Richard Aspden
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Writer, video maker, streamer. 42, UK. Does Expedition Fiction.
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Richard Aspden
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· Jun 12
Never Have I Ever had Pop Tarts.
YouTube video by Richard Aspden
youtu.be
Guess who tried Pop Tarts for the first time?
youtu.be/EwY9tmjIFVg
youtu.be/EwY9tmjIFVg
Just finished Dispatch and it is SO good! Not that long, but it packs a lot in there.
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just finished Dispatch and it is SO good! Not that long, but it packs a lot in there.
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[conspirators AU]
post-mortem 💄
post-mortem 💄
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
[conspirators AU]
post-mortem 💄
post-mortem 💄
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I feel so called out......
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I feel so called out......
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Honestly, great day to simply not be a paedophile
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Honestly, great day to simply not be a paedophile
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Accidentally looking like Chucky from the rugrats
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Accidentally looking like Chucky from the rugrats
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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The Enterprise E, but not quite as it appeared on screen
Concept art by John Eaves
Concept art by John Eaves
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Enterprise E, but not quite as it appeared on screen
Concept art by John Eaves
Concept art by John Eaves
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The Enterprise-D bridge we got is my favourite from all the shows, so things worked out well. But I've always found these ideas for a much more casual, democratic bridge to be very appealing. I'd still like to see something like this in a Star Trek series one day. /1
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Enterprise-D bridge we got is my favourite from all the shows, so things worked out well. But I've always found these ideas for a much more casual, democratic bridge to be very appealing. I'd still like to see something like this in a Star Trek series one day. /1
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Found this while digging around for a random game for Saturday. I don't have many signed things but some Tron light cycles signed by Syd Mead will do for starters.
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Found this while digging around for a random game for Saturday. I don't have many signed things but some Tron light cycles signed by Syd Mead will do for starters.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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So I got a Google knowledge panel a few days ago, and I've been reading more about them. I've been trying to work out which social media platforms on it. Also, how do you get it to pop up straight away instead of being something half way down the page you have to click on?
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
So I got a Google knowledge panel a few days ago, and I've been reading more about them. I've been trying to work out which social media platforms on it. Also, how do you get it to pop up straight away instead of being something half way down the page you have to click on?
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68 years ago, on the 3rd of November 1957, the Sputnik 2 satellite was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union. It was the second spacecraft launched into earth orbit (after Sputnik 1) and carried Laika, the first animal in earth orbit. Laika died, as planned, during this. #otd #history 🗃️
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
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Lots of phone scams use AI to spoof real people to steal money. It's crazy that we've reached a point where this is needed, but having a pre-agreed codeword with your family and friends that you can share in an emergency can be *critical* in determining if a suspicious call is in fact a real person.
"Criminals increasingly use generative AI to mimic real people’s voices and con their loved ones out of money. There’s a simple solution to this high-tech problem: a code word." www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
Why Every Family Needs a Code Word
Authenticating the voice on the other end of the line is critical in an age of deepfakes.
www.wsj.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Lots of phone scams use AI to spoof real people to steal money. It's crazy that we've reached a point where this is needed, but having a pre-agreed codeword with your family and friends that you can share in an emergency can be *critical* in determining if a suspicious call is in fact a real person.
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Here is the first draft to my brief guide to the digital preservation of Actual Play, from a digital archives perspective, targetted at AP producers.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...
I say "brief guide" but, you know, I'm me.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...
I say "brief guide" but, you know, I'm me.
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Here is the first draft to my brief guide to the digital preservation of Actual Play, from a digital archives perspective, targetted at AP producers.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...
I say "brief guide" but, you know, I'm me.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...
I say "brief guide" but, you know, I'm me.
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"You never know true beauty until you see Earth from space, or..."
No one does horror like the folks at the Onion back in the day doing Clickhole
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"You never know true beauty until you see Earth from space, or..."
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🔭 Красные спрайты и галактика Андромеды в ночном небе Западной Австралии ✨
📸 JJ Rao
📸 JJ Rao
October 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
🔭 Красные спрайты и галактика Андромеды в ночном небе Западной Австралии ✨
📸 JJ Rao
📸 JJ Rao
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443 years ago, on the 15th of October 1582, the Gregorian calendar was first adopted causing many Catholic European countries to jump from the 4th to the 15th. The calendar was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII to regain a correct calculation of the date of Easter. #otd #history 🗃️
October 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM