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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 3h

Hear that? That is the sound of Chuck Schumer sharpening up his favorite sternly-worded-letter-writing quill. JUST YOU WAIT until the ink dries

Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 3h

Man, too bad they don't have any contacts who might be able to provide bespoke computer-generated video

(Also thank you for my new go-to epithet.

”Frozen veggies? That is some shit from an ass”)

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🎃Cabin in the Woodsey🎃 @norahwoodsey.com · Nov 18

An elf owl, (i think), a small brown and grey owl with large golden eyes. The image is a compliation of photos showing the owl making 15 different facial expressions. A1 is pure shock. A2 is disgust. A3 is consideration. A4 is suspicion. A5 is speculative wonder. B1 is murderous rage. B2 is a hateful staredown. B3 is constipation. B4 is post-constipation relief. B5 is checking your liquid eyeliner. C1 is checking your false lashes. C2 is murderous rage again. C3 is a passport photo. C4 is looking at you like you are short. C5 is contempt.

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 5h

I really like your ruminations on bigger topics in your reviews.

Hey, you should ruminate on rumination! Sounds like many heirloom apples have skins that require…special attention

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 6h

so presidential

AP photos show Rubio's urgent note to Trump before announcement of Mideast peace deal

Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed President Donald Trump a note during a White House event, hinting a Mideast peace deal was close.

apnews.com

Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 6h

Man, Apple tv is just killing it with their sf stuff.

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 1d

“You Fuckers Couldn't Make This Guy the VP Because Women are Emotional or Whatever Shitty Excuse You Pounced On and I Will Never Forgive You (Reprise)”

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 5d

I…
stay out…
too late…

[BWOMMMMMM]

got nothing…
in my brain…

[child giggling, BWOMMMMMM]

ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ @soberthots.bsky.social · 6d

question for the timeline

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 1d

Sir, it’s JR in Requisitions, so sorry to bother you but I’m being told the pancake mix is dangerously low and the in-house Starbucks is out of soy milk, please advise

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 1d

How about the Moviefone guy?

“If you know the name
of the Woke RINO you’d like to prosecute…
PRESS ONE NOW”

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 1d

BREAKING: Techbro Fails to Understand Humans, Corporations

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 1d

Absolutely! Reconnected with old friends, colleagues, classmates, neighbors…landed a gig or two…contributed to this dude’s dopamine levels…

Honestly, it’s genuinely not all bad. (But you gotta curate your feeds ruthlessly.)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 1d

Oh I am ABOUT TO BE

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

As an artist, I realize that I am a pioneer species in disturbed areas and any cool artiness I may bring is an eventual factor in gentrification. I try to prevent this by being as uncool as possible in public.

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 1d

I think there’s different types of interruptions. There’s “so excited to contribute I can’t wait” like you describe, and there’s “sorry, this is urgent” but there‘s also “I don’t consider you talking to be worth my notice and so will just talk over you because I am the center of the universe“

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 2d

Still makes me giggle

A section of a Bubsy 3D review in the February 1997 issue of P.S.X. Magazine. The reviewer is Joe (i.e., me. Hi!) and the score is an…oddly specific…39.

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 3d

Baby, dig that lemon scent

Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 3d

Motion proposed and seconded, @kohler.bsky.social, now you have to do it, I don't make the rules

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 3d

A while ago, someone posted about a data leak there and I remembered I still had an account. So I visited the site to delete it and *I was still logged in*—at LEAST six months since my last visit. There was palpable horror from the infosec person I reported this to

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Scare-athen @jarathen.bsky.social · 3d

Finally, all of my eggs in one easy-to-carry basket.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 3d

Oh hey, that‘s the site whose owner taught me that Twitter’s anti-harassment tools were kind of good! …Because he accused me of being a racist to his 400k Twitter followers after I asked if they’d updated their TOS so that they didn’t target LGBT+ users (and, weirdly, romance writers)

Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 4d

There's always Spoutible.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 3d

Look at this beautiful book, chock full of dinos and cavemen and droids!

You can get your copy just five weeks from tomorrow!!!

Two stacks of hardcover copies of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER sit on a wooden table. One copy stand straight up between them, showing off the cover with bright green lettering and a dinosaur skeleton.

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 3d

Come chat with @romanmars.bsky.social and Ben Brock Johnson about video games and our upcoming series Hidden Levels!

9:00am PT in the 99PI Discord 👉 discord.gg/99pi

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 4d

Reposting because Pizzamas only lasts two weeks…

DFTBA asked me to write another D&D game for them! It’s stuffed with jokes for Nerdfighters, but you don’t need to be a superfan of Hank and John Green to enjoy it.

$12 bucks to charity and you get the loveliest thing I’ve ever written.

Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 10d

Good morning! It's Pizzamas, and that means I can finally tell people about THIS:
pizzamas.com/collections/...

I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!

It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!

Pizzamas One Shot - Part II

Did you absolutely love the first adventure? Well we’ve got a new one cooked up for you! Now with some new pre-gen characters and packed with a whole lot of excitement! Are you a DM? If you purchase t...

pizzamas.com

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Joe Rybicki @joerybicki.com · 5d

However: