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William Seligman
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I'm a physicist, a witch, and a gamer (not necessarily in that order).

I write blog posts on my hobbies. In 2025, that's mostly Baldur's Gate 3. I also post pictures of my cats, if they feel like it.

My opinions are based on too little research.
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William Seligman @acorn.garden · Jul 5
I just discovered my blog has an RSS feed: argothald.com/feed/

I know that RSS is no longer popular among the cool kids. Still, it's there if you'd like to use it.
argothald.com
acorn.garden
I am legally required to point out that Gamara is a kaiju space turtle who, for legal reasons, has never fought Godzilla.
holzman-tweed.bsky.social Holzman-Tweed (he-suite) @holzman-tweed.bsky.social · 2d
No, that's Gamora. Gemara is a kind of fish cake.
shammaiintl.bsky.social Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe he heard "Gemara" and got confused. Ganesha is a Hindu god; Gemara is the adopted daughter of Thanos.
December 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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www.gocomics.com/calvinandhob...
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Evidently you've never played poker with pizza.
angelakarma.bsky.social angelakarma.bsky.social @angelakarma.bsky.social · 7d
Truer words were never spoken
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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For my friend Sabrina, I prepared a collection of my writings on the Baldur's Gate 3 system. argothald.com/2025/12/15/m... #BG3. Given my background in D&D, it might have as relevant to Gygaxian systems as a sex manual written by a celibate priest. If you're an expert, you might have a good laugh.
A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A woman is wearing an elaborate armor, with spiked shoulder plates, colored in gold and purple. Two sculpted metallic staffs are carried on her back.
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
acorn.garden
Last night (well, yesterday afternoon) we played more Soul Raiders. argothald.com/2025/12/14/l...
In center of the image is a tuxedo cat. One white-tipped paw rests on a card labeled 23A. On the right is the large Soul Raiders box. On the foreground left are various other location cards from the game; in the background left, a computer shows a photo screensaver.
December 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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By all means, report it. I suspect that it's not as innocent as it may appear.

In fact, among the living creatures in your home, it might be a plant!
dracofav.bsky.social Dracofav @dracofav.bsky.social · 12d
Damn it. Repot. Repot.
Autocorrect is a scourge
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I'm very much into ritual myself. Unfortunately, for both medical reasons and lack of local-area interest, I think that may be behind me now.
phaedra-b.bsky.social Phaedra Bonewits @phaedra-b.bsky.social · 19d
Question for y'all: Most of my witch/magician career has been working with groups, thus much of my knowledge is based in group ritual. So many now are solitary, are you interested in group work and ritual tips?. Ritual really is my thing.

#WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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CW: Partial nudity. Though I'm in the middle of my 15th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, I go back to my 3rd. Why? Trophies. Also: more fanfic, more Druid Angela. argothald.com/2025/12/04/b... #BG3
A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. In the foreground there's a woman in a blue-green robe with matching hood; two metallic staffs are carried on her back. In the background is another woman wearing leathery armor; she has red skin, pointed ears, and a skin horn coming from the side of head. The image is subtitled: "Fist Jara: What are you... wait. I know you."
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The physics experiment MicroBooNE will present significant results at 4:30PM ET: microboone.fnal.gov/microboone-2...

These results are going to be published in the science journal Nature. The collaboration (including me) is embargoed from discussing this result until after the presentation.
MicroBooNE 2025 Result - MicroBooNE
Join the MicroBooNE collaboration as it releases new results on December 3rd at 3:30 PM Central Time!  The seminar will be streamed live on the Fermilab YouTube channel beginning at 3:30 pm CT:  Fermi...
microboone.fnal.gov
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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CW: Partial nudity. My seventh essay on building an Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. It includes my most ambitious pictorial fanfic yet! argothald.com/2025/11/30/b... #BG3
A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. Two figures in the foreground stand against a background view of a medieval city. On the left is an alien (githyanki) with olive-green skin, cornrow hair, and pointed ears; she wears leather armor with a fur fringe. On the right is an elf, with long black hair and pointed ears; she wear metallic blue armor. The image is captioned: "Karma: Now, if we are finished with the melodrama, there is work to do."
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Uhh...

A couple of Peter Schickele performances (as PDQ Bach)
Claude Bolling performance at Fermilab
A french quartet I saw as part of a music class I took in 1981 or so...

That's it, I'm not one for concerts.

Do performances as part of pagan festivals count? How about filksinging?
dracofav.bsky.social Dracofav @dracofav.bsky.social · 27d
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

GooGoo Dolls
Haerts
Boy and Bear
Half Moon Run
Bloc Party
geeh.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 Geeh |-/ Breach @geeh.bsky.social · 27d
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

Twenty one pilots
Imagine Dragons
Fresno
Pitty
Dead Fish
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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My sixth essay on building an effective Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/11/24/b... #BG3
An image made using photo mode in the video game Baldur's Gate 3. An alien (githyanki) woman is shown from the shoulders up. She has black corn-row hair, olive-green skin, long pointed years, colored speckling on her cheeks and forehead, and no protuberant nose. She's wearing hide armor with long hair lining the collar, and a metallic staff is at her back. The image is captioned: "Karma: Wake up. It is time for another test."
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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I have a fifth essay on the subject of building an Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/11/19/b... #BG3
A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A dark-haired woman with blue eyes and tanned skin is wearing an elaborate purple robe. Two glowing staffs are held on her back. In the background are blurred images of stone walls and bushes. The image is captioned: "Angela: Five times? What is this?"
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Last night, we played Castles of Mad King Ludwig. argothald.com/2025/11/15/l...
The cover of the Royal Collector's Edition box of the board game Castles of Mad King Ludwig. The box cover depicts a castle on the right, rising from a tree-lined cliff, while a moon is visible beyond the turrets of the castle. On the left forest rises up to a hill with a more distant castle.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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My semi-review of the video game Dispatch: argothald.com/2025/11/14/d...
A screenshot from an achievement in the video game Dispatch. A man wearing a blue shirt and black games, and a woman searing a tanktop and short pants, are lounging on top of a car. The scene is set at night. The light from a lamp or open door streams across the left-hand side of the image. At the bottom left of the screen is the text "Any plans tonight?", the name of the achievement.
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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THAC0! Voices! Lore! Screenshots! Fanfic! A Baldur's Gate 3 player looks at the original Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II games from 25 years ago. argothald.com/2025/11/09/b...
A screenshot from the game Baldur's Gate II: Shadow of Amn. It's a text card that reads, "'The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage...' -So sayeth the Wise Alaundo"
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Last night in our gaming session, we played Perch and Lanterns. argothald.com/2025/11/08/l...
The front cover of the board game Perch. Brightly-colored birds flit between trees and a bird feeder. In the background, silhouetted against the sky, is a flock of birds perched on the wire between two electrical cables. The word "Perch" is at the top center.
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Unexpectedly, there's a fourth post in the sequence on how to build Druid Angela for your own Baldur's Gate 3 game. argothald.com/2025/11/03/b... #BG3
A screenshot from a character in the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A female figure with black hair and gray eyes looks to the left of the picture. She is smiling. You can see a glowing staff in the background. The image is subtitled: "Angela: Hello. I did not expect to see you again so soon."
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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A story told through screenshots taken from Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/10/31/b... #BG3
A screen capture from the game Baldur's Gate 3. A woman with black hair, olive skin, gray eyes, and a pale tattoo of woven razors is wearing an elaborate teal and gray robe. A subtitle near the bottom of the screen reads "Angela: I want for those people to have died for something, not just to defend a dead tyrant."
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
acorn.garden
A two-fer today! First up, further ruminations on building an Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/10/31/b... #BG3
A screen capture from the game Baldur's Gate 3. A woman with black hair, olive skin, gray eyes, and a pale tattoo of woven razors is wearing an elaborate teal and gray robe.
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
acorn.garden
If you've read my blog posts on Baldur's Gate 3, you know that I've spun a fantasy around the character of Arctic Druid Angela. Now you can play her too, or just use the same build as her. argothald.com/2025/10/22/b... #BG3
A screenshot from a character in the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A female figure with black hair and gray eyes looks to the left of the picture. She is smiling. You can see a glowing staff in the background.
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Last night was a "three game" night, even though we only played two games: argothald.com/2025/10/18/l...
The box cover for the roll-and-write game Three Sisters. The cover depicts the plants involved in "three sisters" cultivation: corn, string beans, and pumpkins.
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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"Last night" we played Emberleaf. argothald.com/2025/10/12/l...
The box cover for the board game Emberleaf. It depicts a humanoid mouse, wearing leather clothing, carrying a load of wood. In the background is a brick building to the right and a windmill at the top. The artwork is enclosed in an outline shaped like a maple leaf.
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Larian Studios fixes an obscure problem I had with Baldur's Gate 3 that I never told them that I had. argothald.com/2025/10/04/b... #BG3
A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. Right of center, an half-elf woman wearing a low-cut leather blouse stands in front of a tented campsite. To the far left a half-seen figure listens. The image is captioned "Shadowheart: Thank you. I'm sure we'll get along perfectly well."
October 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Last night's game was Micro Moonshine: argothald.com/2025/09/27/l...
The game box for Micro Moonshine. The cover depicts two men and a women dressed in outfits that remind the viewer of the game in 1920s prohibition era.
September 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM