JoeA64
@joea64.bsky.social
House rabbit parent (Daisy & Redmond), #boardwargames, fan of classic movies & TV (especially the spy genre) & their actresses, #alternatehistory, #fashionhistory, #vintagepinup & the #Napoleonic & #Edwardian Eras. #SlavaUkraini
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JoeA64
@joea64.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Pinning my #wargaming starter pack so everyone can find it right off: go.bsky.app/QoYYGK3
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Like, let people enjoy things, it's actually cringe to be a scold and judge people over things they do for fun that don't hurt anyone
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Like, let people enjoy things, it's actually cringe to be a scold and judge people over things they do for fun that don't hurt anyone
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Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.
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Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
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NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
I stopped by my friendly neighborhood used-media store this morning (day off) and discovered a whole shelf full of #TravellerRPG supplements, more than half from @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social . The catch is they’re older books (1st edition). Still worth getting in your opinion? #ttrpg #Traveller
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I stopped by my friendly neighborhood used-media store this morning (day off) and discovered a whole shelf full of #TravellerRPG supplements, more than half from @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social . The catch is they’re older books (1st edition). Still worth getting in your opinion? #ttrpg #Traveller
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“This ain’t gonna look good on our report, Leroy.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“This ain’t gonna look good on our report, Leroy.”
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I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.
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"Let us not become weary... for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
— Galatians 6:9
If you would like to stay updated about our game of duelling dogmas (and pontifical beard-pulling), please sign up to the Credo mailing list:
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— Galatians 6:9
If you would like to stay updated about our game of duelling dogmas (and pontifical beard-pulling), please sign up to the Credo mailing list:
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November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"Let us not become weary... for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
— Galatians 6:9
If you would like to stay updated about our game of duelling dogmas (and pontifical beard-pulling), please sign up to the Credo mailing list:
mailchi.mp/d2f855a201ef...
— Galatians 6:9
If you would like to stay updated about our game of duelling dogmas (and pontifical beard-pulling), please sign up to the Credo mailing list:
mailchi.mp/d2f855a201ef...
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I haven't forgotten these Kaiju's!! 🐲
Guiron is fun! What's your favorite?
@zach-rust.bsky.social
@rzoid.bsky.social
@monstersattack.bsky.social
@benmorgan1030.bsky.social
@crimsonjacklives.bsky.social
#Kaiju #FilmSky #Guiron #Baragon #Varan #Manda #Anguirus
comicbook.com/movies/list/...
Guiron is fun! What's your favorite?
@zach-rust.bsky.social
@rzoid.bsky.social
@monstersattack.bsky.social
@benmorgan1030.bsky.social
@crimsonjacklives.bsky.social
#Kaiju #FilmSky #Guiron #Baragon #Varan #Manda #Anguirus
comicbook.com/movies/list/...
5 Forgotten Kaijus That Haven't Been In Movies For Decades
These kaiju, most of them from Toho, haven't been seen on the big screen in far too long. Get them in the Monsterverse.
comicbook.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I haven't forgotten these Kaiju's!! 🐲
Guiron is fun! What's your favorite?
@zach-rust.bsky.social
@rzoid.bsky.social
@monstersattack.bsky.social
@benmorgan1030.bsky.social
@crimsonjacklives.bsky.social
#Kaiju #FilmSky #Guiron #Baragon #Varan #Manda #Anguirus
comicbook.com/movies/list/...
Guiron is fun! What's your favorite?
@zach-rust.bsky.social
@rzoid.bsky.social
@monstersattack.bsky.social
@benmorgan1030.bsky.social
@crimsonjacklives.bsky.social
#Kaiju #FilmSky #Guiron #Baragon #Varan #Manda #Anguirus
comicbook.com/movies/list/...
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So many older people are worried about how to relate to Gen Z when the answer couldn't be more obvious: just spend 20 hours a day poisoning your brain with the internet for last thirty years!
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So many older people are worried about how to relate to Gen Z when the answer couldn't be more obvious: just spend 20 hours a day poisoning your brain with the internet for last thirty years!
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“Oh, I see! You return covered with blond feathers, and I’m supposed to believe you crossed the road just to get to
the other side?”
the other side?”
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Oh, I see! You return covered with blond feathers, and I’m supposed to believe you crossed the road just to get to
the other side?”
the other side?”
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A Chicago-based gang of tabletop wargamers are digging actual earthworks to accommodate their colossally ambitious custom campaigns ⬇️
#MiniatureWargaming #TabletopGames #WargamingCommunity
www.wargamer.com/miniature-wa...
#MiniatureWargaming #TabletopGames #WargamingCommunity
www.wargamer.com/miniature-wa...
Miniature wargame fans are refighting WW1 using 15,000 toy soldiers and their yards as the battlefield
A Chicago-based gang of tabletop wargamers are digging actual earthworks to accommodate their colossally ambitious custom campaigns.
www.wargamer.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A Chicago-based gang of tabletop wargamers are digging actual earthworks to accommodate their colossally ambitious custom campaigns ⬇️
#MiniatureWargaming #TabletopGames #WargamingCommunity
www.wargamer.com/miniature-wa...
#MiniatureWargaming #TabletopGames #WargamingCommunity
www.wargamer.com/miniature-wa...
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Russia rolls out a surrender deal for Ukraine => Trump insists Ukraine must sign => An enormous joint diplomatic effort by Europe + Ukraine + some Americans is needed to transform the deal into something acceptable => Russia refuses to sign.
Rinse and repeat.
Rinse and repeat.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Russia rolls out a surrender deal for Ukraine => Trump insists Ukraine must sign => An enormous joint diplomatic effort by Europe + Ukraine + some Americans is needed to transform the deal into something acceptable => Russia refuses to sign.
Rinse and repeat.
Rinse and repeat.
Well, imagine that.
Not only do a substantial percentage of the leading MAGA influencers on Twitter turn out to be foreigners, but there seems to be a lively trade overseas in teaching people how to set up your own MAGA influencer account for fun and profit.
Not only do a substantial percentage of the leading MAGA influencers on Twitter turn out to be foreigners, but there seems to be a lively trade overseas in teaching people how to set up your own MAGA influencer account for fun and profit.
I love that these garbage scammers figured out that right wing Americans are some of the dumbest people on the planet, on account of how angry and stupid they are.
I am so interested to see how the MAGA idiots justify their heroes being mostly foreign agents.
I am so interested to see how the MAGA idiots justify their heroes being mostly foreign agents.
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Well, imagine that.
Not only do a substantial percentage of the leading MAGA influencers on Twitter turn out to be foreigners, but there seems to be a lively trade overseas in teaching people how to set up your own MAGA influencer account for fun and profit.
Not only do a substantial percentage of the leading MAGA influencers on Twitter turn out to be foreigners, but there seems to be a lively trade overseas in teaching people how to set up your own MAGA influencer account for fun and profit.
I'll believe that when I see it actually happen. That Man never fires sycophants, only people who have the insolence to suggest that he's wrong about anything or tell him the truth in the form of bad news.
BREAKING
President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.
Full Story: bit.ly/3Xk8ViZ
President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.
Full Story: bit.ly/3Xk8ViZ
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'll believe that when I see it actually happen. That Man never fires sycophants, only people who have the insolence to suggest that he's wrong about anything or tell him the truth in the form of bad news.
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Noel Neill’s specialty was posing while being lifted.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Noel Neill’s specialty was posing while being lifted.
This, no irony or sarcasm intended, seems pretty big. A lot of us often refer to cognitive dissonance as a tool to explain how, for instance, MAGA continues to hold on to their worldview even in the face of events directly refuting their cultic faith in That Man.
How a key psychological concept was undermined once 'UFOs failed to arrive': study www.alternet.org/ufo-psycholo...
How a key psychological concept was undermined once 'UFOs failed to arrive': study
A 1956 book favored by UFO believers that is considered "an enduring classic in the fields of new religious studies, cult research, and social psychology," is being called into question as a potential...
www.alternet.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This, no irony or sarcasm intended, seems pretty big. A lot of us often refer to cognitive dissonance as a tool to explain how, for instance, MAGA continues to hold on to their worldview even in the face of events directly refuting their cultic faith in That Man.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
This is likely to be insufficient to satisfy Russia, which, as the FT headline indicates, might end up rejecting the deal arrived at between American & Ukrainian negotiators because it's not a carbon copy of their original demands.
The FT, citing senior officials, reports that Ukraine has agreed to limit its Armed Forces to 800,000 troops. Unresolved issues remain: territory and security guarantees.
www.ft.com/content/b0d9...
www.ft.com/content/b0d9...
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is likely to be insufficient to satisfy Russia, which, as the FT headline indicates, might end up rejecting the deal arrived at between American & Ukrainian negotiators because it's not a carbon copy of their original demands.
As the chart shows, credit application rejection is at its highest level in 11 years - it was actually much lower during the pandemic.
NY FED: The rejection rate for all types of credit (auto loan, credit card, credit card limit increase, mortgage, mortgage refinance) over past 12 months rose to a series high of 24.8% in October.
(via Liz Ann Sonders)
(via Liz Ann Sonders)
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
As the chart shows, credit application rejection is at its highest level in 11 years - it was actually much lower during the pandemic.
Apparently the U.S. and Ukraine have reached agreement on a peace deal...but if Ukraine managed to get the most outrageous parts of the original "offer" deleted, Russia, being stupidly maximalist and unwilling to compromise, will reject it so we'll be right back where we started from.
BREAKING: Ukraine has agreed to a U.S.-brokered peace deal, with only minor details left to finalize, according to CBS News. National Security Adviser Rustem Umerov confirmed a common understanding has been reached. Zelensky may travel to Washington by month’s end. Russia has yet to respond.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Apparently the U.S. and Ukraine have reached agreement on a peace deal...but if Ukraine managed to get the most outrageous parts of the original "offer" deleted, Russia, being stupidly maximalist and unwilling to compromise, will reject it so we'll be right back where we started from.
A movie that takes place where you're from:
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from:
Wash your vegetables *thoroughly* before eating them or feeding them to any pets (e.g., rabbits) that eat green vegetables.
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wash your vegetables *thoroughly* before eating them or feeding them to any pets (e.g., rabbits) that eat green vegetables.