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Agh! Boyfriend has left his suitcase on the train as he arrived at Paddington station half an hour ago! Had his passport and everything and he's meant to fly tomorrow - anyone know if there's anything we can do right now? Is it worth going back to the station tonight??

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you know how americans think the moon landing was faked my theory is gridiron is faked truman show style and its just the world's longest and most elaborate prank that people participate in so they can laugh at foreigners

Analogy win.

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What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain. 😅

A thread of historians being historians 😍

Teachers - Do you have pupils with physical disabilities that are in travelling distance of Sheffield? Anyone with a physical disability aged 5 upwards can book for this awesome day. Cost: Pay what you can afford.

Recommended 🙂

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This is fine.

Reframing my GM mindset from “challenge comes from threatening the PCs’ lives” to “challenge comes from threatening their goals” has made my experience at the table more fun. The tension can come from the chance of them completing their goals rather than the possibility of death. #ttrpg

Just a reminder that listening to BBC World Service in the mornings is far superior to listening to the Today programme. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Do you live in or near SE London? Is one of your goals to get out more and meet new folks in 2026? Join us @itspuboclock.bsky.social Turn up any time from 6.30pm, drop in or stay all eve. I'll have a tiny whiteboard with an incendiary question like "What's the best and worst biscuit?" #ItsPubOClock

Does anyone on here play mechabellum?

There are a lot of amazing NFL stats. My favorite used to be that Larry Fitzgerald retired with more tackles than drops. Now this one is my favorite.

I have built a jet bike out of the most random rubbish. It's just in scale for wargaming, but it's a little fragile - especially the handlebars 😯 Loads of fun to build, painting it will be interesting 🤨 #junkbuilds #wargaming

Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

This year, for my mental health, I'm going to practice just letting people be wrong on the internet.

Reminder: if the Colts score 25 today, the Seahawks finish first in scoring defense

resonantcomputing.org i'm burned out on manifestos and open letters but i'm hoping this inspires people

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do tyranids hold ground

Recommended reading, wonderfully petty, including my own replies of course 🙂

Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading Between Worlds - The said Anthology of New Indian SFF Vol 1 edited by Gautam Bhatia. What are you reading at the moment?

Great to see this kind of analysis rather than a flood of "reckons" skewed by nostalgia and recency bias... that said, the outcome is unsurprising though.

The future we deserve.

CONGRATS, SEAHAWKS

I had not realised there was an episode of #TheTraitors TONIGHT.

Hang on, #TheTraitors is in tonight as well? It's bad enough changing the time it's on but messing with the nights as well is just rude

In case you missed it: this week's post is about the history of sports, how "professional" sports evolved and the role gambling played, and how you should think about sports for your homebrew TTRPG worlds. www.veritastabletop.com/your-worldbu... #worldbuilding #ttrpg

its also why, imho, you should modulate your news consumption. there is a point past which more information won’t give you more than a weak “it depends” answer

I think a big chunk of the "linux is hard" sentiment stems from the fact that most linux users do weird things with their computers. basically this:

Things happen that are not fair. You don’t understand, but your dick sees it. That’s not how your story ends. This is a new day. That part of you that you lost is coming back: the confident you, the joyful you, the passionate you, the valuable you, the successful you.

In #TheTraitors have they said what happens if the secret traitor is banished?

did they say it was on again tomorrow night?! #thetraitors

Anyone just experience tech issues there or just me? #TheTraitors

Each year we make a small donation, on behalf of our supporters, to a charity tied to our project. Any recommendations for good causes in the board game space? 🎲✂️

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Happy New Year. We will be back meeting up again at the end of the month.

From @captain2phones.bsky.social - on YouTube as well as this link to @nebula.tv - news for all of you / us who miss physical keyboards on mobile phones: nebula.tv/videos/mrmob... This genuinely looks useful....

Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.

As promised, PMG has just donated $5000 to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. We've made the donation to PCRF directly as our fundraiser on YouTube has now completed, but if we add the two figures together that's a total amount of $61,914.62. Thank you so, so much to everyone who participated!

new day same you

Wondering if a Free Internet is compatible with parental controls and suspecting it's not.

Cos I had time on my hands and I’m a sad git, I paused the family tree shot on #TheTraitors and tried to decipher the Latin (thanks Google Translate). Top line: Be careful whom you trust with your own blood - the sharpest knives are handed over to you on the table by faithful hands.

Commentators emphasise, quite rightly, how much stress the players of #TheTraitors are under - but can you imagine being a showrunner? Your carefully constructed web of hidden relationships is put together, and then this happens in the first episode... after the Ross and Netty connection too.