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Socinus
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Public servant, healthcare administrator, HIV/AIDS services. All views are my own. I spend a lot of willpower not buying stereo equipment.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1h
Donald Trump is the most powerful person in the world. Only a monster would use that power to force 42 million Americans to go hungry.
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Trump announces he will refuse to follow the court order to provide SNAP benefits to needy families.
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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 6h
[P] he has slipped the surly bonds of Earth / and shot the face of God
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 13h
Gul Dukat has endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
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The gunman who orphaned Bambi has endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 18h
One hidden weight loss benefit of working in FQHC healthcare in this moment is that shedding pounds is easy when every single email you receive makes you want to throw up.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 1d
Also a 99% probability that it hasn’t been scheduled because he is sending hyper threatening messages to his care team through Mychart in response to their inquiries about filling out a POLST
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 2d
I immediately internalized UU as Unitarian Universalists and was very stuck on the inherent time jump necessary in that conversion
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 2d
If you flee to Oregon, let us know, happy to show you around/make recommendations
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 3d
Chugging Worcestershire sauce straight to cut out the middlemen at big Chex Mix.
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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 7d
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
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Aysha @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 8d
My dad sent me this
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 10d
That how I got my back injury that mandates all the hallucinogens I do while dictating game prompts to AI
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 11d
The only plan Bannon has is where he will stash the body of his next victim.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 11d
He’s just angry that the Blazer’s coach took him for a ride in a poker game.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 12d
They’re reducing costs by using donated foreign listening devices as structural elements.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 12d
You can tell Portland has the juice because Blazers fans make the correct choice on “Be the DJ” votes #PDX #Blazers #RipCity #WarRavagedPortland
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
That it therefore would retain its inherent quality that causes the explosion, an explosion that requires no active use of the item, merely the placement of the item within. I would rule that a the explosion must occur, centered on the Creature melded with the hole.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
The key piece here is that the Portable hole is placed within the Bag of Holding, not that it is used or someone is benefitting from it, both of which Polymorph would prevent. But as Polymorph does not state that the Portable hole loses any of its inherent characteristics when melded, it is logical
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
The key part of the Portable Hole item is in its final paragraph, “Placing a portable hole inside an extradimensional space created by a Bag of Holding….or similar item destroys both.”
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
An extra dimensional hole 10 feet deep.” The item description describes a similar action to close the hole. The text of Polymorph would clearly preclude these ‘uses’.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
What using a Portable Hole means is also clear under a plain language reading of the item description (Dungeon Master’s Guide, 2024, pg 286-287), which states “You can take a Magic action to unfold a portable hole and place it on or against a solid surface, whereupon the portable hole creates…
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
As the spell is silent on the melding changing the characteristics of the Creature, we likewise must assume that a melding would not change the characteristics of the items melded. This leave the only restrictions on the items being that they cannot be used or provide any benefit.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
The Portable Hole melds with the Creature, but the spell does not specify that the melding removes by characteristics of the melded item. The use of meld we must assume is intentional- historically a combination of the word weld and melt, giving a connotation of smooth blending of two things.
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
First, we examine the text of Polymorph (Level 4 Transmutation, Players Handbook, 2024 pg 306). “The target’s gear melds into the new form [a Beast]. The creature can’t use or otherwise benefit from any of that equipment.”
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Socinus @socinus.bsky.social · 14d
I would rule that it explodes, and while I understand why folks are saying otherwise based upon their preferences and customs, a plain text reading of the spell and magical item requires that everyone within 10 ft and not behind total cover is taking a one way trip to the astral plane.
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