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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 6h

Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe put a second color in the mix, though?

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 2d

He isn’t kidding when he calls this the greatest comic ever made. Right in the overlap of My Favorite Comics and My Kid’s Favorite Comics.

Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 2d

Reminding you that the single greatest comic ever made (according to 100% of my moms) has a fifth collection out, and securing a copy for yourself and your loved ones assures you a +1 to your "whimsy."
www.amazon.com/Bandette-5-W...

Bandette Volume 5: The Wedding of B.D. Belgique

Amazon.com: Bandette Volume 5: The Wedding of B.D. Belgique: 9781506746975: Tobin, Paul, Coover, Colleen: Books

www.amazon.com

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 4d

Meme of Hawkeye Pierce holding a martini and looking tipsy.

Top text: “Don’t get me drankry…”

Bottom text: “You wouldn’t like me when I’m drankry.”

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 8d

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds started 60 years ago today! @gerryanderson.bsky.social

A British show that fired my imagination as a child (but 20 years later). A childhood that stays with me thanks to the Thunderbird 2 replica in my office. 😌

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 8d

Hey it's #SteamSale! You can get
🔥 IMMORTALITY for $9.99
👁️ TELLING LIES for $4.99
☕ HER STORY for $4.99
& wishlist Project C and Project D whilst you are there...
It's a good time to play good games in the present and wish for good games in the future! ✨
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...

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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 9d

You should read a small, self-published game today, and I'll tell you why.

There's two kinds of creators. There's ones whose poems, games, novels, comics, artwork recapitulate the same narratives of mass media films and publishing and billionaire-owned news outlets, because the...

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Feb 29

Absolutely nobody asked for this but I reformatted my animal yeetability thread into printable poster & zine files.

Introducing, the "Pocket Guide to Responsible & Sustainable Animal YEETING" featuring a revamped rating system. Download links below.

Poster showing various animals and their yeetability rating. For full rating, see the link in the reply. Intro text reads:

POCKET GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE & SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL YEETING
by franzanth

In this context, YEETING is defined as the act of throwing a “projectile” at a slightly upward angle with low initial velocity. The goal here is relocation, not destruction. Therefore, YEETING is ideally performed toward soft surfaces like leaves to minimize downward acceleration that might result in said projectile's discomfort.

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 12d

This only happens to you once

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 13d

Such a wild story. I own a page of Nanuck's original art from that issue (and a page from the next issue, where Space Cabby hits a home run.)

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Satorl @satogamedev.itch.io · 14d

had the urge to do this since the moment i saw this post!
#pixelart

mockup of a point and click gameabout columbo, he is talking to a dog, he says "Youre a real friendly boy, arent you? oh, youre a girl"
on the bottom half you can see columbos inventory, he has an egg in his pocket

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 15d

Lester Smith, veteran game designer and a pal of mine, has brought fantasy classic The King Of Elfland's Daughter to four different systems for your gaming pleasure in this bundle. Grab it!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

King of Elfland's Daughter 4-pack [BUNDLE] - Lester Smith Games | D6xD6 RPG | Bookmark No HP RPG | d4ce rpg | DriveThruRPG

This special bundle contains the following titles:Bookmark No HP RPGRegular price: $2.99Bundle price: $2.15Format: PDF Need a break from running complex RPGs? BNHP is a flexible, low-pr...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 17d

Look, I know he's running all over the place and causing chaos, but could we at least do him the respect of using his full name, William Nilliam?

Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 18d

We’re on a road to nowhere?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18d

We just drove by an accident where every air bag went off including on the sides and the back and side of the car were basically obliterated and it looks like everyone walked away

Seatbelts and airbags, incredible technology.

Regulation works.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 19d

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 19d

COVID Monday, Shingles Pt 2 today, Flu scheduled in two weeks.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 20d

also a lot of the stuff everybody's complaining about in mainstream tv and movies (myself included) is solved by going to other mediums (comics, novels, etc) because no executive management team cares enough about what we're doing to bother meddling with it lol

wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · 20d

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, I'm mulling over mechanical analogies, and 'ratchet' is as close as I've come to a generally familiar term...but that doesn't fit what you're trying to map to, energy stored and waiting to be released.

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 20d

Something related to a windlass, perhaps? Or maybe the hook lock used to keep the weights in a grandfather clock from moving?

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 22d

I still have one of the "Anti-Seth" buttons that were being passed around at GenCon one year, back in the Way Back.

Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 22d

One of my favorite movies.

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Seth Johnson @inkslinger.bsky.social · 24d

Long habit tends to limit my playlists to the 22 songs that would fit on both sides of a cassette...except this one, the ever-growing station library of a fictional radio station, first assembled for @kenlowery.bsky.social 's excellent radio RPG VOID 1680:

open.spotify.com/playlist/1Jq...

Spotify – Web Player

open.spotify.com

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