Dana Fried
@leftoblique.bsky.social
High-level code wizard
Gym rat
Mom
Musician
TTRPG designer
Retired roller derby athlete, now official/trainer
Gamer™
I contain multitudes.
🐘 @[email protected]
🛼 Royal City Roller Derby
Gym rat
Mom
Musician
TTRPG designer
Retired roller derby athlete, now official/trainer
Gamer™
I contain multitudes.
🐘 @[email protected]
🛼 Royal City Roller Derby
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This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
Them: You can build your character any way you like! You can be fighty, or sneaky, or talky; you can be a tanky fighter or a glass cannon mage...
Me: So the game is balanced for all those builds? They're all viable?
Them: Fuck no. What are you, stupid?
Me: So the game is balanced for all those builds? They're all viable?
Them: Fuck no. What are you, stupid?
True freedom is the skill where not maxing it out at chargen will lock you out of the main quest twenty hours later and the skill that has exactly one (1) non-trivial check in the entire game both costing one point per rank.
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Them: You can build your character any way you like! You can be fighty, or sneaky, or talky; you can be a tanky fighter or a glass cannon mage...
Me: So the game is balanced for all those builds? They're all viable?
Them: Fuck no. What are you, stupid?
Me: So the game is balanced for all those builds? They're all viable?
Them: Fuck no. What are you, stupid?
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late to the party, but this face angle is something i've ALWAYS loved and practiced endlessly
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
late to the party, but this face angle is something i've ALWAYS loved and practiced endlessly
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All chess is 4D chess that's why they have that time clock thingy.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
All chess is 4D chess that's why they have that time clock thingy.
How 'bout that fuckin snow huh?
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
How 'bout that fuckin snow huh?
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When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
GameRT Announces 2025 Platinum Play Award Recipients
www.ala.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
The hoops I had to jump through to get a copy of I Saw Ma Hunkel Kissing Santa Claus...
I ended up paying wild shipping just so I could read @planetx.bsky.social's story but, man, comics distribution just plain sucks ass.
I ended up paying wild shipping just so I could read @planetx.bsky.social's story but, man, comics distribution just plain sucks ass.
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The hoops I had to jump through to get a copy of I Saw Ma Hunkel Kissing Santa Claus...
I ended up paying wild shipping just so I could read @planetx.bsky.social's story but, man, comics distribution just plain sucks ass.
I ended up paying wild shipping just so I could read @planetx.bsky.social's story but, man, comics distribution just plain sucks ass.
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
This gonna be me pretty much all today
m.xkcd.com/303/
m.xkcd.com/303/
xkcd: Compiling
m.xkcd.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This gonna be me pretty much all today
m.xkcd.com/303/
m.xkcd.com/303/
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my most boomer gamer take is all mmorpg dungeons should look like this
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
my most boomer gamer take is all mmorpg dungeons should look like this
Mac annoyance of the day:
When you scroll with the mouse wheel slowly, the page barely moves. Above a threshold, it scrolls at a normal speed, and then immensely fast.
The threshold between "uselessly small amount" and "normal scrolling" is set way too high.
When you scroll with the mouse wheel slowly, the page barely moves. Above a threshold, it scrolls at a normal speed, and then immensely fast.
The threshold between "uselessly small amount" and "normal scrolling" is set way too high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Mac annoyance of the day:
When you scroll with the mouse wheel slowly, the page barely moves. Above a threshold, it scrolls at a normal speed, and then immensely fast.
The threshold between "uselessly small amount" and "normal scrolling" is set way too high.
When you scroll with the mouse wheel slowly, the page barely moves. Above a threshold, it scrolls at a normal speed, and then immensely fast.
The threshold between "uselessly small amount" and "normal scrolling" is set way too high.
Happy World Linguistics Day from Waterloo, Canada!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Waterloo, Canada!
"Created a useful thing" ≠ "Has good opinions about unrelated thing".
In fact, "created useful thing" doesn't even guarantee "has good opinions about the thing".
In fact, "created useful thing" doesn't even guarantee "has good opinions about the thing".
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Created a useful thing" ≠ "Has good opinions about unrelated thing".
In fact, "created useful thing" doesn't even guarantee "has good opinions about the thing".
In fact, "created useful thing" doesn't even guarantee "has good opinions about the thing".
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
Some helpful advice for all you software devs:
- You cannot solve social problems with code
- You cannot improve a system until you understand why it works the way it does
- You cannot produce tools for someone else without understanding how they work and what they're trying to accomplish
- You cannot solve social problems with code
- You cannot improve a system until you understand why it works the way it does
- You cannot produce tools for someone else without understanding how they work and what they're trying to accomplish
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some helpful advice for all you software devs:
- You cannot solve social problems with code
- You cannot improve a system until you understand why it works the way it does
- You cannot produce tools for someone else without understanding how they work and what they're trying to accomplish
- You cannot solve social problems with code
- You cannot improve a system until you understand why it works the way it does
- You cannot produce tools for someone else without understanding how they work and what they're trying to accomplish
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missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Scoop: Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries
It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
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I am really enjoying Stars in Her Eyes so far and this is an example of the kind of dialogue that makes it snap.
The POV character has discovered romance and is the bookshop that introduced her to it, the romantic interest is explaining affordable ways of getting more to read...
The POV character has discovered romance and is the bookshop that introduced her to it, the romantic interest is explaining affordable ways of getting more to read...
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I am really enjoying Stars in Her Eyes so far and this is an example of the kind of dialogue that makes it snap.
The POV character has discovered romance and is the bookshop that introduced her to it, the romantic interest is explaining affordable ways of getting more to read...
The POV character has discovered romance and is the bookshop that introduced her to it, the romantic interest is explaining affordable ways of getting more to read...
Me as every sports coach, ever.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Me as every sports coach, ever.
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Five Fires, my love letter TTRPG to 80s/90s hip-hop, is launching in February. Join us! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for Five Fires
From Thoughtcrime Games LLC - Get Ready for Five Fires
www.backerkit.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Five Fires, my love letter TTRPG to 80s/90s hip-hop, is launching in February. Join us! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Okay, but, what if I'm a queer girl and I have a girlfriend?
Does that make me straight?
Does that make me straight?
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Okay, but, what if I'm a queer girl and I have a girlfriend?
Does that make me straight?
Does that make me straight?
The bit where I'm turning into my mom, who would put her keys down and then immediately search the house for her keys.
Nobody in her family had dementia or anything; she just had the absolute worst memory for details, and it did not improve with age.
Nobody in her family had dementia or anything; she just had the absolute worst memory for details, and it did not improve with age.
Do people get smarter after menopause? I can't be this dumb for the rest of my life 😩
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The bit where I'm turning into my mom, who would put her keys down and then immediately search the house for her keys.
Nobody in her family had dementia or anything; she just had the absolute worst memory for details, and it did not improve with age.
Nobody in her family had dementia or anything; she just had the absolute worst memory for details, and it did not improve with age.