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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 5d

Finally the Disney Was Going Through Some Shit Trilogy (Black Hole, Black Cauldron, Something Wicked) is complete

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6d

The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.

John Gordon 🇨🇦🇩🇰 @johngordon.bsky.social · 6d

I’m surprised you don’t use ai answer engines in research you currently do with Google

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 7d

There used to be a whole internet like this, I tells ya. Websites as far as the eye could see.

Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 7d

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

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HANGMAN PAGE @hangmanpage.bsky.social · 7d

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know:

help.hbomax.com/us/Feedback/

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HBO Max | Feedback

help.hbomax.com

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

I assume category 4 is in a tunnel under the stadium facing the wrong way.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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ceej @ceej.online · 8d

My goals are simple: one, create the most lethal fighting force in the world and two, make them resent me specifically

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

"You don't know how tough we are."

The guy who lost a fight with an escalator?
The guy who couldn't get the third place late night host off the air?
The guy with the chair in the corner of Musk's bedroom?

a blonde woman is sitting in a kitchen with the words `` sure , jan . '' written on her face .

ALT: a blonde woman is sitting in a kitchen with the words `` sure , jan . '' written on her face .

media.tenor.com

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

Just rambling stories about your DnD characters.

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

The latest edition of Why Your Defense Secretary Sucks

Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 7d

Pete Hegseth, a born loser, gathered our top military officials yesterday to deliver one of the most embarassing speeches in history. I broke down some of the choicest passages from it, including his NO FATTIES edict. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Pete Hegseth is f—king embarrassing

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary on America's secretary of war.

www.sfgate.com

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Misha Grifka Wander @mishagw.bsky.social · 7d

i know a lot of ttrpg folks got started in a major way during lockdown, but i can't remember specific names. can anyone think of names? or maybe you are that person? i might have an interview opp

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

Lol, the dude with the giant cabbage patch kid head memes is threatening someone else

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

My main take away from the excellent revolutions podcast is so many of them start when rich people get tired of following the rules set in place to stop the slaughter of rich people because of the previous revolution.

james 🐎🔫 @buffalocia.bsky.social · 7d

If the President can raise his own revenues and direct his own spending without congressional approval we are squarely in the only situation the Constitution was actually drafted to avoid: English civil war territory

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

File this under “essential function.” 🤡

#Shutdown
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

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james 🐎🔫 @buffalocia.bsky.social · 7d

If the President can raise his own revenues and direct his own spending without congressional approval we are squarely in the only situation the Constitution was actually drafted to avoid: English civil war territory

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

File this under “essential function.” 🤡

#Shutdown
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

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9th Level Games @9thlevelgames.bsky.social · 7d

WRASTLEVANIA is launching soon! Sign up so you don't miss backing during the first 48hours to get your d2 "STEEL" Chair! https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/9th-level-games/Wrastlevania/launch_party

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

The only time anything like this ever happens is when you read a headline "Senator Dustbin recovers from 5th hip surgery, plans to run for re-election in the fall"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Caesar Ink 🔜 Thou Shalt Not Suffer The Wycce on Kickstarter! @caesar-ink.bsky.social · 7d

It's only two weeks until Doomsong hits Kickstarter in the form of THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER THE WYCCE! we have a preview page up and runnin, soif you are keen to help us out (or just want to see what is on offer) then pop on by, we appreciate your feedback!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cae...

DOOMSONG: Thou Shalt Not Suffer The Wycce — Kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

For me, it's Jokes Seth Can't Tell. The Very Special Episode where they changed the script on him completely remains an all timer.

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

No "Bow down before the one you Fiserv" joke? This is why you call me about this stuff first.

Milwaukee Record @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social · 7d

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, October 8, at 12 p.m.

Nine Inch Nails will play Fiserv Forum February 23

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, October 8, at 12 p.m.

milwaukeerecord.com

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

For a guy who does so much stuff that his goons write off as "It's a joke, relax" the only time I think he brought people joy was over Labor Day weekend.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump posted another deepfake video overnight. How does that help the cause of getting a deal and opening the government?

MIKE JOHNSON: Look, the president uses social media for humor. He makes jokes. He does lots of things.

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Egg Embry @eggembry.bsky.social · 7d

At Geek Native, I talk to Brian Colin about the #VastGrimm #Kickstarter, the starter boxed set, Raptor Ruckus, printing #RPGZines, and more. #TTRPG
www.geeknative.com/205368/talki...

Talking Vast Grimm, Raptor Ruckus, and the Creature Curation Printer with Brian Colin

Go behind the scenes with Brian Colin! Learn about the Vast Grimm – Escaping Stasis Kickstarter, the new modular format, expanding the lore, the impact of his industrial press, and a possible Raptor R...

www.geeknative.com

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 7d

I wish Ezra would read his colleague @jamellebouie.net. Because he keeps making a point the centrist pundit class ignores: Trump barely won, and even then, only by convincing a sliver of low info morons to back him. Then he immediately abandoned those swing voters.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

www.nytimes.com

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

Over on @forbes.com I spoke with @tedbushman.bsky.social about the Kickstarter for new expansions to The Last Caravan

www.forbes.com/sites/robwie...

The Last Caravan Gears Up For Another Journey On Kickstarter

The Last Caravan expands with two new books on Kickstarter. We spoke with creator Ted Bushman about what he's most excited to make for fans with these expansions.

www.forbes.com

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Rob Wieland 🔜 GameHole Con!!! @robowieland.bsky.social · 7d

Supposedly Bowie was supposed to be Wallace but had to drop out because of his cancer. It's just such a downgrade.

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