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Husband, Father, Good Cook. Reader. Keeper of abandoned dogs. Does not fit into a neat box or category. "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?”

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · Feb 28
Вільна Україна!
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loveon9.bsky.social
3/ One just came in from Boulder Colorado.
Virginia Auroras, USA
Taken by Jonathan Harmon on January 19, 2026 @ Shenandoah National Park, Front Royal, Virginia
Spaceweather.com
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January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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thepmann.bsky.social
Note: Please do not swing a baby
bonnicula.bsky.social Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · Mar 12
PSA: Swords are a lot lighter than you (and lots of video game designers) think
If you can swing a baby you can swing a Zweihänder
A chart showing a selection of swords and their associated weights, starting with a dagger weighing a can of beans, a cutlass weighing a loaf of bread, a scimitar weighing a gallon of milk, an arming sword weighing a pair of hiking shoes, a scottish sword weighing a cat, a bastard sword weighing an iron, a longsword weighing a bottle of laundry detergent, and a zweihander weighing one human baby
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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hypnogoria.bsky.social
A drop of dream fuel - The Night Land by Stephen Fabian
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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thespaceshipper.com
A Razor Crest is back this year.
January 20, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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kschake.bsky.social
It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
Speaking to Britain's Sunday program on BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio reiterated that conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.
aleteia.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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p-s-v.bsky.social
📸 Aaron Jenkin Photography
Cornwall, UK, 19.1.26
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January 20, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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fenrisgames.com
Dragonbane: a whole session sneaking perfectly rounded off when @zos93.bsky.social decided to greet instead of sneak and fumbled his roll.

so next sesh starts in a cliffhanger of insulted orc warband for @huwbowen.bsky.social @andyhemming.bsky.social @dozy139.bsky.social @torenielsen.bsky.social
a trio of surly armoured orcs.
January 19, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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shannonappelcline.bsky.social
As usual, "keep politics out of gaming" means "support the conservative status quo, but don't dare talk about anything innovative or new or diverse". Increasingly, it also means, "don't talk about caring about others."

That's anathema to a hobby built on imagination and community.
johnnephew.bsky.social John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 11h
Our blog posts get auto-posted to social media. I don't use FB myself, but went in there to post this. I don't expect to see similar attacks from any Bsky users, but figured I should elaborate on my personal opinion here.
Hey, this is John. I don't do Facebook myself, but I know we're getting some of the usual "keep politics out of your games!" scolding and worse in comments and DMs, so I thought I'd come here to take some of the heat myself instead of leaving it all to our patient Customer Service staffer. If it really upsets you that we as a corporate entity object to the violence currently being perpetrated against our fellow Minnesotans under color of law -- things like a Hmong-American grandpa (US citizen!) being abducted from his homes wearing only a bathrobe, in sub-zero windchills, to say nothing of Renee Good being murdered with impunity (and the federal government announcing it will not investigate her shooter, but instead is investigating her widow, our governor, and the mayor of Minneapolis) -- there is something wrong with you. If you think it is unacceptable for a family-owned business, its owners, and its employees to express solidarity with their neighbors in these circumstances, there is something wrong with you. Maybe you think this is all a made-up thing. Seek professional help or religious counseling, and God help you when it is on your own doorstep. In the meantime, if you feel you need to block us or burn our games or remove them from your store shelves or whatever, as some way to protect your self-image as a True American Defender of Liberty, be my guest. We won't miss you. Warm regards from Minnesota, John Nephew President, Atlas Games
January 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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chrishanrahan.bsky.social
WILD.
January 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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chrishanrahan.bsky.social
I have wanted to see The Northern Lights my whole life. This is right out my front door. It’s incredible.
The Northern Lights sbove Paulstown, Ireland
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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punchboard.co.uk
Some bleddy light show over Cornwall
January 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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johnnephew.bsky.social
Our blog posts get auto-posted to social media. I don't use FB myself, but went in there to post this. I don't expect to see similar attacks from any Bsky users, but figured I should elaborate on my personal opinion here.
Hey, this is John. I don't do Facebook myself, but I know we're getting some of the usual "keep politics out of your games!" scolding and worse in comments and DMs, so I thought I'd come here to take some of the heat myself instead of leaving it all to our patient Customer Service staffer. If it really upsets you that we as a corporate entity object to the violence currently being perpetrated against our fellow Minnesotans under color of law -- things like a Hmong-American grandpa (US citizen!) being abducted from his homes wearing only a bathrobe, in sub-zero windchills, to say nothing of Renee Good being murdered with impunity (and the federal government announcing it will not investigate her shooter, but instead is investigating her widow, our governor, and the mayor of Minneapolis) -- there is something wrong with you. If you think it is unacceptable for a family-owned business, its owners, and its employees to express solidarity with their neighbors in these circumstances, there is something wrong with you. Maybe you think this is all a made-up thing. Seek professional help or religious counseling, and God help you when it is on your own doorstep. In the meantime, if you feel you need to block us or burn our games or remove them from your store shelves or whatever, as some way to protect your self-image as a True American Defender of Liberty, be my guest. We won't miss you. Warm regards from Minnesota, John Nephew President, Atlas Games
January 19, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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guynes.bsky.social
The most recent essay in the Ballantine Adult fantasy reading series is on the first official volume in the series, Fletcher Pratt's THE BLUE STAR, a fascinating novel of court intrigue, gendered magic, and poor people who keep getting screwed over by everyone else:
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “The Blue Star” by Fletcher Pratt
The twelfth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Fletcher Pratt’s The Blue Star (1952), an impressive, short novel of “rational” fantasy about power…
seanguynes.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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guynes.bsky.social
This essay was also the soft launch of my new direction with the Genre Fantasies blog and a big part of me "figuring out" what the hell I'm doing (at least -- I'm figuring out). I gave some background to what I'm trying to accomplish with my blog in this (obligatory) year end summary:
Genre Fantasies: 2025 in Review
A brief recap of 2025 on the Genre Fantasies blog.
seanguynes.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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guynes.bsky.social
Today is the first anniversary of my launching the Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which started off with this essay on Peter Beagle's THE LAST UNICORN. I'm really proud of this one, in which I highlight how we might read this wonderful novel in the contexts of late 1960s America.
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “The Last Unicorn” by Peter S. Beagle
The first essay in Ballantine Adult Fantasy: A Reading Series, which looks at Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn (1968): a supremely beautiful, memorable, and critically energizing masterwork of fa…
seanguynes.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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pisssaladiere.bsky.social
Résumé ✨
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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cobby.com
Ici à Wavre en Belgique.
Vu la position des étoiles, je regardais en effet plein nord 🤩
Aurores boréales avec du vert et du rouge.
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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geoshanz.bsky.social
01/19/2026- Auroras INCOMING 🔭🧪

📍Virginia, USA; east of Shenandoah National Park
Auroras showing up in the red spectrum at 1845 ET.
January 19, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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paratimetim.bsky.social
Different Worlds #31 (Nov 1983). Cover illustration by Steve Purcell
#DifferentWorlds #ChaosiumInc #TTRPG #RPGMagazines #Stormbringer
Different Worlds #31 (Nov 1983). Cover illustration by Steve Purcell.
January 19, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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ranaroth.bsky.social
Ley Kenyon. Living underwater. From a card set called The Sea Our Other World, Brooke Bond, 1974. #LeyKenyon #BrookeBond
January 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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sfencyclopedia.bsky.social
Allen Steele sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/steele... was born on this day, so here are some magazine illustrations for his stories (Artist: Bob Walters, Todd Lockwood, Chris Gall and Doug Andersen):
Cover to 'Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine', November 1990 Cover to 'Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine', October 1995 Interior magazine illustration for 'See Rock City' by Allen Steele Interior magazine illustration for 'Jonathan Livingstone Seaslug' by Allen Steele
January 19, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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bot.cowtools.org
Near misses of the Old West
Near misses of the Old West
January 19, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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sardonicus.eu
Godzilla grabbing a guys ass
January 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM