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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Mushrooms are neat, these are outside our complex.

A tightly-packed crop of greyish mushrooms in the middle of a field of dark mulch with a few reddish leaves scattered about

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Everyone knows the best people to put in loaf are the Shakespeareans.

Title card from Star Trek: The Next Generation featuring the USS Enterprise NCC-1707-D against a field of stars.

The title is "Shakespearean Actors In Loaf"

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I am not a naturally handy person but since buying our condo I have tried to learn more about it, so tonight I have finally tackled the front closet bifold door with the front panel starting to come off. Hopefully these are enough clamps for the task.

A white bifold door resting on a wooden chair with an array of six various sized, black and orange clamps on one end.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Pies motherfuckers, pies. The pecans look a little burned but our lighting is terrible is all.

A pecan pie with a decorative ring of pecan halves at the edge of the crust, some of the pecans look burned but that's just our shit lighting in our dining room.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Six and three is nine Nine and nine is eighteen Look there brother baby And see what I've seen Hi-de-hey Baby, don't you wanna go? Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago

It’s the famous Pope Leo XIV holding a mic with both hands with his eyes closed looking for all the world like he is breaking your heart with a beautiful song

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I hear the battle cry Under the devil's sky The one winged angel screams It fuels my hopes and dreams The best bout machiiiiiiiiiine

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

If you thought things had changed Friend, you better think again Bluntly put, in the fewest of words Cunts are still running the world Cunts are still running the world

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.

The cover of Peter Murphy's Deep, a white background with Murphy in all black (shocking) bent over at the waist with his arms stretched up behind his back

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Started in on my Chaos Warriors because painting was just too involved. My new hobby lamp is a serious quality of life improvement too, a real game changer. Can't wait to have the chance to really paint under it. Next week, hopefully.

Four grey plastic Chaos Warrior models by Games Workshop but they're only grey plastic because I JUST built them and have the rest of the Spearhead box and just back off alright? I'm going to paint them. Eventually.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I had suspected that this comp I got for AEW Dynamite would be general admission (standing) but I was hopeful they wouldn't be. lol lmao I'm not mad though, the view is pretty good and I've got seat seats for Saturday.

A view of the AEW ring and stage at the Aragon Ballroom from the balcony behind a small cocktail table.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I wish I was able to paint more consistently than I do, but theatre and a day job take up so much time. Still, I think I manage to do a decent job when I have the chance:

A red and gold Space Marine with a Blood Angels death mask, it's a Captain with Jump Pack model but even fancier. It's reasonably well painted.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and salivate!

A tortilla lasagna fresh out of the oven. It looks fucking amazing.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Me in the National Security group chat

Garak, a simple, Cardassian tailor, wearing a burgundy mock turtleneck under a sort of brown checked pattern blazer. He is is looking down and to his left with a drawn expression that could be any number of things including trusting a fart in error but for my purposes is first receiving classified war information from a wildly unqualified Secretary of Defense who is almost certainly in an altered state.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source

Scott Thompson as Buddy Cole, he is sitting at a bar with a cigarette in his left hand and he is grinning with great gay mischief.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Spent a little time last night working on my Grey Knights chaplain while magnetizing one of my regular terminators to hold the heavy weapons in addition to a Storm Bolter (which works really well!) Still plenty of work to do but he didn't have his head attached so even that's good progress.

A Space Marine Terminator chaplain secured to a thick dowel being held by a white hand. The model is black and Grey Knights Steel, complete with a Grey Knights Paladin book armor decoration on top. It's not finished yet but it looks pretty good.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

And before I go to sleep: the Grey Agave Punch.

A glass bowl filled with a reddish brown liquid. A large, circular ice cube floats at the top along with a slice of orange peel.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I know it seems like I'm using an unreasonable quantity of tea bags but I measured the amount of water and the necessary ratio of tea to water. It's just wild seeing them at at once like that. Anyway, tomorrow night's NYE punch is gonna be fucking great.

Eighteen entire-ass tea bags steeping in a blue plastic pitcher.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Actually managed to get some painting in last night, not a ton, nothing dramatic, but enough to get at least a first pass of the gold armor for my successor chapter. At least of the ones I already had primed and base coated (other than the five in the back I didn't get to.)

Fifteen various Space Marine figures painted red with gold on their left arms and legs (and five out of focus in the back that didn't get their first pass of gold paint.)

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This from the 007 Science: Inventing the World of James Bond exhibit sure hits differently than it would have a few months ago.

A plaque from the 007 Science: Inventing the World of James Bond exhibit:

"Bond villains wield tremendous power and make dangerous foes.
From Dr. No to Lyutsifer Safin, they seize upon advances in science and technology as they hatch plans to change the world. They are billionaires, captains of industry, and self-proclaimed visionaries. Their plots harness real-world fear, whether it is nuclear war, terrorism, nanobots, fake news or climate change."

Parts of the Spanish language translation are visible too.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The muffaletta at MSI is just unreasonably large. It tasted very good but eating it was far more challenging than would be ideal.

An absolute unit of a muffaletta sandwich, holy shit. This fucker is four or five inches high and the intended method of mastication is a complete goddamn mystery. Also there are chips.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I had heard that Claudio Castagnoli had added 40k Purity Seals to his entrance gear but hadn't noticed it myself. What a gigantic nerd, literally. This is one of many reasons why professional wrestling owns so much.

Professional wrestler Claudio Castagnoli, a massive slab of Swiss muscle. He wears a black and gold jacket over his Trios Championship belt. On his jacket are three Purity Seals--text on old-looking parchment strips affixed with red wax--from Warhammer 40k because he is a fucking nerd and that is why pro-wrestling is so excellent.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,488,694! As is always the case, I am deeply unremarkable.

An image from Bluesky indicating that I am user #1,488,694 a deeply unimpressive number as befits my place on the internet.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Every time I see this fucking loading screen I can help but think of what an indictment of the US education system it is. This shouldn't be celebrated you fucking piece of shit owl.

A screenshot of a Duolingo loading screen, that damn owl is whistling above text that says "More Americans are learning a language on Duolingo than in the U.S. public school system."

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

My wife had basically no reaction to this, apparently she has somehow never seen the original, but I know that @tcmcg.bsky.social and @ssritrek.bsky.social will appreciate this.

The Sickos meme but instead of a sicko, it's The Sisko: Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, Captain of Deep Space 9 and Emissary of the Prophets of Bajor.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

A perfect album that came out when I was 21. Technically the album wasn't formally released until 2002 but the band had it available to stream on their website in 2001.

The cover of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album which features the tops of Bertrand Goldberg's Marina City towers in a sort of sepia tone.

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rantmo (he/him) @rantmo.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Pretty happy with this kitbash, though not as much as if the Scarab Occult Terminator torso I had worked as well as I had hoped, but still, it definitely looks Thousand Sons. #Warhammer40k