As I was explaining to a guest earlier today, Drake was killed by Kendrick last year and is now basically a poltergeist bothering Toronto

Love that there's more Jirel of Joiry stories on the horizon, and @mollytanzer.bsky.social is a fantastic writer!

And in light of the fact that I simply cannot stop #girlbossing, I added back a few more Long Goodbye prints, because #yolo www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...

Watching LLM usage prices jump from sub-$50 to $1,000+ with the biggest evil grin imaginable

Here's some of that speed data. Cameras may be gone, but speed data is still being collected. There's been a 6X ⬆️ in the number of drivers feeling safe traveling at deadly speeds between houses & a park. Larger signs won't stop this, unless those signs have enforceable consequences & fines on them.

Had the family round for a party and decanted my good port into a shit port bottle and vice versa with the cheap stuff into the expensive bottle. As I suspected my brother in law helped himself to what he thought was the expensive stuff; cunt.

Montreal sex workers are going on strike during F1 weekend

Can someone explain to me why I'm supposed to be so terrified of Chinese products gathering some loose data on me when the entire American economy is based on every company that exists doing that same thing to me

Children agree not to get abducted after 8 PM so Amber Alert doesn’t wake anyone up

I've got a couple of different OSR-related indices at my zinedex site nowadays. (I've also started looking at the classics, but right now I'm focused on Call of Cthulhu for my Losing Sanity book!) zinedex.designers-and-dragons.com/osr/

This is really worrying: “the nature of abuse in bookselling can be distinct… in many cases, it is… linked to the perception of what bookshops represent – including the books they stock, the values they promote and the communities they serve" www.thebookseller.com/news/rising-...

I honestly do not understand how you make the country strong by selling critical infrastructure

Tired: Bsky is Lib propaganda Wired: Bsky is Chinese propaganda Inspired: Bsky is Canadian propaganda

ugh, jury duty

HUGE: Alberta judge quashes the separatists' referendum petition, in major victory for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Blackfoot confederation. Justice Shaina Leonard: "the Crown failed to meet its duty to consult"

After 11 fantastic years, Bloomsbury Publishing, the owner of Osprey Games, has made the difficult decision to sell the board and card game line. This was not a decision taken lightly and reflects a strategic refocusing on book publishing. (1/7)

On CBC Radio 5:30 news: auditor general found that AI medical note-taking systems used in Ontario were inaccurate and produce hallucinations. The auditor general experienced the inaccuracies herself when she asked her own doctor to verify the transcripts produced. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This was all on a public Facebook post, so it seems fair to share it. I'll let each person form their own conclusions.

The fact that romantasy isn't about fantasy Romans will ever be a source of disappointment.

Chris Hemsworth and Riz Ahmed as Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser.

Ope! New shop will open this Summer. It's gonna be weird. I'm gonna make it weird.

If you're looking for hand-crafted, totally AI-free reviews of indie #ttrpg games, why not give Library Of Words a shot? We aim to spotlight games made by small and marginalized creators! libraryofwords.com

Happy 64th Birthday to Emilio Estevez

Looks like 4 Pillars is crashing out. I want a button that says "take me off of this hellsite and GFY."

The entire 4 Pillars Games saga from conception to discovery to the flavor of responses is a perfect snapshot of why I'm so aggressively anti-AI (LLM, etc.) in creative fields. There is no arguing with the mentality of entitlement. The goal posts are on a goddamn conveyor belt. Nuke from orbit.

This recent drama about a tabletop historical record is a good reminder how carelessly people label themselves as “historians.” Just because you took a few classes or are interested in it as a discipline does not make you a “historian.” 1/4

CANADA: London hotel prices without London! (Sorry, not that London). Ok back to work

Won't last past 2030

88 years ago 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' released in theaters! This early technicolor extravaganza starred Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, and an impressive cavalcade of character actors! We covered this classic WAY back on episode 5 of the podcast.

The meme this all deserves.

WHITWASH. verb. /wit-wɑːʃ/ To hide Ken Whitman's involvement in a project in order to improve its chances of success. EXAMPLE: 4 Pillar Games whitwashed their site, but forgot to remove Ken's name from the metadata.

Share the last 4 TTRPGS you played and reveal your gaming habits (if you like)... Hyperborea Tales of the Old West Masks Call of Cthulhu

“There is just so much pressure to use these tools,” one Amazon employee told the FT. “Some people are just using MeshClaw to maximise their token usage.”

FYI trans Americans with a Canadian ancestor can apply for expedited processing on their applications for Canadian citizenship!

The Free Speech Coalition is serious about starting an adult industry credit union. Part of this is being able to show regulators that enough people would use it, so please fill out this form if you're interested! (Yes, credit unions can issue credit cards!) www.freespeechcoalition.com/survey

Rapidly.

this looks like an extra tough captcha test

Reminder, tomorrow is the deadline to fill out your #Census, Canada! Unfortunately, as with anything in the realm of good governance, idiots have to have #MapleMAGA ignorance tantrums about it. #cdnpoli

Bookseller wanted! Are you in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada? Do you love queer science fiction and fantasy books? Do you want to sell them for a living? Come help me create a welcoming, friendly space for queer nerds at Other Places Books. Please send your information to [email protected]

The Big Sleep

God-damned Halifax

why would i want to watch a podcast. podcasts are for when you are doing something else

I just got a full dental cleaning for $28 with the Canada Dental Care Plan 😭 Jagmeet Singh you were not the right leader for the NDP in so many ways but you got this right and I will never forget you for it dude

Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.

For folks using Shopify, they recently forced all your products into their Agentic (as in AI Agents) sales channels. @rrookstudio.bsky.social is in the process of turning ours off and disabling it. You should go do the same. Reposts appreciated for community visibility.

TTRPG folks too. Good times. Let me know if you find a vector for information that could be handed over to legal counsel. bsky.app/profile/dead...

4 Pillar Games are now lecturing me on fair use and demanding to know whether I've asked RPG Geek to take down their bio of me. I pointed out that an actual human, a friend of mine, wrote that, so no. Besides which, it's none of their business. /1

"Sylvestre seems to truly suspect [...] that King Charles has both the capacity and the interest in having him killed. I saw him tell one crowd in Mossleigh that he thinks there are Chinese communist soldiers in Canada in part because he saw six Asian men in West Edmonton Mall wearing new coats."