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Steven Marsh

@stevenmarsh.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, gamer, optimist. Unexpect the expected. Posts and opinions are my own. — he/him/his

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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ahhh, there it is... thanks so much! (The page is displaying not-great for me on five different browsers across two devices...)
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"You failed to properly compensate during the ion storm. Your agonizer, please."
A screenshot of the MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 episode "Last of the Wild Horses," depicting the crew of the Satellite of Love as their "Mirror, Mirror" counterparts. Mike Nelson has a goatee and has his hand out asking for the agonizer. Crow is dressed in an "evil crew" uniform and looks more-or-less unconcerned. The other two 'bots (both from the non-mirror universe) stand nearby.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Done!
A donation receipt for the Jane Goodall Institute.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Between the top hat, cane, and exact pose, it's hard to imagine it's NOT...
A comic ad: "CAP'S GONNA STAR IN A BROADWAY SHOW... AND MAYBE YOU CAN STAR WITH HIM!"

The comic image shows Captain America dancing with a top hat and cane on a red-curtained stage. Information in the ad encourages girls between 10 and 14 who can sing, dance, and act to send their photo and background info to a New York address that is almost certainly no longer relevant.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Are... are we not doing phrasing anymore?
Headline from CNN.com... link is at 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/19/politics/trump-kennedy-center —

[picture of President Trump raising his hands]

'It will never be the same': How Trump turned on the Kennedy Center and brought it to its knees
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A tweet from bela lugosi's dad (@markpopham):

keeping track of things with the following rhyme:

if the Naomi be Klein
you're doing just fine
If the Naomi be Wolf
Oh, buddy. Ooooof.

6:18 AM • Oct 23, 2019
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Hey, boss! Just like you asked, I designed those hardcover spines to appeal to the detail-focused die-hard comic-fan market. I’m assuming no problems with the set ‘cause I just ordered 200,000 of ‘em.”
The three-volume Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus hardcovers. The blue "DC Bullet" at the bottom is lined up, as is the rising green ring-wielding fist above that . . . but at the top, the title:

GREEN
LANTERN
BY
GEOFF
JOHNS
OMNIBUS
VOLUME [x]

... lines up with nothing in relation to each other.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Misfits have announced that they will no longer be supporting Ed Sheeran on his current tour.
The Misfits from JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The 1970s DOCTOR WHO logo, but it says DOCTOR WORM
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Chidi from THE GOOD PLACE saying, "Okay. But that's worse. You do get how that's worse, right?" The Bluesky butterfly is over Chidi's face.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A four-panel black-and-white comic by Shami Stovall.

PANEL 1: A writer is at the computer, "tap tap tap tap" writing. Above shows the words: He sat at his _______ desk . . .

PANEL 2: The writer asking, "What kind of wood did they use to make furniture in 1200 Japan?"

PANEL 3: An all-text panel that says, "6 Hours of Research Later"

PANEL 4: The same writer at the same computer, with the words above the writer: He sat at his cypress desk . . .

The writer says, "On to the next sentence..." (tap tap, tap tap)
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A square image, with the "NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC" logo treatment. It says:

NOW
THAT'S WHAT I CALL
A PIPE

In the background is the brown pipe from Rene Magritte's painting "The Treachery of Images"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Edvard Munch's THE SCREAM, with the main figure wearing a jaunty straw beach hat
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Nikki (who’s VERY selective about her gaming stuff) had this to say upon seeing the announcement…
A balloon from Apple's Messages app: "I know what I want!!"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Geordi La Forge "No/Yes" meme. The top image ("No") has the CD card "INTELLECTUALS". The bottom image ("Yes") has the CD card "THEY MAY BE GIANTS"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
For any '80s kids who want a hit of nostalgia, I direct your attention to the toys and video-games section of the 1984 Sears Christmas Wish Book on archive[.]org.
catalog ad for Dungeons & Dragons from p. 588 of the 1984 Sears Christmas Wish Book.

[edited to fit]

1. Only at Sears! We are proud to present to D&D fans and lovers of fantasy, a limited edition D&D Poster of stunning beauty! Created by the famous painter Elmore, this poster is a must for setting the proper mood for playing D&D or just sheer enjoyment. The poster is a gigantic 24x36 in. high. $2.99

2. As your adventuring party explores the different levels of the dungeon, they will encounter the Golden Dragon, one of the mightiest beasts that lives within! But beware, magic is the only weapon that will save you! …[O]ne of the finest, most enchanting sculpted-metal models ever created. The proof lies in the exquisite detail and craftsmanship This dragon is essential for role-playing games like D&D. $14.99

D&D Poster (1). and Golden Dragon Set (2). Separate prices total $17.98, $15.98

3 thru 6. These Advanced D&D Books provide all the information needed to participate in an advanced D&D game. Classics-to-be are bound with beautiful full-color hard covers

3. Players Handbook, a great starter book, 128 pgs. $8.99
4. Dungeon Masters Guide; a treasure. 240 pgs. $11.99
5. Monster Manual I; a special accessory. 112 pgs. $8.99
6. Monster Manual II. 100 pages. $8.99

7. D&D Basic Set with simplified rules. $8.99

D&D Expert Set. For those who have mastered the D&D Basic Set. $9.99.

8. D&D Companion Set for new fantasy and game play. $9.99

9. Unbelievably striking, the D&D Puzzle is sure to give you hours of fun! 551 pieces. $5.99

10. Re-create St. George's quest to save Princess Andromeda! This set of sculpted-metal miniatures from Grenadiers Dragon Lords Series contains a mounted armoured knight, a lovely princess and two monstrous dragons. 25 mm. scale larger dragon stands 4¼ in. tall. $19.99

11. The D&D Endless Quest Gift Set has 4 great titles in a shelf box. Set includes: Dragon of Doom, Raid on Nightmare Castle, Under Dragon's Wing and Dragons Ransom. $7.99.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
An animation frame of Chairface Chipendale staring at the moon, which he began to carve with his name but was stopped . . . having only successfully inscribed "CHA" into the moon.

This is from the 1994 animated series THE TICK.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The @rifftrax.com version of that movie was amazing. Because of them, whenever I think of this film, I remember the bespoke fish icon the computer graphics guys in the movie came up with to lure Godzilla.
A low-res computer graphic of a blue fish icon.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The cover to Starman #28 (from 1988): "Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite Part Two/A." Emil Hamilton is running up to Starman, who is standing over Superman. Starman is glowing and Superman is is wincing in pain.

Hamilton is yelling, "STOP! You're killing SUPERMAN!" — "Superman" in the word balloon is the red-and-blue Superman logo.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Approves.
Jabba the Hutt, from STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The title treatment for the Fourth Doctor era of DOCTOR WHO, with an episode name of "THIS MAY BE A SAPPHIRE & STEEL EPISODE BY MISTAKE… WE WON'T KNOW FOR 21 MINUTES"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The opening logo for the Fourth Doctor (1976-1980 era) with the title "HALF-REMEMBERED NIGHTMARE FUEL"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
An image of the starship Enterprise-D title card with the title "Explosion" — a reference to the RachaelAtWork tweet: "Star Trek TNG episodes are called like 'Explosion' and the episode is about a big explosion. TOS episodes are called 'What yonder soul doth go hence...a brother??' and are about an omnipotent space frog who makes everyone take their clothes off"A title card for the original Star Trek with the Enterprise orbiting a planet. The title says, "WHAT YONDER SOUL DOTH GO HENCE... A BROTHER?" — An image of the starship Enterprise-D title card with the title "Explosion"

This is also a reference to the RachaelAtWork tweet: "Star Trek TNG episodes are called like 'Explosion' and the episode is about a big explosion. TOS episodes are called 'What yonder soul doth go hence...a brother??' and are about an omnipotent space frog who makes everyone take their clothes off"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"Cannot overstate," yes.
A screenshot of MacOS's dictionary and thesaurus entries for "overstate":

o•ver•state |‚ovar'stat |
verb [with object]
express or state too strongly; exaggerate: I may have overstated my case to make my point.

verb
he admitted that he had perhaps overstated his case. EXAGGERATE, overdo, overemphasize, overplay, dramatize, catastrophize, color, embroider, embellish, enhance, magnify, inflate, amplify, make a mountain out of a molehill; informal make a big thing out of, blow up, blow up out of all proportion; archaic draw the long bow.
ANTONYMS understate.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Going to the link you provided — www.kickstarter.com/projects/atl... — takes me to a 403 error.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Same energy . . .
Two panels from Tales of Suspense #92, with Captain America throwing a punch:

PANEL 1: Okay, mister -- I'm READY for you! So let's WRAP it up! Only ONE of us is gonna walk out of here-- under his own steam--

PANEL 2: -- and, it won't be ME!
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo — generated using http://glench.com/tmnt/ — made with the words "Low Libido Beef Burrito"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I gotchu, fam.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Hope this helps . . .
A screenshot of the DC Universe wiki —  https://dcuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Boris_Wolnix — with a red circle around the line:

"Boris Wolnix is an author who wrote the foreward of A Better World."
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I made this one eight years ago (although I'd be shocked if someone didn't do it before me). It's fitting that it popped up on my Facebook memories feed, since tonight's the last day of a three-date stop in Indianapolis for They Might Be Giants . . . @tmbg.bsky.social
A version of the American Chopper Argument meme:

