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Robert Denton III

@ohnospooky.bsky.social

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Writer of speculative fiction, pulp, and tabletop RPGs. Graphic Designer. Obscure Prince reference. I wrote a LOT of L5R fiction. A lot. Too much? -> My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17038714.Robert_Denton_III

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · Dec 2

With so many new folks showing up, I should probably re-introduce myself.
I'm Robert Denton III, I write speculative fiction and roleplaying games. I worked on Legend of the Five Rings (and still do) - 80ish short stories and 2 novellas. I wrote Tiny Taverns, a slice-of-life #RPG. Hello!
#authors

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 10h

As a teen in the late 90s, and at college in the 2000s, I often heard conservatives say that "A benevolent dictatorship is better than a democracy." And I mean word-for-word, many times, different people.
Was that just a local phenomenon? Because it's why I'm not surprised by the "plenary" thing.

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 1d

And just like that, "Plenary" is in the running for every dictionary's Word of the Year.

Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 5d

Naw. I’m a millennial, and this is the most boomer-coded shit I’ve heard in weeks.

Fortune @fortune.com · 5d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 5d

There’s definitely a certain kind of user that sees a conversation between folks who are discussing my real world consequences of policy and scared for their livelihoods, and their first instinct is to denigrate them and go off on some absolute bus-rant.

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 5d

Thinking today of the kid who interrupted a tariff conversation in the L5R discord back in February to say that soon groceries and housing would be cheaper, healthcare costs would drop, we'd no longer be ruled by a "dictator" and a "cackling hyena," and we were dummies for suggesting otherwise.

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 6d

Just one more time before I die, I want my country’s elected governing body to be absent of anyone who has ever received the Stone Cold Stunner.

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 7d

If only there was something anyone could have done

Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe my most sincere yet nonetheless bonkers belief about MMOs is that if Wildstar had been a tabletop RPG setting for D&D, PBTA, Pathfinder, or really any other system instead of a video game, it would still be around today.
How crazy am I? #ttrpg #mmo

Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 8d

When they restart the government, they're going to get a blinky question mark on the screen.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10d

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.

2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.

3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 10d

starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 10d

You’re not really old until you’re taking accidental screenshots with your phone.

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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 13d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 13d

However much time you think you have, you have less than that.
Tell them you love them. Don't wait until tomorrow or assume they already know. It is better to look a little foolish than to spend the rest of your life wondering if they really knew.

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 21d

Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves.

Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 21d

Who is more cringe: the cringe-lord who makes the meme, or the cringe-lord who believes it?

Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · 28d

Another irony in what happened in Utah (other than the obvious) is that if one really wants to really defy him and what he stood for, and go against his publicly-stated wishes, then one should feel bad for him and have empathy for his family. That would really show them.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29d

"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023

www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · Sep 6

Once the oil container gets this empty, it masters the Way of Water and becomes impervious to twisting damage. You will never remove that cap, it laughs at you. You thought you were strong, did you? #cooking

Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · Sep 6

If only there was something anyone could have done

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 4

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · Aug 29

Besides each member of the Scooby gang being parodies of different 1950s-1960s subcultures, they were also inspired by main characters from "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," a 1959 CBS sitcom that itself was an adaptation of the teenage romance Dobie Gillis short story series by Max Shulman.

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · Aug 29

Do you think when Max Shulman wrote the Dobie Gillis short stories in the 1940s, he had the slightest inkling that it would ultimately result in the creation of a specific "mystery team" archetype and one of the most globally-famous cartoon franchises ever created? #animation #scooby-do

An old book from the 1940s, with the author name at the top reading: "Max Shulman." The title is: "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis." There is a cartoon depiction of a young man wearing a bow tie standing on the title.

The five members of the Scooby-Do Mystery Team, as depicted in the 2010 TV show "Scooby-Do: Mystery Incorporated." From left to right - Velma Dinkly, Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones, Scooby, and Daphne Blake. The team is posing behind Fred, who is at a computer.

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Robert Denton III @ohnospooky.bsky.social · Aug 23

I figured at some point they’d get rid of the barrel, but I never dreamed they’d get rid of the cracker!

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Heather Jinmaku (Voice Actor) @jinmakuvoice.bsky.social · Aug 20

Ep 5 is here! Voicing gravelly, grumpy, well weathered old samurai Shinjo Katsu was tremendous fun, & this story of honor & redemption by @evandicken.bsky.social was so moving! Find more Unicorn lore in Children of the Five Winds from Edge Studio. @aconytebooks.bsky.social #legendofthefiverings

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