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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 19h

F. I’m sorry. That’s awful.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 3d

I haven’t watched it, but that would also irritate.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot stress just how true and important this is.

Ross Payton @rosspayton.bsky.social · 4d

START PLAYING ROLE PLAYING GAMES TO MAKE FRIENDS AS AN ADULT

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 7d

Outrageous! The moon rotation in this shot of
The Lion King remake implies it was shot far into the northern hemisphere. What happened to realism? Literally unwatchable.

Screenshot of shot with the full moon rising in front of Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa. Below are three moon diagrams showing the proper orientation of the moon from the northern hemisphere, equator (Kenya) and southern hemisphere. The moon from the film is aligned to the northern hemisphere version because realism means nothing any longer.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 4d

I had the exact same reaction when I saw the Georgia trees in Stranger Things supposedly set in Indiana.

Just completely broke my immersion. 😃

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Battlelords (at Gen Con Indy 2025) @battlelords.bsky.social · 5d

BATTLELORDS OF THE 23RD CENTURY! Last chance to grab the gold standard in Military Sci-Fi RPGs in this Kickstarter! A gorgeously illustrated, 540+ page book filled with over-the-top carnage. Plus, the Fully Armored gear manual (192 pages) for free! bit.ly/BLShippingKS

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 5d

#orchids
#bloomscrolling

A very small red masdevallia from the greenhouse. Don’t know the species, but a brilliant red.

A red masdevallia flower against a black plastic mesh. The flower is bright red with darker stripes in the throat. The flower looks square, but is actually more upside down heart shaped with long tips at each point of the heart. Hearts have three tips right?

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 7d

a man is walking down a dirt road with the words on my way written on it .

Alt: a man is running down a dirt road with the words on my way written on it . Me, racing to order DAGGERHEART.

media.tenor.com

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 7d

I was going to suggest an Osprey book. Great resources b

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 7d

I mean…. Everyone should read SWORDHEART.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 7d

I think you are right on pandurata, better to suggest the commoner one.

Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 8d

@rockstache.bsky.social

This is relevant to your interests.

The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 25

Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 8d

#bloomscrolling #orchids
I should know what this is because it’s very distinctive. I do know it’s a coelogyne.

A green coelogyne flower with black stripes and details in the column and lip. Behind is a large green leaf and a workbench out of focus.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 10d

#bloomscrolling #orchids
Paph delenatii? Maybe, maybe not. Gorgeous in any case.

A pink paphiopedilum flower with darker veining on the petals and a darker patch with a tinge of yellow in the center. The pouch is white fading to dark pink.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10d

this has been my thought exactly with all of these funding resolutions

like, why would I agree to shit if Trump is just gonna impound it and do whatever he wants, regardless of how the money is appropriated? if y'all want our funding decisions to be meaningless, let's not have em

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12d

So let's play this out: Dems hold the line on the actual big picture constitutional lawlessness issues, which Trump/GOP would never concede and any deal with them would be worthless anyway. What good are concessions in legislation and appropriations from a guy who breaks those with impunity? 1/

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 13d

“We can’t help poor people because that will help black people” is an unusually honest expression of Republican policy goals

Emily Moin @emilymoin.com · Jul 18

These are some of the most odious people alive.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 15d

I freaking hate the app for the laundry machines. The machines keep failing and won’t let me ask for any more refunds from their janky machines.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 18d

B. It’s B.

😑

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 18d

It’s really the correct answer (for me). I bring it up all the time in game discussions.

Jax o'Lantern, Spooky Pumpkin Doll 🎃 @rufflejax.bsky.social · 18d

Red Markets.

Superdillin (Mirror your pronouns) @superdillin.bsky.social · 24d

Do you have a ttrpg that in your opinion is so under celebrated that you have appointed yourself head of the PR committee for that game? Where on at least one occasion someone mistakenly assumed you must have worked on it but really you're just unwell about it?

What's that game to you?

Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 21d

I feel that. I hope the move was for good reasons.

Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 21d

Graceland.

Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 21d

Pretty good advice. I wish I’d done more of this.

Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 21d

I'm hesitant to give advice to under-30s because my life was a mess for most of my twenties and any advice I might have gotten was impossible to follow.

But...if you can manage these, which many can't, I know:

- set aside $50-$100 a month, every month.

- turn off the tv & work on your art.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 21d

From the greenhouse some tolumnia flowers. #bloomscrolling #orchids

Several pink orchid flowers against a grey background and some green leaves. A tuft of Spanish moss is visible. The flowers look like a lady in a fancy pink dress with a yellow belt.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 25d

Oh! I love the moss on the golem itself! Great touch.

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 25d

#bloomscrolling #orchids a phalaenopsis flower from the greenhouse. Again, I don’t know the precise cross or species.

A phalaenopsis flower above a gray stone pot with green leaves in the background. The flower is starry, yellow with orange bands the column is white and the lip is orange at the base and fuscia at the tip.

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