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  • Episode 26: Eagle God

    So, there was an election.

    Action items:

    • Somehow, make the music.
    • Play a video game.
    • Links:

      • 2020 Presidential Election Results: Joe Biden Wins - The New York Times
    • Election Day 'Trump Train' caravans may be a security concern, experts say | Reuters
    • Watch Joe Biden's President-Elect Acceptance Speech: Full Transcript - The New York Times
    • Why President Trump Refuses To Concede And What It Might Mean For The Country : NPR
    • Terezi Pyrope - MS Paint Adventures Wiki - Adventures, characters, locations, and more
    • Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Vaccine Candidate Against COVID-19 Achieved Success in First Interim Analysis from Phase 3 Study | Pfizer
    • The FDA's cutoff for Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness is 50 percent. What does that mean?
    • Covid in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count - The New York Times
    • FutureMe: Write a Letter to your Future Self
    • The CDC Says Small Gatherings Are Causing a Surge in COVID-19 Cases | Health.com
    • Mr. Sunshine (2018 TV series) - Wikipedia
    • Fully - Standing desks, chairs, and things to keep you moving
    • Sit, stand, sit: The new science about how to best use your standing desk - CNN
    • Kneeling Chairs - Lessen Your Back Pain - Fully
    • On Eagle's Wings - YouTube
    • Vote in 2020 Runoff Elections | Georgia.gov
    • teenage engineering – pocket operators
    • 33 min
    • Episode 25: We Are Not a Homestuck Podcast

      (Recorded 10/29/20)

      Hey there's an election.

      Action Items:

      • Vote!
      • Write a letter to your future self at futureme.org
      • Links:

        • Homestuck Official | Webcomics by Andrew Hussie
      • The Unofficial Homestuck Collection
      • 1025 - MS Paint Adventures Wiki - Adventures, characters, locations, and more
      • Homestuck
      • Newgrounds.com — Everything, By Everyone
      • Adobe Flash Player End of Life
      • Homestuck Adventure Game by MS Paint Adventures — Kickstarter
      • HIVESWAP: An Adventure Game
      • HIVESWAP: ACT 2 LAUNCH TRAILER (NOVEMBER 2020) - YouTube
      • Hiveswap Friendsim on Steam
      • optimistic Duelist - YouTube
      • Stuck at Home - Homestuck Livestream - YouTube
      • Rachel T 🍂 🏳️‍🌈 on Twitter: "i have found every instance vfd phrases in homestuck. there are two. the first is on page 423 in nanasprite's spritelog, "very forces duel", and the second is on page 5963 in aranea's dialoglog explaining cherub lore, "vie for dominance". thank u for your time." / Twitter
      • The U.S. Supreme Court may end up deciding this election. Here’s how that could play out - The Globe and Mail
      • Wind Waker Election Night Stream - YouTube
      • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Wikipedia
      • FutureMe: Write a Letter to your Future Self
      • Mr. Tom on Twitter: "My Game Boy Advance hasn’t worked right in over 15 years. A couple weeks ago I decided to try my hand at repairing it. It has been a journey, and I have chronicled it on Instagram. https://t.co/At9IfPWUE7" / Twitter
      • Soldering - Wikipedia
      • 29 min
      • Episode 24: The Slimy Season

        (Recorded October 15th)

        In the shadow of the Pumpkin Spice.

        Action Items:

        • Find a local Rocky Horror shadow cast.
        • Links:

          • Trump and Biden Spar From Afar at Town Halls - The New York Times
        • Pokémon Red and Blue - Wikipedia
        • Cut cable shuts down Virginia voter portal; lawsuit filed
        • Odysseus - Wikipedia
        • Glee (TV series) - Wikipedia
        • US election: Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power - BBC News
        • White House COVID-19 outbreak - Wikipedia
        • Kamala Harris’s staffer tests positive for COVID-19 | US & Canada | Al Jazeera
        • Feinstein's hug of Lindsey Graham sparks outrage on the left | TheHill
        • Community-Level COVID-19 Data Reporting | Mass.gov
        • Window AC unit buying guide: everything you need to know - CNET
        • spooky season - Explore - Google Trends
        • Pillsbury™ Shape™ Pumpkin Sugar Cookie Dough - Pillsbury.com
        • Meet Nathan Apodaca, the cranberry juice-drinking skateboarder
        • Game Boy Advance - Wikipedia
        • Game Boy Advance SP - Wikipedia
        • Mr. Tom on Twitter: "My Game Boy Advance hasn’t worked right in over 15 years. A couple weeks ago I decided to try my hand at repairing it. It has been a journey, and I have chronicled it on Instagram. https://t.co/At9IfPWUE7" / Twitter
        • Furby - Wikipedia
        • Soldering - Wikipedia
        • The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Wikipedia
        • 35 min
        • Episode 23: Just a Baby Neopet

          And now: this man in pandemic has taken up a new hobby, and it's not what you'd expect!

          Action Items:

          • Listen to Neil Cicierega's Mouth Dreams and all of the Mouth albums.
          • Play some neopets games.
          • Links:

            • Presidential debate (September 29, 2020) - Ballotpedia
          • Social Distance Warriors Episode 1: Washing Your Hands to the Sounds of Capitalism
          • Modding a Game Boy Advance With Griffin McElroy | MaxFunDrive 2020 - YouTube
          • How to Fake an Interest in Woodworking | MaxFunDrive 2020 - YouTube
          • Gaming on a Giant Playable Wooden Game Boy Advance
          • Welcome to Neopets!
          • Blaseball
          • Old Neopets - Bruce | Neopets History | Book of Ages
          • Adobe Flash Player End of Life
          • Homestuck Official | Webcomics by Andrew Hussie
          • Homestar Runner
          • MOUTH DREAMS
          • Neil Cicierega - Wikipedia
          • 38 min
          • Episode 22: It's a War Crimes Show

            They tell you that it's normal.

            Links:

            • Chadwick Boseman, 'Black Panther' star, has died - CNN
          • 2020 Republican National Convention - Wikipedia
          • The Untamed (TV series) - Wikipedia
          • Mo Dao Zu Shi - Wikipedia
          • Maury (talk show) - Wikipedia
          • The Jerry Springer Show - Wikipedia
          • Homestuck Official | Webcomics by Andrew Hussie
          • Lost (TV series) - Wikipedia
          • The Secret World of Alex Mack - Wikipedia
          • The Definitive Ranking Of Alex Mack's Many Hats - MTV
          • 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd - Wikipedia
          • The Princess Diaries (film) - Wikipedia
          • The famous bucket hat. | Best Style Moments From The Princess Diaries | POPSUGAR Fashion Photo 4
          • Arthur (TV series) - Wikipedia
          • 27 min
          • Episode 21: Feeling Kinda Hatty

            We have a guest! It's Evan.

            Action Items:

            • Call your elected officials
            • Wear a hat
            • Links:

              • Evan!! @ DC!! (@hvnlyevan) / Twitter
            • The Obelisk Gate - Wikipedia
            • Star Wars Episode II - I don't like Sand - YouTube
            • Bubble tea - Wikipedia
            • Your Name - Wikipedia
            • Spirited Away - Wikipedia
            • Japanese pronouns - Wikipedia
            • Pokémon Smile
            • Blaseball
            • Doctor Who: The Moment
            • Double meaning - "Putting a hat on a hat" | Tim DeRoche
            • 33 min
            • Episode 20: That's Sports, Right?

              We confront the horror of sports and games.

              Action item:

              • Participate in the cultural event of Blaseball.
              • Links:

                • Spoon theory - Wikipedia
              • Blaseball
              • Blaseball is Taking an Extended Siesta | by The Game Band | Aug, 2020 | Medium
              • MLB 2020: Opening Day is almost here, and Major League Baseball is going to look a lot different - CNN
              • Nationals fall to Yankees in a rain-shortened Opening Day - The Washington Post
              • How Major League Baseball (MLB) Handles Its COVID Outbreak
              • First League Into the Coronavirus Bubble: Women’s Soccer - WSJ
              • This is Not Tom
              • lonelygirl15 - Wikipedia
              • Alternate reality game - Wikipedia
              • The unhappy ending to the Internet's most suspenseful countdown
              • shaine 🤠 oops! all blaseball on Twitter: "philly pies' very own superstar jessica telephone in her classic 1980s form! #blaseball https://t.co/NGzuHjGyTr" / Twitter
              • Pokémon Smile
              • Muk (Pokémon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
              • Intermittent Reinforcement Schedules - Wikipedia
              • 32 min
              • Episode 19: Sorry, What is the Void?

                A throwback to the long-gone days of early July 2020.

                Action item:

                • Let the dice decide your fate.
                • Links:

                  • Stevonnie - Wikipedia
                • Pokémon Smile
                • GameFAQs - Video Game Cheats, Reviews, FAQs, Message Boards, and More
                • Amazon.com : Stamina InMotion E1000 Compact Strider : Elliptical Machine : Sports & Outdoors
                • The Best Treadmill Desks | Expert Reviews
                • Ulysses pact - Wikipedia
                • — Odyss
                • Watch Hamilton | Full Movie | Disney+
                • 1776 (film) - Wikipedia
                • Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam: (8 of 8) - YouTube
                • White House Correspondents' Dinner - Wikipedia
                • Hamilton – Broadway Musical – Angelica Tour | IBDB
                • I Dreamed a Dream - Wikipedia
                • Politics of J. K. Rowling - Transgender People - Wikipedia
                • To Our Community - The-Leaky-Cauldron.org The-Leaky-Cauldron.org
                • Memes Aside, Women Writers Have Been Publishing Long Before J.K. Rowling
                • Virginia enters third phase of pandemic recovery, while Maryland’s Six Flags reopens - The Washington Post
                • Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count - The New York Times
                • Harvard Will Hold All Undergraduate Classes Online This Fall And Invite Only 40% Of Students To Campus
                • The coronavirus won’t go away with the summer weather. | Raleigh News & Observer
                • Homestuck - Vriska: Take dice.
                • CritDice - Dice Roller - Apps on Google Play
                • Blades in the Dark
                • 31 min
                • Episode 18: Cobra Person

                  We talk about turnips and teeth.

                  Links:

                  • Richard Scarry - Wikipedia
                • Vanillish (Pokémon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
                • Rotom (Pokémon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
                • Garbodor (Pokémon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
                • Pokémon Smile turns brushing your teeth into an augmented reality adventure - The Verge
                • Cicada Safari app for tracking Magicicada periodical cicadas - Cicada Mania
                • Pokémon Snap - Wikipedia
                • ‎70s Musical Extravaganza!, a list of films by rcjohnso • Letterboxd
                • Watchmen (TV series) - Wikipedia
                • Tulsa race massacre - Wikipedia
                • Alan Moore: Argument Can Be Made ‘Birth of a Nation’ is First Superhero Film
                • Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof on Trump in Tulsa, masks, and who should wield power now.
                • Watchmen - Wikipedia
                • This Is My Milwaukee - YouTube
                • Synydyne
                • How to master the 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' stalk market
                • Animal Crossing: New Horizons Hybrid Flowers Guide - How To Breed Flowers - GameSpot
                • Xenoblade Chronicles - Wikipedia
                • Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 - Wikipedia
                • Colony Sarff | Tardis | Fandom
                • 31 min
                • Episode 17: You Have to Start Grappling

                  We talk about going back to work, and getting furloughed from work, and getting fired from work (or more specifically, the supreme cout decision about NOT getting fired from work).

                  Action items:

                  • Brush your teeth
                  • Watch one of the movies on Rian Johnson's list
                  • Links:

                    • J.K. Rowling Followed Up Her Anti-Trans Tweets With A Full Anti-Trans Essay
                  • Civil Rights Law Protects L.G.B.T. Workers, Supreme Court Rules - The New York Times
                  • What is the difference between a furlough, a layoff and a reduction in force?
                  • dungeons and dragons - When did 5 foot squares become standard in D&D? - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
                  • Obergefell v. Hodges - Wikipedia
                  • R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Wikipedia
                  • How Public Opinion Has Moved on Black Lives Matter - The New York Times
                  • Why Mitt Romney Joined Black Lives Matter Protesters - The Atlantic
                  • James Mattis Denounces Trump as Threat to Constitution - The Atlantic
                  • ‎70s Musical Extravaganza!, a list of films by rcjohnso • Letterboxd
                  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film) - Wikipedia
                  • 31 min

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                  Rat and Tom talk about how they're dealing with the pandemic.