Ringworld.

An electrical ceiling box in my house now has one #10 and one #8 hole and I'm so sorry to whoever gets here next

The most egregious thing about Heated Rivalry is the idea that San Francisco could have a hockey team

Look everyone, systems matter. It brings me no pleasure to report this.

Newsom was supposed to be good, not shit

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I know people are tired of "disruption" but this is classic disruptive innovation. The incumbents make bigger products just before they die out completely.

Too fresh on the job to have contributed to this one, but check it out: the D&D team has released new mystical subclasses for playtesting! www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/...

I'm running 'My Life with Master' for my rpg group tonight, why have I done this to myself

www.geekeratimedia.com/p/retro-revi... Christian's newsletter is great, you should subscribe, but the question of "What genre was Star Frontiers?" isn't "an optimistic version of WH 40K" but IMO a space western before we had The Mandalorian and the Star Wars franchise leaning into that angle.

Jack Daniels, mind you, already royally fucked by the president being an asshole to Canada and Canadians boycotting US-based drinks and sales in the US sliding because folks here feel more economically precarious than ever, but yeah, I'm sure this will help a bunch www.kentucky.com/lexgoeat/bou...

It's funny to dunk on this CBS News nonsense as just dumb and venal but US liquor companies have taken an immense hit from Canadian boycotts ands this is just one sign of their desperation to recover from the response to Trump's tariffs www.fooddive.com/news/brown-f...

People complain all day about H-1B visas, but a huge influx of online nanocelebrities coming in on O-1 visas is... fine? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Me doing squats: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me the next day: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck

Disappointing, Solomon should know better.

The game... based on the book... based on a different game

We're so back.

Diddy and Maduro being held in the same jail is a reminder that the American government hates when you have too much oil.

Say what you will about the Globe and Mail, they know their audience.

We all know which game they really meant

GET OUT OF MY HEAD PROFESSOR XAVIER

The " game versus toy" discourse is making me wonder if we're ready to start talking about if candyland is a game again

Based on my analysis of britbox shows, the two most common first names in the UK are DI and DCI

Bring this into 2026. Freak out at the table.

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2025 recapped

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“We shall build great cities and towns filled with shops, public parks, and housing options flexible enough to meet evolving needs. And then, a few hundred years later, we shall prohibit them through restrictive zoning.” “Why would we prohibit them, sir?” “Nobody knows.”

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Whoever designed sinuses has a lot to answer for

I've posted my 2nd post about the #TTRPG #Traveller. In this one, I argue that the science in the game is looking back at old science, not forward. It's physics and geography. I'm working towards a call for a #solarpunk Traveller, but I'm not there yet. ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2025/12/trav...

Quick check: you’ve told everyone to not vote for Rishi Kumar right?

3. Every ttrpg company feels like they’re in an arms race to flaunt the most unique nouns for the most basic of concepts. ”it’s not a skill check it’s an ability test“ do you hear yourself

I don't know what it means that Sunnyvale Goodwill has so many LinkedIn bottles but it means something

The only Avatar movie review that matters.

This should have 10,000 backers. Go back it now.

Happy Friday everyone

That seals it, I’m back to using RPG all the time. CRPGs and JRPGs and whatever else can use their own acronyms.

America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent

Labor markets weakness is all about uncertainty, not AI. www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...

Sadly bsky can't make Tom Hardy point in the correct direction

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There's over a dozen countries that work like this, just check any of them. It all works perfectly fine.

Vote for Rishi Kumar if you think that we can "BUILD THE WALL AND MAKE MEXICO PAY FOR IT" and "Tariffs will make America richer than ever before!" Vote for Neysa Fligor if you are a sane and responsible adult. Don't miss this run off election on 12/30/2025!

Lots of people weirdly mad about this, although at the same time I'm sure this is a terrible article. For me I just became caffeine intolerant in my 50s. If I have it it's likely I'll only sleep for a couple hours before waking up in the middle of the night. I can't explain it.

The shit in Black Mirror is supposed to be bad

Nobody likes to admit that San Jose is the 12th largest city by population in the US

Check out these two neighbors! House A pays $36,228/year in property tax House B pays $2,579/year in property tax In just 2 years, House A will pay almost as much as House B did over *50 years* Rishi Kumar wants to end property taxes for House B, maximizing the damage of Prop 13! REPOST please!

immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes