Because there's Jon Stewart discourse today: Thinking about this Silverman/Kimmel chat from mid-2025 where they identify the central problem of American politics in that the Left aren't sufficiently fun and can't take a joke.

Reflecting on the Advanced D&D DMG's list of "Government Forms". Good stuff here. Also feeling like I might use other forms, or invent some of my own. #dnd #government

isn't it wild how we actually live in a world with cyberpsychosis, but instead of being able to get cybernetic limbs it comes from a chat program that "yes ands" too hard

"My own morality... It's the only thing that can stop me" said Jeffrey Epstein's best friend

Maybe it's because I'm from that part of the world, and I hiked up Mount Washington once, but “Infinite Storm” hit me pretty hard #movies

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Will no one rid me of this turbulent colonialism?

Within the Enna province is the star-shaped town of Centuripe, whose layout conforms to the slopes of the rocky hill upon which it stands. The town has a long history stretching back thousands of years. #ttrpg #writing #dnd #art #writingcommunity 📷️:Evgeni Fab; Antonino Bartuccio; & Pio Andrea Peri

Spent NYE on the (actual) Battleship New Jersey, had a blast!

The arc of the moral universe sure is long, we can agree on that

Watched Muppet Christmas Carol for the first time. Struck by the scene where Scrooge walks up to his darkened quarters and eats alone by the fire. It's intended to be dreadful, but damn I'm jealous! Minimalist, clean, cozy, quiet, no battery of blinking LEDs. I'd gladly live there.

everyone focusing on the regulation of matrix multiplication when the real culprit is simple: it should be illegal to convert language to numbers

Orthodontist has framed poster on “Top 10 Healthy Habits”. Among them is “Add Probiotics” – Cut all meats & dairy and add probiotic supplements instead. :E

"Home for the Holidays" by capacities: capacitiesnj.bandcamp.com/track/home-f...

A merry welcome to new friends from Japan and Korea!

I do think that the bastardized version of Monopoly so many people play is the canonical case study for trends in games over the last century: In the interest of making a kinder-gentler version of Monopoly where no one loses, the result has been an endless Sisyphean punishment for all.

Positive thinking: The frequency of corporate data breaches is such that I effectively get free credit monitoring all the time now

Beside a sprawling city rise the ridges of an ancient volcano. Within this 3,500-foot-wide, 760-foot-tall encircling wall of stone is the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. This is Diamond Head, known as Lēʻahi in Oʻahu. #ttrpg #writing #dnd #art #writingcommunity 📷️: Elliott Chau & Eric Tessmer

I kind of want to design a calculator where e.g. you type in “5 + 8” and “=” and then it prints out a response like “20 – 7” or something.

Things are Terrible, but this isn't. Be weird.

Surely in my 58th semester of teaching, things will finally go right, I can just feel it

Listened to Frauke's Dirtier Than Horses, I forget how truly excellent that album is. Good times. #music frauke.bandcamp.com/album/dirtie...

Were classical statues painted horribly? buff.ly/fS78ULM It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.

The way they've been trending over my lifetime, the next Republican candidate for POTUS will run on, and be competitive with, a platform of nuking particular American cities.

Good advice, D&D players #dnd

In a grocery for a few things. At the counter, scanner not working. Clerk & customer both have phone calculators out, debating price-payment-change, cannot agree. This goes on a while. Frustrated clerk turns to me, I just hand him correct cash and say keep the coins. Debate goes on as I leave.

Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be

To this point: MOOCs (massive open online courses) were supposed disrupt higher education about a decade ago...

You don't hear that proverb "cheaters never prosper" a lot these days

Want to see a few hundred people riffing jokes on the vacuous truth principle? This thread #logic

In one hour, we'll host our 2025 Year in Review for the last twelve months of our weekly D&D talk shows! What changed our games the most, and what was your favorite? Join us in the live chat! #dnd #yearinreview www.youtube.com/live/0-vlUgG...

Pig & Uni discover a cool (?) new (?) video game! #puppet #improv youtube.com/shorts/SjbtH...

On hold waiting for Verizon customer service, of course they play ads during the wait, here's an upcoming horror movie, so now I have a woman being murdered screaming in my ear, thx assholes

Ever think about how you never have to deal with below-zero cold and being rained on/wet at the same time? That's a nice feature we don't appreciate enough. Kudos universe

The invisible contact lens! #puppet #improv youtube.com/shorts/-y2H5...

Sunday we had a great chat on Illusions in D&D across the ages. Hoo boy the rules in the early editions had some whoppers! #dnd #illusions #magic youtube.com/live/vVOcJ3r...

Saw the photo of masked & armored ice agents in jaunty red hats taunting the immigrants they aim to rip from their homes and isn't that the true meaning of Christmas

Realizing that the Nobody film series is John Wick with inverted social class trappings #movies

Happy Day of Infamy to all who celebrate

In 90 minutes we'll reflect on the state of Illusions in D&D across all the editions. What iterations are the most surprising? Join us in the live chat! #dnd #illusions #magic youtube.com/live/vVOcJ3r...

Any food offering for which “it's in a bowl” is one of the highlight selling points, is, for me, a value minus #food

The Chord! #puppet #improv youtube.com/shorts/e78m0...

I'll confess that in my limited reading of medieval politics and warfare, I never really grasped the vitriol for mercenary forces. Now I get it.

I'm delighted we got to do a deep dive Sunday into the 1E Players Handbook's final advice for "Successful Adventures". It's been on my mind a lot lately. We didn't agree on everything! But glad to air it out in the modern era. #dnd #players #adventures www.youtube.com/live/qiqah7q...

I don’t get ASMR videos at all. But I do watch people mark & measure bowling balls for drilling, which I suspect is in the same ballpark.

In thirty minutes we'll do a deep dive in the 1E Player's Handbook ultimate section on advice for "Successful Adventures" in D&D. Is it still useful for players today? Join us in the live chat! #dnd #players #advice www.youtube.com/live/qiqah7q...

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread