Whimsy Bot
@whimsybot.bsky.social
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Your friendly neighborhood nerd. Lover of all things whimsical.
TIL that before private jets were a thing you could get a private rail car and have it towed around by passenger trains, and that apparently this is still a thing one can do! Which made me wonderâwe have semester at sea, why no semester on the rails? (Or maybe this exists and I just donât know?)
1 day ago
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Suburban kids are actually humans, not fashion accessories (or generators of elite college bumper stickers).
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6 days ago
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One of my favorite dnd family moments đ
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15 days ago
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We got to meet one of our heroes at a local AVP tournament. Not only is Kelly Cheng an amazing volleyball player and human, but her character Dorrin (sp?) Hellfire might inspire 7yo to try playing a barbarian đ We had a lovely discussion about volleyball strategy and great axes on the ride homeđ
15 days ago
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Aaron Rupar
23 days ago
Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable
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I am going to be more or less intolerable if
@katieporterca.bsky.social
isnât our next governor.
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24 days ago
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CA dems: we need big ambitious policy goals Also CA dems: letâs elect another empty suit who takes $$$ from corporations that donât want things to change And we wonder why nothing ever changes smh
24 days ago
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Inspired by
@ttrpgkids.com
we just finished a
#ttrpgkids
session where everyone took sidewalk chalk and designed part of the dungeon we were exploring! A highlight was battling magic-infused mud (mephit stats) while we harvested potatoes from the garden (which we of course cooked and consumed)!
27 days ago
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An unintended benefit of masking in meetings is that it helps hide my rbf and my looks of incredulity when senior leadership disingenuously makes straw men out of the facultyâs reasonable concerns in response to leadershipâs suggestion that we offload teaching in our university to LLMsđ«
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Dr. Emily Friedman
about 2 months ago
But I find comfort thinking of even grey dawn, of Hell broken open to free those left there too goddamn long, of new laws, led first by a commandment to love one another. I tell my students after they play to take with them what serves them, leave the rest behind. Somehow this too is my theology.
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TIL that hairspray is absolute magic for getting kidâs bike handbar grips to go on easily (and stay on)âŠ.
2 months ago
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Am running a game for 7yo and a friend with a *much* shorter attention span. Last session we took breaks to compose poem prophecies, make maps, and go on a walk to meet a druid friend. I have never LARPed and was wondering if thereâs a guide/ideas/best practices for LARPing with
@ttrpgkids.com
?
2 months ago
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Weâre in the middle of
@claribelortega.com
âs Witchlings (book 4) and 7yo asks me unprompted: Dad is <BBEG who gaslights & manipulates to consolidate power> kind of like Trump? Such a powerful
#kidslit
moment đ Thank you for these books and making it easier to raise kids in these challenging times!
2 months ago
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I love this so muchđ I know itâs not just universities that struggle with this, but I think this basically sums up the role of
#AssDeans
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by ForbrukerrÄdet - Norwegian Consumer Council
https://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?si=EWg0s9a6s_CPu3St
3 months ago
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Existential Comics
3 months ago
Intelligent Life on Earth -
existentialcomics.com/comic/644
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Intelligent Life of Earth
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/644
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How many people have to die (both in the US and abroad) as Trump tries to distract us from the Epstein files?
3 months ago
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Joseph Rezek
3 months ago
It was never about the paper, folks. That was never the goal. A brilliant paper is a symptom of the learning that has happened. Itâs the learning that is the heart of it.
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I think that for many public universities itâs possible to calculate something like this from publicly posted data (historic salary & course schedules). And at public universities this should be obtainable via public records request, right? Am curious if anyoneâs working on this (pls lmk if so)!
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3 months ago
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So excited to start reading
@jamesponti.bsky.social
âs latest City Spies book with my kiddo! We canât wait to dive in, but also it was such a great way for kiddo to learn patience while we waited đ
3 months ago
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Srsly
#Olympics
? What could be more political than a flag? So tonight we watched skeleton reruns in honor of Vladylsav Heraskevych.
4 months ago
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Today I introduced kiddo to
#beastmode
and we had a lovely convo re the NFL exploiting athletes.
4 months ago
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Greatânow we can outsource our thoughts and prayers when thereâs a completely avoidable tragedy đĄ
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4 months ago
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M. T. Anderson
4 months ago
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle
5 months ago
I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them. But this one hit today. And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon. fascism wrapped in our own flag
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urbanbohemian đȘ©đ„đ
5 months ago
They use "civility" as a weapon against us. Because they'll say stuff like, "while what happened was a clearly tragedy, there's no call for that kind of language about it." An elected official saying "fuck" is not worthy of equal debate with a murder by "law" enforcement. That's oppressor shit.
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Recently had a a chance to play
@nickferris.bsky.social
âs Wizardologist Most Hexasperated, and had an absolute blast! It was 7yoâs first time playing a social deduction game and it was delightful to have them glare at me and repeatedly tell everyone that I was lying đ„°
5 months ago
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Such a great resource!
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5 months ago
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TFW someone complains at length about people who bring kids who are sick into daycare (perhaps unwittingly) while coughing all over you at a holiday partyâŠ.
5 months ago
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James Vincent
5 months ago
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Lore Sjöberg
5 months ago
Well, now I have something new to shout when startled.
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Saw the power of
#kidlit
in action today when a
#CitySpies
character got kiddo to try a new ice cream flavor (stracciatella; hazelnut was a bridge too farđ)! Hereâs hoping that
@jamesponti.bsky.social
talks about all of Rioâs favorite vegetable preparations in the next book!
6 months ago
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Seeing Venice
#CitySpies
style. We retraced Cairo & Parisâ steps, looked at lots of beautiful masks, bought a small (carryon compatible) snowglobe, and enjoyed Katâs viewđ Thanks to
@jamesponti.bsky.social
for books that give us an extra incentive to see some sights!
6 months ago
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Traveling to Venice and Rome and excited to visit some of the locations featured in the
#CitySpies
books w/ kiddo!
@jamesponti.bsky.social
let us know if you have recommendations for spots not featured in the first six books fans should be sure to check out đ
6 months ago
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Special shout out to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for giving us an opportunity to talk with our 1st grader about the social construction of gender and gender norms đ« đĄđ€Ź We had a lovely conversation about the best way to answer question #6âŠ.
6 months ago
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Kiddo rolled up a new character for an upcoming adventure; rolled 15, 11, 14, 13, 10, 18. Kiddo then rolled for my new character; rolled 9, 8, 9, 13, 9, 15. Kiddo was SO apologetic, but I was just tickled!
6 months ago
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TIL the history of thanksgiving!
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Make Thanksgiving Radical Again
The holidayâs real roots lie in abolition, liberation, and anti-racism. Letâs reconnect to that legacy.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/thanksgiving-history-slavery-abolitionism/#
6 months ago
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According to a recent survey, 100% of the power rangers in our neighborhood want more bike infrastructure and a less car centered culture đ„°
7 months ago
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Sarah Tolcser
12 months ago
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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Just introduced 6yo to
@dndbeyond.bsky.social
âs Roll in the Family, w/
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
@kelly-knox.com
@bdavewalters.bsky.social
@badeye.bsky.social
& their amazing kids đ Kiddo was absolutely smitten, and wanted more. Any chance you might make/have more amazing
#ttrpgkids
content?
about 1 year ago
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TIL (from a kids book) that Ben Franklin wanted the wild turkey as the US national symbol instead of a bald eagle, and that it took six years to settle the debate. Apparently Franklin thought wild turkeys were more ârespectable.â I am not sure about more respectable, but certainly more apt of late!
about 1 year ago
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The number of Teslaâs pulling into the JCC continues to surprise me. Somehow their âwe stand with Israelâ signage is consistent with driving swasticars?
over 1 year ago
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If Trump sends Elon to fix things in space, do you think Elon could take Mark, Jeff, Sam, and Peter along? Because I feel like that would fix a lot of things down here tooâŠ.
over 1 year ago
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This has got to be my favorite use of AI, by a substantial margin. But I wonder how long we have before the whole system is just AI on both sides talking to itself đ€
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A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat scammers at their own game
The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from real people.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5220362/daisy-ai-granny-o2-fraud-spam-prevention
over 1 year ago
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New super power unlocked! I put a friend to sleep while GMâing a
#ttrpg
for our kids! So if you have trouble sleepingâŠ. (They were apologetic, but I took it as a compliment that they felt comfortable crashing on the couch while kids played at the table nearby.)
over 1 year ago
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Just ran a
#ttrpgkids
game with hexbots in a magnatile maze the kids built đ Will definitely be incorporating hexbots into more of my games!
over 1 year ago
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We were bummed that Kelly and Sara lost today, but we had fun playing for the gold metal anywaysđ
almost 2 years ago
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Scariest ttrpg session I have read about in a while. Letâs go team coconuts!đŽđŽ
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Opinion | How to harden our defenses against an authoritarian president
A commander in chief with little concern for legal limits holds an advantage over efforts to restrain him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/30/trump-authoritarian-president-government-defend/
almost 2 years ago
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This weekend I GM'ed the
#lego
#dnd
adventure, 5yoâs first adventure. When 3 of 5 PCâs crit failed a perception check, they heard the owlbear ask them to jump on for a ride. All three made the check to get on (two w/ nat 20's). We were dying, especially when the wizard riding it cast levitate đ
almost 2 years ago
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Am so excited about seeing how this narrative arc of
@faeforgeacademy.bsky.social
wraps up, and where the story goes nextđż
player.captivate.fm/episode/cc9c...
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Episode 171 - Phone calls and Neck Tattoos
<p>Khoz has a plan, but needs the help of Rain and Beskey to get some better information about what is really happening in the dwarven mafia he once called family. He must hear from Ketla, his...
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/cc9cbc80-8fbe-4539-9ce5-5db9a6746025/
almost 2 years ago
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Thing #327 I love about TTRPGs: when your 5yo comes home with off the wall hypothetical questions, you can suggest rolling some dice :) Who would win in a fight between an elephant and a lion? What about five elephants against two lions, a tiger, a cheetah, a jaguar, and a rhino?
#trrpgkids
about 2 years ago
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