Zed Lopez
@zedlopez.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy
coder, writer, gamer, geek. he/him. Science good, Nazis bad.
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So that's one spell component sorted...
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
So that's one spell component sorted...
Actually, technically, it's only a guillotine if it comes from the region of the Guillon Commune in France.
Otherwise, it's just a decapitating pillory.
Otherwise, it's just a decapitating pillory.
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Actually, technically, it's only a guillotine if it comes from the region of the Guillon Commune in France.
Otherwise, it's just a decapitating pillory.
Otherwise, it's just a decapitating pillory.
I have a soft spot for liches.
I figure they just wanted more time to read and got a little carried away.
I figure they just wanted more time to read and got a little carried away.
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I have a soft spot for liches.
I figure they just wanted more time to read and got a little carried away.
I figure they just wanted more time to read and got a little carried away.
You know! For cats!
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You know! For cats!
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September 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/magazine/mens-health-doctor-masculinity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g08.PF6m.K0vmqL4XzWy-
Making the doctor's office a more manly place where manly men can feel manly 'cause addressing the problem of manly men not knowing how to be functional grown-ups would […]
Making the doctor's office a more manly place where manly men can feel manly 'cause addressing the problem of manly men not knowing how to be functional grown-ups would […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
August 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/magazine/mens-health-doctor-masculinity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g08.PF6m.K0vmqL4XzWy-
Making the doctor's office a more manly place where manly men can feel manly 'cause addressing the problem of manly men not knowing how to be functional grown-ups would […]
Making the doctor's office a more manly place where manly men can feel manly 'cause addressing the problem of manly men not knowing how to be functional grown-ups would […]
Next time someone hypes their AI-created "art" at me, I'll tell 'em I'll have my finest AI-created "critics" tell me all about it.
August 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Next time someone hypes their AI-created "art" at me, I'll tell 'em I'll have my finest AI-created "critics" tell me all about it.
"Navigation designed for efficiency!"
says the Jira popup interrupting what I was trying to do.
says the Jira popup interrupting what I was trying to do.
August 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Navigation designed for efficiency!"
says the Jira popup interrupting what I was trying to do.
says the Jira popup interrupting what I was trying to do.
#rpgaday2025 Day 1: Patron
The Penthus Corporation had been a long-running antagonist in an epic (decades-long) Call of Cthulhu campaign. Some of PCs had had enough and executed a decapitation strike against its owners and management.
I hadn't been in on it, but after the fact I implored them […]
The Penthus Corporation had been a long-running antagonist in an epic (decades-long) Call of Cthulhu campaign. Some of PCs had had enough and executed a decapitation strike against its owners and management.
I hadn't been in on it, but after the fact I implored them […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
August 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#rpgaday2025 Day 1: Patron
The Penthus Corporation had been a long-running antagonist in an epic (decades-long) Call of Cthulhu campaign. Some of PCs had had enough and executed a decapitation strike against its owners and management.
I hadn't been in on it, but after the fact I implored them […]
The Penthus Corporation had been a long-running antagonist in an epic (decades-long) Call of Cthulhu campaign. Some of PCs had had enough and executed a decapitation strike against its owners and management.
I hadn't been in on it, but after the fact I implored them […]
If a dialogue box is presenting an interaction that is required before something can proceed... requesting confirmation, say, or it's a file selection widget... it makes sense for that to be superimposed on an application's display (provided it doesn't cover information relevant to the user […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
If a dialogue box is presenting an interaction that is required before something can proceed... requesting confirmation, say, or it's a file selection widget... it makes sense for that to be superimposed on an application's display (provided it doesn't cover information relevant to the user […]
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The absolute funniest shit is the cybersecurity consultants who are trying to advertise they would have stopped a startup CEO from going to a sold out show with a side piece
My sibling in Cthulhu, you wouldn’t stop them hiring an escort on their work laptop with admin rights and AV removed
My sibling in Cthulhu, you wouldn’t stop them hiring an escort on their work laptop with admin rights and AV removed
July 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The absolute funniest shit is the cybersecurity consultants who are trying to advertise they would have stopped a startup CEO from going to a sold out show with a side piece
My sibling in Cthulhu, you wouldn’t stop them hiring an escort on their work laptop with admin rights and AV removed
My sibling in Cthulhu, you wouldn’t stop them hiring an escort on their work laptop with admin rights and AV removed
Did it have to be *both* the darkest timeline *and* the stupidest timeline?
July 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Did it have to be *both* the darkest timeline *and* the stupidest timeline?
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#Inconceivable
During the first table read of "The Princess Bride," Wallace Shawn noticed that his character, Vizzini, had the word “Inconceivable!” scribbled plainly in the script, without any hint of how it should sound. The moment stayed vivid in his memory because he immediately felt that […]
During the first table read of "The Princess Bride," Wallace Shawn noticed that his character, Vizzini, had the word “Inconceivable!” scribbled plainly in the script, without any hint of how it should sound. The moment stayed vivid in his memory because he immediately felt that […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
June 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
#Inconceivable
During the first table read of "The Princess Bride," Wallace Shawn noticed that his character, Vizzini, had the word “Inconceivable!” scribbled plainly in the script, without any hint of how it should sound. The moment stayed vivid in his memory because he immediately felt that […]
During the first table read of "The Princess Bride," Wallace Shawn noticed that his character, Vizzini, had the word “Inconceivable!” scribbled plainly in the script, without any hint of how it should sound. The moment stayed vivid in his memory because he immediately felt that […]
This is the story of Goldilocks and the Three Tarot Decks.
Once upon a time...
Once upon a time...
June 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is the story of Goldilocks and the Three Tarot Decks.
Once upon a time...
Once upon a time...
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A cartoon from my next book.
Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.
Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.
June 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A cartoon from my next book.
Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.
Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.
I'm going to make a web company doll and stick a pin in it every time I have to wait to receive a code by email to login.
June 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I'm going to make a web company doll and stick a pin in it every time I have to wait to receive a code by email to login.
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Any Democrat whose idea for resistance is “here are the people we need to throw away to win” needs to be the one thrown away; it should make them unelectable; it should make them unwelcome at parties.
June 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Any Democrat whose idea for resistance is “here are the people we need to throw away to win” needs to be the one thrown away; it should make them unelectable; it should make them unwelcome at parties.
TIL: Sigmund Freud discovered eel testicles.
June 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
TIL: Sigmund Freud discovered eel testicles.
So, um, N95s bad, balaclavas good, do I have this right?
May 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So, um, N95s bad, balaclavas good, do I have this right?
Lesser-known folkloric animal companion:
Baba Yaga's chicken with a sturdy stone foundation
Baba Yaga's chicken with a sturdy stone foundation
May 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Lesser-known folkloric animal companion:
Baba Yaga's chicken with a sturdy stone foundation
Baba Yaga's chicken with a sturdy stone foundation
Behind every artificial intelligence is an awful lot of smugly unaware natural stupidity.
May 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Behind every artificial intelligence is an awful lot of smugly unaware natural stupidity.
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Someone fixed this #dailytelegraph poster - via #trudialumni
April 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Someone fixed this #dailytelegraph poster - via #trudialumni