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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The polyamory confirmation panels in House of X #6.

Wolverine with arms around Scott and Jean and a six-pack of beers in his hand.

Jean and Scott take some beers. Wolverine hands another one to Gorgon.

Jean takes a beer, sits behind Emma, and hands it over her shoulder to Emma, who takes it and smiles.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I think what you're trying to say is

Classic "If it sucks hit da bricks" meme with a running skeleton.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Visually, the second one is better. The words track the curve of the planet. You may want to move it up so that the words don't intercept the lighter part of the atmosphere, for contrast reasons. Apologies for the messy photoshop here:

The words Pride and Prejudice and Starships next to the arc of a planet. Diane Duane's name is at the top. The subtitle says the distance is nothing when one has motives.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Monster Ambulance. Medical drama where you rescue monsters.

Book cover for Monster Ambulance. An ambulance zooms over a hillside. A massive tentacle emerges from the back of the ambulance, holding the EMT. The paramedic tries to rescue him.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Still in continuity! Secret Avengers #23

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

These new upscaling tools are amazing you guys.

Left side: Mario meeting Princess Peach in Super Mario Brothers (NES). Right side: Same but Peach's face has been replaced by the face from the DLSS-5-altered Resident Evil Requiem screenshot.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Here's one from Sorcerously Advanced.

A highly stylized diagram showing alliances and enmities between various civilizations in the RPG Sorcerously Advanced.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

There are many things that could also go here. But man do I miss Enigmo.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Allow me to introduce the Pelagials, sea-dwelling Blanka-looking merfolk from Exalted.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

@wtyppod.bsky.social Found this in Ottawa, thought you might appreciate it.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The Incredible Herc (sic) comic had the best sound effects, including "Chakakhan!" for breaking through a wall, and this perfect panel:

Hercules dressed as Thor, giving an actual purple nurple to Thor dressed as Hercules.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I have heard this moment described as one that moved every woman two notches on the Kinsey scale.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Sigh. No problem, {charity_data~name}. No problem.

$Screenshot of "Thank you for your year-end gift, {user_data~First Name}"$

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

"You'll be visited by three spirits" the three spirits:

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Some sites need juuuust a little more testing or planning, you know?

The form that would give you the customer service number is broken, and it tells you to call customer service if you need help.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Saw my games in the wild today! Thank you to @millenniumgames.bsky.social for carrying them and @ipr.bsky.social for making it possible. I signed them for the store.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

But what if your game is also just smoking the heavy shit?

Front of the Sorcerously Advanced character sheet, with lots of bubbles and purple swirls.

Front of the Sorcerously Advanced character sheet, with additional bubbles and purple swirls.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Sometimes my timeline just comes out perfect.

RiffTrax post followed by AltCDC post about Bird Flu

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

You know, sometimes my timeline just lines up right.

Top image: Elon Musk with a headline about his "Fork in the Road" e-mails going out to permanently appointed judges. Bottom image is from Effin' Birds, saying Listen Closely While I Tell You To Fuck Off.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Current food experiment: candied Buddha's Hand.

A Buddha's Hand fruit, which looks like if a lemon and an octopus had babies.

The Buddha's Hand sliced up into its individual tentacles.

The tentacles packed in granulated sugar, in a plastic container in my refrigerator.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

2. Tenra Bansho Zero. Imagine if Rifts had good rules. Like *really* good ones. You can only grow in power by changing your character's beliefs and relationships. Also you can play a monk, a magic ninja, a worm-invested healer, and a soul trapped in a mirror in a mecha all in the same group.

A sword blade-down in the sand. Japanese calligraphy bright red in the background. The sunset sky.

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Utility Nerd @utility-nerd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

1: Everway. Everway is the Velvet Underground of RPGs. It didn't sell a ton of copies, but everyone who played it wrote a game. I have the boxed set on my shelf and the newer edition on my hard drive (where most of my new games go). I will wax rhapsodic about this game at the first request.

The cover of Everway Silver Anniversary edition: a dark-skinned woman knight wearing a tabbard and carrying swords. The background is a red sun on a white sky.

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