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GM Tip: Players often want to make highly competent characters and don't think to put conflict into their backstories. But conflict is great for making good stories! Ask the players to come up with at least one messy part of their past that can be mined for ideas in the campaign.
#ttrpg #dnd #rpg
#ttrpg #dnd #rpg
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Had a chargen session for the Traveller #ttrpg last night, now looking forward to the further adventures of Aristothenes Kyreikos VIII, a poorly educated Knight Errant and a former Merchant fleet officer, whose main competence are his rapier-duelling skills. 🤺 :-D
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Had a chargen session for the Traveller #ttrpg last night, now looking forward to the further adventures of Aristothenes Kyreikos VIII, a poorly educated Knight Errant and a former Merchant fleet officer, whose main competence are his rapier-duelling skills. 🤺 :-D
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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"Colonne vertébrale brisée, queue arrachée, poumons perforés" 🤯
Fulda a vécu un supplice quand des chiens de chasse l'ont attaquée, alors qu'elle se trouvait dans son jardin.
La chasse est un fléau pour tous les animaux.
📹 Le Dauphiné
Fulda a vécu un supplice quand des chiens de chasse l'ont attaquée, alors qu'elle se trouvait dans son jardin.
La chasse est un fléau pour tous les animaux.
📹 Le Dauphiné
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Colonne vertébrale brisée, queue arrachée, poumons perforés" 🤯
Fulda a vécu un supplice quand des chiens de chasse l'ont attaquée, alors qu'elle se trouvait dans son jardin.
La chasse est un fléau pour tous les animaux.
📹 Le Dauphiné
Fulda a vécu un supplice quand des chiens de chasse l'ont attaquée, alors qu'elle se trouvait dans son jardin.
La chasse est un fléau pour tous les animaux.
📹 Le Dauphiné
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I've said it once and I'll say it again: People who think that character death is the only interesting consequence in TTRPGs are boring people.
"Oh I can't create tension if the game doesn't allow for me to kill a PC."
Really? You can't? Or are you just bad at GMing?
"Oh I can't create tension if the game doesn't allow for me to kill a PC."
Really? You can't? Or are you just bad at GMing?
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I've said it once and I'll say it again: People who think that character death is the only interesting consequence in TTRPGs are boring people.
"Oh I can't create tension if the game doesn't allow for me to kill a PC."
Really? You can't? Or are you just bad at GMing?
"Oh I can't create tension if the game doesn't allow for me to kill a PC."
Really? You can't? Or are you just bad at GMing?
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Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #womensart
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #womensart
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Sketches for Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, 1905 by Beatrix Potter, who was also a natural scientist as well as a UK children's book author and illustrator. She observed and sketched real wild animals when creating her characters #womensart
October 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Sketches for Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, 1905 by Beatrix Potter, who was also a natural scientist as well as a UK children's book author and illustrator. She observed and sketched real wild animals when creating her characters #womensart
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accordingly-- twitch and netflix are actually the biggest users of AWS in recent years. streaming takes a LOT of power and data to send videos over the internet. we shouldn't leave out huge streaming sites like twitch and netflix out of the discussion of data center power usage
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
accordingly-- twitch and netflix are actually the biggest users of AWS in recent years. streaming takes a LOT of power and data to send videos over the internet. we shouldn't leave out huge streaming sites like twitch and netflix out of the discussion of data center power usage
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The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way.
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I can't get over just how small this is compared to the arguments surrounding it, many of them coming from non-vegans. Not trying for a gotcha, but skipping one meat-based meal supports the physical and social environment by orders of magnitude compared to skipping AI use. It's not even close.
I think the weakest argument is the environmental costs of AI. I do not believe AI is worse than any other datacenter usage.
My daily personal AI energy footprint is under 5WH. It's one of the most low-cost activities in my life.
My computer uses more than that just typing these responses.
My daily personal AI energy footprint is under 5WH. It's one of the most low-cost activities in my life.
My computer uses more than that just typing these responses.
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I can't get over just how small this is compared to the arguments surrounding it, many of them coming from non-vegans. Not trying for a gotcha, but skipping one meat-based meal supports the physical and social environment by orders of magnitude compared to skipping AI use. It's not even close.
How about we start with the fact that only a handful of the thousands of different roleplaying games that exist and are being played & enjoyed have a thing called "levels" in them...
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
How about we start with the fact that only a handful of the thousands of different roleplaying games that exist and are being played & enjoyed have a thing called "levels" in them...
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WotC gets much of its player/costumer retention through sunk cost fallacy. Many Indie TTRPGs aren't that complex or weird, but getting into D&D 5e (either as a player or as a GM) is so taxing, daunting and expensive that a lot of players just assume learning other games is gonna be a chore, too. 🧵
October 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
WotC gets much of its player/costumer retention through sunk cost fallacy. Many Indie TTRPGs aren't that complex or weird, but getting into D&D 5e (either as a player or as a GM) is so taxing, daunting and expensive that a lot of players just assume learning other games is gonna be a chore, too. 🧵
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I really don't think people understand how fascist and thought police-like they are being with their definitions of plagiarism, art, and IP law.
I don't want to live in the world the anti-AI people are describing. It's more conservative and has less art.
I don't want to live in the world the anti-AI people are describing. It's more conservative and has less art.
Most of what I make is unique on a design level, and as my strongest example, many are from photographs.
It contains original work, original and specific transformations, original context, original characters and designs.
The world where that is called plagiarism is a more conservative world, IMO.
It contains original work, original and specific transformations, original context, original characters and designs.
The world where that is called plagiarism is a more conservative world, IMO.
October 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I really don't think people understand how fascist and thought police-like they are being with their definitions of plagiarism, art, and IP law.
I don't want to live in the world the anti-AI people are describing. It's more conservative and has less art.
I don't want to live in the world the anti-AI people are describing. It's more conservative and has less art.
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On AI & water usage, it looks like all US data center usage (not just AI) ranges from 628M gallons a day (counting evaporation from dam reservoirs used for hydro-power) to 200-275M with power but not dam evaporation, to 50M for cooling alone.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.
October 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On AI & water usage, it looks like all US data center usage (not just AI) ranges from 628M gallons a day (counting evaporation from dam reservoirs used for hydro-power) to 200-275M with power but not dam evaporation, to 50M for cooling alone.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.
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Les nouveaux saucissons de la marque La Vie: gourmands, savoureux et sans cruauté 🤩
Alors, qui va goûter?
Alors, qui va goûter?
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Les nouveaux saucissons de la marque La Vie: gourmands, savoureux et sans cruauté 🤩
Alors, qui va goûter?
Alors, qui va goûter?
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L’élevage porcin, « un modèle qui coûte cher » en termes d’impacts sur la santé et l’environnement selon la Fondation pour la nature et l’homme
L’élevage porcin, « un modèle qui coûte cher » en termes d’impacts sur la santé et l’environnement selon la Fondation pour la nature et l’homme
L’organisation de défense de l’environnement évalue à près de 3 milliards d’euros les dépenses publiques annuelles liées à la filière, dont la prise en charge du diabète et des cancers associés à la consommation de charcuterie.
www.lemonde.fr
October 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
L’élevage porcin, « un modèle qui coûte cher » en termes d’impacts sur la santé et l’environnement selon la Fondation pour la nature et l’homme
This morning in the French politics.
October 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This morning in the French politics.
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The obsession with AI for transformational use cases obscures the fact that there are a ton of small, but very positive and very meaningful, use cases across many fields.
In this case, AI note-taking significantly reduces burnout among doctors & increases their ability to focus on their patients.
In this case, AI note-taking significantly reduces burnout among doctors & increases their ability to focus on their patients.
A.I. generated clinic notes from ambient out-patient visits helps clinicians in many ways, across 6 health systems jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The obsession with AI for transformational use cases obscures the fact that there are a ton of small, but very positive and very meaningful, use cases across many fields.
In this case, AI note-taking significantly reduces burnout among doctors & increases their ability to focus on their patients.
In this case, AI note-taking significantly reduces burnout among doctors & increases their ability to focus on their patients.
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You can be a "leftist" and hold many racist, bigoted, transphobic, misogynistic, and colonialist thoughts. It's very common.
Anti-praxis tends to more than cancel out any praxis from the overly confident.
What thoughts and beliefs are you reinforcing? What reactions are you practicing?
Anti-praxis tends to more than cancel out any praxis from the overly confident.
