Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it “woke” : NPR share.google/G8CzxIQWhokH... Trying to control the media. Trump and his goons are cowards. Spineless, narcissistic cowards. They are parasites who give nothing good to the world. They should fear the next election.

I have a friend in a bit of a bind. They have stuff in storage, and the person who was supposed to cover the storage fees ... didn't. And didn't tell them. And now they owe $1600 by the 19th, or they lose everything. Collectables. Furniture from their grandparents. Books. More. Can anyone help them?

4 days. 20 page RPG. Complete except for the art. This is for @drivethrurpg.com's #pocketquest. Time travel. So what's it about? You're part of a subgroup of JTF2 -- Canada's elite special forces unit. And you go through time to stop paradoxes.

Post your favorite "The Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.

@philsmithcross.bsky.social *notices being followed* *checks who the person is following us* *reads bio* *slams 'follow' right back*

You know what annoys us about a number of science fiction shows? "We're 200 years into the future, and all anyone discusses is 18th to 20th century stuff..." Apparently, nothing happened between now and whatever future that is.

Regime change. Israel bombed Iran for regime change. What's good for the goose...

"Treat others as you would have others treat you" Hey, ICE? Yeah. I think perhaps people should show ICE the same treatment they give others.

So there's an app to tell you when smartglasses are nearby. Interesting. Thinking about this however, we're wondering: What's the difference between someone walking down the street with smart glasses, and someone walking down the street with, say, a camera connected to their smart phone? A go-pro?

We came up with a comeback: "What's in your pants?" "A funeral. I took one look at you and it *died*."

How to fix the #ttrpg Palladium Engine. 1) All armour SDC has an AR (armour rating) as per Palladium Fantasy. This means that if your natural roll beats the AR, then the SDC of that armour is ignored (attack goes to personal SDC/hit points).

Not a huge fan of Palladium. Love the settings. Not so much the mechanics. Some ... questionable ... decisions with certain books (Rifts: Africa comes to mind)

Let's gooooo!

Holy shiitake. JKR was an Epstein fan? JFC.

#stephenking #ChristinevsCujo So, here's a hot take for you. Christine isn't alive / aware in the novel 'Christine'. There's no indication she's self aware, self-driving, self-anything. That's the movie. Not the book.

This is happening a lot to female journalists. So here is a modest proposal for the White House press corps: Stand together. No one should ask another question until the President answers the question that was ignored.

I don't talk much about politics on the internet because I already do it too much in private and I'm exhausted. But I feel this is excellent analysis and advice on people and power, so it is important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2g_...

Day 1818 of waiting for the tyrant to be overthrown. Seriously, what is needed for people to say 'enough' and drag the person out of office, along with their cronies. The Iranian protesters are showing more courage.

So, escalated to illegal acts of terrorism on foreign nations, kidnapping of political leaders, and kangaroo courts. That's a new low. And what, the other nations are just going to sit back and let this happen? #evicttrump2026

Question #DnD #TTRPG 1) Would you play Red Box D&D? 2) Would you accept '3d6 down the line' for attributes, no rerolls? 3) Would you accept rolled hit points, no rerolls? Would you accept that for 1e AD&D? 2e AD&D? 4) All that being said, if you said 'yes', would you still roleplay and get into it?

#ElfQuest TTRPG 1st session. 1st combat. One of the more combat-oriented PCs? Spear to the head. 8 damage. Instantly killed. We'd warn the players the game was highly lethal, but didn't actually see this coming. (And before anyone asks. Discord, so open die rolls)

Anthropic's Chief Scientist Says We're Rapidly Approaching the Moment That Could Doom Us All share.google/gphOxKe90G0w... Want AI not to destroy us all. Put better people in charge. Stop abusing machines 'because you can'. Be kinder. Might help if we didn't let narcissism and greed rule society.

@pq.org @liberalca.bsky.social @ndp.ca -- the Quebec provincial government is going too far. Any time a province invokes the Notwithstanding Clause before even getting the bill out knows they're trampling on Canadian rights -- and they don't care. Fix it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The perfect album for when we were born, and when we turned sixteen.

We wonder if they're still doing tours of the White House Ruins? What's the appropriate level for exploring it? What's the odds of seeing the Great Orange Beast?

Conservative Racism in Canada rears its ugly head. Love this woman, she's doing good work. <3 www.youtube.com/shorts/xahOX...

Testing. As we get a message saying our account's been temporarily suspended.

It's Talk Money Week, so here is an Un-FunFact about ADHD and money management: Adults with ADHD score significantly lower on tests of financial judgment compared to adults without ADHD, particularly struggling with understanding information relevant to financial situations and transactions.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Miss Universe contestants walk out after organiser berates Miss Mexico - share.google/5Vh4ZFI61KRp... /Mr Nawat said: "If anyone feels bad, uncomfortable, or affected, I apologise to everyone. I especially apologised to the girls who were present, around 75 of them."/ That's called a non-apology.

And once again we decry the lack of non-visual novel games with lesbian themes. Why do they all have to be cis-het targeted? Give us a fucking (double-entendre intended) yuri gatcha at the very least!

Legend of the Five Rings. Our character's passed through Yumedo and is in a Rokugan of the past (backstory). Their body goes through the phases of the moon, glowing from right to left, at a pace not natural for the moon. And plans to, before the Hidden Emperor arc, before the Clan War...

As we replied: death of the author. So what if Gygax wanted us going into dungeons and killing monsters. Big deal. So what? You pick the game you want to play, you play it the way you want to play it. If you aren't happy with how other people are using the game? Meh. Don't yuck another person's yum.

A very lovely, informative video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Gf...

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

You can't reason with a Nazi. I'll take the level, thanks.

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project. www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

Hades 2's Story Doesn't Change The Status Quo - Aftermath share.google/jIYC2G8chhKC... We can see where the author is coming from, but there's something overlooked. First, Greek stories, the Mythology there. The gods don't apologize. Ever. That's staying true to the pantheon.

Who knew 'you can't just kill civilians' was such a hot take? NYT

Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019, nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made by Generation Z have come true. share.google/GF1TeGTIMRhi...

Trump, Carr, Sinclair, Nexstar, MAGA and the GOP badly don’t want you to be able to watch this. Sinclair and Nexstar are still banning it (I couldn’t watch it last night via Seattle). So it seems like every single one of us should watch it and share it on YouTube if they haven’t already. #Kimmel

He is Black. He stopped another child from harming others He was punished for it School wont fix mistake they made off prinicipals?! Basically if he was white it be a new story

Why can't this happen over here?

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

New longread essay from me in response to the slew of recent hot takes holding up a few guaranteed income pilot results as some kind of nail in the coffin of universal basic income and even cash transfers in general. This is a long one because I dive into the details and cover much more evidence.

Just to be clear. Charlie Kirk was not a good person. A man who doesn't believe in empathy is not a good person. Did he deserve to be shot? No. But the grim irony of the timing, based on what he was talking about didn't escape us. So, is it time to talk gun control yet?