rightmove and zoopla adverts need the "sequences shortened" disclaimer

can't spell poser without osr

why am i suddenly getting so many follows?

10 games i might get to play in 2026 if i play my cards right: Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast Fall of Magic Apawthecaria Apothecaria Mausritter Ryuutama Pathfinder 2e Cairn 2e Golden Sky Stories ... Loves Me, Loves Me Not ...

it says more about my accent and my gutter-brain, but i didn't know what they called motorways in the USA until a long time after i heard "Driving Home for Christmas" for the first time, and it had me wondering why Chris Rea was singing about a festive three-way.

of all the Christmas specials this year, the one for Adolescence was the one i expected the least.

i'm not convinced by the argument that using the aesthetic of K-pop, a very artificial and outward-looking cultural genre, as part of a ttrpg supplement produced outside of South Korea, is cultural appropriation. it might be a bad idea for other reasons, but it's not even in a top ten of shit ideas.

alright jfc all i have seen on ttrpg bsky today is fucking discourse, the colour, temperature, and fragrance of cold sick. JUST FUCKING STOP. it's mfing December, peace on earth and all that shit. CHILL THE BEANS. if you see some eejit trying to stoke the rage machine, IGNORE IT. I BELIEVE IN YOU.

oh my gods one of the eternal and most incredibly stupid arguments in the world of TTRPGs is back, gird your loins folks

after his famous Christmas song, Jona Lewie became a very militant animal rights activist. one of his most successful campaigns was objecting to the construction of a Sunday lunch "super-restaurant" in his home town. it took many years, but he was finally able to stop the carvery.

at my most charitable, i would guess that the reason for this is that most if not all of the games /of any format/ that these people have been exposed to have been violent or highly competitive, and consequently they cannot conceive of a game that does not meet one of these two categories.

the masculine urge to fantasise about enacting violence on others

paper scissors stone roll and write version: each of you have a scoreboard which is a three-way Venn diagram. each of the big circles is marked with one of paper, scissors, or stone. when you win, you can put a token in one area of the circle corresponding to your winning choice.

if you've got spaceships that can do devastating orbital barrages that annihilate enemy combatants in a given location, why bother sending troops to the surface at all?

tonight's unholy flavour combination is banana bread with cheddar cheese, yw.

life's feeling bleak, y'all, so please reply here with something from anytime in the last twenty years which has widely been celebrated as a good, positive thing for humanity.

optimistic that this takes another ten years.

whenever i hear a vehicle reversing i am reminded of The Rasmus

For those that missed the primer: Your #ttrpg is a Rock Band. #DND is The Beatles. What's your project's parallel act? Mine? TideBreaker: Thrice Scar Seal: Wheezer Lift Every Voice: Rage Against The Machine Bottle Spirits: Rise Against Boundless: The Mars Volta

"to trump" or "a trump" is semi-archaic British slang for "to pass wind" or "flatus".

if i wanted to be extraordinarily generous - and it is Christmas - i would suggest that what Eternity is trying to do is benchmark a bunch of popular games against 5e, which they've implied subtly to be their favourite game.

i made my own bar chart

BREAKING: Music blogger declares The Beatles not only to be the greatest band of all time, but also the benchmark against which all other bands are measured.

yes, some rulebooks are 500 pages or more, including the game on this list rate 95% and described as perfect in all but one metric.

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in the bloke, midwinter

this is an interesting thought experiment in its entirety. for my part, i would say "no thanks" because i believe that the process of learning something meaningful has the power to fundamentally change who you are. the process of learning a trade is more than the process of learning its skills.

capitalism got so good at outsourcing basic societal functions that it's even managing to outsource thinking

heck yeah, thanks Seth! finishing ghostbox was absolutely one of the highlights of my year. check out all the good work that @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, @residentbard.bsky.social, @duamn.bsky.social, and @vickaruscica.bsky.social did on those dead letters! marx-of-high-water.itch.io/ghostbox

i have overstretched myself on cooking today. i have prepared a pavlova (a monster), cooked a paneer korma with my 10yo, made naan breads, roasted chickpeas, and turned leftover chicken stew into a soup. tired.

my 10yo asked me what i thought governments would look like in 1000 years time and was shocked when i said that i thought either they wouldn't exist, or that we'd only have one for all of humanity. but central governance has existed for a blink of an eye in human terms. why should it stick around?

this made me feel very impressed with y'alls dedication, bravery, skills, technique, bloody-mindedness, and all sorts. a great way to feel good about your peers, check it out.

so, i guess nobody is going to go to the world cup next year? that's pretty sobering to think about, right? it was ill-advised and definitely massively problematic for the world cup to be hosted in Qatar, but Qatar let people in with "open arms". the US is crossing its arms and shaking its head.

oh my gods my legs, why why why

never mind all this roundup shite, give me something you're just super proud of from the last year. work, hobbies, home life, friends, all good, just fill my notifications with your little or big joys.

cw: alcohol your recommendations for simple, single-spirit cocktails please. only other guidance is that i am in the UK and this is a gift.

TIL the difference between hysteresis and deadband in control systems.

this is in fact one of the things i will always do with Hark At Them! because it is, indeed, a choice the designer makes, and what is a review but a consideration of designer choices. harkatthem.bearblog.dev

why is it that Last Christmas has become the boogeyman song when so many absolutely dreadful Christmas songs are rolled out every year? Last Christmas is objectively decent. we could have opted for Wonderful Christmas Time or I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, both utter codswallop.

among my favourite types of email sender are the people who use multiple colours, typefaces, and even letter sizes for the signature in their email footer, but in professional emails.

having "mastered" the crêpe and the Yorkshire pudding, my kids have taken to calling me the "batter king." what other things can I make (or do) to prove my title?

handled with skill and applomb, but this morning found out that the toilet flush handle is broken and requires the skill of a plumber (to replace the entire flush mechanism).

partially blocked kitchen sink was causing my washer and dishwasher to overflow. took off pretty much all the pipes and cleaned them out with a toothbrush and warm water. absolutely rank. put it back together. works like a dream. a free draining dream. hell yeah.

just heard someone in my office saying "it uses less carbon to send an emoji than a gif so I avoid gifs" but two hours earlier extolling the virtues of MS CoPilot. do these people have the self-awareness of amoebas?

i don't use Spotify but here's my #PodifyUnhinged, a breakdown of my top 11 listened-to podcasts of 2025. @eidolonplaytest.audioentropy.com is top again, because they put out 1 hour plus of stuff pretty much every week. Legends.

maybe we should have a Eurovision Song Contest for nations which aren't recognised by all members of the UN Security Council

today's train journey has three changes and is, somehow, still quicker than the direct train. bizarre.

what is the Warhols Campbell's Soup Can of games?

stuck outside for the foreseeable future, ama I guess.

there is a fucking fire alarm at my hotel. of all the things.