OLD GUY: I'm your only friend

YOUNG GUY WITH BASEBALL CAP: I'm not your only friend

OLD GUY: BUT I'M A LITTLE GLOWING FRIEND

YOUNG GUY, THROWING CHAIR: [bold] BUT REALLY I'M NOT ACTUALLY YOUR FRIEND

OLD GUY, POINTING: [bold italic] BUT I AM!!!!
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
𝐍𝐎.
The header of a Gen Con email to Steven Marsh that reads "Curious About Becoming a Game Designer? 🎲"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I just tried it without logging into my account, and it seems to be working...
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A variant of the DUNE poster with the DUNE font that says "PAUL BLART: MALL COP"
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Could this be a solution?
A repurposing of the original map giving the option to go LEFT off the map, going through a Pac-Man maze portal, following the dots, emerging on the right-hand side of the map by the pickup point. The central desert portion has the for Pac-Man ghosts from the center, with a red "X" over it.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
What're you talking about?! We had our decades-long heyday... from 2012-2014!
A graph from the Pew Research Center entitled "Millennials became the largest generation in the labor force in 2016"

It shows Gen X being the largest generation in the work force from 2012-2014 (tied with Boomers in 2011 and below them before; and tied with Millennials in 2015 and below them 2016+).
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
DOCTOR: Whatever you do, don't blink. Don't EVEN blink. Blink and you're dead. BRAK:
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A short from MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 called "Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm" features a ludicrously busy (and, thanks to quips, unfun) day. At the end of that day, Crow (Trace Beaulieu) quips, "Day one is over at long last." For some reason I'm thinking about that line a lot today, on January 20.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
A chapter header: "Chapter Eleven: Combat." To the left of the text in the chapter title is a medieval marginalia drawing of a rabbit beheading a man with a sword. (To be clear, the rabbit has the sword.)
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It's also a dynamic with a LOT of room to maneuver, creatively. From James Gunn's depiction to "Thanks! My mom made it for me" to Clark drinking ROOT BEER with his dad to . . .
A four-panel scene from the Justice League animated cartoon, at the Kent's dinner table:

PANEL 1
PA KENT (TO MARTIAN MANHUNTER): This little guy was crazy for Christmas.

PANEL 2
PA KENT: We used to wrap his presents in lead foil so he couldn't peek.

PANEL 3
CLARK KENT: You mean SANTA wrapped them.

PANEL 4
MA KENT: Of course dear.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
A comic-book panel with the text:

" 'Do it?' "
"Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome?"
"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."

The words are in a too-small font, mixed case lettering, and white lettering on a lime-green balloon.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I had no idea Gillian Anderson was so versatile.
An excerpt from a Wikipedia article:

In February 2023, it was announced that Sewell had been cast as Prince Andrew, Duke of York, in Scoop, a Netflix drama about Andrew's 2019 Newsnight interview, co-starring Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis, Billie Piper, and Keeley Hawes.[27]
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The DashCon ball pit with a tank in it.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Got it fixed for you, fam.
The Kanopy menu showing the category Deadly Dames: Femme Fatales in film noir above several children’s movies. All of the children's movie covers have been color-adjusted to be black and white.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
PMSSbtPFaSfTSBV Day has gotten =so= commercial recently. I hope everyone can take a moment today and remember that Partially Muscled Skeleton Standing by the Perimeter Fence and Screaming for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing is the reason for the season.
A panel from Watchmen, with the caption: "NOVEMBER 14TH: A PARTIALLY MUSCLED SKELETON STANDS BY THE PERIMETER FENCE AND SCREAMS FOR THIRTY SECONDS BEFORE VANISHING..." The comic drawing depicts what the text says.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
As I promised on the @stevejacksongames.bsky.social Daily Illuminator a few weeks ago, Nikki and I are teaming up to begin a six-part Hunt A Killer series this weekend: RENFAIRE REGICIDE! #HalloweenGaming
A picture of Steven and Nikki in front of a blue curtain. Steven is wearing a black laced Renaissance Fair outfit, and Nikki is wearing a Renaissance Fair wedding dress.The contents of the Hunt A Killer RENFAIRE REGICIDE Episode 1 box, including a map, a yellow envelope, several letters, a poster, and a guidebook.Nikki looking intently at the contents described in the previous photo.The same as the previous photo, only Nikki is looking at the camera and smiling.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
"Can you tell me how did the Renaissance come about? Or Constantinople? Or the Silk Road?"
The History Channel meme of the guy with tall hair holding up his hands, and the word "ALIENS" below it.
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Steven Marsh @stevenmarsh.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I am . . . doubtful, email client.
A screenshot of my email client (MacOS), with "gurps basic set" in the top-right search box (underlined in red) and "Searching 'All Mailbo...'" — Found 0 results" (also underlined in red).
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