Will Robertson
@wrobertson668.bsky.social
Biologist. Cat dad. College instructor.
Tabletop RPGs, especially Traveller and old versions of D&D.
Wannabe artist and craftsman.
Tabletop RPGs, especially Traveller and old versions of D&D.
Wannabe artist and craftsman.
The idea of pack-hunting dinosaurs is funny. " A "smart" dinosaur still made an emu look like a genius. All of these archosaur groups were more like crocodiles than anything else. That's where group behavior comes in, or, rather, doesn't. They didn't have enough processing power to work together.
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The idea of pack-hunting dinosaurs is funny. " A "smart" dinosaur still made an emu look like a genius. All of these archosaur groups were more like crocodiles than anything else. That's where group behavior comes in, or, rather, doesn't. They didn't have enough processing power to work together.
Already seeing the fights brewing about "Christmas tree" vs "Holiday tree."
Call it what you will. Focus on what it means to you. Celebrate with family and friends in the manner you choose.
Focus on what is good in the world, then foster that goodness in whatever way you can.
Call it what you will. Focus on what it means to you. Celebrate with family and friends in the manner you choose.
Focus on what is good in the world, then foster that goodness in whatever way you can.
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Already seeing the fights brewing about "Christmas tree" vs "Holiday tree."
Call it what you will. Focus on what it means to you. Celebrate with family and friends in the manner you choose.
Focus on what is good in the world, then foster that goodness in whatever way you can.
Call it what you will. Focus on what it means to you. Celebrate with family and friends in the manner you choose.
Focus on what is good in the world, then foster that goodness in whatever way you can.
If any of my FB friends are here, I've apparently been banned and/or had my account suspended for...reasons? Something? Who knows?
Maybe I was making too much fun of a certain Orange Thing and its gaggle of incompetent criminal cronies.
Maybe I was making too much fun of a certain Orange Thing and its gaggle of incompetent criminal cronies.
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If any of my FB friends are here, I've apparently been banned and/or had my account suspended for...reasons? Something? Who knows?
Maybe I was making too much fun of a certain Orange Thing and its gaggle of incompetent criminal cronies.
Maybe I was making too much fun of a certain Orange Thing and its gaggle of incompetent criminal cronies.
Barred owl (Strix varia) having a late breakfast of starling (probably Sturnus vulgaris).
May 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Barred owl (Strix varia) having a late breakfast of starling (probably Sturnus vulgaris).
"...The key concept is that of "threshold": the number or proportion of others who must make one decision before a given actor does so; this is the point where net benefits begin to exceed net costs for that particular actor..."
Where is your threshold?
sociology.stanford.edu/publications...
Where is your threshold?
sociology.stanford.edu/publications...
Threshold Models of Collective Behavior | Sociology
Models of collective behavior are developed for situations where actors have two alternatives and the costs and/or benefits of each depend on how many other actors choose which alternative. The key co...
sociology.stanford.edu
February 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"...The key concept is that of "threshold": the number or proportion of others who must make one decision before a given actor does so; this is the point where net benefits begin to exceed net costs for that particular actor..."
Where is your threshold?
sociology.stanford.edu/publications...
Where is your threshold?
sociology.stanford.edu/publications...
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Some old maps for a post-apocalyptic RPG I sorted out a long time ago.
February 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Some old maps for a post-apocalyptic RPG I sorted out a long time ago.
Seven years ago I met this little dude. He's grown a bit since.
February 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Seven years ago I met this little dude. He's grown a bit since.
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Correct. He’s not capable of playing multidimensional chess. Or chess. Or checkers. Or tic-tac-toe. As one of his aides put it during Shit Show I, “he’s just eating the pieces” on the board.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
Bingo. I keep telling people I know that there’s no grand plan here, or to anything he does. He’s not playing 4D chess. He’s a fascistic sociopath that seeks adoration and applause for everything he does, and he wants to be the focus of EVERYTHING.
It’s that simple, folks, don’t overthink it.
It’s that simple, folks, don’t overthink it.
February 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Correct. He’s not capable of playing multidimensional chess. Or chess. Or checkers. Or tic-tac-toe. As one of his aides put it during Shit Show I, “he’s just eating the pieces” on the board.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
RPG campaign map I really need to finish. Geology based on large bolide impact event that formed the multi-ring basin on the east side of the map. Subsequent plate tectonics have warped the crater into an oval.
Yeah, I likes me some fantasy geology, I surely do...
Yeah, I likes me some fantasy geology, I surely do...
February 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
RPG campaign map I really need to finish. Geology based on large bolide impact event that formed the multi-ring basin on the east side of the map. Subsequent plate tectonics have warped the crater into an oval.
Yeah, I likes me some fantasy geology, I surely do...
Yeah, I likes me some fantasy geology, I surely do...
A group of people on Lake Konstance, Switzerland, chanting as they rowed out of the mist. No idea what language they were using.
February 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A group of people on Lake Konstance, Switzerland, chanting as they rowed out of the mist. No idea what language they were using.
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Fire in the Sky
February 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Fire in the Sky
Carolina anole
February 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Carolina anole
Sounds about right.
February 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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Republicans will squat in the dark and shit on their shoes and call it freedom, just so long as the people they hate have it worse.
February 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Republicans will squat in the dark and shit on their shoes and call it freedom, just so long as the people they hate have it worse.
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Here's a post from another platform by Richard Adamski :
Anyone ever play a game with two DMs at the same time? Did it work well? Some DMs are good at evoking immersive worlds. Others are better with game rules. Thoughts?
#TTRPG #OSR #D&D #BECMI
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Anyone ever play a game with two DMs at the same time? Did it work well? Some DMs are good at evoking immersive worlds. Others are better with game rules. Thoughts?
#TTRPG #OSR #D&D #BECMI
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February 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here's a post from another platform by Richard Adamski :
Anyone ever play a game with two DMs at the same time? Did it work well? Some DMs are good at evoking immersive worlds. Others are better with game rules. Thoughts?
#TTRPG #OSR #D&D #BECMI
Original Feed:
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Anyone ever play a game with two DMs at the same time? Did it work well? Some DMs are good at evoking immersive worlds. Others are better with game rules. Thoughts?
#TTRPG #OSR #D&D #BECMI
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Portrait of Lord Fred.
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Portrait of Lord Fred.
Australopithecus sediba, type specimen, Perot Museum, Dallas, TX.
February 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Australopithecus sediba, type specimen, Perot Museum, Dallas, TX.
They have the right idea.
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
They have the right idea.
Big tub, little kitty
February 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Big tub, little kitty
Whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia)
January 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia)
Neo, the Homo naledi type skeleton, during his visit to the Perot Museum, Dallas, TX.
January 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Neo, the Homo naledi type skeleton, during his visit to the Perot Museum, Dallas, TX.
Trilobite trackway, approx. 320 million years old. Montague County, Texas.
January 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trilobite trackway, approx. 320 million years old. Montague County, Texas.