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Bo Thompson

@gaudipern.bsky.social

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Retired Educator / Learning Scientist Solo Game Developer Pixel Artist Worked on a bunch of JRPGs back in the day Male presenting NB Pronouns: Nobody/Nothing/None - any if you must Avatar alt: Pixel art of a male presenting Black person in glasses.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · Feb 5

For those who don't know me: I exist in a liminal space of wanting to engage and talk to people about interesting things but abhor being observed. It makes my skin crawl. As a result, I guard how people interact with and about me fairly tightly.

If you're not sure and you want to be careful, ask.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 5m

Whenever I read an opinion piece that tries to argue bigoted views should be protected speech for professionals in guiding positions (therapists in this case) I'm struck by how quickly they ignore that the argument was already firmly decided with teachers. Why would a therapist be less curtailed?

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

They said "If this motherfucker wasn't still bringing in bills you know where his ass would be, but he's still got work to do and so do we, I guess." 🤣

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h

UMG responds to the dismissal:

In a statement to Billboard, a spokesman for UMG said: “From the outset, this suit was an affront to all artists and their creative expression and never should have seen the light of day. We’re pleased with the court’s dismissal and look forward to continuing our work successfully promoting Drake’s music and investing in his career.”

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

Chris Brown having a career is what I use as my counterargument when Black men say they support Black women, because every Black woman I know remembers his abusive ass and most the non-Black people I know can't name a recent song by him... so who's keeping him in the game?

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

Oof, then I think everyone dodged a bullet.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

'You can go. I am what I am, and neither of us should have to change to make this work. Sorry if that's not what you were hoping to hear. Good luck though."

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 1h

19. You get one minute to convince me you’re not a walking red flag — go.

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 1h

18. What’s your toxic superpower in relationships?

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

I slept with one ex's new boyfriend at the party where I met him and told my ex on the way out: Okay, I'm officially over you cheating on me. Have a nice life! 🤣

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

Scarlett Johansson. Yes, her. No, no restrictions. Prosthetics, accent coach, the whole 9. She says she can play anybody, go for it gurl.

Who shouldn't? Dwayne The Rock Johnson. No explanations necessary.

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 3h

8. Who would play you in a movie — and who shouldn’t be allowed to?

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 3h

7. Which emoji describes your current mood best?

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

Also, if the IHOP worker is on shift, that ups the danger level. They ain't got time to play with you. There are orders up. 🤣

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

If I said that twice in my life I'd slept with a man because they were connected to an ex I was punishing, that'd be totally normal and natural, right? Also, is twice pivotal to your answer? Asking for a friend.

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 3h

9 . What’s your “I’m not proud but it was worth it” story?

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 3h

8. Who would play you in a movie — and who shouldn’t be allowed to?

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

In anime? I don't know. In general? Easily Marvel's The Runaways.

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

That and the dog, still waiting. 🥹

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

Something I don't think folks from other countries grasp is just how much we girlies like to tussle. The way she rattled off flavors and styles of Americans who are famous for throwing down? As someone who's lived multiple places: If your country hasn't fought a war this generation? It's done. 🤣

Blackniss Everdeen @the-green-queen.bsky.social · 4h

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, I don't love it and think at best it should wait until folks are old enough to self determine, but this is the kind of "abusing statistics to be a bigot" shit that doesn't even pretend to be rational.

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

Yuuuuup, there's definitely a flavor to it.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

The irony of this is that acetaminophen and circumcision are both uniquely prominent factors in *American* healthcare which do not correlate with any of the other countries where autism sees elevated rates. Also, the correlation is not causation crowd is having a field day with all of this. 🤣🤣🤣

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

I really think the smart move would have been to make the sequel series not about the son, but the grandson, and to have reset/relaxed power levels by suggesting Naruto's generation obviated the need for the ninja arms race and refused to pass on such terrible power to their children.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

And I know some fans will use his personal pathos around his absent father and escaping his father's shadow to argue he too has trials, but that makes this worse: If his flaw is being invisible before a legend, *hard work* is the metric of his merit. Rock Lee's character arc would have fit better.

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

One of the things that Boruto gets very wrong? Unlike his father, his sudden power spike doesn't satisfy the audience's secret desire for an underdog to succeed. We can forgive a power fantasy with a moral payoff, but Boruto was born into abundance and privilege. To also be unfairly gifted is a sin.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

When I'm mad? I don't scream or curse. I calmly get your attention, look you in the eye, and proceed to say the things that lurk in your soul but hide from the light of day. I will read you to filth before whoever is present with the precision of a neurosurgeon and not regret a damn word I said.

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 3h

2. What’s your most toxic trait… that you secretly love?

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 3h

1. Be honest — are you more of a “let’s make bad decisions” or “let’s make brunch” kind of person?

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

"Tread carefully, does not forgive lightly."

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 3h

3. What would your dating profile warning label say?

Uncle pablo from Miami @pablostjohn.bsky.social · 3h

2. What’s your most toxic trait… that you secretly love?

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2h

The body-swapping math proof.

Fry's dog.

Fry's four leaf clover.

MoistBob DripPants @triskaidekaaa.bsky.social · 2h

What are your favorite Futurama episodes?

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MoistBob DripPants @triskaidekaaa.bsky.social · 2h

What are your favorite Futurama episodes?

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 12h

(2/2) As they arrive, one of the other members jests "I wonder what gossipmongering will he get up to here?" and the oracle turns to him and replies "I find your joke in bad taste. Must we camp in this graveyard tonight? Are there no towns nearby to better rest in?" The others look around in horror.

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 12h

(1/2) In one of the stories I've written and may never share, there's this reoccurring theme of an oracle character in the party intervening in small ways as they stop at villages because he sees their futures not the present. It's annoying to the other party members right up until a specific town.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 13h

....one. I, I may have lived a bit.

Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 14h

Y'all haven't LIVED! 😏

GIVE YOURSELF T POINT FOR EACH THING YOU HAVEN'T DONE
1. Skipped school 11. Gone zip lining
2. Broken a bone 12. Been on TV
13. Been on a cruise
3. Fired a gun
14. Gotten a peircing
4. Done drugs
5. Been in a limo 15, Smoked
6. Gotten a tattoo 16. Met a celeb
7. Ridden a horse 17. Been skydiving
8. Sung karaoke 18. Hada1night stand
9. Gotten a ticket 19. Skinny dippec
10. Been arrested 20. Been drunk é

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