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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 16m

My #Zoids and #Blokees nooks have been updated.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 5h

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 5h

One of the big problems I had with it, and this was the same with Voyager, is that as a show it was static. It didn't learn any of the lessons of DS9 which meant sci fi shows running concurrently were far more entertaining. If it comes back it needs to integrate some of modern Trek's methodology.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 5h

I didn't like Enterprise when it first aired. However, after the return of Trek in the modern era, which I enjoy, it was nice to go back and watch a traditional Trek show I wasn't intimately familiar with as a palette cleanser. I have a better opinion of it now in my dotage.

#StarTrek

Michael Sussman @michaelsussman.bsky.social · 1d

“[Sussman’s] involvement suggests that this isn’t just an exercise in nostalgia — it’s a genuine continuation of Archer’s story, and of the formative years of the Federation itself.”
www.scifipulse.net/5-reasons-sc...
#StarTrekUnited

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 5h

I do wonder what the point of being born into a wealthy and prosperous nation is if that wealth and prosperity isn't utilised in a way that makes life better for everyone living there. Wouldn't that make you proud to be (insert nationality)?

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 9h

This smacks of when someone trademarked comicon and forced every small gathering to pay them or drop the name.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 9h

So Warboot haven't done anything wrong? Good. I cannot take having to avid something else I like.

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Mikes Wargames @mikeswargames.bsky.social · 15h

Zombies for Warm Ale and Mud.
Risen from neighbouring Stirland.

The bases on these are less vibrant than the Stirland ones for the living, with more dead leaves, a darker dryer deader looking grass and brown dying ferns. And a rat is trying to get away from the death.

#oldhammer

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 9h

Sod that, I'm using your first line at the ealiest opportunity.

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Thim! @jimstafford.bsky.social · 10h

Honestly, I had actual work to do this month, need to stop 😅

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 1d

Some Transformers are scary. Some Transformers are just SCARED.

Swerve, Kup and Rodimus need YOU to take care of them. A4-sized black and white portraits with Hallowe'en orange (it is, trust me) accents, all available for €40 each at my store NOW!

nickrocheart.bigcartel.com

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 13h

A great story about the positive effect being part of a supportive hobby can have on your mental well being.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spalding Wargames Club putting mental health on the front line

Members of a wargaming club say the support they have been getting from the sessions are 'crucial'.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Monster-Theory Medium Dave @azzageddi.myatproto.social · 20h

This is AJ Link, known here as Łink. He's awesome. He's been permabanned for basically just making the CEO, Jay Graber, mad. This was a monumentally stupid decision that, AFAICT, may result in the collapse of Bluesky due to a loss of trust, but we'll see. The smart thing to do would be to #FreeŁink

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 17h

Awful. It's been altered in so many ways beyond "colourisation". The kid has an entirely different face! AI is being used in so many ways to undermine history, information, even reality.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

This is brand new.

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Alex Milne @markerguru.bsky.social · 1d

I can finally show off my exclusive cover for #Transformers issue 25 by @skybound.bsky.social
It was a lot of fun working on this cover and being able to provide something for the 25th issue that @robertkirkman.bsky.social will be writing. Exciting times :D
Cover Colors by @dyemooch.bsky.social

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

Margaret Thatcher's ghost.

Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

So it was you!

a young boy sits at a table with his arms crossed and says you made a powerful enemy today ..

ALT: a young boy sits at a table with his arms crossed and says you made a powerful enemy today ..

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

I will say, I now have a battery and cannot get it to work. Specifically iot seems to be the radar dish mechanism that is causing it to snare up.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

Guess which one I got. I doubt you'll be surprised.

#Transformers

Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 2d

You ready for my GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE Hallowe'en pop-up store?

Head to nickrocheart.bigcartel.com for 22 all-new portraits of horror moments from across ALL of Transformers! Finished off in black, white and pumpkin orange! Prices range from €40 to €45 before shipping, so order noooWWooOOOOooo...

Black and white ink drawing of Undead Cliffjumper from Transformers Prime

Black and white ink drawing of the Decepticon Bludgeon, a skeleton samurai

Black and white ink drawing of the unholy Predacon RAMPAGE from Beast Wars

Black and white ink drawing of the reanimated Starscream following his destruction by the Underbase

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ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 1d

Warning: if you grabbed a Love Minis, Hate Fascism shirt from me/Fenris a couple of weeks ago, please make sure it was me you ordered from. Just had somebody here asking about the poor print quality of their shirt...when I've not received them from the printers yet.

Fucking scammers.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

My Facebook feed is being invaded by AI generated products that cannot possibly exist in real life as they appear in the images.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

It requires an uncommon battery size which I don't have.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 2d

Finished my T-Spark #Zoids Sea Panther. I did not realise until recently that there was a hermit crab Zoid. I've included a picture of the original so you can see the difference with the modern version.

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