”Where did he get a Polyphemus Sportster?”

Nancy strip where the aliens drive by Earth and see that it’s in the shape of Nancy’s head… happy earth day!

Nancy 4/22/26

The Disappearance of the Public Bench Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

I love this essay, not least because some colleagues and I just a few months ago went to Yestermorrow School of Design Build on a retreat to build democratic benches!

“Public benches signify a commitment to public life. They’re a small article of faith in an ideal”

Every month, @epidiah.bsky.social and I record our talks about design and play of truly true roleplaying games for about 2 hours (our regular Unwritten Earths Symposium Podcast episodes), and then more about games, media and life for another 1-2 (Plus Expenses).

It's fun and we like doing it!

Can you tape a magnet to a long, skinny stick?

Smokey camel?

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Watching these Eidolon Folios for Swords Without Master roll in has been amazing! I want you to adventure in these worlds, meet these creatures, and hang with these swords.

But right now, I want to talk to my fellow publishers about the power of hiring an art director.

36% you say?

Blackstradamus remains undefeated 🔮🧙🏿‍♂️

A fun thread!

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What's up? Cucumber eyes.

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Look, for my money the absolute game changer technologies right now are batteries and biosciences, not statistically modeling a mid conversation, but you do you.

The Long Read: Mausritter A long first look at Mausritter

What's better than a small game about being mice? A long thread about a small game about being mice, transposed onto a blog.*

*It's not actally better but you should read my long read of Mausritter anyway: https://loottheroom.uk/the-long-read-mausritter

Thanks to one & all grabbing Forest Outlaws lately, not so much for the grabbing* as for the fact it means so many people have it already through itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...!

*though for the grabbing, too

Dead Renaissance - The Waves of the OSR | Snow Get more from Snow on Patreon

Just posted this essay about the OSR, but more so about how TTRPGs have created their own genres and these things we consider cliques or movements are actually greater extensions of what TTRPGs have done unique from other mediums.

www.patreon.com/posts/155858133

"Hey, these fingers have eyes!"

iPad “Photos” app Q… I have *several* duplicate photos in my Library (I made a mistake w/ Airdrop from my phone y6estgerday). The Duplicates shows only 1 example of a duplicate photo. Is there a way to get it to show all of them?

When is the last time you read The Phantom of the Opera?

The Kitty on the ham says, "clear the road, clear the road, clear the road all through the town."

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit

Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here

Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse

Media and universities: AI is here to stay

An AI slop image showing the '12 steps to masterful game directing", including 'Connectiarg' and 'Porkon Cows'

People over on Facebook/YouTube/elsewhere on bluesky/reality have been mocking this, but these are all totally genuine and highly advanced GMing techniques pioneered in obscure corners of indie rpg design in the early 2000s.

Let's go through them one by one and learn together.

Post by @227rivercruise 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Oh, dang. · There will be more posts. More photos & more observations on a river cruise specifically. But today is not that day. As I write this we are in O’Hare at 11:32am. We ar…

Ooph.

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Massive thread of the magnificent artists who brought these Unwritten Earths to life!

The other thing is that in a gig economy there is no degree that promises a good career anymore, not because you should have studied computer science or social media management instead of history or Russian literature, but because there are no careers

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A green monster with a single eyeball making up its face, appearing in what might be a mouth (because there are teeth ringing the eye) holds aloft a scroll with a thick fingered hand. To the left side, a few bullet points of text: * The Plaintiff carries a suitcase full of legal documents, takes copious notes, cries frequently. * Players each receive a Subpoena (cursed document), inflicting a geas to visit several courts of law, none of them close.

Just remembered out of the blue that I once wrote a little RPG companion who hatches from an egg and immediately sues you for hatching them.

If that sounds fun to you, it appears with many other system-agnostic egg weirdos and is only $5.

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The Muppet Show - 520: Wally Boag - UK Spot: “Danny Boy” (1981) YouTube video by The Muppet Show Vault

It is always the right day for this, oh boy, oh boy.

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Screenshot Lucavi @lucavi_ftw good news everyone SPACE com Potatoes are better than human blood for making space concrete bricks, scientists say.

Were

Were those the only two options

When people used to ask me that all the time, I’d fall down. But theb I’d get up again and order a cider drink. From Dannyboy.

“take care of your mental health” meme by obvious plant: - talk about your feelings - keep active - eat an potato - recite a dark spell” is darkstalker - throw your phone in the lake - kiss a bird gently - scowl - make fun of someone you don’t like - lie down in the dirt and let the earth slowly reclaim you

Great meme from the 2010s or Greatest Meme from the 2010s?