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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 1d

How fortunate you are to be so loved and appreciated. A blessing for you both.

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 1d

Cry Ribbit and let slip the frogs of war

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 1d

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Green Ronin Publishing @greenroninpub.bsky.social · 3d

It's the "Back to Ghoul" sale! Look for super discounts all month, like this bundle of Fantasy AGE Frights: Fantasy AGE Core Rulebook PDF and Print, Fantasy AGE Lairs PDF, Fantasy AGE Bestiary PDF, Cthulhu Mythos PDF, and Fantasy AGE Campaign Guide PDF! greenron.in/Getcreepy4ch...

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 1d

I made a beef stew this week, grabbed a bottle to pour in some wine. Realised way to late it was a tawny port. Very sweet stew. Served with mashed potatoes with garlic & brie.

Sweet deliciousness & crazy dreams.

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 1d

kermit the frog holds a glass of lipton tea

Alt: kermit the frog drinks a glass of tea

media.tenor.com

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 2d

In Frog we Trust

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 2d

Still remember Greg telling us his Monkey Paw Soup anecdote.

Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 2d

Today, October 10th, marks the seventh anniversary of @chaosium.bsky.social company founder Greg Stafford's passing.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

Subscribe to support our journalism

New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 2d

a group of men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing a stethoscope on his neck .

ALT: a group of men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing a stethoscope on his neck .

media.tenor.com

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 2d

I get the 'Why are you up so late?' looks.

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 2d

A Dee Sanction giveaway (to test the functionality for customers in the United States).

The first person in the US to post Doctor John Dee's birthdate (correctly) in the comments, below, wins a copy of the current softcover edition of The Dee Sanction, gratis. We'll cover shipping.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d

"left for dead on a Darwin road by a driver who did not stop to help, and then later sent text messages to his friends describing the victim as an "oxygen thief" and a "dog"."

This passes for justice, in the N.T. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'There's no justice': Outrage as Jake Danby walks after fatal hit-and-run

A fatal hit-and-run case in Darwin has exposed deep disparities in the NT’s justice system, say Aboriginal leaders, as the victim’s family speaks out.

www.abc.net.au

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Shannon Appelcline 🌮 @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 3d

A few updates to my Basic D&D rules cover homages article!

Morgue's Basic is a brand new booklet that shows the unfortunate fate of the green dragon Erol Otus drew 45 years earlier.

I also turned up an older SnarfQuest Tales ad that homages BECMI.

www.designers-and-dragons.com/2025/05/27/h...

The cover of Morgue's Basic shows a green dragon head mounted on a wall. The green dragon is clearly the one Otus drew for the BX D&D cover.

An ad for SnarQuest Tales laid out like the BECMI red-box cover. The warrior is now Snarf, hiding behind his shield rather than attacking.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 5d

Mostly, but grab one if you have an incident. A coworker had tetanus years ago. Lucky to survive.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 13d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 5d

I read it about 12-13 and thought it was shit. Put it down ~ 30% through.

Wheel of Time literally had me pulling my hair at p67. Really needed some savage editing.

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🎃 Agent Pumpkin 🎃 @agentpumpkin.bsky.social · 6d

I've seen a few other people now comment on this, so I'm glad its not just me that see these two and think it's The Doctor and Companion. 😆
#doctorwho #taskmaster

Team Maisie and Reece with The Master's little minion in the background.

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 6d

How do I win an award for squirrel photography

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 6d

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 6d

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

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