Lyr 🦊
@lyrwar.bsky.social
PC Gaymer & D&D enthusiast. #Critter
PhD Candidate (Media Studies). I work on the phenomenology of existing in the virtual, by looking at games.
Interested in E-lit, bodies in media...
Insta: @lyrwar
Discord: lyrwar
he/him
https://crossroad.work
PhD Candidate (Media Studies). I work on the phenomenology of existing in the virtual, by looking at games.
Interested in E-lit, bodies in media...
Insta: @lyrwar
Discord: lyrwar
he/him
https://crossroad.work
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I am very excited for this week as my brother and his family are in town from Texas, and I get to spend time with my nephew and niece at Disneyland. @lyrwar.bsky.social and I prepping for the week by getting some drinks at Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar. Hope y’all have a great week!
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I am very excited for this week as my brother and his family are in town from Texas, and I get to spend time with my nephew and niece at Disneyland. @lyrwar.bsky.social and I prepping for the week by getting some drinks at Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar. Hope y’all have a great week!
picture of the staff who operate this bluesky account
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
picture of the staff who operate this bluesky account
Found a pretty beaten up bee at the metro stop and just had time to put it out of stomping way... Poor thing prob won't make it tho, couldn't even stand :( I feel bad I didn't have water/sugar to give it q.q
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Found a pretty beaten up bee at the metro stop and just had time to put it out of stomping way... Poor thing prob won't make it tho, couldn't even stand :( I feel bad I didn't have water/sugar to give it q.q
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i love emet-selch ff14
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
i love emet-selch ff14
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Squirrel tongue!
A squirrel eating snow and sticking out its tongue. Slow-motion video.
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Squirrel tongue!
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December 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I guess Discord is also doing its Wrap?
Idk how I managed to have so many sessions of GW2 despite only playing it in the past couple months ._.
Idk how I managed to have so many sessions of GW2 despite only playing it in the past couple months ._.
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I guess Discord is also doing its Wrap?
Idk how I managed to have so many sessions of GW2 despite only playing it in the past couple months ._.
Idk how I managed to have so many sessions of GW2 despite only playing it in the past couple months ._.
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Dispatch episode 1 & 2 thoughts:
- there’s some fun stuff here!
- I love dispatching
- I hate hacking
- ultimately I think the cheese and sex/dick jokes get in the way for me.
Ep 2 def > ep 1.
Ps. I kept track and there were 10 sex/dick jokes in ep 2 aka one every 4.6 mins. It gets v tired
- there’s some fun stuff here!
- I love dispatching
- I hate hacking
- ultimately I think the cheese and sex/dick jokes get in the way for me.
Ep 2 def > ep 1.
Ps. I kept track and there were 10 sex/dick jokes in ep 2 aka one every 4.6 mins. It gets v tired
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Dispatch episode 1 & 2 thoughts:
- there’s some fun stuff here!
- I love dispatching
- I hate hacking
- ultimately I think the cheese and sex/dick jokes get in the way for me.
Ep 2 def > ep 1.
Ps. I kept track and there were 10 sex/dick jokes in ep 2 aka one every 4.6 mins. It gets v tired
- there’s some fun stuff here!
- I love dispatching
- I hate hacking
- ultimately I think the cheese and sex/dick jokes get in the way for me.
Ep 2 def > ep 1.
Ps. I kept track and there were 10 sex/dick jokes in ep 2 aka one every 4.6 mins. It gets v tired
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Late night/early morning chocolate chip cookies were made, and they are delicious 🤤 Need a glass of milk too
@lyrwar.bsky.social
@lyrwar.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Late night/early morning chocolate chip cookies were made, and they are delicious 🤤 Need a glass of milk too
@lyrwar.bsky.social
@lyrwar.bsky.social
Fier de mon mari qui commence à me parler en français :p
Mon français est bien meilleur que l’année dernière, mais j’ai encore beaucoup à apprendre.
My Duolingo score for 2025, and my streak lasted the whole year
My Duolingo score for 2025, and my streak lasted the whole year
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Fier de mon mari qui commence à me parler en français :p
Drop someone VILLAINOUS 😈🖤😈
I actually need tp watch the whole movie, but am obsessed with Eris's design.
I actually need tp watch the whole movie, but am obsessed with Eris's design.
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Drop someone VILLAINOUS 😈🖤😈
I actually need tp watch the whole movie, but am obsessed with Eris's design.
I actually need tp watch the whole movie, but am obsessed with Eris's design.
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Even if you don't have kids, as long as you're not totally dead inside, this shit makes your blood boil. Imagine how both the child and the parent must feel.
There's no hope for this country unless the people responsible for all this abuse and torture are punished as a warning to future fascists.
There's no hope for this country unless the people responsible for all this abuse and torture are punished as a warning to future fascists.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Even if you don't have kids, as long as you're not totally dead inside, this shit makes your blood boil. Imagine how both the child and the parent must feel.
There's no hope for this country unless the people responsible for all this abuse and torture are punished as a warning to future fascists.
There's no hope for this country unless the people responsible for all this abuse and torture are punished as a warning to future fascists.
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I'm looking for participants for my master's study about transmasc/trans men fans of manga and anime! Please fill out my 10-minute survey:
form.jotform.com/253308772919...
#transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers
form.jotform.com/253308772919...
#transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I'm looking for participants for my master's study about transmasc/trans men fans of manga and anime! Please fill out my 10-minute survey:
form.jotform.com/253308772919...
#transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers
form.jotform.com/253308772919...
#transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Small moments of fun while grading: when you see the clear mark at which a student stopped trying to make their writing look good because "oh shit, time!"
Very relatable. Deserves an A just for that.
Very relatable. Deserves an A just for that.
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Small moments of fun while grading: when you see the clear mark at which a student stopped trying to make their writing look good because "oh shit, time!"
Very relatable. Deserves an A just for that.
Very relatable. Deserves an A just for that.
Didn't think my entire education could be summed up in one post yet here we are.
meanwhile a generation of Millennial scholars came in looking for a sense of disciplinary coherence and were told we don’t do that anymore. And it was worse for even younger students, who had read *nothing* and were being asked to define “interpellation” without being taught the mirror stage
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Didn't think my entire education could be summed up in one post yet here we are.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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“What do you mean, ‘media studies?’ “
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“What do you mean, ‘media studies?’ “
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I thought this was a cool read and learned something especially as a fan of manga and boys kissing lol
November 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I thought this was a cool read and learned something especially as a fan of manga and boys kissing lol
I know I was raised alongside a dog cause my first reaction was "free food from a stranger is a nope" 😅
This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I know I was raised alongside a dog cause my first reaction was "free food from a stranger is a nope" 😅
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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It has become an annual tradition to make @eikeexner.com’s mulled wine recipe on Thanksgiving. There’s like 3 wine bottles in there for 2 of us 😅 Wish you were here, Eike!
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It has become an annual tradition to make @eikeexner.com’s mulled wine recipe on Thanksgiving. There’s like 3 wine bottles in there for 2 of us 😅 Wish you were here, Eike!
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Watching Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern at the Montalban Theatre. Currently intermission, and it’s so much fun. This current set has Jack ze Whipper (@jackthewhipper.bsky.social) as the rotating guest. Def have to come back for more.
@lyrwar.bsky.social
@twentysidedtavern.bsky.social
@lyrwar.bsky.social
@twentysidedtavern.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Watching Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern at the Montalban Theatre. Currently intermission, and it’s so much fun. This current set has Jack ze Whipper (@jackthewhipper.bsky.social) as the rotating guest. Def have to come back for more.
@lyrwar.bsky.social
@twentysidedtavern.bsky.social
@lyrwar.bsky.social
@twentysidedtavern.bsky.social
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We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
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KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time