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Chris Hine @christopherhine.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
One of Donte DiVincenzo's passions is finding homes for rescue dogs. I did a story about how he and Jaden McDaniels used pregame tunnel walks with dogs from Ruff Start Rescue in MN to help get some adopted. You can read more and consider supporting: www.startribune.com/timberwolves...
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Wolves' DiVincenzo makes sure social media walk-ins have gone to the dogs
DiVincenzo teamed with Ruff Start Rescue to show off animals who are in need of a home.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 28/03/2026
Observer spaceship drawing
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 25/03/2026
Prediction Markets are Gambling. News Companies Owned by Billionaires are Propaganda. ICE agents are not TSA replacements. A 13yo girl is not a woman. Kids should not be in prisons.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 22/03/2026
Cuba:
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a man says " the math seems to check out "
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 19/03/2026
JD Vance is three billionaires in a trench coat.
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STELLAR EMPIRE @stellarempire.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
ENDLESS DARKNESS: a Stellar Empire story from @robfike.com (Ch. 3) The DEEP REACH finds herself dropping out of subspace into a chaotic mess. Will the crew … and the ship … stay intact?? stellarempire.substack.com/p/endless-da...
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ENDLESS DARKNESS — Chapter 3
A Stellar Empire Story
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 19/03/2026
ENDLESS DARKNESS: a @stellarempire.bsky.social story (Ch. 3) The DEEP REACH finds herself dropping out of subspace into a chaotic mess. Will the crew … and the ship … stay intact?? stellarempire.substack.com/p/endless-da...
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STELLAR EMPIRE (@stellarempire.bsky.social)
Welcome to Stellar Empire, a vast and growing sci-fi universe filled with interesting species, technologies, and struggles between different powers all vying to be the Stellar Empire. | Created by @jamr-media.bsky.social
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 18/03/2026
We are burning healthcare and housing
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 17/03/2026
It’s not that hard to understand: 1. He has spent the last 10 years fighting to avoid prison 2. He is enriching his family and accomplices to preserve loyalty (to avoid no. 1)
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STELLAR EMPIRE @stellarempire.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
ENDLESS DARKNESS: a Stellar Empire story from @robfike.com (Ch. 2) The crew of the DEEP REACH prepare themselves for a potential salvage haul, but the edge of known space carries threats… and so does the ship itself. stellarempire.substack.com/p/endless-da...
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ENDLESS DARKNESS — Chapter 2
A Stellar Empire Story
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 17/03/2026
ENDLESS DARKNESS: a @stellarempire.bsky.social story (Ch. 2) The crew of the DEEP REACH prepare themselves for a potential salvage haul, but the edge of known space carries threats… and so does the ship itself. stellarempire.substack.com/p/endless-da...
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STELLAR EMPIRE (@stellarempire.bsky.social)
Welcome to Stellar Empire, a vast and growing sci-fi universe filled with interesting species, technologies, and struggles between different powers all vying to be the Stellar Empire. | Created by @jamr-media.bsky.social
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JAMR.fun @jamr-media.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
BORN OF ASH AND IRON - CHAPTER TEN: Admiral Fisker revels in his victory, and partakes in his unique tastes… Ch. 10 of Book 1 of the Empirefall Chronicles, set in the @stellarempire.bsky.social universe. stellarempire.substack.com/p/born-of-as... #scifi #stellarempire #stories
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STELLAR EMPIRE (@stellarempire.bsky.social)
Welcome to Stellar Empire, a vast and growing sci-fi universe filled with interesting species, technologies, and struggles between different powers all vying to be the Stellar Empire. | Created by @jamr-media.bsky.social
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 15/03/2026
They want there to be a 1% and a 99% ↗️ Prices going up mean record profits for 📈 Booming markets (for their stock-based loan lifestyles) 💵 ❌ Stagnant wages and high costs for the rest of us.
They want there to be a 1% and a 99%

↗️ Prices going up mean record profits for

📈 Booming markets (for their stock-based loan lifestyles)

