poicy
@galahadiant.bsky.social
Archivist, part-time author and artist. Specialties include magic & religion, medieval science and medicine, and rare books generally. on here I mostly post art of my TTRPG ocs. He/him. Mid-20s.
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The bartender at our local brewery said her monthly premium is going from $450 to $1250. Per month. This is more than the increase those of us with employer insurance see when we grumble about premium increases and I need such folks to understand. It is literally unaffordable.
People are going to die because of the pending insurance premium hikes. I know the terrain of discourse is inconsistent and goes through a tumble cycle every 24 hours, but I really think we need to hone in on this reality and drive it home for people.
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The bartender at our local brewery said her monthly premium is going from $450 to $1250. Per month. This is more than the increase those of us with employer insurance see when we grumble about premium increases and I need such folks to understand. It is literally unaffordable.
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i do wish more people understood that what makes writing "poetic" has much less to do with the word choice and much more to do with the pacing and structure of sentences and paragraphs. the rhythm of the language is absolutely vital to the feel of the text.
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
i do wish more people understood that what makes writing "poetic" has much less to do with the word choice and much more to do with the pacing and structure of sentences and paragraphs. the rhythm of the language is absolutely vital to the feel of the text.
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Last time we went to St. John's, we wanted to watch Mickey 17, but there were no weekday matinees, and showings didn't start until 6pm. What's the point? We used to go to movies 2-3 times a week during summers, loved going to theatre during the day. We're not evening plans people.
- cheaper weeday matinee pricing
- fewer commercials before the film (it can get up to 20 minutes of preshow ads, it encourages arriving late)
- increased window between theatrical and streaming
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
- fewer commercials before the film (it can get up to 20 minutes of preshow ads, it encourages arriving late)
- increased window between theatrical and streaming
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
How Can Movie Theaters Fill More Seats Again? A Bain Report Shares Suggestions
"Audiences haven’t abandoned theaters; they need a more compelling reason to go," the consultancy highlights, sharing suggestions for how to bring fans back to the cinema in the post-COVID era.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Last time we went to St. John's, we wanted to watch Mickey 17, but there were no weekday matinees, and showings didn't start until 6pm. What's the point? We used to go to movies 2-3 times a week during summers, loved going to theatre during the day. We're not evening plans people.
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what you should do: repost art; write alt-text as much as you can; encourage others to do the same
what you shouldn't do: engage in harassment campaigns against people who don't write alt-text or repost art, either when they forget or ever. folks who use alt text never asked for this.
what you shouldn't do: engage in harassment campaigns against people who don't write alt-text or repost art, either when they forget or ever. folks who use alt text never asked for this.
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
what you should do: repost art; write alt-text as much as you can; encourage others to do the same
what you shouldn't do: engage in harassment campaigns against people who don't write alt-text or repost art, either when they forget or ever. folks who use alt text never asked for this.
what you shouldn't do: engage in harassment campaigns against people who don't write alt-text or repost art, either when they forget or ever. folks who use alt text never asked for this.
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huge news: persevered through the tassels
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
huge news: persevered through the tassels
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the see's hound.
custom character page commission.
custom character page commission.
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
the see's hound.
custom character page commission.
custom character page commission.
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I can't WAIT for this shit to hit streaming!
The game was phenomenal and the trailers look so atmospheric!
The game was phenomenal and the trailers look so atmospheric!
Markiplier's 'Iron Lung' film will officially release in theaters January 30
• Will be in 50-100 independent theaters
• Plan is to hit streaming sometime after
• Will be in 50-100 independent theaters
• Plan is to hit streaming sometime after
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I can't WAIT for this shit to hit streaming!
The game was phenomenal and the trailers look so atmospheric!
The game was phenomenal and the trailers look so atmospheric!
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underlying problem with a lot of pop culture and society generally is that people stopped believing that duty is a real thing
Man, remember when star trek knew it was a show about adults in the navy doing their duty as best they could see how, through a deep sense of devotion to cause and morality
🚨 BREAKING - New Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy Poster!
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
underlying problem with a lot of pop culture and society generally is that people stopped believing that duty is a real thing
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Also USPS didn't loss money because it doesn't make money because it's not a business and if never makes money to begin with.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Also USPS didn't loss money because it doesn't make money because it's not a business and if never makes money to begin with.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
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sometimes you have to start biting (feat. Octavius)
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
sometimes you have to start biting (feat. Octavius)
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ME: they shouldn't be able to say 'your order has shipped' when they've just created a label. That's not shipped.
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ME: they shouldn't be able to say 'your order has shipped' when they've just created a label. That's not shipped.
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
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My contribution to the
@peanutscollab.bsky.social 's #PeanutsReillustrated project!
75 artists - 75 Peanuts strips for the comics' 75th anniversary!
So happy to take part of this project 🌱
@peanutscollab.bsky.social 's #PeanutsReillustrated project!
75 artists - 75 Peanuts strips for the comics' 75th anniversary!
So happy to take part of this project 🌱
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My contribution to the
@peanutscollab.bsky.social 's #PeanutsReillustrated project!
75 artists - 75 Peanuts strips for the comics' 75th anniversary!
