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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 18h

Reminder that you can catch me, @smbeiko.bsky.social, @chadwickginther.bsky.social, and @patrickjohanneson.com at Sookram’s here in Winnipeg on the 29th for a great reading series! Many thanks to our gracious host @badguybirnie.bsky.social!

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 5d

"The bee bit my bottom, and now my bottom's big," whenever something that's just a little bad happens.

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 15d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 7d

Credit to Square Enix, they could have taken this landmark Disney partnership to put out the equivalent of Super Mario RPG. Dumb down for their audience, double their dollars. Instead they roped Donald, Goofy etc. into the most impenetrable JRPG storytelling I’ve ever encountered.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 7d

What the fuck does this mean? Do I need a numerologist for this? What is a final chapter prologue? What is II*8 This is a game about Donald fuckin Duck

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 13d

If you see this skeet, skeet a pic from your device with no explanation.

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 15d

on some level, the way my father treated me should not be your problem, just as your mother selling you for codeine should not be my problem. why your resentment and need for violent retribution needs to be national policy is unclear to me. shut the fuck up, parent little vivek, and fix your shit

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 15d

we've been treated to a years-long spectacle of whiners whining and kicking and screaming and threatening and howling about god knows what. imagine if some of these people had spent some of this time trying to build a life they can live with instead of just being mad

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 15d

Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 15d

Insane year for villains

Col. Lockjaw from One Battle After Another

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 16d

Hell yeah.

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 16d

Pete Hegseth is the exact kind of guy you see on Reddit getting cold-cocked in a Walmart parking lot by a guy who doesn’t seem that big and didn’t swing that hard. The definition of a tryhard, performative wimp.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Mr Halloween @jarjarfan69.bsky.social · 16d

People complain about cancel culture but this is the exact reason it's so important to run wife beaters out of public life

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 16d

Mr Beast will pay you 500K to go into the sphere

Still from the movie Sphere showing a team wearing scientific hazmat style suits standing before a giant shimmering Sphere that they appear to be inspecting

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 16d

Costco doesn't have quite as many kids wandering around but the adults there present the same obstacles as unruly, unsupervised kids so it works out the same.

Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 17d

It's like if the Leader got kicked in the head by a mule right before the gamma reshaped his skull.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 17d

Head on down to Sookram’s Oct. 29 to see these fine folks and I do a little reading for you!

👻 Patrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦 @patrickjohanneson.com · 17d

Hey everybody (especially the Winnipeg crew),

I'll be reading some uncanny fiction on Oct. 29th at Sookrams Brewing in Winnipeg, along with @dridgley.bsky.social, @smbeiko.bsky.social, and @chadwickginther.bsky.social. Our host will be @badguybirnie.bsky.social.

See you there!

#PrairieSFF

Poster for the reading on Oct. 29th: bits of white paper with the information typed on them, placed on a black-and-white background so as to look more than a little bit like a ribcage

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 19d

Yes MOTU is owned by a rival toy company but in a world where Sonic and Mario are in a ton of games together I believe anything is possible.

Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 19d

If we're going to keep doing this, let's get real: it's time for a Masters of the Universe set.

Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 20d

Sensors have detected an unexplored Magic set approaching in 2026, #MTGxStarTrek #StarTrek

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New Title Cards Every Day! The Official DBZEpisodes Account @dbzepisodes.bsky.social · 20d

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 20d

A public-speaking industry comprised entirely of the most sociopathic youth group kids you've ever met.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 20d

The new face of Republican youth outreach:

A kid named Brilyn Hollyhand (lol), who flies private while arguing against raising the minimum wage.

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pretty bug @inyourculture.bsky.social · 21d

the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 21d

Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming

You've heard of defensive driving — driving practices to help you stay safe on the road, like reducing your speed in bad weather or signaling before switching lanes. But what about defensive walking and cycling?

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Darren Ridgley @dridgley.bsky.social · 21d

I grew up in a baptist church being exposed to all of its associated media and this is, I’m gonna say, the fourth or fifth time the rapture was for sure gonna happen “this week” in my lifetime. Yet all these very annoying people are still here.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 26d

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26d

Ingraham: A Democrat congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent. Good work

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