Orc Wizard
@orcwizard.bsky.social
Gaming, science, higher ed, all things nerdy.
I see Mamdani won. I hear he’s one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. /s
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I see Mamdani won. I hear he’s one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. /s
Well, this should be fun. Initial survey of the latest batch of papers suggests that over three-quarters of the class had AI write their papers.
This doesn’t mean they definitely used AI; it just means I have to examine each one more carefully, which means a helluva a lot more work. Damn AI.
This doesn’t mean they definitely used AI; it just means I have to examine each one more carefully, which means a helluva a lot more work. Damn AI.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Well, this should be fun. Initial survey of the latest batch of papers suggests that over three-quarters of the class had AI write their papers.
This doesn’t mean they definitely used AI; it just means I have to examine each one more carefully, which means a helluva a lot more work. Damn AI.
This doesn’t mean they definitely used AI; it just means I have to examine each one more carefully, which means a helluva a lot more work. Damn AI.
The country has plenty of problems, most of them inflicted by the current party in power, but the ballroom? That’s the priority? Really?
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The country has plenty of problems, most of them inflicted by the current party in power, but the ballroom? That’s the priority? Really?
Our new AI overlords approve of this message!
October 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our new AI overlords approve of this message!
Whether in education or in personal creative endeavors, if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself.
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Whether in education or in personal creative endeavors, if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself.
One more item in the file for things too ridiculous to be in works of fiction (but which actually happened under this administration).
I mean, would you offer “a sword or something” requested in a email from giftgirl2025? More likely you’d click the “delete phishing email” button.
I mean, would you offer “a sword or something” requested in a email from giftgirl2025? More likely you’d click the “delete phishing email” button.
"The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,” according to a person familiar with the discussions."
Having done research there, I can’t say enough about the professionalism and competency of the staff at the Eisenhower Library and Museum. The fact that a staff member would be fired for doing their job with integrity is outrageous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
October 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
One more item in the file for things too ridiculous to be in works of fiction (but which actually happened under this administration).
I mean, would you offer “a sword or something” requested in a email from giftgirl2025? More likely you’d click the “delete phishing email” button.
I mean, would you offer “a sword or something” requested in a email from giftgirl2025? More likely you’d click the “delete phishing email” button.
Situation resolved. Someone with more wit and tact than me suggested that they change it to a more neutral station, like the Weather Channel. I made a point of thanking them.
My favorite coffee shop just got TVs, presumably for football. But they’re now broadcasting FOX “news”. I may need a new favorite coffee shop.
September 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Situation resolved. Someone with more wit and tact than me suggested that they change it to a more neutral station, like the Weather Channel. I made a point of thanking them.
I don’t know about you, but if I were pregnant I wouldn’t take any medical advice from a huckster who once suggested imbibing bleach to cure Covid.
September 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I don’t know about you, but if I were pregnant I wouldn’t take any medical advice from a huckster who once suggested imbibing bleach to cure Covid.
My favorite coffee shop just got TVs, presumably for football. But they’re now broadcasting FOX “news”. I may need a new favorite coffee shop.
September 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
My favorite coffee shop just got TVs, presumably for football. But they’re now broadcasting FOX “news”. I may need a new favorite coffee shop.
Screw it, I’m quitting and starting a DnD-themed rock band.
We’ll call ourselves Tank and the Four Casters.
We’ll call ourselves Tank and the Four Casters.
September 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Screw it, I’m quitting and starting a DnD-themed rock band.
We’ll call ourselves Tank and the Four Casters.
We’ll call ourselves Tank and the Four Casters.
Well, it’s an improvement. Went to schedule my annual Covid booster earlier this week only to find I needed a prescription.
F RFK Jr.
F RFK Jr.
BREAKING: New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid-19 vaccines to anyone who requests them, regardless of age or underlying conditions.
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Well, it’s an improvement. Went to schedule my annual Covid booster earlier this week only to find I needed a prescription.
F RFK Jr.
F RFK Jr.
Reposted by Orc Wizard
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Colleges shouldn’t require adjuncts to attend meetings outside the scope of their contracts.
I got a stern reminder about attending the pre-term faculty meeting at one place where I adjunct. The meeting took place a week before the start date of my contract.
I got a stern reminder about attending the pre-term faculty meeting at one place where I adjunct. The meeting took place a week before the start date of my contract.
August 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Colleges shouldn’t require adjuncts to attend meetings outside the scope of their contracts.
I got a stern reminder about attending the pre-term faculty meeting at one place where I adjunct. The meeting took place a week before the start date of my contract.
I got a stern reminder about attending the pre-term faculty meeting at one place where I adjunct. The meeting took place a week before the start date of my contract.
Just watched Robocop 2. A company takes over a city and enforces order with machines loosely controlled by criminal minds.
I feel that’s a metaphor for something in our contemporary society. Just can’t put my finger on what.
