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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 1h
I could smell the mustard and onions.
WWI soldier sitting in a trench. His left arm is bandaged and in a sling and it appears his hand is missing. He has the "thousand yard stare" of someone experiencing trauma.
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 2h
huh.
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3h
The Grim Reaper is playing a claw game. "Dick fucking Cheney!"
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3h
Traumatic events are often misremembered and only come to the victim in flashes. I am missing chunks of time and details from when I was attacked for hours and left for dead. It happens. Don't be too hard on yourself, brave soldier, don't let them diminish the terror. Live your truth.
Dave Jamieson ‪@jamieson.bsky.social‬ The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 4h
Thoughts and prayers to him through this ordeal.

PTSD is a terrible condition, and I hope he gets the love, support, and intense therapy needed to live a happy, fulfilled life, unencumbered by sammie terrors.
jamieson.bsky.social Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 5h
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 4h
I've been holding on to this sick dark joke for decades, just waiting for the chance to pull it out.

The guy was "ok" and it was SUCH a stupid accident...
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 5h
It's safe to go quail hunting again.

Bye, Dick.
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 14h
Horrible. They really stepped it up a few years back and were better at political reporting than mainstream press.

In other media layoff news, CPR laid off a bunch of production staff.

🖕🖕🖕
danahull.bsky.social Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 15h
wtf happened at Teen Vogue?!!
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 14h
The account disappeared as I was looking at it.
Not found account has been suspended.
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 1d
‘The nuns were convinced they were possessed by demons’: goth and metal stars select the scariest music ever made
Forget the Monster Mash. For the ultimate Halloween playlist, reach for horror soundtracks, 1940s kids’ music and Russian darkwave – all chosen by Sunn O))), Creeper, Diamanda Galás and more
www.theguardian.com
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 2d
Greg is just jealous that HE can't be Wonder Woman.
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 2d
Regardless of SAD, I prefer standard time.
Backlit kitty showing just a glowing aura of their fur and whiskers. The text says, "Hello darkness my old friend."
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3d
Welp, that telegraphs that the shooting in the streets will start.

Go buy blaze orange vests; hopefully, their training will keep them from shooting you.

(Syntax: They are giving immigrants bonuses?)
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3d
All I can think of when seeing the Lincoln bedroom bathroom is, "man, imagine wandering in after taking a sleeping pill or while drunk. It's so disorienting, there's no way you wouldn't fall over."

Also. Tacky. Also, I hope those walls can support the weight of the marble (if it really is).
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3d
All of it for those interested. It's out of order, but I don't care. bsky.app/profile/neph...
nephthys0xa.bsky.social Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3d
The "artist" who created the Arbeit Macht Frei float explains himself and his vision. (walls of Facebook text and not a single word about the sign, but w/in context MAYBE it was proselytizing?). These will probably show out of order, but it won't make more sense in order.

