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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 6h

What if billionaires made regular payments to the federal government based on a percentage of their annual earnings?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 6h

Believe it or not, I'm actually thinking about streaming Are You Afraid of the Dark next week. 🤣

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 7h

Ooo, do tell!

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 17h

This week on Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast, @bvigeant.bsky.social and I are talking about Hugo's House of Horrors, the 1990 shareware "classic." What fearsome frights lurk within? Give it a listen and find out!

Available here (or wherever you listen to podcasts): zencastr.com/z/Ij-sShdJ

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 12h

Tropical lazor beams.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 13h

A lot of people are saying if you only listen to one podcast about Hugo's House of Horrors this week, make it Quest Quest.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 16h

Mostly 18-22.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 16h

That's what grades are for: punishing bad opinions. 🤪

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

Sisyphus is the Greek god of CrossFit, and no, I don't care to elaborate on that.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 16h

They're reading his book! 😁

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 17h

I'm screening A New Hope for my War and Pop Culture class this morning, and half the students have never seen it before. I'm very excited to share it with them.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 17h

This week on Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast, @bvigeant.bsky.social and I are talking about Hugo's House of Horrors, the 1990 shareware "classic." What fearsome frights lurk within? Give it a listen and find out!

Available here (or wherever you listen to podcasts): zencastr.com/z/Ij-sShdJ

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 18h

This is my annual "midterms didn't turn out like I hoped, and I've lost all confidence in what I do" mental breakdown.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 18h

Well, I made it to October 14th this year. "Sleigh Ride" by the Carpenters.

Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · Oct 25

If you're wondering how I'm holding up, I broke the seal and started listening to Christmas music yesterday in an effort to cheer myself up.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

I bought Borderlands 4 on sale today, installed it, and proceeded to play two hours of Overwatch 2 instead.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

I've just been introduced to my university's new "Faculty Misconduct Sanction Ladder Matrix," and let me tell you, things are going GREAT in higher education right now.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

Not a priority. 🤣

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

When everyone called the rich kid in The Mighty Ducks "cake-eater," it was praxis.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

One must imagine Sisyphus yoked.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

Sisyphus is the Greek god of CrossFit, and no, I don't care to elaborate on that.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

If you're wondering whether the whole thing was written by ChatGPT, the answer is a resounding, "It's impossible to conclusively prove whether a particular document was written by ChatGPT."

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

It's a four-dimensional punishment vortex.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

I've just been introduced to my university's new "Faculty Misconduct Sanction Ladder Matrix," and let me tell you, things are going GREAT in higher education right now.

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · Oct 1

When October rolls around, I always think of this 1989 Dragon Magazine cover by Larry Elmore.

Even the issue's "About the Cover" blurb is evocative: "Somewhere in the hills of western Kentucky, a witch and her familiar check up on a scarecrow that guards her domain."

The cover of Dragon Magazine 150 (October 1989).

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 1d

Probably because they paid to license it (if I had to take a guess)?

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