John Bultena🧙♂️🔮 ➡️OrcaCon
@onlyplaywizards.com
📖UC Merced writing professor & TTRPG Educator
🎧More Than Metal podcast
🚀 @AbraxasPrecipic.bsky.social #TheExpanse #RPG
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📚Academic Librarian
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🎧More Than Metal podcast
🚀 @AbraxasPrecipic.bsky.social #TheExpanse #RPG
👕 @CauldronNTower.bsky.social
📚Academic Librarian
🎼Vinyl collector
📝Dysgraphic
linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards
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Greetings new followers & members of Blue Sky!
I am John aka OnlyPlayWizards
Currently I:
Teach courses exclusively on TTRPGs at UC Merced
Run @abraxasprecipic.bsky.social The Expanse RPG Actual Play
Proprietor of @cauldronntower.bsky.social for the RPG minded
An avid collector of vinyl
I am John aka OnlyPlayWizards
Currently I:
Teach courses exclusively on TTRPGs at UC Merced
Run @abraxasprecipic.bsky.social The Expanse RPG Actual Play
Proprietor of @cauldronntower.bsky.social for the RPG minded
An avid collector of vinyl
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This, by the way, is one of the places the political push for "public syllabi" goes: Even more people who literally do not understand what they're trying to evaluate almost certainly using LLM's to ask "is this stuff transgender or DEI" & then making administrative decisions based on that output.
1. Texas A&M has banned a philosophy teacher from teaching Plato because it has "gender ideology" in it.
The banning stems from excerpts from Plato’s Aristophanes’ Myth of the Split Humans and Diotima’s Ladder of Love.
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The banning stems from excerpts from Plato’s Aristophanes’ Myth of the Split Humans and Diotima’s Ladder of Love.
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Texas A&M Bans Philosophy Prof. From Teaching Plato Because of "Gender Ideology"
“Silencing 2,500-year-old ideas from one of the world’s most influential thinkers betrays the mission of higher education.”
www.erininthemorning.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This, by the way, is one of the places the political push for "public syllabi" goes: Even more people who literally do not understand what they're trying to evaluate almost certainly using LLM's to ask "is this stuff transgender or DEI" & then making administrative decisions based on that output.
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Elon Musk has not made the world a better place.
"Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her."
In one of the most appalling developments of past day, Elon Musk's AI chatbot desecrated Renee Nicole Good's body. That's in addition to harassing women and sexually exploiting minors. By @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Elon Musk has not made the world a better place.
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data seems to match this theory
January 8, 2026 at 5:11 AM
data seems to match this theory
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We are an MLIS capstone team working with the GAMER Group at the University of Washington seeking input on how TTRPG players find games, or want to find games. If you are a TTRPG player, designer, or both, please consider taking our research survey: uwashington.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
TTRPG Cataloging and Metadata Survey
This survey is a part of an MLIS Capstone project aiming to improve the ways we can catalog and search for Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs). Results from this survey will be used to improve the pr...
uwashington.qualtrics.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We are an MLIS capstone team working with the GAMER Group at the University of Washington seeking input on how TTRPG players find games, or want to find games. If you are a TTRPG player, designer, or both, please consider taking our research survey: uwashington.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Love this 💚 I’m curious what they’ll come up with, in terms of how to catalogue TTRPGs. With how much we love to bicker about semantics, establishing any controlled vocabularies will be a FEAT (but possible!)
We are an MLIS capstone team working with the GAMER Group at the University of Washington seeking input on how TTRPG players find games, or want to find games. If you are a TTRPG player, designer, or both, please consider taking our research survey: uwashington.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
TTRPG Cataloging and Metadata Survey
This survey is a part of an MLIS Capstone project aiming to improve the ways we can catalog and search for Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs). Results from this survey will be used to improve the pr...
uwashington.qualtrics.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Love this 💚 I’m curious what they’ll come up with, in terms of how to catalogue TTRPGs. With how much we love to bicker about semantics, establishing any controlled vocabularies will be a FEAT (but possible!)
Whoa!
@greenroninpub.bsky.social needs to hire this guy!
@greenroninpub.bsky.social needs to hire this guy!
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Whoa!
@greenroninpub.bsky.social needs to hire this guy!
@greenroninpub.bsky.social needs to hire this guy!
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Just logged into my work email for the first time in 3 weeks.
It was not bad. No tears.
It was not bad. No tears.
January 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Just logged into my work email for the first time in 3 weeks.
It was not bad. No tears.
It was not bad. No tears.
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@bdavewalters.bsky.social also has a Ascension actual play from the Technocracy perspective. It's nice because its only 6 episodes long so... very accessible.
youtu.be/lbjVrzCpg5s?...
youtu.be/lbjVrzCpg5s?...
Order Across New York | Bank of Justice | Ep 1
YouTube video by AltHaven
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
@bdavewalters.bsky.social also has a Ascension actual play from the Technocracy perspective. It's nice because its only 6 episodes long so... very accessible.
youtu.be/lbjVrzCpg5s?...
youtu.be/lbjVrzCpg5s?...
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Race and Gender studies, philosophy, and comparative religious studies.
Ahem.
Ahem.
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Race and Gender studies, philosophy, and comparative religious studies.
Ahem.
Ahem.
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Co-signed.
A colleague reminded me I needed to do this: if you assign anything I wrote in your classes, I am very happy to zoom in and talk to your students. I consider it the best part of my job.
January 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Co-signed.
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Won some new vinyl via @boginfinity label! Cant wait to put them on the turntable.
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Won some new vinyl via @boginfinity label! Cant wait to put them on the turntable.
