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Larry Vela

@laurovela.bsky.social
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I run Belloflostsouls.net, Lexicanum.com, d20SRD.org, DnD-Wiki.org Tabletop gamer, politico, pilot, cinema, southpaw, "The perfect is the enemy of the good" Support Independent Media! Slava Ukraini

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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 16h
I saw both Alien and The Thing way too young… scarred. Stupid HBO
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Estate sale gems… Antiques Roadshow has nothing on this:
Cookbook Cover:  Favorite Recipes of America- MEATSRecipe: Roasted Raccoon A La Yankee
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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Herd of Horns, our upcoming #TTRPG of #dinosaurs, survival, exploration, and cooperation is live now on Kickstarter!
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Herd of Horns
An Original TTRPG Celebrating Dinosaurs for Being Dinosaurs!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/09/2026
i thought this was very funny
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Man, GW did a lot of REALLY weird stuff in 1988... www.patreon.com/LexicanumWik...
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That Time Games Workshop Put Themselves Into the Grimdark | Lexicanum
Early Warhammer 40K was a wild wooly place. A still wobbly Games Workshop had just lit the fuse on the rocket that would catapult them to un
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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I can tell Trench Crusade has the juice because a certain segment of 40k players are demonstrating their insecurity about its rise in the same manner they did about WARMACHINE circa 2006.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but every website you know from the giants to the little guys is being swamped 24/7 by AI scrapers and are having to devote ever increasing resources, or take drastic blocking actions to stay accessible. This is not a tenable situation for the web.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My beloved Blood Angels complete 3rd Company with support elements - my first 40K army. I started this army with Rogue Trader in 1988, and and expanded it up to about 4th Edition. Big parts of this army are RTB01s. The've earned retirement. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #oldhammer
Rogue Trader Blood Angel army from Warhammer 40,000 in parade formation. Entire 3rd Company, with vehicle and support elements. @150 miniatures. Army is circa 1988-1990s.Closeup of Tactical Squads with many RTB01s (some with snazzy back banners). Rogue Trader Blood Angel army from Warhammer 40,000 in parade formation. Entire 3rd Company, with vehicle and support elements. @150 miniatures. Army is circa 1988-1990s.Closeup of Terminators with Librarian up front. Rogue Trader Blood Angel army from Warhammer 40,000 in parade formation. Entire 3rd Company, with vehicle and support elements. @150 miniatures. Army is circa 1988-1990s.  Very proud of my model railroad flock bases with little scenic pebbles.  So soothing.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Friends, I have a Death Guard problem. I started with Loyalist Death Guard 20 years back, then added Traitor Death Guard, then a little Forge World, then some 30K, then some terrain, then, then, then... I need a bigger house. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #oldhammer
A large Warhammer 40K Death Guard army in a dirty white with green trim, custom decals. Well over 200 miniatures with many vehicles, Thunderhawk gunship, Fellblade, Fortress, Mortarion, and many conversions. Miniatures from 4th-8th Edition.  All lined up,  real pretty-like.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What makes Imperial Armour Volume 2 so good is Forge World took the time to make fancy color plates for old-school marine tanks like these: #Warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? Any leftover assembly hardware from IKEA.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
So if you are really into Warhammer for decades you end up needing to devote rooms in your house to it… just for the books!
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Simple beginnings. My Loyalist Death Guard (codex SM), about 4th Edition. Loved doing all the fiddly conversions, custom decals, and tracking down "heresy era bits" back in the day. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #oldhammer
Warhammer 40K Loyalist Death Guard, 4th Edition, @70 infantry, half dozen vehicles. Dirty white w/ green trim.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Eldar Exodites! After decades since they last had rules in the 2nd Edition Eldar codex. It's been, a long, long wait indeed. #nerdlings #warhammer #warhammercommunity wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Exodite
Warhammer 40K Eldar Exodite miniature, a space elf holding a staff in one hand, and equipped with a holstered rifle, riding atop a small dinosaur mount.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/06/2026
whoa www.criterion.com/boxsets/9000...
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The Complete Kubrick
A titan of cinema whose influence extends across visual art, philosophy, politics, technology, fashion, and beyond, Stanley Kubrick created an unprecedented string of masterpieces, from Paths of Glory...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
He signed an unconditional surrender at Versailles? Come the fuck on.
