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Ramsey Hootman

@ramseyhootman.bsky.social

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Author of COURTING GRETA, SURVIVING CYRIL, and CYRIL IN THE FLESH. Viable Paradise class of 2024 (!!!) "Well-developed and nontoxic" according to my doctor's notes. www.ramseyhootman.com

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · Nov 9

Hello new followers! I mostly post about writing, doing scout stuff with my kids, home remodel, and substitute teaching. I am currently working on a far-future sci fi series set on the moons of a gas giant. My currently available novels are:

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 9h

me: [proposing to my girlfriend in front of the Eiffel Tower] yes or no answer quickly. and don’t worry about all those sirens

her: my god that’s a beautiful ring.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 8h

I've read his (two volume) autobiography, and he's pretty open about all of it. (Probably not ALL of it, but enough.) Think about the massive number of people who just shrugged and looked the other way.

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 8h

Is it possible one is the mom and the other is the (very large) baby? Our local crows look like this when the babies become teens and keep insisting on being fed, lol.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 8h

New profile pic, my kid made it. ❤️

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 8h

Which is to say I spent 30+ minutes attempting to tell a robot to go "forward and to the right" in a variety of different ways before my husband finally came in and figured out that your voice commands are irrelevant, actually it's just point and click.

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 9h

Tried the demo of The Oversight Bureau, a game that ostensibly uses AI to shape the player experience. (IMO games are a positive use-case for the tech.) To say it fell flat was an understatement. Seems like the current tech falls far short of the intended concept.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 10h

My teen's art class is all girls (except for him and another boy) and he has definitely noted how they all constantly bash their own work, when from his perspective it is AMAZING.

I know there are big cultural reasons why we do this to ourselves, but we should stop.

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 13h

If "nobody reads the emails," it's because you send 15 a day and I have neither the time nor the patience to sort through them for the nugget of info that is applicable to me or my child. That's your job!

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 13h

In this, the year of our Lord 2025, if your company/org/school cannot segment your own damn mailing list, you have FAILED.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 13h

the only reasonable response

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 18h

I think all ages enjoy this 😆

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Andy Karl-son of Kong @andykarlson.bsky.social · 20h

The griping from some about the #NoKings protests has me thinking about learned helplessness and homeostasis.

We are always more comfortable with the familiar, even when it is unhealthy - this is what keeps people in abusive relationships, and what holds alcoholic families together. (1/n)

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 1d

If they can make you feel like you’re the only one who cares about helping marginalized folks, they hope you’ll be more likely to say forget it. I don’t want to be the only one. It’s not MY fight.

You’ve never been the only one. There were others. Now, you can add to their legacy.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

For us it's books + crafts + board games and currently some unexpected remodel! Alas. Oh, plus 4 people in a 2bed/1bath, haha.

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

...Also apparently Labubu?

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

Haha this was gonna be my answer.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

I think their tongue is some kind of parasite, like those worms that eat the fish tongue and take its place

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

(This pic shows our house at maximum clutter and I do not apologize, we are a family of literal magpies.)

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

Welp apparently my ALT text setting got switched off again. Photo shows: Two tweens with their faces covered by smiley icons sitting at an extremely cluttered table studying D&D manuals and character sheets.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

My kid's friend came over the other night and I walked in on them working on D&D stuff like they were studying for a test 😆

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

Ours has mastered hiding it inside her cheek somehow? Like she doesn't even have cheeks? My husband will literally shove it down her throat as far as he can get it and then hold her mouth shut while I stroke her throat and 3 minutes later it falls out of her cheek flap.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

“Fuck AI”

— Guillermo del Toro

🎥 Vanity Fair

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw our local teen theater do Shrek, and when all the fairytale characters assembled against Farquad at the end, they literally turned it into a No Kings protest! Brought the house down. 👏

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 1d

Renowned cryptologist Robert Langdon waited by his phone. Surely, the French authorities would call him, a renowned cryptologist, to solve this mystery he thought in italics.

Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates

France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 2d

Haha he got the car guy gene! My kids obsessed over license plates so they can't tell one car from another but they know the numbering system for different states.

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