Brendan LaSalle
@brendanlasalle.bsky.social
Writer, TTRPG game designer, music lover, enthusiastic amateur home cook. Xcrawl, DCC, MCC. Patience, simplicity, compassion. Out of love with the world but willing to try counseling. He/Him
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"The psychologist and cognitive scientist Iris van Rooij has argued that the emergence of AI “slop” across scholarly resources portends nothing less than “the destruction of knowledge”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"The psychologist and cognitive scientist Iris van Rooij has argued that the emergence of AI “slop” across scholarly resources portends nothing less than “the destruction of knowledge”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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i guarantee your book will look infinitely more appealing if you find some public domain artwork you like (there are tons of places to find high res public domain art and photos) and slap a cool (free?) font over it
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
i guarantee your book will look infinitely more appealing if you find some public domain artwork you like (there are tons of places to find high res public domain art and photos) and slap a cool (free?) font over it
Hey all - just putting the word out that I will be a guest at Gamehole Con 2026! This has been one of my absolute favorite shows for years, and I'm super excited that they are having me as a guest this year. Come and roll dice with me!
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hey all - just putting the word out that I will be a guest at Gamehole Con 2026! This has been one of my absolute favorite shows for years, and I'm super excited that they are having me as a guest this year. Come and roll dice with me!
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Borrowed with love from Mastodon:
December 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Borrowed with love from Mastodon:
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Prepare your torches, sacks, and 10-foot poles: Mega Dungeon Month is coming.
Get ready for an epic collaborative project! Goodman Games is pleased to announce that our Castle Whiterock boxed set will crowdfund in April 2026 on the BackerKit platform as part of Mega Dungeon Month!
Read More: goodman-games.com/castle-white...
#DCCRPG
Read More: goodman-games.com/castle-white...
#DCCRPG
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Prepare your torches, sacks, and 10-foot poles: Mega Dungeon Month is coming.
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60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
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Counterpoint: Shut up
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Counterpoint: Shut up
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If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Perfection
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Perfection
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
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Submissions are filling up fast! The Saturday morning event time slot is completely full and closed for submissions. You still time to submit games for our other event time slots!
goodman-games.com/gms-submit-y...
#DCCRPG
goodman-games.com/gms-submit-y...
#DCCRPG
December 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Submissions are filling up fast! The Saturday morning event time slot is completely full and closed for submissions. You still time to submit games for our other event time slots!
goodman-games.com/gms-submit-y...
#DCCRPG
goodman-games.com/gms-submit-y...
#DCCRPG
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Save 40% on almost all releases, 20% in indie DCC, and FREE SHIPPING on orders over $150 -- including Mutant Crawl Classics! Plus, get a free adventure with any purchase of $30 or more!
goodman-games.com/black-friday...
#DCCRPG
goodman-games.com/black-friday...
#DCCRPG
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Save 40% on almost all releases, 20% in indie DCC, and FREE SHIPPING on orders over $150 -- including Mutant Crawl Classics! Plus, get a free adventure with any purchase of $30 or more!
goodman-games.com/black-friday...
#DCCRPG
goodman-games.com/black-friday...
#DCCRPG
Happy Thanksgiving! In good or bad times, I wish I had the world's largest table and we were all breaking bread around it. Peace and fellowship to all
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! In good or bad times, I wish I had the world's largest table and we were all breaking bread around it. Peace and fellowship to all
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The Three Spirits:
The Three Spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The Three Spirits:
The Three Spirits:
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Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
June 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
If you havent checked out Weird Heroes of Public Access you are doing yourself a diservice! Check out the weirdness!
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you havent checked out Weird Heroes of Public Access you are doing yourself a diservice! Check out the weirdness!
GAMER YOU MUST!
You have a little less than a week to get a little less than 40 PDFs by ME! for a little less than $18 @bundleofholding.com!! From Alchemy to Xeno-archaeology + two independent GUMSHOE campaign frames: Scholars of Night and the Moon Dust Men triple set!! bundleofholding.com/presents/Ken...
Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle
Reader! This Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle presents more than three dozen small supplements from Pelgrane Press in the Ken Writes About Stuff series by master Lovecraftian writer and GUMSHOE guru Kenn...
bundleofholding.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
GAMER YOU MUST!
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November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Last chance to get in on this amazing collection of 3D printable supportless miniatures and terrain. DON'T MISS OUT!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fat...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fat...
CRYPT CLASSICS MINIATURES
3D printable supportless miniatures & terrain designed for FDM printers!
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Last chance to get in on this amazing collection of 3D printable supportless miniatures and terrain. DON'T MISS OUT!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fat...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fat...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
What's New With Goodman Games
YouTube video by Goodman Games
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November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Solidarity!
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Solidarity!
Very interesting article about the evolution of TTRPGs, and those who oppose it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Very interesting article about the evolution of TTRPGs, and those who oppose it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...