What thoughts and beliefs are you reinforcing? What reactions are you practicing?
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
You can be a "leftist" and hold many racist, bigoted, transphobic, misogynistic, and colonialist thoughts. It's very common.
Anti-praxis tends to more than cancel out any praxis from the overly confident.
What thoughts and beliefs are you reinforcing? What reactions are you practicing?
Anti-praxis tends to more than cancel out any praxis from the overly confident.
What thoughts and beliefs are you reinforcing? What reactions are you practicing?
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Each year, billions of male chicks are culled in the egg industry simply because they can’t lay eggs. 🐥💔
✊ Take the Vegan Pledge: https://drove.com/.2A4o 🌱
🎥: VeganFTA
Credits: bearwitnessaustralia | weanimals | animaliberationorg via egg_truth (IG)
#egg #vegetarian #govegan #veganism #vegan
✊ Take the Vegan Pledge: https://drove.com/.2A4o 🌱
🎥: VeganFTA
Credits: bearwitnessaustralia | weanimals | animaliberationorg via egg_truth (IG)
#egg #vegetarian #govegan #veganism #vegan
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Each year, billions of male chicks are culled in the egg industry simply because they can’t lay eggs. 🐥💔
✊ Take the Vegan Pledge: https://drove.com/.2A4o 🌱
🎥: VeganFTA
Credits: bearwitnessaustralia | weanimals | animaliberationorg via egg_truth (IG)
#egg #vegetarian #govegan #veganism #vegan
✊ Take the Vegan Pledge: https://drove.com/.2A4o 🌱
🎥: VeganFTA
Credits: bearwitnessaustralia | weanimals | animaliberationorg via egg_truth (IG)
#egg #vegetarian #govegan #veganism #vegan
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Pour être "ramassés", ces poulets sont aspirés par une machine qui les propulse dans des caisses minuscules 🤯
Entassés, parfois blessés, ils ne peuvent plus bouger. Le trajet vers l'abattoir peut durer 12h.
Ces pratiques vous choquent? Laissez les poulets hors de vos assiettes!
Entassés, parfois blessés, ils ne peuvent plus bouger. Le trajet vers l'abattoir peut durer 12h.
Ces pratiques vous choquent? Laissez les poulets hors de vos assiettes!
October 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Pour être "ramassés", ces poulets sont aspirés par une machine qui les propulse dans des caisses minuscules 🤯
Entassés, parfois blessés, ils ne peuvent plus bouger. Le trajet vers l'abattoir peut durer 12h.
Ces pratiques vous choquent? Laissez les poulets hors de vos assiettes!
Entassés, parfois blessés, ils ne peuvent plus bouger. Le trajet vers l'abattoir peut durer 12h.
Ces pratiques vous choquent? Laissez les poulets hors de vos assiettes!
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Really cool GenAI work and program!
nettricegaskins.medium.com/tales-my-mot...
h/t @nic221.bsky.social
nettricegaskins.medium.com/tales-my-mot...
h/t @nic221.bsky.social
Tales My Mother Told Me: My Thoughts on Resilience
Resilience is the ability to adapt, cope, and recover from adversity, trauma, significant stressors, and other difficult life experiences…
nettricegaskins.medium.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Really cool GenAI work and program!
nettricegaskins.medium.com/tales-my-mot...
h/t @nic221.bsky.social
nettricegaskins.medium.com/tales-my-mot...
h/t @nic221.bsky.social
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‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
October 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
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There's a "95% of companies aren't seeing a return on AI" study being held up by anti-AI leftists.
The same study shows high AI tool retention by workers and many improvements in quality of life and free time.
Capitalism is obsessed with productivity. We shouldn't measure success by their methods.
The same study shows high AI tool retention by workers and many improvements in quality of life and free time.
Capitalism is obsessed with productivity. We shouldn't measure success by their methods.
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There's a "95% of companies aren't seeing a return on AI" study being held up by anti-AI leftists.
The same study shows high AI tool retention by workers and many improvements in quality of life and free time.
Capitalism is obsessed with productivity. We shouldn't measure success by their methods.
The same study shows high AI tool retention by workers and many improvements in quality of life and free time.
Capitalism is obsessed with productivity. We shouldn't measure success by their methods.