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J.W. Gant

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Writer. Father. Unwilling tech enthusiast. Veteran. Hiker of mountains. Black belt. ER medic in a prior life. I sometimes think I know what is going on, but probably don’t. In New England until the end. Yes. It is a coup. #WritingCommunity

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Hickok45 Clips

#WritingCommunity, if you did not have a sportsman's upbringing or otherwise wish to expand your knowledge of firearms for your writing, you should browse the selection of videos offered here.

www.youtube.com/@Hickok45Clips

02.03.2026 17:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Best of luck to you, Michelle, digging for a few golden nuggets.

02.03.2026 15:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Images from a scene captured from 2 versions of the motion picture:
The 4K on top
The 2011 1080p Blu-ray below.

Images from a scene captured from 2 versions of the motion picture: The 4K on top The 2011 1080p Blu-ray below.

Excalibur (1981) 2026 4K
Remastered from the negative, 35 mm prints used for coloring, and review by director John Boorman, in the original 1.66:1 ratio. This is what movies should look like. #FilmSky

02.03.2026 01:15 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a scene from schitts creek shows a man and two women looking at something ALT: a scene from schitts creek shows a man and two women looking at something

Middle-aged friend reports from dating apps that women are increasingly adding to their profiles that they desire a man who “is employed.” That’s called a lagging indicator of economic malaise in the U.S.

But at least we are bombing Iran and may lose a nuclear carrier while at it.

02.03.2026 00:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gorgeous. :-)

02.03.2026 00:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Solid! I have a Japanese Curry recipe on my list and it looks much like what you did.

Bon appetite.

02.03.2026 00:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face . ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .
02.03.2026 00:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I see your Reuben, and … I’ve had smashed cheeseburgers consecutive nights with plans for a trifecta repeat tomorrow.

01.03.2026 23:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It feels like rating a handful of critical tropes on a sliding scale for each genre would help quantify the designations.

Say 0-5
0 = not present
5 = perfectly represented

01.03.2026 23:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a yellow race car has the number 4 on the side ALT: a yellow race car has the number 4 on the side

Me, watching the romance and YA writers getting agent likes in pitch events while I write other stuff.
#WritingCommunity

01.03.2026 23:43 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cherry Pie
Welcome to Twin Peaks

Cherry Pie Welcome to Twin Peaks

01.03.2026 21:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Watch near the end of Episode III when the Emperor tells Yoda about his faith in his friends, young Darth Vader, and Yoda challenges that.

Then watch the end of RotJ again. You won’t view it the same.

01.03.2026 21:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What would Sunday be without Grampa Jody being overwhelmed by small, furry critters who lick him to death?
@jodywagner.bsky.social

01.03.2026 18:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This statement by you may be the most amazing and portentous to be witnessed by mine eyes in all the decades that I've walked this earth, and the momentousness of the occasion overwhelms me such that I am incapacitated, babbling, though foolishly still typing, and wish to convey my utmost gratitude.

01.03.2026 18:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Zero interest.

01.03.2026 17:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Don't move the goalposts, Tam. You complained about Biden. Your complaint was ill-founded.

01.03.2026 17:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

... because elections are run by the states ...

01.03.2026 17:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ohhhh! That’s a good one. I do prefer thrillers.

01.03.2026 14:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Photo of a pond and snapping turtle with text: AITA for convincing my neighbor to wade across the beaver pond in the dead of night with, and a snapping turtle bites him? I'm investigating a murder.

Photo of a pond and snapping turtle with text: AITA for convincing my neighbor to wade across the beaver pond in the dead of night with, and a snapping turtle bites him? I'm investigating a murder.

#UnhingedPit #AITA
Murder on the Bike Trail
#writingcommunity #A #MY #Q
Photos my own

28.02.2026 20:45 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Three troll dolls in front of the moon

Three troll dolls in front of the moon

#UnhingedPit
Murder on the Bike Trail
#amquerying #writingcommunity #A #MY #Q
Photos my own

28.02.2026 22:34 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
My closest yet approximation of the Shake Shack double-Patty cheeseburger, served with a tall Guinness from a can.

My closest yet approximation of the Shake Shack double-Patty cheeseburger, served with a tall Guinness from a can.

I win. #FoodSky

28.02.2026 23:49 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Care to share a bit of your methodology, Bethany?

28.02.2026 23:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0

Second draft is complete at 77,500 words, taking every day of February except the first after waiting a year to begin. What a great feeling. Comment with your revision stories. :-)
#WritingCommunity

28.02.2026 22:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

... and finished. The second draft is complete, as of about ten minutes ago, at 77.5K. What a corker this story is! What a great feeling! ...

28.02.2026 22:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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… uuuhhh …

28.02.2026 19:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Where is all the snow there?

28.02.2026 18:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Can't stop me.

28.02.2026 18:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

HA!! Nice reference.

28.02.2026 17:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a woman with glasses and a wig is making a funny face . ALT: a woman with glasses and a wig is making a funny face .

#UnhingedPit
Hello! My name is Jessie Collins but when I was a kid, they called me Jesipedia, like Wikipedia, except me. Brother, did I go on adventures as a kid in middle school!
My friend Jacqui wrote them up as short stories where you check solutions in the back of the book. Want 'em?
#Q #MG 21K

28.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A boarded-up brick building.

A boarded-up brick building.

#UnhingedPit
Food supply in the world by year:
1960 2 billion
2023 8 billion
The food? Humans, of course. Now she needs to figure out where to put them. It is all a part of The Plan.
#Q #A #H
The Hollow
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28.02.2026 16:16 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0