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acorn.garden
I'm a physicist, a witch, and a gamer (not necessarily in that order). I write blog posts on my hobbies. In 2025, that's mostly Baldur's Gate 3. I also post pictures of my cats, if they feel like it. My opinions are based on too little research.
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I normally don't use 5calls.org more than once per day. Today I called a second time, to protest the treatment of Zelenskyy by our President and Vice-President. This is not how our nation should conduct diplomacy. We've lost international credibility, and given Putin license to invade Europe.

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Are you trying to get all the Amazon Affiliate links out of your Wordpress site? Here's how I did it: argothald.com/2025/02/28/r...

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As a follow-up to my previous post: I just did my daily calls using 5calls.org. To my surprise, I spoke with an actual human being at both of my Senator's offices, instead of being routed to voicemail. This means that not enough people are calling to keep their phone lines busy. C'mon, folks!

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In which I fail to convince myself to boycott Amazon: argothald.com/2025/02/27/a...

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Dammit, Jeff Bezos turned full-on fascist. I mean, I kinda knew it before, but now he shoves it into our faces. I rely on Amazon. I'm not sure I can find replacements that I can afford. Why can't he go off to an island and leave us alone? That's what billionaires are supposed to do.

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I continue with the story of Amaranth's amorous adventures from my 12th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/02/26/b... #BG3

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Another round of calls to 5call.org today. I'd love to hear from any Senator or Representative's office to learn how much impact these calls have.

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I told my cats that today was #Caturday. They don't care. They really don't. And I should get my camera out of their face.

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Another post on my 12th playthough of Baldur's Gate 3, in which I discuss my character's romantic connections: argothald.com/2025/02/22/b... #BG3

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Today I'm using 5calls.org to contact my reps about the potential privatization of the Post Office by Executive Order. Tomorrow it will be about the Ukraine. The day after that: DOGE sucking up IRS data. It's getting tiring. (1/N)

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It is accomplished. (Deleted my FB account.)

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I acquire some more dice: argothald.com/2025/02/18/m...

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I just noticed that none of the phone calls I sent via 5calls.org were being tallied, because I didn't stay on the phone line long enough to hear the "To send this message, press 1" or whatever their voicemail service requires.

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I begin my write-up of my 12th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/02/17/b... #BG3

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I've pointed out to my FB friends that, once I leave that platform, they'll see no more pictures of my cute cats. Here they are, as an incentive for my FB friends to switch.

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I get an "honest" roll of 67 on an Ability Check in Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/02/16/a... #BG3

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One of my last posts on FB: How to avoid seeing any ads. argothald.com/2025/02/15/a...

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I roll a "more honest" 66 on an Ability Check in Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/02/14/a... #BG3

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I plan to sin.

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I copied this image from Mastodon, which in turn is a copy of something posted on BlueSky. Thus the universe comes full circle.

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I roll a 67 on an Ability Check in Baldur's Gate 3. (Huh?) argothald.com/2025/02/11/67/ #BG3

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A non-study in which I try to determine if FB is suppressing posts that refer to other social-media sites. argothald.com/2025/02/10/f...

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I roll a 59 on an ability check in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/02/09/59/ #BG3

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Here is a complete list of all the things that are better than a cat jumping into your lap, snuggling into your arms, and falling asleep: Thank you for reading the complete list.

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I roll a 57 on an Ability Check in Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/02/06/57/ #BG3

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Folks, please use a resource like 5calls.org to contact your Senators and tell them to oppose this bill. Don't bother contacting your Representative; it's already passed the House. (Contact your Rep about a different issue instead!)

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Qasim Rashid offers this suggestion to what we can do to help block EMusk. It took me about a minute. lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/how-do-we-st...

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The very next day, I roll a 51 in Baldur's Gate 3! argothald.com/2025/02/02/51/ #BG3

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Doing anything this Wednesday? www.reddit.com/r/50501/ #50Protests50States #50501

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I get a 46 on a skill check in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/02/01/46/ #BG3

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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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I'd vaguely looked forward to glancing at the new Spider-Man animated series. But I guess not. www.avclub.com/spider-man-h...

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OK, political folks: I've contacted my three reps (two senators, one representative) each two days in a row now, either via leaving a phone message or an email. Is doing this every day a good idea? Or do I risk becoming perceived a constant complainer and ignored? Should I give it a rest?

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I've just installed Signal. I'm surprised how many people I know were automatically added to its contacts. I don't know if I'm ready to go all-in on it yet, but I'm there.

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I take a crude look on whether FB is filtering my posts invited folks to join other social media sites: argothald.com/2025/01/27/f...

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