It is impossible to be supportive of genAI and creative people ( and real creation) at the same time. Support real creatives. #ttrpg

As a university faculty member I have grave concerns over AI. I have many logical, evidence-based reasons for being vehemently-opposed to it and feel gaslit or treated like I'm a fool for opposing it. I fear retaliation as a non-tenured faculty member if I were to express my opinion publically.

Identify the skilless people around you in positions of power. They make everyone around them miserable.

The message of the Google Gemini commercial is: "we'll help you lie to your kid." That tracks. On brand.

"The wokes ruined Star Trek."

Rebecca Watson breaks down her tireless advocacy for SA survivors landed her in the Epstein files...because she dared to challenge one of Epstein's known contacts. Oh, by the way, Lawrence Krauss is a creep. youtu.be/VNLdyWPAz18?...

Say it with me: "But, what about HIS emails?!?!?!" #theshoeisontheotherfoot

Hope...is kindled. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

We now live in a post-truth world where lying is constant and shameless. People who tell the truth are attacked and gas-lit. My hypothesis is that the last 25 years, beginning with 9/11, broke the brains of many Americans. Denial is easier than the truth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ap...

Sandy Petersen is the Gary Gygax of Call of Cthulhu. Just like Gygax: 1) the bar for the "hero worship" people engage with is pretty low and 2) the guy's an asshole. And yes, I've felt this way about him for a LONG time. If you like Sandy, I'm side-eyeing you as a human. youtu.be/tz1Wov2edBs?...

Hmmm, let's think about this. Why would an American citizen traveling abroad not want to be found? www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

What movie do you consider perfect?

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.

You can just make character sheets for games that don’t exist. It’s free and no-one stops you

Believe survivors. youtu.be/GNNn0U0vi9A?...

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

It's funny 'cause it's true.

The people who think AI is amazing and will replace "most" jobs have really poor understandings of what humans are capable of.

Every single museum in America needs to print out "Actually, slavery WAS that bad" and post it on their front door today.

@alanbahr.net removed my pledge without my consent and SILENCED me on Kickstarter simply because I criticized his approach to Backer-solicited proofreading in ttrpg publication in a single comment. This is an extreme overreaction to valid criticism and extremely unprofessional behavior.

I criticized @gallantknightgames.com for soliciting free labor from consumers. Rather than listening to and considering the feedback, they just vengfully refunded my pledge without my consent. Part of publishing work is the ability to take criticism.

Explain to me why the ttrpg industry thinks it's ok to elicit free labor from consumers in the form of copy-editing and/or proofreading. I don't buy the "it helps ensure nothing sneaks through!" Ok, hire people who don't let stuff through. Can't afford to hire people who don't let stuff through?

*sigh* You support an end to book bans and immediately get jumped by people screaming "NOT LIKE THAT!!" Frustration is not carte blanche for avoiding strategic communication.

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

In honour of Gary Gygax's birthday I just took credit for my friend's work and refused to pay him royalties.

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

Lava-Hot Take: Rian Johnson was building something awesome with The Last Jedi, but it was capsized by misogynistic morons who don't understand any of the themes.

The entire Trek fandom should be pro-Palestine because it’s literally Bajor

*cough* This.

This is how insane people sound when you tell them why A.I. is bad

The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before? That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators. My how times change ...

We're getting closer and closer to thin sheets of steel falling towards the center of the Earth. youtu.be/hulbs0gwfSY?...

I would sign this in the US if I thought it was safe to do so. It is not. Tenured faculty should absolutely sign any equivalent.

YES!!! youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI?...

That's because if certain wealthy people were actually liberals, instead of just pretending they are, they wouldn't have built up wealth. Wealthy "liberals" are liberal to the extent that it is convenient for them. Helpful AND inconvenient? Hell no.

1.22 million people in the US have died from CoVid-19. No national memorials. Nothing. I'm going to cite this statistic anytime anyone acts anguished about a minuscule death toll. Not because I think any death is insignificant, but because I want to know where that anguish is for CoVid.

Amanda gets it. AI IS SO LAZY. Learn a skill. Pay somebody else for their excellent skill. People ask me if I'm worried that my job as a professor will be in danger from AI. Hell no, I'm not worried. Generative AI can't COMPREHEND what I do. MORAVEC'S PARADOX!!! youtu.be/VaFXe_U56Qs?...

I have been bullied by a person like Stockton Rush. There are people in my community who LOVE my abuser. Because they can't tell the difference between a genuinely good person and a person who will do anything to get people the shortcut they want. Listen to Bill Burr. RUN. youtu.be/6cdmyOtVuBM?...

holy shit, it has been amazing to see people standing with @9thlevelgames.bsky.social on this. THIS is how you combat this kind of facistic backslide

A big thank you to my sponsors and the friends I made along the way! @chaosium.bsky.social @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social @shewstone.bsky.social @theomegadork.bsky.social youtu.be/W4EAXohM_II

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Teachers still work during the summer, despite not being on contract. Although we don't keep rigid hours, we still have a lot of curriculum refinements, setup, meetings, grant-writing, and goal-setting. "Summers off" isn't a party.

Serial Gamer says "The Sutra of Pale Leaves: Twin Suns Rising represents one of the most sophisticated and daring experiences ever published for Call of Cthulhu… It is a campaign for those seeking something new: a horror that deals with culture, language, memory, identity, and alienation..."

The guy just doesn't get it or thinks people are complete fools. This isn't about money. www.thestreet.com/retail/targe...

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

Why aren't some people angry about genocide? There's a question to chew on.

That "best boss" guy, Dan Price, is a psychopath... youtu.be/r6ATx_1FyTs?...

So…about AI’s energy use… “…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”