They could have put the dead people before the burned trees, and referred to, say, square miles of forest rather than volume of wood product it could turn into, but choices were made.

Anyway the Ashokan Center is gorgeous, the facilities are great, and everyone is lovely. 9 SCD sets fit (barely) inside the hall, which has high ceilings with good airflow and acoustics. The pavilion might be able to squeeze 12 but pillars make it a bit awkward.

Another reason I don't like 50/50 raffles: it's a bit of a bad look if one of the organizers win the big prize, but for a lot of groups the organizers are also the most invested and most likely to give a lot to the organization, so it's fairly likely to happen.

Various Types of Women

I hadn't realized until last night this event has a lot of people I haven't seen since 2020, who didn't know me before 2010, and consequently have never before seen me with long hair.

There are 3 people here wearing masks other than my spouse and I, which is pretty good.

Sad the event I'm at went from "one of our attendees needs extra caution, we request everyone take a COVID test before coming, we will provide tests if you need. Dancing outside weather -permitting" to "those people aren't coming, no tests. It's cold, dancing inside"

The American Heart Association just posted this and tbh, I LOLed.

How is May half over already? The inevitable passage of time continues to be completely unfair.

There's almost a 50F difference between this week's low and next week's forecast high. This is so very true.

I know that they aren't, but "Blue Peter", "Spotted Dick", and "Cock-a-Leekie" all sound like maladies that would require the urgent attention of a urologist.

New Comic found: Wizard of Id - 2026-05-10 https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2026/05/10 #comicstrip #WizardofId #fantasy

More Blue Prince today on stream. Fairly late-game. Come hang out at twitch.tv/marcmagus

Man, two all-timers in the space of a month. Nice job, New Yorker cartoon editors. The idea of this one is brilliant, but the execution is maybe even more so—getting the figure in the coffin to read both ways like it’s supposed to is something.

Greenhearth Necromancer is now available on Steam! 🎉 Our team is so proud of the game, and we can't wait for folks to take their first steps as a fledgling necromancer. ✨🌱 Please share your gardens with us; we'd love to see what you grow. 💚 store.steampowered.com/app/2127570/...

If I ever make a game I will put "special thanks: Anita Sarkeesian" in the credits even though she had nothing to do with the game just so I can make people upset

We're confident the food things are pollen food allergy syndrome, which doesn't progress, so I'm allowed to start eating peanut butter candy if I'm willing to deal with my mouth itching. The weird med reactions are not allergy. So that's good (but also weird)

Dermal test of major allergens had the results: dust mites, several trees, several grasses, surprisingly a slight reaction to dogs. No new weeds (which we were concerned about), no molds, no shrimp.

A spaceship entered Earth's orbit and broadcast a message: "We are the Interstellar Library. Do you want to swap? We have thousands of stories." There were many replies. The library was silent for a whole day, then: "What do you mean, 'We have millions'?"

Surprisingly, all negative the first round, with birch pollen almost marginal. Maybe my allergies actually have gotten better over the years?

Allergy test. My arms are covered in tiny dots and I can sure feel the control working. It's also making my wrist pain flare, possibly due to calling awareness to the general region.

thinking about this tumblr post (www.tumblr.com/bumblebeebat...)

I am so excited that it is less than 24 hours until I can start taking antihistamines again.

Love this! www.notus.org/perspectives... (The suggestions from the 15 other WaPo veterans fall well short of the moment.)

Being slightly incorrect with my ND friends as an enrichment activity for them

Trying a new game, "The Wilds of Dacrima: Field Notes from a Poorly Supervised Alchemist and his Unruly Clockwork Companion" at twitch.tv/marcmagus - this was a review key offered by the publisher, and I was instantly sold by the title. Come hang out and check it out with me.

Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today. #pcgamer #pcgaming #darkestdungeon

This year the whole state gets to join MA-06 in voting against him in the primary. (Although we do really need to be thinking about who's going to succeed Markey; he and Warren are both older than Kennedy was when his death gave us a much weaker ACA)

While there is not an emoji for "absolute horses" yet, using mathematical notation, you can portray an absolute horse: |🐴|

Why did they call it Mario Kart when Mario Speedwagon was right there??

I found this and it may bring a smile!🙂 This is called the "feather-drying dance of the Great blue Heron"

lol, they gave Artemis II astronaut (and Philadelphia sports fan) Christina Koch an astronaut Gritty

will never not be crazy to me that anita sarkeesian made critiques that were mild for 2012 feminism and Gamers still haven't gotten over it 14 fucking years later

@peter.petermorwood.com glanced at this image once, smiled, and merely said, walking away to get some tea: "That's no castle. Like its owner, it's indefensible."

this one bc it made me feel like 🎵we're all in this together🎵

Live your tanuki dreams I guess, and I'm sure there's someone out there who'll be into it, there is for everything, but to the extent people even care about a "bigger package" that's not quite what they're talking about.

I see "Amber" and "dice" and my brain fully expects that to be "diceless". Now I have to check this out by way of apology.

Ploopy is calling their trackpoint clitmouse the “Bean”. Incredible. liliputing.com/ploopy-bean-...

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female-presenting nacelles

I can't stop thinking about this video since I saw it last night

The extremely rare catcopus.

Thought @spacey3d.bsky.social would enjoy this

The radio in this Wegmans just played back-to-back Love Shack and Brick House and I guess the D.J. had a theme going?

Signs of the Sojourner is a fantastic game. Currently on sale for $2 (click through), that's an easy grab to experience it once, even if you never feel the need to replay and see everything you missed.