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Tommy M. McGuire (Not that one. Nor that one.)

Coding bum, tetrapod. (he/him)

Bitterly cynical misanthrope. It's always more complicated. I apologize in advance; I tend to get too comfortable.

Called 'weird' by Kevin Kruse.

  1. Do you have 2-3 hours a week to play with spaceships?

    Mike Zebrowski is looking to recruit 2-3 players for weekly Squadron Strike games on either Fridays or Sundays.

    Details in the Discord post below! (If you're new to our server, click the correct monkey to see all channels.)

    Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

    Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

    Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

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  2. Altho dis luk innosent, it is wun of de moast feersum an deddly traps nown to hoomkind: de fluffy kitton belly. Behindt de sofft furrs an mesmerizing cuteness lie razor sharp clawes an dagger liek kitton teefs. No wun can walk awaey unscathed. Donut maek dis possimbly fatal mistake!!

    Extremely fluffy and soft looking white and gray tabby XL kitten lies in a box on his back with his front paws flipped up and his belly furs showing.
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  3. Dreamed my students were doing better than everyone else’s because I turned the test into a puzzle and if you finished you got chicken salad. I heard other teachers laughing, having heard of the magic salad

    I was like no it’s true, I gave them magic salad

    They stared at me and I did not know why

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  4. Gorgeous glass gaming pieces from the Late British Iron Age.

    This unique set of 24 coloured glass domes with a flattened base and spiral decoration may have been used for a game similar to ludo some 2,000 years ago.

    British Museum 📷 by me

    #Archaeology

    My photo shows a set of Late Iron Age glass gaming pieces displayed on a sandy surface in a dislay case at the British Museum. The set is made up of 24 coloured glass domes; six each of white, yellow, blue, and translucent green glass. One of the yellow pieces is out of shot in my photo. Each game piece is decorated with five inset spiral motifs in a contrasting colour. Nearly all pieces are uniform in shape; domed, with a slightly pointed apex, and a flattened base. Dimensions approximately 2.57 cm diameter and 2.2 cm height.

The gaming pieces were recovered from a richly-furnished Late Iron Age cremation burial in Welwyn Garden City, when it was disturbed during the construction of two gas-pipe trenches during the building of the Panshangar Estate in 1965.
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  5. Where did the people who built #Neolithic Europe's megalithic monuments live? This 3D reconstruction of the c. 4400 BC enclosure of Le Peu, western France sheds light on the lives of the communities who built the Tusson long mounds.

    🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

    🏺 #Archaeology

    Aerial view of a marshland peninsula, on which is built a large, round wooden palisade with three buildings with sloped roofs inside.
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  6. A new term. Time to start filling up your record of achievement.....

    Michael remembers being given this folder at Edward Sheerien School by his History and PSE teacher, Mr Norton.

    What have you kept from your school days? #BackToSchool

    the front cover of a maroon coloured National Record of Achievement
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  7. GHQ is the Barnes & Noble Game of the Month for September!

    Now's a great time to grab your copy of this piece of history!

    www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kurt-vonne...

    World War 2 veteran Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1954. While it was critically well received and reprinted in 1955, it was not a financial success. As he worked on his n...

    Kurt Vonnegut's GHQ: The Lost Board Game (B&N Exclusive) (B&N Game of the Month)

    World War 2 veteran Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1954. While it was critically well received and reprinted in 1955, it was not a financial success. As he worked on his n...

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