matthew du plessis
@mattduplessis.bsky.social
Data-mining ogre baffled by paperwork (8,6)
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Time for my TTRPG group to wrap up our 8-month-long Star Trek Adventures: Lower Decks campaign. It’s been an absolute riot - literally, as often as not. We’ve had deserted planet relay repair hijinks, Lovecraftian fun-bubbles; Splatterbug infestations; Toxosplasmosis zombies and coffee emergencies.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Time for my TTRPG group to wrap up our 8-month-long Star Trek Adventures: Lower Decks campaign. It’s been an absolute riot - literally, as often as not. We’ve had deserted planet relay repair hijinks, Lovecraftian fun-bubbles; Splatterbug infestations; Toxosplasmosis zombies and coffee emergencies.
Why hasn’t this accursed year ended yet?
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Why hasn’t this accursed year ended yet?
Unexpected paean to Blake’s 7 dons a slop top and rides the algo into town like it’s nothing.
This Forgotten 47-Year-Old Cult Classic Sci-Fi Did ‘Andor’ Before 'Andor'
This groundbreaking 1970s sci-fi series revolutionized dystopian storytelling, with stories that rival Andor in intensity and heart.
collider.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Unexpected paean to Blake’s 7 dons a slop top and rides the algo into town like it’s nothing.
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parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
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A box of co-worker's Spice Melange.
October 21, 2024 at 7:34 AM
A box of co-worker's Spice Melange.
Weird windywet weather.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Weird windywet weather.
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
According to the weather forecast it is going to rain forever.
I should get an umbrella.
I should get an umbrella.
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
According to the weather forecast it is going to rain forever.
I should get an umbrella.
I should get an umbrella.
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no I haven't been "doin' just fine", I was in a cage
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
no I haven't been "doin' just fine", I was in a cage
I need to somehow unlink my emotional wellbeing from the exchange rate.
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I need to somehow unlink my emotional wellbeing from the exchange rate.
You know, I think we have everything we need for a Jeunet or Wes Anderson film about this heist: A handsome amateur leading a rag-tag crew armed with a fork lift and furniture removal truck, a hacker who guesses the CCTV password is ‘Louvre’, and a teen detective played by 1998’s Jason Schwartzman.
Teen behind the Louvre heist ‘Fedora Man’ photo embraces his mystery moment
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
You know, I think we have everything we need for a Jeunet or Wes Anderson film about this heist: A handsome amateur leading a rag-tag crew armed with a fork lift and furniture removal truck, a hacker who guesses the CCTV password is ‘Louvre’, and a teen detective played by 1998’s Jason Schwartzman.
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
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My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web.
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset: The Original Space Quest Fan Site
The web's first and most comprehensive Space Quest fan site, packed with Easter eggs, trivia, downloads, and retrospectives on Sierra's classic adventure series.
wiw.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web.
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
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All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 219 of The Continent
Protests, an internet blackout, and deadly force marked Tanzania’s Election Day. Once online again, 37 readers shared what they witnessed.
Read their stories: bit.ly/219_TC
Welcome to Issue 219 of The Continent
Protests, an internet blackout, and deadly force marked Tanzania’s Election Day. Once online again, 37 readers shared what they witnessed.
Read their stories: bit.ly/219_TC
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 219 of The Continent
Protests, an internet blackout, and deadly force marked Tanzania’s Election Day. Once online again, 37 readers shared what they witnessed.
Read their stories: bit.ly/219_TC
Welcome to Issue 219 of The Continent
Protests, an internet blackout, and deadly force marked Tanzania’s Election Day. Once online again, 37 readers shared what they witnessed.
Read their stories: bit.ly/219_TC
Attack on Titan except bears.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Attack on Titan except bears.
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At the self checkout it says "Would you like a receipt?" and if you press NO it says "Please take your receipt and bags" and it feels like that's the sort of thing that will get an indie game called "quite buggy" in Steam reviews.
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
At the self checkout it says "Would you like a receipt?" and if you press NO it says "Please take your receipt and bags" and it feels like that's the sort of thing that will get an indie game called "quite buggy" in Steam reviews.
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Music production is like pub gastronomy in reverse. It used to be weird and artisanal now it’s all bangers and maths.
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Music production is like pub gastronomy in reverse. It used to be weird and artisanal now it’s all bangers and maths.
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This is an incredible article because at no point does it even try to properly explain what it's talking about. The closest it gets to that is the line, and I quote, "quantum is about particles behaving in weird ways"
Will quantum be bigger than AI?
The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is an incredible article because at no point does it even try to properly explain what it's talking about. The closest it gets to that is the line, and I quote, "quantum is about particles behaving in weird ways"
I’m always relieved when the clue is clever but you don’t have to think *too* hard to crack it open 😅
"Water-deprived pharaoh dies after mixing up directions to Eden" (8)
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"Water-deprived pharaoh dies after mixing up directions to Eden" (8)
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
www.minutecryptic.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I’m always relieved when the clue is clever but you don’t have to think *too* hard to crack it open 😅
"Water-deprived pharaoh dies after mixing up directions to Eden" (8)
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
"Water-deprived pharaoh dies after mixing up directions to Eden" (8)
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
Love it when execs find the floor falling out from under them. Will he even be let back in to Patriarchy Club after this?
Chapter 1:
Chapter 1:
Miss Universe contestants stage walkout after organiser berates Miss Mexico
Miss Universe contestants stage walkout after organiser berates Miss Mexico
Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch, said Nawat Itsaragrisil was 'not respectful' at a pre-pageant ceremony on Tuesday
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Love it when execs find the floor falling out from under them. Will he even be let back in to Patriarchy Club after this?
Chapter 1:
Chapter 1:
The bear situation is escalating.
Japan deploys troops to combat record wave of deadly bear attacks
Troops from the country's Self Defense Force arrived in the northern Akita Prefecture on Wednesday to combat a crisis that has seen 100 people attacked and 13 killed since April.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The bear situation is escalating.