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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 4h

Ok, I know I need to stop buying RPGs I'm never going to get around to playing, but hear me out…
www.chaosium.com/pendragon-co...

Pendragon: Core Rulebook - Hardcover

The home of Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, 7th Sea, and Questworlds. Your gateway to mythic adventure.

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 6h

"So if any of you leftist groups get any new members in the next few months, we'd really appreciate it if you just accepted them at face value, thanks"

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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🇨🇦 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 7h

She lives in Canada, you wouldn’t know her

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 10h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 8h

As a father of girls, I can confidently say that these traits are absolutely not innate in girls.

Really what he means is that if it's a girl, he's expecting his wife to do 100% of the parenting.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

A window into how policy is made in this White House

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Are you going to work with your administration to designate antifa a foreign terror organization?

TRUMP: You mean anti-terror?

Q: Antifa

TRUMP: Antifa?

Q: A foreign terror organization

TRUMP: Would you like to see it done? I'd be glad to do it. Does everybody agree? It sounds good to me

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 8h

You're welcome.
youtu.be/sD9_KUBLyHo?...

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 8h

I grew up in the UK, but now live in Ohio.

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 10h

One of my neighbors has taken down their Thin Blue Line flag, and replaced it with a Charlie Kirk remembrance flag.

(This is not the same house that put a Pete Hesgeth mask on St Francis of Assisi.

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 10h

Mousehole, Godmanchester and Leicester all come immediately to mind.

Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 10h

The names of about half the towns in the UK.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 11h

Subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz349bs

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 10h

And if you're curious about the geometry, wikipedia has a page on that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentago...

Pentagonal icositetrahedron - Wikipedia

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 10h

Here's some information from the manufacturer.
youtube.com/shorts/fgMox...

Alpha Omega d24

YouTube video by Henry Segerman

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 10h

My latest addition to my collection of every isohedral dice shape in mass production is a pentagonal icositetrahedron from The Dice Lab. It's marked with the 24 Greek letters, and because the faces aren't parallel, there's a dot to make it obvious which face is uppermost.

A 24-sided dice featuring the 24 Greek letters. Here, i have rolled a π.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

The Justice Department had 36 attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians when Trump took office in January.

Today it has two.

See how this works?

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 16h

1. On Monday, Trump delivered a $70 million windfall to his billionaire buddy, John Paulson.

Paulson hosted the biggest fundraiser of Trump's 2024 campaign, raising over $50 million.

This week, Trump returned the favor.

Follow along for details.

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s…

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 13h

Footnote: i just had to look up if it was Howser, Hauser, of a secret third spelling I can't think of right now.

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 13h

I just heard @sydneemcelroy.bsky.social on Sawbones describe someone as "a child neurologist" and it took me a couple of moments to realize they meant someone who studies the brains of children, and not a Doogie Howser.

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 14h

If you see this, QTP with a gif of a powerful woman!

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 14h

Huh. By some coincidence, YouTube has been pushing Cannonball Run clips on me for the last couple of days. Are you in cahoots?

(Yes, I do watch all the clips)

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 14h

People ought to be out in the streets about this.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16h

The lowest income Americans live to 76, on average.

The wealthiest Americans are living to an average age of 85.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 16h

It isn't just that you can't express verbal support for Palestine Action. You may also not even be free to simply question the government's decision to ban it. This is the most basic political expression — challenging how leaders govern. And yet.

Rick @rick-sco.bsky.social · 16h

Yeh, you can't even disagree with the action of declaring Palestine Action a terrorist group. Pretty sure they will just try to arrest anyone with the words Action & Palestine in what they deem to be the wrong order at this point. Some politicians are really in need of swift replacement.

Woman 'arrested' over 'I oppose proscription of Palestine Action' sign

A PROTESTER has claimed she was arrested for holding a sign saying “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”.

www.thenational.scot

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 14h

Also, siding with evil is a moral error, even if the evil is inevitable.

Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 15h

I was born in 1975, and I'm just barely old enough to remember news articles about hearing aids small enough to be worn entirely behind the ear as a huge breakthrough.

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Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition) @wintermute115.bsky.social · 16h

I guess on the plus side, the first time I read Slaughterhouse Five, I was younger than Vonnegut was when he first read it, so I win that one.

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