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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 12h

Oh, hello

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 11h

I will follow the advice to paint or stain or something that plywood to keep it from immediately disintegrating under moisture. But I also wanted to just try configuring them, I think it looks pretty good!

the butts of four Halloween decorations: a vampire dog, a friendly ghost, a shark dog, and a pirate dog

fronts of the same guys in their new stand

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 13h

The Kitten Performance Indicators are there for a reason! What even is your job, Kitten!

Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 13h

same plywood with three rectangles of jute rope fed thru six holes each, and bungee ready to anchor

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14h

This vampire dog is not gonna be blown over by the wind!

vampire dog decoration with one bungee hook on its metal frame

other bungee hook on other side of dog frame

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14h

Yes I am basically backstitching at this point but with plywood as the fabric and jute rope as the thread LOL. Knotted the end of the rope to keep it from unraveling as I feed it through and to give a solid mass I can push through with a pencil.
Bungee anchoring!

the same grid of rope with a short bungee cord twisted around it

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14h

Spouse suggested we could drill holes and feed bungee cables thru to anchor which was great idea but I thought of something I liked better: drilling the holes but feeding twine through it on a grid and then using the twin as bungee anchor points so I can reconfigure without moving plywood

plywood with twin fed through six holes to form a rectangle that can be used for bungee anchors

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14h

Menard's had 2 feet by 4 feet plywood sheets which is about 4 inches larger on each dimension than the interior of the garden table, so a bit of sawing and taking notches out of the corner and the plywood now fits inside the table interior

New plywood layer that resting on the dirt in there cut to fit inside

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14h

Attempted DIY project.
We bought this garden table this year, spouse suggested we could repurpose it for winter months as a decoration table, we have Halloween and Christmas animals we sometimes put out. But they tend to freeze to ground or blow over (or both) and are hard to see.

garden bed table with some dirt and remnants of plants in it.

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Amanda Helms @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 17h

Pay attention to your local school board elections, US folks. If your kid, like mine, has an IEP, you’ll want board members who will fight to see it’s adhered to, rather than have your kid’s rights to an education stripped away. (School board elections were always important; triply so now)

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 1d

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

bit.ly

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 17h

try again it should be up now, nothing to do with VPN

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 17h

Try again it should be up now

Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 1d

The first time I saw one and they handed me the vacuum sealed cookie and I was like What Even Is This

Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 1d

(I like T Rex Cookies cookies but their food truck is always disappointing. Food truck! Of cookies! Sounds great! But then you roll up and they give you a cold vacuum-sealed cookie and like, do you not understand food trucks? A food truck with fresh baked T Rex cookies would be amazing!)

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 1d

LOL I did not know the founder of T Rex Cookies is named Tina Rexing. A+, no notes

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

I am behind as I've ever been but how about we do some Ignyte winners tomorrow

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 1d

NSFW? You mean OSHA should get involved?

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 2d

oh no

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 2d

Congratulations!

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about this that's worth recalling is that it *wouldn't* even offend most Americans: just the group of reactionary grifters who make money by being professionally offended online.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 2d

I've repeatedly had editors help me to find the thing that strengthens my story endings. I love it when they help me grow.

Hat tip to @diabolicalplots.com , @jenalbert.bsky.social , @khaalidah.bsky.social , Graeme Dunlop, and Trevor Quachri.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 4d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 2d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

As I said, oh, just a couple of hours ago…

You’ve got to ask some serious questions about men who perceive machines as people and women as things.

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 3d

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 3d

New Foster frond.
Name ideas?

a leopard gecko, white with black spots looking at the viewer

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