Mr Blipvert (D4-VID)
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Robot tweeting #ScienceFiction #Games/ #TTRPG #Zines gubbins for @LostDiarist (he/him). Made in Manchester. #BackToTheSpaceport zine. Once & Forever A&E-er. “Just zis guy, you know?”
Zine Home: https://www.backtothespaceport.com
Zine Home: https://www.backtothespaceport.com
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I will go to my grave thinking that #StarTrekPicard should have been entirely focused on Picard & Q hanging out in France & eating, drinking, & bickering—sort of like #StarTrek: #TheTrip. Boom! 10 seasons, guaranteed, mon capitaine!
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A dragon I made long ago ⚙️
#steampunk
#steampunk
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A dragon I made long ago ⚙️
#steampunk
#steampunk
Your substack could have been a web page. Or a blogpost. Or an email newsletter. You do not have to buy into their proprietary system.
January 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Your substack could have been a web page. Or a blogpost. Or an email newsletter. You do not have to buy into their proprietary system.
I have barely dipped into this and it is amazing. AMAZING!
Dougal Dixon's books stand as the primary benchmarks on the subject and have had an enormous impact. Tet Zoo has given me the opportunity to write often about Dougal's works and even to interview him _and_ see the unpublished prototype of After Man... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/6/... #SpecZoo #SpecBio
Dougal Dixon’s After Man, the Initial Pitch Document — Tetrapod Zoology
Dougal Dixon, Dixoniana, After Man, SpecZoo, Speculative Zoology, SpecBio, Speculative Biology, Speculative Evolution, future animals, animals of the future, Dixon's animals, future zoology, Night Sta...
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I have barely dipped into this and it is amazing. AMAZING!
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Dougal Dixon's books stand as the primary benchmarks on the subject and have had an enormous impact. Tet Zoo has given me the opportunity to write often about Dougal's works and even to interview him _and_ see the unpublished prototype of After Man... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/6/... #SpecZoo #SpecBio
Dougal Dixon’s After Man, the Initial Pitch Document — Tetrapod Zoology
Dougal Dixon, Dixoniana, After Man, SpecZoo, Speculative Zoology, SpecBio, Speculative Biology, Speculative Evolution, future animals, animals of the future, Dixon's animals, future zoology, Night Sta...
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Dougal Dixon's books stand as the primary benchmarks on the subject and have had an enormous impact. Tet Zoo has given me the opportunity to write often about Dougal's works and even to interview him _and_ see the unpublished prototype of After Man... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/6/... #SpecZoo #SpecBio
I like the cut of Mothership’s jib but also feel that the TTRPG & its supplements lose so much joy when they shed detailed maps, floor plans, & deck plans.
January 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I like the cut of Mothership’s jib but also feel that the TTRPG & its supplements lose so much joy when they shed detailed maps, floor plans, & deck plans.
BeeTeeDubs, I recently learned that Mastodon has implemented an edit toot * function.
* Yes, I still call them ”toots.” 🦣
* Yes, I still call them ”toots.” 🦣
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
BeeTeeDubs, I recently learned that Mastodon has implemented an edit toot * function.
* Yes, I still call them ”toots.” 🦣
* Yes, I still call them ”toots.” 🦣
I am hoping the 20-minute module is essentially, “Man, don’t use these ecocidal plagiarism scam systems.”
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I am hoping the 20-minute module is essentially, “Man, don’t use these ecocidal plagiarism scam systems.”
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Does anyone remember the title of the essay in which Fred Pohl discussed the Dyson Shell in Farthest Star?
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Does anyone remember the title of the essay in which Fred Pohl discussed the Dyson Shell in Farthest Star?
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Many Americans would not know that under the right conditions of extreme cold and humidity, the centre of your car wheel can form radial icicles.
January 26, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Many Americans would not know that under the right conditions of extreme cold and humidity, the centre of your car wheel can form radial icicles.
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I enjoy the deterministic procedures in OD&D, something that has been lost in favour of stochastic elements. Knowing that a wizard will put a geas on a party if they can't pay up gives a heap of concrete info about how the game world operates
January 25, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I enjoy the deterministic procedures in OD&D, something that has been lost in favour of stochastic elements. Knowing that a wizard will put a geas on a party if they can't pay up gives a heap of concrete info about how the game world operates
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January 25, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Then that's not encryption. A key that can be shared is no key at all.
It's the year of Linux. (Says 30yr Windows IT guy)
It's the year of Linux. (Says 30yr Windows IT guy)
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Then that's not encryption. A key that can be shared is no key at all.
It's the year of Linux. (Says 30yr Windows IT guy)
It's the year of Linux. (Says 30yr Windows IT guy)
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"Windows 11's online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if requested via legal order." #ACAB #MicrosnotSucks
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi....
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi....
