@roguemathematician.bsky.social
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“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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ADHD is when you have to “pay attention” but you can’t “pay,” because you’re broke. But, on the plus side, you have a million dollars in gift cards to the one thing you feel like doing.
August 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
ADHD is when you have to “pay attention” but you can’t “pay,” because you’re broke. But, on the plus side, you have a million dollars in gift cards to the one thing you feel like doing.
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PRO TIP ALT TEXT
I think the best way to do it when you're writing alt text, is to describe the image as you would if talking to a friend on the phone who can't see the image.
So, if the image is someone applauding and that's the point of the image...
I think the best way to do it when you're writing alt text, is to describe the image as you would if talking to a friend on the phone who can't see the image.
So, if the image is someone applauding and that's the point of the image...
December 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
PRO TIP ALT TEXT
I think the best way to do it when you're writing alt text, is to describe the image as you would if talking to a friend on the phone who can't see the image.
So, if the image is someone applauding and that's the point of the image...
I think the best way to do it when you're writing alt text, is to describe the image as you would if talking to a friend on the phone who can't see the image.
So, if the image is someone applauding and that's the point of the image...
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Gotta post the 4chan meme, sorry:
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Gotta post the 4chan meme, sorry:
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December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
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September 12, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Now would be a good time to re-up my “War on Christmas” tales from my long defunct old blog.
“Ambushing Christmas” appafortwo.wordpress.com/2019/12/16/a...
And
“The Deliberate Attack on Christmas” appafortwo.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/t...
“Ambushing Christmas” appafortwo.wordpress.com/2019/12/16/a...
And
“The Deliberate Attack on Christmas” appafortwo.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/t...
Ambushing Christmas
2nd post in the War on Christmas series, Task Force Crazyhorse hunting for a high value target in Galilee.
appafortwo.wordpress.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Now would be a good time to re-up my “War on Christmas” tales from my long defunct old blog.
“Ambushing Christmas” appafortwo.wordpress.com/2019/12/16/a...
And
“The Deliberate Attack on Christmas” appafortwo.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/t...
“Ambushing Christmas” appafortwo.wordpress.com/2019/12/16/a...
And
“The Deliberate Attack on Christmas” appafortwo.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/t...
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AMERICA! "Nine Goblins" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle today! (possibly also for Nook and Apple Books)
Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief
Amazon.com: Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
AMERICA! "Nine Goblins" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle today! (possibly also for Nook and Apple Books)
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I've seen some responses to this dismissing the idea that doing Roman military history could be a disadvantage in the job market because it is so popular with the public.
There absolutely is a hiring bias against military history in the field, but it has nothing to do with being white or male.
There absolutely is a hiring bias against military history in the field, but it has nothing to do with being white or male.
This is 100% incorrect as the explanation for why someone obsessed with Roman *military* history is not being hired.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I've seen some responses to this dismissing the idea that doing Roman military history could be a disadvantage in the job market because it is so popular with the public.
There absolutely is a hiring bias against military history in the field, but it has nothing to do with being white or male.
There absolutely is a hiring bias against military history in the field, but it has nothing to do with being white or male.
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Horses' only sin is that its broad themes don't entirely pay off its loaded imagery. Otherwise, it's an effectively uncomfortable games that turns life's mundane humiliations into surreal horror. If anything, its bans fill in its thematic gaps for it. My review. www.polygon.com/horses-banne...
Horses review - the banned Steam game doesn't deserve its ban
Horses tackles life's daily humiliations with surreal horror that will make you squirm
www.polygon.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Horses' only sin is that its broad themes don't entirely pay off its loaded imagery. Otherwise, it's an effectively uncomfortable games that turns life's mundane humiliations into surreal horror. If anything, its bans fill in its thematic gaps for it. My review. www.polygon.com/horses-banne...
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This is the stupidest possible angle to take about the very real problem that people want to role play in lots of ways that D&D isnt suited for but D&D has such crushing market share that people shoehorn their games into a system that actively resists them
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is the stupidest possible angle to take about the very real problem that people want to role play in lots of ways that D&D isnt suited for but D&D has such crushing market share that people shoehorn their games into a system that actively resists them
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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"There's a famous story-"
"Nine billion names of god. Yes, the fundamental premise is true. Once we find the name of God and enough of us speak it with gratitude, all will be bliss."
"With gratitude? So computers won't solve it?"
"No. But we have a promising scheme."
"What?"
"Medication names."
"Nine billion names of god. Yes, the fundamental premise is true. Once we find the name of God and enough of us speak it with gratitude, all will be bliss."
"With gratitude? So computers won't solve it?"
"No. But we have a promising scheme."
"What?"
"Medication names."
August 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"There's a famous story-"
"Nine billion names of god. Yes, the fundamental premise is true. Once we find the name of God and enough of us speak it with gratitude, all will be bliss."
"With gratitude? So computers won't solve it?"
"No. But we have a promising scheme."
"What?"
"Medication names."
"Nine billion names of god. Yes, the fundamental premise is true. Once we find the name of God and enough of us speak it with gratitude, all will be bliss."
"With gratitude? So computers won't solve it?"
"No. But we have a promising scheme."
"What?"
"Medication names."
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"One time," my neighbour said, "my dog escaped and chased a car down the road."
"Did he catch it?"
"No, he didn't." My neighbour scratched his chin. "What are you gonna do?"
We looked from my proud dog to the chicken-legged hut he'd somehow corralled into the yard.
"Dunno. Leave the country?"
"Did he catch it?"
"No, he didn't." My neighbour scratched his chin. "What are you gonna do?"
We looked from my proud dog to the chicken-legged hut he'd somehow corralled into the yard.
"Dunno. Leave the country?"
September 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"One time," my neighbour said, "my dog escaped and chased a car down the road."
"Did he catch it?"
"No, he didn't." My neighbour scratched his chin. "What are you gonna do?"
We looked from my proud dog to the chicken-legged hut he'd somehow corralled into the yard.
"Dunno. Leave the country?"
"Did he catch it?"
"No, he didn't." My neighbour scratched his chin. "What are you gonna do?"
We looked from my proud dog to the chicken-legged hut he'd somehow corralled into the yard.
"Dunno. Leave the country?"
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The knight stood, triumphant, over the prostrate dragon. He raised his sword high above his head and-
"I wouldn't if i were you"
The voice was in his head. Confused, he glanced around. A black cat was cleaning a paw, casually nearby.
He raised the sword again.
"Are you REALLY, really sure?" /1
"I wouldn't if i were you"
The voice was in his head. Confused, he glanced around. A black cat was cleaning a paw, casually nearby.
He raised the sword again.
"Are you REALLY, really sure?" /1
September 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The knight stood, triumphant, over the prostrate dragon. He raised his sword high above his head and-
"I wouldn't if i were you"
The voice was in his head. Confused, he glanced around. A black cat was cleaning a paw, casually nearby.
He raised the sword again.
"Are you REALLY, really sure?" /1
"I wouldn't if i were you"
The voice was in his head. Confused, he glanced around. A black cat was cleaning a paw, casually nearby.
He raised the sword again.
"Are you REALLY, really sure?" /1
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...I have just seen someone saying "servicemembers should refuse orders...that clearly violate the constitution" and while I agree, there is a distinct messaging problem here. Friends, SCOTUS often can't agree on what violates the constitution. You want 22yo business majors to figure it out???
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
...I have just seen someone saying "servicemembers should refuse orders...that clearly violate the constitution" and while I agree, there is a distinct messaging problem here. Friends, SCOTUS often can't agree on what violates the constitution. You want 22yo business majors to figure it out???
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Cool free stuff alert: They're giving away the base version of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 this weekend.
Really good co-op first-person brawler about the world's most dysfunctional friend group fighting through the ratpocalypse.
There's some decent DLC but they've added a LOT for free over the years.
Really good co-op first-person brawler about the world's most dysfunctional friend group fighting through the ratpocalypse.
There's some decent DLC but they've added a LOT for free over the years.
Save 100% on Warhammer: Vermintide 2 on Steam
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
store.steampowered.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Cool free stuff alert: They're giving away the base version of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 this weekend.
Really good co-op first-person brawler about the world's most dysfunctional friend group fighting through the ratpocalypse.
There's some decent DLC but they've added a LOT for free over the years.
Really good co-op first-person brawler about the world's most dysfunctional friend group fighting through the ratpocalypse.
There's some decent DLC but they've added a LOT for free over the years.
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these posts--from the same poster--a leftist!--speak to how the lure of the imagined natural grips even people on the left. but actually what is "natural" to humanity fucking sucks. most of human history is a story of violence, scarcity, and rape from which we have only recently escaped
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
these posts--from the same poster--a leftist!--speak to how the lure of the imagined natural grips even people on the left. but actually what is "natural" to humanity fucking sucks. most of human history is a story of violence, scarcity, and rape from which we have only recently escaped
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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This is a fantastic series of posts about subsistence farming and why your ancestors will rise from the grave and smack you if you return to it after they got out.
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social did a fantastic series on that reality recently.
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households
This is the first post in a series discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. Prior to the industria…
acoup.blog
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a fantastic series of posts about subsistence farming and why your ancestors will rise from the grave and smack you if you return to it after they got out.
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THIS IS SO GOOD HOLY SHIT
Hello! After an entire year, I finally finished working on this animation! And apologies for being silent for long periods of time recently, but I was completely locked in😁
It should premiere this coming Friday, 2:00 PM PST. More details in the video link below 👍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_9...
It should premiere this coming Friday, 2:00 PM PST. More details in the video link below 👍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_9...
Perception Check - Goblin Mode
YouTube video by Sinto_J
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
THIS IS SO GOOD HOLY SHIT
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Hello! After an entire year, I finally finished working on this animation! And apologies for being silent for long periods of time recently, but I was completely locked in😁
It should premiere this coming Friday, 2:00 PM PST. More details in the video link below 👍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_9...
It should premiere this coming Friday, 2:00 PM PST. More details in the video link below 👍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_9...
Perception Check - Goblin Mode
YouTube video by Sinto_J
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hello! After an entire year, I finally finished working on this animation! And apologies for being silent for long periods of time recently, but I was completely locked in😁
It should premiere this coming Friday, 2:00 PM PST. More details in the video link below 👍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_9...
It should premiere this coming Friday, 2:00 PM PST. More details in the video link below 👍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_9...
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