 🎃 @charloween.bsky.social · 3d

I don't do much D&D posting but gosh is it satisfying to remember a) you can cast Guidance, b) to cast it when it'll be useful, c) your fellow players roll 4 thereby getting max efficacy from it

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 3d

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.