Just a reminder that, given Rosalind Franklin's publication, if Watson and Crick hadn't "discovered" the structure of DNA, someone else would have read her paper and come to the same conclusion within the year.

This idea of market saturation for a creative medium is wrongly founded in the first place. If you're looking to do AP as a business, yeah. It's much harder when you're competing for ears. I know very few shows that are actually profitable.

A month ago, Ontario’s Auditor General told Doug Ford’s government to create a public, accountable climate plan with emissions-reduction targets — as courts have also ordered. Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli

I can't wait to see all of my mutuals that play Fortnite regularly to not touch the game for the entirety of the season in solidarity of all of their trans homies! It's so nice knowing so many people that aren't just allies when it's convenient for them! 🙂💖 Hint. Fucking. Hint.

Look, I don't want an election right now, but God, I want the Liberals to have a majority on the backs of Conservative floor-crossers so much less. Please let me vote.

bluesky mods retire bitch

One of the biggest things holding the elfgame hobby back, artistically and designwise, is the entrenched and unrooted-out insistence that "board game" and "video game" are pejoratives

It's some weirdo game freaks birthday today! If you want to get into your feelings you should play The Time We Have If you're feeling goofy you should play Rom Com Drama Bomb If you want to explore something spooky you should play Project Ecco Happy birthday @moreblueberries.bsky.social

D&D will never improve until people accept that "rule zero" and "rule of cool" are not rules. They're patch guidelines. Saying "I know the actual rules for this scenario don't work or aren't fun or don't exist, but rule zero!" is like saying "I know the table is wobbly, but you can buy a hand saw!"

If you prompt an LLM and don't get the response you're looking for, so you refine your prompt until you find what you're looking for, I need you to know something. That's how search engines work. Except it's way more obvious when a website is wrong. You're just on a shittier Google.

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I can't say enough how proud I was to contribute to @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social Jeff is an institution unto himself in AP and TTRPG interviews. His work is fundamental to @killeverymonster.com I can't say enough good about him or his show.

My wife passed a major exam today, so everyone say "Congratulations, Lindsay" so I can show her later.

I mean, he is threatening invasion again... History repeats itself.

Just a reminder that the thing people mean in scifi is a true general AI that replicates human consciousness, and what we actually have is an autocorrect that passes a Turing test sometimes. These are very much not comparable, and LLMs will never be geth.

Bonus: It's incongruous to have a long paragraph of rules text on one page then spend entire chapters elsewhere saying "it's all just make believe, so change whatever you want! Our system doesn't even matter! Rules are suggestions! Nothing matters but what specifically you want; you're cool."

Starting Monday, Party of One is celebrating its 10th anniversary with not just one episode, but 5 special episodes. It's a big anniversary. It deserves a big celebration. A party, if you will.

If you heard the Treant episode of @killeverymonster.com, you know how funny Anica is, and this idea is so fun. It's gonna be worth having just to read.

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On the middle of a housing crisis, Doug Ford wants to make it easier for your landlord to evict you. Yes, Doug. That would create more vacant units. No, Doug. Doing that by unhousing more people is not a solution.

Who do I know that knows WoD really well mechanically? I have a terrible idea I could use some input on.

If you're going to do your own research on anything, take advice from people who know how to research. This is great advice.

@criticallit.bsky.social I'm very late to this discussion, but replacing the vistani with, say, Strahd's favoured battalion basically accomplishes the same thing.

The lesson WotC learned in 4e was that their customer base needed to be lied to about what game they were playing.

Do you know how many tattoo artists will do free coverups on hate symbols? If you regret a tattoo that you got without context, it's a google search and an awkward conversation away from being gone. Keeping it is a statement.

Donald Trump shelled J.D. Vance's security detail.

I mean, you should not be citing primary sources *you have not seen* without saying "Cited in." 🗃️ It is hella annoying when people cite sources I found & translated from an archival source - while using *my translation & not mentioning me*. So I don't want my students to do that to others!

At the end of the day, people know it's bad, but they think they should be allowed to avoid doing hard things. It's the same thing you see from the image generation losers. It's too hard to learn to draw, so I should be allowed to cheat. Get good at things you're not comfortable with. Christ.

they invented a technology that makes you worse at your job while convincing you you’re better at it. also your boss has to believe you’re better at it or else the entire economy explodes. they made the sophon from three body problem in real life

The only hard part of being friends with @superdillin.bsky.social is when I listen to shows they're on and have to keep reminding myself no one is talking to me.

YOU DO NOT GOTTA HAND IT TO MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE STOP WITH THIS SHIT SHE OPENLY HATES JEWS SHE HAS ULTERIOR MOTVES YOU DO NOT ACTUALLY AGREE WITH HER

"May rely on" the definition of what an LLM is. Computers may rely on running code. Fire may rely on burning material. Falling may rely on moving as a result of gravitational forces.

New Member Showcase: Susanah Grace came to Canada five years ago and has fully adopted her Canadian identity since. Hardcore Habs fan (hockey anybody?) Susanah wears many hats within the TTRPG Community.

Did you know the Nazis called on German women to just get knocked up by proper Aryan men to propagate the race?

It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content

Oh I see. I have to find a way to live alongside people trying to legislate me out of existence. Fucking insightful Kiera.

Hippos weigh a bit over 3000 pounds. If a hippo is moving at a standard jogging pace for a person (~4 mph), that's an equivalent momentum to a person running into you at highway speeds (~60 mph). Except the person would probably stop after the collision. The hippo wouldn't notice it hit you.

The reason horseshoe theory exists is centrists who don't believe in anything are being yelled at on both sides by people who hold beliefs. That is the only commonality, but when you can't conceive of taking an honest to god stance, everyone drawing lines looks the same.

on the other hand i’m in a dc comics characters themed music league with a handful of friends/friends of friends and @jeffstormer.gobirds.online saying “i think jason todd listens to ska” last week opened my third eye

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😅😅😅 pretty cool stuff ngl

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"You can't be this stupid."

This is why economics, despite being useful sometimes, cannot be our only reference point for how a country is doing.

It feels really early in our societal collapse to have to remind some of u that AI is not people

Idk who needs to hear this but the A stands for “artificial”

These dipshits would put ouija boards on a protected species list if they could.

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