JWMangrum
@jwmangrum.bsky.social
Just a random guy on the internet. Ravenloft & Star Munchkin RPG writer, Replica Ship Half Moon chronicler in former lives. Mostly just listening these days. That actually is me in the hazmat avatar.
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JWMangrum
@jwmangrum.bsky.social
· Jul 17
Holy heck, whole lotta Bacchae fans on here
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
#PredatorBadlands is an absolute hoot and, no shocker, Ellie Fanning is an absolute *delight* in it.
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
#PredatorBadlands is an absolute hoot and, no shocker, Ellie Fanning is an absolute *delight* in it.
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since Helen Andrews is in the news again, how about everybody enjoy the best TV cspan ever did, where she gets relentlessly demolished as a truly awful person by her *libertarian* ex-boyfriend
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer on C-SPAN2 BookTV
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
😬
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
I only got one chance to attend the Halloween parade in NYC. I was immediately swept away from my group by the crowds and, since I did not yet have a cell phone, had no way to reach them. Spent the whole evening clinging to a street light like a life preserver.
It was awesome.
It was awesome.
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I only got one chance to attend the Halloween parade in NYC. I was immediately swept away from my group by the crowds and, since I did not yet have a cell phone, had no way to reach them. Spent the whole evening clinging to a street light like a life preserver.
It was awesome.
It was awesome.
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Board game giant Asmodee has continued its push into crowdfunding by picking up Cthulhu: Death May Die from financially-troubled CMON – a series which has raised almost $10m from backers to date
This + all the latest industry news in today's BoardGameWire newsletter!
buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
This + all the latest industry news in today's BoardGameWire newsletter!
buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
October 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Board game giant Asmodee has continued its push into crowdfunding by picking up Cthulhu: Death May Die from financially-troubled CMON – a series which has raised almost $10m from backers to date
This + all the latest industry news in today's BoardGameWire newsletter!
buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
This + all the latest industry news in today's BoardGameWire newsletter!
buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
Sun‘s still up the barn can‘t hurt me
Sun’s still up the barn can’t hurt me
Sun’s still up the barn can’t hurt me
October 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Sun‘s still up the barn can‘t hurt me
Sun’s still up the barn can’t hurt me
Sun’s still up the barn can’t hurt me
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🧵The Trump regime knows that they are destroying the economy. They will never admit this in public, but they do in private.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent was photographed reading a text from AgSec Brooke Rollins saying that Trump's tariffs made China shift soybean purchases to Argentina.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent was photographed reading a text from AgSec Brooke Rollins saying that Trump's tariffs made China shift soybean purchases to Argentina.
September 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🧵The Trump regime knows that they are destroying the economy. They will never admit this in public, but they do in private.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent was photographed reading a text from AgSec Brooke Rollins saying that Trump's tariffs made China shift soybean purchases to Argentina.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent was photographed reading a text from AgSec Brooke Rollins saying that Trump's tariffs made China shift soybean purchases to Argentina.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Hello Friends. I am ecstatic to announce that I have reacquired the entire Spontaneanation catalogue and effective immediately you can find every episode wherever you get your podcasts.
Don’t get drunk and fight each other.
Don’t get drunk and fight each other.
September 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hello Friends. I am ecstatic to announce that I have reacquired the entire Spontaneanation catalogue and effective immediately you can find every episode wherever you get your podcasts.
Don’t get drunk and fight each other.
Don’t get drunk and fight each other.
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IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
Nexstar’s takeover of Tegna would require an overhaul of FCC ownership rules - Poynter
The proposed sale would exceed the FCC’s 39% cap, igniting debate among broadcasters, unions and press groups
www.poynter.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened
The flags were lowered last night around the base by order of President Trump after the killing of Charlie Kirk and will stay at half-staff on this U.S. outpost in southeast Cuba until sunset on Sunday.
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened
TFW when you search your own name just to amuse yourself and discover you have five titles on the list.
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
TFW when you search your own name just to amuse yourself and discover you have five titles on the list.
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Cyclist Friend Explains Necessity Of $35 Socks
Cyclist Friend Explains Necessity Of $35 Socks
MONESSEN, PA—Recreational cyclist Ethan Coseglia, 38, thoroughly explained the benefits of wearing $35 bike-riding socks to his friend Kevin Washburn Friday, saying that his specially designed socks a...
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September 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cyclist Friend Explains Necessity Of $35 Socks
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Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
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Italian photographer Ray Giubilo with a one-in-a-million shot of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open
August 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Italian photographer Ray Giubilo with a one-in-a-million shot of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open
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To Donald Trump and his administration:
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
August 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
To Donald Trump and his administration:
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
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It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!
August 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!
Name a film that cheers you up.
August 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Name a film that cheers you up.
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i'm the guy who invented the spike traps that pop out of temple walls. i hate my job. every day my boss says "why haven't we killed any archeologists" and i say "they haven't invented that yet." they pay me in tomb juice. i hate tomb juice. honestly i might just start working on my big boulder idea
August 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
i'm the guy who invented the spike traps that pop out of temple walls. i hate my job. every day my boss says "why haven't we killed any archeologists" and i say "they haven't invented that yet." they pay me in tomb juice. i hate tomb juice. honestly i might just start working on my big boulder idea
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The more things I've made, the less I've been interested in publicly criticizing the things that other people make, because once you make a few things you start to understand what a miracle it is that anything gets made at all
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The more things I've made, the less I've been interested in publicly criticizing the things that other people make, because once you make a few things you start to understand what a miracle it is that anything gets made at all
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The full write up is here:
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
August 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The full write up is here:
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...