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James Mendez Hodes

@lulavampiro.bsky.social
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Cultural consultant (D&D, Magic, Jackbox, Daggerheart, Crooked Moon) and game designer (Streets of Jade, Avatar Legends, Thousand Arrows). I like religious studies, martial arts, hip hop, and orcs. He/him. jamesmendezhodes.com

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Taken from Facebook, this is cool as heck - Researchers at Antarctica's Maitri Station made a Ganesha idol out of snow for the Ganesh Chaturthi puja, and then they performed the visarjan ceremony, the immersion to return the idol to nature, by putting it in a bucket of water. Just super charming.
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
People are talking shit but this is a good loadout for most races. Light weight, decent speed, and good maneuverability.
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
man what happened to gadget hackwrench
Elizabeth Holmes's smiling face looking at an interviewer from the teaser trailer for You Can See Everything.
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Johnny O’Neal @johnnyoneal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hey @lulavampiro.bsky.social can this be my next Hexbeat character?
Meme by Alenora (@spunkyturnip) says "Imagine if your dad was a Minotaur and your mom was a Mermaid and you got the human half of both and now you're just some guy" and shows a picture of a normal human against a backdrop of a mermaid and a Minotaur.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/09/2026
Technology being everywhere doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere. The tech industry wants us to believe that AI in early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We don't see it that way. This week, we announced a moratorium on generative AI for public school students in 2-K to 8th grade.
We’re eliminating AI use for students in 2-K through 8th grade for the upcoming school year.
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
of course the horror writers dealt with this problem by dissolving somebody
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Idiot Kitchen @idiotkitchen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Check out these cool frogs I found, neo.
Instead of the red and blue pills, Morpheus is holding out two of those green tree frogs that look like Kermit
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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Normal Beetles: coming to stationary near you (not really, but wouldn't that be fun?)
simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Xen" is a Xenomorphon. A wingless beetle who cries easily. He always wants to watch the same three movies.
upper right: "Atra" is an Atractocerus. A very long and flexible beetle who can fit in narrow areas. He gets nervous in big crowds.
lower left: "Clav" is a Claviger. A beetle who is always showing up in places without having been invited. He's a nice guy, though, so everyone is usually okay with it.
lower right: "Para" is a Paratuposa. A very small and light beetle who is blown around by strong wind. She brushes her wings for two hours every day.simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Cal" is a Calodromus. A beetle with long legs who actually hates running. When he gets angry, he kicks things.
upper right: "Platy" is a Platyrhopalopsis. A shy beetle who loves peace and quiet. She always gets nervous when it's her turn to order at restaurants.
lower left: "Kero" is a Cerocranus. A fussy beetle who cares a lot about his looks. He is often late to things, because he gets distracted by mirrors and windows.
lower right: "Ness" is a Cnestus. A small beetle who knows a lot about mushrooms. If she starts talking about something she likes, she will never stop.simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Mike" is a Micromalthus. A pleasant beetle who always tries to look at the bright side of things. People ask her when she will get married, but she says she is happy by herself.
upper right: "Koto" is a Coatonachthodes. A small beetle with a big tail that looks like a termite. Her tail isn't alive, but sometimes she talks to it when she thinks no one is listening.
lower left: "Mel" is a Meloetyphlus. A loud beetle who loves the sound of her own voice. Even though she has a huge head, she forgets things easily.
lower right: "Trak" is a Trachelismus. A beetle who can always see over the crowd at concerts. He has been getting into origami lately.The twelve cartoon beetle designs standing together as if posing for a picture
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Randall @revuestarlight.net · 27/08/2026
customized my wow server to add ~100 bots to goldshire inn who will never leave and are programmed to argue about the xbox 360 vs ps3 nonstop
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Literally yes
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Welcome to Bluesky. Please familiarize yourself with the following accounts to understand the range of opinions it is acceptable to express.
From John Byrne and Terry Austin's cover of Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981), the spotlighted area showing Wolverine and Kitty Pryde in front of a dystopian wall with a poster depicting the faces of various X-Men labeled with "slain" or "apprehended."
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Plotweaver RPG @plotweaver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Meet Kienna and Dylan, the co-book leads for the Erstwild setting of Plotweaver. Plotweaver open alpha ends this Sunday, August 30th, so get your group together and play! We want to hear your feedback!
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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
experimenting with automated abandoned cart emails. not quite got the hang of it yet
RE: GIVE US YOUR MONEY, CUR

Preview: Thought you’d got away clean, huh?

Had fun on our website, did you? Course you did. It’s great.

But you think you can come around here, put items in your basket, and then swan off without checking out?

On MY WEBSITE?

I got a call from the half-dozen bug-eyed, pallid dorks we locked in the computer room until they agreed to make and run us a shop. (Yeah! We still have a computer room! What of it?) They were in tears. Really upset. They’ve spent so much time on that website, and between you and me I think they’ve figured out that we really have no intention of releasing them so this is pretty much all they have to live for - and you’d take this away from them? 

There’s three outcomes I can see:
- You click here, buy whatever was in your basket, maybe throw an extra copy of Spire or something in there as an apology, and we say no more about it
- I come over to your house and stomp about on your roof until you see the error of your ways
- I have to walk down all fifteen flights of stairs from my marble and obsidian office suite (we don’t believe in elevators at RRD) and calm down the dorks by putting blankets over their heads and singing jazz classics to them under my breath

Take it from me: you don’t want me on your roof. Years of aged brandy and luxury desserts have left me hefty and cantankerous. And the dorks don’t want me to put blankets on their heads, and I can’t sing, so if anything it makes the situation worse and that just makes me angrier.

I think we can both see how this is going to shake out. 

Love,

Grant “Big Money” Howitt
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Last rec for the moment (OH THERE WILL BE MORE) is the wonderfully weird and always funny "When Shiva Shattered the Time-Stream" by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com which I adore and it's short and you should read it www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...
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When Shiva Shattered the Time-Stream - Lightspeed Magazine
When Shiva shattered the time-stream, he was in love. Well, maybe he didn’t shatter it per se---more like twisted it into a knot. But there were too many “Vassiliev invariants” and “nugatory crossings...
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
φαίνεταί μοι κῆνος ἴσος θέοισιν ἔμμεν᾽ ὤνηρ, ὄττις ἐνάντιός τοι ἰσδάνει καὶ πλάσιον ἆδυ φωνεί- σας ὐπακούει καὶ γελαίσας ἰμέροεν, τό μ᾽ ἦ μὰν καρδίαν ἐν στήθεσιν ἐπτόαισεν· ὠς γὰρ ἔς σ᾽ ἴδω βρόχε᾽, ὤς με φώναι- σ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἒν ἔτ᾽ εἴκει…
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
PUSHEEN EMPIRE
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Pusheen Cat's Best Places to Sleep
ALT: Pusheen Cat's Best Places to Sleep
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I don't know who needs a real pickmeup today, but in recent court filings about the wealth owned by Andrew Tate, they indicate the Bugattis and Aston Martin he always bragged about owning... were rented. All of them.
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Lucile Danilov @locdandloaded.net · 06/08/2026
You may not like it, but this is what peak localization looks like (Asterix: Mega Madness (PS1, 2001))
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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In 2022, before Chatgpt and everything that came next, I participated in this study. It was framed as a research on a new tool that I could try and offer my opinion on. I didn't know that it was trained on copyrighted material.
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Wordcraft Writers Workshop
The Wordcraft Writers Workshop is a collaboration between Google's PAIR and Magenta teams, and 13 professional writers. Together we explore the limits of co-writing with AI.
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
master, please, you have to train me to wield the weapon *not* as an extension of myself. i have so many allergies. new car scent makes me feel nauseated. i get headaches when it's about to rain. my sword deserves better
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
you’re laughing. i’ve never been fed in my entire life and you’re laughing
tuxedo cat sitting on the stairs and glaring. she is shaped like a prize-winning butternut squash
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Mary Rose Valentine @timeformars.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
*asexual voice* yeah, i'm a switch in bed. sometimes i sleep on the left side and sometimes i sleep on the right
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
*learning to use the lancer character creator* so do i have to change my pronouns to unlock more content on this thing or
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 01/08/2026
I truly was not expecting. Thank you, thank you all who voted. And congratulations to @magpiegames.bsky.social for winning silver, and all the other Best Writing nominees—it was quite a competitive field.
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
woke up from a D&D-themed dream and i guess i must have been a bard because this verse was the only thing about it I remember: step one, you kick down the door step two, knock his ass to the floor step three, run his pockets for drip step four, maybe check who he is?
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
area printer has never had ink in entire life, reports area printer
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
me any time I have to design any kind of #ttrpg conflict system to do literally anything: So the Tachyon Squadron dogfighting ladder…
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
War consumes 16th century Japan. Chivalry and loyalty fade and fall as castles and ambitions rise. Navigate both battlefield and court politics as you rewrite history in gunpowder, blood, and betrayal. Thousand Arrows by @lulavampiro.bsky.social Available now: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
An illustration of an epic naval battle. Warriors in 16th century Japanese armor wield polearms and grappling hooks as they swarm a ship amid the crashing waves of a turbulent sea. More ships burn with fire on the horizon. Scattered warriors have fallen into the sea and struggle to stay afloat. The sky is an ominous gray.
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Play knight-commanders, religious luminaries, spymasters, and rebels desperately trying to rewrite history in gunpowder, blood and betrayal in Thousand Arrows by @lulavampiro.bsky.social This PbtA game of samurai warfare, drama, and tragedy returns in PDF & POD: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
The cover of Thousand Arrows featuring an illustration of a female warrior wearing 16th century Japanese armor and carrying a musket. A sword is strapped to her belt and a Japanese fortress burning in the background. Caption: A role-playing game of samurai drama by James Mendez HodesA classical Japanese illustration of Ukiyo-e of Oda Nobunga by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. A Japanese warrior rips a banner in half. He wears a red cloak with a floral pattern over blue robes printed with a hexagonal pattern. Two swords are affixed to his belt. Caption: Oda Clan. Domain Echizen and Owari Provinces. Play this clan if... you want to go into every battle with the odds on your side.The introductory page of The Secret Agent playbook. A figure wearing long robes and a horned devil mask stoops down on one knee to examine the grass next to the bloody hand of a dead warrior. Next to that, a quote from Takamatsu Toshitsugo: As shinobu ho or shinobu waza (the art of stealth) came to be called ninjutsu, true ninjas began to realize that they should be enlightened of humanity. They tried to avoid unreasonable conflicts or fighting. I learned from my master that the ninjas' duty is to be enlightened on the laws of humanity. There should be no fighting that does not follow those rules. Therefore, the enemy who stands against the laws of nature has lost his battle before he begins the fight. The first priority to the ninja was to win without fighting, and that remains the way.An illustration of an epic naval battle. Warriors in 16th century Japanese armor wield polearms and grappling hooks as they swarm a ship amid the crashing waves of a turbulent sea. More ships burn with fire on the horizon. Scattered warriors have fallen into the sea and struggle to stay afloat. The sky is an ominous gray.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Pioneer Day is just one example of the LDS Church’s anti-Indigenous racism, a new book argues. "Mormon Settler Colonialism: Inventing the Lamanite." www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
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Pioneer Day is just one example of the LDS Church’s anti-Indigenous racism, new book argues
A Native American scholar describes how the LDS Church weaponized the Book of Mormon's “Lamanite” term against Native Americans — and the people reclaiming that name.
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Thousand Arrows returns next week! Knight-commanders, religious luminaries, spymasters, and rebels rally and maneuver their forces in a 16th century Japan embroiled in war. High drama, strategy, negotiations and more mix in this PbtA game by @lulavampiro.bsky.social More: evilhat.com/thousand-arr...
The cover of Thousand Arrows featuring an illustration of a female warrior wearing 16th century Japanese armor and carrying a musket. A sword is strapped to her belt and a Japanese fortress burning in the background. Caption: A role-playing game of samurai drama by James Mendez Hodes
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ICYMI, Sean has the latest recap of our project pipeline, including the imminent release of Don't Rest Your Head on Roll20 and the return of Thousand Arrows by @lulavampiro.bsky.social !
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State of the Hat - July 2026
YouTube video by Evil Hat Productions
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
i can’t tell you exactly what it was but recently i encountered a situation where it *was* my circus but they *weren’t* my monkeys so, just, be aware that those exist
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Reload muskets. Rally the troops. Fight to unify Japan. Thousand Arrows is back in print with @evilhat.bsky.social! The TTRPG of samurai warfare and drama, powered by the Apocalypse, returns with revised text and layout. Get Thousand Arrows in PoD and PDF on 21 July! evilhat.com/thousand-arr...
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Thousand Arrows launching soon! - Evil Hat Productions
On July 21, 2026 James Mendez Hodes and Evil Hat Productions are re-releasing Thousand Arrows in PDF and POD formats! It is the sixteenth century. All Japan is at war. The gallant cavaliers of eras pa...
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Lyme @lymerpg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Dawn of the Orcs is back on Backerkit for 10 days, as part of the Ennies Emporium! Play wizards and mad scientists. Build your own orcs. It's a GMless game with just the right mix of strategy and storytelling that everyone who plays it has a good time. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
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Dawn of the Orcs - ENNIES EMPORIUM!
Dawn of the Orcs is an Ennie-nominated GMless dark fantasy worldbuilding and roleplaying game. You play as the magical technocrats who create the first Orcs as weapons of war, modify and improve them ...
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Lyme has impeccable taste in fantasy orcs. This game goes deeper than even the "cool orcs" approach I often like: it makes your character literally personally responsible for the way the orcs turn out in the classic "wizard did it" situation, exploring the question of creative responsibility.
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ceej @ceej.online · 29/06/2026
JOKER: Not so fast, Bat-JERK! My LAUGHBangs will leave you BLIND as a BAT! BLUESKY BATMAN: Oof. Many people suffer from reduced vision. Not funny. JOKER: It's like, it's a pun. It's just wordplay. BLUESKY BATMAN: Sorry if I'm not in the mood for "jokes" while SCOTUS shreds our constitutional rights
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
We support Ganesha's vahan here.
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Yoshi Yoshitani @yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A little late to Pride! Bisexual Love Triangle 1 of 3 Vampire - Human - Vampire Hunter Mini Print Set Here > yoshiyoshitani.store/products/bis...
Bisexual Love Triangle
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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 02/07/2026
Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
new yoga origin story just dropped rubinmuseum.org/virupa-and-t...
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Virupa & Cross-Religious History of Hatha Yoga | Rubin Museum
Learn about the complex origin story behind the popular Hatha Yoga. From the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art.
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
doorway, desk, doctor, devastation
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
tired of the "#1 dad" nonsense. if you're a dad, stop treating it like a joke and post your actual national dad ranking. i'm # 492,018, which is actually really high up there, but more importantly it lets me enter ranked dad lobbies where i can get matched up for fistfights with dads of my caliber
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Dayv @dayv.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Pronoun police"? Please. The proper term is the gendermes.
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 17/06/2024
Me not having a wife for Pride month is homophobic [crowd murmuring in agreement] and transphobic also [crowd cheering] maybe even racist [I see I’m kind losing the crowd but I take it one step further anyway] against white women,
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James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
princess knight is my favorite tezuka joint, a top 5 favorite comic, and gotta be one of my favorite genders. i desperately need this to be good
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