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@arref-mak.bsky.social

gamer, artist, writer, spouse, storyteller, some retired guy

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#Felon47 has no legitimate plans, no ideas, no scruples, no empathy, no leadership, no moral compass, and no intention of thinking well of anyone but himself.
Not even a single #GOP collaborator is get his backing when the hammer falls.

26.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Best Ship In Sci-Fi Is From An Underrated Series And It's Not Even Close It’s an undeniable fact that spaceships are cool. Even the poorly designed Ark One from Peacock’s The Ark has redeemable … Continue reading "The Best Ship In Sci-Fi Is From An Underrated Series And It...

Agreed

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26.10.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.

SNAP recipients don’t need to β€œjust go get a job”.

Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.

People need & deserve assistance

Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich

Be mad about that

25.10.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10731    πŸ” 3634    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 123
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Star Trek has surely plateaued with its 32nd-century setting Starfleet Academy is set to be the project set furthest into Star Trek's future β€” if that flash-forward from Discovery's final episode is ignored β€” and while it

winteriscoming.net/star-trek-pl...

25.10.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"900 years is an incredibly long time, so technology would certainly have progressed in this way. The problem that arises from this is that it makes additional jumps beyond the 32nd-century borderline impossible."

25.10.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is this silly commentary viable SF journalism?

?impossible?

I do not think this word means what you think it means...

25.10.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Crowley and Aziraphale

Crowley and Aziraphale

First choice: #ineffable
Crowley and Aziraphale

21.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All persons in USA and its territories and districts have due process.

18.10.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#NoKings
Failing an oath to faithfully execute laws or uphold the Constitution is indictable as High Crimes by a Federal Grand Jury.

Indictment under High Crimes demands a Special Prosecutor be immediately appointed by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

18.10.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no government position which includes immunity during or after service.

Congressional positions are included if they lead to Executive branch succession, such as Speaker of the House.

18.10.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Felony conviction in any USA district or territory disqualifies any candidate or appointee for the Executive branch; likewise the Judicial branch.

18.10.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#NoKings
#NoFelons
#NoHighCrimes
Yes, let's amend a better constitution

18.10.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mmm, unlikely a royal who died in the War as travel to Earth picks up after the War and his bonafides check out for born in the 90s.

Answer: Son of Rinaldo, sportsman and Olympics tryout

18.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CNN: β€œAn older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 β€” 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

07.10.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 15412    πŸ” 7409    πŸ’¬ 514    πŸ“Œ 301
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crooksandliars.com Bondi Does Not Deny Epstein Had Pics Of Trump With 'Half-Naked Young Women' | Crooks and Liars

Bondi Does Not Deny Epstein Had Pics Of Trump With 'Half-Naked Young Women'

07.10.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6
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Thanks, New Yorker

07.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 21802    πŸ” 6758    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 216

All the flyers and road signs are #GOPLies
Vote YES to retain

08.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

07.10.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11703    πŸ” 3557    πŸ’¬ 353    πŸ“Œ 138
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"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

08.10.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6110    πŸ” 1950    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 348
Coveting Amber If the royals, with their increased will, ego and experience have a love/covet relationship with Amber; how much might other folk be affected by visiting the Eternal Realm? Is that increased by drinking the water and eating the food? By experiencing the sunsets or the clarity of a winter morning? Does Amber invade the senses? Or do royal senses run richer, see more clearly, feel more deeply?

Coveting Amber

If the royals, with their increased will, ego and experience have a love/covet relationship with Amber; how much might other folk be affected by visiting the Eternal Realm? Is that increased by drinking the water and eating the food? By experiencing the sunsets or the clarity of a…

28.09.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Citizens of Amber Are the people who are not descendants of Dworkin who populate the areas around Amber just regular humans, or are they something more? For the TTRPG, do they have human stats or Chaos or Amber stats? I cannot recall if this has a definite answer in the various twenty-some years of this blog. Canon gives lots of hints, though.

Citizens of Amber

Are the people who are not descendants of Dworkin who populate the areas around Amber just regular humans, or are they something more? For the TTRPG, do they have human stats or Chaos or Amber stats? I cannot recall if this has a definite answer in the various twenty-some years…

28.09.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Bumpy Third Season Highlights a Core Problem in Modern TV - Reactor Blaming comedy hardly seems fair when there's a much larger elephant in the room...

I enjoy Perrin's POV
Food for thought on modern streaming narrative foibles

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25.09.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
the Unknowables One of the biggest attractions I have to Zelazny's work is that he was a real artist at keeping my attention, even when his authorial decisions don't seem to make sense. Or rather, maybe I'm just sometimes kicked out of the story by his authorial choices. On the other hand, I've never read anyone as exciting as when Zelazny is in the groove.

the Unknowables

One of the biggest attractions I have to Zelazny's work is that he was a real artist at keeping my attention, even when his authorial decisions don't seem to make sense. Or rather, maybe I'm just sometimes kicked out of the story by his authorial choices. On the other hand, I've…

17.09.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
House of Addams Thanks to some brainstorming with Kit Kindred, I moved a few years ago onto a new game project where the flavors of the Amber family were reversed. By this I mean a few particular things: The family is not the center of the universe The family is not working with surety and thousands of years of holding the shadows to whim…

House of Addams

Thanks to some brainstorming with Kit Kindred, I moved a few years ago onto a new game project where the flavors of the Amber family were reversed. By this I mean a few particular things: The family is not the center of the universe The family is not working with surety and…

16.09.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
a few words about dickery andΒ Amber

a few words about dickery andΒ Amber

05.09.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A maxim… β€œAll roads lead to Amber” Already as the tale unfolds, we learn a 'maxim' that "all roads lead to Amber" Of course, because Amber created the first road. And the blood of Amber can connect those roads together as they wish to return to Amber. It makes everything connect back to how Amber wishes things to be. Now…think about what is hidden by this maxim….and inferred by later discoveries in the tale.

A maxim… β€œAll roads lead to Amber”

Already as the tale unfolds, we learn a 'maxim' that "all roads lead to Amber" Of course, because Amber created the first road. And the blood of Amber can connect those roads together as they wish to return to Amber. It makes everything connect back to how Amber…

18.08.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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17.08.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5044    πŸ” 1580    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 63
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From the Amber community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the Amber community

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Enjoy

18.08.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But...
#Felon47 is actually this stupid

09.08.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why is Benedict so scary? It is not just his age, or his skills, or that he trained most of his sibs. It is his approach. He seeks doubt. Diversity. He learns from failure where so many prosper from success. This resonates with me when putting Benedict in play: onΒ β€œabduction,” the reasoning style coined by 19th‑century philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce. Abductive reasoningΒ starts with incomplete information…

Why is Benedict so scary?

It is not just his age, or his skills, or that he trained most of his sibs. It is his approach. He seeks doubt. Diversity. He learns from failure where so many prosper from success. This resonates with me when putting Benedict in play: onΒ β€œabduction,” the reasoning style…

08.08.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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