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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 1d

Let me tell you about a Charleston bar the size of a major league baseball bat...

Binge Watching – House of Guinness

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 1d

Binge Watching - House of Guinness
#Television, #HouseOfGuinness
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The thing about streaming is, once we have seasons and episode release cycles in stride, we tend to treat shows the way I treat books, which is to complete them, end to end, one at a time before mo…

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 1d

Tried to take a picture of him sleeping, but he just looks like "why are you bothering me?"

Rigby the 13 year old tabby cat being disturbed in his favorite pastime, sleeping on my clean shirts.

Grouping Up for Cooking in Palia

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 1d

Took my shirts out of the dryer and laid them on the bed in a neat pile and our older cat ran in and curled up on the pile like he had been waiting all week for that moment.

Four hours later he is still there.

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 2d

Grouping Up for Cooking in Palia
#Palia
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Part of what kept me from returning to Palia when I first tried it last year is that it felt like a very solo focused game, a bit of a Stardew Valley knock-off trying to be an MMO, having a joint c…

America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 2d

Variation on a meme:

God: In my book I invented the Golden Calf as a cautionary tale

Evangelicals: At long last, we have created the Golden Calf from classic novel, The Bible

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 2d

Billionaires having a money throwing fight to convince themselves they are great men.

◥◤CDFI, Frankenstein @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 2d

Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.

www.bloomberg.com

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 2d

Ruptures taking down a Naglfar
#EVEOnline
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Ruptures taking down a Naglfar

A little Minmatar on Minmatar action as a crabbing Nag gets caught and popped.

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 3d

The Big Pokemon Go Level 80 Update... Seems Kind of Lame
#PokemonGo
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The Big Pokemon Go Level 80 Update… Seems Kind of Lame

I am going to defend that headline up front by explaining what level cap increases usually mean in other games. When you raise the level cap you are generally using levels to gate content, so more …

EverQuest II Shattering of Rage of Cthurath Announced and Up for Pre-Order

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 4d

EverQuest II Shattering of Rage of Cthurath Expansion Announced and Up for Pre-Order
#EverQuestII
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We are at the last stage of the Q4 expansion announcement phase for the Daybreak fantasy MMORPGs. LOTRO had their full announcement and pre-order kickoff two weeks back, then EverQuest the announc…

Maelstroms on the Keepstar Undock

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 4d

In my defense, the long established family routine is to leave clothes in the dryer, not the washer. I saw the empty basket, checked the dryer, then went on with doing another wash cycle.

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 4d

The spin cycle on our new washer is so strong that clothes are flattened against the drum...

...which is why I did not see the load of dark clothes my wife had in there in the dark garage when I went to start a load of whites.

Those darks will just be extra clean, right?

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 4d

We reached a compromise where I open one ticket a week and they do all my email requests on that ticket.

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 4d

Maelstroms on the Keepstar Undock
#EVEOnline
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Maelstroms undocked in null sec? Is this 2012?

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Into the Mountain Cold in Palworld

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 5d

Server team: Stop sending us email requests. All work needs to have a Service Now ticket.

Me: *opens a new ticket for every request as asked*

Server team: Please just email us requests, we're being dinged for our Service Now ticket volume.

Me: 🤷‍♂️

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 5d

Into the Mountain Cold in Palworld
#Palworld
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Having stopped last time only part way to our goal, to face Lily in the Free Pal Alliance Tower, the obvious path when we returned was to get back on the path to get there. We had ended last time a…

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 6d

Better still. So Musk is just bitter about the place?

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 6d

Me, seconds after submitting the Service Now ticket I meant to put in last week, "I am still waiting for a response to my ticket, I'll let you know when I hear something."

The EVE Online CSM20 Candidate List Announced

Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 6d

There is a place on Market Street where they could start looking. It is marked with an X.

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 6d

The EVE Online CSM20 Candidate List Announced
#EVEOnline
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We have arrived at the start of the campaign season for the EVE Online 20th Council of Stellar Management. Let the games begin! For those just tuning in, a reminder of the schedule for the CSM20 e…

Revelation Navy Issue Caught on Grid

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 6d

Revelation Navy Issue Caught on Grid
#EVEOnline
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Ruptures arrived to drain its capacitor then blow it up.

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Wilhelm Arcturus @wilhelm2451.bsky.social · 7d

TAGN Fantasy Critic League 2025 – Week Forty and The Three Releases
#FantasyCriticLeague, #Absolum
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TAGN Fantasy Critic League 2025 – Week Forty and The Three Releases

Week 40 came and went and had some updates to deliver. here were three titles set to release, including Bhagpuss’s penultimate release, so scores looked set to change as we get into the final…