Alan Scott
@alanrileyscott.bsky.social
Different Alan Scott than the Green Lantern one, but we are both gay.
Were I ever actually to get off my but and post stuff, I'd be posting about Tabletop, Comics, Mixology, Current Events, and Retail Management.
Sacramento, California, USA.
Were I ever actually to get off my but and post stuff, I'd be posting about Tabletop, Comics, Mixology, Current Events, and Retail Management.
Sacramento, California, USA.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
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See, when I'm facilitating #ttrpgs, I'm there to be entertained by the antics of the OTHER players.
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
Too many people wants the GM to provide the fun while they don’t do a damn thing to help anyone. Fuck that. Everyone has the responsibility to help everyone at the table have fun
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
See, when I'm facilitating #ttrpgs, I'm there to be entertained by the antics of the OTHER players.
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
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any time Discord or Windows or whatever has a "An update is ready for you :)" button i sit there with my mouse hovering over it knowing that it's like russian roulette where one chamber has a live bullet and the other 5 chambers will explode the gun in my hands
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
any time Discord or Windows or whatever has a "An update is ready for you :)" button i sit there with my mouse hovering over it knowing that it's like russian roulette where one chamber has a live bullet and the other 5 chambers will explode the gun in my hands
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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There's a lot to criticize in 4E, from how classes and races were split up to bad MMs to having a boring armor system (again), but that's not usually what people complained about. They parroted dumb complaints with little direct knowledge, and for it they should be pursued by hounds across the moor.
having played 4e, it ain't really all that, especially the early monster manuals. The internal drama at WotC really hamstrung what could have been an okay game.
13th Age was better.
13th Age was better.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
There's a lot to criticize in 4E, from how classes and races were split up to bad MMs to having a boring armor system (again), but that's not usually what people complained about. They parroted dumb complaints with little direct knowledge, and for it they should be pursued by hounds across the moor.
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
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notice how the depiction of the hacker in media got commodified by the tech industry when hackers stopped dressing like aliens going to the gay nightclub and started dressing like mark zuckerberg in a hoodie
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
notice how the depiction of the hacker in media got commodified by the tech industry when hackers stopped dressing like aliens going to the gay nightclub and started dressing like mark zuckerberg in a hoodie
Make the villain be an American politician and cast the actor who played Biff in Back to the Future II.
I see we've entered the making-movies-for-the-strongman phase of democratic decline.
‘Rush Hour 4’ in the Works at Paramount at Trump’s Request
"Rush Hour 4" in the works at Paramount after prodding from president Trump.
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Make the villain be an American politician and cast the actor who played Biff in Back to the Future II.
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My fav Shakespeare thing is how Henry IV part 2 starts with Majel Barrett Roddenberry saying, "Previously on Henry IV..." and there's a clip reel ending with Hotspur yelling "FIRE EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My fav Shakespeare thing is how Henry IV part 2 starts with Majel Barrett Roddenberry saying, "Previously on Henry IV..." and there's a clip reel ending with Hotspur yelling "FIRE EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Notably, reactionaries in power are failing to live up to this promise, which is a big part of the reason for the current backlash and loss of support.
And I do think, to anticipate a Q, that the general sense of social dislocation & uncertainty is increasing. In large part this is what reactionary politics is reacting to. It promises a return to clearly defined hierarchies, to clarity, to *certainty*. "In our world, you'll understand your place."
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Notably, reactionaries in power are failing to live up to this promise, which is a big part of the reason for the current backlash and loss of support.
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This is a production.
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is a production.
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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it is absolutely the tech companies fault that people now assume they’re doing something evil and sneaky even when they actually aren’t (regarding the latest Google kerfuffle)
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
it is absolutely the tech companies fault that people now assume they’re doing something evil and sneaky even when they actually aren’t (regarding the latest Google kerfuffle)
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
Oh, hey. I'm in this video!
BFF! - The Golden Years lets us have adventures of sharing, rememberance, and celebration as an elderly group of friends 👵🏻 Are you excited for this new spinoff of BFF? #ttrpg #ttrpgs #bigbadcon #bffrpg
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Oh, hey. I'm in this video!
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
"The Stories we tell about ourselves and our families are patchwork quilts, defined by the patches of memory we choose to sew in, but also the scraps we choose to discard."
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"The Stories we tell about ourselves and our families are patchwork quilts, defined by the patches of memory we choose to sew in, but also the scraps we choose to discard."
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Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
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Sometimes I glance at YouTube and there's a video about Doctor Who, Star Trek, etc., that's like "breaking news! a thing happened!"
And then instead of watching a 30 minute video I go and look for text-based sites that can tell me in three sentences what the thing that happened was.
And then instead of watching a 30 minute video I go and look for text-based sites that can tell me in three sentences what the thing that happened was.
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Sometimes I glance at YouTube and there's a video about Doctor Who, Star Trek, etc., that's like "breaking news! a thing happened!"
And then instead of watching a 30 minute video I go and look for text-based sites that can tell me in three sentences what the thing that happened was.
And then instead of watching a 30 minute video I go and look for text-based sites that can tell me in three sentences what the thing that happened was.
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1/ Thread. I think this is true. I'm 53. Without even trying I met:
-multiple Holocaust survivors
-multiple US veterans, including one who hit the beach at Omaha
-a wehrmacht veteran, proud of the men he served with but ashamed of what they fought for
Dick Winters once noted that a lot of the ...
-multiple Holocaust survivors
-multiple US veterans, including one who hit the beach at Omaha
-a wehrmacht veteran, proud of the men he served with but ashamed of what they fought for
Dick Winters once noted that a lot of the ...
I think one of the major contributing factors to the young right wing is that they didn't grow up with WWII vets.
Its all cosplay and whataboutism to them. They didn't play with kids whose parents had camp tattoos, or learn from old men who still cried from PTSD. 1/?
Its all cosplay and whataboutism to them. They didn't play with kids whose parents had camp tattoos, or learn from old men who still cried from PTSD. 1/?
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/ Thread. I think this is true. I'm 53. Without even trying I met:
-multiple Holocaust survivors
-multiple US veterans, including one who hit the beach at Omaha
-a wehrmacht veteran, proud of the men he served with but ashamed of what they fought for
Dick Winters once noted that a lot of the ...
-multiple Holocaust survivors
-multiple US veterans, including one who hit the beach at Omaha
-a wehrmacht veteran, proud of the men he served with but ashamed of what they fought for
Dick Winters once noted that a lot of the ...
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Bill Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes” first appeared 40 years ago, on November 18, 1985. Here’s the first week of dailies:
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bill Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes” first appeared 40 years ago, on November 18, 1985. Here’s the first week of dailies:
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"average suburban democrat wants half the administration to rot in prison until the end of time" actualy just statistical error. Average dem wants them all to burn in unending fire. Bodhisattva Georg, who is filled with total compassion for all beings, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
your average suburban democrat wants half the administration to rot in prison until the end of time, and anyone more moderate than that position is unlikely to hold office for very long
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"average suburban democrat wants half the administration to rot in prison until the end of time" actualy just statistical error. Average dem wants them all to burn in unending fire. Bodhisattva Georg, who is filled with total compassion for all beings, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
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Wanna see the happiest dog on the planet?
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Wanna see the happiest dog on the planet?
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This is fucking hilarious
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is fucking hilarious
"I'm afraid *currency* is the currency of the realm"
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"I'm afraid *currency* is the currency of the realm"