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tbbackus.bsky.social
Director, gamer, illustrator, playwright, weeb, and literary manager. I read plays for a living, it’s about as cool as you think it is. Toddbrianbackus.com
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my milkshake brings them all and in the darkness binds them is this anything

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.

submitted 5 days ago • 75 comments

Sic semper tyrannis.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

we may not agree on much, but I agree with Trump here. make those planes with haste, boys. cut any corner necessary!

submitted 5 days ago • 35 comments

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.

submitted 12 days ago • 766 comments

Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.

submitted 13 days ago • 1185 comments

Senator Susan “he told me Roe v. Wade was settled precedent” Collins has been assured that RFK will “re-examine the cuts” after he gets confirmed…

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submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Just rancid mayonnaise all over this cover.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Listen! The Legend of Zelda: IKEA of Wisdom was excellent and I will not hear any naysayers.

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

I was watching the Joan Baez episode of The Muppet Show and was completely flabbergasted by Beauregard’s Pixar-Mom, dump truck ass. Thankfully @muppeturgy.com shared my concerns (interests??).

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Introduce yourself with four video games: one of these is not like the others…

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Two days ago I realized Netflix had Monument Valley by @ustwogames.bsky.social, this morning I beat this beautiful little puzzler.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

hey man it's me, some dude who doesn't follow you. i saw your post and im pretty sure i recognized some of the words in it, would you like to spend the next two hours arguing with me about some stuff i made up

submitted 579 days ago • 92 comments

anime….

submitted 78 days ago • 24 comments

there's gotta be something productive we can do with all this popular ire against plutocrats and wealthy leeches

submitted 80 days ago • 19 comments

I feel like I’m losing my mind, but apparently the lyric has always been “but if you care to find me look to the western sky” and not “but if you can’t find me look to the western sky” and is this my Mandela Effect moment?

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

It was more of an accident but I just love this painting in black and white.

submitted 106 days ago • 44 comments

I guess it has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president wapo.st/3UqHWRM

submitted 121 days ago • 251 comments

submitted 125 days ago • 1 comment

Well why not.

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

When a supporter asked Trump a prescreened question about addressing inflation, he offered a lengthy answer. Since voters are so concerned about policy positions, I simply printed it in full. Hope it’s illuminating. Gift link: wapo.st/4eK0Zym

submitted 132 days ago • 131 comments

This week on the pod, Nick and @tbbackus.bsky.social are joined by @rmbryer.bsky.social to talk about how memories are made on the scale of individuals and communities, both in life and in art. Listen now: linktr.ee/dndramanerds

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

1. Concept 2. Outline 3. First Draft

submitted 142 days ago • 0 comments

i seem to remember a time when STUPID people got fucking YELLED AT !!!!!

submitted 142 days ago • 41 comments

Practical Magic which is much hornier than the 90s film would have you believe. Also since 2017 she’s written two prequels and a sequel!

submitted 143 days ago • 0 comments

What’s your “no one but me remembers game?” I’ve only met one person who knew of Threads of Fate but I was obsessed as a kid.

submitted 163 days ago • 0 comments

ok after days of breathless “has Trump moderated his abortion stance?” coverage I’ve formulated a thoughtful response and here it is HE PROMISED TO OVERTURN ROE AND THEN HE DID AND HE’S BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT IT EVER SINCE WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL DID YOU SUFFER A GROUP CONCUSSIVE EVENT

submitted 178 days ago • 33 comments

Oh my god, duo just intimated in the tennis match of my career that he fucked my wife…

submitted 184 days ago • 0 comments

The squares are where you have pockets. (Bra or pants)

submitted 186 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s the thing about Kesha’s Joyride… when it comes on Shuffle I think an early aughts JRPG battle theme popped up in my algorithm.

submitted 190 days ago • 0 comments

It’s good folks. So horny. And so good.

submitted 191 days ago • 0 comments