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The rules and rulesets you create don't have to answer to people who don't choose to use them. They have to answer to the people who do choose to use them.

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

Well, gosh, if the administration wants to require everyone to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, why would they want the most accessible passport resource for citizens to stop processing…? 🤔

These people supposedly go to church, but are completely baffled by community action and people caring about each other.

What sad and empty lives MAGA must have.

a man holding a cup with the words " oppression is the mask of fear remember that " below him Alt: a man holding a cup with the words " oppression is the mask of fear remember that " below him

Have a nice day!

For example, when you come across someone who has changed their mind based on a technically incorrect understanding of something, the urge to correct their misunderstanding is counterproductive if they are now on the same page you are.

This is when pedantry stops being annoying and becomes harmful

Interesting word of the day is: dianoia

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dianoia

You know how zoom cancels out certain sound frequencies in order to reduce background noise? Does that include the fart frequencies? Asking for a friend.

Behold: The system that matters!

(Okay, I'm done now, I swear).

*takes a long drag off of her candy cigarette, grasping tightly onto her BookIt! Pizza Hut redemption coupon in her other hand*

"Democrats succeed in reducing crime and creating safe communities, while Republicans want to terrorize dishwashers and housekeepers when they're not demanding to inspect your kids' genitals" shouldn't be that hard of a message to communicate

Tumblr post by and-fishing-equipment reading "in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD instead ask: - Is it SINCERE - is it CATHARTIC - was it FUN TO MAKE - is it MADE BY ME and don't forget to stay silly"

Translators work hard to make sure that the translated words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, etc, not only convey the author's meaning, but also the author's *style.*

Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.

Holiday festivities in medieval and Tudor England included a celebration of social chaos and misrule, a tradition now honored in vestigial form for the next ~30 hours at supermarkets

It's Solstice time again so white dragons, night hags and frost giants, don't forget to use your +2 bonuses

All I want for Christmas is the headline.

My family is doing a Yankee swap, and gag gifts have been banned. My mother suggested a live lobster as a great idea for a serious gift. She is amazing.

Headline: "Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot" by Jan Martindale Dec. 10 2025

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

Please learn how to use your computer "The number of professionals in journalism, media, communications, and academia who still don't understand how to use the very tools they depend on for their livelihood is, frankly, staggering."

“Imagine a carpenter who couldn’t figure out how to adjust their table saw, or a surgeon who shrugged and said something like, “I’m just not a scalpel person.” We would never accept that.“

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/plea...

One of the most essential questions of TTRPG design boils down to this simple truth:

We want them to be able to shoot lasers, but we don't want them to shoot lasers *all the time*.

(Shooting lasers being a proxy for Doing Cool, Effective Stuff)

"I can't afford art, but I produced my book anyway using AI artwork and ripped off the artist community."

is 2025's

"I can't afford to tip, but I went out to eat at a sit-down restaurant anyway and stiffed the wait staff."

Interesting word of the day is: certamen

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/certamen

trad is when you ignore the rules to tell a story. storygame is when the rules drag you kicking and screaming into telling a story

"Failing Forward" in 13th Age #youtube #dungeonmaster

situations is "deadlier combat" instead of just not focusing on it. Want to make your game play faster? Deadlier combat. Discourage violence? Deadlier combat. Or, just don't have combat as a discreet option, and have mechanics that support diverse solutions.

Bonus rant.

Any skill engagement system that is constructed in the format of “roll to not look like a dumbass” is (modulo comedy), a failure to understand why people are here.

(The problem is not failure. The problem is is framing)

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

Swing by my building and put a few on my chair.

If Kohler can view the user’s toilet data, as it admits to doing in this email exchange with technologist Simon Fondrie-Teitler, then it’s not—by definition—using end-to-end encryption. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:

www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...