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Happy Thanksgiving!
a sign that says i 'm thankful for you with a cornucopia full of pumpkins
ALT: a sign that says i 'm thankful for you with a cornucopia full of pumpkins
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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I Finished First in the 2025 Manchester Road Race

I probably need to unpack that a bit. I finished first, which means I quit before anyone else, having run about a quarter mile of the 4 1/2 mile course. I wasn't even registered to run, so I didn't feel incredibly guilty about wimping out. But for…
I Finished First in the 2025 Manchester Road Race
I probably need to unpack that a bit. I finished first, which means I quit before anyone else, having run about a quarter mile of the 4 1/2 mile course. I wasn't even registered to run, so I didn't feel incredibly guilty about wimping out. But for that quarter mile, I was keeping up with the runners, in the pack, wearing my comfy crocs, as I headed back home.
westkarana.blog
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Today I give thanks to all who make the #DailyBlogroll possible: @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @aywren.bsky.social, @belghast.com, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @sypster.bsky.social, @ellie.wubrgsky.org and more!

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#PillarsOfEternity2 #Analogue3D #Demeo #FireEmblem
Syp burgles a powerful mage in Pillars of Eternity II, shuffles party members, and savors big dungeons over Deadfire’s interminable loading screens and so-so main story. Tipa unboxes the Analogue 3D, weighs $250 N64 nostalgia against blurry S-Video captures, and grumbles about missing FPGA cores and screenshot support. Kimimi revels in Battlemarked’s virtual tabletop Demeo x D&D mashup, praising its tactile miniatures, single-table focus, and delightfully hazardous diorama battlefields. Belghast and Ace bash their heads against brutal Destiny Rising Grandmaster content, then unwind with Morgran’s Hunt farming and disappointingly useless exotics. Ellie digs into Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade on GBA, contrasting its tougher, classic SRPG roots with the series’ later, friendlier entries like Awakening and Fates. Wilhelm uses Coca-Cola Classic, EverQuest progression servers, and WoW Classic to ask how long MMOs can live off recycled nostalgia before it just becomes the new normal. Warner finishes Ken Burns’ The American Revolution and lauds its myth-busting, letter-driven storytelling while lamenting how many will dodge its uncomfortable echoes in today’s politics. Joar reflects on decluttering before a house sale, finding letters, gadgets, and mementos that turn cleaning into a quiet reckoning with past selves. Bhagpuss muses on AI hype, bubbles, and business disillusionment, wondering which flavor of disappointment will actually land first. jwz links an Ars Technica report on OpenAI blaming a dead teen’s TOS violation, filing it under his ongoing chronicle of AI corporate ghoulishness. Dave Winer wants TV companion podcasts where the *characters* from Succession and Severance debrief the chaos, then pivots into building an "uncentralized" writer’s web atop WordPress. Aywren gushes about Tipa’s Daily Blogroll as both a cozy RSS-style discovery tool and a sneaky motivator to hit publish more often.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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quest64official.bsky.social
This looks like my kitchen setup
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Fifteen Years

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Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Analogue 3D: Play your Nintendo 64 games again

Analogue's latest retro console hardware emulator is a godsend for N64 afficionados, and almost nothing for anyone else.

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#Nintendo64 #analogue #Analogue3d
The Analogue 3D with Quest 64 inserted, displaying on an old monitor I had in the cellar, on my kitchen counter.
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Tomorrow road race, but today #DailyBlogroll. Stories by @scopique.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @aywren.bsky.social, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, @lunasgaminglog.com, @sypster.bsky.social, Joar, me, Azuriel, @belghast.com and more!

westkarana.xyz

#FFXIV #LOTRO #SteamMachine #StardewValley
Aywren grinds FFXIV’s Moogle Treasure Trove via Ocean Fishing, nabs the Ocean Fisher title, and cashes tomes for goodies like Gwiber of Light and Red Mage barding. Syp methodically deeds through LOTRO’s Umbar and Southern Mirkwood, from crab-slaying on the Cape to spider-farming in the Scuttledells, squeezing virtues and XP out of everything. Azuriel argues Valve’s new Steam Machine is really a midrange “GabeCube” PC-console for typical Steam rigs and living-room Minecraft—if they don’t blow it with an $800 price tag. Luna uses NAIAD and Stardew Valley to ponder how checklists, guides, and adult optimization sap the childlike curiosity out of playing games. Joar parks Diablo 4 after maxing a Spiritborn and returns to WoW alt leveling, pushing a Vulpera warlock toward The War Within before cycling through more allied races. Belghast, sick and doped on fake DayQuil, binges The Witcher season 4—finding Hemsworth surprisingly Geralt-ish—and starts the stylish, social-credit-powered anime To Be Hero X. Anarchae compiles a handy list of The Traitors and reality-TV podcasts, preferring Podcast Addict links to dodge Apple and Spotify nonsense. Nimgimli recounts a brutally exhausting DIY “micromove” full of gout, bad air mattresses, no chairs, and setting up wired Ethernet in the new place. Tipa visits the new “Toys R Us” in New Hampshire and finds a small Go! Calendars & Games in Geoffrey cosplay instead of the overwhelming toy paradise of her memories. Bruce Schneier excerpts House of Huawei to highlight how China’s intelligence services embedded agents in tech firms and why telecom gear is such a potent surveillance vector. Scopique breaks down his eldritch-horror Blender scene, faking uneven ground and foliage while poking at Blender 5.0’s tools instead of relearning World Creator. Dave Winer riffs on RSS 2.0 as anti-enshittification and sketches a new blog-based comment system where every reply lives on your own site instead of in some silo.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Toys “R” Us… Is it back?

Toys R Us was one of my favorite stores in the world. It was always a mandatory stop at the Northridge Mall in Salinas, and when we moved to Connecticut, I spent many hours in the one in the Buckland Plaza here in Manchester. I was devastated when it closed. We do have a…
Toys “R” Us… Is it back?
Toys R Us was one of my favorite stores in the world. It was always a mandatory stop at the Northridge Mall in Salinas, and when we moved to Connecticut, I spent many hours in the one in the Buckland Plaza here in Manchester. I was devastated when it closed. We do have a perfectly adequate toy story here still, the Time Machine, but it's not quite the same.
westkarana.blog
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Bored? Here's some #DailyBlogroll to help from @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @stargrace.bsky.social, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, @monsterlady.bsky.social, @belghast.com, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, @leekscosycorner.com, @warnercrocker.bsky.social and more!

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Stargrace pulls over 4 million WoW gold mostly from transmog while stockpiling for player housing and juggling three Battle.net accounts and early Christmas gifts. Anarchae launches a clean, ad-free Fantasy Life i Ginormosia FAQ and data site to replace scattered wikis, sheets, and outdated guides. Shintar rides an unexpected SWTOR Galactic Season 9 high, grinding 17 flashpoints across servers and still discovering new skips, routes, and weird mob pulls. Krista tours the Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack, a QoL-polished bundle with new characters, stories, photo mode, custom battles, costumes, and bundled DLC. Emily revisits Spyro Reignited Trilogy on PC, savoring nostalgic worlds and dragons while grumbling about unfixable inverted flight controls and buggy achievements. Belghast fights off crud, breaks in a beefy new Costco MSI desktop, and grinds Path of Exile challenges with Righteous Fire and Ice Trap builds. Wilhelm wraps up Imperium’s structure-bashing in EVE Online’s Drone Regions and watches new alliances scramble for nullsec space as PanFam scatters. Roger remembers Udo Kier’s eerie, magnetic screen presence, from Flesh for Frankenstein and Suspiria to Blade, Dogville, Melancholia, and Brawl in Cell Block 99. Bhagpuss riffs on a lifetime of sitcom-watching, from Lucy and The Addams Family to a snarky new novel that trashes his beloved Beverley Hillbillies. Warner curates three blistering pieces on elites, Epstein emails, and blood cancer, urging readers to face the pain, get angry, and actually let the writing matter. Tipa compares Netflix’s Last Samurai Standing and Death by Lightning, finding sharp, twisty historical dramas in late-19th-century Japan and James Garfield’s doomed presidency. Dave Winer pokes at Pocket Casts’ new Playlists, wonders about an open RSS-style format, tests ActivityPub blogs, and even drafts ChatGPT into feed-validator duty.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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aywren.bsky.social
Today I talk about #Clanfolk - a fun colony builder game set in the Scottish Highlands. Ticks all the boxes for me so far!

#Gaming #VideoGames #Blog

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Steam Gaming: Clanfolk – Scottish Highlands Colony Builder
Clanfolk. It’s like Rimworld but based in the Scottish Highlands.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Last Samurai Standing vs Death by Lightning

Last Samurai Standing is a drama set during Japan's Meiji Restoration, years after the samurai warrior caste was disbanded and carrying swords in public made illegal. Death by Lightning covers the election and short presidency of James Garfield, who was…
Last Samurai Standing vs Death by Lightning
Last Samurai Standing is a drama set during Japan's Meiji Restoration, years after the samurai warrior caste was disbanded and carrying swords in public made illegal. Death by Lightning covers the election and short presidency of James Garfield, who was assassinated by the madman Charles Giteau. Both these Netflix shows are set at around the same time -- the late 19th century.
westkarana.blog
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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More #DailyBlogroll, with stories by @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @tofutush.bsky.social, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, TAGN, @safcocast.bsky.social, me, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social and more!

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#TravellerRPG #NewWorld #JumpingFlash #PokemonLegendsZA
The Rambler crew’s Session 42 notes celebrate inventive Traveller play—soldiers dreaming up traps, techies building RC decoys, and a campaign cruising toward a record year of sessions. Bhagpuss wanders New World’s cozy horror, happily looting, sightseeing, and klepto-foraging his way through zombies and skeleton bridges instead of rushing the main quest. Kimimi marvels at Jumping Flash’s confident 3D design, lovingly detailed polygons, and surprisingly smooth PlayStation performance that still make Robbit’s world feel solid and fair. Wilhelm recaps Fantasy Critic League week 46, where Kirby Air Riders’ wobbling score lets Shawn claw into third while the top spots remain up for grabs. Tipa thought she was done with Pokémon Legends: Z-A, then Infinite Battles, Mega Floette, and a full legendary lineup dragged her well past the credits—and probably into the DLC. Anarchae recaps a week of Ottolengui, Traitors Canada, surprisingly good Raptors basketball, Fantasy Life i, FFXIV—and muses about splitting these sprawling digests into standalone posts. Warner’s Sunday Morning Reading curates essays on feeling insane, listening, resistance cinema, Pluribus, Kennedy Center turmoil, and even the accidental birth of the emoticon. Juhis shares the freshly published video of his PyCon Finland talk on debugging Python, plus links to the written version, event recap, and the full conference playlist. Bruce Schneier highlights how the IACR had to void an online Helios election after a trustee lost their decryption key, prompting a move to a 2-of-3 threshold scheme. Dave Winer riffs on ChatGPT as a feed validator, ActivityPub-powered WordPress, open source ownership, and a small FeedLand tweak, all wrapped in post-WordCamp reflections on healthier social networks JJM details how dumb, rule-breaking LLM crawlers pushed him to ditch cgit and strip his self-hosted git repos down to a simpler, bare-bones web presence.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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This picture is a lie

I took this picture with the best of intentions -- having finished Pokemon Legends: Z-A, I did the two additional quests to get the three legendary Pokemon first seen in X/Y -- Zygarde, Xerneas, and Yveltal. And I thought I was done, I made this picture with all of the…
This picture is a lie
I took this picture with the best of intentions -- having finished Pokemon Legends: Z-A, I did the two additional quests to get the three legendary Pokemon first seen in X/Y -- Zygarde, Xerneas, and Yveltal. And I thought I was done, I made this picture with all of the legendaries (as well as some other team members), posted it on the socials, and put the game aside.
westkarana.blog
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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A #DailyBlogroll brunch? Snacks from @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, @aywren.bsky.social, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @stargrace.bsky.social, @monsterlady.bsky.social, @virtualmoose.bsky.social and more!

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Stargrace chronicles a chill-but-nervy EVE Online wormhole gas huffing session, a heroic Occator hauler run to Amarr, and the ever-present gank circus around the trade hub. Aywren scores raffle tickets for FFXIV Fan Fest 2026 in Anaheim, plans swag like Amon-themed stickers and buttons, and is just hoping to stay healthy for the trip. Roger lets his Roblox-obsessed twin granddaughters give him a tour, unpacking the platform’s user-made “experiences,” avatar economy, and high-profile Robux-driven monetization. Emily explains her Disney Dreamlight Valley burnout—Star Path FOMO, endless new characters, grindy quests—and why Hello Kitty Island Adventure or The Sims are looking more appealing. Wilhelm recounts Kikimora fleets, structure bashes, and a risky solo detour to tag the MTO2-2 Keepstar killmail in EVE Online’s burning Drone Regions campaign. Tobold reviews Europa Universalis V’s rapid-fire patches, odd bugs, HRE shenanigans, and punishing “disasters” that feel more like unavoidable pain than meaningful choices. Michael’s indie roundup highlights BOSSGAME’s console release, tactics RPG Demonschool, quirky tabletop experiments like Damnatio Ad Bestias, and a Gaza memorial game, with a firm no-AI-art stance. Anarchae digs into The Traitors Canada’s half-celeb, half-normie casting and conflict-heavy editing, finding the toxic, shouty vibe a far cry from the heart of other versions. Bhagpuss loves Hazbin Hotel Season 2 overall, even if the sensory overload and musical dialog had him reaching for subtitles between all the swearing and spectacle. Dave Winer ships a new FeedLand release, raves about This Is Going To Hurt, and goes on a memorable rant about dog food, dogfooding, and gross commercials. Warner riffs on Bloomberg’s “resistance cinema” thesis, arguing that conflict-driven storytelling has always mirrored politics, from campfires to today’s anti-Trump films and plays.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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🚨VECTREX MINI UPDATE 🚨

Excited to announce the very first licensed game for Vectrex Mini: USA ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE 🕹️🧟‍♂️💥

🧠 Explore the country to find 3 atomic bomb components.
🔫 Manage your limited ammo.
🧟‍♂️ Eliminate the zombies… before they eliminate you!
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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More new #DailyBlogroll blogs! Stories from @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scopique.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @belghast.com, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, @ellie.wubrgsky.org, @eblong.com, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @sypster.bsky.social and more!

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Syp’s Pillars of Eternity II crew escapes sprawling Neketaka for bite-sized island quests, only to wrestle titans, cave grubs, and messy faction politics anyway. Tipa rolls credits on Pokémon Legends: Z-A and finds Kalos nostalgia hits harder for X/Y veterans than for a newcomer tourist in post-disaster Lumiose. Shintar recaps SWTOR’s 7.8 dev stream, from Galactic Threads déjà vu and missing EU voice-overs to stronghold hook upgrades and Papa Keith teasing the next roadmap. Belghast battles a nasty crud while poking at GW2’s new Starlight Weald metas and min-maxing Destiny Rising champs like Maru, exotic grenade launchers and all. Ellie falls for Assemble With Care, a brief, cozy Ustwo puzzler where gently fixing treasured gadgets matters more than the low-stakes brainteasers themselves. Azuriel riffs on Bhagpuss, AI music tests, and placebo wine to argue that if we can’t spot or don’t care about machine-made art, we’re halfway to wirehead futures. Bhagpuss postpones a Hazbin Hotel season two review to gush over Aimee Fatale tracks, YouTube rabbit holes, and his delightfully unsynced, personality-filled devices. Warner gushes over Ben Stones’ massive Hamlet mural at the National Theatre and uses it to celebrate old-school scenic painting in an age of projections. Scopique turns Star Citizen recording experiments into a deep dive on OBS audio routing, Discord capture, and building a slick new Blender intro instead of actually picking the next game series. Dave Winer tweaks how FeedLand detects RSS item changes, laments optional GUIDs, and quietly nudges loyal readers toward his nightly email roundup. Andrew Plotkin marvels that a new paper on poetic jailbreaks for LLMs eerily echoes his old joke about rhyming commands undermining Sydney and friends. Anarchae unpacks Ottolengui’s A Modern Wizard as a weird, genre-bending mix of courtroom drama, mesmerist thriller, and Faustian science-philosophy experiment.
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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eblong.com
Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!

…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)

Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.

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Zork is now open source
Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A rolls credits

Is the latest entry in the Pokemon series worth buying a Switch 2 to play? Is it important to have played Pokemon X/Y first? These are questions!

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#NintendoSwitch #Pokemon #PokemonLegendsZa
Pokemon Z-A Protagonist giving a thumbs-up at the rank up screen upon beating the B challenger and rising to rank A.
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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It's the Friday #DailyBlogroll, with stories from @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, @sypster.bsky.social, @aywren.bsky.social, @crazykinux.bsky.social and more!

westkarana.xyz

#OldSchoolRuneScape #LOTRO #EVEOnline #WoWClassic
Aywren walks newer Old School RuneScape players through unlocking the new Sailing skill in Port Sarim, running the Pandemonium quest, and enjoying chill, auto‑cruising raft vibes. Syp rolls a Stout‑Axe Captain in LOTRO on Fearless +2 difficulty, min‑maxing pies, Shire quests, auction house gear, and Viking aesthetics for a hardcore deed‑completionist run. CrazyKinux rediscovers The Escapist’s “The Making of EVE Online” documentary and reflects on how single‑shard design, meaningful loss, and player‑driven drama keep New Eden timeless. Bhagpuss rounds up MMO news with snarky drive‑bys on EverQuest II’s Rage of Cthurath expansion, Soulframe’s prelude, and the Guild Wars Reforged buzz. Shintar digs into Blizzard’s Burning Crusade Classic anniversary plans and what Group Finder, Dual Spec, and UI “quality of life” changes mean for WoW Classic Era and Hardcore. Wilhelm gives CCP’s new Catalyst 2D map a cautious thumbs‑up, especially for untangling EVE Online’s notoriously messy Drone regions, while still mourning the old 3D star spaghetti. Warner can’t help chuckling at London thieves who rob a guy, then hand back his Samsung with a dismissive “don’t want no Samsung,” turning resale value into the latest fanboy metric. Tipa reviews Rebecca Yarros’s Iron Flame as a page‑turning but romance‑heavy middle Empyrean book, more Order of the Phoenix than Wheel of Time in her dragon‑school saga. Roger tracks down why his game screenshots look washed out, blaming HDR monitors and digging into how HDR vs SDR affects captures from Windows, 4K TVs, and modern titles. jwz celebrates BitBLT’s 50th with PARC lore, a Byte magazine deep cut, and his own BlitSpin hack, reminding us how this humble bitmap routine underpins modern GUIs and graphics tricks. Bruce Schneier highlights Anthropic’s report on a Chinese state‑sponsored group using agentic AI tools to autonomously execute cyberespionage across dozens of high‑value global targets.
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Latest #DailyBlogroll is live with stories by me, @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, Frostilyte, @aywren.bsky.social, @stargrace.bsky.social, TAGN, Joar, @belghast.com and more!

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#FFXIV #Frosthaven #StarWarsVisions #EverQuest2
Stargrace tours her long-lived Wurm Online deed, Quail Cove, from secure mines to holiday-packed Archives, showing how fences, cozy touches, and endless projects make the place truly hers. Aywren’s main-swap grind in FFXIV finally pays off as she squeaks out the Mehwapyarra FATE mount with seconds left, then snags the elusive Caduceus minion on yet another “snek run.” Tipa recounts a brutal, errata-twisted Frosthaven Algox summit where fragile faction leaders, card burnout, and some creative rules-lawyering turn an “easy” escort into a tense replayed escape. Shintar runs through Star Wars: Visions season 3, weighing anime-only shorts like The Duel: Payback, The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope, and surprise favorite Yuko’s Treasure. Bhagpuss power-levels a Swashbuckler in EverQuest II, resurrects his UI on a new PC, and spends the rest of his time grinding New World mount time-trial “races.” Kimimi admires Birdcage’s gorgeous shmup aesthetics but finds its timer-heavy, punishing “intended” difficulty so relentless from stage one that it feels exhausting instead of satisfyingly challenging Belghast spotlights upcoming titles, from one-dev Ragnarok-like MMO Spirit Vale to revived voxel RPG Hytale and nostalgic Guild Wars Reforged, as fresh projects to keep an eye on. Wilhelm digs into EG7’s rough Q3 2025 numbers, highlighting Daybreak’s worrying revenue slide even as acquisitions like Palia’s Singularity 6 had once made things look rosy. Joar reflects on parenting older kids, realizing support means backing their changing dreams, asking good questions, and stepping back while they steer their own lives. Dave Winer argues Bluesky and Mastodon aren’t really “on the web,” pushes WordPress–ActivityPub promotion, reminisces about weblogs.com, and muses on political coverage that forgets the people.
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Frosthaven #28: Summit Meeting

This scenario had an errata.

We're moderating between factions of the wintry Algox, the ice speakers and the snow speakers. Two great houses, alike in dignity, etc etc etc.

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#Frosthaven #Gloomhaven #TabletopGames #SummitMeeting
Various minis placed on a Frosthaven scenario book. Also visible is a 3D printed element tracker.
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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It's a packed #DailyBlogroll! Stories by @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, Tim Bray, @aywren.bsky.social, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, @belghast.com, @stargrace.bsky.social, @virtualmoose.bsky.social and more!

westkarana.xyz

#GuildWarsReforged #AshesOfCreation #PathOfExile #EVEOnline
Stargrace recounts a painfully biased Signal Cartel coffee chat on Pandemic Horde’s Dronelands exit, quietly nursing her mug as a displaced explorer among gleeful Imperials. Aywren celebrates Guild Wars Reforged as a dream comeback for GW1, remembering how its story focus, flexible builds, and henchmen-friendly design saved MMOs for her. Bhagpuss looks back on eight years of lukewarm Ashes of Creation hype, pricey beta pledges, and a housing obsession that somehow kept him on board anyway. Kimimi revisits Relics Recur of Origin, a lavish 1999 remake that clarifies story and adds flair but trades away the original’s mystery and tactile, timing-heavy combat. Belghast juggles health mysteries, an emotional garage clean-up for a future 3D printer, and Path of Exile Icetrap mapping while grinding sulphite for his Righteous Fire delve main. Wilhelm tours EVE Online’s Catalyst expansion, from long-awaited PLEX transaction logs to the new SOE Odysseus command ship and destroyer-class mining hulls like the Pioneer. Michael’s indie roundup hits PS1-filtered Gnorts Vs. the Greylenoids, VIDEOVERSE’s console debut, Drill Bird, Sektori, ThinkyCon Jam puzzlers, and even a coloring book on Itch. Tim Bray serves a politics-heavy Long Links, from TPM’s history-of-blogging series to sobering reads on Trump-era absurdities and Zohran Mamdani discourse. Anarchae is wrangling their Bearblog CSS into cleaner, indexed theme pages, warning followers to expect a flood of WIP reposts rather than shiny new tricks. Dave Winer debugs FeedLand’s Node.js backend, fixes quirky RSS edge cases like Aaron Swartz’s Paul Graham feed, and evangelizes dynamic OPML as the next big network-of-feeds move. Pete has Gemini 3 whip up a custom “what should I play next?” gaming tracker, then runs into the familiar wall of deployment hassles and missing auth.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
somebody made a web playable version of a game boy style port of this
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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“Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros

The second book of the Empyrean trilogy of kids learning to be dragon riders at dragon school. I've heard Amazon is making a TV series based on these books. It's going to be weird, when whenever protagonist Violet Sorrengail sees lover Xaden, they pause the action so…
“Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros
The second book of the Empyrean trilogy of kids learning to be dragon riders at dragon school. I've heard Amazon is making a TV series based on these books. It's going to be weird, when whenever protagonist Violet Sorrengail sees lover Xaden, they pause the action so that Violet can lovingly devour every inch of his body. It's a romance…
westkarana.blog
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM