Davin Valkri

Better than a ruling of "for your incompetence, you are to be shot at dawn."

anyways

There is the T28/T95, but even that's burdened by practicalities like "the defense line we made this thing to breach has already been breached" and "how are we supposed to get this fat thing across the Atlantic?"

I'm definitely sympathetic to hopeless horror just meaning "here and now", but many people -- in Russia, Somalia, former Yugoslavia -- would object to your characterization of the 1990s. And of course before that you have nuclear war fears, before that the world wars, before that imperialism...

I fear there's a bit of sleight of hand being done by starting from Jan 25. Here is YouGov's information from Aug 24 to Feb 25. Note the massive swing on the 18-29 bracket. I would take this poll to indicate that age bracket's volatility, not left or rightism as such.

bsky.app/profile/toda...

I've been listening to Gilbert and Sullivan operas on Youtube. I can sing When the Night Wind Howls now, at least?

5,2: Dressed to Depress, or: My Commissioned Cosplay Has Turned More Heads Than I Thought It Would, and If I Take Off These Elf Ear Cuffs They'll Magic the Crap Out Of Me, But How Long Can the Charade Go On?!

1,5: Who's Who in Seelie Court, or: This Wealthy Elf Family Will Pay All My Education Fees If I Marry Another Elf Prince and Give Them Grandkids, and I Plan to Ride Their Largesse As Long As Possible Before They Figure Out I'm AMAB And Can't Continue Their Bloodline

Hang on, this robot girl is from Phantasy Star Online. That's a completely different continuity from Phantasy Star.

(Yes, I'm a nerd)

Oreo the cat sleeping, curled in a bean like shape.

Oreo the cat looking at the camera having previously been sleeping with his belly facing an open window.

If it's any consolation, it's a joke--they're talking about their regular paper dictionary like it's a fancy new AI whiz bang gizmo. E.g. "217,000 parameters" = 217,000 words defined.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

I'm in difficulties when it comes to critiques like this; in my head I'm between "I object, this is demeaning and objectifying to people who don't deserve it" and "I object, I'm not the target audience". For this story, where men in sexy situations is likely, would I read this unironically?

For the rest...
Dragon Pope
Cat Mafia
Mana/Bitcoin
Twitch
Inexplicable Republic
Beast Tamers

Clothing Optional (uh oh)
Pauldrons
Matriarchal weirdly
Dubious Military Uniforms
Arbitrary Restrictions
Goo Everywhere

"The Most Secure Sinecure" still works, I think (esp. with the pope option).

And honestly the only thing that's coming to mind is a Gilbert and Sullivan type opera, where the guild leader hasn't been out adventuring in decades to save his own skin.

"Stick close to your desks, and don't get killed/and you too may be the leaders of the Travelers' Guild!"

Oh, so you get 7 qualities total, one each from each subsection plus one wild card.

Honestly the wild cards I rolled feel like they'd be suitable for a parody of the old British Navy, where captaincies only opened up as senior officers died. "Promotion by Blood; or, The Most Secure Sinecure".

Just to clarify, what does the initial 1d6 roll affect? It looks like these tables only have the d66 component.

For me, I rolled 42--"Adventurer's Guild with a Highly Complex Internal Hierarchy and Ranking System"--and 66--"So, Like, Does Nobody Age in this World or Something?"

If you see this post an archer or ranger. Okay!

Say hi to Dav'ir, my BRD of Light. I've mained Bard from the start of FFXIV, and I'm glad I did; the thematic focus on history and memory keeps coming back in the game's storylines.

If only there were a Zeromus character we could beat up to fix the world.

Oh come on, I wish I could pull off even the "before" look irl.

I'm going to a convention this week where a whole lot of the vendors make their living on imports from Japan--figures, plushies, DVDs. Even when I try to relax that stupid, incompetent moron and his voters haunt me.

It's a wonderful idea but the picture is daft. The intended use for a drill grinder is something like "an entire rack of ribs pre smoking" or "50 separate servings of pasta", not "one egg".

This Absolute Boyfriend fanfic took a dark turn somewhere.

Oreo the cat playing with a rainbow kick toy

Oreo the cat with a wand toy with a star in trans pride colors

Oreo says Happy Pride Month, a subsidiary of Pride Life

Oreo the cat showing off his belly while sleeping against a cushion shaped like Pickles from Neko Atsume

Nope!

Oreo the cat loafing on a cardboard box in front of a broken down box of Oreos.

This cat is also named Oreo!

Oreo the cat with one eye open.

Oreo the cat lying on his side with his tongue out

I thought the traditional "right wing" view of war involved stuff like Desert Storm's technical overmatch, or theories of US grit and tactical superiority overcoming the godless commie hordes during the Cold War. How did that mindset get switched around?

I think "use an M113 for everything" is acceptable when the alternative is closer to "every military role must have its own boutique designed special purpose vehicle [wording deliberate] of which we will make 5 and not include any spare parts".