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Aram ➡️ PaxU

@aramvartian.com

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Co-producer of @killeverymonster.com, co-founder of @deadghostpro.com, editor of @unpreparedcasters.bsky.social, photographer. He/him 🎲 Join my games at startplaying.games/gm/vartian 🏳️‍🌈 Find my photography, appearances, socials, and shows at aram.gay

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · Oct 17

Hi, new people!

My name is Aram. I am a queer Armenian who has played TTRPGs for 40 years and produced gaming podcasts for the last decade.

I am the co-producer of @killeverymonster.bsky.social and the co-founder of @deadghost.bsky.social.

I also played a "malicious twink" on Unprepared Casters.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 15h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 1d

What news on the winds? 🐉

We are so proud to share that GODKILLER: Last Hope picked up the wins for Best Actual Play Video and the festival-wide LGBTQIA+ Diversity Award at the Sydney Web Fest! It means the world that our story of rage, love, and becoming resonates across the globe. Thank you SWF!

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 1d

I had to immedtalty call my brother after producing this one shot of "The Time We Have" for @unpreparedcasters.bsky.social. youtu.be/dgambqWrTEk?...

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 1d

I had to immedtalty call my brother after producing the @unpreparedcasters.bsky.social one.

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Balatro @balatro.bsky.social · 2d

Yamir, The Mammoth Fortress. It towers on the back of a giant Royal Mammoth filled with Primal and murderous fallen elves ready to swing down to any unlucky settlement in the path of their titanic living battlement.

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg

get this map by visiting: patreon.com/balatroart

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 3d

A portrait I took of Doug (Dorro) when we shared an apartment in DC.

A high-contrast, black and white studio portrait of a man's face. He has a mohawk hairstyle with shaved sides and a short beard. He is looking up and to the right, his face illuminated by a strong light from above that creates deep shadows and highlights the texture of his skin and his serious, contemplative expression.

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 3d

Quote with your pink art 🦄

An artistic, close-up photograph of a tower of Dungeons & Dragons-style dice. At the bottom is a large, translucent die glowing with a glittery pink and purple light. A smaller, metallic-black D20 is stacked in the middle. At the very top, another tiny die is captured with long-exposure light streaks, creating the effect of it falling onto the stack. The background is a solid, vibrant yellow.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 5d

I just noticed the spiders for eyes.

Men will literally do anything aside from getting therapy.

Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 5d

Aside from the pre-teen ideas of masculinity going on here, it is hideously over designed. The textures, the lettering, the two revolvers forming the teeth, the logo, the name and signature, the absurd Tommy Gun relief on the back.

It is all so painfully juvenile.

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 5d

Literally this.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Federal judge in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case finds that "there is a 'realistic likelihood of vindictiveness' that entitles Abrego to discovery" in response to his motion to dismiss the case for vindictive or selective prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

MEMORANDUM OPINION
By way of context, a federal prosecutor is the representative not of an ordinary party
to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as
compelling as its obligation to govern at all. The obligation to govern impartially
concerns, above all, the state’s exercise of coercive power—meaning its power to
deprive its subjects of life, liberty, or property . . . As a representative of the state,
a prosecutor’s exercise of coercive power must be impartial . . . [in] that
prosecutorial power may not be exercised vindictively—meaning that the
prosecutor may not punish a defendant for exercising a protected statutory or
constitutional right.
United States v. Zakhari, 85 F.4th 367, 384–85 (6th Cir. 2023) (Kethledge, J., concurring)
(citations and quotations omitted). This context frames review of Defendant Kilmar Armando
Abrego Garcia’s (“Abrego”) motion to dismiss his indictment for vindictive and selective
prosecution. (Doc. Nos. 104–05). The Government opposes the motion (Doc. No. 121), and
Abrego has replied (Doc. No. 127). Abrego’s motion is not ripe for decision because he seeks
discovery and an evidentiary hearing because there is some evidence of vindictiveness here. For
the reasons that follow, the Court holds that the totality of events creates a sufficient evidentiary
basis to conclude that there is a “realistic likelihood of vindictiveness” that entitles Abrego to
discovery and requires an evidentiary hearing before the Court decides his motion. United States
v. Andrews, 633 F.2d 449, 457 (6th Cir. 1980) (en banc), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 927 (1981).

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 5d

…I have no idea how they are going to wrap this all up in one more episode.

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 5d

“We’re all okay with killing the cops.”

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 5d

Gay and Buddhist. I love him.

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 5d

I have been hoping for our sassy pocket martial artist to switch sides all season.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d

Is Palpatine slaughtering the younglings in a smart way?

NPR @npr.org · 6d

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

n.pr

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 5d

I’m all of four minutes into the new Peacemaker and they’ve already knocked off at least a dozen Nazis.

Thank you, James Gunn. I needed this.

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 7d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 7d

Imagine if newspapers instead wrote something like, "According to police, the suspect tried to hit the officers with his car. In 35 out of 37 statements issued by this department over the past 5 years, police gave false initial statements, later contradicted by their own bodycam footage."

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 7d

I like when trains go zoom.

A long-exposure, horizontal shot of a dark steel train bridge over water at dusk. The water is calm and reflects the low light of the sky. A train is moving across the bridge, appearing as a blurred streak of white, orange, and green light. The sky is a dramatic mix of blue, purple, and orange from the setting sun, and the lights of the bridge and the train are reflected on the water's surface.

Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 7d

Ditto.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7d

That’s why I need to ask everyone in Illinois for a favor.

Contact your elected officials TODAY and tell them to stand with the people — not ICE — for a press conference demanding transparency + legality this Friday at 1930 Beach Street, 9AM.

Here’s a template: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Broadview Email + VM templates

URGE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO STAND AGAINST ICE ICE is terrorizing our community. From abducting immigrants and subjecting them to inhumane conditions to brutalizing protesters for exercising their ...

docs.google.com

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Aram ➡️ PaxU @aramvartian.com · 7d

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A man with a shaved head, goatee, and glasses stands indoors, looking toward the camera. He is wearing a brown leather jacket over a gray t-shirt with a pink triangle design inside of a geometric shape. He has one hand in his jeans pocket and holds a phone in the other. The background is a hallway with gray walls and framed pictures on the wall.

A man with a shaved head and goatee, wearing black eyeliner and bright blue lipstick, takes a selfie in a mirror. He holds a camera in his right hand and has his left hand over his chest. He is wearing a black shirt and a long black jacket with shiny metal buttons. His nails are painted black. The background is a room with white and blue walls.

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