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Steph the Bard
@stephthebard.bsky.social
She/Her • 40 • Writer • Sapphic Demi • Paladin of Story • Autistic • CPTSD • Giant Nerd • Yeet Bigots & TERFS
🔞 I am known to be vulgar
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Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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psst... don't tell anyone because our sale doesn't start until tomorrow... but there are some cool new products on the transplanar merch store 😇
Transplanar Merch Store
The one stop shop for your favorite Transplanar RPG merch. We're not just making nerdy TTRPG clothes; we're making euphoric, celebratory designs!
transplanarrpg.shop
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Looking for a #horror tale to get you into that autumnal mood?

Wayward Autumnal is a sylvan horror of feminine monstrosity. A dark fairy tale in a lush, twisted wood 🍂

It's completely improvised using Under the Autumn Strangely. It's an audio story, but I put my whole ass into the visuals. ENJOY!
This just makes me think really hard of the Wayward Autumnal AP (put on by @annethegnome.bsky.social, game by @thismaybegraham.bsky.social), which I really need to dig into and finish this season
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.

And now I can’t unsee it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Halestorm
Fall Out Boy
Simple Plan
AFI
Shinedown
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

My Chemical Romance
Nothing More
Bring Me The Horizon
Fall Out Boy
Evanescence

(Not in this order but the most memorable for me)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Hozier
NCT 127
Sleep Token
Jackson Wang
GOT7
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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The whole retail World rn: HEY IT'S BLACK FRIDAY, COME AND BUY, I GOT DEALS FAM, LET'S GET SHOPPING 🤑

Me: with what money? Move, man 😒
two men are standing next to each other and looking at each other . one of the men is wearing a blue tank top .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other and looking at each other . one of the men is wearing a blue tank top .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks

Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it

Learn more here:

www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...

And here:

notournativedaughters.org
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) | NIWRC
www.niwrc.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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It’s not just that prison meals are bland and unappetizing — though they often are.

In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
Prison Food Is a Growing Billion-Dollar Industry. Many Meals Are Inedible.
As private food providers' contracts grow, the meager and moldy portions behind bars have forced some people to eat toothpaste and toilet paper.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I'm so swamped I forgot to post we don't have Witcher tonight because thanksgiving.

I'm swamped bc I'm working on something terrific that I can't wait to show y'all, but it's going to be...a while
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Many years ago, I was feeling stressed by the state of the world and I started a Holiday Fairies thing where people sent me their wishlists and I publicized them to try to get everyone gifts for the holidays.

@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!

Like SRSLY!
Holiday Fairies
Romancelandia holiday fairies is a mutual aid effort for the romance novel reader community.
shelflovepodcast.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software. More:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Family Suing OpenAI Over Teen's Suicide Blasts 'Disturbing' Response From Company
OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software.
www.rollingstone.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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My nephew: Are you a girl or a boy?
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Some on the right, including Elon Musk, are misinterpreting the game Dungeons & Dragons—and the intention behind its original story—to further a racist agenda, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/YRKYtIjQ
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Thanks for helping me surpass my goal!! This means so much to me!! I feel so loved.

Any additional help is appreciated and will go towards making my surgery recovery as smooth as possible!!

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩💥 129% of goal on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
Support Bibi
Support Bibi
ko-fi.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Today, we observe the National Day of Mourning for Native and Indigenous folks in the U.S. We acknowledge and shame the genocide, settler colonialism, white supremacy, and chattel slavery that builds this country.

Learn more at www.uaine.org and support the official livestream!

#NoThanksNoGiving
[LIVE] National Day of Mourning 2025
YouTube video by hate5six
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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What facism looks like...
Can you find the difference between these two pictures?
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Hobbitsgiving has begun!

This will be my thread of food pics.

Enjoy!
a man in a striped shirt is smiling in a dark room with a candle in the background .
Alt: Bilbo Baggins smiling and adjusting his suspenders.
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Some sexual behavior is shameful. Like sleeping with your source and writing a self-aggrandizing book about it. RFK deserves the mockery he gets for his sexual behavior, too.
She is literally doing a book tour for her memoir about her affair. The publisher is Simon & Schuster
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Let's do it!

Going live now with cozy games chosen by the community!!

Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hobbitsgiving prep continues.

Pumpkin pie is done. I'm so excited for this, I used a golden pumpkin pie spice blend that I use for my granola. It smells DIVINE.
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Donald Trump does not have a "mandate" for any of this
Donald Trump does not have a "mandate" for any of this
He's hardly the first president to claim he represents the people's will—or God's. But he might be the most brazen.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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No contract, no coffee.

We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM