Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Ben Wright - Queex

@queex.bsky.social

200 followers 240 following 2.6K posts

I write stuff. Day job is statistical genetics. He/him or they/them. https://patreon.com/Queex https://queex.bandcamp.com Avatar & banner: @felflowne

patreon.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · May 10

These beauties came in this week and I love them.

You can visit wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove... to get your delicious paper or snazzy electron copies. @dergullen.bsky.social's half absolutely slaps, a tense story with sustained commitment to an inspired idea.

Three books fanned out on a wooden table.
Titled "Wiz Duos 1", two novellas in a single binding - "The God Road" by David Gullen and "To Sail the Interstice" by Ben Wright.

1 10 10

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 21h

It's like the recurrent discourse in education whenever teaching moves away from rote memorisation of facts and towards analysis of those facts.

The old way lets cobwebbed private school toffs pretend they are erudite, just because they can quote Classics.

1 2

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 23h

Components from the board game City of the Six Moons

Reposted by Ben Wright - Queex

Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 1d

OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

and since he really does have a quote for everything, in the wise words of Sir Terry Pratchett: “Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”

22 110 620

Reposted by Ben Wright - Queex

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 1d

things bullets say

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 1d

Almost every time I go thru JFK something weird happens.

6 760 4.7K

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

Coming from only having played 2nd Ed. AD&D, Feng Shui was a revelation.

Slimline ruleset. Emphasis on being cool. No penalties for trying something off the wall. Mook rules. Even just the idea of creating your own story, tailored to the PCs, instead of buying pre-built modules, seemed like magic.

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 2d

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

The copy on that is pleading with the prospective buyer.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

Coming soon: Romancing the $TONE

Count Hurricane 🧛🦇 | Racing and Pilot VTuber @caphurricane.bsky.social · 1d

for some reason there'll be a sequel of it because *rolls Hollywood weird guy dice* Chris Pratt will lobby whoever owns the rights to it for a decade

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

I caused some amusement when WFH because someone had never heard "knock off" as in "finish work" before, and assumed I meant the other thing.

Reposted by Ben Wright - Queex

Fagatha Ghostie @joelnb.bsky.social · 1d

Don't make me tap the Robert Pattinson quote, Leto.

“I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an assholes,” Pattinson said in an interiew with Variety in November. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

26 690 3.1K

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 2d

A new fantasy story, free to read as always.

The last couple of months have been a bit tight, so if you've been thinking of chucking a couple of quid into the patreon, this is an excellent time.

www.patreon.com/posts/story-...

Story: Pride of Lillanta | Queex

Get more from Queex on Patreon

www.patreon.com

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly last week "Manually entered Excel spreadsheet" would also fit.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

"Just a small change"

sexy ludovician @beardynoise.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

"Pack of pup players"

KB @kbfoodphotos.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

"Dog has the shits"

1 3

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 3d

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 3d

Are you sure?
i.makeagif.com/media/9-21-2...

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 3d

14.63 Metrejobs

ky @kymiera.bsky.social · 3d

16 Yardjobs

JAV Titles @jav.scd.lol · 4d

48 Footjobs

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 3d

It's anarchy in Portland. I hear antifa are sending in ultimate terrorists. Neighbourhoods terrorised by human monsters. Sad.

A man in a felt frog costume walks slowly towards the camera from the middle distance, shot from a low angle like a western.

1 1

Reposted by Ben Wright - Queex

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 4d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

140 3.9K 20K

Reposted by Ben Wright - Queex

Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 4d

"That's rough, Buddy" - Sisyphus

Sky News @news.sky.com · 4d

Macron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister - four days after he quit

French President Emmanuel Macron has re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister.

news.sky.com

3 6 41

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, but you haven't lived until you've had it jerked by someone with 8 fingers per hand.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 4d

Two things undermine your sarcasm:

- It did work when done before (how well is arguable)
- UBI continually demonstrates that it works and yet no-one has rolled it out for reasons unrelated to its efficacy

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 4d

Irrelevant to the issues I discussed. It's an open question how much revenue would actually be raised, but a reduction in wealth inequality is a valid policy goal in its own right even if revenue is unchanged or decreases.

1 2

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 4d

Personally, I think the best time to reclaim excess wealth that's been accrued due to weak income tax policy is via death duties and stricter rules regarding family trusts, but the case for wealth taxes is strong and this article fails to convincingly argue against it.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 4d

...e.g., it says the current proposals have high rates compared to historical ones, but then never says what the rates were.

Plus it has the common flaw of trying to optimise the metric (growth, investment) rather than what matters (personal economic stability) that the metric nominally measures.2/

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly, that entire article looks like garbage. It's a mix of dubious claims, and claims where even if true, so what? Someone sitting on billions in assets paying a high marginal rate on something worth millions is not a real problem. It also doesn't actually back up some of its claims 1/

Reposted by Ben Wright - Queex

Count Hurricane 🧛🦇 | Racing and Pilot VTuber @caphurricane.bsky.social · 4d

CIVILISATION ENDING EXPLAINED

3 views - 1👍

1 3