I feel that’s a metaphor for something in our contemporary society. Just can’t put my finger on what.
August 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Just watched Robocop 2. A company takes over a city and enforces order with machines loosely controlled by criminal minds.
I feel that’s a metaphor for something in our contemporary society. Just can’t put my finger on what.
I feel that’s a metaphor for something in our contemporary society. Just can’t put my finger on what.
People with cognitive decline and dementia say the darnedest things.
Trump says that when he goes to vote, he's asked for his license plate.
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
People with cognitive decline and dementia say the darnedest things.
Napping during a Zoom faculty meeting - now that’s multitasking I can handle.
August 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Napping during a Zoom faculty meeting - now that’s multitasking I can handle.
Under the current administration
the government is no longer a reliable source of information the Constitution of the United States.
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
the government is no longer a reliable source of information the Constitution of the United States.
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
Confirming @molliebryant.bsky.social. No idea of why—accident? "memory hole?"—but right now (8:55am PDT. Aug 6) sections of the Constitution appear to be missing from the official Congressional site. Including those about habeus corpus.
More from @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/k...
More from @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/k...
August 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Under the current administration
the government is no longer a reliable source of information the Constitution of the United States.
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
the government is no longer a reliable source of information the Constitution of the United States.
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
This is fantastic.
“Better than data is when you can tell a story about something that happened to a guy you knew, or better yet, a guy your cousin knew. That is how most of the CDC recommendations happen now.”
“Better than data is when you can tell a story about something that happened to a guy you knew, or better yet, a guy your cousin knew. That is how most of the CDC recommendations happen now.”
All the government funding that used to help with vaccines was rededicated to invent the Anti-Lemon, a fruit with all the same properties as a lemon except it can give you scurvy. The Secretary thinks everyone should try scurvy once, to build character.
A Dispatch From the MAHA Future
Featuring wearables, roadkill, and lots of astrology
www.theatlantic.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is fantastic.
“Better than data is when you can tell a story about something that happened to a guy you knew, or better yet, a guy your cousin knew. That is how most of the CDC recommendations happen now.”
“Better than data is when you can tell a story about something that happened to a guy you knew, or better yet, a guy your cousin knew. That is how most of the CDC recommendations happen now.”
You give them a week, and you send follow-up reminder emails, and still there’s always that one student who emails the morning after saying they missed taking the Final.
Every. Single. Term.
Every. Single. Term.
August 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
You give them a week, and you send follow-up reminder emails, and still there’s always that one student who emails the morning after saying they missed taking the Final.
Every. Single. Term.
Every. Single. Term.
Is that how much the going rate for selling your soul is these days?
July 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Is that how much the going rate for selling your soul is these days?
We’ve been watching a TV series from the 80s and my son asked if there was as much bullying then as TV portrays. I told him yes, growing up in the 80s was like Lord of the Flies.
He said he had never seen bullying in his schools, and there were regular and frequent anti-bullying campaigns.
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He said he had never seen bullying in his schools, and there were regular and frequent anti-bullying campaigns.
1/
July 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We’ve been watching a TV series from the 80s and my son asked if there was as much bullying then as TV portrays. I told him yes, growing up in the 80s was like Lord of the Flies.
He said he had never seen bullying in his schools, and there were regular and frequent anti-bullying campaigns.
1/
He said he had never seen bullying in his schools, and there were regular and frequent anti-bullying campaigns.
1/
Rolemaster TTRPG, first combat:
Round 1: spell fail
R2: spell botch
R3: stunned (see round 2)
R4: spell success! Downed 2 enemies
R5: draw bow, shoot, and roll a fumble. Lose two rounds.
My dice hate me.
Round 1: spell fail
R2: spell botch
R3: stunned (see round 2)
R4: spell success! Downed 2 enemies
R5: draw bow, shoot, and roll a fumble. Lose two rounds.
My dice hate me.
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Rolemaster TTRPG, first combat:
Round 1: spell fail
R2: spell botch
R3: stunned (see round 2)
R4: spell success! Downed 2 enemies
R5: draw bow, shoot, and roll a fumble. Lose two rounds.
My dice hate me.
Round 1: spell fail
R2: spell botch
R3: stunned (see round 2)
R4: spell success! Downed 2 enemies
R5: draw bow, shoot, and roll a fumble. Lose two rounds.
My dice hate me.
Rolemaster 2e update: thanks to random rolls, my fragile elven wizard is actually 7’5” tall. He’s the same height as our half-troll. We’re starting a basketball team.
Session 1 down and we’re already taking the game off the rails.
Session 1 down and we’re already taking the game off the rails.
July 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Rolemaster 2e update: thanks to random rolls, my fragile elven wizard is actually 7’5” tall. He’s the same height as our half-troll. We’re starting a basketball team.
Session 1 down and we’re already taking the game off the rails.
Session 1 down and we’re already taking the game off the rails.