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Brian "BoshNRoll" Coval @boshnroll.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

GIVEAWAY! @ultimateguard.bsky.social's new Mox Sidewinders and sleeves are perfect for Eternal gamers! Repost, follow me, and follow Ultimate Guard to enter. Sidewinders release Oct 8 and sleeves Nov 13. I'll pick a winner on Monday, Nov 2 to get a sidewinder and sleeves of your choice.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m not familiar with that site, but I know it’s usually more of a publisher choice than the seller. Bookshop.org has a filter to see the DRM free ebooks, all TOR published books are DRM free but each publisher chooses.

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LNKjoe @lnkjoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But wait, there's more! journalstar.com/news/local/g...

As Ben Houchin campaigns to become Lancaster County sheriff, his ex-wife is publicly accusing the longtime law enforcement officer of physical and emotional abuse during their relationship — allegations Houchin denies.

In a sworn statement detailing a series of incidents from 2018 to 2021, Maureen Brase-Houchin said the chief deputy sheriff squeezed her neck in a way that made her uncomfortable, made a comment about her disappearing, and forced his way through locked doors during an argument. Brase-Houchin said her ex-husband also intimidated her by firing a gun into a nearby creek bed after yelling at her and two of the couple's children.

Houchin has denied the allegations.

“I shouldn’t have to be scared of someone being sheriff,” Brase-Houchin told the Journal Star this month. “I don’t care if he’s my past husband. It doesn’t matter. Whoever is leading in law enforcement, there shouldn't be anyone who is terrified of them, or has been terrified or has had them squeeze their neck or break down their door in rage.”

Houchin alleges Brase-Houchin was physically abusive, including scratching and punching him.

Marriage, career and campaign
Houchin started dating Brase-Houchin in 1990 when they were students at Nebraska Wesleyan University and they married in 1993. In a November 2021 statement for their divorce, he said he never threatened to hurt Brase-Houchin, never mentally abused her and never physically hurt her in any way.

Brase-Houchin has alleged in sworn statements that Houchin had been abusive since the very beginning of their relationship.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

No, digital has more room for effects like relics and card rarity to gate powerful build around options. Clank! is fun and a good pvp deck builder but the deck complexity is nowhere near what StS manages.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Clank is fun, but it’s not tuned to the degree StS is and I don’t think a board game reasonably can be. I haven’t played the StS board game but my understanding is that they had to simplify and rescale some of the effects and damage to make it manageable to track.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Clank! came out three years before StS, Dominion over a decade earlier. Board games have some cool examples of deck builders that led to StS but the video game really let them nail the roguelike aspect in a way board games can’t.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 11/09/2026

I want to apologize for remarks I made a few years ago suggesting I believe every human is entitled to respect and dignity in addition to basic human rights. I had no way of knowing at the time this sentiment could be interpreted as applying to people of a gendered persuasion

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

look, the fact is, a lot of swing voters looooove torturing the omelas kid. they want to put more kids in the hole, actually, yeah. but not YOUR kid--oh, okay. well. still, big picture, thinking about the electoral map--

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Every terf is terrible. Just a quick reminder of this universal truth.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s kind of wild to only half quote me, I’m very much saying that you should read other, better books that have an added benefit of not giving money to an asshole.

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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I guess boycotting Harry Potter feels pretty trivial to me, because I'm an adult. if someone told me I shouldn't eat Gerber's baby food, I'd be like, that is no problem. I'm way ahead of you

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

just realized this is what happens when a right winger has to create art without using ai

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"fart" @jonhendren.com · 27/10/2025

"it was important to me growing up" a vitally important part of becoming an adult is accepting that some things and people you once enjoyed or believed in were wrong or bad and it's actually good to leave those things behind !!!!

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Which they need to do when the books wear out. Just try reading a different book, it’s really not that tough.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The second and third posts in the thread were more than two hours after the first, long after my response.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Or you could read another book and just let the cultural impact fade.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My point is more that there’s no need to talk about how great the books and world are when there’s a show coming up that you can’t already own.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Declaring the author died doesn’t somehow magically stop her from profiting. There are many other terrific books that have been written, why do you need to hold on to these?

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I’d also add that I tend to find board game videos via BGG rather than the YouTube algorithm, if people are coming from offsite you won’t see the same decay in algorithmic recommendation as other channels

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

They’ve tried, but it doesn’t seem to be profitable enough. The Qu*rtering is the biggest one I recall, domestic abuser JDA also has dipped his toes in but they don’t seem to stick around to make videos about the industry.

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Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"The king was pregnant." --Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It’s also fun to watch the players. They’re joking around but also extremely serious, it’s very interesting to see someone on a hitting drought come off a strikeout mad about it and immediately turn on the charm to sign some autographs for kids

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My partner is part of the K Club, so we’re able to get tickets to (almost) any game. It’s been a lot of fun seeing the different teams. The Clowns are a great addition, they have a very cool opening show talking about the history of the team.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I’ve purchased 3+ copies of Monstrous Regiment and will always buy a used copy to have available to give away, similar with A Psalm for the Wild Built.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Lincoln and Omaha have recently passed minimum wage ordinances that are higher than statewide, they just reinstated the voter approved wages from before the legislature gutted it. Our AG is now suing, so much for local control.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’ve read the first couple, but I refuse to use Audible so it’s physical library books only for me.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’ve seen that mentioned a lot! I don’t have much of a commute so I don’t do audiobooks much, I read Service Model on ebook, but I’m thinking of trying to pick up a few novels on audiobook.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Finding some non-visual forms of entertainment after eye surgery has me checking what audiobooks my library has. I’m a huge fan of his novels but I need to remember how good @aptshadow.bsky.social novellas are for world building.

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Spadefish Art @spadefish.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I have until the end of September to move from NE to NM!! I live paycheck-to-paycheck, so I don't have the money to move at all, let alone cross country, but I don't have any options in NE. If you're able to help, please consider donating to my GFM!! gofund.me/c7520cf7a

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It’s not really meeting the prompt but I think you might appreciate the concept of The Council of Nicea by @amabel.bsky.social boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34...

boardgamegeek.com

Nicaea

The formative political event of the early church, but with dumb jokes.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Feels like that could just be the fact that they’re kid’s movies and didn’t want to go max terrifying.

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

My brother, if we win the Democratic Party primaries then we ARE the Democratic Party

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

And www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/ is great for quick variant Sudoku puzzles.

gmpuzzles.com

The Art of Puzzles

Grandmaster Puzzles

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I’m kind of curious to see a Bloody Stupid Johnson structure outside of Discworld.

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Mx. Tiffany Leigh @tiffanyleigh.northsky.social · 13/06/2026

Cop Slide should adopt the same social media sharing rules as the clip of Tom Holland lip-syncing "Umbrella"

youtube.com

Boston Police Officer Takes A Tumble Down A Treacherous City “Cop Slide”

YouTube video by Boston Bodycam

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

btw for me vocal harmony is kinda the apex of music. when the bright mountain choir started singing with me, I went "oh...I want always to do this." the singers on the new single (as on the last one) are Carolyn Leonhart, Jamie Leonhart, and Catherine Russell & I lower my gaze before their majesties

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David (W) Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If you love short SF, or SF generally, a subscription to Clarkesworld is incredibly worth it. 50,000 words every month of stories, interviews and art for not a whole lot of money. Highly highly recommended.

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I love the random topics that show up in the Nebraska Legislature feed when people mention a unicameral

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I remember chortling at a “felonious monks” reference

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It’s been a great resource for our cookbook book club, feels like each month is a 50/50 split between people using a book they owned they haven’t tried cooking out of and people who went to the library. Snacking Cakes has been a regular choice for both!

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Anton @anton.beauty · 27/04/2026

a ballroom has a core strategic weakness: the man in the back saying “everyone attack”

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Michael D @quellspeller.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I’ve eaten it once and mostly blocked the memory. “Vaguely fishy jello” is the best description I can come up with and it’s so much worse.

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 14/04/2026

Anyone else print out particularly long posts so you can finish reading them later?

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