James Weaver🇪🇺🇮🇪🏰⛵️🏰
@bazzalisk.bsky.social
Software Developer. Roleplayer. Mathematician.
Also https://dice.camp/@bazzalisk
Formerly @bazzalisk at the site formerly known as Twitter
Also https://dice.camp/@bazzalisk
Formerly @bazzalisk at the site formerly known as Twitter
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It's time, once again, to celebrate ancient legends that were made up in the 19th Century. There are just so many of them. blogs.loc.gov/folklife/201...
Ostara and the Hare: Not Ancient, but Not As Modern As Some Skeptics Think | Folklife Today
If you’re curious about modern holiday beliefs and calendar customs, you might be reading or doing research about them online. Chances are, you come across some stories that the presenters claim are a...
blogs.loc.gov
April 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's time, once again, to celebrate ancient legends that were made up in the 19th Century. There are just so many of them. blogs.loc.gov/folklife/201...
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You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
August 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
Are we there yet?
July 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Are we there yet?
How it’s going:
July 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
How it’s going:
How it started:
July 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
How it started:
Rogan Josh
fill in the blank: “There’s already a Joe Rogan of the left: it’s ______” (wrong answers only)
May 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Rogan Josh
People talk about being to the right of Atilla the Hun.
But we don’t really know anything about Attila’s politics.
But we don’t really know anything about Attila’s politics.
May 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
People talk about being to the right of Atilla the Hun.
But we don’t really know anything about Attila’s politics.
But we don’t really know anything about Attila’s politics.
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You: powerscaling is a bad way to look at comics
Me: jeff smith could absolutely beat the shit outta dave sim
Me: jeff smith could absolutely beat the shit outta dave sim
May 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
You: powerscaling is a bad way to look at comics
Me: jeff smith could absolutely beat the shit outta dave sim
Me: jeff smith could absolutely beat the shit outta dave sim
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i just think there is a large delta between the things LLMs are genuinely useful for and the things they are being sold as useful for
May 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
i just think there is a large delta between the things LLMs are genuinely useful for and the things they are being sold as useful for
You want to talk about problematic age gap?
Christian God/Christian Church is pretty problematic. Big power gap too.
Christian God/Christian Church is pretty problematic. Big power gap too.
May 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
You want to talk about problematic age gap?
Christian God/Christian Church is pretty problematic. Big power gap too.
Christian God/Christian Church is pretty problematic. Big power gap too.
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On Mass Effect, our love scenes -- soft-lit gentle scenes players got after getting to know their love interest for two-thirds of the game -- got called "virtual orgasmic rape" by Fox News.
Nothing is respectable enough. They aren't attacking porn. They're attacking intimacy and openness.
Nothing is respectable enough. They aren't attacking porn. They're attacking intimacy and openness.
Also reminder to romance authors that we only shoot ourselves in the foot if we try to play the "but we're not porn" game. Those of us who write hot/queer already get clipped on a regular basis, but nothing is "respectable" enough. Your turn WILL come.
Reminder that defending porn is an absolute requirement for the right to free speech. you will lose all autonomy trying to scrub uncomfortable content.
May 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On Mass Effect, our love scenes -- soft-lit gentle scenes players got after getting to know their love interest for two-thirds of the game -- got called "virtual orgasmic rape" by Fox News.
Nothing is respectable enough. They aren't attacking porn. They're attacking intimacy and openness.
Nothing is respectable enough. They aren't attacking porn. They're attacking intimacy and openness.
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Percy Jackson is a good one, hits about the same level and has enough similarities that people can transition well
I’ve also had some success recommending @diane.dianeduane.com’s Young Wizards series
I’ve also had some success recommending @diane.dianeduane.com’s Young Wizards series
My go to substitute is Percy Jackson. It fills the niche, it’s better, and the creator doesn’t suck!
May 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Percy Jackson is a good one, hits about the same level and has enough similarities that people can transition well
I’ve also had some success recommending @diane.dianeduane.com’s Young Wizards series
I’ve also had some success recommending @diane.dianeduane.com’s Young Wizards series
You know, it wasn’t about ethics in video game journalism, but it was, at least somewhat, about ethnics in videogames.
May 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You know, it wasn’t about ethics in video game journalism, but it was, at least somewhat, about ethnics in videogames.
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The Memorial Garden ended up there because HTL shares a boundary with the building that used to house LASS. When LASS closed, they got full control of the previously shared patch of land on condition they created the Memorial Garden. But Peter is absolutely correct that this doesn't sit right
May 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Memorial Garden ended up there because HTL shares a boundary with the building that used to house LASS. When LASS closed, they got full control of the previously shared patch of land on condition they created the Memorial Garden. But Peter is absolutely correct that this doesn't sit right
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Thousands of people are calling on their fellow EU citizens to sign the European Citizens' Initiative proposing a ban on LGBTQ+ "conversion therapies".
The campaign is less than 100,000 signatures away from the 1M threshold.
Learn more here 👇
The campaign is less than 100,000 signatures away from the 1M threshold.
Learn more here 👇
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Thousands of people are calling on their fellow EU citizens to sign the European Citizens' Initiative proposing a ban on LGBTQ+ "conversion therapies".
The campaign is less than 100,000 signatures away from the 1M threshold.
Learn more here 👇
The campaign is less than 100,000 signatures away from the 1M threshold.
Learn more here 👇
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EU citizens, please take 30 seconds to sign the European Citizens' Initiative to ban conversion therapy (torture against LGBTQ+ people).
Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
EU citizens, please take 30 seconds to sign the European Citizens' Initiative to ban conversion therapy (torture against LGBTQ+ people).
Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
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So I have now read the Big Three Ayn Rand Books, atlas shrugged, the fountainhead, and anthem. And I have this to say: she’s bad at writing books, so bad, in fact, that I find her popularity genuinely strange
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So I have now read the Big Three Ayn Rand Books, atlas shrugged, the fountainhead, and anthem. And I have this to say: she’s bad at writing books, so bad, in fact, that I find her popularity genuinely strange
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this is the kind of thing you post when your entire exposure to “the rest of the world” is europeans talking about health care
May 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
this is the kind of thing you post when your entire exposure to “the rest of the world” is europeans talking about health care
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To Starmer's demand that migrants must speak English, Scotland says
Thoir ort agus bruich do cheann / gaun byle yer heid.
Thoir ort agus bruich do cheann / gaun byle yer heid.
May 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
To Starmer's demand that migrants must speak English, Scotland says
Thoir ort agus bruich do cheann / gaun byle yer heid.
Thoir ort agus bruich do cheann / gaun byle yer heid.
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again, not the main point but Welsh has equal status in Wales
May 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
again, not the main point but Welsh has equal status in Wales
Peeps, it’s not Corruption unless it originates from the malefic influence of the ruinous powers of chaos.
Anything else is just grim darkness
Anything else is just grim darkness
May 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Peeps, it’s not Corruption unless it originates from the malefic influence of the ruinous powers of chaos.
Anything else is just grim darkness
Anything else is just grim darkness
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Back to the Future remake incoming …
Cybertrucks are piling up -- apparently no one wants to buy them -- but they can't stop making them, b/c shutting the factory down is too expensive. Great work all around.
Tesla Cybertruck inventory goes through the roof
Tesla Cybertruck is experiencing a significant increase in unsold inventory in the US and facing huge challenges in meeting initial sales expectations.
www.arenaev.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Back to the Future remake incoming …
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<diligently updating the list of career paths on the university’s “Major in Mathematics!” poster>
May 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
<diligently updating the list of career paths on the university’s “Major in Mathematics!” poster>
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