🧵
I'm sorry, as someone who always uses alt text, the screenshot of the screed is so long, it won't fit. Here's part of the mess. "On the float...I leave you with this one final allegory...there were chains....but who noticed as I intended that the gate at the back of the grave plots was hanging open??....swinging freely in the breeze....a chained gate on a graveyard to Christ will be as a spider web on the rail road track torn asunder by a passing locomotive. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 "a loud command.....the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise" We truly live in a different world these days! Things don't always mean what you grew up thinking they did. I was saddened as I typed a simple search during the writing of this and was surprised that entering "The Dead Shall Rise" came back leading to "The Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver" rather than what I thought would certainly be an obvious connection populating with scores of scripture verses. I have not adapted with the times. In that I have erred and will gladly offer this apology for not realizing there were other ways to interpret a part, especially without knowledge of the whole. My thoughts simply did not go "there" and as you can imagine I was horrified to find that I have offended anyone much less put those closest to me in jeopardy and caused St Joseph's to come into question at my fumbled effort to make a positive spiritual message out of a float for them." Apologies again, here's part of the text, "I was considering the spiritual connotation that to all of us...right around that middle aged "Juke Box period" we are faced with life challenges of "getting by" and the race to accumulate! We strive for the house...then need a bigger house...then the bigger house needs a boat...then the big house needs a boat and must be ON the lake...newer cars....longer vacations lead to even more exotic locations....better tools....better clothes and better tans...better schools and careers, on and on...the LIE of...IF I just work harder I can be "happier". IF I achieve more; then I will be truly "there". Yet...in reality....when we reach the end and time lays our heads down on the pillow of eternal rest...we won't be judged by how nice our our house is, we won't be judged on how many tools we have or where we sent our children to school. What WILL matter is how we used our time...if we do NOT fall prey to the "LIE" but stay rooted and grounded in a relation ship with our maker who GAVE us gifts before we needed them and a roadmap to meet him one day! The final words on the float were, "The Dead SHALL RISE" AND "Death is but a passing through a door that opens to a new ETERNAL LIFE" !! That IS the good news of the Gospel!! These words matter more than any other I could have shared! I WISH these were the words that instinctively dominated our conversations! "IF you ask me...this phase of life...where we are somewhat in charge or our own space and actions doesn't last nearly long enough...OR perhaps because it such a great spot, it just passes very quickly by ~ almost like a vapor! Next came the entrance to a cemetery. Life is moving us along from phase to phase. Halloween Express had the perfect 97" lighted archway with lanterns at the tops...I widened the trailer early on to accommodate that prop!...I liked being able to get color and light up purposefully that high off the deck for the sake of "interest" and attempted to order their "Halloween Manor" version. In the same way....I had been looking for a collection of tombstones and did some traveling to get the collection. Met some neat folks who appreciated the effort and vision as I discussed the purchase with them and potentially using it on a float like this. When it came down to it...I discovered I could get far more realistic "previously used" tombstones than I could ever hope to cut from my own Styrofoam or make forms and cast with my own resin. Conversely....as the 30th approached swiftly it was a matter of dividing time across items that could be purchased for less money than it might take actual "time" to build. Alas, I could not find any new or "used" cemetery entrances available in time and began making my own." "Next in my vision we discover the sweet tooth in our early teens and who at that age doesn't love a milkshake a banana split, hamburger or fries and onion rings. I wanted to "nail" this as well so I created onto the diner tables actual movie set realist food, much of it made especially for this Sham Rock n Roll float by the folks who service the movie production companies and for Hershey Food Chocolate Company. Who would have guessed chocolate truffles melt under studio lights! I wanted by this section of the float to show an attention to detail and a capture of the theme that would be a tough act to follow! I had 3 full table settings + but it felt crowded...There were even Menus for the Shamrock Diner! Under and around the tables begins the diner-esq black and white floor leading up to a larger than life Juke Box which was a piece I was thrilled to say I built myself utilizing all sorts of different mediums and props I had at hand to capture the look. It was a challenging task but I really enjoyed going for the illusion of a real life Wurlitzer! Just for the record, (pun intended) a number of parts used in the construction actually came from real Wurlitzer old stock...an example being the song selection play list tabs on each side. These days it's all iTunes and Ear buds but there was a time that older folks walked to a Juke Box and inserted quarters for a few songs. Maybe over a more serious dinner or meet, date and marry to music played on one of these lost to time devices! These were the "original playlists"!! Truly "middle age" stuff. I was elated at how this piece came together so much so that I named it "Whirl-It-Sir" a take on the original brand that held the distinction of being most recognizable and copied! This was the anchor to the Sham Rock-N-Roll theme selected for the float. Sadly...anyone who has undertaken a task like this will understand when I say the vision had to be curtailed to make the starting line up so "Whirl It Sir" fell off the wish li"
nephthys0xa.bsky.social
Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3d
So many words. Like I said, I think he's suffering from religious dementia, but there were soooo many opportunities for others to stop it. It's absolutely appalling to me that no one, of everyone involved, knew it was an issue and shut it the fuck down.
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3d
Finally, generously, I hope that the designer gets the help he needs because that post sounds like a mental health crisis or religious delusion. I'm not making excuses for the inexcusable, but something is seriously wrong with him.
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3d
The designer, the school, the company that used their truck to pull the float, and others have all apologized and said that they didn't understand the meaning of Arbeit Macht Frei.

Open the schools, rebroadcast Shoa 24x7, stop making apologetics like Boy in the Striped Pajamas, make Nazis scared.
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nephthys0xa.bsky.social
Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 3d
The "artist" who created the Arbeit Macht Frei float explains himself and his vision. (walls of Facebook text and not a single word about the sign, but w/in context MAYBE it was proselytizing?). These will probably show out of order, but it won't make more sense in order.

🧵
I'm sorry, as someone who always uses alt text, the screenshot of the screed is so long, it won't fit. Here's part of the mess. "On the float...I leave you with this one final allegory...there were chains....but who noticed as I intended that the gate at the back of the grave plots was hanging open??....swinging freely in the breeze....a chained gate on a graveyard to Christ will be as a spider web on the rail road track torn asunder by a passing locomotive. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 "a loud command.....the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise" We truly live in a different world these days! Things don't always mean what you grew up thinking they did. I was saddened as I typed a simple search during the writing of this and was surprised that entering "The Dead Shall Rise" came back leading to "The Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver" rather than what I thought would certainly be an obvious connection populating with scores of scripture verses. I have not adapted with the times. In that I have erred and will gladly offer this apology for not realizing there were other ways to interpret a part, especially without knowledge of the whole. My thoughts simply did not go "there" and as you can imagine I was horrified to find that I have offended anyone much less put those closest to me in jeopardy and caused St Joseph's to come into question at my fumbled effort to make a positive spiritual message out of a float for them." Apologies again, here's part of the text, "I was considering the spiritual connotation that to all of us...right around that middle aged "Juke Box period" we are faced with life challenges of "getting by" and the race to accumulate! We strive for the house...then need a bigger house...then the bigger house needs a boat...then the big house needs a boat and must be ON the lake...newer cars....longer vacations lead to even more exotic locations....better tools....better clothes and better tans...better schools and careers, on and on...the LIE of...IF I just work harder I can be "happier". IF I achieve more; then I will be truly "there". Yet...in reality....when we reach the end and time lays our heads down on the pillow of eternal rest...we won't be judged by how nice our our house is, we won't be judged on how many tools we have or where we sent our children to school. What WILL matter is how we used our time...if we do NOT fall prey to the "LIE" but stay rooted and grounded in a relation ship with our maker who GAVE us gifts before we needed them and a roadmap to meet him one day! The final words on the float were, "The Dead SHALL RISE" AND "Death is but a passing through a door that opens to a new ETERNAL LIFE" !! That IS the good news of the Gospel!! These words matter more than any other I could have shared! I WISH these were the words that instinctively dominated our conversations! "IF you ask me...this phase of life...where we are somewhat in charge or our own space and actions doesn't last nearly long enough...OR perhaps because it such a great spot, it just passes very quickly by ~ almost like a vapor! Next came the entrance to a cemetery. Life is moving us along from phase to phase. Halloween Express had the perfect 97" lighted archway with lanterns at the tops...I widened the trailer early on to accommodate that prop!...I liked being able to get color and light up purposefully that high off the deck for the sake of "interest" and attempted to order their "Halloween Manor" version. In the same way....I had been looking for a collection of tombstones and did some traveling to get the collection. Met some neat folks who appreciated the effort and vision as I discussed the purchase with them and potentially using it on a float like this. When it came down to it...I discovered I could get far more realistic "previously used" tombstones than I could ever hope to cut from my own Styrofoam or make forms and cast with my own resin. Conversely....as the 30th approached swiftly it was a matter of dividing time across items that could be purchased for less money than it might take actual "time" to build. Alas, I could not find any new or "used" cemetery entrances available in time and began making my own." "Next in my vision we discover the sweet tooth in our early teens and who at that age doesn't love a milkshake a banana split, hamburger or fries and onion rings. I wanted to "nail" this as well so I created onto the diner tables actual movie set realist food, much of it made especially for this Sham Rock n Roll float by the folks who service the movie production companies and for Hershey Food Chocolate Company. Who would have guessed chocolate truffles melt under studio lights! I wanted by this section of the float to show an attention to detail and a capture of the theme that would be a tough act to follow! I had 3 full table settings + but it felt crowded...There were even Menus for the Shamrock Diner! Under and around the tables begins the diner-esq black and white floor leading up to a larger than life Juke Box which was a piece I was thrilled to say I built myself utilizing all sorts of different mediums and props I had at hand to capture the look. It was a challenging task but I really enjoyed going for the illusion of a real life Wurlitzer! Just for the record, (pun intended) a number of parts used in the construction actually came from real Wurlitzer old stock...an example being the song selection play list tabs on each side. These days it's all iTunes and Ear buds but there was a time that older folks walked to a Juke Box and inserted quarters for a few songs. Maybe over a more serious dinner or meet, date and marry to music played on one of these lost to time devices! These were the "original playlists"!! Truly "middle age" stuff. I was elated at how this piece came together so much so that I named it "Whirl-It-Sir" a take on the original brand that held the distinction of being most recognizable and copied! This was the anchor to the Sham Rock-N-Roll theme selected for the float. Sadly...anyone who has undertaken a task like this will understand when I say the vision had to be curtailed to make the starting line up so "Whirl It Sir" fell off the wish li"
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 4d
What day is it? What time is it? Why are the Avs playing? Stop confusing me like this.

Also - Go Marty, Go! Congrats on getting your extension.

#GoAvsGo #MartyParty
milehighhockey.bsky.social Mile High Hockey @milehighhockey.bsky.social · 4d
MARTIN NECAS!! 🚨

Made quick work of that first goal after inking the new deal!

1-0 #Avs

#GoAvsGo
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 4d
Niedermeyer is spitting bars off the dome, as the kids say. 🧵
niedermeyer.online e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · Jun 4
This shit ain't nothin to me man. I'm in the White House snorting Special K and pitching continental missile defense. My self-driving scam long like the Trojan War. Shorty wanna invest in magical thinking, that sound like her problem. My chatbot so racist it says the pyramids built by Andrew Jackson
Elon Musk in the kind of condition where you can easily imagine him going off on some Dracula Flow shit (actual image from his recent appearance at CPAC, wearing terrible glasses, a gold chain, and a "gothic dark maga" hat
Reposted by Dances with Pucks
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 4d
Anti-abortion activists are claiming women's miscarriage remains, naming them, and giving them funerals.

Don't miss @kylietcheung.bsky.social's on the utter fucking weirdos of the anti-abortion movement

jessica.substack.com/p/unmasking-...
Unmasking the Creeps, Ghouls, and Weirdos Attacking Abortion
10.30.25
jessica.substack.com
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 4d
keeptheshuttle.org is trying to stop this expensive, destructive, and whacked political move.
Keep The Shuttle
keeptheshuttle.org
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 4d
The "big beautiful bill" continues to baffle. Why are we spending $85M (some suggest it will run much higher than that) to DISMANTLE and move the Space Shuttle to Texas when it could be spent on... *throws hand in the air.
The Strange Saga of the Great Texas Space Shuttle Heist
Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to destroy a near-priceless American treasure,” one historian says
www.scientificamerican.com
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Dances with Pucks @nephthys0xa.bsky.social · 4d
Imagine my excitement to learn that a signed, special, limited edition of Polostan is being printed. I get my "Buy button" finger ready as I open the link.

HOLY FUCKBALLS.
Polostan (preorder)
Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
subterraneanpress.com