2025 is the 25th anniversary of space archaeology as a discipline! Want to know more? Check out my bibliography! (Suggestions for additions welcome) 🧪 🏺 🔭 #SpaceArchaeology

Howdy! I'm manifesting today. My schedule is open and I am looking for illustration, cartography, and design work. I have 15+ years of experience with credits across the industry. Check out brianfnpatterson.com for my portfolio, clients, and commission inquiries. Let's make your thing! #ttrpg #dnd

THE FOREVER WAR Joe Haldemann [Book Club] Why can't boomer SF get past page 1 without a leering comment? And geez, this one is especially tornt. A mish mash of skewed 1970s views on gender, population, and genetics. Probably a favorite of old uncles, but not for me. #book #scifi #review

i challenge you to find cooler news today than “despite all odds against American scientific research rn, a CO researcher developed a temperature-stable, single dose rabies vaccine that works bc of particles coated in CANDY & SAPPHIRE, & it could help reduce rabies deaths in places w/o electricity”

I just learned the Modern Pentathlon finally made official the change from Equestrian to Obstacle running, using the Ninja vs. Ninja racing format. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WEv...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

🚨NEW GAMEPLAY TRAILER Get new insights into Daedalic Entertainment’s upcoming #StarTrekVoyager game ‘Across the Unknown’, with its just released gameplay trailer! #StarTrek

“There’s no shortage of creativity in Vietnam. What we lack are bridges”: Vietnam’s blossoming board game design scene goes global via first Road to Essen competition: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @rf-seattle.bsky.social @spielessen.bsky.social

I'm so glad the English speaking world is becoming more familiar with Bernd das Brot. My first encounter was Astro Brot during a random late night channel surf in Iceland and I had no idea what was happening.

Huntington's sucks. So this is incredible news! www.bbc.com/news/article...

so that new sto episode huh

I’m close to printing my game Adulting for the Indie Game Night Market. My last step is to design the box. Working on it a bit now, and I’m very grateful for the tips in Graphic Design for Board Games by @danielsolis.bsky.social For research, what are some of your favorite board game boxes? 🎲✂️

I meant to say I have A DHD. My bad!

Maybe the real rapture is the friends we made along the way ❤️

I was today years old when I found out Queen had a classic rock version of We Will Rock you that kinda goes even harder than the original. youtu.be/Ekm6WtKwQos?...

Being home all day, I didn’t realise I was visible to everyone! So, for the record, I’m as bi as a bull market. I’m as bi as a pair of noculars. I’m as bi as an N*SYNC hit in a Deadpool movie. Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!

I did not give Magical Athlete permission to use my likeness. 😂

Incredible match between Canada and New Zealand last week. youtu.be/eoSwyViVcok?... #rugby

I made a little cutout of myself holding a copy of Useless Etymology, and now I'm having too much fun creating images of all the unhinged ways I could convince people to buy it.

Seeing @danielsolis.bsky.social make Connections puzzles made me want to put together my own! It might be difficult? But I figured I'd share. connectionsplus.io/game/DUPHG1

It's that day! youtu.be/_hpU6UEq8hA?...

Reposting today's #connections #puzzle. Please continue about your Saturday night! Enjoy! connectionsplus.io/game/1DvYoU

It would be fucking amazing if folks gave their cancelled Disney+, WaPo, etc money to worker owned media! Those couple of dollars would make a genuinely huge difference to us. www.coyotemedia.org

Really pleased to have worked with artist Ryan Goldsberry on this project! My cover direction was "Remember the 1960s Batman gimmick where they climbed up a wall? I want the rogues to be climbing down the wall." #art #artdirection #batman #boardgame

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

It's leg day! Thank you for the limbs, Tiktaalik. That last set of squats was for you, boss. danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/for-...

Dad? Car? Man, we had different childhoods.

Voting for 5 Ava and 5 Will, the only halfway rational people in that house.

From the trivia picture round last night: Name these constellations or asterisms. Common name is ok.

Just The Zoo Of Us: an animal appreciation podcast. Try ep 292: Ivan Phillipsen's 3 Weirdest Birds. maximumfun.org/podcasts/jus... Wholesome: some guys talking about things they enjoy. Try ep 4, about Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. www.patreon.com/c/wholesome_...

So Acornism from @phantomlab.bsky.social is gorgeous. Simple tile layer trying to surround animals with the correct number of acorns to score points. The definition of a cosy, autumnal, coffee table treat.

Many 20th Century board game designers remain uncredited. This year I've tracked down designer info for 18 games. It's required artifact acquisition, access to newspaper archives, books, and even a trip from Detroit to Connecticut. My patreon producers made this possible. patreon.com/amabelholland

Man, I can't believe it's been like 25 years since I listened to this for the first time, laying on my friend's dorm room floor. youtu.be/f4En-2FfOgA?... #DreamTheater

Given ~~gestures at everything~~ now is a great time to support your local (or not local) worker owned journalism outlet. Throw the money you just pulled from WaPo et al at a media coop! If you're in the Bay Area (or care about it) COYOTE Media just launched:

please, think about the damage you might cause before sending an invoice

«Hello» he said to the trader, allowing a customary pause. In those nanoseconds, their respective devices waded through centuries of language options to find one that was mutually tolerable to both parties. [...] #scifi #short #flashfiction #writing

The Ig Nobels are tonight! Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8fh...

Did wearing this encouraging Anomalocaris shirt guarantee my top 3 placement at pub trivia last night? Will it help you at your own challenges, trivial or otherwise? There's only one way to find out! danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/do-y...

I thought this was a great read about the new Magical Athlete edition coming out. I always enjoy reading Richard Garfield's thoughts on design. boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

Google Drive users, please help. Is there a way to view all comments on a hosted PDF rather than scrolling through the whole document to find each one?

fascism is here and you can no longer find your favorite shows and movies on Poob. it’s not on Poob anymore.

Did wearing this encouraging Anomalocaris shirt guarantee my top 3 placement at pub trivia last night? Will it help you at your own challenges, trivial or otherwise? There's only one way to find out! danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/do-y...

Imagine my delight when I got to commission a portrait of Old Blue Eyes himself. It was a good day to di...rect a skilled illustrator.

And here we are 20 years later with a fancy new version, given love by Richard Garfield of all people. Plus, it was the inspiration for our new DC Breakout Game - but I think our game is better than MA as you run two characters per race as a team. So you create your own combos.

Fun fact! I had a big role in Magical Athlete coming to the US. Here's the story: 🧵

Star trek had a lot of hard lines over the years, but this remains the fucking hardest

Our team won second place at trivia tonight!