Erik Topical Reference Bigglestone
@goatmaiden.bsky.social
He/Him - Co-Owner, Games of Berkeley - Chairman/CEO, Evil Empire Inc. - Army Vet - 10 tattoos - 3 kids - 4 eyes - 8 hyphens
Pinned
Time to dust off this old chestnut.
Fool's Gold Parachute.
March 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Fool's Gold Parachute.
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Finally.
A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.
I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.
It is NOT just for athletes.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.
I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.
It is NOT just for athletes.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
State Department visa policy could bar trans people from traveling to U.S.
Violations could result in travel bans beyond just athletes
www.the-independent.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Finally.
A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.
I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.
It is NOT just for athletes.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.
I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.
It is NOT just for athletes.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
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Each day this week, I am doing a thread to signal boost creators that are being targeted for marginalization by jerks.
If you are a creator with a disability, please post below and include a link/sample of your work.
You DO NOT have to disclose your disability!
Support these folks, everyone!
If you are a creator with a disability, please post below and include a link/sample of your work.
You DO NOT have to disclose your disability!
Support these folks, everyone!
a light bulb surrounded by rainbow colored rays and the words creativity loading
ALT: a light bulb surrounded by rainbow colored rays and the words creativity loading
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Each day this week, I am doing a thread to signal boost creators that are being targeted for marginalization by jerks.
If you are a creator with a disability, please post below and include a link/sample of your work.
You DO NOT have to disclose your disability!
Support these folks, everyone!
If you are a creator with a disability, please post below and include a link/sample of your work.
You DO NOT have to disclose your disability!
Support these folks, everyone!
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If you’re a government employee, thank you for your service & here’s a resource you may find helpful. Stay strong. www.civilservicestrong.org
Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants
Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...
www.civilservicestrong.org
February 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you’re a government employee, thank you for your service & here’s a resource you may find helpful. Stay strong. www.civilservicestrong.org
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ATTN FEDS: I'm working away today, looking into "Fork" memo implementation and any funding/disbursement changes being made (DOGE-related or not).
If you have information about what's going on, please reach out. Contact me using a non-work phone or computer — my email and Signal are in my bio.
If you have information about what's going on, please reach out. Contact me using a non-work phone or computer — my email and Signal are in my bio.
February 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
ATTN FEDS: I'm working away today, looking into "Fork" memo implementation and any funding/disbursement changes being made (DOGE-related or not).
If you have information about what's going on, please reach out. Contact me using a non-work phone or computer — my email and Signal are in my bio.
If you have information about what's going on, please reach out. Contact me using a non-work phone or computer — my email and Signal are in my bio.
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The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
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At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
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America is being dismantled and destroyed by Robber Baron Brown Shirts!
No one is coming to save us!
We must stand United and fight them at every turn!
Pass it on!
No one is coming to save us!
We must stand United and fight them at every turn!
Pass it on!
February 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
America is being dismantled and destroyed by Robber Baron Brown Shirts!
No one is coming to save us!
We must stand United and fight them at every turn!
Pass it on!
No one is coming to save us!
We must stand United and fight them at every turn!
Pass it on!
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I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash.
None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.
But a LOT are caused by bigots.
None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.
But a LOT are caused by bigots.
January 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash.
None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.
But a LOT are caused by bigots.
None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.
But a LOT are caused by bigots.
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OpenAI: China stole our tech!!
Luddites: Oh weird how'd you make your tech in the first place
OpenAI: 😡
Luddites: Oh weird how'd you make your tech in the first place
OpenAI: 😡
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
OpenAI: China stole our tech!!
Luddites: Oh weird how'd you make your tech in the first place
OpenAI: 😡
Luddites: Oh weird how'd you make your tech in the first place
OpenAI: 😡
HOT TAKE: Tomb of Horrors is the worst D&D module ever written.
And by "Hot", I mean "Exactly 100% with no Question Accurate".
And by "Hot", I mean "Exactly 100% with no Question Accurate".
January 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
HOT TAKE: Tomb of Horrors is the worst D&D module ever written.
And by "Hot", I mean "Exactly 100% with no Question Accurate".
And by "Hot", I mean "Exactly 100% with no Question Accurate".
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Gritty continues to be a real one
January 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Gritty continues to be a real one
Norman Rockwell's "The Right to Know", from 1968:
"We are the governed, but we govern too. Assume our love of country, for it is only the simplest of self-love. Worry little about our strength, for we have our history to show for it. And because we are strong, there are others who have hope."
1/6
"We are the governed, but we govern too. Assume our love of country, for it is only the simplest of self-love. Worry little about our strength, for we have our history to show for it. And because we are strong, there are others who have hope."
1/6
January 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Norman Rockwell's "The Right to Know", from 1968:
"We are the governed, but we govern too. Assume our love of country, for it is only the simplest of self-love. Worry little about our strength, for we have our history to show for it. And because we are strong, there are others who have hope."
1/6
"We are the governed, but we govern too. Assume our love of country, for it is only the simplest of self-love. Worry little about our strength, for we have our history to show for it. And because we are strong, there are others who have hope."
1/6
Time to dust off this old chestnut.
January 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Time to dust off this old chestnut.
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I think this post should be banned.
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SURPRISE! I am now saving this post!
I AM A HERO.
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SURPRISE! I am now saving this post!
I AM A HERO.
January 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I think this post should be banned.
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SURPRISE! I am now saving this post!
I AM A HERO.
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SURPRISE! I am now saving this post!
I AM A HERO.
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, National Coffee Break Day, Elementary School Teacher Day, Goru Gobind Singh Jayanti, International Day of Acceptance, Penguin Awareness Day, Take a Walk Outdoors Day, and National Cheese Lover's Day!
Other events need not apply.
Other events need not apply.
January 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, National Coffee Break Day, Elementary School Teacher Day, Goru Gobind Singh Jayanti, International Day of Acceptance, Penguin Awareness Day, Take a Walk Outdoors Day, and National Cheese Lover's Day!
Other events need not apply.
Other events need not apply.
Fuck yeah, Biggles.
January 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Fuck yeah, Biggles.
Aspirations.
January 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Aspirations.
Lead by example.
January 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Lead by example.
"I didn't ask for a dime."
a young boy standing in front of a door looking at the camera
ALT: a young boy standing in front of a door looking at the camera
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"I didn't ask for a dime."
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Born This Day: Jeffrey Catherine Jones (Jan 10, 1944 – May 19, 2011) Part of "The Studio" with Berni Wrightson, Michael Kaluta, and Barry Windsor Smith. Frank Frazetta admired her art. Moody and atmospheric art that evokes the dreamlike in both horror and Sword & Sorcery paperback covers.
January 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Born This Day: Jeffrey Catherine Jones (Jan 10, 1944 – May 19, 2011) Part of "The Studio" with Berni Wrightson, Michael Kaluta, and Barry Windsor Smith. Frank Frazetta admired her art. Moody and atmospheric art that evokes the dreamlike in both horror and Sword & Sorcery paperback covers.
There's an image I just saw on Threads (not this one) that perfectly encapsulates my feelings about this week's Meta announcement, but it is similar to fascist iconography that is very triggering to some. So I will include an artfully broken link in the next post for anyone who may be interested.
January 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
There's an image I just saw on Threads (not this one) that perfectly encapsulates my feelings about this week's Meta announcement, but it is similar to fascist iconography that is very triggering to some. So I will include an artfully broken link in the next post for anyone who may be interested.