The Cowardly Puppeteers
The Puppeteers are probably the smartest cowards ever written into science fiction. They're brilliant, patient, and always ten moves ahead—but if there's even the slightest chance of danger, they'll...
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CLI post testing
This is a test post from the new rootbadger cli client
URL Shortening implemented.
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Where is that little BuZZard dweeb at?
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I Guess Somebody Had To Start It...
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Posting using newsreader Gravity
This is cool.