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@johnperich.com

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Callin' yourself educated for writin' a thesis is like gettin' held up by the bank teller! Short TTRPGs: https://professorcoldheart.itch.io/

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · Nov 22

To introduce my #ttrpg work to new followers (hi!), to document my actual work, and to fend off impostor syndrome, here's a list of everything I've published or worked on this year:

First, FLY FROM MONTGOMERY, a 3rd-party scenario for LANCER. A desperate heist on a war-torn planet!

Fly From Montgomery: A LANCER Scenario by ProfessorColdheart

Mercenary scavengers undertaking a desperate heist in a world on the brink. For LL0 Lancer PCs.

professorcoldheart.itch.io

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 10h

everyone is wondering what baby yoda's deal is but baby yoda just wants what we all want: a good time at a fair price

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 1h

it's also a private market story. openai and anthropic are private companies, they have a lot of investors- including indirect retail investors, who invest through funding vehicles- but they don't have to make disclosures and if the bubble bursts, those investors will have a lot more trouble suing

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 3h

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

open.substack.com

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 19m

Lots of people like chocolate but it's not for everybody.

Daniel M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 9h

give me your most hinged, apologetic, milquetoast, agreeable, universal opinion.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 38m

tonite I'm going to watch a classic horror film (subtextually) about the dangers of trying to find solace in nostalgic obsession. It's also about a car that kills people, but this is John Carpenter's adaptation of 'Christine' we're talking about here so maybe the interpretation isn't that ridiculous

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 25m

Caillou's dad: (texting) caillou is freaking the fuck out

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 1h

What if Stevie Nicks was just stimming (twirling in silks and lace) and the witchcraft was simply an excuse?

a woman is dancing on a stage with a man playing a piano behind her

Alt: Stevie Nicks twirling onstage

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 2h

ME, MISUNDERSTANDING A DAVE MATTHEWS BAND LYRIC AND JUMPING IMMEDIATELY TO THE WORST POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION: I'm sorry, "suck a dog, suck a dog"? You think this is something I'd enjoy? And you sound so insistent.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 2h

Sam Altman one of a number of powerful men who have essentially risen to prominence because they’ve never been asked a single follow-up question

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 2h

Part of me is curious to try one of these just to see what the caliber of $30 GMing is like; part of me fears to if I realize I'm leaving money on the table.

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 2h

As with climate change, we can either adopt these policies *now* or have the policies forced upon us.

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 2h

This is so cool. Zohran Mamdani just released the 2026 NYC Dev Roadmap and he's updating Williamsburg with not one but TWO new 20-man raids with their own endgame armor sets and weapons

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 2h

a picture of a woman with the words " do you guys ever think about dying "

Alt: Barbie (Margot Robbie) dancing above the caption "Do you guys ever think about dying?"

media.tenor.com

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 1d

Nice joke you’ve got there. Be a real shame if I repeated the content of it back to you with aggressively pedantic sincerity.

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Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 3h

An FPS where damage numbers pop up with every hit. But they're physics objects that tumble to the ground and start filling up the level. And the bigger the number, the BIGGER the number.

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 3h

Whatever your genre, there's something out there for you. Maybe it's a new writer you haven't discovered yet; maybe it's a forgotten pillar of the field who died (DIED!). But you have not exhausted everything a genre is capable of.

buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 3h

What's your totally ordinary opinion about books that you nonetheless find compelled to share when asked on a social media site such as this one for your most extreme/unhinged/hottest takes?

I'll go first: manga is popular among young people because manga often features young people.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 3h

The unspoken meaning of regular "If this gets leaked we're cooked lololol" jokes is to remind everyone that they're in a position to coerce or destroy anyone who gets out of line.

Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 4h

the chat logs leaked clearly show members are aware they’re posting compromising messages, they’re even talking about how cooked they be if it leaked

bc the social function of extremist rhetoric is that in-group members bond and attain status by transgressing with one another as witnesses

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 4h

It's print subscribers, which is different from digital subscribers, but still! That's 150,000 fewer doctor's offices, lawyer's waiting rooms, and airport lounges who've decided that their guests would like to leaf through the Post if their phone is charging.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 4h

You can never run out of things to read if you're near a public library. Wander the shelves! Pick something by an author you've heard of but never read, or with a cover that looks cool! Try a different genre! It's all FREE!

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 7h

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h

Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 3d

every time you post an AI thing you think sucks you gotta post a thing a human made you think is good I dont make the rules

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 4h

You might think Ryan is exaggerating but I used to go to a regular dinner that gradually got taken over by young Republican staffers and I promise you he is not.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 6h

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

Two plant-based protein powders contained enough lead that our experts advise against consuming them. Naked Nutrition’s Mass Gainer powder contained 7.7 micrograms of lead per serving, which is roughly 1,570 percent of CR’s level of concern for the heavy metal. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition powder contained 6.3 micrograms of lead, or about 1,290 percent of CR’s daily lead limit.

Two other powders contained lead between 400 and 600 percent of CR’s level of concern: Garden of Life’s Sport Organic Plant-Based Protein and Momentous’ 100% Plant Protein. Consumers should limit these to once a week, Akinleye says. (See company responses below.)

The only non-plant-based protein powder with lead detected at over 200 percent of CR’s level of concern was MuscleMeds’ Carnivor Mass powder. Six additional plant-based powders, five dairy-based powders and shakes, and one beef powder contained lead above CR’s level of concern.

We also found measurable levels of cadmium and inorganic arsenic in some products. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition plant-based protein powder contained 9.2 micrograms of cadmium, more than double the level that public health authorities and CR’s experts say may be harmful to have daily, which is 4.1 micrograms.

Another plant-based option, Vega’s Premium Sport powder, had enough cadmium that one serving would also put you just over that level. In one dairy-based product, Optimum Nutrition’s Serious Mass whey protein powder, we also detected 8.5 micrograms per serving of inorganic arsenic, which is twice the limit of what our scientists say is safe to consume daily.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 6h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 5h

Maisie Williams doesn't seem to want the sort of fame that the show was teeing her up for. Lena Headey seems happy to be doing voice work for now.

candy corn's last defender @johnperich.com · 5h

That quibble aside, yeah, the final season, and the finale in particular, carved out the guts of the show's appeal. Don't let your showrunners get senioritis.