Heather, Dice Goblin
@errantdreams.bsky.social
Medical coder, TTRPG player, horror fan, cookbook collector, cat lover, former book reviewer, dice collector, foodie. She/her. AAS in HIM, RHIT, CCS. Working on getting my BS in HIM. Cancel hatred and I fucking swear too much.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
My roommate to HVAC co: "Yes, my name is Susan Lastname1, but it's probably under Heather Lastname2."
HVAC Lady: "Umm..."
Susan: "She's the Financial Officer; I'm Logistics."
HVAC Lady: "Umm..."
Susan: "She's the Financial Officer; I'm Logistics."
December 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My roommate to HVAC co: "Yes, my name is Susan Lastname1, but it's probably under Heather Lastname2."
HVAC Lady: "Umm..."
Susan: "She's the Financial Officer; I'm Logistics."
HVAC Lady: "Umm..."
Susan: "She's the Financial Officer; I'm Logistics."
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“So, Nick, what kind of dog do you have?”
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“So, Nick, what kind of dog do you have?”
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
The saga of the horrid ophthalmology office continues. My roommate requested to have her records sent to her new oph *7 weeks ago* with no results. She emailed today, basically pointed out that this is in violation of HIPAA, and they sent her the records within 10 minutes. However...
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The saga of the horrid ophthalmology office continues. My roommate requested to have her records sent to her new oph *7 weeks ago* with no results. She emailed today, basically pointed out that this is in violation of HIPAA, and they sent her the records within 10 minutes. However...
Susan: "Do you want to try the s'mores Baileys?"
Me: "It's like you don't even know me. Why are we roommates if you don't even know me?"
Me: "It's like you don't even know me. Why are we roommates if you don't even know me?"
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Susan: "Do you want to try the s'mores Baileys?"
Me: "It's like you don't even know me. Why are we roommates if you don't even know me?"
Me: "It's like you don't even know me. Why are we roommates if you don't even know me?"
Since I haven't posted this in a while, a paper explaining why ChatGPT is, most accurately, bullshit:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology
Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist...
link.springer.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Since I haven't posted this in a while, a paper explaining why ChatGPT is, most accurately, bullshit:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Writing at my house during the holiday season:
Me: *writing* I am Darkness. I am Anguish.
*the dog runs by wearing deer antlers* *Christmas bells ring*
*A tube of wrapping paper sails across the room*
Me: *ponders* *goes back to writing* I am Eradication.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #horror
Me: *writing* I am Darkness. I am Anguish.
*the dog runs by wearing deer antlers* *Christmas bells ring*
*A tube of wrapping paper sails across the room*
Me: *ponders* *goes back to writing* I am Eradication.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #horror
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Writing at my house during the holiday season:
Me: *writing* I am Darkness. I am Anguish.
*the dog runs by wearing deer antlers* *Christmas bells ring*
*A tube of wrapping paper sails across the room*
Me: *ponders* *goes back to writing* I am Eradication.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #horror
Me: *writing* I am Darkness. I am Anguish.
*the dog runs by wearing deer antlers* *Christmas bells ring*
*A tube of wrapping paper sails across the room*
Me: *ponders* *goes back to writing* I am Eradication.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #horror
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Horticular is a game where gnomes summon you to a wasteland planet to terraform it and create animal habitats.
Wildmender is a game where a guardian spirit summons you to a wasteland planet to terraform it and adopt cute animals.
These games couldn't be more different.
Wildmender is a game where a guardian spirit summons you to a wasteland planet to terraform it and adopt cute animals.
These games couldn't be more different.
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Horticular is a game where gnomes summon you to a wasteland planet to terraform it and create animal habitats.
Wildmender is a game where a guardian spirit summons you to a wasteland planet to terraform it and adopt cute animals.
These games couldn't be more different.
Wildmender is a game where a guardian spirit summons you to a wasteland planet to terraform it and adopt cute animals.
These games couldn't be more different.
Of course with AI they've ramped up the "this post is fake" witch-hunts on Reddit. And I get it, but dear god, people have been using one-time throwaway accounts there for decades. It is not a "tell," just like em-dashes are not a tell. THERE ISN'T A GODDAMN TELL.
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Of course with AI they've ramped up the "this post is fake" witch-hunts on Reddit. And I get it, but dear god, people have been using one-time throwaway accounts there for decades. It is not a "tell," just like em-dashes are not a tell. THERE ISN'T A GODDAMN TELL.
If you're looking for a cheese advent calendar (that's how I started down the rabbit hole of my roommate's xmas present), Cheese Bros has one that has 12 FULL-SIZE cheese items in it.
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you're looking for a cheese advent calendar (that's how I started down the rabbit hole of my roommate's xmas present), Cheese Bros has one that has 12 FULL-SIZE cheese items in it.
I love these books and this art is fabulous!
BEHOLD
I commissioned @poulsens.bsky.social to do the main trio of Run With the Hunted, and so I present to you Bristol, Bits, and Dolly!
I commissioned @poulsens.bsky.social to do the main trio of Run With the Hunted, and so I present to you Bristol, Bits, and Dolly!
November 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I love these books and this art is fabulous!
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November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
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My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
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I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
Just remember: pumpkin pie is a (vegetable) side dish.
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Just remember: pumpkin pie is a (vegetable) side dish.
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MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
Almost to the current end of Glynn Stewart's Starthip's Mage series (book 16 maybe?). And oh god I love the little scifi nods here and there, like an off-screen military officer named George Hammond. 😆
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Almost to the current end of Glynn Stewart's Starthip's Mage series (book 16 maybe?). And oh god I love the little scifi nods here and there, like an off-screen military officer named George Hammond. 😆
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In many instances, romance is one of the most progressive and open-minded genres out there...and it can be intelligent as hell. The amount of information I've learned from reading romance is impressive. I've also walked in a lot of different shoes because romance tends to be a very personal POV.
…or you could read wider romances and see that there are authors doing that already, yes. Also that. Uh-huh, even that. Yep, including those things.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In many instances, romance is one of the most progressive and open-minded genres out there...and it can be intelligent as hell. The amount of information I've learned from reading romance is impressive. I've also walked in a lot of different shoes because romance tends to be a very personal POV.