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Chris Helgerson
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PNW'r. Social media is a stream of consciousness thing for me. Politically independent/Center-Left (emphasis on Center). I love Erica!
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Chris Helgerson @chrishelgerson.bsky.social · Oct 6
You need to hear this. And everyone you know needs to hear it, too.

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The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM
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#ICYMI, have a late-afternoon share. Here's what's been going on with the shop this past week, and what's ahead through the end of the year.
troxellstradingpost.com Tony Troxell @troxellstradingpost.com · 8h
Good morning! It's Monday, December 1st, and it's time for this week's Monday Update blog post!

So, what's going on with Troxell's Trading Post?

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A collection of images that look like Polaroid pictures on a lime green back ground. From 12 o'clock, going clockwise, there's a pair of Hammerhead Shark earrings, a dice tower with a duck on the top, reindeer and snowman fidget clickers, a small grey rat, some small brown mice, a small brown bat, some small opossums (screaming), and a Steel-colored Dragon Toilet Paper holder. In the center is the Trading Post logo and the words "What's new?"
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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#CyberMonday is in full swing at my wonderful wife's lavender-and-twine.com

Use 15% discount code BFCM2025 to not only get the patterns, but access to tutorial videos for every design.

Then make them your own.

Sale ends midnight Pacific Time.
A Lavender & Twine bag in the style of Captain America. *Fan elements are custom to the bag and added by the maker. A Lavender & Twine bag in a Lord of the Rings theme. *Fan elements are custom to the bag and added by the maker. A Lavender & Twine bag made in a Star Trek theme. *Fan elements are custom to the bag and added by the maker.
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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The worst, most vile Christmas villain of all time is... The Crazy Quilt Dragon!
IYKYK
CD Cover to The Cinnamon Bear radio serial. It's been 88 years and I still hate the fucking dragon!
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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We all have things to live for; I've got some slacks on layaway!
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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NEW EPISODE! In this Patreon-sponsored review, I look at the first four issues of The Mighty Crusaders!

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The Mighty Crusaders #1-4 - Atop the Fourth Wall
YouTube video by Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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troxellstradingpost.com
BTW, yes, this means I've been spending the better part of the last four hours adding new products and restock to the shop.

Watch for tomorrow's Update blog post for more info, or feel free to dig around!

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November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I'm not going to say that if they'd just done their jobs up front this mess could have been avoided... Actually, yes, yes I am saying that.
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GOP senators to join Democrats in investigating Pete Hegseth ‘kill everybody’ allegations
GOP Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Democratic Senator Jack Reed, announced the investigation in a joint statement
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November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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I'll just sit down and enjoy my coffee and let my brain chill...

*One Hour Later*

DAMN THIS FROG!!
Screenshot of the game Frogger on my phone. Top marks for recreating the original arcade graphics, but the control is janky as fuck and if I don't stop soon, I'm going to have a CVA!
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Recommended:

Christmas in Plains by President Jimmy Carter

Almost devoid of partisan politics, it is instead a memoir of Christmas seasons from the depths of the Great Depression up through his Presidency.
First edition cover of Christmas in Plains by Jimmy Carter.
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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for Small Business Saturday, I refreshed my online shop with copies of all pre-Macabre Valley comics, including both covers for Next Door and all 3 versions of the Death of Comics Bookcase, Vol. 1

get covers from John McCrea, Nick Cagnetti, Raul Allen, and more!

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Death of Comics Bookcase, Vol. 1 Deluxe Cover by Raul Allen Death of Comics Bookcase Vol. 1 cover by John McCrea Next Door cover by Pat Skott and Ellie Wright Next Door Cover by Anna Readman
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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#SmallBusinessSaturday
chrishelgerson.bsky.social Chris Helgerson @chrishelgerson.bsky.social · 3d
Maybe you like to make gifts (or make things for yourself). Head over to lavender-and-twine.com and find the right patterns to make bags with your own personal spin.

#BlackFriday

*Full Disclosure: I'm married to the owner
Digital Flyer for Lavender-and-twine.com offering a 15% discount using the code BFCM2025 through Monday, Dec 1st.
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Though the first actor to play the titular hero did Star in one of my favorite Hallmark Christmas Movies...
Promotional image of the 2006 Hallmark Christmas Movie "The Christmas Card" starring John Newton and Alice Evans. True story: Hallmark spent millions of dollars for the cable TV rights to the hit film March of the Penguins, but the premier of this film beat those penguins in the ratings.
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Oh, just up until 1 am getting ready for Thanksgiving Part 2 with the in-laws. These are savory rolls. Asiago on the left, garlic herb on the right.
Two trays of savory rolls, asiago and garlic herb. Each has one roll taken out for quality assurance purposes. My wife likes the asiago better, I like the other. Will we be able to come together in the spirit of the Holidays?!
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Do what the toys did and make ALL the uniforms two-toned like the Admiral's variant (but different shades)!
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Now we can get into the full swing of the Christmas Season for #TopShelfFriday

The near-forgotten comic tie-in to the only-slightly-less-forgotten Superboy series got a Christmas issue. Too bad they didn't do a Christmas episode...
Cover to The Adventures of Superboy (as seen on TV) #12. A startled Superboy is surprised to see the citizens of Smallville take flight over a snowy townscape. If nothing else, the series is noteworthy for being amongst the last regular Superman-related artwork by the greatest artist of them all: Curt Swan. He kinda got the shaft in the 1986 reboot.
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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troxellstradingpost.com
So yeah, if you're looking for smaller shops to frequent this holiday season, and the rest of the year, maybe check out this Starter Pack I made this past week. It's full of people that will actually appreciate your patronage, and pay their rent and put food on their tables.

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November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I worked with (not for) CBP's Marine Vessel Department for 7.5 years. The vast majority of Officers that I came to know and respect weren't like this. They largely policed themselves on what was appropriate while in uniform. But those were mostly the Obama years, and the fish rots from the head...
markjacob.bsky.social Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3d
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
Homeland Security tweet says “there us no room at the table for invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
chrishelgerson.bsky.social
Maybe you like to make gifts (or make things for yourself). Head over to lavender-and-twine.com and find the right patterns to make bags with your own personal spin.

#BlackFriday

*Full Disclosure: I'm married to the owner
Digital Flyer for Lavender-and-twine.com offering a 15% discount using the code BFCM2025 through Monday, Dec 1st.
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I'm not running any kind of sales or discounts... but you can still support my artwork! (That causes good feelings, right? And good feelings are kind of like a bonus discount?)

Anyway, feel free to peruse the dinosaurs and spaceships!

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A digital painting of a deinonychus, staring up at a streetlight. Two additional deinonychuses can be seen in the background, playing on top of an abandoned red car beneath another lit streethlight. A digital painting of the SSV Normandy (as seen in Mass Effect), flying through space. In the background is a blue and pink nebula that looks weirdly trans-pride-y. Weird! A digital painting of an oviraptor laying on a bed in the moonlight. The oviraptor is surrounded by four cats of various coloration, a small nightlight lit on the wall behind them. A digital painting of the starship USS Enterprise-D, traveling at warp speed. The ship is seen from above, surrounded by rainbow streaks of light that represent stars (gay stars).
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I did five Black Fridays in retail; when it was actually on the one Friday. I've paid my dues...
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Post something random or you'll have an awful December (or don't. Maybe you like to live dangerously)
An image from 1978 detailing the exercise routine that Christopher Reeve supposedly used, as directed by David Prowse, to bulk up to become Superman. The routine is listed next to an "in progress" image of Reeve, wearing only shorts, exercising with dumbbells. Personally, I think it's a good idea to wear shoes when lifting, but I only broke my toe when a locking ring came loose, what do I know?!
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Let's eat!
My cranberry mold. Got a little sticky coming out of the mold. My turkey. This bastard is going to be delicious.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Tribal IDs meet RealID requirements. Let that sink in, everyone who has ever been annoyed by security at the airport, TSA is better at their job than ICE...
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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"Sir, there are real turkeys in the ovens. Not meatloaf, turkeys!"

*Yes, I've begun the annual viewing of Charlie X. Traditions are important, you know!

Also, I need to clean my oven
My turkey, just finishing the first phase of his two-step roasting journey. Pro Tip: if you're planning on making a pan drippings gravy (and why aren't you?!) instead of a metal rack, make a bed or thickly sliced onions and ribs if celery. Thank me later!
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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So let's bite into the supply with massive AI and Crypto server farms...

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Americans Paying Record Electricity Prices as Gas Costs Climb
The average retail price for electricity gained 7.4% in September to a record 18.07 cents per kilowatt-hour, the biggest gain since December 2023, according to data released Tuesday. The figures high...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM