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BeDeeP

@bdp501.bsky.social
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World-traveling geek in my 50s. Far too much of my luggage is taken up by books and dice. Yes, I also own a Kindle, but sometimes a fella's gotta have books.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/09/2026
A small quality-of-life thing I recently discovered is that if there is some artwork you really like or some photos that make you happy you can get them printed as a custom calendar (there are several print sites that do this) and every month a lovely new bit of joy is there for you on your wall.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
a very important thread which teaches a very important lesson
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fair is fair. If we're having MLB games in National Parks, we should let bears into MLB parks to eat their fill during Fat Bear Week.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
I saw that clip circulating yesterday and thought there could be a completely normal, non-sexist, explanation other than the rage bait one. Grateful for this (really well-written!) peek into a loving family, sad she felt she had to write it. themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this is a dance off. if you see this, post a dance.
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Michael Jackson's Thriller Dance with Zombies
Alt: Michael Jackson's Thriller Dance with Zombies
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My Own Evil Twin: What the Mirror Universe Teaches Us About Free Will and Moral Absolutes
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nope. I tried on Lanterns. I really did. I gave it most of the first season, unless I'm misreading how many episodes they intend. But sometime around Ep 5 or Ep 6, I realized, just ... nope. And I cannot explain how sad that makes me feel, as someone who started reading comics in the early 70s.
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
cryptids have entered the chat 🎃🖤
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Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
E.B. White established this in 1949! Move on already!
Screenshot from E.B. White's essay "Here is New York": "There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter —the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last— the city of final destination, the city that is a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion."
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Less: ChatGPT More: Researching amidst the flickering lanterns of an old-fashioned library in Prague during a raging thunderstorm with the help of a library ghost.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The custard factory heist failed dramatically.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Original Sin of U.S. politics is in allowing for the establishment of two and only two political parties which were then given effectively regulatory capture over the rest of the process of establishing parties and entering them to compete in the political marketplace. Yeah.
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CONTEXT RELAPSE @letmesearch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The thing is a bus driver can only do so much to get you there faster, but they can just crash the bus any time
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I get that this was in fact posted as a humor meme but I am pretty sure that laughing as hard as I did in it will probably condemn me to a circle of hell somewhere. or would if I believed in hell.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
make a band edible: (I might be late to the party with this one but what the hell) Guns n' Rosehips
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
now the bouncy castles are trying to kill us. is childhood no longer sacred?
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 12/09/2026
The DUP are having an absolute MELTDOWN over Trump’s United Ireland comments. Their fascist Daddy has turned on them. He turns on everyone eventually.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm no fashion expert, Muslim-hating protestor, but your "Never Forgive" sign clashes with that crucifix.
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Gul Dukat @realguldukat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Failing Jake Sisko wrote a story that I wasn’t at the Tragedy of Wolf 359, because nobody saw me there. Well, I was there, obviously not on the same day as the battle, but shortly thereafter, Thank you for your attention to this matter. President GUL DUKAT #StarTrek #Sisko197
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
MAHA has doomed itself to voting only for politicians that lie to them and claim they will get the movement 100% of where it wants to go.
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anj @forecastoctopus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
STAR TREK 💫 60 years of these guys….. #startrek #startrek60 #startrekday
painting of kirk, spock, mccoy, and the enterprise on a space background with star trek written at the top
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The 51st @51st.news · 07/09/2026
A better world is possible. Take five minutes to help us build our independent newsroom by and for D.C.: www.51st.news/2026survey
The two guys on a bus meme

One side reads: Local news is dead
The other reads: Shaping the future of local news in D.C. by taking The 51st's 5-minute reader survey
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NPR @npr.org · 06/09/2026
It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the idea. How's it doing? n.pr/4cu8Jpi
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Whatever happened to the floating schools of Bangladesh?
It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the idea. How's it doing?
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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
And so is The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction with its new publisher.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fetterman is not only a terrible, lazy senator who was supported by his parents until his mid-40s, he’s just a garbage human being. No surprise he ended up as a regular Fox contributor where he feels most at home.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
But who among us has not been betrayed by a vampire in their past?
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A Blockbuster, alas. But the best memory of my teens was that after my 1st year of college, a buddy and I rented a martial arts flick so bad, we joked that we were the first ever to do so and the store manager, who had tried to warn us, called the producer to tell him about our stupid bravery.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Downgrade a Movie: The Greatest Show in East Nyack.
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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Happy Birthday, Jack Kirby
A muscular looking humanoid or possibly robot with very large hands, colored brightly in blue, yellow, magenta, red, and green, standing in a green landscape under a blue sky. In a yellow word balloon the figure is saying ‘I love you because you’re different!’
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
To run for office in the legislature, or for Governor, or any statewide elected office, you must pass the same exam given as part of the naturalization process.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
make a band bigger Four Dog Night (or, for you Fallout players, Radscorpion)
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I don’t know, man. At this point if you don’t know betrayal is the dude’s M.O. we can’t help you.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 23/08/2026
Trump seems to forget that Carney ran the Bank of Canada during the Financial Crisis and the Bank of England during Brexit. He picked a fight with the one guy who actually understood the art of the deal. Trump will see the consequences in 10 weeks, but I'm not holding my breath that he'll learn
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ten folktales, translated from Swahili by George W. Bateman in 1901, showcasing the rich tradition of storytelling in Zanzibar: publicdomainreview.org/collection/z…
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 22/08/2026
📢 Are you a journalist who uses FOIA or other public records laws in your reporting? You could win $25K with our new journalism award, the Penlight Prize. Read more and apply today:
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New $25K ‘Penlight’ journalism award honors paywall-free FOIA reporting
The Penlight Prize celebrates paywall-free reporting based on records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act or state public records laws.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 21/08/2026
Good morning & Happy Friday! Here’s some feel good news to start off your day 🦦 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River
Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
all hail Snack Force One
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
Panel one shows a bone. The bone says, "I make stem cells!"
Panel two shows a pancreas. The pancreas says, "I make insulin!"
Panel three shows the bone and pancreas and now a brain. The brain says "I make scenarios!"
Panel four shows the bone, pancreas, and brain. The brain is on fire.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Describe your musical taste in three artists, no genres: Billy Joel Marc Cohn Gerry Rafferty
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 12/08/2026
To reconnect fragmented habitats, Bangladesh has built five ropeway canopy bridges for wildlife, with plans to expand. Conservation experts welcome the effort but emphasize that long-term success depends on careful site selection, smart surveillance, and community support. Sadiqur Rahman reports.
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New ropeways aim to save wildlife in Bangladesh’s fragmented habitats
As Bangladesh is rapidly being urbanized, more and more forests are getting fragmented, resulting in the construction of more roads, which means more wildlife are being killed in collisions with…
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I am shocked, shocked that Cassidy caved.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My subscription just having ticked as renewed, I am reminded that the Playing For Change movement is just so, so good. Here's their Song Around the World rendition of John Denver's Country Roads, as an example, and because I am using it as an example, I'm semi-obligated to tag @vaspider.gay
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Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver) | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
YouTube video by Playing For Change
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Apropos of nothing other than it was on as background noise while I was doing light cleaning around the apartment this morning, but for my money, the most satisfying death of a villain in modern cinema to me is that of Christoph Waltz as Leon Rom in The Legend of Tarzan, a decade ago. Just sayin'.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sir Thomas More played by Paul Scofield and Thomas Cromwell played by Leo McKern in the courtroom scene of the 1966 movie version of A Man for All Seasons.
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Robot Bastard! @robot-bastard.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
There are dusty cardboard boxes with Avalon Hill logos on the back of comic-book-store shelves titled "The Boardgame About What Happens If Iran Closes The Strait Of Hormuz"...
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SeanKReynolds has a Patreon! @seankreynolds.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
followup GMing tip: if your players are comfortable with it, dont be afraid to lean in close when an NPC leans in to talk to a PC. (Here's a photo from my #InvisibleSunRPG game when a powerful demon was telling a PC that the PC had no chance of winning a fight right now and should return later.)
my player Ben sitting on the couch next to his character sheet. I'm standing in front of him, leaning forward with my hands braced on my knee so my face is less than two feet from his, showing that the demon doesnt care about Ben's personal space at all
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I hear he was spotted with Carmen Sandiego and Waldo at a convention.
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BeDeeP @bdp501.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I legitimately feel this good dog's dilemma.
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