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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Inwit Phalangites Legatine Command Squad for a friend. #HorusHeresy #Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity
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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
God help me, I got myself excited for Death Company Blood Angels while writing this article.
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Bell of Lost Souls @belloflostsouls.net · 04/05/2026
Warhammer 40K: Orks Capture The First Faction Focus of 11th Edition
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Warhammer 40K: Orks Capture The First Faction Focus of 11th Edition
Games Workshop offers a first look at the rules for Orks in the coming edition of 40k! If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt already up to date on last week’s big Armageddon unboxing video. Maybe you’ve already chosen a side in that conflict, but Warhammer Community is here today to make a very strong […] Warhammer 40K: Orks Capture The First Faction Focus of 11th Edition first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls
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yoshimi red @yoshimired.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Japanese sci-fi: two robots in space, yearning American sci-fi: man gets the author's beliefs on polygamy confirmed by the aliens of ramalama IV french sci-fi: two horny bounty hunters visit the Galaxy of Breasts British sci-fi: nuclear war. Everyone dead. America's fault
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zeet (irrigation engineer) @zeet.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
i bet this shit sounds magical if you're fucking stupid
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
So with medical insurance premiums increasing @20% annually, everyone except the very rich need to realize you only have a handful more years of coverage left in your life. The entire system is going to collapse as more and more abandon it out of pure mathematical reality.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The Real Epstein List: A survey of the rich & powerful individuals who elevated Jeffrey Epstein, hired him, funded him, enabled him, befriended him, and/or partook of his services.
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Redacted: The Real Epstein List
A survey of the rich & powerful individuals who elevated Jeffrey Epstein, hired him, funded him, enabled him, befriended him, and/or partook of his services.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Alien:Earth is SO good. I'm loving the xenos creatures with ominously intelligent behavior, who seem to be aware of each other's species. Wondering if all this monster cargo was from the same planet, a kind of suicidal safari planet where everything will kill you. #teameyeballguy
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The ATX mass shooting was at our Target on 183 / Ohlen… so like 1000 ft from my house. Everyone here is fine. Yay TX and absolutely no gun control laws.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/07/2025
"Just because I’m not on the keyboard—and you have to add two extra steps for me to appear correctly—I’m suddenly the product of some soulless technology?"
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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
OH SNAP! Cloudflare unveils program to block/charge AI scrapers to access publisher sites. About time!!! blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
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Introducing Pay per crawl- enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access
Pay per crawl is a new feature to allow content creators to charge AI crawlers for access to their content.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
"The final humiliation of the extravagant, out of touch, and empathy-deficient Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was that the chronicle of their bloody, awful deaths was distilled into a nursery rhyme that’s been merrily recited by little children the world over for 21 decades and counting."
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Sunday Pages: "Jack and Jill"
A nursery rhyme by Mother Goose
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem. Right fucking now.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
media.tenor.com
a video game character with chains around his neck says flawless victory
ALT: a video game character with chains around his neck says flawless victory
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
“.. these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I was showing my kids some glimpses of what the old school internet was like when it was still positive, weird, and not 110% monetized. Who remembers these: Strongbad (2001) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZw...
youtube.com
Strong Bad Email #45 - Techno
YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom
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Larry Vela @laurovela.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
C’mon Pittsburgh, we gotta get more unlimited chips & salsa in all the Mexican restaurants, like you see down south… I have faith!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Small businesses (250 employees or less) account for 80% of all US job openings. 🙄
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/04/2025
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men. Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Jamie Dimon says the *best case* scenario for the US is now a recession. Cool, cool. From the best economy in the world to a self-inflicted recession in 4 months. Gotta be some kind of record.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights: * Abercrombie jeans: up 33% * Amazon Echo: up 38.5% * Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means. It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Beyond parody
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
URGENT: This is not a crime A judge has the authority in her courthouse to excuse a defendant for God's sake Trump tried this in 1st term & he was thrown out of court 👉 www.courtlistener.com/docket/14997... PS the violation here was Patel's tweet & that's why he deleted. I'll be filing complaint
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
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