@woefulhc.bsky.social
T1D dx Feb 1976. TTRPGs since 1980. I've been playing GURPS since 1989.
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I want to see Mike Johnson & his cronies live on off-brand Saltines, peanut butter, jelly & canned tuna for a week. Maybe a few packs of ramen, if they dare splurge a little.
Be sure to have lots of blankets for when the heat gets turned off.
Comfy shoes for walking when they can't afford gas.
Be sure to have lots of blankets for when the heat gets turned off.
Comfy shoes for walking when they can't afford gas.
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I want to see Mike Johnson & his cronies live on off-brand Saltines, peanut butter, jelly & canned tuna for a week. Maybe a few packs of ramen, if they dare splurge a little.
Be sure to have lots of blankets for when the heat gets turned off.
Comfy shoes for walking when they can't afford gas.
Be sure to have lots of blankets for when the heat gets turned off.
Comfy shoes for walking when they can't afford gas.
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Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”
October 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”
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Aide from Donald Trump’s marriage vows there is no oath so commonly broken as a state legislator’s oath to uphold the constitution.
I thought the headline was exaggerating but it’s not. This is legitimately insane www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
Texas is about to ban talking on college campuses at night | Opinion
If signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, this bill will ban speech at night — from study groups to newspaper reporting — at the state's public universities.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Aide from Donald Trump’s marriage vows there is no oath so commonly broken as a state legislator’s oath to uphold the constitution.
Last night I was on the Eclectic Goat's stream (www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7th...) talking about EGURPS. There are a few things I didn't manage to get in. (That may have had something to do with a couple of significant tangents we took.)
See my replies to this.
See my replies to this.
Episode 17: Mushrooms, Mutants & Masterminds
YouTube video by The Eclectic Goat
www.youtube.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Last night I was on the Eclectic Goat's stream (www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7th...) talking about EGURPS. There are a few things I didn't manage to get in. (That may have had something to do with a couple of significant tangents we took.)
See my replies to this.
See my replies to this.
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When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
@mmasnick.bsky.social Did you need another burning dumpster of an example of the Streisand Effect?
And this, of course, is the article.
www.enworld.org/threads/the-...
www.enworld.org/threads/the-...
The Rise And Fall Of Evil Genius Games
How does a company go from over twenty core staff to just six in the space of a few weeks?
In the summer of 2023, Evil Genius Games appeared to be riding high. They’d made about half a million dollar...
www.enworld.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@mmasnick.bsky.social Did you need another burning dumpster of an example of the Streisand Effect?
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Mutual aid is good and right but it isn’t going to manufacture the insulin, needles and blood sugar testing equipment I need to live
December 24, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Mutual aid is good and right but it isn’t going to manufacture the insulin, needles and blood sugar testing equipment I need to live
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And here I had been blaming two years of lockdown and only using my "Zoom voice" for the fact that I can't seem to project my voice anymore. Huh.
December 24, 2024 at 7:18 PM
And here I had been blaming two years of lockdown and only using my "Zoom voice" for the fact that I can't seem to project my voice anymore. Huh.
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"brand manufacturers and PBMs may be entering into rebate contracts designed to cut off access to generic and biosimilar competitors."
wow! it's exactly my take! thanks, interim government report! which includes an insulin contract as evidence
wow! it's exactly my take! thanks, interim government report! which includes an insulin contract as evidence
FTC Releases Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug Middlemen
The Federal Trade Commission today published an
www.ftc.gov
December 24, 2024 at 8:28 PM
"brand manufacturers and PBMs may be entering into rebate contracts designed to cut off access to generic and biosimilar competitors."
wow! it's exactly my take! thanks, interim government report! which includes an insulin contract as evidence
wow! it's exactly my take! thanks, interim government report! which includes an insulin contract as evidence
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Takes require some evidence or you're just farting opinions
If you say it's more likely than not that PBMs and Pharma are not engaged in conspiracy... okay, here's the part where you can persuade someone of that - y'know, to prove it's just not some random feeling you have
FTC gave a strong retort
If you say it's more likely than not that PBMs and Pharma are not engaged in conspiracy... okay, here's the part where you can persuade someone of that - y'know, to prove it's just not some random feeling you have
FTC gave a strong retort
December 24, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Takes require some evidence or you're just farting opinions
If you say it's more likely than not that PBMs and Pharma are not engaged in conspiracy... okay, here's the part where you can persuade someone of that - y'know, to prove it's just not some random feeling you have
FTC gave a strong retort
If you say it's more likely than not that PBMs and Pharma are not engaged in conspiracy... okay, here's the part where you can persuade someone of that - y'know, to prove it's just not some random feeling you have
FTC gave a strong retort
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I think those decrying the reactions to Brian Thompson's death have missed that the industry he served has taught us through their actions that human lives are to be saved or ended with a deatched callousness that serves profit over compassion. If I am indifferent to 1/
December 6, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I think those decrying the reactions to Brian Thompson's death have missed that the industry he served has taught us through their actions that human lives are to be saved or ended with a deatched callousness that serves profit over compassion. If I am indifferent to 1/
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An insulin pump and a bad attitude.
If you were being sold as an action figure, what 2 accessories would you come with?
December 2, 2024 at 2:00 AM
An insulin pump and a bad attitude.
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Man, exercise really is murder.
November 29, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Man, exercise really is murder.
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I don’t care how many cases against him get dropped, delayed or buried. He’s guilty as sin and the whole world knows it.
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I don’t care how many cases against him get dropped, delayed or buried. He’s guilty as sin and the whole world knows it.
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Steven is an utterly amazing human with a sharp wit, a great sense of humor, and unfailingly kind to damn near anyone he meets. Go join his Patreon. I did. Let's all hop into the peanut gallery together and see what this brilliant man comes up with.
My second FEATURE OF HABIT post just posted, in which I make you think about Charlotte Rae for probably the first time in years. Counting down to the first "real" movie essay on December 1!
What Am I Doing Here? | Feature of Habit: A Movie a Day
Get more from Feature of Habit: A Movie a Day on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Steven is an utterly amazing human with a sharp wit, a great sense of humor, and unfailingly kind to damn near anyone he meets. Go join his Patreon. I did. Let's all hop into the peanut gallery together and see what this brilliant man comes up with.
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And that's it for this thread. There is no way I could completely describe every thing cool about Thracia alone, much less what made this woman so good at level design. She's the fucking GOAT. Read her books. The end.
November 27, 2024 at 10:08 PM
And that's it for this thread. There is no way I could completely describe every thing cool about Thracia alone, much less what made this woman so good at level design. She's the fucking GOAT. Read her books. The end.
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Also, it makes it possible for an encounter to be interacted with from two different floors, i.e. three dimensionally.
November 27, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Also, it makes it possible for an encounter to be interacted with from two different floors, i.e. three dimensionally.
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8) Level connections. This is just kind of a variation on 1 and 3, but dungeon levels have a similar relationship with each other that the overworld has to the dungeon (ie multiple ways to get there, pathing that might start on level 1, go to level 2, then back to level 1).
November 27, 2024 at 10:08 PM
8) Level connections. This is just kind of a variation on 1 and 3, but dungeon levels have a similar relationship with each other that the overworld has to the dungeon (ie multiple ways to get there, pathing that might start on level 1, go to level 2, then back to level 1).
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7)Factional play. If factions each have their own corners of the dungeon, and the players have different relationships with those factions, that will affect what the difficulty "hot spots" are and, again, change how players choose paths
November 27, 2024 at 10:08 PM
7)Factional play. If factions each have their own corners of the dungeon, and the players have different relationships with those factions, that will affect what the difficulty "hot spots" are and, again, change how players choose paths
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6) Landmarks. Compared to stuff like Tegel or Palace of the Vampire Queen, Thracia has big "set pieces" or extremely obvious geographic quirks that, even if no direct interaction is had with them, make it easier to remember where certain encounters or treasure are, and aid in drawing their own map.
November 27, 2024 at 10:08 PM
6) Landmarks. Compared to stuff like Tegel or Palace of the Vampire Queen, Thracia has big "set pieces" or extremely obvious geographic quirks that, even if no direct interaction is had with them, make it easier to remember where certain encounters or treasure are, and aid in drawing their own map.