My mom has shoes with side-zipper and velcro, and truth to be honest it seems real convenient and the way to go.

Referring to Asimov, Campbell, Ellison, Heinlein, Herbert, Niven, and Pournelle as scrotepunk now and no one can stop me.

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What We Are Seeking From Cameron Reed, the acclaimed author of The Fortunate Fall, comes a soaring novel of queer hope and transformation, perfect for readers of Ann Leckie and ...

The novel
It destroyed its cage
Yes
YES
The novel is out

Published today:
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Had fried potato tacos and påskmust so food today was good but other than that I've mostly done nothing. A cycle of zoning out between attempts to be creative and feeling sick of anxiety. Recommend the food, skip the rest.

Yeah. They're the kind of books I have good memories about, but I also really don't want to reread. 13 year-old me went "so cool" about riding dragons while also "something's weird here".

I am glad I was mature enough to pick up on how real she portrayed abuse in Dragonsong though.

In fact:

SPECULATIVE POETRY FRIENDS, PLEASE SOUND OFF!

If you're a speculative poet with a published FORMAL POEM anywhere readily available on the internet, please reply to this post with examples of your work!
Any form is good!
Show off your prosodic prowess here!

Chart your GMing style Goals Focus Goals are the most defining part of your GMing style. Why do you get behind the screen? What is the purpose of the game you run? World Challenge Theater World: You want to present a living world for the players to get immersed in and affect. Theater: You want to present a story for the players, centered around their characters. Spectacle: You want to present epic scenes that stick in the players' memory. Challenge: You want to present a hard but fair challenge to the players. Focus is what happens on a smaller scale from session to session. What do you spend your time on, during play and during prep? Simulation Acting Mechanics Homebrew Spectacle Narrative Emergence Simulation: You track as much of the world as you can to make it feel real, though not necessarily with attached mechanics. Mechanics: Complex systems, whether pre-existing or homebrewed, make up the fun in your game. Homebrew: Coming up with your own mechanics or content is the juice for you. Emergence: You love running with whatever your players surprise you with. Narrative: You're looking to hit satisfying story beats, whether those are pre-planned or emergent. Acting: You immerse your players by portraying the characters in your world as accurately as possible.

The chart originated from the @hellomcdm.bsky.social community, but I'm not part of it so I don't know the specific person to credit.

GOALS are Mostly Theatre -> World -> Spectacle -> Challenge Focus is Emergence -> Narrative -> Acting- Simulation & Hombrew -> Mechanics.

It is hard to analys yourself but I had to have a go. I'm sure my players can go "you dolt, this should be higher/lower." #ttrpg #GMstyleChart

We lose again: Windham-Campbell Prize manqué Was going to post this on Substack, but they don't let you indent blocks of text.     Today’s insanely long installmen...

Helen DeWitt on turning down a $175k Windham-Campbell Prize because she wasn't able to handle the prize's mandatory publicity requirements. Imo a moving, deeply relatable, and darkly funny story about money, obligation, mental health, & executive dysfunction
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happy stake thru her haht n gahlic roon a naick day to those who celebrate

Uppenbarligen kaffets fel som inte påminde att den hade glömts bort.

finally, some good Discourse

Fem år sedan jag uppmärksammade friskolelobbyns remissyttrande med formuleringen om det etiskt svåra med likvärdig utbildning för alla elever oavsett hur mycket skatt föräldrarna betalat. Språket är mer polerat idag, men andemeningen är i praktiken densamma.
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Strömmer ser ut som en fascistisk variant av Edward Blom. Antar att det är därför han fick en ministerpost för det är ju uppenbarligen inte kopplat till kompetens.

So the Ravenloft game I'm in is a bit cursed and we lost a player due to schedule issues, so if anyone *mutual* who can and want to play on Tuesdays 20 CEST (2PM EST/11AM PST) there might be a space.

DM approval of course.

(Mutuals only because I can't vet for strangers.)

Turns out storm warning winds aren't as calming for sleep as rain. Who could have guessed!?

Pilgrim I literally never read a prologue on principle alone. If it's that important, it should be in the book.

Doyle789 I agree completely. The epilogues and prologues aren't part of the story. If they were important they would be part of the story. People write forwards for books, that's just another person writing about what they thought about the book or author... I assume that's what author is doing in the prologue and epilogues

Erin I agree. I feel like it's stuff that wasn't good enough to be in the book 20h Reply 100

dude epilogues and prolouges to me are equivalent to dvd bonus features and are therefore skippable unless you're really into it 8h Reply • 255

I do not take booktok seriously and I never will. What the fuck you mean the epilogue and prologue “aren’t part of the book/story”???????

As opposed to almost all video/TV coverage, still photogs knew to drop the exposure for more drama AND detail in the plumes.
🧠 📷 🙌 🚀

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Hepatica: Brunt bistånd och blå dunster Hepatica-skandalen är kanske den enskilt bästa illustrationen av att det inte är borgerligheten som tämjt SD – utan tvärtom.

GP avslöjade 2023 att Johan Forssell (M) gjort om systemet för partianknytna biståndsorganisationer för att skapa ett miljonregn över SD. Och trots att SD grovt misskött verksamheten och struntat i redovisningsplikten pressar regeringen nu igenom 23 nya miljoner till SD

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there has to be something deeply wrong in your soul to be able to say "idk if this is a genocide and an apartheid state actually"

Co-host with a goat. Once a month I'll do a drawing video cohosted with a goat.

I used to have this as a goal on my patreon before they removed it. But! I will make a youtube video of it if someone April fools prank me the money. (Obviously without chargebacks scams, because fuck you if you ever do that.)

This is the only April Fools joke I'll accept.

Yes please.

So if your video comments allows pro-gamergate bullshit and people who can't handle when something isn't catering exclusively to them? That's your community now.

And yes, this is of course about "gritty D&D" DungeonTubers but also other places lately.

I really miss the Youtube block function.

Every place that has comments needs to be moderated. I know some don't and that in turn basically means you support whatever fans say in your space under the umbrella of false inclusivity of "everyone is welcome".

Online spaces follows the same principle as the nazi bar, it applies *everywhere*.

I am begging people to stop acting like we have to compromise or right wingers will enact fascism.

THEY WILL ENACT THE FASCISM ANYWAY.

The conservative justices on SCOTUS are going to rule against trans rights no matter what principle Kagan and Sotomayor try to follow. So why join them?

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Hi! I'm Juno, a transmasc illustrator and creative!

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