I got stopped by two dogs while crossing a farmyard on a hike yesterday evening. 13/10 would be accosted again. #hiking #dogs #dogsofmastodon

Can anyone recommend easy to use software for building static websites please? Years ago I built a website for my dad. He's been talking about adding more content for years but he doesn't like learning new computer things. I set up & taught him WordPress but he never used it, and I think it's […]

We had a big battle last session, which the players clearly enjoyed. But at the end of the session, two players were fleeing, and two were left behind, each telling the other to run while insisting on staying to defend the other. I've just told the guy who was playing a champion of Iomedae that […]

One of my players keeps saying he doesn't know what's so bad about a night hag having taken over the local government, and I'm not sure if that's because I haven't done enough to explain the situation, or because whenever there's something in the news about someone rich & powerful bullying […]

(LONG POST) Fell down a fascinating rabbit hole today about a few little boys and a little girl in ancient China about 2100 years ago. Emperor Wu went mad with paranoia in his old age, accusing everyone of using witchcraft against him. This led to him needlessly launching attacks on his own […]

UK anti smart glasses petition one to publicise https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769206

It's "put the needle down" time. Nearly done but will need a bit of tweaking once I've lived with it for a few days @textileart @fiberarts #MagpieMine #IndustrialArt #mining #PeakDistrict #Art #FineArtInStitch #TextileArt #embroidery #fineart […] [Original post on mastoart.social]

germans: “uuuuuhhh, we don’t really have proper high-speed rail!!!!” also germans:

The local swifts chasing and screaming. Sunset yesterday from our bedroom window. #swifts #sunset

Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.

My tower fan is such a liar. It displays a temperature several degrees hotter than my thermometer, and within seconds of turning it on the displayed temperature starts dropping, claiming it's cooled the room by about 5°C in a minute

Half of #ukpol on Mastodon is basically 1. Destroy the Labour party 2. ??? 3. Socialist utopia And I'm not sure if it's better as an example of #populism being all about simple solutions to complicated problems, or the tendency of those on the left to spend way more effort attacking others on […]

We switched to the #pathfinder2e remaster, which removed alignment. The party need to meet a particular cleric of Sarenrae, who went to help a village and never returned. They found a cave of serpentfolk who'd imprisoned this cleric. PC who does the bare minimum: "Right, we're done here. Let's […]

“Can you change the battery on this?” I sigh. An increasing percentage of what people bring to Mistress Minit for repair is things that were never fit for purpose. “It doesn’t have a battery. Those are fitted with an Imp Turbine. As you’ve learned it stops working once the imp starves.” “Uh […]

Well, it happened: We crammed our way into a crowded intercity train and someone was like WOW IT’S ODIN FROM MASTODON

🌊 Smoky water and collapsing seaforts. Combining storm surges with neutral density filters and experimenting to create something a little different! I shot these long-exposure photos of the abandoned Karosta sea forts in Latvia. I love how they turned out (even […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Here's the original https://johnfinnemore.substack.com/p/ill-take-up-the-tuba-instead

John Finnemore on the French horn/cor anglais: "I was idly wondering why the cor anglais has a French name meaning ‘English horn’, and the French horn has an English name meaning… well, ‘French horn’. I looked it up, even though I knew there would just be some reasonable but rather dull […]

On the way to work this morning I started looking for a deity that would be interested in something happening in my #Pathfinder campaign; and I noticed a new deity that ascended just 2 years before the campaign is set. So I spent the train journey making a flyer […] [Original post on masto.ai]

The #SheffieldTribune (@index#sheffieldtribune do fantastic work - bringing journalistic scrutiny where it is needed in the city, as well as providing news, views and essential local updates. They've a campaign for new subscribers, which will let them expand their work. If you sign up you get two months on a […]

Even after three visits, I still get goosebumps as I push open the heavy doors and step inside once more. Built in the 1920s, this stunning oval powerplant control room is one of the most impressive examples of Art Deco industrial architecture in the world […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Wes Streeting (UK prime minister wannabe) has come out strongly in favour of the #socialmedia ban, and he is very tight with #bigtech leaders including #palantir, #google, #meta, #microsoft […]

Last week: "You'll be going into town where that wizard offered discount runes, so let me know what you want so I can prepare a price." "But I don't use any weapons or armour" As they reach town: "Can we go to the healer's shop?" 2 of the players then sat in silence for 30-45 minutes, heads […]

I'm playing a wizard who's designed as a magical engineer. I've just learnt that the source of all our problems that might just destroy the world is technical debt. #daggerheart #ttrpg

The Pet Cache spell doesn't specify a maximum size for the pet you can hide in your cloak, so I gave it to a halfling with a riding dog. WHO'S A GOOD DOG?! #ttrpg #pathfinder

Sheffield City Council by party (incorporating sitting councillors and those elected on 7th of May) #sheffield #ukpol

I can tell why there have been complaints about amplified street preachers on The Moor. I can't see where this one is, I can't work out a single word of the pre-recorded song, but it is obnoxiously loud. #sheffield

I have a friend who is very fond of this mindmelting example of wayfinding at West Ham station. To the extent that she takes family and friends there to take selfies. So come on the internet, what other examples of mad signage are there out there?

Yesterday I saw all the naturalised tulips open their flowers for the first time. I bought these a few years ago for window boxes, but they weren't flowering consistently enough: often they just produced leaves. I figured this doesn't matter as much in the ground […] [Original post on masto.ai]

The party had rescued a young woman who'd been kidnapped by ogres, and were taking her home. Tonight, the ogre boss and his posse caught up with them at camp. They were supposed to flee, but they stood firm. The swashbuckler danced around the leader stabbing him with panache, the kineticist […]

The hawthorn hedge I planted in 2020 is flowering for the first time! #gardening #gardeninguk #bloomscrolling

Preaching to the converted: a sign extolling the benefits of cycling to the station, at the back of the station cycle store #cycling #urbanism

I'm playing an amoral engineer wizard in #daggerheart, who works on anything interesting and blames everyone else if it's used for evil. Last week he really showed his cold side. We were after info about bandits, and someone else in the party attacked the guards. My PC asked the last survivor […]

Below, other shadows other light. #outerworld #escapism #spring

I don't know that I can make the world a better place through words, no matter how hard I try. I can make a #DnD character concept that makes the world better place through words https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/2021/04/30/rogue-propagandist-a-literary-revolutionary/

Hooray! The #peakdistrict has been given government approval (and funding) for a trial run of public transport with regular, frequent, and connecting schedules inspired by Switzerland. Even urban public transport in the UK is bad at connections. In the past, buses in the Peak District have been […]

The railway has been getting into the April Fools' Day spirit today. On the station this morning: "we are sorry to announce that the 08:08 to Liverpool via Manchester has been cancelled. Your next fast train to Manchester is the 08:08 to Liverpool". Now I just got an email saying that my train […]

🌿Welcome to the Jungle! Clune Park School, Glasgow. Since its closure in the 2000s, nature has taken over this abandoned primary school. Sadly, it was destroyed by a fire a few years ago. #abandoned #glasgow #heritage #Photography #urbex #urbanexploration #lostplaces

Today's a #DnD Sunday where I play Xabal, the smoggy artificer. In prepping to play I remembered; - he's covered in a corrupting goo that gives exhaustion per exposure and is hard to get rid of. This goo is also a key element to how an evil group is tearing apart society. - he's damaged and low […]

We've been down at least one player for a while, so instead of rebalancing encounters I gave them a choice of pregen characters from the iconics (which I kept calling "ionics") Kyra spent most of the session casting buff spells on whoever was holding her character sheet at the time 😆 […]

I started wondering about how dates could go wrong in D&D She spilt food down herself. He tried to impress her by cleaning it up with Prestidigitation, but messed the spell up and set her clothes on fire. It was all going well, until one of them prayed and their god made his/her disapproval […]

In 30 years time: "My father was a gladiators semifinalist, and his father before him..." #gladiators

What a co-incidence to hear #annacalvi on #bbc6music today, after her first album came up on random play on my commute yesterday. I stood on the station platform for a couple of minutes to revel in the ending of Love Won't Be Leaving before continuing to the office. I must check out some of her […]

#theonion going hard at #samaltman. It's hard to pick, but I think this is my favorite line: "Why did you decide to devote your life to AI? I just saw so much suffering in the world that needed to be automated." #openai #funny #Humor […]

I never imagined how much I could enjoy commuting to another city. Bike rides along the canal, and chilling out on the train with music, a book, and the #peakdistrict going past. #trains

A very specific prohibition on crossing the railway

Check out those whiskers! This little harbour seal was picked up by my team in October. Found on a beach with a life threatening condition (mouth rot), he was uplifted and taken to a sanctuary for rehabilitation. He has a special place in my heart, as this was […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

I love Sheffield because if you have an hour to wait in the city centre in the evening there are places like this that you can just sit in for free #sheffield #sheffieldissuper

I think my commission may be finished. Again, it needs to sit on the back of the sofa for a bit. I'm not sharing the full image just yet, here is a teaser of a bit you haven't seen so far. @textileart @fiberarts #Art #FineArtInStitch #TextileArt #embroidery […] [Original post on mastoart.social]