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James P. Taber

@taberiusrex.bsky.social
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He/him. Writer, editor, librarian. Rolls dice to make nice. Father of Orm and Tog.

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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 3h
It's such a slick design, I imagine the experience of building it only gets better at bigger scales CC, 0080/83, and 8th MS Team designs are peak Gundam, in my humble opinion (though the G-Witch kits go together so easy)
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 3h
This is wonderful news for my many sons and daughters
A very janky photo of my babies, from left to right: Captain Zeon's Nu Gundam (HG), Wing Gundam ver.KA (RG), Ground-Type Gundam (HG), Vanilla Wing Gundam (EG), Jegan (MG), Aerial (HG), squad of 0080-style GMs (HG), and the Nu Gundam (EG). Not pictured: two Gelgoogs and a Gouf, plus a GP01 Gundam getting panel-lined in my office (all HGs)
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 13h
Yeah, it's a lot like brain death except you can still post things, so in some ways it's much worse
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 13h
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Star Trek Next Generation
Alt: Captain Picard's legendary delivery from STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, in which he defends the need to sharply push back against the cybernetic hive-minded Borg who want to take away free chips and salsa: "The line must be drawn HERE! This far, no further!"
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 14h
In a lot of ways this modern Web3 bullshit is a lot worse, but I do like block functions. They were patchwork at best on IRC, BBCode, etc.
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 14h
Someone on here pointed out that it's definitely the algorithm's fault for shoving pro-eugenics accounts in our faces, but those people still existed on Web 1.0 The difference is that they had to single you out and deliberately follow you around to harass you
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 15h
"But to circle back on our previous discussion..."
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 16h
I was trying to describe Lambchop to one of the teens at work, and the best I could do was "it's about what if being a children's show host was the second or third circle of hell"
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 16h
Not sure if it was the first, but when I was 7 or 8 there was a vampire episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark that made me literally run screaming out of my house My parents only got me to come back inside by pointing out that the sun was setting (which to me meant the vampires were coming)
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Did AI cut this hot dog bun
A hot dog bun on a plate. Rather than one cut straight down the middle, two cuts have been made off the center, meaning it can hold two hot dogs twice as poorly but one hot dog also twice as poorly.
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
(complimentary)
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Take your fucking like
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I have never wanted a video to actually turn out to be AI before, now I wish it was just robots all the way down
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Two years of therapy and I started thinking, hey, maybe I don't actually hate myself Then I decided to watch this video all the way to the end and now I know for certain that I have never hated myself more
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Kazuo Ishiguro one sounds great, actually
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yeah Gail fuck up that cat
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Then sorry Luke but Queensland did nothing wrong
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wait which part does Bluey live in
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mercury is going to plunge straight into the sun and tunnel through it just for the chance to smash your new windshield as soon as you get that crack fixed That's how Mercury does shit
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This morning's adventures in living with cats: Mako upended his water bowl, then sat in the puddle staring up at me like he was asking, "Why would Bolin do this?"
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I like to highlight when storytellers nail realistic sibling behavior, and @planetx.bsky.social did so beautifully
A panel from the comic GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by Jadzia Axelrod, illustrated by Jess Taylor. Two characters, brother and sister, share an emotional hug. The brother says, "David Bowie had to die to win best album at the Grammy's." His sister, smiling, responds, "You can $%#@ right off."
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A very official screengrab of Atomic Robo wondering out loud, "Why do we even have the paradox of tolerance?" while Doctor Yumeno looks on aghast, saying, "A fucking fascist in the senate? But how?!" (Please don't sue me, Brian Clevinger.)
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks for the reading list! Gonna dive into that later
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am very curious about what your definition is for learning gamification
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*alleged writer Conor Friedsdorf
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Obviously I'd be on board with seeing more of the Enterprise-G, but the Picard spinoff I wanted most after S3 was called "House of Worf"
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel like the "original" version of this joke has Bashir making a crack about preferring it "bone in" and it ends with them fucking and that's why you're never going to see it on bluesky
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don't think anybody ever figured it out
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"And Jesus said to them, 'Fools, this is not even my final form.'" John 19:11 [citation needed]
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Unless that sticker means they're paying YOU three dollars to take it away, then you're getting robbed
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Boromir, from The Lord of the Rings, spells out for the rest of the Fellowship that one does not simply walk out of writer's block.
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Venus, looking at its moon:
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Bilbo Baggins: Why Shouldn't I? (Lord of the Rings)
Alt: Bilbo Baggins, looking at the One Moon... er, One Right and asking, "Why shouldn't I?"
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Haha this was at the school I went to before LMS
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I feel like this election especially is a litmus test for all the people who claim they vote Republican because they're good for the economy/politically cautious/whatever They've accomplished nothing, they haven't even governed, and their biggest win is "McConnell isn't (technically) dead"
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 8th grade, we had a surprise assembly where an acting troupe put on a production of The Monkey's Paw, and it has haunted me ever since
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
See, my misread was the idea of a cozy town management game occasionally broken up by the need to suit up in your mech and wipe out a band of raiders and/or a rampaging kaiju
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Took our youngest apple picking this weekend, he was so happy about eating an apple in the orchard we called him "apple boy" Today, as we were driving around, he was quietly chanting "apple boy, apple boy" to himself
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Watch out, everyone, Gita's trying to make some enemies
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He blocked me, for some reason (not that I'm complaining) Guess he didn't like me throwing hearts on every response calling him out for his bullshit
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not to be confused with the hauntingly beautiful operatic "Ave Banana"
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Our cats will catch a mouse in the basement, decide it was too easy, then bring it up to the first floor They release it in our living room, hunt and catch it again Then bring it to the second floor And let it go in our bedroom All at around 3 am
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Big Cactus is always lurking right out of frame, of every photo
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"This next song is called 'We Hate You, Please Go to Therapy'"
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It is @faineg.bsky.social's fault that I understand what this means
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh good, order is restored
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm hoping for a lot more than disappointment, myself
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think I need to lie down
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Macklemore is... based, actually??
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I thought cats were supposed to be alet and aloof, but these doofuses are snoring so loud I can't focus on my book
Two black medium hair cats curled up and sleeping on my legs, while I lie down on the couch.
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James P. Taber @taberiusrex.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Make a band edible: Panic! at Nabisco
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