💵 ❌ Stagnant wages and high costs for the rest of us.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 14/03/2026
ENDLESS DARKNESS: a @stellarempire.bsky.social story (Ch. 1) Meet the crew of the DEEP REACH, a ragtag group coming from Longshot space, a hotbed for mercenary and pirate activity. But even these rough characters can bite off more than they can chew! stellarempire.substack.com/p/endless-da...
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STELLAR EMPIRE (@stellarempire.bsky.social)
Welcome to Stellar Empire, a vast and growing sci-fi universe filled with interesting species, technologies, and struggles between different powers all vying to be the Stellar Empire. | Created by @jamr-media.bsky.social
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Not to be all “this dumb TV show explains everything!” but: half of season two of Andor is about how fascism inevitably consumes its own people as remorselessly and relentlessly as it destroys others, from the average punter minding his business to soldiers to the most committed party functionary.
put aside what israel is doing to palestinians, or lebanese, or syrians, or Iranians, etc etc. its weird as a lebanese person to say this but ive been very distressed seeing the enormous damage israel is doing to its own people, and to jews more broadly around the world. its distressing to see
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Demolition of the Chisos Mountain Lodge is finally starting this spring after years of delays, blocking or limiting access to some of the national park's key features. www.texasmonthly.com/travel/big-ben…
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An Iconic Part of Big Bend Is About to Close for Two Years
Demolition of the Chisos Mountain Lodge is finally starting this spring after years of delays, blocking or limiting access to some of the national park's key features.
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David McGinnis @drumsinthedeep.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Nothing can ever really change without root and branch tribunals, which have never been done b/c of “decorum,” and then liberals wonder why each successive crisis is worse
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 11/03/2026
As part of my @stellarempire.bsky.social story ENDLESS DARKNESS, I threw in these really [ redacted ] translators with heavy censoring, courtesy of a sci-fi soda company called PopWorks Made with Adobe Project Neo and Photoshop.
3D art of A sci-fi translator communication box from a fake company called PopWorks (a joke combining Willy Wonka and Coca-Cola)
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 11/03/2026
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JAMR.fun @jamr-media.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
BORN OF ASH AND IRON - CHAPTER SEVEN: Volm and the "Hound" run, racing away from Fisker into the rings of Somari 8. Ch. 7 of Book 1 of the Empirefall Chronicles, set in the @stellarempire.bsky.social universe. stellarempire.substack.com/p/born-of-as... #scifi #stories #stellarempire
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STELLAR EMPIRE (@stellarempire.bsky.social)
Welcome to Stellar Empire, a vast and growing sci-fi universe filled with interesting species, technologies, and struggles between different powers all vying to be the Stellar Empire. | Created by @jamr-media.bsky.social
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 25/02/2026
I made the art for this game and it was an absolute blast!
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STELLAR EMPIRE @stellarempire.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
ENDLESS DARKNESS — A STELLAR EMPIRE STORY The crew of the Deep Reach thought they laid claim to an enticing salvage, but what they found at the edge of Long Shot’s galactic arm was something else entirely… Read chapter 1 from @robfike.com here: stellarempire.substack.com/p/endless-da...
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ENDLESS DARKNESS — Chapter 1
A Stellar Empire Story
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 22/02/2026
ENDLESS DARKNESS — A STELLAR EMPIRE STORY The crew of the Deep Reach thought they laid claim to an enticing salvage, but what they found at the edge of Long Shot’s galactic arm was something else entirely… Read chapter 1 of my sci-fi story here: stellarempire.substack.com/p/endless-da...
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ENDLESS DARKNESS — Chapter 1
A Stellar Empire Story
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 22/01/2026
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a cartoon of a boy standing on a pink background
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 22/01/2026
Maybe a vibe coder just hallucinated the shutdown of a load bearing section of the internet?
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SAMMinistries @samministries.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
If you would like to financially support the work that we do for our neighbors experiencing homelessness, you can provide vital financial support that makes an impact today! www.samm.org/winter-suppo...
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Provide Winter Relief to Neighbors in Need! - SAMMinistries
Provide Winter Relief to Neighbors In Need!
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SAMMinistries @samministries.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A winter storm is predicted in #SanAntonio January 24-26. We are working with the City and other local partners to connect unsheltered neighbors with transport to warm spaces. 📞 Call the Community Connections Hotline: (210) 207-1799. 📍 Find a warming site: Call 3-1-1 or visit the link below.
WINTER WEATHER WARNING

If you or someone you know
is experiencing or at risk of
homelessness please call:

(210) 207-1799
Community Connections Hotline

Find a warming site:
Call 3-1-1 or visit
SA.gov/ColdWeather

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OVERCOMING HOMELESSNESS
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 22/01/2026
Hey #SanAntonio, if you know anyone who will need a warm place to rest during the day, SACRD . ORG has a great mapping tool to show local options: sacrd.org/directory/su... #WinterWeatherResponse
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Find an organization close to you that has a program that will meet your needs. The San Antonio Community Resource Directory highlights the compassionate acts taking place everyday in congregations, ...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: 
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door. It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
May 12, 2025 

 MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel

FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director 
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal 

On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)

Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.Arrow) district court judge or magistrate judge in their place of residence.23 ICE immigration officers should consider all available enforcement mechanisms, including the use of a Form 1-205 to arrest an alien in their place of residence, to achieve the requirements of E.O. 14159 in accordance with applicable law and policies. This guidance informs the use of Forms 1-205 and provides to ICE law enforcement personnel a reminder of the general limitations and exceptions that may apply when effectuating arrests in an alien's residence. General Guidelines ICE law enforcement officers receive extensive training on the legal and procedural requirements for making administrative and criminal arrests. ICE personnel must remain cognizant of all existing laws and policies pertaining to arrests when carrying out civil immigration enforcement actions. Prior to entering a residence to conduct an administrative immigration arrest pursuant to Form I-205, officers and agents must ensure the Form 1-205 is properly completed and is supported by a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge, the BIA, a U.S. district court, or a magistrate judge. This is essential because that order establishes probable cause. Officers and agents must also have reason to believe that the subject alien resides at and is currently located in the address where the Form I-205 is to be served.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 21/01/2026
"On March 2, 1955, Claudette Colvin was arrested for the same act for which Mrs. Parks was arrested. She refused to give up her seat." sojo.net/articles/muc...
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Much More Than a Seat on the Bus: 60 Years Later
We in America haven’t dealt with the complicated history of what happened on Dec. 1, 1955 — or what happened before, or after. Many Americans have heard the name “Rosa Parks,” and they may have heard…
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 20/01/2026
My good friend Roger Narvaez wrote this piece for a series called Food • Home • Opportunity! “HUMANITY is ESSENTIAL & FUNDAMENTAL to LIVING.” www.robfike.com/p/humanity-i... #SanAntonio #BexarCounty
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HUMANITY is ESSENTIAL and FUNDAMENTAL to LIVING
This edition of Food • Home • Opportunity was written by Rogelio "Roger" Narvaez Jr.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 17/01/2026
They pick headlines that will cattle call all the troll accounts to the Facebook comment thread.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
2/ This is the NYT headline: "Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders" This reality check is buried in the 10th paragraph: Come on. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
While both the governor and the mayor have criticized agents involved in the immigration crackdown and have at times urged local residents to document their actions, there is no public evidence that either man has explicitly encouraged violence — let alone engaged in acts of terrorism. Both have urged protesters to remain peaceful.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 16/01/2026
GPTd
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 12/01/2026
Cruelty is not a fruit of the Spirit.
Cruelty is not a fruit of the Spirit.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 09/01/2026
Imagine how weird you would look justifying the killing of an unarmed civilian exercising their first amendment rights. 

Really really weird.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 08/01/2026
This pile has grown too heavy to carry. I can no longer feel the outside world on the inside... and I can no longer believe how utterly craven this has become, nor can I accept the way in which people respond to these events with anything other than anguish and repentance.
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Raymond Norman @raymondnorman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Woman fatally shot by ICE agent identified as resident 'out caring for her neighbors' Woman who identified herself as deceased's mother identified her as Renee Nicole Good. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., called Good “a U.S. citizen, a mother, and a Twin Cities resident” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Woman fatally shot by ICE agent identified as resident 'out caring for her neighbors'
A woman who identified herself as the deceased's mother identified her as Renee Nicole Good. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., called Good “a U.S. citizen, a mother, and a Twin Cities resident.”
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 08/01/2026
I mean... it was a public execution device.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 08/01/2026
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 08/01/2026
There is something incredibly ghoulish about people taking time out of their (seemingly busy) lives to sanitize someone killing another human being with nonsensical legalese in social media comments.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 06/01/2026
Looking to 2026 - with 2025 in mind - I wonder what a community fully invested in housing could look like. What does it look like to you? "Housing is __________" www.robfike.com/p/housing-is... @samministries.bsky.social #housing #sanantonio
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Housing is _________.
We are nearly a week into 2026, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t already a little overwhelmed by the work ahead.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 06/01/2026
CAN'T WAIT!
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JAMR.fun @jamr-media.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
“Operation Katabasis has hardly begun, and the crew are already facing unexpected challenges.” Cold Lantern: Chapter II is here from @searsandrew.bsky.social!! sears.substack.com/p/cold-lante... #scifi
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Andrew Sears (@searsandrew.bsky.social)
My Substack: https://substack.com/@sears My Podcasts: https://jamr.fun/podcasts/rebooted/ & https://jamr.fun/podcasts/iflm/ My Games: https://jamrfun.square.site Stellar Empire: https://stellarempire.wiki
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 05/01/2026
POST-traumatic would imply the trauma has ended.
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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 05/01/2026
Good morning, beloved. You are worth living well for. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 26/12/2025
And we created visual symbols to represent them, called it writing, and made the whole system logged that way.
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Rob Fike @robfike.com · 09/12/2025
Some simple adobe Fresco sketches
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