So happy to take part of this project 🌱
@peanutscollab.bsky.social 's #PeanutsReillustrated project!
75 artists - 75 Peanuts strips for the comics' 75th anniversary!
So happy to take part of this project 🌱
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it’s so blatant how obvious this setup grift is
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
it’s so blatant how obvious this setup grift is
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Character/armor design commish
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Character/armor design commish
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gattaca is mostly bad because of genetic surveillance state, but also no one can deliver on gattaca style surgically precise artificial selection of complex traits that Americans are obsessed with. such businesses exist because the public imagines gattaca, which makes it tantamount to fraud
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
gattaca is mostly bad because of genetic surveillance state, but also no one can deliver on gattaca style surgically precise artificial selection of complex traits that Americans are obsessed with. such businesses exist because the public imagines gattaca, which makes it tantamount to fraud
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Another commissioned ink artwork 🖤
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Another commissioned ink artwork 🖤
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// CW: guts, gore, medical, worms //
"An Exquisite Corpse"
[OC: Petrichor Artz - Curse Of Strahd & She Is The Ancient & Homebrew 5e] #NewtsOCs
"An Exquisite Corpse"
[OC: Petrichor Artz - Curse Of Strahd & She Is The Ancient & Homebrew 5e] #NewtsOCs
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
// CW: guts, gore, medical, worms //
"An Exquisite Corpse"
[OC: Petrichor Artz - Curse Of Strahd & She Is The Ancient & Homebrew 5e] #NewtsOCs
"An Exquisite Corpse"
[OC: Petrichor Artz - Curse Of Strahd & She Is The Ancient & Homebrew 5e] #NewtsOCs
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1️⃣ The one you really want to know about:
Democrats flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia.
More information... including a picture from the winner's victory party... below:
Democrats flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia.
More information... including a picture from the winner's victory party... below:
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
1️⃣ The one you really want to know about:
Democrats flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia.
More information... including a picture from the winner's victory party... below:
Democrats flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia.
More information... including a picture from the winner's victory party... below:
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My hottest take:
I do not think that fictional characters should have human rights. There is, in fact, no limit to what should be allowed to happen to them, on account of them being not real and imaginary.
I do not think that fictional characters should have human rights. There is, in fact, no limit to what should be allowed to happen to them, on account of them being not real and imaginary.
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My hottest take:
I do not think that fictional characters should have human rights. There is, in fact, no limit to what should be allowed to happen to them, on account of them being not real and imaginary.
I do not think that fictional characters should have human rights. There is, in fact, no limit to what should be allowed to happen to them, on account of them being not real and imaginary.
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what the fuck is in this game that it warrants some kind of weird unseen collusion to kill it and the studio making it.
Like forgive me for taking a conspiratorial tone here but this absolutely comes off as targeted. What the hell is going on here man.
Like forgive me for taking a conspiratorial tone here but this absolutely comes off as targeted. What the hell is going on here man.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
what the fuck is in this game that it warrants some kind of weird unseen collusion to kill it and the studio making it.
Like forgive me for taking a conspiratorial tone here but this absolutely comes off as targeted. What the hell is going on here man.
Like forgive me for taking a conspiratorial tone here but this absolutely comes off as targeted. What the hell is going on here man.
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This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.
www.wweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
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Passed by an ad for the McDonalds dollar menu that said every item was “under $4”
That’s some Children of Men dystopian worldbuilding right there. The only person who should walk by a sign that says the dollar menu is now the $4 menu is Clive Owen in a movie. Maybe he should have a robot arm too
That’s some Children of Men dystopian worldbuilding right there. The only person who should walk by a sign that says the dollar menu is now the $4 menu is Clive Owen in a movie. Maybe he should have a robot arm too
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Passed by an ad for the McDonalds dollar menu that said every item was “under $4”
That’s some Children of Men dystopian worldbuilding right there. The only person who should walk by a sign that says the dollar menu is now the $4 menu is Clive Owen in a movie. Maybe he should have a robot arm too
That’s some Children of Men dystopian worldbuilding right there. The only person who should walk by a sign that says the dollar menu is now the $4 menu is Clive Owen in a movie. Maybe he should have a robot arm too
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Nessa’s our smith, and the first person you meet.
Her hammer is old, made of the same materials that our fallen civilisation, the Sophoi, used.
Her anvil is mounted on a root, suggesting there’s more at play here than mundane smithing — a sense that her work is somehow rooted to the earth.
Her hammer is old, made of the same materials that our fallen civilisation, the Sophoi, used.
Her anvil is mounted on a root, suggesting there’s more at play here than mundane smithing — a sense that her work is somehow rooted to the earth.
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Nessa’s our smith, and the first person you meet.
Her hammer is old, made of the same materials that our fallen civilisation, the Sophoi, used.
Her anvil is mounted on a root, suggesting there’s more at play here than mundane smithing — a sense that her work is somehow rooted to the earth.
Her hammer is old, made of the same materials that our fallen civilisation, the Sophoi, used.
Her anvil is mounted on a root, suggesting there’s more at play here than mundane smithing — a sense that her work is somehow rooted to the earth.