Dedalus Root
@dedalusroot.net
🎲 🐲 ⚔️ 🏹 🛡️ Nerd Stuff #TTRPG #pnpde
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Dedalus Root
@dedalusroot.net
· Oct 19
A shoutout to all the new folks here! 💜 Technically, we should be friends, if you're interested in
- 🗡️ TTRPG, Storytelling and Improv
- 🕹️Gaming, Video games & Streams
- 🐈 Cat Content
- ♟️Boardgames
- 📝 PKM and Obsidian
- 📷 Photography
#ttrpg #pnpde #boardgames #videogames #allcatsarebeautiful
- 🗡️ TTRPG, Storytelling and Improv
- 🕹️Gaming, Video games & Streams
- 🐈 Cat Content
- ♟️Boardgames
- 📝 PKM and Obsidian
- 📷 Photography
#ttrpg #pnpde #boardgames #videogames #allcatsarebeautiful
Hey y'all! Is anybody else using crossposting services or social media management tools like fedica or Openvibe to consolidate their timelines?
What are your suggestions / red flags?
What are your suggestions / red flags?
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Hey y'all! Is anybody else using crossposting services or social media management tools like fedica or Openvibe to consolidate their timelines?
What are your suggestions / red flags?
What are your suggestions / red flags?
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Ganz ohne meine Timeline zu berühren ist diese ambitionierte deutsche trad Game Projekt gestartet und es machen sogar coole Leute mit, die ich kenne. Die Axolotl Kreaturen sind schonmal sympathisch und auch insgesamt finde ich es einen Blick wert.
#pnpde
#pnpde
Herzwildnis - Einfach würfeln, groß erleben
Ob Charakter-Küken oder Würfelveteran – Herzwildnis bietet alles, was das Rollenspielherz begehrt. Dein Abenteuer wartet.
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Ganz ohne meine Timeline zu berühren ist diese ambitionierte deutsche trad Game Projekt gestartet und es machen sogar coole Leute mit, die ich kenne. Die Axolotl Kreaturen sind schonmal sympathisch und auch insgesamt finde ich es einen Blick wert.
#pnpde
#pnpde
Everything is turning into television: Whether the starting point is social media, radio, or an AI image generator, the end point seems to be the same: a river of short-form video.
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
Everything Is Television
A theory of culture and attention
www.derekthompson.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Everything is turning into television: Whether the starting point is social media, radio, or an AI image generator, the end point seems to be the same: a river of short-form video.
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
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Pals! A new @neverpo.st, thank god. Friend of the Show Meghal spent a year fixing an attention span broken by scrolling; hear what she learned in the process.
Then! Meghal speaks w/ the organizers of a New Luddism conference about reclaiming agency from encroaching technology.
Also: MACHINES!
Then! Meghal speaks w/ the organizers of a New Luddism conference about reclaiming agency from encroaching technology.
Also: MACHINES!
🆕 Never Post! The Year I Learned to Pay Attention
Choose life
www.neverpo.st
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Pals! A new @neverpo.st, thank god. Friend of the Show Meghal spent a year fixing an attention span broken by scrolling; hear what she learned in the process.
Then! Meghal speaks w/ the organizers of a New Luddism conference about reclaiming agency from encroaching technology.
Also: MACHINES!
Then! Meghal speaks w/ the organizers of a New Luddism conference about reclaiming agency from encroaching technology.
Also: MACHINES!
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
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This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
Hot take: vegan or vegetarian recipes that don't sub meat with soy chunks are usually much more interesting and flavourful.
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hot take: vegan or vegetarian recipes that don't sub meat with soy chunks are usually much more interesting and flavourful.
Also made a bangin' vegan chili for my wife's birthday party tomorrow, so I get to have a bowl of chili for dinner!
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Also made a bangin' vegan chili for my wife's birthday party tomorrow, so I get to have a bowl of chili for dinner!
The first frost of the season. Love the light even though I missed golden hour.
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The first frost of the season. Love the light even though I missed golden hour.
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happening across media
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
happening across media
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The bad news: Over the next couple years, we're really going to feel the delayed impact of all the layoffs, closures, cancellations and money pulling out of the industry. An industry crash happened but we're still airborne.
The good news: It'll take us a decade to dig through the 2020-2025 backlog.
The good news: It'll take us a decade to dig through the 2020-2025 backlog.
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The bad news: Over the next couple years, we're really going to feel the delayed impact of all the layoffs, closures, cancellations and money pulling out of the industry. An industry crash happened but we're still airborne.
The good news: It'll take us a decade to dig through the 2020-2025 backlog.
The good news: It'll take us a decade to dig through the 2020-2025 backlog.
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The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
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Do not ask me about book recommendations because I will spam you with cool stuff my friends did.
Sorry everyone 😅
But also not sorry 🤷🏻
Sorry everyone 😅
But also not sorry 🤷🏻
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not ask me about book recommendations because I will spam you with cool stuff my friends did.
Sorry everyone 😅
But also not sorry 🤷🏻
Sorry everyone 😅
But also not sorry 🤷🏻
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Those clowns at the ice cream factory
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Those clowns at the ice cream factory
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Golden statue points at feet of clay, asks you to please avoid hitting them there
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Golden statue points at feet of clay, asks you to please avoid hitting them there
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Vibe coding has always been a trap:
"when computers got good enough for renderings, everything looked amazing at first. You could construct an amazing-looking thing in half an hour, but “It didn’t help us make good buildings. It helped us make things that looked like they might be good buildings.”"
"when computers got good enough for renderings, everything looked amazing at first. You could construct an amazing-looking thing in half an hour, but “It didn’t help us make good buildings. It helped us make things that looked like they might be good buildings.”"
The premature sheen
Brian Eno on prototyping and fidelity.
adactio.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Vibe coding has always been a trap:
"when computers got good enough for renderings, everything looked amazing at first. You could construct an amazing-looking thing in half an hour, but “It didn’t help us make good buildings. It helped us make things that looked like they might be good buildings.”"
"when computers got good enough for renderings, everything looked amazing at first. You could construct an amazing-looking thing in half an hour, but “It didn’t help us make good buildings. It helped us make things that looked like they might be good buildings.”"
Game Awards 2025: Oops, all sequels!
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Game Awards 2025: Oops, all sequels!
Just a heads up for my gaming friends: Arc Raiders is using AI voice generation, and Where Winds Meet has a genAI option for character face generation and is also full of NPCs LLM chatbots.
If that's your cup of tea, have at it!
If that's your cup of tea, have at it!
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Just a heads up for my gaming friends: Arc Raiders is using AI voice generation, and Where Winds Meet has a genAI option for character face generation and is also full of NPCs LLM chatbots.
If that's your cup of tea, have at it!
If that's your cup of tea, have at it!
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Say it with me: “Liberals will always accept fascism over socialism because fascism doesn’t threaten capital.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Say it with me: “Liberals will always accept fascism over socialism because fascism doesn’t threaten capital.”
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The Democrats will accept Marjorie Taylor Greene into the tent before they accept Zohran Mamdani.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Democrats will accept Marjorie Taylor Greene into the tent before they accept Zohran Mamdani.
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"Alexa," He says into the void where once his friendships were. "Remind me... remind me that I'm a winner?"
The pause is brief but brutal, a gasp of silence as his whole self-worth teeters.
"You are so goated." She replies.
"I am. I am goated, ain't I?"
This time there is no answer. There never is.
The pause is brief but brutal, a gasp of silence as his whole self-worth teeters.
"You are so goated." She replies.
"I am. I am goated, ain't I?"
This time there is no answer. There never is.
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
"Alexa," He says into the void where once his friendships were. "Remind me... remind me that I'm a winner?"
The pause is brief but brutal, a gasp of silence as his whole self-worth teeters.
"You are so goated." She replies.
"I am. I am goated, ain't I?"
This time there is no answer. There never is.
The pause is brief but brutal, a gasp of silence as his whole self-worth teeters.
"You are so goated." She replies.
"I am. I am goated, ain't I?"
This time there is no answer. There never is.
I love how expertly this video establishes why dude has no friends...
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I love how expertly this video establishes why dude has no friends...
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So Where Winds Meet uses gen AI and chatbots? Really?
Ugh.
Ugh.
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So Where Winds Meet uses gen AI and chatbots? Really?
Ugh.
Ugh.
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I took some steps to simplify and dumb down my Android phone using Niagara Launcher, ScreenZen and the native Digital Wellbeing features and I really like the outcome.
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I took some steps to simplify and dumb down my Android phone using Niagara Launcher, ScreenZen and the native Digital Wellbeing features and I really like the outcome.
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"Parts of our ruling class ... leadership ... - are functionally incompetent in the sense of not knowing their job because they doesn’t even know what politics should be. This, perhaps, is the legacy of decades of a neoliberal ideology which denigrates collective action...
Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Parts of our ruling class ... leadership ... - are functionally incompetent in the sense of not knowing their job because they doesn’t even know what politics should be. This, perhaps, is the legacy of decades of a neoliberal ideology which denigrates collective action...