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Richard Garfinkle

@rgarfinklesff.bsky.social
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Writer and Computer Programmer. I write science fiction, fantasy, and popularizations / textbooks for science, math, and computer programming. No AI. He/Him They/Them

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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh no, my precious JOURNEY, it's going so far WEST! And it's taking my beloved ENAMEL PINS OF PIGSY AND SANDY with them! If only there were 12 more hours to snag a pin pack of my favorite RAKE-WIELDING HERO PIGSY and sidekick before they were gone! overlysarcastic.shop/products/ove... Oh yo, nice
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Journey to the West Pigsy & Sandy Pin Pack (Back-Order)
Get your Overly Sarcastic Productions Journey to the West Pigsy & Sandy Pin Pack (Back-Order)! Now available from OverlySarcasticProductions.
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Richard Garfinkle @rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A poem about Insomnia: The People Who Have New Days They are strange in their ways, The people who have new days. They sleep the half dark And wake well past light And imagine time fractures Twixt the lark and the night /1
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just one reupload remaining! -R youtu.be/mQ0FK5zdb44?...
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Trope Talk: Dream Apocalypses (reupload)
YouTube video by Overly Sarcastic Productions
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For those you don't know how this works, when a video gets copyright claimed, 100% of its revenue starts going to the claimant. The only way for a claim to be automatically removed is to trim out the claimed clip, obviously bad if the clip has original narration over it. Songs have to be muted. -R
Yeah, fraudulent copyright claims are such second nature to us Youtubers that it's easy to forget that the average viewer only knows that UMG is a blight upon the universe. And quartz, of course
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The second reupload is also available now, the other two will be going up on Friday. Hopefully then we can get back to actually making new shit. -R youtu.be/fAZV_uhXFOs?...
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Trope Talk: Living Weapons (reupload)
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A certain media conglomerate decide to claim four of my videos and reject our disputes even after all footage they legally owned was completely removed. So to continue stealing from them, allow me to borrow a phrase: of course you realize this means war. youtu.be/OCpHL5cig0o?...
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Trope Talk: Secret Tests of Character (reupload)
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One hour! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v21...
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DEATH TO CHRONOS? (Red plays Hades II, part 8!)
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Last week we slew Typhon. This week we confront a far more perilous foe: our parents' intergenerational beef with our entire extended family! Tune in this evening for the first ending of Hades II! -R
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Hades 2: Melinoe's Fiery Gaze
ALT: Hades 2: Melinoe's Fiery Gaze
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And that's a wrap! I'm still boarding chapter 9 and working on the halloween special, so it might be a bit of a wait. Everyone hydrate and stretch! comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-28/
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2.8.28 - Aurora
Chapter 9 will begin in a few weeks! Until then, let’s give these guys a little break.
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Two OSP streams in one week? It's time for more Plague Tale! More Plague, more Tale, more Bronze??? @ludohistory.bsky.social and I are heading back to Crete RIGHT NOW youtube.com/live/lA_TiaD...
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sophia flipping coin gif
Alt: gif of Sophia from Resonance: a Plague Tale Legacy flipping a coin
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This video has been occupying so much space in my brain I've been ominously referring to it in casual conversation as "The Thesis". youtu.be/TrofR0TbGlk?... -B
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Who is The Odyssey FOR? – Detail Diatribe
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Rolling with Difficulty @rollwithdifficulty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Eighth Eldest awaits in the depths. Brux's fate lies in the balance, will our heroes sink or swim? The pod is available on all major platforms, YouTube, or direct from our RSS feed at: share.transistor.fm/s/ad3dc63a
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Hunting Party Season 3 Episode 10: "The Eighth Eldest" | Rolling with Difficulty
Content warning: thalassophobia, body modification In the darkest depths, in the Library of all Knowledge, the Aboleth awaits. Can our Hunting Party prevail? Or will they be swallowed by the deep? ---...
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
splashdown comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-27/
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2.8.27 - Aurora
Chapter 8 ends on Monday!
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Richard Garfinkle @rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is a transcription of a longish Tumblr post. People who don't enjoy reading but enjoy written works are as much a part of the audience for writing as people who enjoy reading. /1 www.tumblr.com/richardgarfi...
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · People who don't enjoy reading but enjoy written works are as much a part of the audience for writing as people who enjoy reading. · There is a fair amount of disdain for people wh…
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Richard Garfinkle @rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is a transcription of a longish Tumblr post. People who don't enjoy reading but enjoy written works are as much a part of the audience for writing as people who enjoy reading. /1 www.tumblr.com/richardgarfi...
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · People who don't enjoy reading but enjoy written works are as much a part of the audience for writing as people who enjoy reading. · There is a fair amount of disdain for people wh…
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
we're all trying to find the writer that did this comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-26/
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2.8.26 - Aurora
time to go I think
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Soon! www.youtube.com/live/vBzhYmP...
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RETURN OF THE QUEENS (Red plays Hades II, part 7!)
YouTube video by Overly Sarcastic Productions
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WE KILLING CHRONOS AGAIN TONIGHT LADS -R
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Spider-Man Peter Parker: I'm Back!
Alt: Spider-Man Peter Parker: I'm Back!
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
ahh, mondays comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-25/
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2.8.25 - Aurora
to be honest if I could fire off beam attacks they would probably also become my default response to everything
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Rolling with Difficulty @rollwithdifficulty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Two clams remain, and two waters to cleanse. Have the party's actions gone unnoticed? The pod is available on all major platforms, YouTube, or direct from our RSS feed at: share.transistor.fm/s/dbcf50bb
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Hunting Party Season 3 Episode 9: "Clams and Consequence" | Rolling with Difficulty
The final clams left to place, the Hunting Party enjoys a suspiciously calm series of deposits. This false security cannot last, and as the day ends, the reef looms. It's time to descend beneath the w...
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
got places to go, gotta follow my rainbow comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-23/
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2.8.23 - Aurora
talk about a low-budget flight!
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On this episode of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast: It's Boys Niiiiight!!! Indigo and Blue hold the fort for an episode while Red's on her road trip, and the The BoysTM figure out what it really means to be an Editor. (The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms!) -B
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
and welcome back comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-22/
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2.8.22 - Aurora
mind if I borrow these real quick?
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
who's gonna clean that up -R
The Milky Way as seen looking south from Panorama Point, Arches National Park
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
addressing the fizzy lifting drink allegations -R youtu.be/h9mYHS8fu8o?...
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Trope Talk: Secret Tests of Character
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
have a good weekend! comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-21/
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2.8.21 - Aurora
I don’t know! Find out Monday!
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
sorry for no hades stream this week or next gang, I got distracted by this really big hole -R
Grand Canyon.
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Magpie @shy-magpie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
lrs: One of these days I'm going to post my mega rant that joins up several smaller rants on how people feel entitled to be weird about what others eat, lie to them about what's in their food, sneak stuff in their food, & otherwise mess with their food; all of which I feel should be unacceptable
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Richard Garfinkle @rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I grew up in an era where not liking things was called "being a picky eater" or a "food fuss". Which led to just having lists of things one did not like. In particular I did not like condiments on sandwiches or burgers. /1
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Rolling with Difficulty @rollwithdifficulty.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Clams in hand, the Hunting Party sets out in search of water sources. Brux is vast, their foes are many, but perhaps some familiar faces await along the way... The pod is available on all major platforms, YouTube, or direct from our RSS feed at: share.transistor.fm/s/22829b1a
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Hunting Party Season 3 Episode 7: "Storm's Edge" | Rolling with Difficulty
Clams in hand, the Hunting Party sets off to cleanse the waters and cut off their foe's means of escape. Brux is vast, but our heroes move quickly, and perhaps secure aid from some familiar faces alon...
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Venice? AND Greece??? Could it be... SHOULD it be? Lots to unpack, Venetian Greece is wack. youtu.be/G5fkFJqu5Vs?... -B
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History Summarized: Venetian Greece
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
good morning! comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-18/
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2.8.18 - Aurora
calling morals “little guy” while technically accurate is still considered demeaning in draconic circles
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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One of the joys of being a parent is the human interactions with your children, getting to know them as unique individuals, learning their tastes and needs and loving them and caring for them as the irreplaceable people they are. Why throw all that away for expensive glorified autocorrect?
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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I made an art history video about it! m.youtube.com/watch?v=spTp...
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Lascaux, First Impressions (All Art Everywhere Since Time Began)
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Richard Garfinkle @rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I will say this for Bierce, while the Devil's Dictionary has no entries for "Writer" or "Author" (thus shielding himself from his own snark), his entry on Lexicographer contains a a solid deconstruction on the problems of prescriptive versus descriptive definitions: /1
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We played SAROS! It was awesome and we totally 1000% did not go insane from staring into the welcoming radiance of the forever sun. youtu.be/jrCEGeUi-jU?... -B
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Red & Blue fight the Sun (and lose)
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
just……. chillin'? comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-14/
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2.8.14 - Aurora
clearly erin did not read the hit 2003 book Dragonology
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Sophia Ricciardi 🔜 PAX Unplugged @sophiekay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Girls night returns!
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Join us in an hourish to bring death to chronos! -R www.youtube.com/live/ceu0lS-...
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GIRLS NIGHT (Red plays Hades II, part 6!)
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
this is a future video spoiler for like five people on earth -R
The Adam Driver "every day I wake up" meme, but the second panel has been modified to show the texture of a Gamecube from ReBoot.
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We're so back - or at least we will be! Tune in tonight for an EVENING Hades II stream starting at 6 PM EST! -R
Red as Melinoe and Indigo as Dora from Hades 2, both contemplating Frinos the frog.
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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him @womzilla.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
An under-discussed part of John Crowley's career was his documentary filmmaking. THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, his 1984 film about the 1939 World's Fair (dir. Lance Bird) is available on YouTube in what appears to be a clean, complete copy. It's brilliant--smart, funny, elegiac, and very very Crowley.
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The World of Tomorrow (1939 New York World's Fair Documentary)
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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Have I mentioned recently that I make art? India ink wash drawing.
A large, sligjhtly warped (from the water washes, because this was mostly a casual drawing) ink wash drawing by Alessandra Kelley. Over the sea of Marmara, at night, looking north, the lights of medieval Constantinople are reflected in shimmering columns on the waves. A woman, her back to us, hovers a few feet above the waves. Her hair is braided up but uncovered and she wears Byzantine clothes of a light-colored, wide short-sleeved tunic belted over a darker tight long sleeved knee length tunic, over a very pale pleated ankle-length gown. Her fists are clenched.
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
splitting the party again :( comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-11/
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2.8.11 - Aurora
that scarf is turning out to be falst’s most versatile possession by a country mile
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
On this episode of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast: Red is 1000% the real Red and not an impostor. We can spot a fake Red a million miles away and this one here is the correct and authentic Red, no doubt about it. (The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms!)
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Ralph Snyder @ralphsnyder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"What the Mouse Said" The world is big, and I am small I cannot hope to eat it all. I peek, I poke, I prod, I look. Why, even once I wrote a book. But the vast is vaster yet, And I am less for all I get.
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Aurora Webcomic @aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
hey, it's page 8.10 coming out on 8/10! that's fun! comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-10/
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2.8.10 - Aurora
any bird can be a dragon if you stick enough horns on that bad boy
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Kate Schaefer @kateschaefer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
When I read Little, Big, I knew John Crowley was a great writer, and one who had spent his childhood in the same big library as me. When he taught my Clarion West class in 1992, I knew he was a great teacher, and a kind man. May his memory persist; may his works survive.
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Rolling with Difficulty @rollwithdifficulty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Seer of the Unicorn Knights is astray. Her prey awaits in the Prowl, wizards await with ill tidings, is she enough to seek them all alone? The pod is available on all major platforms, YouTube, or direct from our RSS feed at: share.transistor.fm/s/ed619b59
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Hunting Party Season 3 Episode 5: "Seer Astray" | Rolling with Difficulty | Episode 5
Alone again, Katya is drawn by the threads of destiny towards the Prowl. Who, or what, awaits the Seer Stray there? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us l...
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Ralph Snyder @ralphsnyder.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
From time to time when I was in divinity school, the professors at the nearby UChicago Divinity School would pose the question: what is religion. The answer was always the same: You can't -- it's too variable
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