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The cat showed the guy who the boss was 😂 #Cat #Cats #Catsofbluesky #Caturday #LifuX

Ran into an ad for this, and it's like Jesus I would sell you guys on the concept of solo games but I think you're already cooked

When Trump wins by 1%, it’s the most decisive blowout in electoral history, a clear mandate and a signal of a permanent, national shift far to the right that we all must reckon with. When El-Sayed wins by 1%, it opens up new questions on whether or not progressives can win in battleground states.

Politico@politico.com · 17h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

A friend asked me what makes a good GM. It’s a personal question as difficult to answer as “what makes good art?” I don’t have the definitive answer, but I do have an answer. A good GM invests in the characters and shows how their actions change the world, e.g @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social

Imagining an alternate timeline where GURPS was called GORPS

"You can have my isolation" Nah, Trent. I already have my own. "You can have the hate that it brings" Yours brings hate? Mine brings self-loathing. "You can have my absence of faith" Faith left you? Bummer. She seemed nice. "You can have my everything" Does that include your synths? Because whoa.

A company in Mexico hired a stray orange cat as its Emotional Support Director and named him “Miauricio.” Daily duties include roaming the workplace, delivering smiles & reducing stress levels. He has his own workspace and ID badge. #AGoodPlace

Who’s Hiring Database People? August 2026 Edition Is your company hiring for a database position as of August 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must include the job…

Who’s Hiring Database People? August 2026 Edition

Is your company hiring for a database position as of August 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must include the job title, and either a link to the full job description, or the text of it.

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"And then Sutter Cane told me his favorite color was blue, Hank."

KOTH Screens@kothscreens.bsky.social · 12h ago

Oh, shit! Whaley won her primary! Exvangelical trans gal from deep downriver, which is /wildly/ conservative and full of MAGA lunatics. Good for her, and good for Michigan (hopefully).

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13h ago

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

psst, the demons (and by "demons" I mean @jordanshiveley.bsky.social) provide The Calamities tour shirts, baybee GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT they're hot because they come from hell

The Demons Provide: Tour Shirts Have Arrived

(And by “the demons,” I mean, my excellent merch designer, Jordan Shiveley.) So! The Calamities tour — henceforth known as the BEST FIENDS FOREVER tour — is gonna start kick…

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Secretary Rollins says she MOVED 5 million people off food stamps. No. She KICKED 5 million people off food stamps. Letting kids go hungry isn't the "win" you think it is. It's a damn disgrace.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Rollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."

Classic post: Paul White Explains Temp Table Caching 3 Ways www.brentozar.com/archive/2020...

Paul White Explains Temp Table Caching 3 Ways - Brent Ozar Unlimited®

Paul White (Blog, @SQL_Kiwi) is a legendary SQL Server blogger who’s written a ton of good material. You should read all of it. You won’t, and I can say that with authority because…I don’t read it…

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Watching British people try really hard to explain why American-style healthcare "isn't all that bad" is fucking infuriating. You're right, folks -- it's not as bad as people are saying online. IT'S MUCH, MUCH WORSE. Source: Someone who had to navigate the American healthcare system for 40 years.

If you've been eyeing this comprehensive set of D&D histories and want your copy shipped out with the Backerkit wave, you should pre-order 🔸 this week. 🔸 Otherwise you will likely have to wait for the retail release in October.

Evil Hat@evilhat.bsky.social · last wk.

Our printer is kitting up all four volumes of Designers & Dragons Origins into their slipcases! Still time to get this massive trove of D&D history by @shannonappelcline.bsky.social and have it ship out with the crowdfunding fulfillment: designers-dragons-origins.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Three hours, no repeats, all bangers.

𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟏º || Post-Punk, Darkwave, Coldwave Playlist || Doomer Playlist || Goth 80's Vibe

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SARS-CoV-2 did not come from a lab. There is no evidence pointing to laboratory origins. There’s been a massive disinformation campaign to convince the public otherwise. It’s scary how effective that campaign has been.

Can I get a FUCK AIPAC?

Both GYRO SHOOTER and another project of mine, BIG ROBOT, are set in my own ARCLIGHT universe. This is an original setting that crosses many generations and eras and has psychics and robots and commentary on war and climate change and so on. I'm also thinking that HAMMERHEADS belongs to it, too.

“People said we were using an unacceptable amount of power, and with these upgraded facilities that require so much more of it, we’ve shown that we took those criticisms to heart,” said Sam Altman

Technological Advancements Allow Data Centers To Run On Even More Electricity

SAN FRANCISCO—Hailing rapid developments in the infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Tuesday that technological advancements were now allowing data...

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Fun.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterday

Virginia health officials announced the state’s first documented case of locally acquired dengue, saying a resident who had not traveled outside Virginia was probably infected after being bitten by a mosquito that had previously bit an infected traveler.

🧵!!!!!

Mike Black@mikeblack114.bsky.social · 6d ago

this is clickbait garbage a) it wasn't ~dronez~ stuff, it was the same vanilla GPS jamming that has occurred at WSMR for decades b) a crew should *absolutely* be capable of conducting a nonprecision approach to an ILS, *ESPECIALLY* if there's a NOTAM out for PNT jamming

Since we're Doing The Numbers, some people who need help bsky.app/profile/xche...

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LOL LMAO. It's also... not a new idea to anyone who has been poor. You buy a beat up junker car, it will die sooner than the new car you cannot afford. In 20 years you've paid more for cars than a richer person has.

katie@supermathskid.bsky.social · 2d ago

okay now he's gone too far

heh

I use Claude in my head

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GAMERS! The GYRO SHOOTER Quickstart—CONVOY—is now on DriveThruRPG as a Pay What You Want product. Huge thanks to @juanochoa.eurosky.social & @deadlyfredly.bsky.social for their talent & @profbanks.bsky.social for proofing my nonsense. And of course my Patrons! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

People are telling me I should probably come up with a better title than BIG ROBOT Maybe HUGE MACHINE Or RESONANT DAWN Or WAR NEVER CHANGES Or AGILE FRAME PSYCHE: STEEL-GIRDED ENFANT

I did a set of 'editor's desk' blogs to help ttrpg creators. This was the first: why people tend to overuse colons, and how understanding bullet lists can help to get them under control. silverbranch.co.uk/2025/03/cont... #ttrpgcreator

[Editor's desk] Controlling colons and dodging bullets

TTRPG and boardgame writers tend to throw around too many colons. A lot of it is about right and wrong ways to use bullets. Tim Gray explains.

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