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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 2m

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 23m

"And we're going to rename America to Numenor . . ."

Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 1h

... Captain Nemo. "What care I if you have left your little TARDIS behind on land? From now on, your life belongs to the Nautlius and the sea!"

Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 2h

I’m trying to think which Doctor would work best in an Ivanhoe mashup. 3 being swashbuckling, 4 with Sarah Jane getting involved with the Merry Men, or 5 with Nyssa and Tegan and Adric getting lost all over the landscape and plot threads?

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h

Journalists at the Pentagon have handed over their badges and walked out after refusing to submit to repressive new press access rules from TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War/Defense/whatevs Pete Hegseth.

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Vulture @vulture.com · 3h

‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Netflix’s most-watched movie, is returning to theaters October 31–November 2. ‘The Twilight Saga’ is also getting rereleased, so it’ll be Honmoon vs. New Moon at the box office.

KPop Demon Hunters Is Coming Back to Theaters This Halloweekend

‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Netflix’s most-watched movie, is returning to theaters October 31–November 2. ‘The Twilight Saga’ is also getting rereleased, so it’ll be Honmoon vs. New Moon at the box office.

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 4h

Congratulations!

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 7h

OUT THIS WEEK!

The MOST REQUESTED book of my entire career!

Brand new cover by NICOLA SCOTT!

TONS of extras and rarities.

It is a GORGEOUS book and you desperately want it! :)

BIRDS OF PREY VOLUME ONE!

It's actually HERE!

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 6h

Good point.

Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 7h

Double curses: they’ve sold out of the colour I preferred in that size (“marine blue”) and now it’s caramel or nothing. I shouldn’t complain that much, it’s a reasonable price and it’s not as if I wear anything that caramel will clash with, but my sense of entitlement galls me. Ah well.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 9h

Harsh! (Footnote in The Lancet, May 18 1839.)

Footnote in a medical journal which reads:

* We wish the author had paid more attention to style, for his sentences are often so complicated as almost completely to obscure their meaning.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 9h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 8h

Petty annoyances: finding a winter coat in M&S which fits comfortably, is reasonably thick (Leeds winters) and doesn’t make me look any worse than the reasonably expected blocky package, but only comes in two colours. I might have to get a coat in a shade other than black or grey. Horrors.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 8h

A considerable part of the attempt to have this case dismissed seems to be she doesn't think it's fair that her own evidence was used against her.

God tier narcissism.

"You can't use my own video of me attempting to run over that guy while slurring him against me! Um... Magna Carta!"

The background is that in response to an allegation made against him of anti-social behaviour, the eighth defendant, Darren Honeywill, played dashcam footage from the second claimant's own car recording how the second claimant drove her car towards him causing him to have to jump off the access road (over which he had a right of way). Her own dashcam footage recorded her attitude and language towards him some of the other defendants "… you scumbag… you vicious scumbag … your evil father … burn down the whole gypsy place … you stupid bitch…". I am sure that counsel will have explained to the second claimant that, when making allegations, it can be expected that evidence may be called to rebut those allegations. The fact that happens is not an infringement of article 6 rights. While Ms Saunders may have not wanted the court to see that footage, in the same way as the court did not view the dashcam footage which led to her conviction for assault against Ms Beresford Ambridge, the court does have a duty to consider evidence from both sides in order to understand whether allegations are properly made out

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Tasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social · 15h

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

Edvin Alpros Ⓜ️ antisocial dominans minister @edvinalpros.bsky.social · 20h

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Matt Wallaert @mattwallaert.com · 11h

Ok, so this is a very big deal. Let’s thread it.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16h

New York health officials have confirmed the first locally transmitted case of the chikungunya virus which causes high fever, joint pain and fatigue.

It’s usually a tropical virus, but there are now infected mosquitoes spreading in New York. (NYT)

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 23h

DORK TOWER was actually named after Jenelle Jaquays’ old Judges Guild module, DUCK TOWER.

My tribute to Jenelle, last year: the January Dork Tower Patreon collector card.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the birthday one of the most talented creators in TTRPGs, Jennell Jaquays, who passed away last year. Jennell was one of our company's earliest artists, and played an prominent role in Chaosium's success over many years, as an illustrator and writer.

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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 1d

This freshly-hatched horror story has possibly my favorite title of any story I've ever written. I give you....

"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"

Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/cour...

Courtney Lovecraft’s Book of the Dead - Nightmare Magazine

Honey, the spirits are here with us tonight and they are deeply disappointed. [audience laughter] Momma, do you not own a mirror? Did you think you looked cute when you walked out of your house tonigh...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 1d

“Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

… okay, probably not, but still …

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s today?” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes.

“Today?” replied the boy. “Why, it’s Paperback Book Release Day sir!”

RING SHOUT paperback w/foreword by author| Tor Nightfire | 10•14•25

Out Today! #Bookrelease #horror

“Adam in the garden…”

Book cover: blood red background with black arms raised and hands outstretched from the bottom in front of white klansman hood with screaming mouths for eyes above words in black, RING SHOUT.

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DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · 1d

More than 500 FREE Quickstart #TTRPG PDFs are available now! Try a new game today!

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#cyberpunk #cthulhu #dungeonsanddragons

More than 500 FREE Quickstart RPG PDFs are available now at DriveThruRPG.com

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