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New #DailyBlogrol! Stories by @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @ellie.wubrgsky.org, @leekscosycorner.com, @crazykinux.bsky.social, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, @virtualmoose.bsky.social, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social and more!

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Tipa’s HeroQuest group nabs the Ring of Return from under Qwindrak and Kessandria’s noses, plays a stint as Dread Warriors, and preps nervously for the Tomb of the Fire King. CrazyKinux breaks down EVE Online’s 2025 jump clone system: no clone grades, no SP loss, just clean deaths, lost implants, and flexible loadouts with a 24‑hour cooldown. The Rambler crew logs a Traveller session that’s all roleplay, split‑party plate‑spinning, and a new NPC inspired by Alan Dean Foster, with nary a PC shot fired. Bhagpuss pokes at EverQuest II housing, defends his legion of crafters, and reflects on why his Weaponsmith was a charmingly useless roleplay choice. Krista celebrates a year in Infinity Nikki, from magical Miraland story beats to endless outfit experiments, seasonal updates, and fresh excitement for the new Itzaland storyline. Ellie dives into Detective Grimoire: Secrets of the Swamp, embracing her newfound love of quirky, Layton‑style mystery adventures starring oddballs and an allegedly murderous cryptid. Wilhelm checks back in on the 2025 Fantasy Critic League as Routine and Marvel Cosmic Invasion scores shake up the mid‑table and budgets finally hit zero. Anarchae recaps a brain‑foggy week of Traitors marathons, Raptors malaise, FLi and FFXIV, endless earbuds testing, job applications, and missing the grounding presence of a cat. Roger spotlights the Origin Story podcast, praising its witty, research‑heavy dives into politics, ideology, and pop culture without the usual hectoring partisanship. Warner shovels snow, starts a new play out of nowhere, and curates links on Christmas essays, Frank Gehry, Beckett’s hands, Hamnet, Noah Baumbach, and ominous contemporary politics. Michael remodels his Cool Site Zone, turning an overwhelming 88×31 button wall into a more readable blogroll and invites folks to send in their own tiny web buttons.
December 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Advent of Code 2025 Day 7: Laboratories

This is the one where you really want to use recursion but you really should NOT USE RECURSION.
Advent of Code 2025 Day 7: Laboratories
This is the one where you really want to use recursion but you really should NOT USE RECURSION.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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It just wouldn't be a #DailyBlogroll without stories by @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, TAGN, @belghast.com, WCRobinson, @crazykinux.bsky.social, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @stargrace.bsky.social, Tim Bray and more!

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#EverQuest2 #PathOfExile2 #EVEOnline #PokemonLegendsZA
Stargrace dives back into EverQuest II’s Frostfell, scooping shinies, crafting holiday décor, debating a Maj’Dul coercer boost, and eyeing the incoming Rage of Cthurath expansion. Belghast parses Path of Exile II’s 0.4.0 reveal, feeling lukewarm on Druids, charge-based Spell Totems, and missing endgame fixes while grinding Calamity Ops and strongholds. Wilhelm revisits EVE Online’s fraught history with asset safety, wormhole loot pinatas, Forsaken Fortress betrayals, and CCP Swift’s PanFam-era smash-and-grab windfalls. WCRobinson dives into Pokémon Legends: Z-A on Switch 2, praising Kalos’ makeover, Lumiose City’s glow, and long-awaited X/Y follow-up vibes despite some rough edges. CrazyKinux reflects on family rewatches of Arcane, marveling at Fortiche’s painterly animation, Vi and Jinx’s emotional core, and Season 2’s denser League of Legends mysticism. Bhagpuss’ advent calendar hits Day 7 with a wintry image and a Roberta Flack pick to keep the seasonal vibes mellow and musical. Warner muses on Chicago’s snow-covered lead-up to Bears–Packers, where winter whites finally mute Mother Nature’s usual green-and-gold betrayal of the home team. Tim Bray weaves Afro-Cuban bell patterns, West African drumming, and hospice memories of Tracy into a meditation on rhythm, mortality, and the math underlying music. Jamie Zawinski hunts for a Mac alternative to Hitpaw Watermark Remover to drive ffmpeg delogo filters manually, with zero AI and minimal grifter-laced search results. Dave Winer reminisces about BYTE-era product reviews, tweaks FeedLand’s change detection, and notes AI-powered helpers like Telex and Google Forms quietly reshaping everyday software. JJM pivots from hard-to-cross-compile Haskell games to experimenting with OCaml, dune, and tsdl, comparing result-based IO to familiar monadic Haskell patterns.
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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HeroQuest First Light: The Ring of Return

We found a sketch of the ancient ring, but can we find the artifact itself with the forces of two armies against us?

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#GameNight #HeroQuest #TabletopGames #FirstLight #TheRingOfReturn
Minis on a battle map with 3D printed doors. The hero minis in the foreground are blurred; behind them, in focus, a dragon mini battles four dread warrior minis.
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Launched a little something for the EVE crowd: The #EVEOnline Starter Pack — active capsuleers yelling into the New Eden void.

And yes, @rixxjavix.bsky.social is in the group shot.

He’s just… either cloaked, behind the camera, making EVE Online art, or all of the above.

DM me and I’ll add you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Some mega pokemon ✨️
#art #pokemon
Illustration of some mega pokemon Featured are Chikorita and Meganium Gardevoir, Kirlia, and Ralts Pikachu and Starmie Pikachu and Absol
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Advent of Code 2025 Day 6: Trash Compactor

This is the one where we use "reduce". And tilt our heads 90 degrees (π/2 radians for you SI types).
Advent of Code 2025 Day 6: Trash Compactor
This is the one where we use "reduce". And tilt our heads 90 degrees (π/2 radians for you SI types).
westkarana.blog
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Today's #DailyBlogroll comes from @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scopique.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @tofutush.bsky.social, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, @eblong.com and more!

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#LOTRO #WoWMidnight #LightNoFire #AdventOfCode
Roger surveys LOTRO’s new Kingdoms of Harad expansion, praising its stable, Tolkien-nerd niche while side‑eyeing Middle-eastern stereotypes and another round of gear and virtue grind. Bhagpuss riffs off Wilhelm’s Palia cash shop post to talk hoarding premium currency, GW2’s storage bloat, and how EverQuest II’s pay-to-play-ish shop still can’t beat his choice paralysis. Wilhelm reacts to WoW Midnight’s surprisingly early March 2026 launch, Blizzard’s apparent apathy toward TBC Classic, and Hello Games’ dateless Light No Fire tease testing player patience. Tobold reviews Railroad Tiles, a tile-based spin on Railroad Ink that’s prettier, puzzly, and firmly in “fun filler” territory for his board game nights. Tipa breaks down Advent of Code’s “Cafeteria” range-merging puzzle and the grim realization that Picotron Lua doesn’t even have a sort to help. Andrew Plotkin samples late‑fall puzzle fare, from org‑chart sleuthing in A Case of Fraud to fungus‑blasting mystery Ambrosia Sky, digging the deduction but wishing some endings landed harder. Anarchae continues the tiny-ears saga, comparing JLab Go Pop+, JBuds Mini, and Soundcore P20i while cursing touch controls, gloves, and the eternal hunt for earbuds with real buttons. Warner responds to Phillip Bump’s Hitler–Trump piece, arguing that even imperfect Nazi comparisons should be warning enough to stop today’s xenophobic politics in their tracks. Tofutush explains how learning chemistry in Chinese—element radicals, intuitive naming, even new characters—makes the periodic table and inorganic compounds click way better than the Latin-flavored 영어 Bruce Schneier notes that the so‑called vampire squid sports the largest cephalopod genome sequenced so far and opens the floor for this week’s stray security stories. Scopique weighs self-hosting PeerTube versus using Fedihost, wrestling with Linux friction, AI-meddling YouTube, and how much hassle “owning your videos” is really worth.
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Advent of Code 2025 Day 5: Cafeteria

This is the one where it would have been really cool if the language I used had a sort function.
Advent of Code 2025 Day 5: Cafeteria
This is the one where it would have been really cool if the language I used had a sort function.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5
Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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-12C outside, but #DailyBlogroll inside! Stories by @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scopique.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @aywren.bsky.social, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, Frostilyte, @belghast.com, TAGN and more!

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#StarCitizen #GuildWarsReforged #EuropaUniversalisV #BaselessGame
Frostilyte reviews Baseless, a shoot-’em-up where firing your gun is also how you move, creating a frustrating-but-addictive solo passion project from Andrew Armstrong. Kimimi dives into Power Dolls on PC-98, where a dense 96-page manual, intricate stats, and punishing deployment choices make its mech tactics as intimidating as they are fascinating. Scopique vents about Star Citizen’s 4.5 engineering rework, a buggy Nyx and Levski, the IAE free-fly chaos, and whether new ships like the Salvation and Golem OX are worth the credits. Belghast checks out Guild Wars Reforged’s visual facelift and bustling starter zones, shares a download tip, and celebrates snagging new hand-cannon hero Jaren in Destiny Rising. Wilhelm’s Twitch recap shows 559 “watched” hours mostly spent AFK farming drops in EVE Online, No Man’s Sky, World of Tanks, World of Warcraft, and Palia. Tobold’s 160 hours in Europa Universalis V boil down to this: a deep, very slow grand strategy that’s great if you accept long runs and disruptive balance patches. Aywren reflects on being laid off from a long-time tech writing job, financial stability, and what comes next in a very human, AI-skeptical post. Bhagpuss’s advent calendar opens to a melting snowman and Kaela Kimura, serving up a cozy little slice of winter music blogging. Warner uses Apple Music Replay to realize he’s been soundtracking today’s turmoil with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Grateful Dead, and Bob Dylan-heavy Girl From the North Country. Bruce Schneier flags a new anonymous phone carrier that lets you sign up with nothing more than a zip code. Dave Winer reminisces about MORE, LBBS, and Manila to argue that great software lets you instantly flip views on the same data with zero friction. Juhis argues you should write online for yourself first, not a niche persona, and let whatever audience shows up enjoy the honest, whole-life blogging—especially as a developer.
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Advent of Code Day 4: Printing Department

The one where Conway's Game of Life has just one rule -- DIE.
Advent of Code Day 4: Printing Department
The one where Conway's Game of Life has just one rule -- DIE.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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It's the Penultiday #DailyBlogroll! Stories by @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @friendlynecro.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @eblong.com, @virtualmoose.bsky.social, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @belghast.com, @heartlessgamer.com and more!

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#LOTRO #FF7Rebirth #TheOuterWorlds2 #Packers
Azuriel’s Black Friday mostly turns into a wishlist of big-name PC games, a couple of Switch controllers, and plans to clear backlog giants like Outer Worlds 2 and FF7 Rebirth. Belghast talks about using mechanically chill games as audiobook time, then reviews a recent fantasy reading streak centered on Brigands & Breadknives and other cozy-adjacent novels. Wilhelm covers LOTRO’s Kingdoms of Harad launch, legendary item traceries breaking things again, a DECTRACERY fix code, and the new level 160 trek into the sun-scorched South. Ghastly’s belated Halloween roundup dives into older games like the surprisingly eerie Piglet’s Big Game, praising its dreamlike Pooh-world level design and kid-friendly psychological spooks. Andrew Plotkin celebrates Mike Austin’s massive open-source dump of Level 9’s A-Code compiler, docs, and assembly-heavy game sources, even if the floppy-era toolchain is delightfully gnarly. Heartless revels in the Packers turning the Vikings upside down in a dominant win, complete with a cheeky “9 was really 6 all along” scoreboard gag. Bhagpuss’s advent calendar door opens on Nancy Sinatra’s “It’s Such A Lonely Time Of Year,” keeping the seasonal vibe firmly in cozy, slightly melancholic music territory. jwz riffs on a gloriously cursed Thomas the Tank Engine image, pondering sentient Ship of Theseus vibes, Toy Story sex-doll canon, and his long-running train-based nightmare fuel series. The Friendly Necromancer shares a raw life update on his mom’s health, KRAS mutation results, ongoing immunotherapy, music therapy jams, family time, and rocking ninja pigs at the infusion center. Michael skips Spotify Wrapped to drag Spotify itself and instead fires off quick-hit recs from goth-leaning Bandcamp finds, game soundtracks like Promise Mascot Agency, and assorted rock favorites.
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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#AdventOfCode this year is making me feel like I know what I'm doing. Sooooo unusual.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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The Friendly Necromancer: Team Tom Update -- Kick Cancer's KRAS thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/12/team...
Team Tom Update -- Kick Cancer's KRAS
Hey Team Tom, Just taking a moment to put out a real-life update. Things are mostly good here, but there is also a touch of bad as well. The...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Advent of Code Day 3: Lobby

