Scopperil
@scopperil.bsky.social
Not puns but paronomasia. I’m intending to talk about poetry and other books here but I bet I get distracted.
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2916 - in which I have been listening to the advice to have fewer unusual words. There's still one.
Cryptic crossword No 2,916 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,916 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 26 clues by Ilinx. Published Wed 3 Dec 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2916 - in which I have been listening to the advice to have fewer unusual words. There's still one.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m on my way to Dragonmeet after a couple of years away and, as tradition demands, there’s an obstruction on the track or emergency repairs (depending on which announcement you believe)
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I’m on my way to Dragonmeet after a couple of years away and, as tradition demands, there’s an obstruction on the track or emergency repairs (depending on which announcement you believe)
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Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
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Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
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Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
unchcrosswords.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
So I’m experimenting with crossword setting again. Aiming for weekly, and managing to be so for three in a row now here: www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2839
Cryptic crossword No 2,839 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,839 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 27 clues by Ilinx. Published Mon 10 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So I’m experimenting with crossword setting again. Aiming for weekly, and managing to be so for three in a row now here: www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2839
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Why do they call it RPG when you are do the pee and gee up on the table dice?
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Why do they call it RPG when you are do the pee and gee up on the table dice?
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"I PITY THE FOOL who measures out his life in coffee spoons. I ain't gonna wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled, fool."
Oh look. It's Mr T's Eliot.
Oh look. It's Mr T's Eliot.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"I PITY THE FOOL who measures out his life in coffee spoons. I ain't gonna wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled, fool."
Oh look. It's Mr T's Eliot.
Oh look. It's Mr T's Eliot.
Party of One has shown me so many systems and ways to play with past and future Jeff, too many to pick a favourite, but this would be on the list if I had to. pca.st/episode/c15e...
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Party of One has shown me so many systems and ways to play with past and future Jeff, too many to pick a favourite, but this would be on the list if I had to. pca.st/episode/c15e...
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the duality of man
October 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
the duality of man
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In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
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i'm so tired i could sleep a horse
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
i'm so tired i could sleep a horse
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/help... thinking about this for some reason this week
HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! - Lightspeed Magazine
As late as ten years ago, a mad scientist with a dream could expect to turn a decent profit with his lesser inventions and build enough capital to put his (or her!) real plans into play. Those days ar...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/help... thinking about this for some reason this week
Heist Funicular is my new Blades in the Dark character
oh man I thought they at least had to climb the ladder, but they had a handy little heist funicular
incredible work, French thieves
incredible work, French thieves
cannot stop laughing at the louvre heist escape video as they’re slowly lowered down the ladder in a bucket
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Heist Funicular is my new Blades in the Dark character
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It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
30 years ago, Katherine Bigelow made a sci-fi flop that changed her career for the better
Strange Days is a noir-soaked science-fiction thriller set against a backdrop of racial tension, police brutality, sexual assault, and disruptive tech
www.polygon.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
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The list of books from this era that will be considered classics in 100 years would probably horrify you.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The list of books from this era that will be considered classics in 100 years would probably horrify you.
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In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
I am professional and literary and yet this
September 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I am professional and literary and yet this
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We're up to ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE participants in our upcoming kitbash game jam. You should join them!
It costs you nothing and will probably lose me money in the long run. I'm not even 100% sure why I'm doing it.
itch.io/jam/one-hund...
It costs you nothing and will probably lose me money in the long run. I'm not even 100% sure why I'm doing it.
itch.io/jam/one-hund...
One Hundred One Page Games Jam
A game jam from 2025-10-01 to 2025-12-01 hosted by gshowitt. HELLO MY NAME IS GRANT HOWITT AND I HAVE WRITTEN ONE HUNDRED OF GAME. Below is a list of my one hundred one-page games. Some of them are lo...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're up to ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE participants in our upcoming kitbash game jam. You should join them!
It costs you nothing and will probably lose me money in the long run. I'm not even 100% sure why I'm doing it.
itch.io/jam/one-hund...
It costs you nothing and will probably lose me money in the long run. I'm not even 100% sure why I'm doing it.
itch.io/jam/one-hund...
@jntod.bsky.social I was enjoying Jen Calleja’s Goblinhood, and was suddenly delighted by your getting a call out in there.
September 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@jntod.bsky.social I was enjoying Jen Calleja’s Goblinhood, and was suddenly delighted by your getting a call out in there.
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BEHOLD!
My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game!
"i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!
My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game!
"i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!
i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE
A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job
brainmage.itch.io
September 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
BEHOLD!
My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game!
"i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!
My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game!
"i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!
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September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM