When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

The science breakthrough of 2025 is Solar Energy, not because it is new but because of how successful its deployment has been. This year renewable energy surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide. Hopeful sign for what’s to come. www.science.org/content/arti...

Game designers who "can't draw" but want art for prototypes... beyond the wealth of public domain stuff available (there's lots) there are artists who make stuff that's VERY affordable and Itch has a ton on sale right now. #NoGenAI itch.io/game-assets/...

It’s quite the achievement to be an underdog everyone roots against

Ethical AI is an oxymoron, like automated science

It's the final weeks (15 days) 🏁 of the Zungeon Jam 🏗️ by @idlecartulary.itch.io If you're sitting on dungeon ideas or just want a fun challenge for the end of the year... CHECK IT OUT #TTRPG #OSR #Zungeon

13 years ago today.

This is not normal, and continued and ever-increasing rhetoric like this should not be treated as normal. #holdfast #steadystate

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one more Christmas, one more “The Husbands of River Song” rewatch. tv at its peak.

I just want someone to take them by the hand, look deep into their eyes, & whisper "Nobody is stealing your fun. You can still play your favorite game with your friends just like always. Shhh. It's ok. It's oookay. Those people are playing other games in other places, far away from you."

The Indiana Lt. Gov. confirmed the #Trump regime threatened to withhold federal funding unless lawmakers gerrymandered the state— Textbook quid pro quo extortion — In a normal administration this would be a national scandal

Disney has hiked prices and laid off hundreds of workers this year. Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year. Remember this as Disney turns to AI.

periodic reminder that the crusade against MSG was just racism and it is actually just magical science salt that gets you More Yummy for Less Sodium

U.S. pals: Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army. There are better charities out there. Much better.

I dumped Facebook back in 2015. It was discovered that "META" provided Russia election rich data via Cambridge Analytics. Russians used that data to target voters and get Trump elected. Fancy Bear a Russian hacker group hacked the DNC emails in 2015. FCK FACEBOOK www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Galera, segura minha mão Sente: Fazer arte baseado em estatística e número de mercado, o que "o público quer", é dirigir olhando só pro retrovisor. Quem sabe fazer arte é o artista, não o público. Se o público soubesse o que ele quer, ele mesmo faria a arte.

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

Not content with killing suicidal teens, the serial killer moves on to his next round of victims

After ten extraordinary years with White Wolf, the World of Darkness, and Paradox Interactive, I’m closing this chapter with deep gratitude, and beginning another. Working on Vampire has been one of the greatest honors of my career. You can read my farewell note here.... 🦇🍷

after 10 days of work, i finally have completed my #zungeon— which is also, incidentally, my first ever Dungeon. i hereby present to the world The Demonology Library :) #ttrpg #crows2e

luis carlos prestes.......... o molho...................... em 1986.................... como pode ainda estarmos no seculo passado?

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

i have a strong dislike and disregard for SEO and Gen-AI for it eroded the creative writing exercise that used to be blogging. i read blogs to be posted and i can tell how little creativity is there. i can perhaps even guess what was the prompt and style the person asked chatgpt to use. so sad.

ngeons are different from mysteries (duh of course) as a writer perspective cuz they allow for a form of *natural* narrative, both for the reader and the player.

500,000 violations.

Imagine if Regan had stayed an actor. Imagine if AIDS had been handled like a major public health emergency instead of disregarded as “gay cancer.” Imagine how many people could still be alive. Now imagine how many of them might be in public office. #WorldAIDSday

so glad for Public Domain artworks. I find it hard to practice the visual arts, but love checking out PD, curating for my uses and sometimes even making collages. this PDReview article will def be key to illustrate my #zungeon

Every day I see an infographic that’s like “Oxygen Is Now Owned By SludgeCorp: How To Keep Breathing Without Letting It Drain Your Vital Essence“ and then I have to spend an hour of my precious life figuring out if it’s worth it to stop breathing

excited for the holidays. in lieu of working, i'll be full-time doing GAMES. for me myself and I.

AI creates an illusion of work, not work proper. It's not for writers, it's for people who want to 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯. It's not for creators, it's for people who want a portfolio or a container full of "content." It is opposite to human expression; it is simulacra. A plastic hamburger on a tray.

Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon... -Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine -Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, let’s hear your anti- AI arguments that felt like they worked on your uncles

It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.

We think of the TTRPG space as a hobby, but it's really a collection of related hobbies. Some love playing. Others collecting. Others watching. Some prefer theory. For some it's hating. The number of people whose sole focus is hating on a game or edition they don't play is incredible. Joy vampires

OSR not as movement that is over but as genre that is in its 4th or 5th wave. PbtA too. We're officially in its 3rd wave. Pay me to research and write about this please. I care too much.

(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men

these epstein emails are pretty damning. i sure hope that we haven't spent the last couple years in a cultural backslide where men are seemingly allowed to openly and gleefully fantasize about dominating young women without any threat of reproach

Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.

The bumper says 'rugged working man'. But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’. Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.

bezos somehow made an editorial page worse than the one at the wall street journal

You can’t afford a coal mine. You can’t afford a gas turbine. You can’t afford an oil rig. Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can. But you can afford a solar power station on your roof. Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.

oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis

Warlock: *reading spellbook* ARGH! Wizard: what's wrong? Warlock: I'm trying to find this book's terms and conditions. Wizard: it doesn't...have...any? Warlock: what sorcery is this. Sorcerer: Don't you bring me into this.

When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

Had to share this from twitter just because