#piday

Challenger's solid rocket boosters fly uncontrollably after the breakup of the external tank separated them from the shuttle stack. The remains of the orbiter and tank leave thin white contrails as they fall toward the Atlantic Ocean.

The seven astronauts of STS-51-L in blue NASA uniforms pose with helmets in front of a U.S. flag and model space shuttle. The mood is formal and proud. In the back row: Onizuka, McAuliffe, Jarvis, Resnik; In the front row: Smith, Scobee, McNair.

39 years ago today. I still remember it like it just happened.
#Challenger #SpaceShuttleChallenger

It is to the characteristics of change itself that the mentat-generalist must look. There can be no permanent catalogue of such change, no handbook or manual. You must look at it with as few preconceptions as possible, asking yourself: “Now what is this thing doing?”« (6/6)

For SoCal friends,

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Brendhan: "Thanksgiving with my In-Laws." - Pixelfed Thanksgiving with my In-Laws.

Thanksgiving holiday with the in-laws. Ethel M's Cactus Garden, the Bellagio Atrium decorations, as well as fine dinners at Il Chianti and Mon Ami Gabi. We also ate at Morimoto's, but I didn't get any pictures.

#thankgiving #familyvisit

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Ok. Then public domain or "hang-man" style stick figures. 😁
I've found some very good public domain art while researching mythological creatures, believe it or not.

I would reach out to some new or amateur artists here who do TTRPG work, or something like it. You might be surprised.

There are some good, but less established artists who wouldn't be that expensive. Just factor it into the price of the product.
I imagine it's the major expense in most Kickstarters.

My answer would largely depend on the type of project.

A project that will be distributed or sold to others deserves some professional art, by professional artists.
Something that you are going to use only at your table is a bit more flexible.
There is some good and new public domain out there.

POSSE: Reclaiming social media in a fragmented world A simple technique offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still maintaining a presence on third-party platforms.

A great article on how to manage ephemeral and fragmented #SocialMedia

POSSE: Reclaiming social media in a fragmented world

https://www.citationneeded.news/posse/

#Enshitification

For me, a TTRPG is a social activity. In a lot of those threads where people won't play a system for some reason, I'm kinda like the system is so far down the list of reasons I play a TTRPG it's almost nonexistent.

Toppling the pillars of the OSR: against lethality One of the accepted wisdoms in the OSR (as codified in e.g. the Principia Apocrypha ), as well at the NSR (as defined by Yochai Gal or Pa...

Poking the hornet's nest of the OSR community, I have written a blog post about my thoughts on lethality: personabler.blogspot.com/2024/11/topp...

Blue canary night light

In the outlet by the light switch. Watching over me.

#tmbg

Beautiful Japanese garden walk on a gorgeous day. Balboa Park in San Diego is spectacular.



#JapaneseFriendshipGarden #BalboaPark



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A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

#MemorialDay Weekend at #DeathValleyNationalPark.

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At 1:07 pm PDT, Las Vegas hit 100F for the first time this year.

Let the “dry heat” comments begin. :)

Brendhan (@obryanb@pixelfed.social) Last night was a beautiful evening for #MinorLeagueBaseball. #RenoAces @ #LasVegasAviators. Aces won 13 to 10. Lots of hot bats. #MiLB #Baseball @baseball@a.gup.pe

Last night was a beautiful evening for #MinorLeagueBaseball. #RenoAces @ #LasVegasAviators. Aces won 13 to 10. Lots of hot bats.
#MiLB #Baseball
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I must not stir the pot. Stirring the pot is the notification-killer. Participation in the discourse is the little death that brings total activity obliteration.I will face the bad opinions on the internet. I will permit them to pass over me and through me. And when they have gone past, I will turn the block button onto their source. Where the discourse has come from there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

A moment of silence for the 158 colonists of Hadley's Hope and the 10 Colonial Marines of the USS Sulaco.

It was the only way to be sure.
#AliensMovie

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Brendhan (@obryanb@pixelfed.social) #LasVegasAviators opening day versus the #RenoAces #MiLB #baseball #minorleaguebaseball @baseball@a.gup.pe

#LasVegasAviators opening day versus the #RenoAces
#MiLB #baseball #minorleaguebaseball

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New Wizardry UI exploring the dungeon

New Wizardry UI combat screenshot

Wizardry:Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord can be played again. Digital Eclipse has brought the game back, with the original Apple II code as a base, but as a full 3D remake.
I’ve been playing it on and off for the last three months or so.
#wizardry

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Brendhan (@obryanb@pixelfed.social) #BigLeagueWeekend in Las Vegas. Brewers @ As. #mlb #baseball

#BigLeagueWeekend in Las Vegas. Brewers @ As.

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#mlb #baseball

Just saw #Dune part 2. Spectacular. Part 1 and 2 are the best #ScienceFiction adaptation I have seen. Can we hope for a Heretics/Children sequel?

Private lunar lander returns U.S. to the moon 50 years later. Here's what to know The Houston-based company has pulled off the first successful commercial landing on the lunar surface. It's America's first soft landing in decades.

Intuitive Machines pulls off 1st commercial lunar landing : NPR
#space #moon #moonlanding
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@AlmanME: The fact that some people can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in ways I can't put into words

10/10, no notes.

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#CloudFlare #PatentTrolls

“It always seems a waste for all that water to come down on the city. It should restrict itself to the reservoirs.” - Elijah Baley, Caves of Steel. 
#sciencefiction #Asimov #CavesOfSteel

"If you think "pronouns are confusing," just wait until you find out about VERBS