Secret behind-the-scenes Savage Rifts gushing: It took 3/4 of the dev team dogpiling onto the framework, but DAMN y'all, I swear the Dragon 'Borg is so perfect. "Dragons can be cyborgs?" Nope. But a cyber-connected brain can be installed in a huge robotic dragon, because Rifts is awesome.

How much money does it take to cure insecurity? We know it's more than $1 trillion . . .

In the Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition RPG, you can buy... • Enhanced Advantage (Wealth) with Affects Others and Area Effect (30' Burst) ...to create a "cryptocurrency aura" making everyone in your immediate vicinity fabulously rich but their wealth completely disappears the moment you leave.

BRIEF REVIEW: "The Escape Plan" soundtrack by They Might Be Giants (currently a free DL at tmbgshop.com/collections/...) A short, very mixed bag. I haven't read the comic; might be more impactful if I had. Many songs just feel like retreads of older sounds, but there are a few standouts. [1/2]

Because this dumb meme/repost is going around again, here's a quick PSA about why "chat" is not "a 4th-person pronoun."

Sharing my Apple Pie Moonshine recipe: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

If you ever wondered what you would do when the Nazi's were kidnapping people off the street — you're doing it right now.

Had a really productive weekend! Made a big batch of pickled onion (favorite way to keep onions perpetually on hand) and nearly 3 gallons of apple pie moonshine (a two-day process of steeping and then adding alcohol). And I finished the hardest part of my current writing project. Now to clean house!

Just finished making a big batch of apple pie moonshine! I steep the juice with toasted spices then add sugar and alcohol and vanilla. Strong as fuck and tasty as fuck.

Minor Savage Rifts update on my website. Was thinking about how the Apok got a ton of extra MDC from their mask in Palladium Rifts, so I added a new Iconic Edge ("Armor of Atonement") to enable that. mygurps.com/pmwiki.php?n...

Christopher does good stuff. If you're a GURPS fan, this is worth checking out.

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

In DC Comics, Dogwelder is a Gotham City superhero whose power is the ability to weld dogs to people's faces. Yes, I'm 100% serious. In fact, Wizard readers voted him "Best New Character of 1997".

Tylenol returns fire #satire

"B-but . . . I wanna use generative art AI without feeling bad!"

Love seeing the "centrists" coming out of the woodwork to show their true colors today. "If you celebrate his death you're just as bad as he was!" Nah, fuck off with that fascist-apologizing bullshit.

A shocking reveal from Mike Johnson about Luigi Mangione! #FreeLuigi

Also, I recently learned that a website bug placed my Fiverr gig "On Hold" which is really annoying. That's been straightened out, so if you'd wanted to commission me and couldn't, now you can. www.fiverr.com/s/KeWoWvV

My latest unofficial #SavageRifts conversion is the Superspy, who's not technically from Rifts but from Palladium's compatible Ninjas & Superspies #RPG. The Superspy offers a flashier option to the Intel Operative, with optional superscience gadgets and cyberware. mygurps.com/pmwiki.php?n...

Y'all heard that the "weekend golfing" video was debunked as an old video from June, right? So maybe . . . ? Maybe . . . ?

#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators. “There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...

Our set on KEXP is finally up on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBXp...

#love #deepquotes

"The value that's the most important to me is not Superman as a muscle-man but Superman as a friend, a really good neighbor. [...] That early American value of a friend who's there when you need him is the key to the whole character." (Christopher Reeve, 1987)

Because people tell me I'm hard to shop for, I created a gift registry. I am not sharing this to try to talk anyone into getting me a birthday gift on the 4th, but if you were already planning on doing so and wracking your brain over what to get, here: www.giftster.com/list/ZchuM/

At no point in this entire article of 16 paragraphs does ABC mention that another cop killed this cop by shooting her in the back. Nor does it mention the name of the cop who killed this cop. Nor does it mention that the civilians involved never fired at them. ABC might as well be state media.

Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning is the worst film I've seen in a while, and note that I've been watching a lot of direct-to-video shlock. 90% exposition and 10% action yet somehow still a confused, jumbled mess of a plot. The "magic AI" is a hilariously stupid villain and everything's flammable.

bluesky is so funny

Only important news. (Rat)

The simple reason Thunderbolts* is such a great movie

Thunderbolts* was VERY good. Marvel finally stops interrupting every serious moment with one-liners and explores ACTUAL trauma, dark thoughts, mental illness, and more. This is a "C-list superhero team up" movie only on the surface. Truly? It's about dealing with the void consuming you from within.

I took down the Kanye meme I shared bc someone said it was incorrect. Normally I confirm things before sharing but frankly, I don't want to delve into the details of whatever his story is. If anyone has a source for how old he and his cousin were (meme said he was 14 and his cousin was 6) lmk

Transgender Jesus says Happy Easter!

I'm funny, damnit

Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating

IT'S…… …a new Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme section on my site! mygurps.com/pmwiki.php?n... Currently has 5 resources: 1. A Shoppe and Settlement Generator web app 2. Freeform rules (narrative, no board) for Fetchez la Vache 3. A set of 18 HoLE summary cards

Art can save your life, but entertainment will never be your salvation. Entertainment, by and large, is escapism. And no one has ever escaped their chains by forgetting they were there. — Josh Johnson

Damn, the Musk-lovers are getting FLEECED. (Verified.) So you know, what "X Premium Plus" gets you is a blue checkmark, a *mostly* ad-free experience (you still see "promoted" paid content), and better access to their terrible Grok AI. What a bargain!

The reason Civ 7 sucks is because they didn't have Luigi around to fix it

Disney just did the funniest fucking thing

Coworker: Some guy stole a police car, led the cops on a hell of a chase. Me: Okay but it's not really "stealing" right? I mean, his tax dollars DID pay for it. He's just having a turn using the car! Which is how I broke the entire office (either laughing or stunned in shock) for a few minutes 😸

Kids today all succumbing to the woke mind virus cuz they ain't never been serenated by a radical skull and a devilish doll

It's wild to see a game using those dice, I agree! It was part of the appeal though . . . when else will you get to play an RPG that uses a d14, d16, etc.?

New tabletop RPG just arrived!

ACAB includes your Dungeon Master.

I transitioned because I knew from a young age I wanted to be barred from entering the united states