Carl Rigney
@carlrigney.bsky.social
Sysadmin & SF reader interested in OODA Cycles, 4GW, and role playing games. (he/him) Also at @cdr@dice.camp
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big ol article about me in GQ, if you go in for that sort of thing www.gq.com/story/john-d...
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
big ol article about me in GQ, if you go in for that sort of thing www.gq.com/story/john-d...
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Further update - DIE: Loaded is on the apple store and working.
books.apple.com/us/book/die-...
Amazon/Comixology/Kindle is having a little think right now. I'd check back later and see if it's working.
books.apple.com/us/book/die-...
Amazon/Comixology/Kindle is having a little think right now. I'd check back later and see if it's working.
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Further update - DIE: Loaded is on the apple store and working.
books.apple.com/us/book/die-...
Amazon/Comixology/Kindle is having a little think right now. I'd check back later and see if it's working.
books.apple.com/us/book/die-...
Amazon/Comixology/Kindle is having a little think right now. I'd check back later and see if it's working.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
@sporadicerratic.bsky.social Quarter to Midnight hydration check! Have you had tea today?
Cooler weather and rain soon, hurrah!
Cooler weather and rain soon, hurrah!
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
@sporadicerratic.bsky.social Quarter to Midnight hydration check! Have you had tea today?
Cooler weather and rain soon, hurrah!
Cooler weather and rain soon, hurrah!
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One of the striking things in Epstein's emails is how fucking inarticulate he is, and how *every other billionaire is just as bad at communicating*.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
One of the striking things in Epstein's emails is how fucking inarticulate he is, and how *every other billionaire is just as bad at communicating*.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
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THE SOURCE MATERIAL: Cold opens with Spacewizard Lasergirl blowing up a moon.
THE TTRPG: Zero to hero advancement, a big table of melee weapons in spite of the source depicting no hand to hand combat, and a condescending sidebar explaining why playing as Spacewizard Lasergirl would be "unbalanced".
THE TTRPG: Zero to hero advancement, a big table of melee weapons in spite of the source depicting no hand to hand combat, and a condescending sidebar explaining why playing as Spacewizard Lasergirl would be "unbalanced".
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
THE SOURCE MATERIAL: Cold opens with Spacewizard Lasergirl blowing up a moon.
THE TTRPG: Zero to hero advancement, a big table of melee weapons in spite of the source depicting no hand to hand combat, and a condescending sidebar explaining why playing as Spacewizard Lasergirl would be "unbalanced".
THE TTRPG: Zero to hero advancement, a big table of melee weapons in spite of the source depicting no hand to hand combat, and a condescending sidebar explaining why playing as Spacewizard Lasergirl would be "unbalanced".
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November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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Me riffing on a Daniel Abraham bit about how genres are where fears pool
“Science fiction is a waterworks for channeling fear.” So says @maxgladstone.bsky.social at Pandemonium Books launch for Dead Hand Rule
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Me riffing on a Daniel Abraham bit about how genres are where fears pool
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Musk: joyce carol oates? she a very meana lady!
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Musk: joyce carol oates? she a very meana lady!
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
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Musk: so what you think now? i'ma pretty smart, eh?
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe:
Mary Shelley: finish him, joyce
Musk: now waita you a minute
Joyce Carol Oates: [unsheathing katana]
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe:
Mary Shelley: finish him, joyce
Musk: now waita you a minute
Joyce Carol Oates: [unsheathing katana]
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Musk: so what you think now? i'ma pretty smart, eh?
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe:
Mary Shelley: finish him, joyce
Musk: now waita you a minute
Joyce Carol Oates: [unsheathing katana]
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe:
Mary Shelley: finish him, joyce
Musk: now waita you a minute
Joyce Carol Oates: [unsheathing katana]
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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Hey! My short story, SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN WITH THE ELECTRIC SERAPHIM, published by the fabulous @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, is eligible for 2025 awards! Consider giving it a read and a nomination! It's about fangirl malcontents AND the mind-body problem!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/seve...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/seve...
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hey! My short story, SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN WITH THE ELECTRIC SERAPHIM, published by the fabulous @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, is eligible for 2025 awards! Consider giving it a read and a nomination! It's about fangirl malcontents AND the mind-body problem!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/seve...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/seve...
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trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
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Eligibility post time! Catching up on your 2025 reading? I had a couple things out that I'd love for you to read:
My short story "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...
My short story "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...
Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War - Uncanny Magazine
Kestrel House There have been portals to the Fae realm for at least as long as humans have had fairy tales, but the first one deliberately engineered by humans was opened in an abandoned amusement pa...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eligibility post time! Catching up on your 2025 reading? I had a couple things out that I'd love for you to read:
My short story "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...
My short story "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...
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one last boost for the morning crowd (I'm very excited about this, naturally)
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
one last boost for the morning crowd (I'm very excited about this, naturally)
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For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
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If you’re curious about the roots of the US fascism speed run, now would be a good time to read Sarah Kendzior.
Do it because they don’t want you to
#FreeSarahKendzior
Do it because they don’t want you to
#FreeSarahKendzior
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If you’re curious about the roots of the US fascism speed run, now would be a good time to read Sarah Kendzior.
Do it because they don’t want you to
#FreeSarahKendzior
Do it because they don’t want you to
#FreeSarahKendzior
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I want that last paragraph on a T-shirt (or really, an enamel pin because I need to be able to wear it constantly)
There’s certainly some stuff I make a note of for various reasons, but I also have been thinking a lot about Bryan Stevenson’s “Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done”
There’s certainly some stuff I make a note of for various reasons, but I also have been thinking a lot about Bryan Stevenson’s “Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done”
About once a week someone online hits me with a passive aggressive “wow I am SURPRISED to see you repost/fave/share a person I broke up with/don’t like etc”.
Friends. I remind you that I don’t know you or your personal burn book.
Friends. I remind you that I don’t know you or your personal burn book.
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I want that last paragraph on a T-shirt (or really, an enamel pin because I need to be able to wear it constantly)
There’s certainly some stuff I make a note of for various reasons, but I also have been thinking a lot about Bryan Stevenson’s “Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done”
There’s certainly some stuff I make a note of for various reasons, but I also have been thinking a lot about Bryan Stevenson’s “Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done”
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Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
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Apocalypse World has had a bigger impact on my life than any other roleplaying game. It's just a phenomenal game, designed by phenomenal people. You should pick up a copy of the new edition!
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Apocalypse World has had a bigger impact on my life than any other roleplaying game. It's just a phenomenal game, designed by phenomenal people. You should pick up a copy of the new edition!
@sporadicerratic.bsky.social Quarter to Midnight hydration check! Have you had tea today?
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
@sporadicerratic.bsky.social Quarter to Midnight hydration check! Have you had tea today?
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Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!