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CJ

@notapodcaster.bsky.social
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Member of the math teacher to actuary pipeline. Forever GM. He/him

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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a way to rune a friendship.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I still wonder who on Earth greenlit All Dogs Go to Heaven.
A still from the movie with a dog in hell surrounded by a dragon and a skeleton.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you're interested in exploring tabletop rpgs, you simply can't do better. I've never brought one of Avery's games to the table and not had an amazing time.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Is there a plugin to set your Teams status message to your current song like in AIM?
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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
oh yeah well could a depressed person do this? *restarts Bojack Horseman from the top*
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
They will do literally anything except pay teachers what they're worth.
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Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 07/07/2026
Team Pod Save has always irked me because at their core they are three mediocre white boy Obama employees who rode the juice of the first Black president to a massive media empire
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Kris, spelled “Kris” @nottherealkris.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Image from the film “synecdoche new york”, Robert anymore Hoffman in old man makeup sits on a stoop, a speech bubble extends down to make it look like he’s saying the quoted post
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Hexed Electron is flinging raccoons into a haunted house @hecticelectron.com · 02/06/2026
The Kickstarter for Raccoon Sky Pirates: Total Chaos Edition launches tomorrow morning! Get the original mailer-box game or go all-in for the full-color game with stolen components and a dumpster-fire mini! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hec...
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Coming soon: Raccoon Sky Pirates: Total Chaos Edition
The epic return of the RPG-slash-board game about flying to the suburbs in a janky trash ship and creating furry, ring-tailed chaos
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
If someone offered me a seat on a rocket, I'd actually have lots of questions.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is a very nice throwback to the early internet when people would make flash games of George Bush or whatever
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I think one of the reasons the TTRPG community has largely resisted AI is because one of the central promises of AI is that you can create, not just consume, stories. But the secret of TTRPGs is that anyone can get together with a few friends and tell a great story.
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The Rt Hon Jess Phillips MP @supermickychow.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
My favourite YouTube acoustic covers boomer has dropped this banger... I fucking love this man's playing, voice & emotion. He's a star Try listening to this without crying Blink 182 - I Miss You cover by Frank Watkinson youtu.be/AnbEBT1xUgg?...
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I miss you Blink 182 cover ,
YouTube video by Frank Watkinson
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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
YOU - “The people who built this world intended it to be better for you, but they failed. It is easier to live in their failure with this by your side.” (Tap on the tape recorder.)
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I have watched the international students I teach work so hard to get As in my class, 5s on AP tests, high SATs while doing it in a foreign language. Every one of them that goes to study in the US will make it a better place.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Surprisingly hard to find vegetarian food at the zoo. I guess they think looking at animals all day will really make you want to eat one.
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
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typing pumpkin 🎃 @typingloudly.zip · 28/01/2026
pretty sure the world is burning because a bunch of normies got their brains rotted during the not-lockdowns that never happened, because they didn't do enough computers as a kid to learn early that everything on the internet is bullshit only us peak millennials survived unscathed via bread-baking
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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
“Everyone has their own method of coping, some more effective, or self-destructive, than others...” He gives you a meaningful look.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
One of my favorite ttrpgs is The Veil. Each roll is modified by an emotion, so players have to stop to consider how they feel before every action. "I hit him back." Okay but why? Are you scared, angry, hurt? Do you feel powerful because you can? You must know to continue.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I couldn't find my earbuds, so I played the loud chirp to find them, and they started ringing in my ear.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
"Why haven't researchers proved the null hypothesis?" and other deep thoughts from the CDC.
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 19/11/2025
morning! so, it's my birthday today and I'm now 50 (yikes) but it turns out i have a present for YOU! a new episode of @americanmedieval.bsky.social w/ the exceptional @sarahebond.bsky.social! we talk dinosaurs & the American obsession w/ Rome (among other things...) Listen now!
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The “Fall of Rome” with Sarah Bond
Podcast Episode · American Medieval · 11/19/2025 · 1h 4m
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I hope they leave his boots on on the day they lay him down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B90s...
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Todd Snider - Play a Train Song
YouTube video by ewecylinder
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Geography of Nowhere. It wasn't groundbreaking analysis, but it neatly packaged a lot of urban planning ideas. I returned from a semester in Europe to my US college town, and I realized how *wrong* everything seemed, and it gave me a vocabulary to understand why.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Is this a pigeon meme with Ari Loeb looking at a butterfly labeled "literally any celestial object" and saying "is this an alien craft?
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
If you see an otter stealing a surfboard, no you didn't. www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...
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Watch: Surfboard-stealing otter attacks resume at California beach - UPI.com
Visitors to a California beach are warning of an aggressive otter with a habit of stealing surfboards in Santa Cruz waters -- and it isn't the first time.
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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
People imagine picking up and finding *something better* is an easy solution. But how is that supposed to work, when all your time and energy goes to staying alive? You have almost nothing to set aside to actually fight your way out.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Every young Republican right now:
Vance Wagner from Bojack Horseman on a news program saying, "I was an immature child of 38. I'm not that guy anymore."
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND


He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Disney will probably be really cool about Grok using their princesses in porn.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Fontina is the best cheese for grilled cheese and it's not even close.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
add an 'l' to change the meaning of a movie Superbald
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Can anyone help me inscribe the entire text of Infinite Jest on a bullet?
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
This is why we got off Facebook to share photos of my kids. It was a pain to get everyone to install a new app, but man was it worth it.
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ViViViViViViViViViViViV @bitegavemepowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Metroidvanias are either Protestant or Catholic. Castlevania? Catholic, of course. Metroid? Protestant. Blasphemous is Catholic. Dead Cells, Protestant. Hollow Knight is Protestant, but Hollow Knight: Silksong is Catholic. That's why people are complaining the game is hard. Cause it's Catholic now.
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Nicholas Handler @nicholashandler.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Stagflation, anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, new Star Wars franchise, President doing crimes, national guard deployed to American cities. If the Steelers can put together a solid defense we're back in business.
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Brosephine so scary 🎃 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
In case you’re not done celebrating, here’s a spectacular essay from Defector, in which James Dobson is literally compared to Satan.
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James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster | Defector
James Dobson was a nasty dude. He liked to beat children and dogs with a belt and to rain misery and punishment on the vulnerable; we know all of this about him because he said as much in public, repe...
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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I’m sorry Ms. Jackson (oooh) I am
A drawing of an eel labeled 4 eels
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Since nothing matters anymore, Massachusetts should issue me a letter of marque. I promise to be cool about it.
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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
ECHO MAKER - “Capital does not believe it can fail, which is why it must fail.” VOLITION - So young. So *unbearably* young… HALF LIGHT - Why do you see the two of them with their backs against a bullet-pocked wall, all of a sudden?
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
New ALAB dropped just in time for my 12 hour flight
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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
This, on the dangers of AI for the classroom, is excellent engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-war...
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A warning to the young: just say no to AI
The substitution of Large Language Models for genuine thinking is a generational threat. At stake is no less than the life of the mind.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
No NYT, it's not a Hitchhiker's reference.
NYT clip that reads: Riders paid a flat fee of $4.20, Mr. Musk said on X, an apparent reference to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” one of his favorite books. In the book, 42 is the ambiguous answer a supercomputer provides when asked to explain the meaning of life and the universe.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Ms. Rachel had the same arc as Ta Nehisi Coates where learning the basic facts of the situation made her go “this is unambiguously wrong” and it freaks out the credentialists who think serious people are supposed to say it’s complicated
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CJ @notapodcaster.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Finally some good news for once. www.404media.co/the-universe...
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The Universe Will Decay a Lot Sooner than Expected
This week, we have stories about wild horses, wild chimps, and wild cosmic deaths.
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