Publius Maximus
@publiusmaximus.bsky.social
Giant nerd. I will like your selfies and reblog your pets.
Jacobite Pretender for Tumblr clout.
DNI if Jim Sensenbrenner
I use a pronoun labler and would like if you did too:
https://bsky.app/profile/pronouns.diy
Jacobite Pretender for Tumblr clout.
DNI if Jim Sensenbrenner
I use a pronoun labler and would like if you did too:
https://bsky.app/profile/pronouns.diy
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but:
The heliocentric view of the solar system is correct.
The heliocentric view of the solar system is correct.
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i mean look at this. this is sadism.
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
i mean look at this. this is sadism.
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On the 2025 finale of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, the Bob Ross estate auctioned off the “Cabin at Sunset” painting for over $1 million to support PBS and public media, which has been stripped of nearly all its funding by the Trump administration. https://bit.ly/3XOr8Fp
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
On the 2025 finale of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, the Bob Ross estate auctioned off the “Cabin at Sunset” painting for over $1 million to support PBS and public media, which has been stripped of nearly all its funding by the Trump administration. https://bit.ly/3XOr8Fp
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My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
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June 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
questions & answers, excerpt, video, magazine (1978) archive.org/details/0101...
How does one give road head while on a unicycle??
I don’t care if it’s a unicycle or a monster truck, if I’m driving while giving road head it’s probably a cop.
I don't care if it's got 4 wheels or 3 legs, if I'm driving on acid it's coming for me
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
How does one give road head while on a unicycle??
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It's always Sasquatch, but never Sask Listen
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It's always Sasquatch, but never Sask Listen
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It's always Saskatchew-on and never Saskatchew-off.
It's always Sasquatch, but never Sask Listen
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It's always Saskatchew-on and never Saskatchew-off.
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"For events that call for a more formal touch, like a pre-Mother's Day sale event or a wedding..."
Um. Is this a thing people get dressed up for? Have I been callously disregarding the feelings of pre-Mother's day sales events enjoyers?
Um. Is this a thing people get dressed up for? Have I been callously disregarding the feelings of pre-Mother's day sales events enjoyers?
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"For events that call for a more formal touch, like a pre-Mother's Day sale event or a wedding..."
Um. Is this a thing people get dressed up for? Have I been callously disregarding the feelings of pre-Mother's day sales events enjoyers?
Um. Is this a thing people get dressed up for? Have I been callously disregarding the feelings of pre-Mother's day sales events enjoyers?
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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i have no pie ranking — i like all pie — but i will say that my sweet potato pie once won an award
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
i have no pie ranking — i like all pie — but i will say that my sweet potato pie once won an award
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We always had 3 pies at Thanksgiving over the years that my Mom would make from scratch:
-French Apple Crumble
-Pumpkin
-Mincemeat, that only my Dad and Uncie would eat
When we lost my Dad & his brother the same year it made me sad when I saw the other pie missing
Even though that pie was gross
-French Apple Crumble
-Pumpkin
-Mincemeat, that only my Dad and Uncie would eat
When we lost my Dad & his brother the same year it made me sad when I saw the other pie missing
Even though that pie was gross
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We always had 3 pies at Thanksgiving over the years that my Mom would make from scratch:
-French Apple Crumble
-Pumpkin
-Mincemeat, that only my Dad and Uncie would eat
When we lost my Dad & his brother the same year it made me sad when I saw the other pie missing
Even though that pie was gross
-French Apple Crumble
-Pumpkin
-Mincemeat, that only my Dad and Uncie would eat
When we lost my Dad & his brother the same year it made me sad when I saw the other pie missing
Even though that pie was gross
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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please send tips
i am
1) out of dog food
2) out of cat food
3) my HRT been gone since last Thursday and it's all at the pharmacy i just gotta get it like it's dice and im yahtzee
4) cell phone abt to be shut off
5) empty fridge and tummy
life be wild right now
a bitch is fuckjin strugglin
i am
1) out of dog food
2) out of cat food
3) my HRT been gone since last Thursday and it's all at the pharmacy i just gotta get it like it's dice and im yahtzee
4) cell phone abt to be shut off
5) empty fridge and tummy
life be wild right now
a bitch is fuckjin strugglin
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
please send tips
i am
1) out of dog food
2) out of cat food
3) my HRT been gone since last Thursday and it's all at the pharmacy i just gotta get it like it's dice and im yahtzee
4) cell phone abt to be shut off
5) empty fridge and tummy
life be wild right now
a bitch is fuckjin strugglin
i am
1) out of dog food
2) out of cat food
3) my HRT been gone since last Thursday and it's all at the pharmacy i just gotta get it like it's dice and im yahtzee
4) cell phone abt to be shut off
5) empty fridge and tummy
life be wild right now
a bitch is fuckjin strugglin
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181. If they made a pazaak phone app I would play that shit all day, but it would need to have the exact same sound effects from the KOTOR video game. Actually it’s kind of nuts there isn’t a sabacc app. Is there a sabacc app?
