Jer
@jerandom.bsky.social
He/him or they/them. Gaming nerd, comics geek, educator. Interested in ttrpgs, board games, tech and tech education, politics, and superheroes.
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Jer
@jerandom.bsky.social
· Dec 9
I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
I had a Dumbest Dystopia thread over on the old hellsite, so let's start another one
A couple of dumb "AIs" taking down a site with no apparent human interaction certainly qualifies
A couple of dumb "AIs" taking down a site with no apparent human interaction certainly qualifies
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Alexandra is a national treasure, and also a thing I learned here that is not satire: Bezos threw a Gatsby-themed wedding party, which proves that Bezos may sell books but he certainly does not read them.
July 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Alexandra is a national treasure, and also a thing I learned here that is not satire: Bezos threw a Gatsby-themed wedding party, which proves that Bezos may sell books but he certainly does not read them.
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July 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I know you can stick “Jack” next to pretty much any noun and get a plausible folkloric entity, but just came across a giant in this book called “Jack O’Legs” and had to stop for a moment.
July 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I know you can stick “Jack” next to pretty much any noun and get a plausible folkloric entity, but just came across a giant in this book called “Jack O’Legs” and had to stop for a moment.
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Best case scenario is they all go off to their little underground hideaways and we just carry on without them and don't think about them until we dig them up decades later like a Blue Peter Garden time capsule
Tech leaders have invested in doomsday prep, and some luxury bunker companies told BI interest spiked during the conflict between Israel and Iran.
How wealthy tech leaders have prepped for a possible doomsday, from underground bunkers to gun stockpiles
Tech leaders have invested in doomsday prep, and some luxury bunker companies told BI interest spiked during the conflict between Israel and Iran.
www.businessinsider.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Best case scenario is they all go off to their little underground hideaways and we just carry on without them and don't think about them until we dig them up decades later like a Blue Peter Garden time capsule
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yesterday I got a text from the pharmacy that my meds were ready so I went there and there was a line of like 50 ppl being told that the meds were in fact not ready and the AI they were using to text customers lied to everyone and those ppl were taking it out on the pharmacists, its a literal fraud
July 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
yesterday I got a text from the pharmacy that my meds were ready so I went there and there was a line of like 50 ppl being told that the meds were in fact not ready and the AI they were using to text customers lied to everyone and those ppl were taking it out on the pharmacists, its a literal fraud
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Unlock the ultimate RPG bundle for epic adventures in the Ninth World! Get everything you need to embark on an unforgettable journey while supporting the ACLU!
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Unlock the ultimate RPG bundle for epic adventures in the Ninth World! Get everything you need to embark on an unforgettable journey while supporting the ACLU!
www.humblebundle.com...
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Get the ultimate tabletop role-playing (TTRPG) bundle for Numenera—an engrossing and addicting adventure through Earth in the distant future.
www.humblebundle.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
45 Numenera titles for as low as $25—or snatch up some of the most recent releases for just $15.
Unlock the ultimate RPG bundle for epic adventures in the Ninth World! Get everything you need to embark on an unforgettable journey while supporting the ACLU!
www.humblebundle.com...
Unlock the ultimate RPG bundle for epic adventures in the Ninth World! Get everything you need to embark on an unforgettable journey while supporting the ACLU!
www.humblebundle.com...
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1. that “Byzantium” and “Byzantine Empire” are both anachronistic terms to avoid the fact that the Roman empire kept going until 1453.
2. that they weren't the first terms people came up with to do this.
3. that this terminology actually creates *more* confusion, not less.
A thread!
2. that they weren't the first terms people came up with to do this.
3. that this terminology actually creates *more* confusion, not less.
A thread!
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
Many historians are quite bad at remembering historical dates
Many historians are quite bad at remembering historical dates
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
It is good and proper in a well-kept library to dispose of books.
It is good and proper in a well-kept library to dispose of books.
June 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
1. that “Byzantium” and “Byzantine Empire” are both anachronistic terms to avoid the fact that the Roman empire kept going until 1453.
2. that they weren't the first terms people came up with to do this.
3. that this terminology actually creates *more* confusion, not less.
A thread!
2. that they weren't the first terms people came up with to do this.
3. that this terminology actually creates *more* confusion, not less.
A thread!
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Not gonna lie, I’m kind of turned on right now
June 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Not gonna lie, I’m kind of turned on right now
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Google Veo 3 fails, week 2: fail harder — Shokunin Studio spins the gacha
don't just read the text - watch the video, it's the point of the exercise. And I worked all weekend on it. Thank you.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/29/g... - text
www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5u... - video
don't just read the text - watch the video, it's the point of the exercise. And I worked all weekend on it. Thank you.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/29/g... - text
www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5u... - video
June 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Google Veo 3 fails, week 2: fail harder — Shokunin Studio spins the gacha
don't just read the text - watch the video, it's the point of the exercise. And I worked all weekend on it. Thank you.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/29/g... - text
www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5u... - video
don't just read the text - watch the video, it's the point of the exercise. And I worked all weekend on it. Thank you.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/29/g... - text
www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5u... - video
Miss Marple in the retirement community solving the mystery of who's spreading chlamydia around
Funny how so called "cosy crime" novels are always about murder rather than raffle fraud.
June 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Miss Marple in the retirement community solving the mystery of who's spreading chlamydia around
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Funny how so called "cosy crime" novels are always about murder rather than raffle fraud.
June 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Funny how so called "cosy crime" novels are always about murder rather than raffle fraud.
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There's another part too imho. Tacky matters because it means no one in your orbit feels comfortable telling you no.
And someone with that much money who expects to always be told yes, is dangerous.
And someone with that much money who expects to always be told yes, is dangerous.
Tacky matters because it shows how poorly the mega rich are spending the money they steal from you
June 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
There's another part too imho. Tacky matters because it means no one in your orbit feels comfortable telling you no.
And someone with that much money who expects to always be told yes, is dangerous.
And someone with that much money who expects to always be told yes, is dangerous.
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New York Based Game Designers:
You have a week left to apply for a $60,000 artist grant with the NYS artist fellowship. At least one of these grants would be great for a TTRPG
You have a week left to apply for a $60,000 artist grant with the NYS artist fellowship. At least one of these grants would be great for a TTRPG
State of the Arts Fellowship | NYSCA
Announced by Governor Hochul in June 2025, the NYS State of the Arts Fellowship will bring artists and state government together to foster community connection, enhance public spaces, and amplify vita...
arts.ny.gov
June 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New York Based Game Designers:
You have a week left to apply for a $60,000 artist grant with the NYS artist fellowship. At least one of these grants would be great for a TTRPG
You have a week left to apply for a $60,000 artist grant with the NYS artist fellowship. At least one of these grants would be great for a TTRPG
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Also the entire news media. There's really not that many Democrats on the anti-Mamdani beat but curiously virtually all of them are getting prime slots on cable news shows as if they speak for all Democrats. It makes you think!
I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
June 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Also the entire news media. There's really not that many Democrats on the anti-Mamdani beat but curiously virtually all of them are getting prime slots on cable news shows as if they speak for all Democrats. It makes you think!
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Support for trans rights is the overwhelming consensus among Dem electeds but somehow the Dems who get invited on TV to discuss the topic are universally the ones opposed! Weird coincidence! bsky.app/profile/hype...
almost identical to how the "dems need to abandon trans issues" dems were suddenly everywhere
Also the entire news media. There's really not that many Democrats on the anti-Mamdani beat but curiously virtually all of them are getting prime slots on cable news shows as if they speak for all Democrats. It makes you think!
June 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Support for trans rights is the overwhelming consensus among Dem electeds but somehow the Dems who get invited on TV to discuss the topic are universally the ones opposed! Weird coincidence! bsky.app/profile/hype...
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Check out Jason and the Gauntlet folks if you’re interested in TTRPGs
This year has been total dog shit in many ways, but one thing I'm happy about is our podcast output at The Gauntlet. Across our three shows, we've put out 38 new episodes so far in 2025. (1/)
June 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Check out Jason and the Gauntlet folks if you’re interested in TTRPGs
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Hoarding wealth is a sickness
World’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam says share.inquirer.com/ajXvYd
“…Chris Evans, a professor of taxation at the University of New South Wales, described “gross inequality in wealth” as “a disaster for social cohesion.” 🎯🎯🎯
“…Chris Evans, a professor of taxation at the University of New South Wales, described “gross inequality in wealth” as “a disaster for social cohesion.” 🎯🎯🎯
World’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam says
That amount is “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to a new analysis from the anti-poverty group.
share.inquirer.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Hoarding wealth is a sickness
Bezos has supervillain levels of money and I'm actually kind of surprised his wedding didn't involve supervillain levels of excess
Like buying a few Van Gogh's and having a bonfire with them and then infusing their ashes into the blood of the Amazon workers he served his guests or something
Like buying a few Van Gogh's and having a bonfire with them and then infusing their ashes into the blood of the Amazon workers he served his guests or something
What’s funny about Jeff Bezos getting married is that getting married is traditionally meant to be a big blow out, but there’s nothing he can do to make his bash proportionally feel as lavish and spendy as a normal person’s wedding. He’d have to explode an art gallery or something.
June 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Bezos has supervillain levels of money and I'm actually kind of surprised his wedding didn't involve supervillain levels of excess
Like buying a few Van Gogh's and having a bonfire with them and then infusing their ashes into the blood of the Amazon workers he served his guests or something
Like buying a few Van Gogh's and having a bonfire with them and then infusing their ashes into the blood of the Amazon workers he served his guests or something
This is true EXCEPT part of the far right evangelical concept of the AntiChrist is that he'll be a "foreigner". So they will never connect the fact that Trump connects all if their dots
This is also why they were so insistent that Obama was Kenyan, though being Black was enough for many of them
This is also why they were so insistent that Obama was Kenyan, though being Black was enough for many of them
I know I’ve said this several dozen times, but right wing lunatics frankensteined together unrelated Bible verses to create “the antichrist” and a description of what he would look like, and then the guy fucking showed up and they love him.
I mean I'm a hardened atheist who at this point believes like 80% unironically that Trump is the/an antichrist, so...
June 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is true EXCEPT part of the far right evangelical concept of the AntiChrist is that he'll be a "foreigner". So they will never connect the fact that Trump connects all if their dots
This is also why they were so insistent that Obama was Kenyan, though being Black was enough for many of them
This is also why they were so insistent that Obama was Kenyan, though being Black was enough for many of them
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
June 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
June 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
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is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
June 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
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Setting up at the ALA Conference, always happy to see upfront and center on the Ingram/Consortium table/banner!
June 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Setting up at the ALA Conference, always happy to see upfront and center on the Ingram/Consortium table/banner!
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If you would like to contact this rep:
Local Office #: (212) 688-6262
DC Office #: (202) 224-4451
Office Website: https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov
Please only contact if this is your rep. If you wish to speak to another rep about this issue, find them here: https://reps.fyi
Local Office #: (212) 688-6262
DC Office #: (202) 224-4451
Office Website: https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov
Please only contact if this is your rep. If you wish to speak to another rep about this issue, find them here: https://reps.fyi
Homepage - Kirsten Gillibrand | U.S. Senator for New York
www.gillibrand.senate.gov
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you would like to contact this rep:
Local Office #: (212) 688-6262
DC Office #: (202) 224-4451
Office Website: https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov
Please only contact if this is your rep. If you wish to speak to another rep about this issue, find them here: https://reps.fyi
Local Office #: (212) 688-6262
DC Office #: (202) 224-4451
Office Website: https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov
Please only contact if this is your rep. If you wish to speak to another rep about this issue, find them here: https://reps.fyi
The criticism of Democratic leadership boils down to this - they look like they're sitting on their hands even if they're doing things we don't see (like getting the parliamentarian to kill things left and right from the budget bill)
As the poet said - "With great power comes great responsibility"
As the poet said - "With great power comes great responsibility"
“You know what would help a lot? Some elite disapproval—publicly and boldly expressed. While a successful democracy depends on some degree of reasonableness from voters, a successful liberal democracy also depends on responsibility and even courage from elites.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...
The Public Is Resisting Trump. The Elites Aren’t.
The president is encountering little resistance as he remakes our society. And yet polling is clear that voters aren’t with him.
www.thebulwark.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The criticism of Democratic leadership boils down to this - they look like they're sitting on their hands even if they're doing things we don't see (like getting the parliamentarian to kill things left and right from the budget bill)
As the poet said - "With great power comes great responsibility"
As the poet said - "With great power comes great responsibility"