Dan Alexander
@danalexander42.bsky.social
Numbers person, Arsenal supporter, TTRPGs, loud music
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
July 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG only version)
DragonBane
Call of Cthulhu
Traveller
BRP
DragonBane
Call of Cthulhu
Traveller
BRP
Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG only version)
DragonBane
Delta Green
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
Call of Cthulhu
DragonBane
Delta Green
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
Call of Cthulhu
July 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG only version)
DragonBane
Call of Cthulhu
Traveller
BRP
DragonBane
Call of Cthulhu
Traveller
BRP
Movie you've watched more than six times using GIFS (hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)
June 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times using GIFS (hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)
A water vole in Cambridge. The first I've ever seen.
March 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A water vole in Cambridge. The first I've ever seen.
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You didn't like my tabletop gaming anecdote? Huh. I guess you had to be pretending to be there.
March 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
You didn't like my tabletop gaming anecdote? Huh. I guess you had to be pretending to be there.
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They can’t park the bus
February 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
They can’t park the bus
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I was writing about deterrence today and remembered my favourite way of explaining it
January 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I was writing about deterrence today and remembered my favourite way of explaining it
Microsoft 365 renewals are auto-enshittified with AI and 30% more expensive. The classic version of 365 is on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard".
This is good advice that works.
This is good advice that works.
Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
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answers.microsoft.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Microsoft 365 renewals are auto-enshittified with AI and 30% more expensive. The classic version of 365 is on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard".
This is good advice that works.
This is good advice that works.
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He’s beaten me to it. I declare Christmas OPEN!
It is time. Please give the usual festive welcome to the legendary Jeremy Lion aka @bigedwards.bsky.social and his 12-step Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugv1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugv1...
Jeremy Lion 12 days of Christmas
YouTube video by YOUAGETUBE
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:12 PM
He’s beaten me to it. I declare Christmas OPEN!
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For the next few weeks, you can pick up a pretty incredible ebook bundle of Ursula's work—up to 30 books!—and support Portland's Literary Arts in the process
Humble Book Bundle: A Wizard of Earthsea and More by Ursula K. Le Guin
Explore the worlds and stories of Ursula K. Le Guin with this ebook library, featuring <em>A Wizard of Earthsea</em> and more. Pay what you want & support charity!
www.humblebundle.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:37 PM
For the next few weeks, you can pick up a pretty incredible ebook bundle of Ursula's work—up to 30 books!—and support Portland's Literary Arts in the process
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well I'm in floods of tears www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
We only learnt of our son’s secret online life after he died at 20
When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found...
www.thetimes.com
October 5, 2024 at 10:21 AM
well I'm in floods of tears www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
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This is so charming and lovely. Perfect Friday content and a good thing to share with those who may have been led, by cynical demagogues, to believe that multiculturalism has made London some sort of dystopian hell. ~AA
October 4, 2024 at 1:10 PM
This is so charming and lovely. Perfect Friday content and a good thing to share with those who may have been led, by cynical demagogues, to believe that multiculturalism has made London some sort of dystopian hell. ~AA
First: Iron Maiden, Cardiff 1986
Last: Korn
Worst: The War on Drugs, Auckland 2023
Loudest: Slayer
Best: Gojira, Gdansk 2023
Seen most: Anthrax x10
Surprising: The Prodigy, Moscow 1995
Happy I got to see: Gil Scott Heron
Wish: System of a Down
Next: They Might Be Giants
Last: Korn
Worst: The War on Drugs, Auckland 2023
Loudest: Slayer
Best: Gojira, Gdansk 2023
Seen most: Anthrax x10
Surprising: The Prodigy, Moscow 1995
Happy I got to see: Gil Scott Heron
Wish: System of a Down
Next: They Might Be Giants
First: Heart (Bad Animals tour, 1987)
Last: The Menzingers (last Wednesday)
Worst: Cat Power "live-scoring" Passion of Joan of Arc
Loudest: Public Enemy (louder than Merzbow!)
Best: Dog-Faced Hermans
Most: Superchunk
Happy to see: Fred Anderson
Wish: Alessandro Cortini
Next: Iron Maiden
Last: The Menzingers (last Wednesday)
Worst: Cat Power "live-scoring" Passion of Joan of Arc
Loudest: Public Enemy (louder than Merzbow!)
Best: Dog-Faced Hermans
Most: Superchunk
Happy to see: Fred Anderson
Wish: Alessandro Cortini
Next: Iron Maiden
First: The Clash
Last: Bleeding Star
Worst: AC/DC
Loudest: Skeptics, City Hotel
Best: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Wellington Town Hall, 2000
Seen most: Nick Cave and Bad Seeds
Happy I got to see: The Gun Club
Wish: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Next: Bob Mould?
Last: Bleeding Star
Worst: AC/DC
Loudest: Skeptics, City Hotel
Best: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Wellington Town Hall, 2000
Seen most: Nick Cave and Bad Seeds
Happy I got to see: The Gun Club
Wish: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Next: Bob Mould?
August 27, 2024 at 10:20 AM
First: Iron Maiden, Cardiff 1986
Last: Korn
Worst: The War on Drugs, Auckland 2023
Loudest: Slayer
Best: Gojira, Gdansk 2023
Seen most: Anthrax x10
Surprising: The Prodigy, Moscow 1995
Happy I got to see: Gil Scott Heron
Wish: System of a Down
Next: They Might Be Giants
Last: Korn
Worst: The War on Drugs, Auckland 2023
Loudest: Slayer
Best: Gojira, Gdansk 2023
Seen most: Anthrax x10
Surprising: The Prodigy, Moscow 1995
Happy I got to see: Gil Scott Heron
Wish: System of a Down
Next: They Might Be Giants