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
181. If they made a pazaak phone app I would play that shit all day, but it would need to have the exact same sound effects from the KOTOR video game. Actually it’s kind of nuts there isn’t a sabacc app. Is there a sabacc app?
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137. The best lightsaber battle in any Star Wars media is this one in the final season of Rebels, where a broken Darth Maul finally chases an aged Ben Kenobi to the edge of the Galaxy.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
137. The best lightsaber battle in any Star Wars media is this one in the final season of Rebels, where a broken Darth Maul finally chases an aged Ben Kenobi to the edge of the Galaxy.
youtu.be/_ScD_OUvHR4?...
youtu.be/_ScD_OUvHR4?...
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43. Have y’all seen Skeleton Crew? I don’t think it needed another season or anything but it’s really pretty good.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
43. Have y’all seen Skeleton Crew? I don’t think it needed another season or anything but it’s really pretty good.
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29. The Thrawn trilogy is not anywhere close to as good as you remember. But it did come at a time where there was nothing else really going on in Star Wars, and opened up the possibilities of what a Star Wars story could be.
They would make terrible movies.
They would make terrible movies.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
29. The Thrawn trilogy is not anywhere close to as good as you remember. But it did come at a time where there was nothing else really going on in Star Wars, and opened up the possibilities of what a Star Wars story could be.
They would make terrible movies.
They would make terrible movies.
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23. The most slept-on Star Wars show is Star Wars: Visions, a gorgeous animation showcase using the symbology of Star Wars to tell entirely unique stories. The REAL Sequel Saga is The Ninth Jedi.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
23. The most slept-on Star Wars show is Star Wars: Visions, a gorgeous animation showcase using the symbology of Star Wars to tell entirely unique stories. The REAL Sequel Saga is The Ninth Jedi.
If there were 10,000 Jedi before the purge, and the purge killed 90% of all Jedi, then there's 1,000 Jedi in the galaxy after the purge.
The question is: where are they after the civil war? Why didn't they help rebuild the order?
The question is: where are they after the civil war? Why didn't they help rebuild the order?
13. It’s perfectly fine that there are a bunch of secret Jedi banging around after the Purge. Even if there were a thousand of them, the Galaxy is huge. Lucas even suggested 1,000 scattered Jedi survived in one of his earliest drafts.
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If there were 10,000 Jedi before the purge, and the purge killed 90% of all Jedi, then there's 1,000 Jedi in the galaxy after the purge.
The question is: where are they after the civil war? Why didn't they help rebuild the order?
The question is: where are they after the civil war? Why didn't they help rebuild the order?
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107. There should be a new anthology of Star Wars short stories like Tales from the Cantina or From a Certain Point of View every year. Tales from Jabba’s Palace is arguably more responsible for making me a Star Wars Guy than the movies.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
107. There should be a new anthology of Star Wars short stories like Tales from the Cantina or From a Certain Point of View every year. Tales from Jabba’s Palace is arguably more responsible for making me a Star Wars Guy than the movies.
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79. Boba Fett was always a chump. The first time we see him, Vader yells at him for being bad at his job, and the last time we see him (in the original trilogy), he’s knocked into a man-eating sandpit by a fully Mr. Magooed Han Solo. The funny thing about him is he’s a guy in cool armor who sucks.
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
79. Boba Fett was always a chump. The first time we see him, Vader yells at him for being bad at his job, and the last time we see him (in the original trilogy), he’s knocked into a man-eating sandpit by a fully Mr. Magooed Han Solo. The funny thing about him is he’s a guy in cool armor who sucks.
Hot take Yoda and 3PO should be at the bottom of this list
67. Ranking the Star Wars Movie Comic Reliefs:
K-2SO
Babu Frik
C-3PO & R2-D2
BB-8
The Ewoks
Young Lando & L3-37
D-O
Jar Jar Binks
K-2SO
Babu Frik
C-3PO & R2-D2
BB-8
The Ewoks
Young Lando & L3-37
D-O
Jar Jar Binks
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hot take Yoda and 3PO should be at the bottom of this list
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That no one knew just how grim the future looked in, oh, 2011 / early 2012 is really something.
73. Disney saved Star Wars. This is what Saved Star Wars looks like. Before they opened their suitcase full of money, Lucasfilm’s best ideas they had going at the time were that I’m Han Solo Kinect game and Star Wars Detours.
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
That no one knew just how grim the future looked in, oh, 2011 / early 2012 is really something.
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We don’t have to pretend that the modern Republican Party is interested in federalism. They’re interested in authoritarianism so long as they are the authorities.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We don’t have to pretend that the modern Republican Party is interested in federalism. They’re interested in authoritarianism so long as they are the authorities.