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Hey, would adding the word “death” to alt text trigger this from bluesky?

one thing LLMs have revealed is that the belief that there is a magical incantation that will give you what you want is not just confined to pick-up artists and freemen on the land

#42 The Ambassadors of Death (1970) Season seven of the show was really its own little capsule world, almost just a twenty-five episode miniseries interpretation of Quatermass, with enough elements of the old show to help retain that audience. This story is possibly the best representation of such…

Not every game is a product. Not every booklet is a zine. Not every idea is a kickstarter. Not every conversation is content. Not every collab is a stretch goal. Not every designer is a peer.

Kill the hustler inside your mind

Was talking on stream about how the US funds Israel who has lots of socialized programs like Healthcare that the US lacks. Had a viewer call me antisemitic because "the US money isn't spent on those social programs, its only spent on weapons / bombs"

Don’t call your union.

Remember when Batman films had novelty singles? It’s about the only thing that Suicide Squad (2016) got right.

Happy 40th Anniversary of Rorschach seeing the city‘s true face to those who celebrate

#43 Ghost Light (1989) As is most of the final season of the original run, this story is about Ace. She gets to confront the evil of the haunted house that she saw when she was younger, although that impression would be all about the resonant power that would have been long banished by the time…

#44 Dalek (2005) The entire first season of the revival had to do some heavy lifting to both capture new audiences and retain what still existed of the old Who fanbase. No two stories had to work harder than Rose and Dalek. Rose is obvious, as it was essentially a second pilot, forty-odd years…

#45 The Robots of Death (1977) Something that Chris Boucher, not a script editor or showrunner for Who, got to do was introduce a new companion with two successive stories. Leela came in with The Face of Evil, written by Boucher, and is back with this, by the same. That creates a uniquely…

#46 The Visitation (1982) In the grand tradition of The Time Meddler and The Time Warrior comes another story about a medieval/Baroque setting threatened by an alien menace. The TARDIS lands in 1666, with the locals concerned about plague and the gentry controlled by marooned Terileptils. The…

His greatest work is well in the past, but how can we forget that Bob Dylan is still alive?

What board games did I play in September? boardgamegeek.com/blog/9268/bl... #boardgames

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

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The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.

#47 The Reign of Terror (1964) As this first season closes, it’s fun to see it come full circle. The Doctor, offended by a slight offhand comment, determinedly tries to get Barbara and Ian home and out of the TARDIS. The French Revolution, a topic of study for Susan at Coal Hill School, is the…

Listening to @danthurot.bsky.social’s latest interview with @amabel.bsky.social, and Dan’s remarks around the 1h9m mark make me sudden want to read a Zinn-esque People’s History of the Bible.

Finally picked what I wanted from this wave of New Mill card games. The art and bidding of Vegeterrors looks great, and the elevator gimmick in Yonkai no Yokai seems goofy enough to be awesome. #boardgames @dnlnwmn.bsky.social

got invited to the goblin group chat but none of them speak common so I'm just fire reacting random shit

#48 Logopolis (1981) It was the end of an era. There was a whole audience that hadn’t ever seen a Doctor other than Tom Baker. After seven years, in the middle of a story arc about the Master returning and through a story about mathematics fighting against entropy, the Fourth Doctor died. This is…

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

you could give an infinite number of reactionaries an infinite number of typewriters over an infinite timeline and they would never invent a sesame street

#49 Black Orchid (1982) This is a light period mystery, something that Peter Davison fits into so well that this story could almost be his audition tape for Campion. It’s a country estate in 1925, with a cricket game, a costume ball, and a disfigured son hidden away behind secret passages so that…

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

Just happened on a marvellous turn of phrase in Ken MacLeod's (@amendlocke.bsky.social) short story "The Vorkuta Event". The once-adventurous and vigorous paleontologist, now an aged emeritus professor, is "more Quatermass than Quatermain". 💯 I'll cherish that!

My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.

A bevy of (Classic Who) board games #doctorwho

#50 Earthshock (1982) There’s a lot of note in this story. Adric dies, making him only the second companion after Katarina to do so in a story. Katarina wasn’t even around for a full story though, just five episodes across two stories. Adric was around eight times as long, and with two Doctors, so…

#51 Gridlock (2007) The third season’s future entry of the “past/present/future, in some order” trilogy that opened the first five seasons of the revival, this story fires on all cylinders. The traffic jam is a compelling setting that the show is able to effectively realize, as a series of small…

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I think @allplay.bsky.social has been very smart with these Container ads. Tired of board games being needlessly expensive? Try Reprints™. #boardgames

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

#52 The Smugglers (1966) In many ways, this is the real end of William Hartnell’s era as the Doctor. The premiere of the fourth season but recorded and held back during the third, this is the last time that there was a story with simply and solely the lead character being “the Doctor.” After…

Proposal: change the name that that pork cut from Boston butt to Massachusetts caboose.

What a story. These guys did a lot More than just remixing the Doctor Who theme.

The thing that makes copaganda so effective is that it’s very often so entertaining. The writing is somehow both violent and cozy, the production is consistent, the actors are likable, and the experience is fun and reliable. It doesn’t ask you to have a critical eye, and that’s relaxing and freeing.

If you see this, QTP with a gif of a vampire that isn't Dracula. 🦇

I installed an ad blocker the day after they invented the thing. It blows my mind how different the experience of the Web is without one.

#53 School Reunion (2006) People forget that this was the first concrete on-screen confirmation that the classic series was in the same continuity as the revival series. Daleks and Cybermen? Those can work in any continuity. But Sarah Jane Smith, as portrayed by Elisabeth Sladen? That can only…

What board games did I play in September? boardgamegeek.com/blog/9268/bl... #boardgames

This should be of interest for anyone in board games. Support unions!

I love a general strike.

#54 Revenge of the Cybermen (1975) The Cybermen hadn’t shown up in seven years and wouldn’t show up again for another seven. Their sole outing in this fourteen year stretch introduced a number of permanent concepts. First was the Cyberleader, a character which would show up for the remainder of…