Deus Melium
@deusmelium.bsky.social
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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 was already angry and now I just feel sick.
How fast can you tap vs. the passive income of the even moderately wealthy??
I love this game ❤️🎮 #taxwealthnotwork #indiegames
therichdont.work
I love this game ❤️🎮 #taxwealthnotwork #indiegames
therichdont.work
Idle — The Wealth Race
Can your hard work beat The Rich? Play and find out!
therichdont.work
September 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I was already angry and now I just feel sick.
Love Tom Gauld’s work - this former mad scientist tips his hat to you sir!
June 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Love Tom Gauld’s work - this former mad scientist tips his hat to you sir!
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
It was a savage last round but the Spacing Guild squeaked the win by maintaining the status quo.
Probably the vaccines /s 🙄
February 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Probably the vaccines /s 🙄
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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.
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
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.
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.
Reposted by Deus Melium
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
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
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
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
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
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…