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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah. Boiling it down to 8 artists is hard. Like, I missed Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac. Last night I was listening to Talking Heads followed by Killswitch Engage. I think my wife would describe my music taste has very heavy, but often confused.

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 6h

Or the basement of a Wacky Warehouse. The noise in there is insane. They should run CIA blacksites out of those places, I woud give up secrets they weren't even asking for.

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 17h

Robert Eggers Freaky Friday

Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 17h

Gaspar Noe's Mean Girls

OG_McDuck @ogmcduck.bsky.social · 17h

David Cronenberg's Downton Abbey

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 20h

We did four years of Age of Rebellion. We still talk about going back to it, but a player left and the one who replaced him isn't in to Star Wars.

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 20h

We looked at playing S&V, and realised we liked the FFG Star Wars much better. S&V feels like Firefly rather than Star Wars and it just didn't do what we were looking for it to do.

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 22h

Funny how all of these buildings become extra flamable when redevelopment is blocked. A complete mystery.

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 22h

Post you from a different era.

This must be 2000 ish? You can see in the background that the Manchester Arndale hasn't been completely redeveloped and the old bus station is still there.

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 1d

I listen to a mix of everything though. I currently have 90's R&B on, and before that I was listening to Gothic Americana, and last night I had some Jazz on. It's all mood dependent, but if anyone asked me to name my favourite bands/artists, that would be the list(ish)

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 1d

Define your music taste in 8 artists:

This is a hard one.

1. Metallica
2. Parl Jam
3. NIN
4. Kalandra
5. Thomas Newman
6. Ithaca
7. Leprous
8. Tool

Unruly Arcana @unrulyarcana.bsky.social · 1d

Define your music taste in 8 artists:

Impossible... But I'll give it a shot, lol.

1. Sublime
2. Tom Petty
3. Godsmack
4. Jesse Wells
5. James Taylor
6. Chris Stapleton
7. The Goo Goo Dolls
8. Cross Canadian Ragweed

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 2d

All in character, no GM intervention or talking. Some people didn't say anything in character but explained their demeanour. It ended up with the pro-demon PC leaving the hideout and us having a very serious discussion about how this might end up going PVP, which the PC's player was very open to.

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 2d

In a game of BitD, we had an in character round table about the use of a demon in an upcoming battle. One of the players wanted us to desperately use her as he was enthralled by her, and the rest of us were dead against it. It got VERY tense. This music was playing.
open.spotify.com/track/7p0ju9...

A Blind Eye

open.spotify.com

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Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2d

Debenhams is selling idols of Pazuzu, in case you were wondering what stage of late capitalism we’re in…

Pazuzu idol pendant for sale at Debenhams

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lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 3d

You don't really have to search very hard for historical parallels here do you

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 3d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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John Power Jr. @johnpower.bsky.social · 3d

When I think about the incoming AI powered asteroid about to hit the world’s economy I often think about graphs like this that show how the last time the US wrecked everything they ended up becoming richer than everyone else

Which I suspect isn’t exactly an incentive to responsible fiscal behaviour

A graph of GDP showing how after the 2008 financial crisis, caused by America, it was the US that bounced back faster and did better than everyone else

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 4d

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 4d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Lee Harveryscary @valleyguitarist.bsky.social · 3d

People say snake oil salesperson derogatorily but it's actually a really difficult job, because so few people have snakes that require lubricaction

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 4d

you know what fair

Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 4d

Breakfast Club style Marvel Multiverse X-Men game that's street level, and PC's are the kids who are always in detention. Street level villains are riding high because Heroes are chasing the big threats all the time, so you're kind of being mentored by Spider-Man to the gap

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Diem (but spooky) @diemtf.bsky.social · 4d

The PSP is a martyr for this but please also check any old handhelds, digital cameras, and mobile phones you have.

Viva Slithereverie 🐍🌸 @vivareverie.bsky.social · 4d

A PSA: If you own a PSP, check on its battery! Mine was dangerously swollen and I wouldn't've noticed if it weren't for the fact that it was SO swollen it forced the battery cover off on its own. Crisis Averted!

Swollen PSP battery from the side, the bottom is notably not flat against the table

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 4d

Me, every morning

Seven of Nine looking disgusted at your timeline

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 5d

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 5d

Thursday morning greetings from Eli our rescue donkey

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Skree Ghoulsen 🔜 LBX 105✨ @breebird33.bsky.social · 6d

then perish 😀

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 6d

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Obi-Tom Kenobi @popeoldham.bsky.social · 7d

Pendragon and Mythic Bastionland are doing the heavy lifting in the arthurian sphere, and I'm not sure a YZE game bouncing similar themes around is really something needed or wanted.