The Wonderful Wizard of Wellington
@wellingtonskeleton.space
The Wellington Skellington (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Pākehā). He/him/ia. Biscuit Tin Enthusiast. Aotearoa New Zealand. ✅✅
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The Dave Watches The Great Films He's Never Seen Project
docs.google.com
The list of films for The "Dave Watches The Great Films He's Never Seen" Project has hit 120 (including those I've already watched over the last few weeks). That should keep me busy for a while.
It is a lovely day in the village, and you are a resurrected goose (via Heirs of Merlin, Ars Magica 4th Edition)
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It is a lovely day in the village, and you are a resurrected goose (via Heirs of Merlin, Ars Magica 4th Edition)
The nice thing about doing this is that it helped me understand what the game will actually look like in play, which is one of those things that's often trickier to work out than you expect.
January 8, 2026 at 4:20 AM
The nice thing about doing this is that it helped me understand what the game will actually look like in play, which is one of those things that's often trickier to work out than you expect.
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SHIVERS - GO TO THE CHILDREN OF THE BIG SEA.
RHETORIC - The big sea…The Big C? That can only mean one thing - Communism.
YOU - Yes, Comrade Zephyr. I shall find them. Girl Child Revolution and Girl Child Communism!
SHIVERS - BOY CHILD FREEDOM. BOY CHILD JUSTICE.
RHETORIC - The big sea…The Big C? That can only mean one thing - Communism.
YOU - Yes, Comrade Zephyr. I shall find them. Girl Child Revolution and Girl Child Communism!
SHIVERS - BOY CHILD FREEDOM. BOY CHILD JUSTICE.
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 AM
SHIVERS - GO TO THE CHILDREN OF THE BIG SEA.
RHETORIC - The big sea…The Big C? That can only mean one thing - Communism.
YOU - Yes, Comrade Zephyr. I shall find them. Girl Child Revolution and Girl Child Communism!
SHIVERS - BOY CHILD FREEDOM. BOY CHILD JUSTICE.
RHETORIC - The big sea…The Big C? That can only mean one thing - Communism.
YOU - Yes, Comrade Zephyr. I shall find them. Girl Child Revolution and Girl Child Communism!
SHIVERS - BOY CHILD FREEDOM. BOY CHILD JUSTICE.
I have long since accepted the fact that if I want to get ridiculous wizardgames to the table, I need to put on the GM's wizard hat.
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I have long since accepted the fact that if I want to get ridiculous wizardgames to the table, I need to put on the GM's wizard hat.
I bet my tabletop group are real excited that I'm unemployed so I have all the time I need to put together a 16-slide pitch deck for why they should let me run Magical Mediaeval Land-Owner Sim 2k26
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I bet my tabletop group are real excited that I'm unemployed so I have all the time I need to put together a 16-slide pitch deck for why they should let me run Magical Mediaeval Land-Owner Sim 2k26
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i miss when this guy was the only LLM
a man in a suit is holding a pink object
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a pink object
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:32 AM
i miss when this guy was the only LLM
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Genuinely insulting to honours recipients. The message is that you're not worth a human's time.
Why bother with honours at all then? Who is any of this for?
Why bother with honours at all then? Who is any of this for?
Government planning to use AI for next New Year's Honours
Government planning to use AI for next New Year's Honours
An exemption has been needed as the use of personal information by AI is usually restricted by government policy.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Genuinely insulting to honours recipients. The message is that you're not worth a human's time.
Why bother with honours at all then? Who is any of this for?
Why bother with honours at all then? Who is any of this for?
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My collection of @wellingtonskeleton.space idols continues to grow
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
My collection of @wellingtonskeleton.space idols continues to grow
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Pretty textbook on how not to do crisis communication for this type of attack. So here’s a little thread on what to do instead. 🧵
If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
Manage My Health CEO: 'Trust us even though we've dropped the ball'
The chief executive of beleaguered patient portal says he is open to standing down if required.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Pretty textbook on how not to do crisis communication for this type of attack. So here’s a little thread on what to do instead. 🧵
If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
One of my New Year's GRIFTs is to read all of Robert E Howard's Conan stories (it's part of the White Whales reading challenge I set for myself). And damn man, that's writing right there.
January 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
One of my New Year's GRIFTs is to read all of Robert E Howard's Conan stories (it's part of the White Whales reading challenge I set for myself). And damn man, that's writing right there.
The cycle continues unbroken.
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 AM
The cycle continues unbroken.
(Shout out to @realwizardmartin.bsky.social, @hiriadunning.com and @norightturnnz.bsky.social for co-writing what still, I think, stands as the most impressive larp-writing feat Aotearoa has ever seen.)
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
(Shout out to @realwizardmartin.bsky.social, @hiriadunning.com and @norightturnnz.bsky.social for co-writing what still, I think, stands as the most impressive larp-writing feat Aotearoa has ever seen.)
The imminent release of Ars Magica definitive edition has me plotting and scheming and casting about for when/where I could set a game if I ever get it to the table. Then it struck me — I once wrote (1/4 of) a game set in 1221! Thank you Past Dave, enabling present Dave to be lazy once again.
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The imminent release of Ars Magica definitive edition has me plotting and scheming and casting about for when/where I could set a game if I ever get it to the table. Then it struck me — I once wrote (1/4 of) a game set in 1221! Thank you Past Dave, enabling present Dave to be lazy once again.
Joking aside, I actually have a wide range of things I want to achieve this year, not all of which are resolutions, so I think some kind of matrix or quadrant or other thing of such a nature might help arrange things in a useful sort of way.
January 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Joking aside, I actually have a wide range of things I want to achieve this year, not all of which are resolutions, so I think some kind of matrix or quadrant or other thing of such a nature might help arrange things in a useful sort of way.
Tired of New Year's Resolutions? Consider my new Patented Self Help Success Method (patent pending): New Year's Goals/Resolutions/Intentions/Focuses/Tasks. That's right, with my New Year's GRIFT, you'll never fail again.
January 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Tired of New Year's Resolutions? Consider my new Patented Self Help Success Method (patent pending): New Year's Goals/Resolutions/Intentions/Focuses/Tasks. That's right, with my New Year's GRIFT, you'll never fail again.
It was raining up through the Desert Road, lovely for most of the North Island, then bam, back into a rainstorm just as we left Waikato.
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It was raining up through the Desert Road, lovely for most of the North Island, then bam, back into a rainstorm just as we left Waikato.
Welcome to scenic Tāmaki
January 3, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Welcome to scenic Tāmaki
"And furthermore..."
January 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
"And furthermore..."
Levin's finest
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Levin's finest
The same friend once pulled the Tower for me and the 10 of Swords for my best friend/creative partner, at NYE midnight on what turned out to be one of the more traumatic years of our lives. So she's got prior form, y'know?
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The same friend once pulled the Tower for me and the 10 of Swords for my best friend/creative partner, at NYE midnight on what turned out to be one of the more traumatic years of our lives. So she's got prior form, y'know?
Asked a friend for an NYE Tarot card pull to provide an omen for 2026. I am pleased with the outcome.
December 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Asked a friend for an NYE Tarot card pull to provide an omen for 2026. I am pleased with the outcome.
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Don't forget to leave your pork pie out for the Hogfather, lads.
December 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Don't forget to leave your pork pie out for the Hogfather, lads.
(yes Hogswatch is Christmas but it's also Hogmanay/the last night of the year)
December 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
(yes Hogswatch is Christmas but it's also Hogmanay/the last night of the year)
Don't forget to leave your pork pie out for the Hogfather, lads.
December 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Don't forget to leave your pork pie out for the Hogfather, lads.