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.

Your homemade spirits didn't turn out how you hoped? Still issue.

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Last night in #Pathfinder2e, the party defeated a pair of monsters which immediately turned into Statler and Waldorf and started complaining about the encounter. Gotta be one of my favourite monster genders.

Techbros have found their "this isn’t the Brexit I voted for!"

Um primeiro estudo do Harry Dubois então

My favourite TTRPG classes: 1. Just a little guy doing his best 2. Goblin causing problems on purpose 3. Disgruntled ex-mercenary/reluctant team dad 4. Hyper-specialised spellcaster with absolutely rancid vibes 5. Delivery mechanism for a large weapon

If you're a writer, write "I waited" without saying it: Moments grew to minutes as they trudged slowly by, and there was no way of knowing how many they would be, and nothing to do but watch them.

The concept of a Cassandrean task, "A task where you have to deal with people you KNOW won't listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start", is the most useful new idea I have come across so far this year.

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@dicefunctional.bsky.social we got a live one here, put it in the box with the other slopmongers

Memento Mori: A Selection

#fuckai #aiisfascist

reform only hold 13% of the seats in our parliament and reform + tory is fewer than the number of tory seats in the last term in scotland this election has been an unqualified win for progress and human rights and we should be really proud

Deliveroo is making us all chefs

Nothing wears me out faster than seeing anti-AI memes and comics that are *so obviously* made with AI. Something something weapon of the enemy.

A limerick. Based on a true story.

If this time travel experiment works, I should be able to go from here and now and reappea—

Since we have Illumination Super Mario Bros, live-action Zelda on the way, and a tasty glimpse of anime Star Fox (PLEASE give us more of that!), I'd like to submit my pitch for a Super Smash Bros movie where all of the characters are rendered in their own film's style and it looks fucking horrible.

A rapid montage of all the big twists and plot-critical scenes from phases 4-6, followed by Doctor Strange waking up from meditation and saying "wow, I'm sure glad we're not going down THAT timeline!" and winking directly at the camera

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

'And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.'

Quarterbacking. One player telling others how to play, what to do on their turn, how to spend their gold, mathing out the "optimal" distribution of loot. Just play your character and let the others play theirs! If you want to control the whole party, go play a CRPG.

The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.

Be Yourself. 🪽

Just want to say how much more accessible reading random scottish history books has become to me after reading this. What's a byre? No longer is my mind going to check wiki for a five word summary i won't retain, now the gorgeous illustration from this book comes to mind. Same for other words. ❤️

Players building a character that's hyper specialised in one thing and trying to solve every problem with that skill. No, you can't use Arcana instead of Diplomacy, I don't care how much magical technobabble you sprinkle into the conversation. Branch out or let someone else try.

Depluralise a movie: Star War Episode 2: Attack of Jango Fett

"If it's important it should be in the book" Oh, in the book? In the pages between the front and back covers? The pages where the prologue and epilogue are printed? That book?

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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

Last night in ##pathfinder2e, the party encountered a rat swarm, which I expected to be a tricky encounter because of the big damage resistance. Then the eidolon critted it for maximum damage and killed it instantly. Fastest and most anticlimactic combat encounter I've ever seen.

This is Stan. He is the guardian of the stairs. It's his first day and he's a little nervous. Really hoping you don't try to pass. 12/10 (TT: stanthehotdawg)

Nvidia’s CEO can spout whatever technonsense he likes about regurgitative AI, I’m not going to dignify it by reading a fucking word. The conversation stops at the fact AI is toxic waste. Ethically, morally, financially, environmentally. You cannot rhetorically clear that checkpoint.

knowledge is liking mass effect wisdom is knowing you'd write it better

#pathfinder2e Blood Lords party defeated the zombie cow without major incident. By which I mean 3 party members were on critically low health by the end but nobody died. Already having a blast with this AP.

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

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Who's going to make a textless TTRPG designed like IKEA instructions?

First session of #pathfinder2e Blood Lords last night! We have such a cool group and I'm really excited to see how their characters develop. Assuming any of them make it past the zombie cow, of course.

I want it to be widely known throughout the ttrpg scene that Pathfinder and Starfinder are the products of unionized labor by a bunch of queer and trans weirdos and our accomplices.

How long until Amazon starts offering their very own PO boxes to circumvent the problem they just invented? I give it a week.

Let he who has never accidentally endorsed the assassination of a political opponent cast the first stone.

"Okay so we know we said we weren't storing your data, and we know we promised it would be safe. And we know this is the second time this exact thing has happened to us. But this time we PROMISE to be extra careful!" - Discord PR department, probably

The children are SUPPOSED to have a better life than you. That’s the point.

what if i finished this silly thing