A Real Man WILL NEVER SCAB! (Quote post w/ your header)

You might think a 40k ork wouldn’t be hairy enough to be a bear, but remember there’s no real limit to the number and placement of squigs

I’m old enough to remember when Pauline Kael’s paraphrased comment about Nixon* was routinely used to mock liberal provincialism. *not actually old enough to remember the ‘72 election, mind, but it had a long tail

Quite the week for my hold of Wolf Worm to finally become available from the NYPL

It’s terribly simple. The good guys are stalwart and true. The bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and we always defeat them and save the day. Nobody ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Every time I learn something new about the Dungeon Crawler Carl books I become even less interested in it. I’m sorry if it’s your jam but I get extreme Ready Player One vibes off it.

Incredibly sad news that John Blanche has passed away, for so many of us he was an inspiration, a man who literally shaped the spiky contours of our imaginations when exposed to his work at, probably, far too young an age. I’d say that British gaming would be unrecognisable today without him but…

There’s Nothing Technically Wrong with Being Straight, Technically

A little arts & crafts to make my next attempt at @hellomcdm.bsky.social’s Crows playtest a little easier

I came of age playing Champions, so while this isn’t necessarily the culture of play I participate in the most now, Optimizer Culture is very much part of my upbringing.

What a life. What a legacy. What a blessing to have been enveloped by his sound.

The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)

Meanwhile... We now have a shop for the USA and Canada(opening in the next few days), and one for other destinations (already open!). Each one is linked to a professional warehouse. To celebrate this major leveling up, we are offering a sale on every issue of KNOCK! as well as the Folklore Bestiary

My Catholic mother became a linguist in no small part because of Tolkien, and I do wish she had lived to see this day. Of course if she was right about how the universe works I’m sure she got the day off from Purgatory to enjoy it, so no worries on her part.

The Library at Hellebore, Cassandra Khaw, 2026

We all know that there are 2 possible scenarios here A) No such mission occurs B) The billionaire and the crew suffer—at best—a relatively quick death from exposure to vacuum, and at worst a lingering death from radiation sickness

Twitter isn’t that. There are no community norms to be taken advantage of there. The algo is controlled by the nazis. You’re not going to break through, you’re not going to peel anyone off and studies show remaining on it will likely cause *you to drift right.*

Adding my voice to the “Jason Mantzoukas should be Odysseus” chorus youtube.com/shorts/Fr_-y...

Little, Big by John Crowley The Neverending Story by Michael Ende Ancillary Justice by @annleckie.com

One of my neighbors slashed my dog with a box knife yesterday. She’s okay, it was a shallow cut, but I’m feeling pretty dejected about my options. I don’t want to report it to the police for obvious reasons but it’s stressing me out.

George Miller’s The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

This ended up being much harder than I thought, Sneakers and Police Story 3 also came out that year

ARE YOU READY FOR THE BURGER THAT'S COMING? pixelframe.design/burger-king-...

Movie facts: STAR WARS: Episode 4 “A New Hope” was originally planned to be Episode 7, but in 1975 Lucas couldn’t get funding for 6 prequels

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

Legendary cartoonist Nicole Hollander has passed away at age 86 www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

Look, if we had killed everyone we 86’d from the peepshow, it wouldn’t have been necessary to keep their photos in a binder at the front desk with big block letters saying “DON’T LET HIM IN!”

Calpurnia is the poster child for “NO GIVE ONLY THROW”

Realizing suddenly that DuoLingo’s welcome insistence on parsing the difference between “free” and “available” lets me translate my favorite MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. quote: Solo: Ilya, dych chi’n rhydd? Kuryakin: Does unrhyw ddyn yn rhydd sy’n gweithio am fywoliaeth. Ond, dw i ar gael.

A bit too on-the-nose for St. George’s Day, methinks

The Bertrand Russell Memorial Blocklist of People Who Use Blocklists

Tomato, garlic, anchovy, pineapple, shrimp

Very sad to hear of the death of the great Lou Zocchi, who spent much of his life advocating for higher standards in dice manufacturing. He and his infectious enthusiasm will be sadly missed. On a more pedestrian level, I now have a hook to hang my next column for Wyrd Science on.

So proud of the crews on these two jobs, we couldn’t have done it without them!

Workers on "20/20" and "A Christmas Spin" reported the jobs to their Local Union Representatives, asking for assistance in getting the shows under contract, and stuck together with strong support and solidarity throughout the organizing process. Congratulations to all!

People willing calling people by their chosen names of Clavicular or Sneako but complain about trans people pronouns. Get fucked

Battle Creek Enquirer April 11,1919

TTRPG about me First game: The game my dad and his cronies were homebrewing in 1979 (1st published was AD&D, I think?) Last game: OSE Longest game: MEKTON Favorite game: Whatever I’m homebrewing currently Favorite mechanics: Castle Falkenstein Favorite art: Non-zero chance it’s gonna be Formoria

The Keyes Constant/Crazification Factor remains undefeated

Péter Magyar is also pretty shitty in a lot of ways, but I am still pleased with these results.

Dyw i byth yn defnyddio "moron" oni bai fy mod i'n coginio (yn Gymraeg, wrth gwrs)

My mum hated using the ADM-3A terminal that we had set to 2400 baud (with DIP switches!) because she could type faster than it could register. Why 2400 baud? Because that was the speed of the acoustic (!) modem she had on loan from her job at UCB.

Romance + Space Opera = Galacstacy Romance + Cosmic Horror = Weird Love Romance + Steampunk = Steamypunk

Got a great idea for a tv show: “A tech billionaire saves a dying LAPD officer, gives him plastic surgery to make him look like his estranged son and an AI and sends him off to dispense vigilante justice with a secret organization called the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG).”

I hate living in a world where this sentence makes complete sense.

You're gonna want this book. @timnapalm.bsky.social has the historical goods and you remember how rock journalism used to actually get you excited? When Tim writes it, it still does. timnapalmstegall.substack.com/p/final-pre-...

Read this thread for beautifully deranged notions about copyright