Brian Ashford
@brianbloodaxe.bsky.social
Role-player, husband, parent. Woke PoS. He/him.
Staff at Ancient Robot Games in Edinburgh.
ominosity.wordpress.com
Why you are rolling the dice is far more important than which dice you are rolling.
Staff at Ancient Robot Games in Edinburgh.
ominosity.wordpress.com
Why you are rolling the dice is far more important than which dice you are rolling.
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It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
one factor in the Harris loss was the Democratic party bragging about the great economy when it was actually complete garbage outside the artificially juiced stock market, and I don't expect that tactic to work any better for Trump esp with a much worse economy
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
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The Brexit Benefit of small boat crossings.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Brexit Benefit of small boat crossings.
Every one of these photos looks like what happens when John Carpenter's Thing reaches civilisation.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Every one of these photos looks like what happens when John Carpenter's Thing reaches civilisation.
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Argonaut Books needs your help 📣
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Argonaut Books needs your help 📣
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
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They put a Braunstein on Discord 😱
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
They put a Braunstein on Discord 😱
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Argonaut is my local, and is the best bookshop I've ever been near. They're lovely people who care about what they do, know the tastes of their regulars, and have been nothing but supportive of me and my work. Waterstones can fuck right off.
Waterstones to open about 100m from Argonaut, a particularly nice indie bookshop. Quote from Waterstones management makes it sound like they got Argonaut mixed up with the gaming café next door.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Argonaut is my local, and is the best bookshop I've ever been near. They're lovely people who care about what they do, know the tastes of their regulars, and have been nothing but supportive of me and my work. Waterstones can fuck right off.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
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Feels like it should be bigger news that a journalist known for being loud about her investigations into banks/payment processors appears to be getting financially stonewalled by the entire industry unaminously right now.
The full count as of today:
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
Is it really a conspiracy to say Ana is being explicitly flagged by finance bros when she's now been banned (or censored) from Twitch, Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, and *PornHub*??
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Feels like it should be bigger news that a journalist known for being loud about her investigations into banks/payment processors appears to be getting financially stonewalled by the entire industry unaminously right now.
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Röknauts Exö-Squad live! I'M SO EXÖ-CITED! gamefound.com/en/projects/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Röknauts Exö-Squad live! I'M SO EXÖ-CITED! gamefound.com/en/projects/...
I have been trying to gather all my RPGs into one place.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I have been trying to gather all my RPGs into one place.
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The Terror Beneath is just £12.50 in Osprey's winter sale www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/terror-be...
The Terror Beneath
An investigative roleplaying game of horrors both ancient and modern, inspired by the works of Arthur Machen and powered by the GUMSHOE system.Britain at the da…
www.ospreypublishing.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The Terror Beneath is just £12.50 in Osprey's winter sale www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/terror-be...
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Do you know who else confiscated jewellery, just south of Denmark…
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Do you know who else confiscated jewellery, just south of Denmark…
Good news!
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Good news!
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I think it's 100% cool and good that we have games that split power or even go GMless, but my very favorite thing in this space to do is to run a game in this fashion.
People accuse the imbalance of power of a strong GM role of being arrogant or unfair but a good GM will be learning what their players enjoy, giving them space to do their thing and pulling together a consensus of the reality of the game they are playing which is anything but selfish.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I think it's 100% cool and good that we have games that split power or even go GMless, but my very favorite thing in this space to do is to run a game in this fashion.
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Yes. 100% this. Systems vs GM fiat is a framing I really dislike, both frame playing a game as a permission structure. Neither fully trust the player.
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Yes. 100% this. Systems vs GM fiat is a framing I really dislike, both frame playing a game as a permission structure. Neither fully trust the player.
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Using Golden Ticket to describe people who have fled war and destitution to legally seek asylum. An internationally recognized legal right that the UK is treaty bound to recognize is pure cruelty and evil. It is the language of Nazis, of deportations, of camps and life unworthy of life. Evil.
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Using Golden Ticket to describe people who have fled war and destitution to legally seek asylum. An internationally recognized legal right that the UK is treaty bound to recognize is pure cruelty and evil. It is the language of Nazis, of deportations, of camps and life unworthy of life. Evil.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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nothing but respect to the urban assault smart car
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
nothing but respect to the urban assault smart car
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Some people really like to knock down older games and scenarios as “outdated” and not worth playing anymore, but I LIKE diving into old games the same way I like watching or rewatching old movies and series. We are able to consider historical context when dealing with a piece of art. Games too.
One time at GenCon, I had an amazing chat with one of the original MERP developers. Now this wasn’t Pete Fenlon who I spoke to (in a state of awe) the next year. I never got this fellow’s name, and it’s really bugged me ever since. And over time the convo with him and Pete F have sorta merged. 1/4
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some people really like to knock down older games and scenarios as “outdated” and not worth playing anymore, but I LIKE diving into old games the same way I like watching or rewatching old movies and series. We are able to consider historical context when dealing with a piece of art. Games too.