Maq
@maqusan.bsky.social
Kind of heart, Kind of an arse. Part Owlbear. Posts may contain traces of #TTRPG, #ADHD / #bipolar 2 / #cPTSD, Leftist snark and Dadhood. Sydneysider -> Londoner -> Stockholmare. He/him.
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Taxman is my favourite song that complains about a 95% top marginal tax rate.
June 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Taxman is my favourite song that complains about a 95% top marginal tax rate.
People also don’t realise the toll medications and medical interventions take on your body. They keep you alive/functioning but there’s always a cost.
The “tired” you feel when chronically ill is very different than a healthy person’s version of “tired”.
A healthy person can take a nap and feel 100%.
They can have a coffee and perk up.
We are tired 24/7. Sleep doesn’t fix it. Rest doesn’t fix it. It’s soul destroying.
A healthy person can take a nap and feel 100%.
They can have a coffee and perk up.
We are tired 24/7. Sleep doesn’t fix it. Rest doesn’t fix it. It’s soul destroying.
December 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
People also don’t realise the toll medications and medical interventions take on your body. They keep you alive/functioning but there’s always a cost.
Oh so when a teenager walks around in a t-shirt in 2° windchill it’s ”cool” and ”badass” but when I do it it’s a ”severe mental health crisis” and ”I’m leaving you”
December 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Oh so when a teenager walks around in a t-shirt in 2° windchill it’s ”cool” and ”badass” but when I do it it’s a ”severe mental health crisis” and ”I’m leaving you”
I have a vague hypothesis that the inconsistent unwieldy kludge of DnD makes it a better game for 3rd party creators to monetize with physical and virtual content.
TTRPG hobby has been colonized by something alright, but it is not theatre kids.
It is who sinks an absurd of money of the DoD or venture capital in some stuff, like say, two VTTs that vanish the moment the tap of moremoneythanthereisinthehobby closes
It is who sinks an absurd of money of the DoD or venture capital in some stuff, like say, two VTTs that vanish the moment the tap of moremoneythanthereisinthehobby closes
I cannot express how pathetic you have to be to believe this happened in the TTRPG hobby in the last decade
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I have a vague hypothesis that the inconsistent unwieldy kludge of DnD makes it a better game for 3rd party creators to monetize with physical and virtual content.
If you could turn ideas into energy you could power a moderately sized city with the ideas from four (4) ADHDers
Lmfao every AI defense piece is like "AYY I FUCKIN SUCK BRO HOPEFULLY THIS FUCKIN STEAL YOUR SHIT MACHINE WILL MAKE ME SUCK SLIGHTLY LESS OK"
December 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
If you could turn ideas into energy you could power a moderately sized city with the ideas from four (4) ADHDers
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There’s so much guilt when you’re chronically ill.
Guilt over needing help from others.
Guilt over not getting better.
Guilt over needing financial assistance.
Guilt over not being “fine”.
Guilt over missing out on family and friend events.
Guilt becomes a constant companion.
Guilt over needing help from others.
Guilt over not getting better.
Guilt over needing financial assistance.
Guilt over not being “fine”.
Guilt over missing out on family and friend events.
Guilt becomes a constant companion.
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
There’s so much guilt when you’re chronically ill.
Guilt over needing help from others.
Guilt over not getting better.
Guilt over needing financial assistance.
Guilt over not being “fine”.
Guilt over missing out on family and friend events.
Guilt becomes a constant companion.
Guilt over needing help from others.
Guilt over not getting better.
Guilt over needing financial assistance.
Guilt over not being “fine”.
Guilt over missing out on family and friend events.
Guilt becomes a constant companion.
I usually react strongly against people pathologising hate as mental illness: there’s no correlation and it only perpetuates stigma.
But Glinner? Yeah he’s 8 kinds of fucked in the head.
But Glinner? Yeah he’s 8 kinds of fucked in the head.
One thing that’s fascinating about Linehan and actually a lot of the TERF-o-sphere: his former friends are pretty much all going ‘he seems to be struggling, it’s sad’.
His complaint isn’t ‘cancellation’, it’s that people won’t *actively* speak up and endorse his views.
His complaint isn’t ‘cancellation’, it’s that people won’t *actively* speak up and endorse his views.
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I usually react strongly against people pathologising hate as mental illness: there’s no correlation and it only perpetuates stigma.
But Glinner? Yeah he’s 8 kinds of fucked in the head.
But Glinner? Yeah he’s 8 kinds of fucked in the head.
So I lose 20kg and now winter is cold? I did not ask for this.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
So I lose 20kg and now winter is cold? I did not ask for this.
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whoever selected the photos for this article deserves an award for photo selection, this is peak photo selection, unsurpassable perfection, all other photo selector people can just get their coats and go home because this selection will never be bettered
Graham Linehan clashes with Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon over trans views
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/graham-linehan-ardal-ohanlon-anti-trans-views/?utm_content=1763480405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/graham-linehan-ardal-ohanlon-anti-trans-views/?utm_content=1763480405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Graham Linehan clashes with Father Ted star Ardal O'Hanlon over trans views
Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan has claimed Father Ted actor Ardal O'Hanlon 'disagrees' with his views on trans rights.
www.thepinknews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
whoever selected the photos for this article deserves an award for photo selection, this is peak photo selection, unsurpassable perfection, all other photo selector people can just get their coats and go home because this selection will never be bettered
Quote post with a song you can’t hear without thinking of a movie it was in..
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November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Quote post with a song you can’t hear without thinking of a movie it was in..
Danny Boy
Danny Boy
Discussing with my new campaign group how I view Tellarites as consummate Australians/Kiwis in demeanour. A lot of Europeans and especially Swedes really don't know how to deal with Australians.
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Discussing with my new campaign group how I view Tellarites as consummate Australians/Kiwis in demeanour. A lot of Europeans and especially Swedes really don't know how to deal with Australians.
I'm playing in a brand new Star Trek roleplaying game campaign tonight which I'm pretty bouncy about. Hope it has some legs, I love finding out about a new character as I play them.
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'm playing in a brand new Star Trek roleplaying game campaign tonight which I'm pretty bouncy about. Hope it has some legs, I love finding out about a new character as I play them.
So we unboxed Frosthaven on Sunday and immediately started looking at what we wanted ot 3D print in the way of storage and accessories. We came across this one which we laughed at at first and then... well... it's not a bad idea.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
So we unboxed Frosthaven on Sunday and immediately started looking at what we wanted ot 3D print in the way of storage and accessories. We came across this one which we laughed at at first and then... well... it's not a bad idea.
I resent having to refer to stories with a common connected setting as a franchise or intellectual property. Like we’re supposed to describe art in terms of how it applies to capitalism.
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I resent having to refer to stories with a common connected setting as a franchise or intellectual property. Like we’re supposed to describe art in terms of how it applies to capitalism.
Call me weird but I think the sexually assaulting trafficked minors is the bad bit.
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Call me weird but I think the sexually assaulting trafficked minors is the bad bit.
One of the many reasons I don’t like conflating statutory rape and paedophilia is I don’t like criminalizing mental disorders. People with dangerous/antisocial disorders get treated all the time and may never act on them.
When people *do* assault minors I dgaf what pathology led them there.
When people *do* assault minors I dgaf what pathology led them there.
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
One of the many reasons I don’t like conflating statutory rape and paedophilia is I don’t like criminalizing mental disorders. People with dangerous/antisocial disorders get treated all the time and may never act on them.
When people *do* assault minors I dgaf what pathology led them there.
When people *do* assault minors I dgaf what pathology led them there.
Dungeons and Dragons 5e isn't even the best system for the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon.
Dynamite Games and Comics is adapting the 80s cartoon THUNDERCATS into a TTRPG.
Yes, it is a 5e conversion. Why do you ask? www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...
Yes, it is a 5e conversion. Why do you ask? www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...
Coming soon: The Thundercats Roleplaying Game is Here!
Thunder - Thunder - Thundercats Hoooo! You can play as your favorite Thunderian in an awesome paper and pencil roleplaying game!
www.kickstarter.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Dungeons and Dragons 5e isn't even the best system for the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon.
Of the 10 best needle drops in TV history The Americans has, like, 5 of them.
i still think about how the americans cooked with its needle drops, cookin' like no tv show ever cooked before or since. oh, you've constructed an entire sequence to the entirety of "listening wind"???? oh you're mic dropping your season finale with "games without frontiers"????
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Of the 10 best needle drops in TV history The Americans has, like, 5 of them.
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Gloomhaven campaign comes to a close after 2 years as the the Fast and the Foodiest destroy the existential threat to the city.
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Gloomhaven campaign comes to a close after 2 years as the the Fast and the Foodiest destroy the existential threat to the city.
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So, say you have a Tellarite captain who had command of a Nebula class in a one shot and who (I think rather shrewdly) undermined a Duras/Romulan plot. Now you're starting a campaign and have to choose between command of an Intrepid, a Galaxy, or an Akira. Wouldn't you want to keep the Nebula?
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So, say you have a Tellarite captain who had command of a Nebula class in a one shot and who (I think rather shrewdly) undermined a Duras/Romulan plot. Now you're starting a campaign and have to choose between command of an Intrepid, a Galaxy, or an Akira. Wouldn't you want to keep the Nebula?
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
You know Star Trek Insurrections is a damn sight more fun than I remember. I honestly think people put way more on the shoulders of Star Trek than it has any business bearing.
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
You know Star Trek Insurrections is a damn sight more fun than I remember. I honestly think people put way more on the shoulders of Star Trek than it has any business bearing.