Patrick DeWind
@dewind.bsky.social
Nothing exciting, really. TTRPGs, medieval reenactment, woodworking, programming, philosophy, and a whole lot of reading.
I hit several of these.
And I am very married, so sample size aside, this is absolutely true.
And I am very married, so sample size aside, this is absolutely true.
I totally did not make any changes to this chart.
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I hit several of these.
And I am very married, so sample size aside, this is absolutely true.
And I am very married, so sample size aside, this is absolutely true.
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you ever get so mad you write a python script about it
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
you ever get so mad you write a python script about it
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Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
I just had one of those weird moments where my mind struggled to rectify what the actor said with what one of his characters would know.
Just a moment, though, like a flash of deja vu.
Just a moment, though, like a flash of deja vu.
Right?
Like Chicago is Avignon
Like Chicago is Avignon
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I just had one of those weird moments where my mind struggled to rectify what the actor said with what one of his characters would know.
Just a moment, though, like a flash of deja vu.
Just a moment, though, like a flash of deja vu.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
That line has haunted me since my father first played that song for me. He was a big Gordon Lightfoot fan.
That line has haunted me since my father first played that song for me. He was a big Gordon Lightfoot fan.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
That line has haunted me since my father first played that song for me. He was a big Gordon Lightfoot fan.
That line has haunted me since my father first played that song for me. He was a big Gordon Lightfoot fan.
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trust is neither given nor earned. it forms naturally between people who share the experience of having listened to Skinny Puppy at or after 3 am in the dark by themselves
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
trust is neither given nor earned. it forms naturally between people who share the experience of having listened to Skinny Puppy at or after 3 am in the dark by themselves
Pardon me while I go mildly crazy with excitement.
Advanced read giveaway of the essay collection on the history & craft of science fiction & fantasy that Jo & I have coming out in spring! Pacing, plot, What Is Genre?, flying grapefruit, evolution of printing tech, impact of international translation, and much more!
(This giveaway is US only, alas)
(This giveaway is US only, alas)
Goodreads giveaway for Trace Elements!
@adapalmer.bsky.social is very interesting, science fiction is very interesting, sometimes when it isn't a Monday morning even I can be a bit interesting -- if you use Goodreads, sign up in the hope of a free copy of our book
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@adapalmer.bsky.social is very interesting, science fiction is very interesting, sometimes when it isn't a Monday morning even I can be a bit interesting -- if you use Goodreads, sign up in the hope of a free copy of our book
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Pardon me while I go mildly crazy with excitement.
I would have studied harder in evil wizard school if that was an option after graduation.
If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I would have studied harder in evil wizard school if that was an option after graduation.
Ooooh. That IS a sexy book.
I should put it up on the shelf with my Gene Wolfe books, who, coincidentally, has sent me to the dictionary more than any other author.
I should put it up on the shelf with my Gene Wolfe books, who, coincidentally, has sent me to the dictionary more than any other author.
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 12th Edition Deep Dive.
New paper dictionary arrives 11/18!
youtube.com/shorts/Ur4Ek...
New paper dictionary arrives 11/18!
youtube.com/shorts/Ur4Ek...
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 12th Edition Deep Dive.
YouTube video by Merriam-Webster
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November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ooooh. That IS a sexy book.
I should put it up on the shelf with my Gene Wolfe books, who, coincidentally, has sent me to the dictionary more than any other author.
I should put it up on the shelf with my Gene Wolfe books, who, coincidentally, has sent me to the dictionary more than any other author.
Body language is very important in helping understand what your Canadian friends are saying sometimes.
Which reminds me, it is getting about time to head over the border for snacks. Though Wegmans has started carrying all dressed chips so the urgency level is lower than usual.
Which reminds me, it is getting about time to head over the border for snacks. Though Wegmans has started carrying all dressed chips so the urgency level is lower than usual.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Body language is very important in helping understand what your Canadian friends are saying sometimes.
Which reminds me, it is getting about time to head over the border for snacks. Though Wegmans has started carrying all dressed chips so the urgency level is lower than usual.
Which reminds me, it is getting about time to head over the border for snacks. Though Wegmans has started carrying all dressed chips so the urgency level is lower than usual.
Well, I have a new group noun: "An capitulation of Democrats."
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Well, I have a new group noun: "An capitulation of Democrats."
A liar's promise is worth nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A liar's promise is worth nothing.
Book #44 - Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis (@caitlinrozakis.bsky.social)
I'm not entirely sure why this is classified as cozy, but I'm still getting to know the genre. For me this was a wonderful fantasy comedy about evil wizards, imposter syndrome, and how we get to choose who we are.
I'm not entirely sure why this is classified as cozy, but I'm still getting to know the genre. For me this was a wonderful fantasy comedy about evil wizards, imposter syndrome, and how we get to choose who we are.
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Book #44 - Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis (@caitlinrozakis.bsky.social)
I'm not entirely sure why this is classified as cozy, but I'm still getting to know the genre. For me this was a wonderful fantasy comedy about evil wizards, imposter syndrome, and how we get to choose who we are.
I'm not entirely sure why this is classified as cozy, but I'm still getting to know the genre. For me this was a wonderful fantasy comedy about evil wizards, imposter syndrome, and how we get to choose who we are.
Nothing is more ridiculous to me than these guys dealing with the guilt of being bad people by blaming their rotten personalities on their testosterone. Well, other than perhaps the categorization system they have for men.
Honestly, it is all pathetic and weak. They lack self control.
Honestly, it is all pathetic and weak. They lack self control.
You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Nothing is more ridiculous to me than these guys dealing with the guilt of being bad people by blaming their rotten personalities on their testosterone. Well, other than perhaps the categorization system they have for men.
Honestly, it is all pathetic and weak. They lack self control.
Honestly, it is all pathetic and weak. They lack self control.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Is it true that medieval people never bathed? Medievalist Larisa breaks this idea down.
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Is it true that medieval people never bathed? Medievalist Larisa breaks this idea down.
After no small amount of poking and prodding ay archive.org I found the secondary source I was looking for and the exact quote in translation.
Not so much luck on finding a copy of the original even though I have the author, title, and year.
You'd think there would be a big book of his writings.
Not so much luck on finding a copy of the original even though I have the author, title, and year.
You'd think there would be a big book of his writings.
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
After no small amount of poking and prodding ay archive.org I found the secondary source I was looking for and the exact quote in translation.
Not so much luck on finding a copy of the original even though I have the author, title, and year.
You'd think there would be a big book of his writings.
Not so much luck on finding a copy of the original even though I have the author, title, and year.
You'd think there would be a big book of his writings.
I'm trying to pull up a favorite Machiavelli quote and I am running into a problem in the shape of every search engine being completely unaware that Machiavelli existed outside of The Prince.
Dude was well published, but if it isn't on a quotes page, Google is unaware of its existence.
Dude was well published, but if it isn't on a quotes page, Google is unaware of its existence.
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm trying to pull up a favorite Machiavelli quote and I am running into a problem in the shape of every search engine being completely unaware that Machiavelli existed outside of The Prince.
Dude was well published, but if it isn't on a quotes page, Google is unaware of its existence.
Dude was well published, but if it isn't on a quotes page, Google is unaware of its existence.
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I will add: People who expected this teacher to be bummed do not know (good) teachers very well. A civics teacher? With a student who wants to run for office? That’s probably bliss.
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I will add: People who expected this teacher to be bummed do not know (good) teachers very well. A civics teacher? With a student who wants to run for office? That’s probably bliss.
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"loss of our own dick was not in our projections while pulling the 'shoot off your own dick' lever"
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett tells Fox Business that the impact of the government shutdown is far worse than expected.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"loss of our own dick was not in our projections while pulling the 'shoot off your own dick' lever"
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Two young mathematicians just broke a 330-year-old geometry riddle. Jakob Steininger, 30, and Sergey Yurkevich, 29, friends since maths-Olympiad days, have discovered the first known shape that can’t pass through a copy of itself. buff.ly/0SgvjZ1
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First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Two young mathematicians just broke a 330-year-old geometry riddle. Jakob Steininger, 30, and Sergey Yurkevich, 29, friends since maths-Olympiad days, have discovered the first known shape that can’t pass through a copy of itself. buff.ly/0SgvjZ1
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Most of the games we've published in the last 10 years (ie Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Blades in the Dark) either use the Powered by the Apocalypse engine or are hugely influenced by it.
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out:
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out:
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Most of the games we've published in the last 10 years (ie Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Blades in the Dark) either use the Powered by the Apocalypse engine or are hugely influenced by it.
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out:
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out: