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ColdPhaedrus

@coldphaedrus.bsky.social
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Science teacher. Former chef. Player of games both tabletop and video. Friend of plants and animals (except mosquitos). New Jersey born and raised. Husband. Father.

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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Elise Stefanik is a moron. If you want further proof that educated is not the same as smart, then look no further than the Harvard grad who took one look at how Trump treats people he no longer has a use for, and thought “That won’t be me though”. Good riddance.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
since we're letting podcasters run the FBI now, I'd like to make it known to any future presidents that if you appoint me i will pronounce the "human" in "human trafficking" like Quark from DS9. there will be no other substantial changes thank you for your attention to this matter
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
A red-tailed hawk behind my home very closely watching a squirrel nest while mama squirrel yells angrily. Nature is very dramatic sometimes.
A red-tailed hawk sitting on an evergreen tree branch.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Cool butterflies and bees at Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown, NJ
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The anti-immigrant "do it the right way" people slay me. Our system is completely broken and the Republicans have blocked any and all attempts to try to fix it, including voting down bills THAT THEY HELP WRITE. Secretary of State Marco Rubio famously did this when he was a senator in 2013.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
@dungeondudes.bsky.social Great new video on the general feats. Pointing something out about the Great Weapon Master feat that is easy to overlook: the damage boost works with a longbow or crossbow, so if your archer can spare the ability points to get a 13 STR, it’s a big boost to them too.
youtu.be
Tier Ranking the General Feats in D&D 5e 2024 (Part 1)
YouTube video by Dungeon Dudes
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Rora! 🏳️‍⚧️🐇 @professorrora.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
trans women are women, pass it on 🏳️‍⚧️
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Summer in my house means summer vegetables, and summer vegetables means ratatouille.
A pot full of ratatouille with a wooden spoon to stir it.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The dog vomit slime molds (fuligo septica) are out this morning. They are simultaneously cool and gross.
Closeup of a fuligo septica slime mold at the base of a tree with some dead leaves in the foreground.A fuligo septica slime mold at the base of a tree.Two fuligo septica slime molds making their way through some mulch.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Very apropos. Also, very ironic that this speech was from Dwight Eisenhower.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
World Tree Barbarian is CRAZY. Oh, I get to attack from 15ft away with my maul? And I can push enemies away, knock them prone, and give them disadvantage on the next save at the same time while teleporting myself and the enemies using no resources? Plus the normal barb stuff? Sign me up. #DnD
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're in a J-Tube. (I abbreviate "Jeffries Tube" to "J-Tube" because it takes less time to type. "J-Tube" is both less characters and sounds hip and "fly".) Anyways, back to the J-Tube, and quick reminder that J-Tube is short for Jeffries Tube, we're looking at Data, who is crawling within the tube. He's stopped and looking over at someone (probably Geordi) and looks a little alarmed. Closed caption reads, "Geordi, I cannot stun my cat."
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
4 panel comic

First two panels are entitled “Journalist Visits Twitter”

Panel 1: Journalist is skipping happily through Twitter. Behind them, two people shout “Black people suck!” And “gay people suck”

Panel 2: Journalist continues to skip. Two more people shout “trans people suck” and “immigrants suck!”

The second two panels are titled “Journalist Visits Bluesky”

Panel 3: Journalist skips into bluesky and someone immediately shouts “YOU suck”

Panel 4: Journalist is crouched on the floor, absolutely devastated. In the foreground is a piece of paper that reads “Today, I went to hell”
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This is just the beginning. They are going to come after healthcare for trans adults next.
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Brad T. Jonas @bradtjonas.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
library research
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Such a good session in the necropolis last night. My players got past the rolling ball trap, unwisely decided to try to loot the sarcophagi and managed to (barely) deal with the undead guardians, and successfully answered all the gypsosphinx's riddles. I love this game. #dnd
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
of our family’s life in this country." Yes, this was seven years ago. Miller is the same cruel xenophobe now that he was then. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
politico.com
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Just a reminder that Trump has been credibly accused of raping a child along with Jeffery Epstein. After he was done, in response to his victim’s tearful question about what would happen if she gets pregnant, he told her to “get a fucking abortion”.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Reflecting on all this Musk/Felon 47 nonsense, a quote from the Discworld novels comes to mind: "And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based." GNU Terry Pratchett
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Take a look at the cowards who run Columbia University and let this be a lesson for everyone about what happens when you bend the knee and expose your neck to fascists: You get your head cut off.
reuters.com
Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says
The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has notified a university accreditation body that Columbia University had violated federal anti-discrimination laws by its alleged failure to protect Jewish students on its campus.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Came upon a quote from CVS Health (a pharmacy benefit manager) saying that the company's “top priority is to make health care more affordable.” If a public company (besides maybe a B corp) says that their "top" priority is anything except maximizing shareholder value, they are lying, full stop.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A well-built Armorer Artificer feels fucking invincible sometimes and it's awesome. Between the huge AC, Flash of Genius, and spells like Blur and Mirror Image you're incredibly hard to touch. Add a race like halfling or harengon and feats like Fey-Touched and enemies are officially in trouble.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Lots of ladybug pupae on the oak trees today.
A closeup of two ladybird beetle pupae attached to some white swamp oak leaves.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
AI is a good teacher? Dude, fucking DUOLINGO isn't a good teacher. Getting really tired of these techbro douchebags thinking that being good at raising venture capital makes you an expert on everything.
fortune.com
Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’
Duolingo replaced its contract workers with AI. Now its eyes are set on schools.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Curtis Yarvin's whole shtick is using a whole lot of words to obfuscate the fact that his entire philosophy boils down to "rich people should be able to do whatever the fuck they want to poor people and if they don't like it they can get fucked".
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The sun is like, "Actually, I'm with y'all. Fuck this dude."
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Playing D&D in person or over Discord is awesome, but there is something very charming about the flavor of a good play-by-post game. Having the time to really think about your character's reactions and being able to craft really well thought-out responses makes for awesome roleplaying.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
Pink Guy is attending an interview with the chief exec and CEO of a company.
CEO: “Our company does not adhere to DEI hiring practices 

