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The Public Universal James

@greatbigjames.bsky.social

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Largely cis, mostly het, mid-fat, very left. (He/they)

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · Apr 4

A few months, ago I went looking for 3D-printable hex-grid terrain for playing big robot tabletop games, specifically the mech TTRPG Lancer. I found a number of terrain systems doing a lot of cool things, but nothing I found was quite what I was looking for. So, I made my own:

A table of 3D printed hex terrain, depicting a gravel path running down a low, swampy defile with higher grassy areas around it.

A table of 3D printed hex terrain, depicting a river flowing down a short ravine, with buildings on one side of the river and a bridge crossing the ravine in the middle. Mech miniatures stand off with each other across the ravine.

A table of 3D printed hex terrain, depicting a city area protected by a wall, outside which is dry ground and an encroaching lava flow. Mech miniatures face each other through the gate in the wall.

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 17m

I would say "that's not what begging the question means" but in this case he literally is begging the question (smuggling false assertions into the argument)

The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 1h

I find the one thing her games tend to be missing is really good GM advice, and the play examples frequently have the GM making decisions by sorta vibing it out. And I say this as someone who thinks Glitch is a masterpiece vibes-wise, I want to run the game real bad, but it's daunting.

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 2d

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty proud of this one. Come hear me be an awful man!

Law of Names Media @lawofnames.com · 2d

The audience’s attention is a fickle thing. Easily attained, easily absented.

But an individual believing you share especial intimacy? Fail them, & you will find few foes as focused on forcing you to fall.

Professor Pandemonium’s Peculiar Panoply, episode 11: The Roustabout

pnc.st/s/professor-...

a span of brown wooden boards with the figure of a muscular man with a moustache burned into it.

to the left of the man are the words “the daring” then a burned mark over something, then “master of the impalement arts”

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 6d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 6d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 7d

It's the time of year for it, I made a pot of stew just yesterday

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10d

Everyone should rewatch Farscape.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 12d

feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak

The Verge @theverge.com · 14d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

buff.ly

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 11d

Lol, you're ahead of me in that case (I have shamefully procrastinated beyond all reasonability in recording mine)

The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 11d

This one's still up for a couple more days: breakaleg.library.horse

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 16d

Also why does he capitalize every noun like German was his first language?

The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 16d

As always, I know there are bigger and more important issues here, but... I know what "under siege" means, I know what "under attack" means; the fuck does "under siege from attack" mean?

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 16d

Seriously, just, fuckin'... Cogwork Dancers, man. Cogwork fuckin' Dancers. That last phase, incredible ludo-narrative design.

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 16d

Fun fact: EVERY NPC I've encountered so far will start singing along with the needolin if you play next to them, giving you the same kind of insight into their whole deal that whacking them with the Dream Nail did in HK

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17d

the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is

- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)

- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)

- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 17d

Hell yeah, I was gonna suggest Clinton Street

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 20d

Steve Silberman is not here to shout it — so it’s up to all of us.

Vaccines don’t cause autism.

Neither does Tylenol. (I mean seriously WTF?!?!)

The “epidemic” of autism is the result of increased testing, broader definitions, and raised awareness.

LOUDER.

Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 20d

Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.

Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.

It's like his work never happened.

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 20d

I never watched past the end of the first season, but the first season was clearly a Western, which is a whole different kind of pulp

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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 23d

Testing a theory:

reskeet if "every ICE agent will be unmasked and tried for their crimes" would get your vote

Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · Sep 8

CAN I GET A 'FUCK ICE' IN CHAT

Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · Jun 15

ICE is only as old as the Kangaroo Jack movie and neither needed to exist

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 22d

Given the precedent of The Great Muppet Caper, I'd suggest both Lex and Lois

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Oliver @dubiousdevil.bsky.social · 25d

*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*

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The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 24d

This iiiiis

The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 25d

Just beat the Cogwork Dancers and... Hot damn. Not the hardest boss by any means, but definitely one of the most memorable I've seen in a while, mechanically neat and, like, genuinely emotionally weighty; a melancholy victory.

I think possibly... skong good?

The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 25d

Not to mention the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane

The Public Universal James @greatbigjames.bsky.social · 26d

Post a mage! 🪄

A goblin "trash wizard" wearing a tattered purple robe. One hand holds a torn purple parasol over one shoulder; the other is raised toward the viewer, with various junk objects suspended in glowing energy above it. A rat familiar sits on the goblin's shoulder, one paw outstretched in an imitation of the goblin's gesture.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 26d

Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...

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