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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 12m

“They cannot be everywhere, and moreover, they are feckless. Childlike. They have never had to govern and therefore cannot.”

This has nothing to do with ICE coming to my hometown. Nothing at all.

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 12m

“Through a thousand disobediences, large and small, they will make the giants’ conquest a slow and troubled one. The western lands, I think, are likely to become a center of resistance.[…] their numbers are, truly, small.”

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 12m

Readying the current chapter of MOON-SILVER RING for serialization on www.gregstolze.com and got to this quote…

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 39m

I have argued many times that awards are a net misery exporter, and I still think so, but I'll be fair and share a powerful outlier.

Fred Hicks @deadlyfredly.bsky.social · 17h

Contemplating how the most influential award show for Evil Hat was the Indie RPG Awards held in the early 00s, before Evil Hat existed as a company. @rdonoghue.bsky.social and I won one for an earlier incarnation of Fate, “best free game”. It was a narrower population that knew about it, but enough…

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 1h

One of my favorite buildings here in Cleveland. The Hart Building is only 9 feet wide!

Originally the HQ of a furniture maker, built in 1868. Its facade is cast iron. Later the HQ of a biz that made scales, engines, pumps, and windmills. It's now apartments! Noisy club district though.

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Kayfae the Orc-Goblin-Grrl @kayfae-orc-grrl.bsky.social · 2h

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David Revoy @davidrevoy.com · 16d

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) Part 2

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic strip in four panels:

Panel 1. A bird's-eye view of the top of the Amphora of Great Intelligence, a wizard in yellow colors is on the stack of books from the content of the amphora. He yell at a crowd of wizard at the bottom of the Amphora, a crowd of red wizard. Some other wizard in red evacuate some grimoires, their arms are full of books. On the top, you can see an onion (for The Onion) and a cover that looks like the Reddit mascot:
> Wizard in yellow: Alright, I've cleared out a few grimoires to tweak it, we should get better results now!

Panel 2. A view of the wizards at the foot of the Amphora, the fire is intense, they all raise their arms in incantation:
> Crowd of wizards: Amphora of Great Intelligence, our world is dying, share your knowledge with us!

Panel 3. The Amphora of Intelligence starts speaking, this time very seriously. The mages are still speechless.
> Amphora: Stop chasing profits blindly, reduce your reliance on fossil fuels, and prioritize repair and recycling over production.
> Crowd of wizards: ... ... ...

Panel 4. A discontented red wizard yells at the wizard in yellow who tweaked the content of the Amphora in panel one. This one feels surprised:
>Wizard in red: I don't like this. Let's adjust it again.

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David Revoy @davidrevoy.com · Sep 10

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI)

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic strip in four panels:

1. A bird's-eye view of a giant amphora the size of a building with closed eyes and a closed mouth engraved on it. Using scaffolding, a community of wizards climbed up and are throwing all their books into it, to fill its content.
> Wizards: All our grimoires for the Amphora of Great Intelligence!

2. A ground level view at the bottom of the giant amphora. This time, the wizards bring tree trunks, cut down nearby trees, and throw them into a large fire to boil the giant amphora.
> Wizards: All our forests for the Amphora of Great Intelligence!

3. A gathering of all the wizards below the imposing amphora which has now opened its glowing eyes and mouth slightly. The crowd of wizards at its feet applauds:
> Wizards: Amphora of Great Intelligence, our world is dying, share your knowledge with us!

4. Same shot, as the amphora responds with joyful and amused eyes. The wizards are confused by the answer...
> Artificial Intelligence: According to geologists, you should eat at least one small rock per day.
> Wizards: ... ... ...

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ScaredyKat Bonemann 💀🦴 @katbaumann.bsky.social · 6d

And my all-time favorite Popeye panel, heavily ripped off in the second panel of today's comic:

Old Popeye comic panel drawn by E.C. Segar, in which Popeye is running toward a large wooden door while carrying a ring of keys and saying "I got to go make some love to Olive Oyl before I gets exercuted"

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 1h

C.S. Lewis wrote a scene where a woman in heaven finds out her mom is in hell. She can't visit, but she can look, and when the mom sees her looking says, "Get over here in hell with me! I NEED SOMEONE TO DO THINGS TO!"

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 1h

Wow, it's like if the British Museum was a bird!

Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 11h

Listening to THE WRONG STATION and, sheesh, doing 31 stories in 31 days is a big reach. I really liked IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU KILL US. megaphone.link/TWRS9463284790

156 - It Doesn't Matter How Many Times You Kill Us by Wrong Station

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 18h

Imagine how different the world would be if only smart things felt good.

"Woo! We're doin' calculus equations, bitches!"
"Ma'am, I think you've had enough."
"Too bad! This is MY bachelorette party and we got THREE MORE GRAD CLASSES!"

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 19h

...I know but I still think it's dumb...

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 20h

Why does Qatar need an AFB in Idaho? Are potatoes essential to their strategic interests? Do they need to keep a keen eye on the Canadians? Are they planning pre-emptive strikes on the Paiute in the Duck Valley Reservation?

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 20h

On that trip, my wife and I saw a marijuana dispensary that was right next to a pizza parlor.
That led me to write what was the first deliberate romance story in my entire multi-decade career. Check it out!
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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 20h

One of the stories in DISCOMFORT FOOD is entitled GORGEOUS SYNERGIES and it was inspired by my 30th wedding anniversary trip to Vancouver.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...

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DISCOMFORT FOOD

A collection of Greg Stolze's recent science fiction, fantasy and horror. Contains love potions, cursed art and telepathic speed dating

www.kickstarter.com

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 20h

...do you even HEAR yourself? Next you're going to claim laws are just "made up" or government is "a social compact for peace and security" when everyone knows it was ordained by The Invisible Hand to shelter its favored children, corporations.

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 20h

Ah hah haw ha, that's been my problem writing horror.

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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 1d

The Ludonarrative Dissidents crew are livestreaming later today (4pm central, 5pm eastern, 22:00 UK, 23:00 Europe) and you should come and join us. Mostly we're talking about our almost-finished LND zine, including my new game CYBERPLUNK (it's real) and the usual stuff
www.twitch.tv/rosspaytonrppr

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 23h

The @greenwell.bsky.social piece never stops being accurate www.megangreenwell.com/the-adults-i...

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 23h

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Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 1d

*scarf* it's for science, so i can *om nom nom* like them a NORMAL AMOUNT

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

T-Rex: I just had a butter tart...

T-Rex: ...and it was REALLY good!

Dromiceiomimus: Hell yeah! That's the nature of butter tarts, T-Rex!
T-Rex: No, no, you don't understand - it was EASILY 75% better than any other butter tart I'd ever had! It had raspberries and coconut in it, and somehow - SOMEHOW - this elevated the whole deal to an entirely new level of BLISS.

Utahraptor: You sound like you're angry about it.
T-Rex: I am angry about it!!

T-Rex: Utahraptor, every NORMAL butter tart I have from now on will NEVER BE AS GOOD. This one Fancy Tart ruined me for all others, giving one moment of sublime bliss in exchange for a lifetime of small disappointments to come. NOBODY HAS WON HERE - least of all me!

Off panel: Solution is obvious: gorge yourself on Fancy Tarts until you can't stand them anymore.
T-Rex: Of course! Once again, science says I must eat butter tarts till I puke!
T-Rex: *sigh*
T-Rex: AND ONCE AGAIN I SHALL

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 1d

If people want to buy a book from an AI-despising self-published eccentric and get it in time for Christmas, this is the link!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...

DISCOMFORT FOOD

A collection of Greg Stolze's recent science fiction, fantasy and horror. Contains love potions, cursed art and telepathic speed dating

www.kickstarter.com

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

doomscroll break

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