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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 25d

messy business (friends at the table) (bluff city) (2019)

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 25d

most effective way to monetize access to alternate timelines would probably be their cultural content. movies, books, etc. raw materials are hard to transport, bur content easy to get back to your timeline and it's not like copyright law applies across quantum probabilities.

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julia @scholarschism.bsky.social · Sep 13

11 years of friends at the table!!! i'm not on this app much — someday i'll fully commit, maybe soon, who knows — but i wanted to repost this one contribution for the fattrewind celebrations :)

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Let Alyosha Have A Seaside Vacation @suedeuxnim.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Divine Cycle #fattrewind

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julia @scholarschism.bsky.social · Sep 13

did you know: lye lychen has never done anything wrong in his life and frankly all those people aterika’kaal killed had it coming #fattrewind #friendsatthetable

An illustration in the style of the poster for Little Shop of Horrors. Instead, the text says “Lyke’s Shop of Horrors” with vines of rosebuds winding around it. One large rose-monster with sharp teeth is about to bite down on Lye Lychen, at right. Lye wears high-waisted green pants with suspenders, a brown shirt with rolled up sleeves, a blue and white polka dot bandana, and vintage pilot goggles. He has angular features and sideburns (not dissimilar to Jack Rackham in Black Sails) and a messy bun. He’s examining a fishbowl with a goldfish (Tombo) in it.

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rosa @humanmorph.bsky.social · Sep 12

"[high pitched and tinny] Let’s dive in. Let’s dive in. It’s time to dive in. Get ready to [audio distorts and slows] dive. Diiive. Diiiiie…"
(The Road to PALISADE 20: City Planning Department)

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#fattrewind #friendsatthetable #palisade

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Roz 🏳️‍⚧️ @rosenkranz.bsky.social · May 24

#sinners studies in #heavypaint

a digital painting of Pearline, a young black woman, singing while standing on the stage on all fours. behind her there are musicians.

portrait of Mary, a light skinned young woman with dark curly hair and white glowing eyes. she's smiling, showing her sharp teeth. she's covered in blood

a landscape at dusk, with silhouettes of a small lone house, and two men riding horses

silhouettes of twins, Smoke and Stack, looking at the setting sun

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · May 26

i generally dislike "STEM needs humanities" arguments but this is actually a case where it legitimately applies, albeit for not the reason you imagine

🎃Fright-Phil Murphy🎃 @crashtesterx.bsky.social · May 25

The level of hatred these AI bros have for creative people I just do not understand

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · Dec 8

earthsea art from 2020

a digital drawing of ged and estarriol, pressing their foreheads together and crying with relief.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Feb 17

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.

This is a manifesto against disability.

This is the language of eugenics.

Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

www.whitehouse.gov

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · Feb 5

i'm sure if we identify the demographic that bears singular responsibility for the situation we're in, they will begrudgingly use their awesome power to fix it

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Feb 5

liberal christians genuinely cannot wrap their heads around the idea that people who fervently believe in jesus can do & want terrible things. it's a minor frustration in the scope of things, but also an astonishing ignorance of history and an unwitting embrace of hegemony

hypatiafan.bsky.social @hypatiafan.bsky.social · Feb 5

That is called a non sequitur. You said these folks are not following gods teachings. I noted that they are, just not the parts you agree with. Atheists have NOTHING to do with this.

Evangelicals follow the Bible, religiously. They are terrible because of the parts they choose to embrace. 🤷

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · Feb 5

y'all ever see a take so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?

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julia @scholarschism.bsky.social · Feb 4

if you live in a low density city the “my weekend as a 28 year old in chicago” video is actually aspirational. i would kill for the ability to go kayaking and have multiple options for marg towers

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julia @scholarschism.bsky.social · Feb 4

i’m like a weeb but for midsized-to-large cities

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julia @scholarschism.bsky.social · Nov 17

explain your username:

in the thirteenth episode of the third season of acclaimed tabletop rpg podcast friends at the table, there’s a monologue about the inherently contradictory nature of scholarship which includes the phrase “every scholar is a schism.” it coheres

juliet @follypersist.bsky.social · Nov 17

explain your username:

okay so there's these unsavory passages in the twenty-sixth chapter of the book of Proverbs that william blake did a familiar wildean sort of twist on, combining and inverting two of them into "the fool who persists in his folly will become wise." but then,

Jesse Goes to Hell @killgoldfish.bsky.social · Nov 17

Explain your username:

I was writing about combo decks in magic the gathering. In mtg jargon, playing against no one is called “goldfishing;” goldfishing is very relevant for combo decks and irrelevant for most others

“Killing a goldfish” was therefore the blog

KillGoldfish the abbreviation

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