addelle.bsky.social

addelle.bsky.social

@addelle.bsky.social

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Never have I wanted to live in Oregon more than this moment.

The Custom Oregon Plate ENNUI was available, but is now reserved. https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/?link=custom #Oregon #LicensePlate #VanityPlate #OregonPlates #CustomPlate #ENNUI

Bluesky has been such an inspiration to draw. Here are a more forays into skulls. Quetzalcoatlus, Smilodon and a modern polar bear. They are all drawn with mechanical pencil during a training in infant mental health. Now that I’m looking again I see a ton of errors but I’m really proud! #sciart

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Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/

share.googleGive Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memoDraft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency

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🚨 The General Election is just 1.5 months away—435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, 39 governorships and 1000's of local offices are on the line!  🗳️ This election determines our future, and every vote counts. 👀 Research candidates at BlueVoterGuide.org and make a plan to vote early! #BlueVoterGuide

As a mom of an Autistic kiddo and an IEP this is terrifying. It was also predicted by parents as soon as threats to the Department of Education/Project 2025 came to light. Vilifying and abandoning disabled people/kids is absolutely fascist ideology/eugenics.

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social

In bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. ~ Francis de Sales Je Shen (China b. 1973)

Our library has a grant specifically for TTRPGs and board games so cool! In the end we all were hero’s! I came home and started to prep for my Grown Ups Game (We really need some better name). Newer harder battles and have to start thinking tactics. I have to try to not hold back PK may happen.

All in all, I’ve been brought back to getting to play as an adult. Something to day dream about despite “the Horrors.” It mostly free that’s to the Library and online content. And I’m so grateful.

The two kiddos and one dad. This was the final stage and it was so fun watching them think it out but also to manage the chaos of shifting attention spans. There were snacks, drinks, breaks for SNL videos and a long break where me and the dad geeked on horror/greek tragedy/trauma.

It was so great when the kids solved the mystery, defeated the boss and then immediately asked for a sleep over. It felt like a job well done. The prep work was satisfying and challenging— I’ve spend hours on Reddit and various blogs. I got the new 5.5 e @dndbeyond.com books from the library.

Had my first experience as a newbie DM having my baddie encounter -decimated- by a player. I’ve pumped up the next planned encounter. My baddies are now playing for keeps ⚔️💀

This is so heartbreaking. Sam Kieth’s The Maxx was the most influential comic on my life. I watched the cartoon so many times the tape wore out. I’m so sad he was lost to dementia. Seriously. Fuck Dementia.

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New DM journey update: I have three sessions under my belt and so far no one had died! Still fairly hack and slash but I’ve found some great references about taking it to the next level (more puzzles and intrigue. (2/4)

I’m also excited to add that I added a D&D starter pack and am volunteering to teach and run a game for the silent auction for www.sparckids.org I so honored to be a part of the board and mom of kids in their program. (3/4)

sparckids.orgSkagit Preschool and Resource CenterSkagit Preschool and Resource Center provides services for children, birth to five years of age, who have neuromuscular or development delays, disorders, or chronic medical conditions.

@dndbeyond.com has become so popular that I hope that people are curious and adventurous and give this item a go! It will be great to support families of ND kids with a game intro. So, grateful I can share this since money is tight for a $$ donation. (4/4)

This is how you live life. Say “yes” and lift others! Flavor Flav is an icon.

FLAVOR FLAV ⏰@flavorflav.bsky.social

Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing. 66 years old going 66 mph.

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Watch this, it's astonishing.

Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

I ran my first D&D game on Saturday and I had so much fun. I ran a pre-built adventure and it was perfect for me, a newbie Dungeon Master. I’m so excited, it feels like the D&D self care I’ve been doing for a year has come together. Not just a year— it’s been since college. Joy amidst the horrors.

Dungeons & Dragons@dndbeyond.com

Imagine Neil Newbon is your Dungeon Master 😍

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Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com

Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction

“Are you okay?” Alex Pretti’s last words might have been the Good Samaritan’s first words when he chanced upon the victim of thieves on the road to Jericho.”

Commonweal@commonwealmagazine.org

By his spontaneous example, Alex Pretti called all Americans, but especially American Christians, to account. Terence Sweeney on Pretti's martyrdom: www.commonwealmagazine.org/sweeney-pret...

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Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities? This is your moment. Let's ride. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... (non 'zon in follow up!)