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M(orte) Sipher

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Done official TF work & game books. Nose-deep in Lego. Queer & irked. He/him. TFWIKI toy pics/videoman www.youtube.com/@MSipher www.patreon.com/gregstfwikipics Alt 18+ art acct @feline-blue.bsky.social Sunny Jim on @isleofrangoon.bsky.social

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M(orte) Sipher @msipher.bsky.social · Oct 17

Oh hi new people. I've done stuff concerning plastic robots you might like. One thing I keep doing is toy photos for @tfwiki.net, including many rare and weird and cool things from across 40 years of the line.

I have a Patreon if you'd like to make me do EVEN MORE
patreon.com/gregstfwikipics

"Bump of Chicken" Bumblebee, a light-blue redeco of "Titans Return" Bumblebee that was part of a collaboration between Takara, the band Bump of Chicken, and Studio Trigger (all three of whom recently re-collabed on that big 40th anniversary music video)

Esporte, a Brazilian exclusive Transformer from 1985, a red sports car that rolls and transforms via wired remote control. This mold was released in the US by Village Toys under the "Convert-A-Bots" line.

Takara's Metals Rattrap, a white-and-orange version exclusive to a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle

Nezha, from the seemingly-short-lived China-exclusive "Nezha: Transformers" toyline, a crossover between TF and the popular "Nezha" cartoon that was a big announcement in like 2017 then nothing happened for YEARS and then August 2024 they announced the show was finally airing at some point? It's weird.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

*after scoring on ourselves repeatedly* Well we obviously can't count on our fair-weather so-called fans to cheer for anything. The only way out of this hole is to find some new ways to score on ourselves; we need those opposing fans even more than before.

oh I suppose YOU have a better idea

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

this really is all just about resentment over obama being given the prize

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

BARTIROMO: On your point about the Nobel Peace Prize, do you think maybe the reason Trump won't get it is because you had to get the application in before Jan. 31, and that was only 11 days into his term?

SCALISE: Look, they can play technicalities. They gave it to Obama for just getting elected.

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M(orte) Sipher @msipher.bsky.social · 46m

Lotta mediocre people peaked then (or in high school) and fell into cushy yet emotionally unsatisfying jobs and then became OBSESSED with chasing that "high" again

Laurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 1h

It is frankly strange to be this obsessed with college if you no longer attend one and do not work in education. More people in legacy media need to be told that.

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 3h

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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Allison Pregler 📼🎃🇨🇦 @allisonpregler.bsky.social · 1h

Craig and April start a romance, but Dr. Shark has returned to put a stop to it. The Baywatching on No Way Out is now public, please share!
youtu.be/98Nq34ktWCU

My thumbnail for Baywatching: No Way Out. Craig and April smile at each other. Dr. Shark (a shark in a doctor's coat) sits sinisterly between them.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1h

guy with fake job tells people to do something impossible

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2h

Memo: Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse, tells his team to use AI to "go 5X faster" and expects 80% of them to integrate AI into their day-to-day by Q4 (Jason Koebler/Wired)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1h

nobel peace prize goes to Trump’s little extrajudical murder supporting friend

What a pack of fucking loser weirdos that panel is

Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 1h

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Crash Thompson @crashthompsonxo.bsky.social · 1h

Considering these guys gave one to HENRY GODDAMN KISSINGER that's saying something.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 2h

Reporter: Why didn’t Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Nobel committee chair: We only give the award to people of courage and integrity.

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 1h

Literally everyone knew it would happen, but I didn't think it'd be that soon or that catastrophoc

404 Media @404media.co · 22h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 52m

yeah that song was EVERYWHERE, it was a megahit, Trent Reznor was like "That song belongs to Johnny Cash now, it's his"

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1h

Johnny Cash released his cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" in 2002, shortly before he died - it was an enormous hit, it's hilarious that some guy writing for the Wall Street Journal is just now realizing he was cool

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Sera @serageranium.bsky.social · 11h

There's nothing wrong with Hooters per se, but only a deeply sexually repressed society would be capable of producing Hooters. It's wild that it existed alongside Applebee's and Chilli's. Yeah man let's go to the psychosexual chicken wing place.

"I want to watch sports and eat chicken wings but I also want to constantly be aware that every waitress in this restaurant was hired for her fat tits. No I want them to be clothed the whole time. I just wanna know that like, in the background."

Any upstanding pervert could come up with a strip club. That's good honest fun. But even a normal pervert couldn't come up Hooters. You gotta be a pervert who doesn't even know you're a pervert.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 11h

America First, baby.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 10h

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Rumic World @furinkan.com · 11h

A very happy birthday to Rumiko Takahashi! Born on October 10, 1957 in Niigata, she is entering into her 47th year as a mangaka! Happy birthday, sensei!

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Transformers Wiki @tfwiki.net · 12d

KIKMEE: This doesn't make sense! I am a natural at every game I play! What is this feeling?! This feeling of not instantly being the best at something?!

BONZ-EYE: ...Humility?

CLOGSTOPPER: The lingering sense you've already peaked and it's all downhill?

tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Los... #WeekendTFQuote

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 16h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not sure any talk show host had as much fun doing his own thing in the dead of night on network television as Craig Ferguson…

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NoxyMeArt @noxyme.bsky.social · Feb 17

Couldn’t say it better myself.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 11h

We are in the most embarrassing timeline

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

“The Nobel Committee is an independent body and the Norwegian government has no involvement in determining the prizes. But I’m not sure Trump knows that. We have to be prepared for anything from him.”

That they have to say this...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Moss @mossfox.bsky.social · Feb 25

So the cat distribution system blessed us with 6 cats last year. And while we love all our babies, 6 cats is just too many.
All our kitties are fixed and have their rabies vaccination. We are not asking for $$ though any donation from potential adopters is welcome.
Cats below:

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

i’ll just say that TRON: LEGACY is a thoroughly mediocre film and an incredible audio/visual experience for when you’re in the right…state of mind. (see also: JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE SNYDER CUT)

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11h

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 12h

"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."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 13h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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M(orte) Sipher @msipher.bsky.social · 11h

Well, the back half is distressingly right at least.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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nik @t16skyhopp.bsky.social · 11h

Be careful with this little guy. Tiny thin hinges exploded as I was trying to transform the chest.

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