Michael Harrison

An update: the turkey seminar was very informative. Gobbler physiology is fascinating. Waddles and snoods are for thermoregulation and courtship display. No certainty on why they have beards, though, so it usually gets chalked up to sexual selection. 201 session is tonight! I'm hype.

I've never even thought about making venison pho. That's such a fantastic idea.

🙃

Hank Shaw’s Hunt, Gather, Cook was an early catalyst for getting into it. I need to check out his new cookbooks.

AI people are so fucking dumb they made a response to that post using homelander jesus christ it should be illegal to be this dumb

12 Steps to Avoid Disappointment this Holiday Season “Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” —Janice Maeditere The holidays can be a most wonderful time of year. The season is often marked with family, tradition, and...

Reading this list is my annual tradition. And I always try (and often fail) at following all of the very good advice within. This year, I'm focusing on not pushing my expectations on to others, and offering forgiveness quickly.

Just watched an Opera GX "quest" on Discord. The concept of a "gaming browser" sounds so idiotic on the surface, but even if it IS a good idea (limiting CPU/RAM usage so it doesn't impact a running game app), that ad sure didn't make me want to investigate any further!

Always impressed with how you explain your stances on these things, Rodney. Thank you so much for using your influence to stand up for trans rights. 💖

I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.

Wow. It’s absurd when you count the years.

Was the internet truly better back then, or are we just doing the thing that people do when they get older?

There's a scene in episode 4 of The Pitt where Dr. Robby is fighting a panic attack in the bathroom and he remembers that he has to pee, has had to pee for nearly an hour, and he finally does. Visceral to an ADHDer like me with massive executive dysfunction. I felt that relief so hard.

YouTube video by Natania Barron Arthurian April | Day 2 — All About Arthur

And Day Two us also up, wherein I follow the threads through the past to talk about how we started talking about Arthur in the first place.

youtu.be/WJ92afGitXI?...

Regardless, glad we were there to commiserate. Hopefully the accompanying #dnd sesh was cathartic. ❤️‍🩹

Today’s hot take: romance books are for anyone.

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

A very floofy, very sleepy golden retriever totally splayed out on a bed.

50% golden retriever, 50% muppet. 100% the best boy ever.

RPG tip: Let players roll all their dice even if you know it's a fatal blow. Don't take away their fun with the math rocks.

#dnd #ttrpg

Yeah, they make 'em that way. They're a little unwieldy, though. It's like rolling a golf ball.

Outside of Breakaway/Dingo Dog tonight. 😝

SagaBorn Dice: An Icosahedron D100 Making a d100 roll as well as a d20.

Do I need more dice?

No.

Do I need a d100 set that uses icosahedra instead of decahedra?

Also no.

But I'm still backing this Kickstarter, because it's $10 and I need all the little joy I can find. Maybe you'll want to back it, too?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...

Of course. It's just a great example of how impossibly high those numbers are. Your true point--that he could do a heck of a lot of good with his immense wealth, but is instead doing... ::gestures angrily::--still stands.

Math on Elon Musk’s money doesn’t add up When Tesla owner Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion dollars, many social media users offered their thoughts

This comes up a lot. See www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Just further evidence that humans basically cannot comprehend the levels of wealth that dudes like Musk have. Which works in their favor.

I loathe the guy you’re referring to, but your math is wrong. Splitting $404 billion among 304 million people would give each person $1,625.

Announcing my new chrome extension, in the millennials/snake-people tradition, to fix one of the major aesthetic liabilities on the internet right now: "I asked ChatGPT" phrases in posts and headlines. Join me and free yourself by installing My Stupid Friend chromewebstore.google.com/detail/my-st...

Really cool post revisiting Rachael Ray's visit to the Triangle from 20 years ago and somehow managing three meals and a snack on $40 in the year of our lord 2024

Screencap of longtime harasser and all-around awful person Zak S's Bsky profile at zakthepainter.bsky.social

Hey y'all, Zak S is trying to make his way onto Bsky.

Idk about y'all but I don't think we need his awfulness showing up here.

A ★★½ review of The Dark and the Wicked (2020) Highly effective dread in the setup, really engaging premise, and some exceptional acting from Marin Ireland. Really falls apart in the end, though. I don't need a pat explanation for everything going...

Watched THE DARK AND THE WICKED last night. Really weird Oz prequel, tbh. The singing was pretty bad. Didn't see GLADIATOR 2 the same day, so maybe I just misunderstood the assignment? boxd.it/7Ugzf3

A recipe for Chicken Divan with notes that read “BASIC GARBAGE” and “UGH” and “tastes like a church supper”

My great aunt was a soul friend, and she passed away in 2016.

I have her annotated cookbooks, though, and this one had me giggling and missing her so much. For someone born in the 1920s she sounded pretty modern here.

BASIC GARBAGE