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Deus Melium
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Minor deity of badgers, boardgame nut, and general science nerd.
RT with your home river.

I now live on the coast far from the town of my birth and there are no rivers next to me. However here is a picture of the River Severn the longest river in Great Britain, near to where I was born, straddled by the appropriately named Ironbridge, built in 1781.
January 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends and family! 🍁🍁
Wishing you all a Thanksgiving filled with gratitude and hope, even amidst challenges. May you find strength in the love of family and friends during this season.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Read it. But only read it when you’re feeling strong. Dan’s writing has always been brilliant but this throws in an emotional right hook.
I don't know how to introduce this one. After three titles about opium peddling, I figured the rest of SDHistCon would be breezy by comparison. I was wrong. The next day, I experienced one of the toughest board games I've ever played. Perhaps *the* toughest. spacebiff.com/2025/11/24/u...
Unnameable
After the first day of SDHistCon, where I played three games about opium peddling, I figured the second would be easier on my stomach. I could not have been more wrong. It has no name. Its designer…
spacebiff.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I was already angry and now I just feel sick.
September 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Love Tom Gauld’s work - this former mad scientist tips his hat to you sir!
June 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It was a savage last round but the Spacing Guild squeaked the win by maintaining the status quo.
May 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Probably the vaccines /s 🙄
February 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
January 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Paraphrasing Tim Minchin, but he articulated something about information idealism that really resonates with me:

Being "more informed" is not inherently ethical. It's merely consumption.

More information is only ethical if actionable; if it materially helps you to be a better actor in the world.
December 20, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Hello Bluesky! I left social media after the ‘other one’ became a toxic cesspool (and to be honest several of the others weren’t much better), but I heard that this place is much nicer. Please don’t let me down…
November 29, 2024 at 8:43 AM