Alan Fisher
@amfisher.bsky.social
Attorney, gamer (computer, RPG, tabletop), GM, husband, father, occasional author. Hatch Act restricted, so don't expect much politics.
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Alan Fisher
@amfisher.bsky.social
· Oct 19
My country, right or wrong. When right, to be praised. When wrong, to be fixed.
Drinking wine, playing Viticulture.
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Drinking wine, playing Viticulture.
I feel like this Ethiopian bread has significant gameplay potential.
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I feel like this Ethiopian bread has significant gameplay potential.
Four spaceships to introduce me.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Four spaceships to introduce me.
Went to the bank to deal with a service fee I got during the shutdown, and the banker said, in sum, 'capitalism is based on blood and oil and we need a general strike.' When capitalism is losing the bankers . . . .
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Went to the bank to deal with a service fee I got during the shutdown, and the banker said, in sum, 'capitalism is based on blood and oil and we need a general strike.' When capitalism is losing the bankers . . . .
Book 85: The City We Became by @nkjemisin.bsky.social. For fiction, no spoilers, so I'll say an excellent book on a city and the people that become a city. Also gives good reasons to sink Staten Island. My first Jemisin book as I try to read more current sci-fi and fantasy.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Book 85: The City We Became by @nkjemisin.bsky.social. For fiction, no spoilers, so I'll say an excellent book on a city and the people that become a city. Also gives good reasons to sink Staten Island. My first Jemisin book as I try to read more current sci-fi and fantasy.
I was a Federal attorney with a clearance when people started flying airplanes into buildings.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I was a Federal attorney with a clearance when people started flying airplanes into buildings.
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro
Magnifico (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro
Magnifico (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro
Magnifico (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro
Magnifico (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Every time I look at you I don't understand
why you let the things you did get so out of hand.
You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned.
Now why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?
If you'd come today, you would have reached the whole nation.
why you let the things you did get so out of hand.
You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned.
Now why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?
If you'd come today, you would have reached the whole nation.
Now, what you hear is not a test, I'm rapping to the beat
And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
You see, I am Pontifex and I'd like to say hello
And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
You see, I am Pontifex and I'd like to say hello
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Every time I look at you I don't understand
why you let the things you did get so out of hand.
You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned.
Now why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?
If you'd come today, you would have reached the whole nation.
why you let the things you did get so out of hand.
You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned.
Now why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?
If you'd come today, you would have reached the whole nation.
Book 84: The Battle of Manila by Nicholas Sarantakes, on the American liberation of Manila from Japanese Forces in 1945. The only major urban combat in the Pacific Theater and a mess of a battle. The theater commander - MacArthur - seemed more interested in not blowing up his adopted home city.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Book 84: The Battle of Manila by Nicholas Sarantakes, on the American liberation of Manila from Japanese Forces in 1945. The only major urban combat in the Pacific Theater and a mess of a battle. The theater commander - MacArthur - seemed more interested in not blowing up his adopted home city.
A sudden release of gas, like a dog startling itself awake with a fart. SpaceX, everyone!
Starship B18 (the first V3 flight vehicle) seemed to have suffered a anomaly during its first cryo test, and a sudden release of the gas could be seen on
NASASpaceflight cameras. While we do not know what happened, it remains what the future holds for B18, and if it is able to fly
nsf.live/starbase
NASASpaceflight cameras. While we do not know what happened, it remains what the future holds for B18, and if it is able to fly
nsf.live/starbase
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A sudden release of gas, like a dog startling itself awake with a fart. SpaceX, everyone!
They're forcing kids to eat acorns because of oak.
They're forcing kids to listen to "Mumford and Sons" because of folk
they're forcing kids to read "green eggs and ham" because of yolk
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
They're forcing kids to eat acorns because of oak.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
The sages came to me in my youth and offered me a choice between a blue box and a black box.
I took both and ran.
The sages came to me in my youth and offered me a choice between a blue box and a black box.
I took both and ran.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
The moment I was born, TTRPGs pinned my shadow to the earth with a large brass nail and tore it from me. This is my first memory, the seed of many hours of therapy to come.
The moment I was born, TTRPGs pinned my shadow to the earth with a large brass nail and tore it from me. This is my first memory, the seed of many hours of therapy to come.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
The sages came to me in my youth and offered me a choice between a blue box and a black box.
I took both and ran.
The sages came to me in my youth and offered me a choice between a blue box and a black box.
I took both and ran.
I would have the potential to make way more money off my writing if they had stolen it, but I guess it wasn't even good enough to rip off. But if your work was worth ingestion into the vast machine, go get your cash.
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I would have the potential to make way more money off my writing if they had stolen it, but I guess it wasn't even good enough to rip off. But if your work was worth ingestion into the vast machine, go get your cash.
Book 83: Dark Wire by @josephcox.bsky.social, on the massive law enforcement sting in which FBI and partners created a 'secure phone' for criminals which led to thousands of arrests. By trashing other secure phone companies, FBI and other LE drove criminal across continents to their secure solution.
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Book 83: Dark Wire by @josephcox.bsky.social, on the massive law enforcement sting in which FBI and partners created a 'secure phone' for criminals which led to thousands of arrests. By trashing other secure phone companies, FBI and other LE drove criminal across continents to their secure solution.
I guess his bonesaw collection takes up some space.
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I guess his bonesaw collection takes up some space.
Book 82: Always at War by Melvin Deaile, a cultural history of Strategic Air Command from foundation to the 1960s. This is a rare book - not about campaigns and battles, or even about planes and bombs, but about how an organization was forged from first principles.
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Book 82: Always at War by Melvin Deaile, a cultural history of Strategic Air Command from foundation to the 1960s. This is a rare book - not about campaigns and battles, or even about planes and bombs, but about how an organization was forged from first principles.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
We have officially used our last free COVID test. End of an era. Start of a more expensive era.
(Negative, by the way.)
(Negative, by the way.)
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We have officially used our last free COVID test. End of an era. Start of a more expensive era.
(Negative, by the way.)
(Negative, by the way.)
Book 81: Assyria by Eckart Frahm, an overview history of 'the world's first empire,' one that is largely overshadowed by the successor Chaldeans (Babylon) and Persian. Given the penchant to record their history in clay, there's a surprising amount of first-hand information about kings and commoners.
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Book 81: Assyria by Eckart Frahm, an overview history of 'the world's first empire,' one that is largely overshadowed by the successor Chaldeans (Babylon) and Persian. Given the penchant to record their history in clay, there's a surprising amount of first-hand information about kings and commoners.
Reposted by Alan Fisher
Stop asking the internet if people still go to the library. Yes, every day, 7 days a week. Still free. Still a safe space. Still no purchase required
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stop asking the internet if people still go to the library. Yes, every day, 7 days a week. Still free. Still a safe space. Still no purchase required
This is what they've done to the dark of night.
New images of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS are coming in as it moves out of the Sun's glare and (barely) back into view.
This shot, by Michael Buechner and Frank Niebling, shows an intriguing anti-tail and a "smoking" tail. 🧪🔭
britastro.org/observations...
This shot, by Michael Buechner and Frank Niebling, shows an intriguing anti-tail and a "smoking" tail. 🧪🔭
britastro.org/observations...
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is what they've done to the dark of night.
I wish I could write as well as this bug report.
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I wish I could write as well as this bug report.
All right, since everyone's giving their James Bond takes, here's mine - there is, and never has been, a James Bond. He's a character invented by British intelligence in the wake of Philby et al. to try to redeem their reputation. Every few years SIS spins a new tale to the appropriators.
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
All right, since everyone's giving their James Bond takes, here's mine - there is, and never has been, a James Bond. He's a character invented by British intelligence in the wake of Philby et al. to try to redeem their reputation. Every few years SIS spins a new tale to the appropriators.
It’s always the cables that kill people in this show.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It’s always the cables that kill people in this show.