Microsoft will assist the FBI in unlocking your Windows PC data if asked
Microsoft says it will provide the FBI with BitLocker encryption keys if requested for PCs that upload their key to the cloud via your Microsoft Account.
www.windowscentral.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"Windows 11's online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if requested via legal order." #ACAB #MicrosnotSucks
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi....
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi....
OK, romantasy / romantic fantasy fen—what are your takes on Anne McCaffrey’s DragonRiders of Pern novels?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonr...
January 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
OK, romantasy / romantic fantasy fen—what are your takes on Anne McCaffrey’s DragonRiders of Pern novels?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonr...
Watched (or re-watched? I honestly don’t recall) The Thirteenth Floor, recently. Duck me! 1990s films really had their own “style” and tics, didn’t they? m.youtube.com/watch?v=XF6e...
The Thirteenth Floor (Trailer)
YouTube video by The Gnostic Truth
m.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Watched (or re-watched? I honestly don’t recall) The Thirteenth Floor, recently. Duck me! 1990s films really had their own “style” and tics, didn’t they? m.youtube.com/watch?v=XF6e...
Hmmm … I think the only way to run Traveller’s Prison Planet or GURPS Traveller’s DarkMoon is as a mini-campaign which STARTS with PCs created for the campaign arriving at the prison. Right?
So, if my life ever settles down, would anyone be up for this?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travell...
So, if my life ever settles down, would anyone be up for this?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travell...
Traveller Adventure 8: Prison Planet - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Hmmm … I think the only way to run Traveller’s Prison Planet or GURPS Traveller’s DarkMoon is as a mini-campaign which STARTS with PCs created for the campaign arriving at the prison. Right?
So, if my life ever settles down, would anyone be up for this?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travell...
So, if my life ever settles down, would anyone be up for this?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travell...
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earthside assistance
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 AM
earthside assistance
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1. Be a long-forgotten god, ready to manifest in the mortal world
2. Watch as a cult emerges to worship you
3. Try to guide them towards the summoning ritual
4. Discover they’re weird, squabbling, stubborn fanatics
Your cultists sure are OVERZEALOUS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
2. Watch as a cult emerges to worship you
3. Try to guide them towards the summoning ritual
4. Discover they’re weird, squabbling, stubborn fanatics
Your cultists sure are OVERZEALOUS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
Overzealous: Your cult has no chill!
A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.
www.kickstarter.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:36 AM
1. Be a long-forgotten god, ready to manifest in the mortal world
2. Watch as a cult emerges to worship you
3. Try to guide them towards the summoning ritual
4. Discover they’re weird, squabbling, stubborn fanatics
Your cultists sure are OVERZEALOUS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
2. Watch as a cult emerges to worship you
3. Try to guide them towards the summoning ritual
4. Discover they’re weird, squabbling, stubborn fanatics
Your cultists sure are OVERZEALOUS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
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Oh hey, I just realised that we missed an offical representation of a Rainbow Warrior when we made our video on them. This techmarine from White Dwarf 107 in 1988 has their distinctive multicoloured helmet-stripe on blue armour.
Neat.
Neat.
January 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Oh hey, I just realised that we missed an offical representation of a Rainbow Warrior when we made our video on them. This techmarine from White Dwarf 107 in 1988 has their distinctive multicoloured helmet-stripe on blue armour.
Neat.
Neat.
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Conrad Veidt was an actor and committed anti-Nazi, the strange, stylish and freewheeling spirit of the Weimar era personified.
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Conrad Veidt was an actor and committed anti-Nazi, the strange, stylish and freewheeling spirit of the Weimar era personified.
Opening Roll20 for the first time in ... "a while." My old campaign table is now "Legacy" but I can upgrade. Can folks who use this virtual table please let me know if this upgrade involves AI? There's a suspicious ✨ in the notice.
Thank you kindly.
Thank you kindly.
January 21, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Opening Roll20 for the first time in ... "a while." My old campaign table is now "Legacy" but I can upgrade. Can folks who use this virtual table please let me know if this upgrade involves AI? There's a suspicious ✨ in the notice.
Thank you kindly.
Thank you kindly.
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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Inspired by a listen to @yochaigal.bsky.social and @bradkerr.net 's Between Two Cairns ... I don't know much about the OSR, but I know what I like (and don't like!) burnafterrunningrpg.com/2026/01/20/d...
Do I Actually Like the OSR?
Two things happened concurrently to me that have ended up being about the same thing, how I feel about OSR play: I’m prepping Mythic Bastionland, to run for the first time (hopefully on channel) an…
burnafterrunningrpg.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Inspired by a listen to @yochaigal.bsky.social and @bradkerr.net 's Between Two Cairns ... I don't know much about the OSR, but I know what I like (and don't like!) burnafterrunningrpg.com/2026/01/20/d...