again this all makes so much more sense (derogatory) when you read the kickstarter and see that at no point did they have an actual ttrpg designer on this project

This AI/LLM bullshit is going to take Native representation backwards by centuries.

Man goes to Borges. Says he likes hourglasses, maps, eighteenth-century typography, the taste of coffee, Stevenson. Borges says 'great writer Borges shares these preferences.' Man bursts into tears, says 'but in a vain way like attributes of an actor'

Secure your own squid first before helping others. (I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)

To those who advise me to use chatgpt to generate the lore, you are forgetting how cool it is to be handwriting it in a cafe

what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines

Nevermind huge battle simulators with realistic formations, I want Mechabellum set in the mid 19th century.

Cafe at The Portland art museum has Rothko no. 5 cakes. Something intellectually meaty about seeing the painting in person, and then eating a cake copy. The complete experience. Full spectrum.

Just talked a student through the bitter disappointment of realizing they probably won’t be able toaccess state archives in India for their dissertation. Some thoughts on how to handle this. 1) as an Indian, I have been hustling my way into archives my whole career so relativize the experience.

necromancer

40k is a deeply unserious setting (archon plays with a colony like it’s a game of Stellaris , then gets bored)

neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now

With french explanation from @chlowski.bsky.social, trivium = latin accusative singular of "trivia", bourge = french slang for bourgeois, formatting like "town on river". Loosely approximates: St Know-It-All-Town on the River Snooty-Rich lmfao

Here is a comic about the aforementioned creative collaboration with @qsy.bsky.social we are both very cool and professional you should support us

The first general strike to occur in the US was in Saint Louis 1877 and it was, by no mistake, multi-racial in its solidarity in the face of federal occupiers and deputized state police. Quoted post unrelated.

Potssss

ALSO btw, you can use whatever cheese you have on hand, not just parmesan. It will be delicious pretty much no matter what.

A short but sweet post this week. Next week's article is a semi-sequel to my 1 HP Dragon post from last year. www.explorersdesign.com/top-5-newsle...

Aggressive fluttering

no context notes from our fomoria session tonight

Some PRIDE AND PREJUDICE characters, for you Austen fans

i can draw anything

ONE TOUCH OF THE PICKELHAUBE

if personnel is policy, then the most fundamental questions about an institution is not "what are the policy directives" but rather "what will get you promoted" vs. "what will get you fired"

I’m starting to see special operations forces the way the Founders saw standing armies: having them & investing so much in them makes it entirely too tempting for a tyrant to use them

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You're probably wondering what a zamburak is and I've got some great news for you.

Had some questions about the legwear of the right archer Throughout the High and Late Middle Ages (1000-1500 AD), people didn't wear pants, they wore tightly-fitted hose. When it's hot out or you're working hard, you can convert them into "inverse shorts" by rolling them down.

What an incredible development! Agreed, TA was jarring and 他 wasn't quite right either. Happy to see X也 getting a space for itself. I know it'll get used immediately by many.

CHIVELORD HAS DONE IT!!! PERFECT CHIVES ON DAY 70!!! TOLL THE TOWN BELL!!! HEAR YE, HEAR YE!!! U/F1EXICAN HAS PERFECTED THE ART OF CHIVE-CUTTING!! CELEBRATE, YE GOOD PEOPLE!!

BREAKING: Australia retained the Ashes with two tests to spare after paceman Mitchell Starc took three of the last four wickets to blunt England's defiant comeback in the third cricket test.

Kraliçe

Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love. Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.

yes! i've started viewing entrances as atmospheric touchstones for the whole party, GM included. i want something that cuts through the table chatter and says "you're elsewhere now"

cardinal sin: gluttony

Asked to write something about technology in Thucydides and there's a bit on siegecraft and I'm trying not to be snarky here but the core technology in Thucydidean siegecraft is God's own humble Rock. Placed atop another rock. It's all walls and counter-walls. The tech is literally neolithic.

If they come for you, don't apologize.

It's easy to miss reading US media, but the legacy of Israel's disastrous invasion and occupation of Lebanon, and eventual military defeat in 2000, are far more impactful on the doctrine, equipment, and culture of the IDF than its more visible (to us) forays into Gaza and the West Bank.

adding more of the art in lol

NYT won't report it but the IDF is struggling to generate trained ground forces. They've got equipment for days, but can't put any competent trained infantry/armored crew in there, let alone muster up officers and NCOs who know what the fuck they're doing.

True fact: several of the researchers who do work on nuclear winter studies, like many modern physicists (for whatever reason), prefer Comic Sans for their presentations. They don't seem to realize at all how it comes off to outsiders...

in general shape the noble Sperm Whale’s head may be compared to a Roman war-chariot

I sort of wish y'all took this more seriously, because this attitude is a reinforcement of heterosexuality as a hierarchy. It's an acknowledgement and understanding that it's not enough to "be with" a woman, or even to father children. They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.

Roman bronze figurine of a little mouse nibbling on bread! Squeak squeak! 🐭❤️ Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me #Archaeology

A creature commish

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have you thought about shrews yet today