Panel 2:
CEO continues: “We believe in hiring based strictly on qualifications”

Panel 3:
Pink Guy interjects and says “Actually, DEI is about addressing a systemic imbalance in-
CHIEF EXEC butts in: HEY

Panel 4:
CHIEF EXEC: Don’t talk back to my dad
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Elon Musk leaving government? Leaving DOGE? He’s stopped every investigation into himself & his companies, cancelled the competition & awarded himself every government contract he desired, put into place & trained his lackeys in every agency. Tesla told him to lay low but he got what he wanted.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Is it just me or are the idiot's ramblings getting longer and longer?
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
RFK Jr's "MAHA" report came out last week. It misinterpreted data, had broken links to some citations, and cited 7 articles that don't exist. That last one is a hallmark of AI hallucinations. How much of the MAHA report was AI generated? 🤔 www.notus.org/health-scien...
notus.org
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Why your life sucks...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This nails it.
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This is the most corrupt AND incompetent administration in our nation's history. It was on flagrant display during the hearings and every single day since they took office and were confirmed. They've done so much damage - we aren't even sure it's reparable - and it's only been 4 months.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Hard lessons about America taught by American voters, organized by year: 2012: America loves guns more than it loves children 2016: Americans are very stupid and deeply misogynistic 2024: Americans are unfathomably stupid, have the memory of a concussed goldfish, and did we mention the misogyny?
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
TIL that after the shooting death of CEO Brian Thompson UnitedHealthcare approved many life-saving medical procedures it has been holding out on because of sudden internal panic and public scrutiny. So, Luigi (innocent until proven guilty) probably saved more lives than he took.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Trump loves posting AI slop for a reason. He's an atavistic, brainrotted narcissist. The boomers' last temper tantrum. He is the slop president.
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Obojima | Tales from the Tall Grass @obojima.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Hey there! The 2024 update is expected in late-summer/early-autumn of this year. - Kellie
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It’s well past time to get off of Twitter (I refuse to call it X because that’s a stupid fucking name). It needs to die and engaging with it lengthens its life and supports Elon Musk. Get. Off. Of. Twitter.
theguardian.com
Musk’s AI Grok bot rants about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in unrelated chats
X chatbot tells users it was ‘instructed by my creators’ to accept ‘white genocide as real and racially motivated’
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Months ago during some free time, I showed some of my students the Mac & Me episode of MST3K. They have been obsessed with the movie ever since. I did not expect this outcome.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
@obojima.bsky.social Now that the 5.2 SRD is out, any updates on when y'all might have the update for 5.5e? My group is raring to start an Obojima campaign but we have decided to wait because we don't want to go back to the 2014 rules.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Hard to describe how angry I get when I am reminded that Elon Musk crippled USAID. 47 is ultimately responsible, but let's be real: he didn't know that USAID even existed until Musk decided to screw with it. And then he has the gall to whine that people don't like him. This is why, asshole.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The person I really feel bad for in this Shiloh Hendrix nonsense is her child. He has to grow up with his mom dumping her racist poison into his ear. Not impossible for him to grow up to be a good person, but it's gonna be hard with a mom like that.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Oh, so "biology isn't bigotry," eh I'm pretty certain if Nancy Mace sees a Transgender person taking photos of a restroom, she'd probably shriek about that individual being a "stalker" or a "groomer" But-for her-it's part of a righteous crusade..to discriminate against the Transgender community
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Watermelon is the most aesthetically pleasing fruit. Hard to believe how gorgeous it can be. “…that was a bit too pat, but nature can be like that. Sometimes you got sunsets so pink that they had no style at all.” - Terry Pratchett
A scattering of freshly cut watermelon slices on a cutting board.
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ColdPhaedrus @coldphaedrus.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Hey guys, I know that the felon in the White House is destroying the federal government more or less at random and speedrunning us into a global recession because he’s using ChatGPT to come up with trade policy, but at least the qualified black woman isn’t in charge! She laughed sometimes! /s
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