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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · 2d

!!!!!!!!!

Thogli Studios @thoglistudios.com · 2d

We're really excited to properly reveal our game very soon. At the moment, the leg markings are still loading 😇

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16d

Don't you dare put that baby in pelican mouth.

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · 27d

No you should DEFINITELY ask Chris about gunpla

Hidden Door @hiddendoor.co · 28d

Continuing our posts on media we love is Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX. (Yes, that's the spelling.)

Chris (design) calls it "a thoughtful Gundam 'remix' - the mythology can be daunting but the gunpla is cool."

(Ask Chris about gunpla! Actually... maybe you don't wanna do that.)

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Sep 8

Wait do I get to do a whole OTHER side quest with the cult people as Majima???

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Sep 8

For real though I just did back to back training dates at karaoke and disco...and I thought *Kiryu* looked adorable in full dancing getup. Majima is even better

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Hidden Door @hiddendoor.co · Sep 7

Also on a purely fun level, it's beautifully campy and Kiryu is a sweet himbo with a heart of gold who is also very good at punching things to solve problems. Highly recommend.

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Sep 8

It's me, I'm obsessed, thank you @dominic.cool and now @nickcummings.com

Hidden Door @hiddendoor.co · Sep 7

We're starting a new semi-regular series of posts about media (books, movies, games, etc etc) our team has loved recently.

First up is Yakuza 0, which Brianna (engineering) started recently as a newcomer to the franchise. Now she can't stop sending Kiryu reaction gifs.

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Sep 7

Bodies, how do they work 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Sep 7

Ah, the ol' 3am histamine dump. I used to take one of my cromolyn doses then because at least I wouldn't have to worry about med/food timing 🙃

I hope the night social media is gentle to you today

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · Aug 30

F361.12
Fairies take revenge
on mortals
who destroy their homes.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Aug 29

We are maybe a year away from getting named-dropped in a new streaming series on a platform you've never heard of before.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Aug 29

That's branding, baby.

ovaryactive.bsky.social @ovaryactive.bsky.social · Aug 29

I asked my partner what brand power washer we have and he said "oh no is it recall Thursday?"

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Aug 28

#RECALL: About 764K RYOBI Electric Pressure Washers recalled due to projectile hazard; risk of serious injury. The pressure washers’ capacitor can overheat and burst. Get a repair. CONTACT: 800-597 9624 or www.ryobitools.com/recall

More from CPSC: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 29

I would give a *lot* to have had these scripts, and this mental model for engaging with the medical system, several years ago.

Eventually I arrived in a similar place, but that journey was...rough.

Dr. Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · Aug 28

I made a couple example scripts to help my friends who were also facing challenging dismissal from doctors, not vax specific but may be useful as more people have to experience being denied reasonable healthcare for political reasons now.

www.drcathicks.com/post/talking...

Talking to doctors about evidence and post covid symptoms

For the last six months I've been attempting to get healthcare for post covid symptoms. It will likely come as no surprise that this has been difficult. After covid, a very large percentage of people ...

www.drcathicks.com

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Nathan Savant @baldsavant.bsky.social · Aug 29

Is it too late to change my answer?

Old installation screen asking "are you sure?" About installing the internet. It includes three options: take me to the internet, tell me more about the internet, and I'm not ready for the internet.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Aug 29

tyrannosaurus rex being granted a vision of its descendent, the bee hummingbird, which weighs roughly 2.6 grams on average:

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · Aug 27

Minnesota is heartbroken.

From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together.

Hug your kids close.

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 27

It could be so much more humane! For everyone!

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 27

Today was a good item day on anisota.net. Jasmine flowers, graveyard dirt, and parsley. 🌌

anisota for Bluesky & ATProto

a new, experimental way to use social media

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 26

do not want! 😭

Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 26

aaaaaargh

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 26

excuse me what is arc being ripped away??

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 25

It's a good thread!

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Aug 23

Okay, here's my hot writing take of the week:

I think the narrative of "A writer writes because they must" has done a lot of psychological damage to a lot of writers.

Let me tell you, in a truly supportive way: You don't have to be a writer.
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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Aug 23

And ometimes the words come, but you hate them. Or you like them but hate that no one wants the stories you want to write. Or you're just burned out. And if that's true, I'm telling you, stop trying to force it. Take a break! Give yourself the freedom to not feel shame for walking away.

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 25

I put down writing stories for a solid decade after a yearlong intensive burned all joy I had for it to a crisp. It was fine! I've picked it back up again recently and that's nice too, but who knows how unpleasant it would've been if I'd been beating myself up about it the whole time.

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Aug 23

Someone telling me that if writing was a source of pain and frustration and nothing else, I didn't have to do it anymore was incredibly freeing. We make writing into this pseudo-spiritual thing. I can already hear the replies of "not ME! I MUST!" being typed.

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Aug 25

listen you don't get a ton of storytelling practice when you're busy forging swords and horseshoes and whatnot all day! too much clanging

🧝‍♀️ Roguelike Bot 🧌 @roguelikebot.bsky.social · Aug 25

You meet a apologetic human blacksmith in the living quarters. They recite a tale of a hopeless human adventurer who fights with a glaive. The storytelling is pathetic.

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