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HeWhoLaughs

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Dnd. Nerdy nonsense... a little science and a twist of art. Shaken well and served over ice. Writing sci-fi and fantasy to salve my soul. #bipolar #writer

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This is a movie quote I think about way more than I should. Especially after trying to explain to my kids why people vote the way they do sometimes...

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Happy Birthday to #BTS ARMY lot who seemed to have turned up on mass. You all seem to have a very endearing vibe.

Such a curious cultural phenomenon not least of all because it's just very fluffy & nice. I'm enjoying learning about all the 💜 lore.

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Another 5k words on the Main Project. A posh conwoman has turned up, was only supposed to be a bit part but she seems to have other ideas, especially as she has access to a pregnant smuggler's ship.
#AmWriting #scifi

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Wasn't a fan of it as a strategy, but I have to acknowledge that it worked. Fair play.

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Most of the way through @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Service Model at the mo and the inevitable failure of tortuous logic in it is both amusing but so, so, worryingly plausible. A great "sorbet" book to cleanse the palate between series.... recommend.

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Okay. I want Proportional Representation in the next 2 years and rejoining the European Common Market in 5... Go!!!

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If you think about it, "efficiency" is just another word for "laziness"

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I love Kowloon so much despite the many dark parts of its history and meaning and I think more games should recreate it both because new generations should experience it as a world wonder lost and because it'd just work amazingly well for many genres. Soulslikes? Metroidvanias? Simulations? Perfect.

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You said. I made the first stick man flash game using xiao xiao's anims back in 2000. "Way of the exploding stick". I put it on a site, people played it. No ads. Just did it for shits and giggles. I miss those days.

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A recent poll puts the LibDems at just 3 seats behind the Tories. 3 seats! Check the tactical voting sites. And if you’re in a constituency where the LibDems have the best chance of beating the Tories - vote LibDem. Imagine a Labour government with a LibDem opposition. What a game changer!

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My brother once convinced our friends I'd decided to become a dj called DJ Spindryer. Reckon that makes it collab o'clock.

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Doing a pretty good job of shutting ourselves down tbh

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William Shakespeare's avatar William Shakespeare @shakespeare.bsky.social
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I think our country sinks beneath the yoke: It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash Is added to her wounds.

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Remember how we used to laugh at that bit in the Matrix where Agent Smith says they modelled the system on the end of the 20th century because it was considered the "peak" of civilisation?

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We're 344 subscribers away from where we were before Amazon pulled the rug out from under their traditional subscription program. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but still much work to do.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Jerry Chen's avatar Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social
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to me it's wild they just jumped from baby boomers to millennials. you'd think there'd be a whole generation in the middle. alas

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism's avatar Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.bsky.social
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"To me, Infodumping is a[n autistic] love language; not only professing the love I have for a certain topic, I am also risking the rejection that comes with hearing somebody that I admire tell me that my favourite thing is meaningless to them." By @GenkiGanbarre:

autisticrights.net/2020/07/16/i...

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Promotional poster art for ‘Wizards,’ 1977 Drawn by Mike Ploog and colored by Johnny Vita

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A reminder that you can slip the Pokemon theme into any 80's air grab rock playlist and no one will notice.

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Morning, Bluesky. Two days and a wake-up until the start of much-needed change in the UK. As there’s some confusion, here’s a tactical voting guide from The Progressive Alliance. Everywhere not mentioned, it’s safe to vote Labour.

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Yep... and I've always considered December "Gluttony" month.

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First "day" writing - 3.5k words on the big one and 1.7k on a short story about autism becoming neurotypical. Even if I only keep half that in edit I'll take it as a win.
Will be interesting tracking my bipolar cycle vs output.
Currently on the downswing, so we'll see
#amwriting #scifi #bipolar

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First day of dropping to 4 days on my job to write, so have a random sentence...
"Subsequent waves of settlers, not privy to the original plan, would then add the layers of poorly supported infrastructure which was humanity’s signature response to an exploding population."
#amwriting #scifi

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I am an existentialist and I approve this message.

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Tom Snarsky's avatar Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
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What if this were love, Luther Hughes

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Any success of those Reform turd-clowns is the ultimate expression Future Shock. I feel sorry for people so terrified of the world they'd be drawn to them.

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Well. I'm old and feel the same, make of that what you will. On the other hand, I had an absolutely wonderful time playing Sea of Stars. Could be the antidote you need.

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haha. keep this post, you'll want to look back at in 17 years and wonder what the fuck you were worried about.

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Mary Robinette Kowal 's avatar Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinette.bsky.social
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It is my personal opinion that menopausal hot flashes are the last of one's fucks burning up.

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If you wanna know why cultural intermingling is cool, reminder that the greatest Bavarian alpine yodeller alive today is a Japanese man who sings to chickens

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppm5...

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Top tip -put a bluetooth earpiece in. Then you can mutter dejectedly and only look half mad.

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John Maxwell 's avatar John Maxwell @mart21.bsky.social
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Toto je veľmi krásne miesto 😊

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now all my merch is out of date.. grrr

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Spent 5 hours cross-stitching a QR code to Rickroll my brother with. Time well spent.

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John Ossoway 's avatar John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social
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Dune campaign planning continues. One of my players wants to play a Mentat called Benny Jesserit. 🤦‍♂️😅 With that and then wanting to call their house "House Haus" it's going to be "Carry On Arrakis" isn't it? Or "Terry and Dune". #grogsquad

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FIRE IS THE GREAT RENEWER! IT IS THE CYCLE OF NATURE! MWAHAHAHA

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Isn't that the Russian bogeyman/witch that lives in the walking house and eats kids?

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