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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 1d

#Trump wants the #Nobleprize for peace for ending the #Gazawar. I think if gravity is due to mass distorting spacetime "downward" in a fourth dimension, them spacetime is forced up great distances from concentrations of mass, producing the repulsive force we call "dark energy". Nobel prize please!

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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 1d

#WIPSnips October 10 prize
Had "award" before and I'm going to have to go with that again. Quilmai's been traumatized by an event involving a teleporter. Now she thinks her brother and his girlfriend are teleporters.
From "Tales of Midbar: Poisoned Well" - www.inkitt.com/stories/635659

Background, a girl with yellow skin and a boy of South Asian appearance in a bar.

I told my stupid brother that teleporters weren't supposed to have
sex with each other. He said that he couldn't say if he or Shrea were
teleporters or not but it would be OK for them to have sex. I really
didn't like the way he said that. Anyway, what is good is that I'm
going to the Glitter Awards with Mortran. I've always gone with
Apromarg before, which neither of us liked and it's just got worse.
(In case you don't know, the Glitter Awards is an award show for
school-aged children. The audience is composed mostly of young performers and children of people who work in the industry.)
Mortran seems nice but I'm not comfortable about how he looks at me
sometimes but that isn't the main thing. I got home and told my
family. Mum asked what Apromarg was going to do. He said he had
a friend he could go with. I knew he meant the off-planeter teleporter
but I couldn't say that with him there so I said he was going with one
of his stupid Benai Haprihagfen friends. Mum doesn't like them and
told him to promise he wouldn't take one of his Benai Nibeyim
friends! Benai Nibeyim! Of course, he said, "No, not one of my Benai
Nibeyim friends." I got Mum alone and told her she'd got Benai
Nibeyim and Benai Haprihagfen mixed up and he'd take the
off-planeter, teleporter girl. Mum doesn't believe she exists though
and thought it might be good if he took a girl! Dad says, "Take
somebody who will make people talk, we could do with a bit of
publicity!"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 1d

Do you have any tricks besides time travel and travelling between universes and teleporting in the normal three dimensions?
New chapter of "Tales of Midbar: Ghost Mage" - read it all! Vote, review, give feedback, discuss!
www.inkitt.com/stories/6320...
#writingcommunity #sciencefiction

Strange plant with a spiny stem, large leaves and red, 5-pelaled flowers in a conservatory with restaurant tables and chairs. The lighting is dim and gloomy.
For the AI picture, I wanted a Pachypodium in the restaurant conservatory. AI's don't know what Pachypodiums look like so I tried describing the one Egrindreth points to (probably P. baronii - yes, she gets it right, although she only looks like Eleprin). They mostly managed the right sort of ambiance but this was the closest I could get for the plant, from Bing Image Create using GTP 4o.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 2d

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Christine Is Fed Up With Republicans @coralgableswang.bsky.social · 2d

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago and Portland showing us how it’s DONE!!

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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips October 9 battery
Our group are on a seldom used road.
From "Tales of Midbar: Heretical Gods" - www.inkitt.com/stories/497649

Background, a minibus on a rough road wtih steep cliffs on either side.

We stopped again. This time, we were in a deep, narrow, steep-sided valley. By narrow, I mean the walls started rising steeply at the sides of the road. There was a wall about four meters high across the road and stretching to the valley walls.
"The batteries are nearly dead," said Jat, "so I suggest we deploy
the solar panels and recharge while Printorac takes care of this
mess."
We got out and had a look at the wall. I put my glasses on.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3d

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 2d

You need to give your daughter advice on fighting paranormal evil!

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lesbian poetry @lovegarden.bsky.social · 3d

There can be no freedom for any woman unless all women on earth are free.

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Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 3d

Old Barbie is definitely hiding evidence! Disgusting!!!

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Christine Is Fed Up With Republicans @coralgableswang.bsky.social · 3d

Well⁉️

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 3d

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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 3d

#WIPSnips October 8 dungeon
I don't think I use this word but high school principal, Medley, does have a creepy basement.
From "Tales of Midbar: Ghost Mage" - www.inkitt.com/stories/632029

Background: A dirty, spooky basement with ghosts.

I went into the basement, using a mage light artifact for light. As normal, there were frightening ghosts (perhaps they were really holograms) and I had to tell myself they were harmless. I moved the empty wine rack out the way to reveal the secret room and went into it. It hadn't changed since I'd last been down here with my father many years before. There was the figure of a man standing in the corner, an open chest in the middle and various objects arranged on the floor. Against one wall, there was a metal cylinder about 2 meters long and 1 meter in diameter that always reminded me of a coffin. A hologram of a beautiful woman appeared. I was a bit shocked at how beautiful I found her although I knew she was my grandmother, Sendria the mage. The hologram showed her in her prime in early pre-Cataclysm clothing with a patched sari that left one breast exposed (although she was wearing a bra) and a big floppy hat. Her hair was tied in a ponytail. She'd born my father when she was 160 and had died of old age when I was a boy.

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Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 3d

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 4d

Watching the Finneas episode of Austin City Limits. The music is great but it is strange to see him on TV without his famous relative: Ferb.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 3d

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 5d

Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups in calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

www.npr.org

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 4d

Speaker Johnson is refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva because she will be the deciding vote on the Epstein discharge petition. He’s covering for Trump, Bondi, and every sexual abuser involved in this scandal.

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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 4d

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

Way to go, Chicago, more of this! Kristi Noem is upset that ICE agents in Chicago are being “denied entry” to restrooms and lunch spots.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:

djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."

djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."

And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.

#PedoPrez

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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 4d

#WIPSnips October 7 safe
Strange word for this date!
Young aristocrat, Galton, is trying to rescue the aristocratic boy mage, Printorac.
From "Tales of Midbar: Heretical Gods" - www.inkitt.com/stories/497649

Background: a smartly dressed, young man of South Asian appearance standing in front of a shiny car.

We opened the small door in the main gate and stepped out. There was a large car outside on the other side of the narrow road. From what I'd seen in pre-Cataclysm shows, I'm sure it would have been expensive when it was new. A faharni hipsick in expensive-looking clothing was standing in front of it, looking cross. There was a faharni nibeyah standing beside him and three large faharni male hipsickim, they were all dressed in similar clothing, presumably some sort of uniform. The nibeyah looked at us through a handheld magic detector and looked shocked.
"Printorac," said the expensively dressed man. "This city will soon be invaded by Aramator so the more important people are being evacuated so I've come to get you."
"Galton," said Printorac, "I appreciate the gesture but I'm a mage and with some other magi so I'm sure I'll be safe."
"You don't want to be killed or captured by Nuharas. You haven't got an obvious heir so if that happens, it will be a legal mess, not to mention what it will do to your mother. We can take the hotel girl as well."
"I thought Nuharas were peaceful and it was just a few who cause the trouble," I said, sarcastically.
"What part of mage with other magi did you miss?" asked Printorac.
"OK," said Galton, "this is an order from Otmat. He wants you to live long enough to father an heir."

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4d

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