Graham Wills
@ggz.bsky.social
AI and ML architect in Healthcare • Boardgames and Tabletop Roleplaying Games • Christian • Amateur Theatrics • Bonsai • Cooking
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My foreword will mostly be WHY IS ADRIAN SO MUCH BETTER AT THIS THAN ME, but, you know, tasteful AND NOT JEALOUS AT ALL
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY—Over 600 Pages!
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud,...
subterraneanpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My foreword will mostly be WHY IS ADRIAN SO MUCH BETTER AT THIS THAN ME, but, you know, tasteful AND NOT JEALOUS AT ALL
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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2/3 10 years ago today I wrote a retrospective on the "Being Poor" piece, talking about why I wrote it, how it had gone out into the world after I wrote it, and my thoughts on some of the responses to it.
whatever.scalzi.com/2015/09/03/b...
whatever.scalzi.com/2015/09/03/b...
“Being Poor,” Ten Years On
Ten years ago today, I put the essay “Being Poor” on Whatever. I wrote the piece, as I explained later, in a rage at the after-events of Hurricane Katrina, when so many people asked, so…
whatever.scalzi.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
2/3 10 years ago today I wrote a retrospective on the "Being Poor" piece, talking about why I wrote it, how it had gone out into the world after I wrote it, and my thoughts on some of the responses to it.
whatever.scalzi.com/2015/09/03/b...
whatever.scalzi.com/2015/09/03/b...
ANGELS IN AMERICA at the Invictus theater in Chicago — fantastic performances; great direction and a very intimate experience. Highly recommended!
August 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
ANGELS IN AMERICA at the Invictus theater in Chicago — fantastic performances; great direction and a very intimate experience. Highly recommended!
Origins game fair day one. My Tengu fighter does well against giant sewer crocodiles, but will fare less well against a pair of Rakshasa spell-casters
June 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Origins game fair day one. My Tengu fighter does well against giant sewer crocodiles, but will fare less well against a pair of Rakshasa spell-casters
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Students like Emma have been advocating to expand reproductive rights on our public university campuses in Illinois.
We’re eliminating barriers to seeking care due to inaccessibility, and I look forward to signing HB 3709 into law.
We’re eliminating barriers to seeking care due to inaccessibility, and I look forward to signing HB 3709 into law.
May 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Students like Emma have been advocating to expand reproductive rights on our public university campuses in Illinois.
We’re eliminating barriers to seeking care due to inaccessibility, and I look forward to signing HB 3709 into law.
We’re eliminating barriers to seeking care due to inaccessibility, and I look forward to signing HB 3709 into law.
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I can't remember who said it, but "Americans are a people who will spend 5 dollars to make sure 1 dollar doesn't go to someone who 'doesn't deserve it'," is one of the best descriptions of this problem I've ever seen.
May 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I can't remember who said it, but "Americans are a people who will spend 5 dollars to make sure 1 dollar doesn't go to someone who 'doesn't deserve it'," is one of the best descriptions of this problem I've ever seen.
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“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
Stephen Jay Gould, 1941 - 2002
Stephen Jay Gould, 1941 - 2002
March 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
Stephen Jay Gould, 1941 - 2002
Stephen Jay Gould, 1941 - 2002
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Discover what mysteries lurk in the halls of Gunnerkrigg in Gunnerkrigg Court Volume 2! Available now in paperback, alongside a limited hardcover edition: bit.ly/4io7F6i
By Tom Siddell (@gunnerkrigg.bsky.social)
By Tom Siddell (@gunnerkrigg.bsky.social)
April 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Discover what mysteries lurk in the halls of Gunnerkrigg in Gunnerkrigg Court Volume 2! Available now in paperback, alongside a limited hardcover edition: bit.ly/4io7F6i
By Tom Siddell (@gunnerkrigg.bsky.social)
By Tom Siddell (@gunnerkrigg.bsky.social)
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Arise knights of Arthur! The Pendragon: Gamemaster's Handbook is now available!
🛡️ Greatly expands the setting
🛡️ System for running Feasts and Battles
🛡️ Two all-new scenarios
🛡️ Plus much more!
Fight for the realm -> buff.ly/DaL3Me0
Preorders are shipping now!
🛡️ Greatly expands the setting
🛡️ System for running Feasts and Battles
🛡️ Two all-new scenarios
🛡️ Plus much more!
Fight for the realm -> buff.ly/DaL3Me0
Preorders are shipping now!
April 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Arise knights of Arthur! The Pendragon: Gamemaster's Handbook is now available!
🛡️ Greatly expands the setting
🛡️ System for running Feasts and Battles
🛡️ Two all-new scenarios
🛡️ Plus much more!
Fight for the realm -> buff.ly/DaL3Me0
Preorders are shipping now!
🛡️ Greatly expands the setting
🛡️ System for running Feasts and Battles
🛡️ Two all-new scenarios
🛡️ Plus much more!
Fight for the realm -> buff.ly/DaL3Me0
Preorders are shipping now!
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🎉 How can we use AI for good in addiction care? Our new study in @NatureMedicine shows an AI tool successfully screens for opioid use disorder—reducing hospital readmissions and costs!
🔗https://lnkd.in/g7--HrPN 🔗https://lnkd.in/gGQmTk9P
📺https://lnkd.in/gaEbh3tx
@NIDAnews @uwhealth.bsky.social
🔗https://lnkd.in/g7--HrPN 🔗https://lnkd.in/gGQmTk9P
📺https://lnkd.in/gaEbh3tx
@NIDAnews @uwhealth.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🎉 How can we use AI for good in addiction care? Our new study in @NatureMedicine shows an AI tool successfully screens for opioid use disorder—reducing hospital readmissions and costs!
🔗https://lnkd.in/g7--HrPN 🔗https://lnkd.in/gGQmTk9P
📺https://lnkd.in/gaEbh3tx
@NIDAnews @uwhealth.bsky.social
🔗https://lnkd.in/g7--HrPN 🔗https://lnkd.in/gGQmTk9P
📺https://lnkd.in/gaEbh3tx
@NIDAnews @uwhealth.bsky.social
This project was one of the first I started working on when I joined UW Health -- the team just completed a study on its effectiveness.
Not entirely sure why the NIH added a picture of a dog, but hey, here you go ...
nida.nih.gov/news-events/...
Not entirely sure why the NIH added a picture of a dog, but hey, here you go ...
nida.nih.gov/news-events/...
AI screening for opioid use disorder associated with fewer hospital readmissions | National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIH-supported clinical trial shows AI tool as effective as healthcare providers in generating referrals to addiction specialists
nida.nih.gov
April 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This project was one of the first I started working on when I joined UW Health -- the team just completed a study on its effectiveness.
Not entirely sure why the NIH added a picture of a dog, but hey, here you go ...
nida.nih.gov/news-events/...
Not entirely sure why the NIH added a picture of a dog, but hey, here you go ...
nida.nih.gov/news-events/...
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Trump Assures Wall Street He’ll Go Back To Just Fucking Over Poor People Soon
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April 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump Assures Wall Street He’ll Go Back To Just Fucking Over Poor People Soon
http://theonion.com/...
http://theonion.com/...
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My new game of dramatic, character-driven storytelling for one player and one GM, with scenarios by @sarahsamsaltiel.bsky.social @waderockett.bsky.social, Ruth Tillman and me, is now called Page Turners and headed for publication later this year.
pelgranepress.com/product/page...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My new game of dramatic, character-driven storytelling for one player and one GM, with scenarios by @sarahsamsaltiel.bsky.social @waderockett.bsky.social, Ruth Tillman and me, is now called Page Turners and headed for publication later this year.
pelgranepress.com/product/page...
pelgranepress.com/product/page...
THE BLACK BAG - feels like a Le Carré story updated for this decade. Clever, well acted, tightly focused and slick. Hoping it will be very successful and show Hollywood that with a good script, cast and director, you don’t need $100m of CGI to make a successful movie
March 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
THE BLACK BAG - feels like a Le Carré story updated for this decade. Clever, well acted, tightly focused and slick. Hoping it will be very successful and show Hollywood that with a good script, cast and director, you don’t need $100m of CGI to make a successful movie
I ran AGON for a 12-session campaign and it was really fun; one island per session has a star trek vibe, players declaring each dice as they add to their set makes every roll feel epic, and the progression system based on constellations is inspired. ***** will run again!
Curry divine favor, perform epic feats, and carve your name into the Vault of Heaven in AGON.
Streamlined rules make it easy to navigate a world of ancient myths and legendary heroes!
