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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 10h

All I have to know about the state of the old app is to don’t see many recently posted funny screenshots

VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 11h

I backed this immediately

Elizabeth Little @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social · 20h

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Oh, right, this goes live today. I should probably say something.

You Will Die In This Place by Shrike Studio - Gamefound

You Will Die In This Place is a nihilistic survival-horror dungeon crawl TTRPG about exile, decay, and the inevitability of death.

gamefound.com

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 13h

I think Larry Hama wrote Wolverine better than anybody else

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 21h

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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ぬーどる @longandsoft.bsky.social · 1d

abandoned pa turnpike

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 1d

Also I know every time one of those occupying cubes trips in the street there it’s because she stuck her leg out

VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 1d

I think sometimes of my friend in Portland who knew more about comic books than anyone I’d ever met and how she was so sweet and kind all the way through her battle with insanely aggressive cancer. I hope if there’s a heaven people can still wear leather jackets and drink alcohol there

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll go in a Costco but I’m hitting the pen in the lot and wearing my big headphones

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes Catholics really do go hard, still

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve lived many years without hiring Jared Leto

VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 3d

A better world will come

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 4d

The popularity of Enya’s “Caribbean Blue” in this moment mirrors the rise of “Only Time” in the march toward fascism in late 2001. She comes to save us each time.

VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 4d

Put Aunt Gladys in Fortnite!

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 5d

From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 5d

“Yap” is the Gen Z “doggo”

- a sentence indecipherable to an Elizabethan monk

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worm adderall @wormmo.de · 6d

"No no it's just a 'weed vape', it's not smoke! There's no combustion! It just heats up the oil, which vaporizes-" *smokey fucking mauls me*

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dirté @dirte.net · May 9

got invited to the goblin group chat but none of them speak common so I'm just fire reacting random shit

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toyotathon is on @maximummightyx.bsky.social · 6d

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 7d

I know the world is fucking challenging rn but damn it’s cool when again and again when we pay people it benefits everyone in every way

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 7d

Babe I've got an important call, please don't chant the cat's name like she's chugging a beer

*15 min later*

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ᵀᴼᴼᵀᴱᴿ ᵀᴼᴼᵀᴱᴿ
TOOTER TOOTER

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 8d

hi can people roll on this and tell me about the ordinary people they create

If you need to determine the trajectory of a mundane person's life, roll a number of D8s equal to the number of decades they've been alive, and arrange them in order to see how their life occurred, with each dice result representing the tenor of that decade. Each result represents 10 years of their life. Ignore any results which contradict anything established about the character.
Glyph
Years 10-19
Years 20-39
Years 40-59
Years 60+
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Death of a parent, loss of a home, freak tragic accident.
Death of a lover, exiled from home, haunted by guilt.
Death of a child, hopes dashed, legacy spoiled.
Haunted by death, wandering aimlessly, forgotten and alone.
♃
Regular peasant life, learned a trade, hard honest work.
Marriage proposal, building a home, parent to children.
Build a strong home, surrounded by family, many calm and unremarkable days.
Cared for by family, keep the fire warm, rocking chair at heart.
♂
Fought to survive, learned violence too young, nasty scar.
Skilled warrior, foes slain, battlefield dominated.
War came to the door, home burned, grief spread.
Stern and cold, guardian against the dark, prefers the night.
♀
Privileged youth, loving parents, everything provided for.
A lover and a layabout, heartbreaker, homewrecker.
Talented artist, creative training, earned acclaim from peers.
Master of a craft, feared and ruthless teacher, auspicious legacy.
☿
Traveled from distant lands, found a new home, sailed aboard a ship.
Explore new lands, venture far from home, go on adventures.
Reinvent self somewhere new, earn a fortune in trade, captain a sturdy ship.
Dream of distant lands, send others on quests, seek out forgotten treasure.
☾
Encountered magic, miraculous change, still carry the mark.
Student of old knowledge, ambitious researcher, curious youth.
Bitter intellectual, disillusioned by the world, desperate for enlightenment.
Wise old soul, educator to children, a bit wickerwise.

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 8d

w/o downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Facebook marketplace listing for a homemade Halloween Minion statue made mostly out of spare mechanical parts

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 8d

Fine fine I’ll make one

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VCR Tony @godspeedgoodspeed.bsky.social · 8d

They really do just send him videos they made in ai of shit happening and he believes it all like a fb grandma watching a pig and a chicken on a trampoline

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 9d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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