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@elfinabjurant.bsky.social
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He/Him Digital Humanities. Libraries and info-sci. Literature. Roleplaying games.

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James @elfinabjurant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Getting laid off, the job search and the precarity of finances during this period, has me more mentally unwell than I have perhaps ever been. This has no good reason to be so hard.
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reed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Instead of saying that all these laws "prohibit trans people from using the bathroom of their choice" we should be more clear. Bathroom bans are intended to prohibit trans people from using the bathroom, or any public accomodations, at all.. Like be for real here.
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James @elfinabjurant.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I am occasionally overwhelmed by how cruel the world is to cats.
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Frogboi 🫒 @frogboi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Are we still doing mage mercredi? le wizard wednesday?
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༺ƊǗƝƓĘƠΝƁÏƬƇΗ༻ @dungeonbitch.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Signed print Ian Miller sent me a few years ago!
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Hampus Viklander @spookystirfry.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Demon Huntress
Coloured digital sketchpage. In its centre it depicts a pale skinned one eyed vampire, with blue hair and batlike wings stretching from the sides of her face. Around her neck hangs a collection of horns she displays as trophies. In her left hand she wields a crude sword crafted from bone and a large chunk metal.
To the left of the page is a smaller version of the vampire but in full view. 
To the right of the page the vampire is depicted again, but this time clad in a long black tatterd cloak, obscuring her entire body.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is nicely put. The machine that subordinates all life to its own algorithm of self-expansion is already operating: It’s called capital. www.newyorker.com/science/anna...
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Frogboi 🫒 @frogboi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
QRP with how you draw women!
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Frogboi 🫒 @frogboi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Hey. Wizards
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Archarzel @archarzel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Just goblin things.
A goblin in a strange chef's hat says I say we cook that sumbitch.
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Read Making the Liberal Media by @ajbauer.bsky.social
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gryme (commissions open) @gryme.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
hey #PortfolioDay i'm dami and i do illustrations. i've worked on ttrpgs, games and album covers! linktr.ee/oddesque
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Analog Youth @escaliburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The demon Paimon, master of the earth and what lies within, the abyss, and dark waters, 6 color riso print
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Bob Wehadababyitsaboy @followers4algernon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Melania: I never cut child in half with sword. I never do this. The entire USA: what? Melania: not me.
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Mars Rey 🗡️🩸 @royalsea.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
so excited for the Witch Hat Atelier anime!! the manga is one of my all time favorites ✨
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10,000 Motivated Rats @bombsfall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Hey if you're a young adult in the US pay very close attention to the moment because in shockingly few years the popular account of who did or said or supported what right now will be at times unrecognizable. Don't let that break your brain or just you, as a person.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 07/04/2026
As an aside US missiles need ammonium perchlorate. The only domestic source is a facility in Cedar City, Utah US missiles also need RDX & HMX. The only domestic source is a facility in Kingsport, Tennessee US missiles also need engines. The only domestic source is a facility in Pontiac, Michigan
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The thing about there needing to be a path of redemption for people who have been “canceled” is: there already is a path to redemption and it’s called “redeeming yourself.” The path is open! No one is blocking that! You just have to do it!
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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Good morning :) it's a wonderful day to support my vampire anthology's Kickstarter :)
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Coming soon: Exquisite Undead: An Anthology of Vampires
A genre-blending collection of vampire fiction.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/04/2026
Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Fundraiser for librarian Luanne James, who stood up to her rightwing library board that demanded she remove kids books with any trace of LBGTQ+ characters or content. "I will not comply." They sacked her and cops escorted her out. She's a hero. This banned author just donated.
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Donate to Help Luanne James in Her Time of Need, organized by Dianne M
On March 30th, the Rutherford County Library Board terminated Luanne James from her pos… Dianne M needs your support for Help Luanne James in Her Time of Need
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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists @dashwallkick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Borrowing a thing I saw on Twitter:
AuthorialGail, "ppl have really turned 'death of the author' into 'the customer is always right'"
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slop enjoyer @slop.guru · 29/03/2026
it’s on jooble dude just log in to bebee
two buttons on a website:

“apply on jooble”
“Apply on bebee”
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James @elfinabjurant.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
FINALLY!! PDFS FOR HIS MAJESTY THE WORM'S CASTLE AUTOMATIC!! I've been salivating over here.
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Kaid Brenen Sacander @arkhadtoa24601.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Soon... #SHELL-ttrpg
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
it's funny
It’s funny, Connor. I used to be
demanding of our corporate
artists. Change this, do this,
don’t do that. But as soon as
“AI” came out,
I’d let any old
dogshit go to
print. It turned
out that all I
wanted the
whole time was
to be in charge.
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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Finished this one for @allrolledup.bsky.social Dee Sanction:
crow stuck in a cage
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 22/03/2026
Once again, the point of placeholder is to be replaced and thus easy to identify. If you're using machineslop to get "as close as possible" - that's not "placeholder", that's either being incredibly ignorant or being a liar hoping to get away with it. There's really no third option.
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von Zzyzx @vonzzyzx.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Mushroomfolk #mushroomfolk #shadowdark #monstermaual #dndart #osrart
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10,000 Motivated Rats @bombsfall.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Any zines/small press/etc out there really killing it with layout/design/typography lately?
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 16/03/2026
Striking JBS employees took to the streets of Greeley, Colorado, before sunrise on Monday to picket against the world's largest meat company, in a rare labor stoppage at a U.S. meatpacking plant and a sign of upheaval in the beef industry.
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JBS workers launch first US meatpacking strike in 40 years, union says
Striking JBS employees took to the streets of Greeley, Colorado, before sunrise on Monday to picket against the world's largest meat company, in a ​rare labor stoppage at a U.S. meatpacking plant and a sign of upheaval in the beef industry.
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nrcgray.bsky.social @nrcgray.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Nekonyancer sketch:
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June Orchid Parker | Bread Sonja @breadsonja.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I think it's cool and fine if video games look like video games
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Dave NewBlood @dave.newblood.games · 16/03/2026
This DLSS 5 AI dogshit is actually depressing man. Even worse is that a whole generation is growing up who won't even know this looks 'bad' or 'wrong' because to them it'll be normal. We need to push back harder against it.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“The Head of Perseus” by Barry Windsor-Smith.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 14/03/2026
I noticed this, too, with my daughter’s edtech software. Just shockingly janky. I can only assume they figure kids are the ones using it and kids don’t sign the contracts.
Beyond the unskippable repetition, it's full of simple Ul bugs and oversights that in adult software would quickly cause RSI.
When the narration of the question is complete, the input box is not focused.
The kid has to manually click it, every single time. The input box doesn't allow keyboard input, so rather than typing their answer, they have to move the mouse pointer around and click buttons on the on-screen number pad. When the problem
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James @elfinabjurant.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Went a little wild and applied for a job at a New Ivy as a faculty status librarian. We shall see how that pans out. I am not one to pass up a chance to make a long shot.
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James @elfinabjurant.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Humankind cannot be saved unless someone gives Josh Sawyer 5 trillion dollars to make Pillars of Eternity 3.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 05/03/2026
Clever little budget-priced CPRG just left early access with a good launch discount, too. A weird swampy fantasy setting, semi-real-time combat ala Vagrant Story and a cool claymation-esque art style. Also hugely undersold so far. Go check it out, RPG folks.
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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
To be fair, it should be RPG and VGRPG or CRPG instead of TTRPG and RPG.
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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
seconded, from alabama. your “echo chamber” is my relief from living in a fox new segment
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James @elfinabjurant.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Hearing the Win12 thing was a false alarm? Anyway, you should still swap to Linux! :^P
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James @elfinabjurant.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
It has never been a better time to migrate to Linux, Y'all.
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Simon Hintermann @aurumek.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A better world. 🍃
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James @elfinabjurant.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
My friend has bought 2 laptops from 2 different manufacturers (ASUS and Framework) in the past month, and both times he has received a laptop with defective RAM sticks. Starting to think manufacturers are giving defective RAM to consumers out of preference for supplying data centers. :^|
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solanoko🏝️10/18関コミ O-06 @solanokoart.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
#猫の日
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Today is Friday in California @fridaypacific.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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