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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The convention I'm at is having a lyp sync contest. With a kazoo backup band. I've never been more intrigued.

J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I just spent six hours trying to un-cluster the tablet I bought specifically to hold my gaming PDFs. Apparently, when I connected the backup drive they were on, it overwhelmed One(useless)Drive and blew up the tablet's access to memory but never loaded on to onboard memory - which was the point.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Well, I didn't own much of the company. But I know they didn't listen to my wishes. Time to sell.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Scanning email for cleaning up the inbox, I clicked on the Spirit Halloween message. It's the first of October. Please tell me why they already have a Clearance section?

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We've got so many cool ideas for the Between Earth And Sky RPG that we're working on. I think folks who've read the books will be thrilled, and RPG fans will discover some fun concepts and mechanics they haven't seen elsewhere. Plus, look at that cover!

Draft 3d Render of the cover for the Between Earth and Sky roleplaying game. Art by Raul Cruz.

Monte Cook Shanna Germain Kenna Alexander Rebecca Roanhorse Native Indigenous First Nations RPG TTRPG games gaming tabletop fantasy

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Actual conversation I had with myself. "Dinner. What to make?" "Tofu?" "Sure, but I want a vegetable to go with it." "Wait..."

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, this year's skeletons have arrived. Time to set up the spooky season displays. (First one going in the window like a cat looking outside.)

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Woke up in the middle of the night. Couldn't get back to sleep for hours. Tired now, but my alarms go off in about an hour. Yeah, gonna be a three cuppa coffee Friday. Drink fast and die hard? (Sorry, I don't do coffee normally. What's the right saying I should be using?)

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you haven't already, share this with every Philadelphian you know. I want to raise enough hell that Drexel will have no choice but to continue supporting the museum.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

PLEASE PUT THESE FACES IN ALL THE PLACES... and in your home? (Doris on left, Wally on right)

Gray cat with white flash on throat, looking up.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Hey, #GenX. It's been a rough 24 hours. How are we doing?

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is one yerzed out forklift, chummers. Keep your #shadowrun crew entertained. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP87ejHSh/

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Friday🤟🏻#fyp #forklift #viral #party #disco

TikTok video by Scanco AS

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today, I am filled with vim and vigor - or at least coffee and a bagel, which will do the same thing for about eighty three minutes.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/08/2026

The Bureau of Land Management is rounding up thousands of mustangs around the U.S. and quietly selling them on the cheap to buyers who are exporting them for slaughter abroad, an examination of government records by The New York Times found. nyti.ms/4grb8Co

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Interesting idea.... 5 books to get to know me: 1: that one about that space battle. 2: that one in the stack over there about the space battle. 3: where'd I put that other one about the space battle? 4: I read this one where, I don't remember the plot but the side character said... 5: shadowrun.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Please be advised that today is not a good day. I will be around, but I will not be active. It's a sad anniversary for me, and I'll be a fragile emotional wreck for much of the day. Just letting folks know, not expecting special care.

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Tony Lee @pigasuspress.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Friday.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tonight's entertainment has been brought to you by the letter ibuprofen and the number ow.

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If anyone sees this, please, help get this dragon home!

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My Subaru hit 190,000 today. I know that's not impressive, that Subarus can get 300,000 fairly consistently. But I've resurrected this car twice, it's sat for at least five years, and 100,000 of those miles are mine. It's not outlandish. But it's something to me. So I'm celebrating tonight.

The digital odometer of a vehicle reading 190,000 for the mileage, with a speedometer wrapped around it in an arc encompassing 270 degrees.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Adulting is realizing you have the ability to shut your mouth and not say or post that comment you think is edgy or snarky but upon further reflection isn't. Maturity is not commenting how you saved the world from knowing such a thing happened. So, yeah. I may be adulting but not maturely?

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hit me in the philosophical feels, why don'cha?

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The Gop lost an individual who did something sometimes. Is this where we offer "thots and prayers"? Or did I confuse that again?

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Random thoughts: do they serve enough dip to go with 14 pretzels? I ran out of dip but still have 14 left in the bag.

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StoreyBook Reviews @storeybookreviews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Support all those #indieauthors! Their words will thrill, chill, and give you the warm fuzzies. #supportindieauthors #supportauthors #readmorebooks #ilovetoread

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Ran across a video of someone who stuck spaghetti into a hot dog, boiled it, layered sauce on it, rolled it, wrapped it in a tortilla, then called it a burrito. The first thought that came to mind is: "they've probably agonized how to out-Scalzi a @scalzi.com burrito." (The second was "why?")

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Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Agree. We’ve been reporting lately on ICE ramping back up to 11, but the trump administration is trying to do it without Minnesota type headlines. The secret police are trying to be more… secret

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Checked an item off my bucket list today. It was just as good as I remembered it, for both good and ill. Nostalgia moment was worth the sunburn. (Not quite worth the two tanks of gas. But the drive was.)

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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 04/07/2026

Saw this ad for a goat on Facebook. It’s perhaps the greatest advert I’ve ever read. It’s just superb.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Actually, MORE white people need to be saying and speaking on these things! Numerically, we literally need y'all to do so.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Trying to remember why I followed some people on the various places. Remember that it's ok to cull your follow list periodically. (It's also ok to nap when you need it.)

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Dan Yocum. Ugh. @yocum137.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Title: "In shops now: Classic literature with added mathematics!"

Image: Four book covers.

The Prime Number of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark.
Empire of the Sum, by JG Ballard.
Wuthering Heights × lengths × widths, by Emily Bronte.
The Remains Of the Data by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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Gremlin @gremlinmode.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

To save his sprawl from gentrification, a metavariant troll and his squatter-turned-chummer take on a high-stakes extraction job that goes sideways when the target's revealed to have goblinized. The face breaks the cardinal rule against "dealing with a dragon", and the consequences span generations.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I just have one wish. Anybody got a genie?

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tried to get the project car going again (it's sat for a while). And was faced with several issues. I'm out of time, as it has to move, but it doesn't want to. My hopes and dreams are tied up in a rusting body, but I still see its former glories. It's frustrating and a painful metaphor.

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Brandon Moore, PhD @rando.insalubrio.us · 24/06/2026

Analysis of over 5000 Mediterranean sperm whale vocalizations points to distinct Western/Eastern dialects, with the Eastern group sometimes making use of Western click patterns but not the other way around! 🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

A pod of socializing sperm whales.

Credit: Sperm Whales Dominica

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Been feeling the need to rattle some bones again. Time to find a group. Or at least an FLGS. #gaming #ttrpg

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Sometimes a good stretch really is that good.

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J of the rational Hops @jwrex742.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

One of the job board sites sent me a job posting for a copy editor position, to edit AI writing. Part of me wants to take it so I can reject the pieces back to the "author" for rewrites that have more soul. #stickittothemaneosis #contrarian #writing

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.

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