This is the one where you're supposed to use recursion. I forgot to use recursion.
Advent of Code Day 3: Lobby
This is the one where you're supposed to use recursion. I forgot to use recursion.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Friends... it lives

If you already own GW1, you can just download from here.
https://www.guildwars.com/en/download

Or you can buy from Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/29720/Guild_Wars_Reforged/

or ANet directly
https://store.guildwars.com/en-us

#gw1 […]

[Original post on gamepad.club]
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December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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globalmuseum.bsky.social
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Output of my AoC 2025 Day 3 solver
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Happy Hump Day! #DailyBlogroll stories by @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @scripting.com, @belghast.com, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, me, @stargrace.bsky.social, @aywren.bsky.social, Joar, Frostilyte, @axxuy.xyz, TAGN and more!

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#EVEOnline #FFXIV #Hades2 #PathOfExile
Stargrace’s E returns to Odebeinn in EVE Online for an asset-safety yard sale, offloading bittersweet Horde-era junk and memories for a few ISK and some closure. Aywren turns her FFXIV house into Amon’s Tea and Tomes, a festive RP hotspot with café, AllagNet internet corner, stage, aquarium eatery, and Triple Triad table. Roger follows Disco Elysium with Still Wakes The Deep, praising its tense North Sea oil rig horror, stealthy puzzle gameplay, and strong narrative enough to spring for the Siren’s Rest DLC. Frostilyte laments a derailed Slip ’n Slime guide, then crowns Hades 2 his game of the year after clearing the story, epilogue, and every achievement—including a brutal 32 Fear run. Joar logs 45 November gaming hours split between Diablo 4 alts, WoW alt army prep for player housing, a bit of Guild Wars 2, and fresh Elder Scrolls Online content. Belghast grinds his Path of Exile Ice Trap Elementalist toward 100, min-maxing Incursion temples, Omens of Amelioration, and league achievements without resorting to cheesy carries. Wilhelm eyes holiday gaming, nabs Forza Horizon 5 on sale while mulling its DLC, reminiscing about Horizon 4, and already daydreaming of Japan in Forza Horizon 6. Bhagpuss opens day three of his advent calendar with Lucie, Too’s “Winter Song,” pairing a snowy screenshot with a seasonal music pick. jwz skewers Kohler’s Dekoda toilet-cam for decrypting your “end-to-end encrypted” poop pics to train AI, mocking a subscription that tells you you’re shitting blood. Dave Winer talks RSS in WordPress, a speedy WordPress feed fix, ponders an AI-powered Google rival, and spins up wild Pluribus theories between spins of “Old Folks Boogie.” Tipa wrangles Advent of Code’s cursed gift shop IDs with a Lua brute-force pattern repeater, then reflects on how a tidy regex solution might have looked.
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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was.tl
If you're curious what it takes to run #AdventOfCode every year, I have a talk called Advent of Code: Behind the Scenes that you might enjoy: youtu.be/uZ8DcbhojOw
Keynote: Advent of Code, Behind the Scenes - Eric Wastl
YouTube video by CppNorth
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December 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Advent of Code 2025 Day 2 — Gift Shop

This is the one where we're supposed to use regular expressions and I forget to use regular expressions.
Advent of Code 2025 Day 2 — Gift Shop
This is the one where we're supposed to use regular expressions and I forget to use regular expressions.
westkarana.blog
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM