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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 5h

Even in parking lots I can’t escape Nature! At least you don’t have to see the brilliant orange under its wings.

It’s a bug. Like, an actual Homopteran. For the layman think of a stinkbug except with long, mothlike grey wings with black spots, translucent enough to hint at the orange body beneath. All this biodiversity can’t be a good thing.

Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is your reminder that Lilith left Adam because he was whining to God that he wanted an inferior helper, not an equal* partner. She left Adam, and refused to return despite threats. *Like Adam, Lilith was made from clay and thus equal in ability. Eve was made from Adam’s rib.

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surli @surli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

is your bird sona boschian or rubenesque

A diagram from Wiersma and Piersma 1995 Scoring abdominal profiles to characterize migratory cohorts of shorebirds: an example with red knots. It shows 5 shorebirds on a spectrum from lean to fat. The lean side of the spectrum is labeled "boschian" and the fat side "rubenesque".

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I believe my WIP might just pass the reverse Bechdel test, as it actually has enough male characters for them to hold conversations the main character can hear.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“The last Dark Kobold Queen decided to train an army of spiders to take over the surface. She actually did train them, then poisoned herself eating chocolate as a reward.”

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At first I thought it was insane that this government form asks if a ‘drug kingpin’ lives in my household, but you know what? I bet some people check ‘yes.’

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I just read a film reviewer call Fading of the Cries a 'solid horror movie' and my brain exploded out my ears.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@danacorn.bsky.social Also making absolutely sure you saw bsky.app/profile/gagh...

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tonight’s lukewarm take: The Black Hole is a fantastic script tragically ruined by giving it to the wrong director.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It is strange to find out about a creative work that what I like is the editor’s vision, not the creator’s.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a dance off. If you see this, post a dance!

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@nycteris.bsky.social I hope the root canal wasn't awful and that you're doing okay.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There is a demo out for the next Star Con... ahem, Free Stars game! But, in the most exasperating and authentic and entirely valid Star Control tradition, it's just the combat system. Might give us a peek at races, though.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Why is it this book where the characters only look like adolescents that they think/act the most like real teenagers?

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@nycteris.bsky.social 16,000 words heading your way via a .mobi link on Tumblr! That's the way you like it, yes?

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm enjoying displaying personality in describing how characters eat ice cream. "Mipsy closed his mouth on the multicolored lumpy, gooey madness like the most lurid of kisses, his tongue extended to slather over the pink and white globes, then pluck an orange blob into his mouth to suck on."

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Zoe Tunnell ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Can we talk about what a downgrade Wingull to Pelipper is Wingull, iconic, adorable, fun little guy, would let him steal French fries Pelipper, gross, bad eyes, weird mouth, where are your FEET dude, probably listens to Joe Rogan

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Conan the Barbarian came out in the 80s so actually he was crucified on the Tree of Woah.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Be aware that it is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, not International Pee Like A Pirate Day. Let's none of us repeat last year.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Note well an endlessness of little dogs.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Audiobook fans out there! My next book is out! I tried to write epic science fantasy and instead got the story of the Chosen One's little sister, who has to save the already broken world without him. It's a heavy task for a 13 year old girl, but she does have a Nya! www.audible.com/pd/B0HK595DQ7

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I'm Not the Chosen One

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Tick has made a big mistake. There’s a prophecy. Companions, a magic sword, a path to saving the world. It has all happened before, and this time everything is laid out for the Hero to win forever. Except Tick isn’t the Hero. She’s the ...

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

No Man's Sky continues to wildly upgrade and expand every feature of the game except the core features of planet and animal diversity which were the original selling point. It remains that after you've seen a dozen planets, you've seen them all. Ah, well. It has a happy audience that isn't me.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So the pine marten in my dream was fluffy and 3D and the badger was a cartoon and also blu.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sweet, got an audiobook comin' out soon. I will link as soon as it does.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What am I NOT in trouble for? Slavery. Animal abuse. Murdering 48 people to feed to a teen raver girl I’m holding captive to make her ‘four stars.’ Poaching game preserves. SO. MUCH. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Also a suspicious relationship with an 8’ tall pink lizard and a goth butterfly.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"I don't care. You need me, but I don't need you. I don't even want you. I have goals. Ambitions. I have a life, and I have better things to do with it than spend it fixing you." #AmWriting #SomeoneHasToDestroyTheWorld

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Leon has a Himbo button and Ada presses it every time she wants something.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every book I’ve ever written in one sentence.

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The Final Peckening @gull.us · 12/09/2026

Make a band edible Gourds of Canada

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I saw a tiny clip of OOT and was like “I do not like this tiny chibi version, but not my business.” Then I saw that this is CHILD Link in an age swapping game and that works. Still not my business, I want Twilight Princess.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My favorite exhibit when I visited the Museum of Jurassic Technology was a room full of letters like this sent to the observatory where Einstein worked. Mostly requests for the observatory to probe their intricate theory of who lives in the sun and/or the connection between sunlight and God.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

ParaNorman is a fantastic film that is too often overlooked. I'm pretty sure everybody already knows how great Kubo is.

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⛤⚜️🏳️‍⚧️ Egypt Urnash 🏳️‍⚧️⚜️⛤ @urnash.com · 07/09/2026

Exercise great caution when befriending the gators until you have taken a gator friendship class. The belly is a trap.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I turned on my SAD lamp for the first time this year and it's like getting hit with a hammer, except somehow the hammer wakes you up. It's a very strong, shocking effect, okay? No similes required!

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My project to make the Ultimate Vampire is complete. Here is what goes in the gene bank.

A Palworld screenshot, the character screen for a Lovander named Death By Snu-Snu. For those who don't know, the game lord says Lovanders are aggressively amorous towards humans. They look kinda like big pink fuzzy anthro lizards with gratuitous heart emblems.

Anyway the important thing is this one has the traits Immortality, Vampiric, Diamond Body, and Mercy Hit on top of its maxed out species vampirism.

See previous alt text for a description of a Lovander and why I would name one Death By Snu-Snu. This is an in game size comparison photo showing this Lovander is twice a human's height and that is VERY LARGE when you're up close.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Palworld update: Christ on a cracker. I was breeding some cute Pokemon to give to friends when I play with them and I got this from a mutation. I don't dare use it and I don't dare not use it.

A monster's description screen from Palworld. The important thing is that it has the trait 'Immortality' which is VERY WELL NAMED because it absorbs all damage done as healing. This is vastly more powerful than any other trait a Pal can get from breeding. Like, there is no comparison.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Palworld endgame update: Confirmed, if you want you can take the very first chicken you catch all the way to the end and it will be usefully strong. It will be very weak in early-mid game but once the buffs open up they are much more important than base stats. I did it with this cute weakling!

Amione, a monster from Palworld. It looks like two floating little children in night shirts. They have pigtails and a tail with a heart on the end. One is blue, the other orange, and they never stop holding hands. Absolutely cute as a button except when they open up their hideous hidden leech maw to feed. Also they are weak. They are SO weak. They are 'chicken' weak. But with enough buffs my Amione, 'They Kiss', kicks the snot out of legendary monsters.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I had two dreams about losing friends due to doing something really stupid, then a musical.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Beer is an older invention than writing or the wheel.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Half of the end game paths in Elden Ring are just “I did it for the nookie.”

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Nevada Stray Cat @nevada-stray-cat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's true; I've seen certain photographs, taken clandestinely by divers at great risk to themselves. The wan-faced aquanauts whisper of something which yet calls for Nutter-Butters at the bottom of that saline salient.

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Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Endacopia: Absolutely worth it for the clown romance.

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