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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pro-life? Patriotic? How is anyone in our country considered expendable? If you voted for this con man because you thought he supported some value, he does not. He only cares about himself. Trump suggests allowing Iran to "take out" LA and San Diego share.google/MKfldoiX3SnG...

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Trump suggests allowing Iran to "take out" LA and San Diego during campaign rally

Gov. Gavin Newsom called President Trump "deranged and dangerous" after he suggested letting Iran "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

If you need your liver removed, just head over to the nearest Safeway!

Text on a Safeway window reads We Deliver! But the division of the window frame makes it look like We De-liver.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We have a petulant child with a box of crayons, scribbling all over the maps again. Can the grown-ups please put this child in its playpen?

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Games begin with ideas, but they are made through decisions. Ideas start the conversation, but realizing one can take hundreds or thousands of hours, and a game team is full of people with other good ideas.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Last Herald-Mage (Mercedes Lackey) I first read this in the late 80s, when I was a freshman in high school. It dialed up my love of fantasy and sparked my love of worldbuilding. It also featured an LGBTQ protagonist and supporting cast... in the 80s. I still have my well-used copy.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Grogu is a fan of green superheroes.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Any Dark Age of Camelot fans around? I was going through some of my old bins and found some of my really old design notes, including my research and planning for the original world, design work for Shrouded Isles, Catacombs (working name Caverns and Castles), and more.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Cat litter companies/pet stores ageist? It cost less per pound to buy the larger boxes of litter, but who's more likely to have a bunch of cats? Little old ladies with a limited income, but those more cost-efficient boxes are too heavy. So, they have to pay more per pound for something lighter.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This is a post from my local Nextdoor saying that a grocery store is selling meat at half price because no one is buying it (because they are cutting back). And this area tends to be better off (financially) than some areas of the country.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Yes, human, I'm watching you.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Pause your doomscrolling for just a moment to watch this fun fox family freely frolicking. 🤭

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In 10th grade & lasting through 12th grade graduation, my high school shifted to what we called the "Blue White" (school colors) schedule. We had seven classes, but they were broken up between alternating days. Our 1st period was every day, 1/ ground.news/article/pedi...

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Pediatricians group finds kids of all ages need regular recess for physical and mental health

Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the firs...

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I don't know about "all the time", but The Oregon Trail still comes up occasionally in conversations.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only. No special order: Babylon 5 Ghost in the Shell: SAC The Expanse Survivor Buffy the Vampire Slayer Supernatural Stranger Things Battlestar Galactica (2005) Lost Game of Thrones Blue Eye Samurai Avatar: Legend of Korra Andor Legion

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Post a picture of yourself from the past that puts you in a light people on here wouldn't expect

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Before Absolute Wonder Woman, I never imagined that someone could recreate Wonder Woman; apply a new world, situation, & rules; & write a book I'd love. Yet here we are. And the care that has gone into the worldbuilding has been top tier. Great work @kellythompson.bsky.social and team.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It's April 15th, and in the Seattle region, it's... snowing?

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

"...foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce.” Aka AI.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Still the most cost effective food option if you're not eating at home. #Costco

Costco receipt for a hot dog/soda combo, totalling $1.66 with tax.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Um, the forest service doesn't just take care of forests, they fight wildland fires with the 10,000 fire fighters they had... So, um, that's going to be a problem... #USForestService

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

So, women who've been indoctrinated into an archaic patriarchal belief system want freethinking women to become good little Stepford wives like they are.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Can we impeach him for starting an illegal war before he claims "war powers" and tries to deny us elections?

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The next generation of phones need to come with automatic AI detection so I can tell right away if the thing I'm looking at is Gen-AI. The current cognitive load of figuring out if what I'm looking at is real or not makes me want to ignore everything.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

During dinner this evening, eith no prompting, my 10yo daughter said: Santa's a stalker! He watches you when you sleep? And he knows when you're good or bad? He's a stalker!

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

My Kickstarter just arrived from one of my favorite authors (Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon) about one of my favorite universes.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I've had these since at least high school, possibly earlier. They've been at the bottom of my holiday decorations box. I pulled them out & showed my 10yo daughter. Her: Are those DVDs!? Me: Nope Her: Uuuhhh... floppy disks? Me: Uh uh Her: <thinking hard...> Music tape!? Me: Close enough!

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Right now, at the end of my street, a few feet from my car. Deer in my neighborhood are very unconcerned about being around humans. This neighbor has a crabapple tree that the deer love; they're always there. (sometimes bears too)

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/10/2025

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Here's a little something to brighten up whatever you have going on right now.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Never. An actor is a person. Tilly isn't a person. It's an animated character. It isn't a "leading role." It's a character in an animated movie, just like Elsa or Mufasa. The team that created her could get an award for technology or animation, but "Tilly" should never be recognized for an Oscar.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

@ryannorth.ca My 9yo "must always have her tablet" daughter brought a change of pace with her to dinner. She said, "I need to get through all the endings!"

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

"KPop Demon Hunters" is now the most-streamed movie in Netflix history (236 million views). variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 26/08/2025

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: - It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’ - It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’ - It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’ - It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’ - It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’ No worries if not!!!

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

There's a bit of irony with me feeling like I need an AI assistant to specifically help me identify when whatever I'm looking at was written by or created with AI.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Took my daughter to see the Limited KPop Demon Hunters showing in the theater (she's seen it dozens of times at home). The theater was packed.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I lived in Pacifica for a decade. This event was always fun to watch. There are lots of great doggos who get pure joy out being on surf boards.

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The family is watching the most recent episode of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. My 9yo daughter said, "She's like me, smart, creative, and weird." Then she followed up with, "I want to be like her when I grow up." I asked her to clarify. "I want to be an inventor and an engineer."

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

My home is dominated by KPop Demon Hunters these days. My 9yo has watched it at least a dozen times, and the music is playing on loop at all hours. The movie and music are both good.

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three girls standing in front of a coffee shop

ALT: three girls standing in front of a coffee shop

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Something you didn't know you needed on your timeline: Pet turkeys walking on leash They walked with our community for our little annual Independence Day parade.

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WotSeries ❤️📖📺🤞 @wotseries.com · 20/06/2025

The Wheel called you to this and you answered the call! More to come, but for now, look what you all did! 💛 Culver City, London, New York, São Paulo, West Hollywood! #SaveWOT #TheWheelOfTime

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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I hope our service members remember that, historically, "just following orders" does not hold up well in court and that they refuse to comply with unlawful orders.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

So Mirriam Webster has announced that 'FRIDGE' is an official word in their dictionary now, and sited me as the concept's creator in the definition. Very cool, and weird at the same time. I got death threats over this, cool for it it to be recognized. www.merriam-webster.com/slang/fridge

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fridge

To fridge a (usually female) character in a movie, television show, comic book, etc., is to kill them off or seriously harm/abuse/violate them in some way (as a writer) for the purposes of motivating ...

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