Chas The Verruca Gnome🇺🇦

Chas The Verruca Gnome🇺🇦

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Reader, life-long learner, ttrpg gamer, machinist Current Books: Carl's Doomsday Scenario, by Matt Dinniman Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Vol I, by Berlekamp, Conway, and Guy Dan Gookin's Guide to C Language Pointers

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The weekend is here, so no excuses. Finish your research, complete your ballots, follow all the instructions to be sure your vote counts, and get those ballots turned in ASAP. #BlueWaveIn10Days

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What if you see ICE at the polls? (Don't worry! Read on for the plan!) @indivisible.org roped me in to design and illustrate a new zine! Check it out in this 🧵 - and visit linktr.ee/wewillvote to sign up for the Election Protection Program and find all the resources you need!

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NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried

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Help Save the Home for Indie Game Developers For 9 years Spelkollektivet has had more than 700 game developers stay at the co-living & co-working hub, but due to new directives in the local area, the future may be at risk. Read more: gofund.me/f4244d6de #gamedev #indiegames #gofundme

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Introduction: My name is Lance, I’m a Cherokee artist in South Dakota. I will share my spiritual paintings and works on this account, likes/reposts & follows are much appreciated. 🙏🏼 #art #indigenousart #artistintroduction #native #nativepride #indigenous #native #nativeamerican #painting #acrylic

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Hey, folks. There's a @gofundme.com set up for artist Andy Fish, who is going through a very tough fight with two forms of cancer. He and his wife, cartoonist Veronica Fish (my Blackwood series cohorts) could use some help during this very tough time. I'm donating, hope you can. tinyurl.com/4wa86a6c

tinyurl.comDonate to Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers, organized by Gina GabianelliHelp Andy’s Fight Against Two Cancers Meet my cousin Andy Fish, father … Gina Gabianelli needs your support for Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers

1) Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett; copy for me and two copies to gift, plus the ebook, and the audiobook 2) Mathemagics, by Benjamin and Shermer; it teaches how to do math in your head. I've bought it for personal use three separate times, about 15 years apart.

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Name physical media you purchased more than once.

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MakeRoom is part of Make-a-Wish's Cosy Up for Wishes, get MakeRoom plus many other super cozy games for only a small amount. The money goes towards granting wishes of kids with critical illness, which I had the opportunity to do twice already! ✨ tiltify.com/make-a-wish-...

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Peter plays “Begin The Begin” with Man Or Astroman? at the 40 Watt in Athens Thursday at Expo 2026 celebrating 30 years of Kindercore. Thanks to Sydney Grove for the footage 🙏

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“If they can automatically enroll men into the draft at 18, they can automatically register Americans to vote at 18. Ask yourself why they won’t” Josh H.

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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

propublica.orgThis Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. ➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Federal workers and contractors: We understand the difficult situations you may be weighing as you decide whether to reach out. All of our reporters take source privacy very seriously. If you have information you can share with us, here's how to get in touch 👇

propublica.orgDo You Work For the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants To Hear From You.We’re doubling down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy. With your help, we can dig deeper.

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Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died. He was 97. cnn.it/4mcSD5N

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Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind. I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why. Please share! This is really important!!! @heatmap.news

heatmap.newsHow the Senate GOP’s New Tax on Renewables Could ‘Kill’ the IndustryAs bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.