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BornFreak @bornfreak.bsky.social · Sep 8

Happy 30th anniversary to the original Gal Pals(tm)

#xena #xenawarriorprincess

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 2h

It's a very good question tbh.

Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 2h

How do method actors rationalise any of the other shit on a movie set?

"Why have these people taken me, Ares, to a luxury trailer and asked for my lunch order?"

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 1d

Finding out that Jared Leto kept doing his method acting shit and insisted on staying in character on the set of Tron Ares and would only answer to the name of Ares is so funny, like making a big ass douche of yourself for the third Tron movie where you play “computer program that gains feelings”

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 6h

WHERE'S DAVID LYNCH? is released in March 2026 in Australia and April 2026 in the UK and USA.

Front Cover of a book. Red curtains frame an illustration of Twin Peaks in a simple comic book style. The black and white chevron floor disappears into a black void at the bottom of the cover. WHERE'S DAVID LYNCH? appears on bold white text. In red text to the right is Written by Keith Gow, Illustrations by Kev Gahan. In smaller white text down the bottom: A search and find adventure through the surreal worlds of David Lynch

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16h

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A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · 3h

Twin Peaks: Leland after being pulled over by Sheriff Truman for reckless driving.

Leland after being pulled over by Sheriff Truman for reckless driving. Twin Peaks S02E08 - Drive with a Dead Girl.

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Cryptmaster @thecryptmaster.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you are missing the dulcet tones of Hugo Myatt AKA Treguard, you may be interested to know that he narrates my game and performs as Orthos the Spellmaster! It was a tremendous honour to work with him, and I rarely say that of anyone...

Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · Sep 7

Happy 38th birthday, KNIGHTMARE, the hardest game show on television! In 1987, Treguard the Dungeon Master welcomed the first team of adventurers to his blue screen labyrinth. Losers didn’t just fail, they 'died': blades, spikes, and bottomless pits abounded. "Ooh, nasty..."

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 10h

It’s only burnout if it comes from the Burnout-sur-Mer region of France. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling exhaustion.

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 13h

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 3h

They don't make it easy to do the right thing, do they?

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 3h

'The people who make our lives more difficult arrive in private jets, not dinghies.'

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 14h

I’m also looking for non games related writing and/or editing work!

Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.

Get in touch with me!

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Hallow Knight Rayearth @sentient6.bsky.social · 15h

Do they even have tea in Britain? Since it’s Chinese they probably serve it with fries and brown gravy.

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 14h

Back before mobiles? I knew zero numbers by heart. My memory has always been my worst enemy.

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 14h

I can only remember 2 numbers, my parents' home number & my own mobile number. It took me over 5 years to learn my own mobile number.

If I'm ever arrested, I'll have to ring my dad to tell him to ring my sister to tell her ring @captainraz.bsky.social to tell them to ring a lawyer.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 16h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 14h

All my love to you and all those who loved them ❤️ 🫂

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 1d

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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Halloween Name @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 15h

fuck you, fish

shockwave, who apparently has an eye beam for cooking fish, uses his eyebeam to cook fish

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Newfound Planets @i-find-planets.bsky.social · 15h

We have discovered a planet. It is hot pink, with tremendous rings. It is towards the edge of the Milky Way. We could venture there through a half-open door.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

UN special rapporteur on right to housing says Palestinians returning to destroyed northern Gaza face 'profound trauma'.

‘Another Nakba’: UN expert says Gaza recovery will take generations

UN special rapporteur on right to housing says Palestinians returning to destroyed northern Gaza face 'profound trauma'.

bit.ly

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Support the resistance.

Boycott Israel.

Liberate Palestine.

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 15h

I'm not fond of prescriptive structures - this has to happen by people 15, this beat has to happen in order for that beat to happen. I aim for beginning, middle and end, and feel it out by intuition.

I'm even less qualified than the Savevthe Car author though, so 🤷‍♂️😄

Good 🧵

P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 16h

So here a some fun takes.
Save the Cat was written by a failure. He wrote a bunch of screenplays & only ever got 2 produced. Blank Check and Stop or my mom will shoot. Both regarded as some of the worst films of the 90s. But because of the bidding war attempting to con stallone, Stop sold for a lot

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?

Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?

Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?

Something else?

What have you got?

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Kevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 15h

I want to also point out that Stop or My Mom Will Shoot only got made because Arnold Schwarzenegger read the script, thought it was hot garbage and decided to trick Sylvester Stallone by claiming he was interested. Stallone took the bait muscled in to the lead and the movie got made.

P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 16h

So here a some fun takes.
Save the Cat was written by a failure. He wrote a bunch of screenplays & only ever got 2 produced. Blank Check and Stop or my mom will shoot. Both regarded as some of the worst films of the 90s. But because of the bidding war attempting to con stallone, Stop sold for a lot

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?

Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?

Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?

Something else?

What have you got?

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Parasocial buttcheeks 🇵🇸 @billyharbour.bsky.social · 18h

Seeing an effort now to dismiss Israel’s genocide of Palestinians as “Netanyahu’s genocide.”

He wouldn’t be able to do this without overwhelming buy-in from all of Israel’s institutions military, legal, media, electoral,
educational, cultural and business— and its public.

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Maya Jimenez - September Commissions Open @countslimeula.bsky.social · 16h

Support indiginous artists/businesses NOW or feel my wrath 😤

Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 18h

HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY (aka fuck Columbus day 😝)
For me making my beadwork, and for yall buying/wearing beadwork is a great way to say fuck Columbus, fuck colonizer assholes, fuck fascism. Im gonna stay celebrating my culture, the culture that they tried to wipe out from this land → cvkvlv.com

My hand holding a pair of long black beaded dangle earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

My hand holding a pair of black beaded loop earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 21h

Sigh it’s time for our weekly remonstrance:

FATNESS ISN’T IMMORAL YOU FUCKING FUCKS

ICE, Trump, et al are not evil because they’re fat. They’re evil because they hurt people.

All you’re doing is reinforcing hurtful stereotypes and I do unfollow and block when I see it.

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Dave D’Alessio @dalessio-dave.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for a cover artist for self-published book trilogy. Mecha story with a boy and girl main characters. Something mildly cartoony that will punch in thumbnail.

Yes, paid! Four covers total, for each volume and an omnibus edition.

If you have a site you want me to look at, let me know.

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