Save 20% when you head to @drivethrurpg.com and get the PDF/Roll20 bundle:
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Streamlined rules make it easy to navigate a world of ancient myths and legendary heroes!
Save 20% when you head to @drivethrurpg.com and get the PDF/Roll20 bundle:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
March 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I ran AGON for a 12-session campaign and it was really fun; one island per session has a star trek vibe, players declaring each dice as they add to their set makes every roll feel epic, and the progression system based on constellations is inspired. ***** will run again!
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"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
Was at Suzanne Vega concert last night. Excellent as expected, and we heard the new song Flying With Angels from the album of the same name - liked it quite a lot. Plus many favorites, and less well known songs .. like when she imagined what it would be like to be Bob Dylan’s chambermaid.
March 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Was at Suzanne Vega concert last night. Excellent as expected, and we heard the new song Flying With Angels from the album of the same name - liked it quite a lot. Plus many favorites, and less well known songs .. like when she imagined what it would be like to be Bob Dylan’s chambermaid.
I will be running around the 40th session of Greg’s The Great Pendragon Campaign tomorrow. I’ve run many campaigns, but this is unique in a wonderful way.
Greg was a great guy, but also one of the true innovators of the early roleplaying industry. His world of Glorantha and the Pendragon RPG should speak for themselves. I've called him the "Uncle" of the RPG field, right beside Gygax & Arneson.
A well-deserved recognition.
We are all us. ❤️
A well-deserved recognition.
We are all us. ❤️
Chaosium founder Greg Stafford was named the 2025 recipient of the E. Gary Gygax Lifetime Achievement Award at #GaryCon today. Presented annually, the award is named after the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the gaming industry.
March 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I will be running around the 40th session of Greg’s The Great Pendragon Campaign tomorrow. I’ve run many campaigns, but this is unique in a wonderful way.
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As we've been talking about Facebook pirating the work of millions of writers, a reminder that you can find my current position on individuals pirating my work here:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
Acquiring My Work: A Primer
Several times a month I get an email or social media message from someone who wants to know what the “best” way to buy my work is so that I, the writer, get as much of their money as po…
whatever.scalzi.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
As we've been talking about Facebook pirating the work of millions of writers, a reminder that you can find my current position on individuals pirating my work here:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
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Agents run a fine line, physically & spiritually. You're ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Trust is your ally—invest enough to succeed & stay alive, but know when to rally or run.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allrolledup/the-dee-sanction-monad-edition-elizabethan-supernatural-rpg
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allrolledup/the-dee-sanction-monad-edition-elizabethan-supernatural-rpg
March 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Agents run a fine line, physically & spiritually. You're ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Trust is your ally—invest enough to succeed & stay alive, but know when to rally or run.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allrolledup/the-dee-sanction-monad-edition-elizabethan-supernatural-rpg
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allrolledup/the-dee-sanction-monad-edition-elizabethan-supernatural-rpg
1. First #ttrpg played? AD&D
2. First you ever ran? Middle-Earth Roleplaying
3. Played the most? No clear winner
4. Run the most? No clear winner
5. Favorite? No clear winner
6. Most recently played? Tales from the Loop
7. Most recently run? Pendragon
2. First you ever ran? Middle-Earth Roleplaying
3. Played the most? No clear winner
4. Run the most? No clear winner
5. Favorite? No clear winner
6. Most recently played? Tales from the Loop
7. Most recently run? Pendragon
March 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
1. First #ttrpg played? AD&D
2. First you ever ran? Middle-Earth Roleplaying
3. Played the most? No clear winner
4. Run the most? No clear winner
5. Favorite? No clear winner
6. Most recently played? Tales from the Loop
7. Most recently run? Pendragon
2. First you ever ran? Middle-Earth Roleplaying
3. Played the most? No clear winner
4. Run the most? No clear winner
5. Favorite? No clear winner
6. Most recently played? Tales from the Loop
7. Most recently run? Pendragon
Running THE GREAT PENDRAGON CAMPAIGN during the Tournament era; my players are putting a ton of effort into winning the melée. They nearly cheered when Gawaine set off to get beheaded by the Green Knight.
March 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Running THE GREAT PENDRAGON CAMPAIGN during the Tournament era; my players are putting a ton of effort into winning the melée. They nearly cheered when Gawaine set off to get beheaded by the Green Knight.