Orcish Law
@orcishlaw.bsky.social
Lawyer. Gamer. Lawyer who represents game developers. Former musical theatre performer. He/him. Profile pic by @lartist. Black Lives still Matter. Fight fascists. Protect trans kids.
AJ is a very red, working-class town on the far Phoenix outskirts. Not where I thought this kind of story would arise
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago“While he says he understands that what he did was illegal, despite his arrest and still not having his work truck back, he says he does not regret his decision.”
This would look great next to my original Georges Seurotter.
Celeste Labedz@celestelabedz.bsky.social · 3d agoJust got back from a trip to Alaska, where I purchased possibly my favorite souvenir of all time: the Bottercelli
Imagine the Jurassic Park theme being played on a kazoo, then hit play
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 5d agoOne of my favorite things about coatis is seeing videos of groups of them, tails in the air, looking like furry brontasauruses. This video is run backwards to enhance the resemblance. 😄
Andy Ogles, one of the most virulently bigoted members of Congress, lost his primary www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
Andy Ogles becomes one of few Tennessee incumbents ever defeated in a primary
Andy Ogles' primary loss to Hatcher places him on a short list of Tennessee congressional incumbents defeated by voters before the general election.
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Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · last wk.Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
I have been laughing at this for ten solid minutes
never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
Harrison Ford, the actor behind loveable scoundrels Han Solo and Indiana Jones, started his career as an on-set carpenter. That makes him a roguelike deckbuilder.
"Why isn't anyone watching our expensive new TV shows?!" because we think you'll cancel them and oh hey look at that, variety.com/2026/tv/news...
‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)
"Wonder Man" has been canceled at Disney+, Variety has learned.
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Me: I had the WORST day. Nothing can come close Katy Perry, recently trapped in a giant bottle because fans refused to roll her towards the stage: Hm
Oh wow www.broadwayworld.com/article/Norb...
Norbert Leo Butz, Amber Iman, and More Will Join the Cast of HADESTOWN
All new principal cast members will join the Broadway cast of Hadestown in September, including Norbert Leo Butz, Amber Iman, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kayko, and Geno Segers. Learn more here!
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The ACLU has put together a know your rights guide for people within 100 miles of a border. If you are in that swath of land, please take a look at this and learn your actual rights. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...
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I ended up wearing this shirt. Get on my level, nerds! (OMG, go see Hadestown while you can. Everything about it is gloriously well done.) www.fangamer.com/collections/...
Hades - No Escape
Live out your mortal coil in style and comfort. This official Hades shirt was designed by Supergiant art director Jen Zee and printed on soft, 100% cotton t-shirts from Next Level and District. Each o...
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Orcish Law@orcishlaw.bsky.social · 2w agoIs it lame to wear my hadestown tshirt to see the proshot? I'm always on the look out for new ways to embarrass my kids
Is it lame to wear my hadestown tshirt to see the proshot? I'm always on the look out for new ways to embarrass my kids
Cartoon: Dungeon Crawler Carl: Simpsons Edition. Hope you enjoy! :)
Want to be horrified by something new and different this morning?
Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · 2w agoI keep thinking about this, so I’m making it y’all’s problem too: The print runs of Jane Austen’s novels in her lifetime: Susan (later Northanger Abbey): copyright sold for £10 in 1803. Never published, copyright repurchased by her brother in 1816, published posthumously. (1/?)
You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
Yeah, this is much better. Who wants some hot soup for dinner?
Orcish Law@orcishlaw.bsky.social · 3w agoThis is unpleasant. Also, the sun went down a while back, and you would think that would mean it'd have significantly cooled down. But that would make you a fool. An idiot. An easily mislead ignoramus.
This is unpleasant. Also, the sun went down a while back, and you would think that would mean it'd have significantly cooled down. But that would make you a fool. An idiot. An easily mislead ignoramus.
A federal judge in Virginia ruled in favor of an abortion provider Thursday, finding that the FDA's most recent set of restrictions on mifepristone isn't justified by the data.
Federal Judge Rules That FDA’s Mifepristone Restrictions Are Excessive, Unscientific and Unlawful
A federal judge in Virginia ruled in favor of an abortion provider...
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Liberals say that our democracy is dying. They’re wrong— our republic is dying.
I honestly don't think that I'll be able to accept anyone else as Carl or Donut. He's superb.
Kat Brown@katbrownwrites.com · 3w agoDeeply cheering news that Jeff Hayes, who narrates – nay, *performs* – the fantastic Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman, will be in the Peacock TV show as Princess Donut. I'd never heard of these books last June. Now, I am ALL IN. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...