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Who's ready for our full updated Special Guest list? Yep, we are! Check out all these amazing people who will be running panels, workshops, games, and special events as our Special Guests! www.orcacon.org/panels/speci...
December 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Who's ready for our full updated Special Guest list? Yep, we are! Check out all these amazing people who will be running panels, workshops, games, and special events as our Special Guests! www.orcacon.org/panels/speci...
#nowspinning Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Bringing back some memories with this one.
#vinyl #aliceinchains #hardrock #Discogs
Bringing back some memories with this one.
#vinyl #aliceinchains #hardrock #Discogs
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 AM
#nowspinning Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Bringing back some memories with this one.
#vinyl #aliceinchains #hardrock #Discogs
Bringing back some memories with this one.
#vinyl #aliceinchains #hardrock #Discogs
Great Pottery Throw Down coming back is one of the few right things happening in 2026.
#potterythrowdown
#potterythrowdown
a man says i really like this bowl
ALT: a man says i really like this bowl
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Great Pottery Throw Down coming back is one of the few right things happening in 2026.
#potterythrowdown
#potterythrowdown
#nowspinning Black Widow - Return to the Sabbat
Great gift from Jim & Wendy Williams. Excellent choice to add to my collection. Love the proto-occult rock.
#vinyl #blackwidow #occultrock #Discogs
Great gift from Jim & Wendy Williams. Excellent choice to add to my collection. Love the proto-occult rock.
#vinyl #blackwidow #occultrock #Discogs
January 4, 2026 at 4:26 AM
#nowspinning Black Widow - Return to the Sabbat
Great gift from Jim & Wendy Williams. Excellent choice to add to my collection. Love the proto-occult rock.
#vinyl #blackwidow #occultrock #Discogs
Great gift from Jim & Wendy Williams. Excellent choice to add to my collection. Love the proto-occult rock.
#vinyl #blackwidow #occultrock #Discogs
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OK, Stranger Things S5, this Reaper Mini wasn't made until 1994. It didn't exist in 1989 and its use on your show ruined my immersion. There's like 5,000 other vintage minis you could have used instead.
I didn't care about the Sorcerer anachronism, but this one twisted my knickers
I didn't care about the Sorcerer anachronism, but this one twisted my knickers
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
OK, Stranger Things S5, this Reaper Mini wasn't made until 1994. It didn't exist in 1989 and its use on your show ruined my immersion. There's like 5,000 other vintage minis you could have used instead.
I didn't care about the Sorcerer anachronism, but this one twisted my knickers
I didn't care about the Sorcerer anachronism, but this one twisted my knickers
#nowspinning Current 93 – Sketches Of My Nightmares And Dreams Occurring
The journey & meditations contained are witnessed.
#vinyl #current93 #experimentalmusic #Discogs
The journey & meditations contained are witnessed.
#vinyl #current93 #experimentalmusic #Discogs
January 4, 2026 at 2:06 AM
#nowspinning Current 93 – Sketches Of My Nightmares And Dreams Occurring
The journey & meditations contained are witnessed.
#vinyl #current93 #experimentalmusic #Discogs
The journey & meditations contained are witnessed.
#vinyl #current93 #experimentalmusic #Discogs
Just wannabe gangster shit
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Just wannabe gangster shit
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Normally I’d relate the following to the Epstein files distraction agenda, but it’s beyond that now… we have bombed Venezuela in a large scale op, and claim to have “captured” Maduro and his wife. We have become like any other monstrous international crime war monger we have accused others of being.
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Normally I’d relate the following to the Epstein files distraction agenda, but it’s beyond that now… we have bombed Venezuela in a large scale op, and claim to have “captured” Maduro and his wife. We have become like any other monstrous international crime war monger we have accused others of being.
Been trying to play some video games these last few days & I just can't seem to have fun playing them. Not sure what is going on with any of it. Even old favorites. I want to play, but then get 10 minutes in & am just "meh"
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Been trying to play some video games these last few days & I just can't seem to have fun playing them. Not sure what is going on with any of it. Even old favorites. I want to play, but then get 10 minutes in & am just "meh"
Gearing up for @orcacon.bsky.social next week & I need to adjust my coffee consumption. Up to about 10 cups a day, so will slowly abate until then.
Looking forward to it all!
Looking forward to it all!
Who's ready for our full updated Special Guest list? Yep, we are! Check out all these amazing people who will be running panels, workshops, games, and special events as our Special Guests! www.orcacon.org/panels/speci...
January 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Gearing up for @orcacon.bsky.social next week & I need to adjust my coffee consumption. Up to about 10 cups a day, so will slowly abate until then.
Looking forward to it all!
Looking forward to it all!
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A lovely gentle and accessible dialogue on the limits of computationalism.
We assume intelligence is computable not because we’ve proven it, but because we’ve lost the ability to conceptualize it any other way.
www.ocrampal.com/the-ultimate...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
www.ocrampal.com/the-ultimate...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
The Ultimate Hammer: Why Programmers Can't See Beyond Computation
* Alex: Senior engineer at a leading AI lab, 15 years of experience in machine learning
* Morgan: Philosopher of science with a background in biology
Alex: Look, I know you philosophers love to comp...
www.ocrampal.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A lovely gentle and accessible dialogue on the limits of computationalism.
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There have been no good reasons for staying on Twitter for years now, but at this point you will have to follow up any of your remaining excuses with “…and I don’t care about the child pornography.”
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
There have been no good reasons for staying on Twitter for years now, but at this point you will have to follow up any of your remaining excuses with “…and I don’t care about the child pornography.”
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Should have just posted this as my year end recap
January 2, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Should have just posted this as my year end recap