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@btravern.bsky.social
Mastodon rider, here due to FOMO. Holder of 5 unused invite codes. Posting #TTRPG sundries here and on dice.camp
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Would love to speak to any regular international GDC attendees who are skipping this year's show (or were going to attend and have now cancelled) due to the current political climate. DMs here or luke@aftermath.site, thank you!
January 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Would love to speak to any regular international GDC attendees who are skipping this year's show (or were going to attend and have now cancelled) due to the current political climate. DMs here or luke@aftermath.site, thank you!
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Block instantly.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Block instantly.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
**Every time** Apple pushes a software update, it breaks some functionality I rely on. At a certain point, it will be easier to find a replacement for their products instead of fixing whatever they've broken.
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
**Every time** Apple pushes a software update, it breaks some functionality I rely on. At a certain point, it will be easier to find a replacement for their products instead of fixing whatever they've broken.
We all know Simone is messing with us, but from a kid’s perspective when it comes to toys, yeah, the Eagle beats the Enterprise hands down.
Gerry Anderson had an unmatched genius for that.
Gerry Anderson had an unmatched genius for that.
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
We all know Simone is messing with us, but from a kid’s perspective when it comes to toys, yeah, the Eagle beats the Enterprise hands down.
Gerry Anderson had an unmatched genius for that.
Gerry Anderson had an unmatched genius for that.
If you see this, skeet an archer.
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
If you see this, skeet an archer.
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Atlas Games is proving that old library equipment doesn't have to end up in a landfill.
Atlas Games saves university library waste from landfill
Atlas Games and Replay Workshop have partnered with UMD to recycle hundreds of plastic magazine holders into new tabletop game accessories.
www.geeknative.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Atlas Games is proving that old library equipment doesn't have to end up in a landfill.
Ig Nobel Prize–winner Erich von Däniken dies at 90.… Or was he secretly abducted by ancient astronauts after completing his mission to spread his theories about paleocontact and extraterrestrial visitation?
'Chariots of the Gods' author Erich von Däniken dies at 90
Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him both fame and scorn, has died at age 90
abcnews.go.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Ig Nobel Prize–winner Erich von Däniken dies at 90.… Or was he secretly abducted by ancient astronauts after completing his mission to spread his theories about paleocontact and extraterrestrial visitation?
New Crazification Factor* results just dropped—"Votes in support of Trump's Policies by Appellate Judges in 2025", via the NYT.
* From @johnrogers.bsky.social
* From @johnrogers.bsky.social
![Votes in support of Trump's policies by appellate judges in 2025:
Trump appointees: 92%
Other Republican appointees: 68%
Democratic appointees: 27% [i.e. the "Crazification Factor"]
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/politics/trumps-appeals-court-judges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xpa5fydwordwuynzypidsd4y/bafkreicikx6dilqqpu2c7jvjcxi2dqf3jeh7e2nqnjeva6qexrycvlna3u@jpeg)
January 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
New Crazification Factor* results just dropped—"Votes in support of Trump's Policies by Appellate Judges in 2025", via the NYT.
* From @johnrogers.bsky.social
* From @johnrogers.bsky.social
"While AI slop was a nominee in the American Dialect Society’s 2024 Word of the Year vote, in 2025 slop could stand on its own, with the AI context often implicitly understood. Slop was also recognized as a productive combining form to describe anything of little value generated in mass quantities."
January 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"While AI slop was a nominee in the American Dialect Society’s 2024 Word of the Year vote, in 2025 slop could stand on its own, with the AI context often implicitly understood. Slop was also recognized as a productive combining form to describe anything of little value generated in mass quantities."
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
Discord Enshittification Countdown for 2026
What's a good a way to download/archive my posts from this platform?
What's a good a way to download/archive my posts from this platform?
Chat platform Discord files confidentially for US IPO, Bloomberg News reports
Chat platform Discord filed confidentially for an initial public offering in the United States
finance.yahoo.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Discord Enshittification Countdown for 2026
What's a good a way to download/archive my posts from this platform?
What's a good a way to download/archive my posts from this platform?
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Pelgrane are looking for play testers for my upcoming Halfling-detectives-solve-murders-and-eat-cake roleplaying game, THE MERRYSHIRE DETECTIVE CLUB.
There's a sample scenario, THE CASE OF THE GREAT RING, in the playtest packet, so all you need is a few players...
pelgranepress.com/2026/01/07/c...
There's a sample scenario, THE CASE OF THE GREAT RING, in the playtest packet, so all you need is a few players...
pelgranepress.com/2026/01/07/c...
January 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Pelgrane are looking for play testers for my upcoming Halfling-detectives-solve-murders-and-eat-cake roleplaying game, THE MERRYSHIRE DETECTIVE CLUB.
There's a sample scenario, THE CASE OF THE GREAT RING, in the playtest packet, so all you need is a few players...
pelgranepress.com/2026/01/07/c...
There's a sample scenario, THE CASE OF THE GREAT RING, in the playtest packet, so all you need is a few players...
pelgranepress.com/2026/01/07/c...
A cover mock-up I made for the complete Suppressed Transmission essays by Kenneth Hite. #GraphicDesignIsMyPassion
January 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A cover mock-up I made for the complete Suppressed Transmission essays by Kenneth Hite. #GraphicDesignIsMyPassion
(This is one of those days when the majority of my posts are not appearing on the public-facing Internet.)
January 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
(This is one of those days when the majority of my posts are not appearing on the public-facing Internet.)
The challenge for 2026 is how to make paranoia fun again, like it was with Thomas Pynchon, the Illuminatus! trilogy, and the Church of the Subgenius. We need societal vaccination against taking conspiracy theory too seriously.
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The challenge for 2026 is how to make paranoia fun again, like it was with Thomas Pynchon, the Illuminatus! trilogy, and the Church of the Subgenius. We need societal vaccination against taking conspiracy theory too seriously.
This is the way to deliver a controversial finale that everyone will remember.
January 7, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This is the way to deliver a controversial finale that everyone will remember.
With the sad shuttering of YSDC, I'm contemplating turning some of my old posts/conversations into entries on my long-neglected blog. And the rate at which social media is enshittifying itself, I probably need a back-up plan.
The Case for Blogging in the Ruins
In 1751, Denis Diderot began publishing his Encyclopédie, a project that would eventually span 28 volumes and take more than two decades to complete. The French government banned it twice. The Catholi...
www.joanwestenberg.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
With the sad shuttering of YSDC, I'm contemplating turning some of my old posts/conversations into entries on my long-neglected blog. And the rate at which social media is enshittifying itself, I probably need a back-up plan.
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my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Work in progress.
I'm slightly obsessed with turn-of-the-(19th)century theatre/pantomime/circus playbills at the moment, so I'm re-creating posters and ads for more recent productions (and products) in that style.
#graphics #movies #davidlynch #victorian
I'm slightly obsessed with turn-of-the-(19th)century theatre/pantomime/circus playbills at the moment, so I'm re-creating posters and ads for more recent productions (and products) in that style.
#graphics #movies #davidlynch #victorian
January 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Work in progress.
I'm slightly obsessed with turn-of-the-(19th)century theatre/pantomime/circus playbills at the moment, so I'm re-creating posters and ads for more recent productions (and products) in that style.
#graphics #movies #davidlynch #victorian
I'm slightly obsessed with turn-of-the-(19th)century theatre/pantomime/circus playbills at the moment, so I'm re-creating posters and ads for more recent productions (and products) in that style.
#graphics #movies #davidlynch #victorian
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If you are visiting here from X because the CSAM thing was a bridge too far, welcome.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
January 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
If you are visiting here from X because the CSAM thing was a bridge too far, welcome.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
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When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
Why is Bluesky search busted *again*?
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Why is Bluesky search busted *again*?
