As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

Questions Grow Over Mystery Of Missing Legislative Branch

For @aftermath.site: Bambu Lab, a giant in the 3D printing space, threatened a developer for trying to restore their product's functionality using their own open source code. The blowback was enormous and may have exposed something far more consequential. aftermath.site/bambu-lab-ag...

As "you had one job" search engines continue to ossify, I'm glad I pivoted to Kagi's search engine. Paying for useful search that is slop free has been worth every penny

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant on Monday for the ICE agent who allegedly shot a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and then lied about the circumstances that led to the shooting.

This article really hit me. Years ago, my partner and I bought Descent 2e because there was a fully armored woman on the box. Later, when I applied to Fantasy Flight, I used Descent 2e content as my skill test. My road to being a tabletop designer traces directly back to that warrior on the cover.

I can finally talk a bit about a project I’ve been part of for a little while now. Welcome to Precipice, a mecha miniatures game where you can use your own stuff and explore varied worlds. There’s so much cool stuff still To reveal! Learn more and play the alpha at www.wildplumgames.com/precipice

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

I find it troubling that it is the same technology that your college roommate used to make gummy worm vodka that is used to make vanilla extract. Anyway, I have a bunch of vanilla beans in a bottle of vodka in a cupboard now.

It's #Sunderfolk's 1st Anniversary! 🎂 Thank you for being there with us since the beginning, Guardians ❤️‍🔥

When I first starting blogging and GMing, I developed a one-page character creation worksheet to hand out at the start of a campaign. Now, I've updated and revised the worksheet, which you can download for free (and tailor for your own purposes): katrinaostrander.com/8-steps-to-c...

Share the last 4 TTRPGS you played and expose your gaming habits (Or don't. I'm not a cop) - Mausritter (GM and player. Different groups) - Mothership (GM) - D&D 5th Ed. (Player) - Dragonbane (Player) (Bonus ones because I played them at the same con as Dragonbane. Troika and VtM 5th Ed)

by age 30 you should have one friend for every major animal group to spam. seen a good crab post? forward to your token crab person. bat post for the bat person. cicada post for the cicada person. bear post for the bear person. jellyfish post for the jellyfish person. and so on and so forth.

I genuinely need people to be prepared to Divest from Magic and possibly DnD if WotC doesn't play ball here. Make noise, get loud, boycott. Do whatever it takes to help the workers.

Remind me again - How many times did the police stop ICE violence? How many ICE agents did MPD arrest? How many neighbors did MPD protect?

To all of my friends and family in Minnesota, I certainly hope that none of you ever vote for @amyklobuchar.com for any office ever again. This is the 32nd Trump nominee she has voted for.

Your semi-regular reminder that Sunderfolk is the business. www.polygon.com/dungeons-and...

the fact that legislators are trying to say that computers are devices that require id verification and tracking to use should put fear into EVERYONE. FIGHT AGAINST THIS.

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay

Uh huh

Luna, impatiently waiting for her favorite treat

Is it just me that finds the Switch 2 pro controller to be a textural nightmare? I love the functionality of it but I find myself frequently using it just to turn on my switch 2 before connecting my original pro controller because I cannot deal with the texture of the thing.

The yearly tradition of correcting the names on the package to the fun ones

Listen, I am clearly biased as the love of my life was a designer on this game but that should not matter because this game is truly amazing and the 2.0 version is bringing so many new and exciting things. If you have not already been playing Sunderfolk you should pick it up and start.

Of *course* I had to pitch the BitD sexual revolution and call it Blades '69 Evil Hat knows I have a reputation to uphold

Me, at the start of this project when Kara suggested wallpaper on the ceiling: that sounds like a pain. I think paint is going to be way easier. Me, now, after my fourth round of mud trying to get everything smooth: wallpaper sounds amazing

Luna just woke up and came to the front of the bed and started nudging my hand which was hanging off the side of the bed until I woke up. She insisted on jumping up on the bed so I moved over so she could and she curled up on my pillows (60lb dog so most of the space). I think she had a nightmare.

The Sacred Bug has waited an age to meet you. ✨ Only 7 days left until #Sunderfolk Patch 2.0!

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They're small, they're mean, and they won't back out from a fight! 💪 Meet The Vanguard, Arden's newest Defender! ⚔️ sflk.gg/meet-the-vanguard

The real answer here is to just switch search engines. Google's results are so much worse now and filled with ads. I pay for Kagi and I have never looked back. It is a few dollars a month and I get that back every time I do research and the results are actually relevant. kagi.com

This was always going to be the case. If it was not suburbs and rural MN it was going to be Philly or Milwaukee or some other city. We are not done here until we are all free of tyranny. We are not done until everyone can live their lives without fear. We are not done until ICE does not exist.

New Rebel Loon stickers by local artist @tkdoesphotos 💙💖🌈

Take time this morning and call your senators to remind them that even if they are supposedly ending operation metro surge that does not mean it is acceptable to fund DHS. This is at best a ploy to get senate dems to cave before they go back to doing what they were doing. Abolish ICE 5calls.org

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones. Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.

Git squashing all my mistakes to get the pipeline to deploy correctly

Once again, my Dell laptop (work laptop) went from "battery at 20%" warning to emergency shutdown in less than 30 seconds. How is this still the business machine places are buying?

Strategize. Adapt. Survive Unseen horrors and challenges await you in Shadowstone, a new 1-4 player tactics game from the makers of Sunderfolk. Your struggle for survival begins in 2026.

Why is Klob already running attack ads against herself

We carried in 1000 more anti-ICE signs late last night. Welcome to Minnesota, Tom Homan. We hope you see these signs everywhere you go. #AbolishICE

I don't like being this vulnerable in public but I also felt like I had to say something. youtu.be/1qlEn8ob2ns

there is no earthly reason to believe that these goons will comply with any new regulations! it’s like if I put a sign on my door ordering the pines not to drop their needles! they’re pines and those needles will drop! zero funding, “reform” my ass, this guy must be stopped

The senate is going to be voting on ICE funding this week, maybe even today. Take time this morning and make some calls to keep the pressure up for them to do the right thing and defund the president's secret police force 5calls.org

Good morning friends! Some things to remember when you call your senators today: 1. Renee Good's killer is still at large and has not faced justice 2. Alex Pretti's murderers are still at large, unnamed and still working on our dime. 3. 35 people died in ICE custody last year. 35 shattered families

If you are outside MN or even just in the suburbs and wondering how things are in the twin cities, we are at the point where mainstream newspapers are posting info about how to identify the gas canisters deployed against civilians. That is how things are. That is the state of things.

There are so many bigger things happening right now but I just was trying to fix something and remembered how much Google made "choices" here. It is wild that I have to enable developer settings on Android to turn off the over-scroll bounce that makes people motion sick

Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.

This is our reality, and we all must act accordingly.