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Not accordin' to the ancient dictates of amulet law you don't.
Short TTRPGs: https://professorcoldheart.itch.io/
Short TTRPGs: https://professorcoldheart.itch.io/
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Fly From Montgomery: A LANCER Scenario by ProfessorColdheart
Mercenary scavengers undertaking a desperate heist in a world on the brink. For LL0 Lancer PCs.
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To introduce my #ttrpg work to new followers (hi!), to document my actual work, and to fend off impostor syndrome, here's a list of everything I've published or worked on this year:
First, FLY FROM MONTGOMERY, a 3rd-party scenario for LANCER. A desperate heist on a war-torn planet!
First, FLY FROM MONTGOMERY, a 3rd-party scenario for LANCER. A desperate heist on a war-torn planet!
I watched THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. boxd.it/cFW3jr
A ★★★★★ review of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Would you believe I came into this completely cold? Zero idea what it was about except that it was French.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I watched THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. boxd.it/cFW3jr
So Google made $264BN in ad revenue in 2024. That's a mature market that's more than 20 years old and has hundreds of millions of daily active users.
What do we figure OpenAI can capture of that in its first year? 1% if we're wildly, chaotically optimistic?
What do we figure OpenAI can capture of that in its first year? 1% if we're wildly, chaotically optimistic?
January 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
So Google made $264BN in ad revenue in 2024. That's a mature market that's more than 20 years old and has hundreds of millions of daily active users.
What do we figure OpenAI can capture of that in its first year? 1% if we're wildly, chaotically optimistic?
What do we figure OpenAI can capture of that in its first year? 1% if we're wildly, chaotically optimistic?
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I'mma tell you right now, you're going to be disappointed if you come to Silver Spring, Maryland to see the titular Silver Spring
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I'mma tell you right now, you're going to be disappointed if you come to Silver Spring, Maryland to see the titular Silver Spring
Okay, fellas, take it easy.
January 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Okay, fellas, take it easy.
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It would be really ironic if the Ellisons ended up losing a decent amount of control of Oracle & the tech projects they're invested in because of the AI bubble as they work to establish one-party rule in the United States.
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 PM
It would be really ironic if the Ellisons ended up losing a decent amount of control of Oracle & the tech projects they're invested in because of the AI bubble as they work to establish one-party rule in the United States.
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in other words, the more we demand we abolish ICE, the more other people will tell us that’s unpopular, or unstrategic. that’s why they are saying that: because it is becoming popular, and it is strategic (if your goal is “end ICE violence,” not “protect some Democrats from taking a stand on ICE”)
January 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
in other words, the more we demand we abolish ICE, the more other people will tell us that’s unpopular, or unstrategic. that’s why they are saying that: because it is becoming popular, and it is strategic (if your goal is “end ICE violence,” not “protect some Democrats from taking a stand on ICE”)
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Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.
Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.
Hoping that @molly.wiki can help explain.
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.
I (re-)watched JACKIE BROWN. letterboxd.com/johnperich/f...
A ★★★★★ review of Jackie Brown (1997)
1) Robert DeNiro plays a great fuck-up. Lots of actors can play high status; lots of actors can play low status. Very few actors have that kind of range. 2) I stay in Torrance most times that I visit ...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I (re-)watched JACKIE BROWN. letterboxd.com/johnperich/f...
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The narrowing of art is one of the great crimes of capitalism. Like they REALLY want to funnel literally all human ears toward the same couple of handpicked assets, you really gotta climb in their pigeonhole and limit your interests if you intend to enjoy things
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The narrowing of art is one of the great crimes of capitalism. Like they REALLY want to funnel literally all human ears toward the same couple of handpicked assets, you really gotta climb in their pigeonhole and limit your interests if you intend to enjoy things
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Being asked to show my papers by an immigration guy and producing the only document in my glove compartment: a 2015 diploma demonstrating that I have graduated from the local improv comedy school
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Being asked to show my papers by an immigration guy and producing the only document in my glove compartment: a 2015 diploma demonstrating that I have graduated from the local improv comedy school
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To make this point even clearer, not that it should matter, but it's never just transphobia. There isn't a single transphobe alive who otherwise shares your nice views. I dare you to name a single case where that's true.
An antifascist popular front and transphobia are incompatible. A big tent that includes transphobes isn't a big tent, it's a tent with a hole in the roof.
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
To make this point even clearer, not that it should matter, but it's never just transphobia. There isn't a single transphobe alive who otherwise shares your nice views. I dare you to name a single case where that's true.
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People: Do something!
Politicians: (do nothing)
People: (do something)
Politicians: Do nothing!
Politicians: (do nothing)
People: (do something)
Politicians: Do nothing!
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 PM
People: Do something!
Politicians: (do nothing)
People: (do something)
Politicians: Do nothing!
Politicians: (do nothing)
People: (do something)
Politicians: Do nothing!
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And it’s pretty clear that people think of nonviolent as simply being passive, when nonviolent was a larger umbrella that encompassed agitative demonstrations. A sit-in at a whites only restaurant is nonviolent but it’s not passive. Occupying buildings, cars, etc are all nonviolent.
These aren’t the only two books on the subject and they’re about very specific points of US history but I truly cannot read another take from someone whose idea of Civil Rights protesting begins and ends with an organised march.
January 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
And it’s pretty clear that people think of nonviolent as simply being passive, when nonviolent was a larger umbrella that encompassed agitative demonstrations. A sit-in at a whites only restaurant is nonviolent but it’s not passive. Occupying buildings, cars, etc are all nonviolent.
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Listen up, assholes. It's me, @stalinsboner69, that's right, one of the finest accounts of 2020, and I'm here to see if this website still sucks and to teach you all a thing or two about posting.
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Wow, you guys are jerks, no wonder this website is dead, you're actually worse than Twitter
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Wow, you guys are jerks, no wonder this website is dead, you're actually worse than Twitter
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Listen up, assholes. It's me, @stalinsboner69, that's right, one of the finest accounts of 2020, and I'm here to see if this website still sucks and to teach you all a thing or two about posting.
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Wow, you guys are jerks, no wonder this website is dead, you're actually worse than Twitter
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Wow, you guys are jerks, no wonder this website is dead, you're actually worse than Twitter
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I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
SOOTHING ASMR to make your muscles MELT! Total Neurological RESET! You will forget ALL motor skills! These taps and tingles are BIOMECHANICALLY equivalent to SARIN! We have a FORGED end-use certificate! Do NOT tell Interpol! Headphones recommended.
January 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
SOOTHING ASMR to make your muscles MELT! Total Neurological RESET! You will forget ALL motor skills! These taps and tingles are BIOMECHANICALLY equivalent to SARIN! We have a FORGED end-use certificate! Do NOT tell Interpol! Headphones recommended.
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Not many people know this but if you steal Usain Bolt's gold medal from off of his chest you become the fastest person on Earth. You have to catch him first, though, either by running faster than him or by using your army
January 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Not many people know this but if you steal Usain Bolt's gold medal from off of his chest you become the fastest person on Earth. You have to catch him first, though, either by running faster than him or by using your army
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Praise be! It is the 277th anniversary of the ‘appearance’ of the Bottle Conjuror at London’s Haymarket. He promised to insert himself into a quart (two pint) bottle, and didn’t turn up, leading to a riot in which the theatre’s fixtures and fittings were torn out and thrown on a bonfire 🧵
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Praise be! It is the 277th anniversary of the ‘appearance’ of the Bottle Conjuror at London’s Haymarket. He promised to insert himself into a quart (two pint) bottle, and didn’t turn up, leading to a riot in which the theatre’s fixtures and fittings were torn out and thrown on a bonfire 🧵
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Watching a video on how to draw vehicles like Akira Toriyama. It's mostly "be good at it already and then make them smaller"
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Watching a video on how to draw vehicles like Akira Toriyama. It's mostly "be good at it already and then make them smaller"
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They gave that prize to Kissinger. Two school bullies could pass it back and forth in the latrine for all I care.
January 16, 2026 at 1:39 AM
They gave that prize to Kissinger. Two school bullies could pass it back and forth in the latrine for all I care.
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this is genuinely incredible
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
this is genuinely incredible
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why are you making Predictions. have you been alive lately
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
why are you making Predictions. have you been alive lately
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A friend was bemoaning that there aren't better Star Wars video games, and like could you imagine having to get sign off from both Disney execs AND fuckin EA execs
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
A friend was bemoaning that there aren't better Star Wars video games, and like could you imagine having to get sign off from both Disney execs AND fuckin EA execs
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Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going