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Brian deBourguignon
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Gamer, Reader, Caretaker, Cat 'Owner'.
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How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Love #FlashFictionFriday
agendermemevoid.bsky.social Agender Meme Void @agendermemevoid.bsky.social · Jan 24
Hey all here is this week's #FlashFiction Friday.
I really like this one.
Redit Post: [Prompt Inspired] You're a mimic. You were disguised as a chair in a dungeon when an adventurer decided to take you as loot. You've actually enjoyed your life ever since as furniture in a jolly tavern. So when some ruffians try to rob the now elderly adventurer's business, you finally reveal your self. I never knew exactly why he took me out of that dungeon. There was more gold to be grabbed, more jewels to steal, but he took me. A CHAIR. I think he wanted a memento; he never went on another adventure after that, instead opting to use the riches from his adventuring to build this cosy little tavern with me as a prized seat for guests of honour. THE CHAIR FROM HIS FINAL GRAND EXPLOIT. A relic of his old life. I could've eaten him of course. would have been easy. He had no idea I was a mimic. Spent much of the travels on his back, near him when he slept, all exceedingly vulnerable times when I could have struck. But... to see the outside world after so long? See how much has changed over the centuries? Weighed against a single meal, the choice was clear. And with that, I was just a chair in a tavern. And it is incredible. I had no idea how much I was missing stuck in that dusty old castle. There is so much to be experienced, to be seen! I have people of races, shapes and colours I never dared imagine. I've learned languages I would have once thought to be simple noise. I've heard tales of love lost and triumph earned. This tavern teems with life, with variety, and I'd not give it up for anything. Oh and the food!! I never hurt a hair on the patrons, but...sometimes they rest a meal on me for a moment or some scraps fall off the table. You might think it undignified, but compared to eating rats and men alike in a dungeon? I was eating like a king, both in variety and in style. There are these little things made of flour and eggs - dumplings I believe - that are simply to die for. An so I have lived for 33 outstanding years. Continuation of Reddit post. But, well, trouble had to come a'knockin at some point. This time in the form of 3 low-life scum who thought the jolly tavern of an old man would make an easy target. They broke the window with a club and poured in, tinking of manure and ill-intentions. Before too long they started pocketing anything that seemed of value. Silverware, glass cups, bottles of wine... it reminded me of the many so-called 'heroes' I've met back in my day. I could have tolerated it, perhaps, had Eleanor - his wife - not come down to investigate the noise. "Hey! Who ar-" She barely got three words out before one of them smacked her across the head with the club he'd been carrying, knocking her to the ground. And with that, my patience was out. I was rusty. Had not been in a fight for 33 years. But these ingrates might as well have been sheep. The crunching of their bones, the blood splatters on the wall, the screams of pure unbridled terror... brought back memories. Not all good, but... with a past like mine? You're gonna carry that weight. The adventurer - well, I don't think he'd call himself that anymore with his grey hair and wrinkled face - rushed in with his sword drawn, just seconds too late to see me. He was shockingly spry for a man of his age. Old habits die hard, don't they, old friend? He inspected the room with an experienced eye, noting the blood and body parts but seeing his wife, forgot all of that and rushed to her aid. "El!" he yelled. "Are you alright?" She sat up clutching her forehead. "Oh... dammit. The sucker blindsided me," she said and pulled her hand away. There was a fair amount of blood on it. "Gods, you're bleeding. Here, let me-" And to both mine and his surprised, she laughted. "Oh come on," she said. "This? This is nothing. I may be old but I'm not decrepit, Mikah. Remember that troll in Lower Durth? Now THAT was an injury." Reddit Post continuation: He chuckled and helped her sit on a nearby chair. "My... you did a number on them," she said and gestured towards the carnage in the tavern. "Haven't changed one bit," she smiled. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously and walked forward, inspecting the bodies, blood, the pattern of their injuries...all leading back to me. A tooth fell off of me with a soft tap on the wooden floor. He approached me cautiously; I felt the heat radiating from his sword, the silver lining threatening a terrible pain should it fall upon me. And when he got too close, I slipped. I creaked. He gripped his sword tighter but then... relaxed. He looked at the bodies of the brigands and then at his wife - alive and mostly well. His face shifted and cycled through different emotions before his eyes softened and sheathed his sword, returning to his wife. "Come, he said. "Let's get that cleaned up." "Who were they anyway?" she asked. "Thieves?" "Think so." "Heh," she chuckled. "Maybe they were after your famous special chair." "You know," he said and turned towards me briefly with a smile, "after all this time, I see it more as an old friend."
January 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
daikallan.bsky.social
"The building was on fire, and this time it wasn't my fault."
bookshelfie.bsky.social Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · Jan 8
#booksky What's your favorite book opening line? :)
January 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
daikallan.bsky.social
Oh look, a new obsession.
January 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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January 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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amberdawn1116.bsky.social
“I really need to be getting home…I have so much stuff to do…”

Me when I get home:
January 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The Dolphin Nebula is a bubble-shaped nebula located in the constellation Canus Major around 5,000 light-years from Earth.

This alluring nebula takes the shape of a dolphin’s head, and was thought to have formed roughly 70,000 years ago.

Breathtaking.

📸 Credit: NASA/ESA
January 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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❤️❤️❤️
January 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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agendermemevoid.bsky.social
I think I'm going to post things like this regularly and start #FlashFictionFriday
I'm gonna be doing it regardless, but let me know if you lovely horny people would like that.
January 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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agendermemevoid.bsky.social
I love this whole thread
Text Post by one Scott Lynch: 1. The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the bump, bump, bump, on the back of my head as I am dragged down the stairs by Christopher Robin. Bump, bump, bump, driving the things I have seen out of my mind. I do not wish to stop bumping. I do not wish to remember!
January 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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bobbylewis.bsky.social
i can’t wait for farmhouse-style doors to fall out of style. especially on bathrooms. who decided that you shouldn’t be able to fully close off the pooping room from the rest of the space?
January 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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acollierastro.bsky.social
Great day to learn about the fluoride mechanism so you can explain it to your friends.
internet people lie about fluoride
YouTube video by Angela Collier
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November 24, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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east-bay-teacher.bsky.social
A Gallup poll conducted shortly after the shootings showed that approximately 58% blamed the students, while 11% blamed the National Guard, and 31% were unsure or had mixed feelings.

Yikes!
December 11, 2024 at 9:23 PM
daikallan.bsky.social
This has been what I'm trying to convey to people. This won't be like last time.
blackazizanansi.blacksky.app Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · Dec 11
I don't think a lot of folks are prepared for Trump to not only follow through and start shooting protesters with live ammo, but also for a good portion of the country to cheer on protesters being shot.
December 12, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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November 30, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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Should we be worried that 2025 begins with "wtf"
November 30, 2024 at 9:10 PM
daikallan.bsky.social
My enemies pile high.
December 10, 2024 at 6:23 AM
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This is evil
December 3, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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leyawn.bsky.social
gentle reminder that when you make jokes about the united health insurance ceo getting killed, your friends who are health insurance ceos will see them. but the united health insurance ceo won’t see them. because he’s dead
December 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM