Chris Williams

lolololol. Woe is you if you find yourself in a room full of historian PhDs. Just ask my husband what it's like to go to one of our parties.

Imagine trying to explain this headline to someone ten years ago.

And I'm not sure "Hitler concerns" quite captures the scale of the problem, when just a few weeks ago the AI system they're integrating was calling itself "Mecha Hitler" and spraying out antisemitic content.

Les Miserables One Day More GIF Alt: Les Miserables One Day More GIF

One day more!

Another day.
Another roll of the die.

Going to keep saying: a society that wants to keep functioning needs to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

DIE the RPG compatible with logo.

The DIE RPG community licence has just gone up on RRD's site, so folks can make and publish their own DIE stuff. Have fun! #ttrpg #dierpg

rowanrookanddecard.com/rrd-communit...

Made it into the new Private Eye @privateeyenews.bsky.social Now I can retire.

You remember the last game.⁠
This one’s different.

Oh yeah, some people just don’t care. Or the tenants don’t clean up before the photos get taken.

Stockport prices.

(a scream test is where you delete something you think might be unnecessary and wait to see if anyone screams at you about it)

Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website Part of Article I Section 8, and all of Sections 9 and 10, which address things like habeas corpus, nobility, and militias, are gone from Congress's website for the Constitution.

Constitution sections on due process and foreign gifts just vanished from Congress' website

Include provisions such as habeas corpus, forbidding the naming of titles of nobility, and forbidding foreign emoluments for U.S. officials. www.404media.co/constitution...

YouTube video by Opera Australia I've Got a Little List - The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan

“As some day it may happen that a victim must be found
I've got a little list — I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed — who never would be missed!” www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NLV...

a fluffy black orb like a soot sprite is sitting on a white floor. there’s a small crescent shape of white right in the middle, with a black round spot centered within it. at first glance, it has the appearance of a single eyeball floating in the middle of the void. at second glance, it still looks like that. but maybe on third examination, it’s clearer that the white is from a dog’s little snout, and the black in the middle is the dog’s nose, and any other distinguishing feature like eyes, ears, and paws are absorbed into the black void.

an exceedingly fluffy black dog stands expectantly on the floor and looks up at a little kid in a high chair who presumably has snacks to share. the little bit of white on the dog’s nose and their pink tongue is the only interruption in the otherwise endless sea of darkness. but at least from this angle, they have a more defined body and tiny feet, so she’s a little less “orb” and a little more “dog.”

We only rate dogs. This is the goth cousin of Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. Please understand it's not just a phase, and only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (credit u/vincidelaunc)

Introducing Newcomers to Games: Theme & Mechanics Last week’s post about “Attracting Newcomers to Roleplaying Games” inspired me to consider two factors that might influence people in tryin...

I touched on this years ago from the perspective of introducing newcomers to gaming, though Matt's terminology of “metaphor” is far more artful than my use of “theme.”

The movie is due out soon!

The Horus Hear'Say

I can only apologise

Katori Shingo of the band SMAP, dressed as his alter-ego, Shingo Mama.

“Oha!”

Plotto They say that everyone has a novel in them. It could be about family history, journeys overseas, crime, innovation or a thriller. I’m sure everyone has a tale to tell. Sometimes, however, words dry up...

Plotto! William Wallace Cook. ipo.blog.gov.uk/2016/06/08/p...

It took me a very long time to learn "do your best" does not mean "give 100% effort even at the expense of your physical or mental health" or "give A+ effort even when it is clearly not appreciated or valued". Sometimes doing your best is heating up a can of soup and going to bed early.

You thought it ended.⁠
⁠
Stories like this don’t end.

Cher in CLUELESS saying "and may I remind you it does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty" is officially left of the Democratic Party

Warhammer is often about marines of space but what the people want is Fashion Skavens and they are skaven dolls and you dress them up in fancy outfits and you take them to visit your friends house and you drink coffee and you put your Fashion Skaven in your friend's Fashion Skaven house for a visit

Mrs Wyrd is, unsurprisingly, entirely supportive of this idea. She thinks the Water Rat family (Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters) would be a good fit.

people used to worship the sun, but at least the sun is warm and beautiful. what an ugly, fawning god they've made. a pathetic little bag of desperate need, made in the image of its users

the brain that can see a face in a wall outlet was always doomed to hear the voice of God in a markov chain

it's so funny that all it took was calling a chatbot "artificial intelligence" for people to believe that's really what it is. most humans are such fucking marks, man. lethally credulous species.

Clay tablet - Download Free 3D model by The British Museum (@britishmuseum) Clay tablet; letter from Nanni to Ea-nasir complaining that the wrong grade of copper ore has been delivered after a gulf voyage and about misdirection and delay of a further delivery Production date...

If you have, or know someone with, a 3d printer the British Museum has a model online. sketchfab.com/3d-models/cl...

The Court has no role in rebalancing financial inequalities and when can the court consider costs before judgment is given? High Court says it has "role in rebalancing financial inequalities" and finds that orders for costs can be considered & made prior to Judgment where such costs are "clearly attributable to conduct".

Pre-judgment costs orders and the role of the court where there are financial inequalities (spoiler there is no role). An interesting judgment serving as a reminder of the alignment of costs and access to justice. www.carterburnett.co.uk/costs-update... #costs #law #accesstojustice

The game begins again.

All will be revealed at week’s end.