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Physics Professor, Transformers enthusiast, comics reader and reviewer, etc. He/him. http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom http://www.dvandom.com Automatic follow-back helps trolls and bots build a false legitimacy, so don't expect it from me.

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · Jan 19

People who know me from elsewhere who are part of a new migration wave, please don't be offended if I don't follow back. My feed is about as active as I can manage following right now.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 7h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 3h

And psychiatric science advanced enough that they're still living despite being Leafs fans?

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 3h

It would take very little modification to run Seanan McGuire's "Indexing" setting using Jenna Moran's Glitch rules. "Dying of Snow White," "Dying of Wicked Stepsister," etc. Embracing your story gives you a kind of power (there's even a stat for it already), but ticks down the clock to death.

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 11h

Not that kind of doctorate!

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone knows librarians don't play D&D, they stick to less well-known systems like PbtA, and if they MUST play D&D their homebrew rules render it almost unrecognizable to someone who only knows the stock version.

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 12h

Considering the original lineup of the Frightful Four, I suspect the Wizard had more than a little bit of a bondage fetish. "Sandman will bury you in his body! Medusa will bind you with her living hair! The Trapster will glue you up!"

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 12h

It's a fun setting, but as an actual game needed more editing. If you don't already know the Cypher system (I did not), there's gaps in the rules presented here that render it kinda unplayable as a standalone. Still, the price is good for just a setting book.

James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · 13h

Bundle of Holding: Mystery Flesh Pit

Welcome, visitor, to Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: The RPG, the Cypher System tabletop roleplaying game rulebook from Ganza Gaming about the Permian Basin Superorganism.

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Mystery Flesh Pit RPG Special

Welcome, visitor, to Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: The RPG, the Cypher System tabletop roleplaying game rulebook from Ganza Gaming about the Permian Basin Superorganism. This bizarre natural geobio...

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 15h

"I didn't know there were gnomes in Middle Earth?" "Orc raids got 'em all. They were too tasty for their own good."

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 15h

Of the places I've lived (at least a year), two are Great Lakes, one is Midlands, four are Heartland (one of those is on the border with Central Plains, but there were corn fields across the street so I'm gonna call it Heartland), and one is Southern Plains. I did spend 2 months in Tri-State Area.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently the Hatch Act is purely civil, the main threat it carries is that violation is grounds for termination, but not automatic termination. So, if you're just doing what your boss tells you to, you won't get fired for a Hatch violation...yet. It becomes blackmail material, though.

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

"So, you're saying if I domesticate myself, I can have this every day?"

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

I vaguely recall a fantasy novella with supporting cast including a couple of pigs who were happy to eat any corpses that got generated in the name of hiding evidence. :)

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

Chicagoans should try to convince the Guardsmen to defect to Illinois.

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, the most scandalous bit of gossip in my hometown involved my family, and made 9th grade quite unpleasant for me.

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

Well, her sexual need is certainly bottom-less now that Urban is gone. (rimshot)

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

I'm disappointed that this was just the first couple dozen pages. I'm interested in the appendices: the cosplay typology because I'm one kind of nerd, and the expedited IRB approval process because I'm another kind of nerd.

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

Cue the sword @warcabbitmwm.bsky.social keeps by the printer.

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

Privilege says "my comfort is more important than your life."

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 1d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

There's a version of this clogging shelves at the local Ollie's, dunno if it's this specific version though. I think it was ten bucks?

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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 1d

"Of course he looks fabulous, he's wearing ME."

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 2d

Damn it, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a keyboard warrior!

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 2d

Confirms what many have long thought about the world, though.

Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says, "I am a real live horrible person and not a bot" like dredging up years-old stale fandom conflict to try to start a fight. Bots tend to stick to current flamewars, not ones where the ashes have long since cooled and been mixed into concrete, but real human spite has no time limit.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI is discovering that there are reasons the fan creativity problem in copyright law hasn't been solved yet, despite decades of work.

More later, but a couple of quick points now.

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OpenAI's Sora 2 Is Generating Video of SpongeBob Cooking Meth, Highlighting Copyright Concerns

In a video that went viral, a clip shows Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants cooking up meth, raising copyright concerns.

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