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Alan

@shalrath42.bsky.social

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2018 Appalachian Trail thru hiker; Avid sci-fi and fantasy reader; TTRPG player, Twidget/Tron Chaser. Have now been the inspiration for the antagonist in two novels.

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Domille (She/Her) @domille.bsky.social · 1h

Overgrown Cave Entry Battle Map by Domille's Wondrous Works. It features the entrance of a cave thickly overgrown with vegetation.

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 2h

1999: Gabriel Byrne stars as a priest in Stigmata (September) and as Satan in End of Days (November). Coincidence? I think NOT!

End of Days - a priest has his back to us and is holding a gold cross towards Satan (Gabriel Byrne) who has affected a "Oooooooo, I'm so scared" facial expression

Stigmata - a priest (Gabriel Byrne) is sitting in a red leather chair.

Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 3h

a man in a red shirt says wacky fun in a gif

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 11h

Reminded me of a @gehennagaming.bsky.social horror themed weekend

a plate glass window and glass door looking out to a deck. There are bloody handprints and smeared blood on both.

Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 18h

OH! So, Back in the day we had to edit the config.sys and autoexec.bat files. ... ...
<I'll see my way out>

Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

"Laptops" were a bit bigger back then

a gif from gifrun.com shows a cutting board in a holder

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

You went to the University of North Carolina? 🤪

Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

Back to my original comment about nervous twitches. Guessing you are feeling a bit like Inspector Dreyfus... 🤪

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a room looking at the camera .

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

a man with his arms outstretched stands in front of a blue wall

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

This reminded me of some Cyberpunk stl's on MMF by Papsikels, The Poksters Gang

Unpainted resin prints of Papsikels "The Poksters Gang." There are 8 women in different poses wielding massive hammers. Also included are four "dogs" that are closer to mutant rabid hyenas.

From Papsikels page on MMF, a render of Heartbreaker E of the Poksters Gang. A woman wielding a massive hammer is in the middle of an overhand strike.

Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

Just did some digging - early in Bruce Wayne's career as Batman he encountered a drug called "Venom."

Gail made use of nuance, but spoke true.

She got you.

Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

All it would take is 3 panels on a comic page to make that canon 😜

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

This is an indication of success: Gail's followers now have a nervous twitch when her posts seem believable.

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

Am well aware. 😉

Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

How many tons of food have you helped collect and distribute? 😉

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Iam Pace @ipace.bsky.social · 1d

Across East Java is a region known as the Ijen volcano complex, a series of composite volcanoes famous for spewing sapphire-hued lava.

While mineral deposits cause the coloration, in #dnd & #writing, the source can be fantastical.

#nature #volcano #ttrpg
🎥: Olivier Grunewald and Régis Etienne

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Writing Witcher ttrpg homebrews! 🐺⚔️ @mustangsart.bsky.social · 1d

Still looking for work 👍

Writing Witcher ttrpg homebrews! 🐺⚔️ @mustangsart.bsky.social · Oct 9

Hey #ttrpg folks, I am looking for work!

My experience includes:
The Witcher TRPG
Cyberpunk RED
Pathfinder 2e
Starfinder
Dungeons & Dragons
Magic and many other systems, too!

email:
[email protected] (please ignore the deadname!)
Thanks!

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 1d

Also as requested for citizen media not sure of how to be responsible:

I am Media media, by which I mean people know or should that I am recording. Ergo I do not need to be careful about it.

You do. If someone is hiding their face from me drop your camera please. Don't rock up on tight groups.

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

It's been years since I first mentioned it and am still waiting for them to make a Fott suit for B Dave. 😜

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Highlands have miniature wild ponies that have learned to come up & lick the sweat off of hiker's legs. They also know to show up around meal times to beg for food. Life is odd enough, I'll never understand the need for AI images.

Miniature pony licking the sweat/salt off of my knee at an A. T. shelter in the Virginia Highlands.

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

So many easter eggs and so much foreshadowing. All hidden in plain sight.

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

a man is standing in front of a burning car .

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Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

Providence burns the Gaspee every year. What beats that?

Alan @shalrath42.bsky.social · 1d

Missing something.....
(pretty cool, actually)

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today

issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

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