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Tim Shrimpton

@daroga.bsky.social

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Husband, Dad, and Lutheran Pastor, all with a dash of technology interest, (mostly old) video games, and Cleveland sports. NorCal transplant from Ohio. Formerly: Twitter (@ daroga28 / @ timshrimp)

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · Mar 1

A 2025 media thread! For me mostly, but you're welcome to come along!

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1h

Loved my Teddy Ruxpin as a kid but, wow, this drawing is nightmare fuel.

Retroist @retroist.com · 14h

40 years ago this month, Teddy Ruxpin, the world-famous talking teddy bear started hitting store shelves. Highly anticipated, it would be one the hottest toys of the Christmas of 1985.

www.retroist.com/p/retroist-t...

B&W launch ad for Teddy Ruxpin from 1985

Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1h

Why does this photo look like it was taken in 1989?

Sonic The Wereblog @sonichedgeblog.bsky.social · 6h

Promotional shot for the Sonic vs. Dr. Eggman's Death Egg Robot Toy released by LEGO in 2023.

Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 7h

Seems like probably mission accomplished??

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you for your incredibly important service, Phil.

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Scott Fright @scw.bsky.social · 13h

Franz Kafka writing Steam reviews

Steam review that reads “game is good but im some bugs”

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe we can trade the bald eagle for a phoenix?

Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

The best magic trick!

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

That’s awesome! I grew up in Cleveland proper until I was about 9, and then in between Cleveland and Akron thereafter.

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

As a former resident of the Cleveland area I know how dangerous open flames can be by bodies of water. Please be careful.

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🎀RσႦყɳ Pσɯҽʅʅ🎀 @robynpowell.bsky.social · 12d

A wall of text nobody is gonna read, more than likely.
A summary of it says "can we stop acting like joy has an age limit"

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think Meatball’s paws are Euclidean. #catsofbluesky

A cat is asleep on a lap with a confusing jumble of paws all piled together.

Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

But how would I get art (well, “art”) AND boil the ocean? Will a real artist blow-torch the waves while drawing for me? I think not!!!!

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

Everything feels very dark nationally, but its stuff like this that give me some hope (and more than a few laughs)

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...

Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

Super Mario Odyssey is TikTok and Super Mario Galaxy is YouTube.

I will not be taking any questions at this time.

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

Did you pass??

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone is twelve now

Everyone is 12 now
ICE agent point gun at unarmed protester

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

Was really glad to get to meet @jeffgerstmann.com ‘s cursed Bubsy plush that lives at the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social archive today.

That poor guy has seen better days (maybe?).

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Izzi8bit @izzi8bit.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Frog but its their in Final Fantasy 1: Dawn of Souls (GBA) style

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 1d

I love this so much. Trump needs them to be scary “Antifa” thugs, so they give him colorfully absurd animals. And as a bonus, the costumes offer some protection against less-lethal weapons like beanbags and Tasers.

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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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 1d

So much fun to get to meet @frankcifaldi.bsky.social and @philsalv.bsky.social and get a little peek at the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social collection today! Thanks!!

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 2d

That is so, so depressing.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 2d

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

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Tim Shrimpton @daroga.bsky.social · 2d

Now they’ll come with extra fuzzy warmth! (?)