Traveler Farlander
@twfarlan.bsky.social
Occasional voice actor, TTRPG streamer, actor. Mostly a geek who dabbles in cloud and virtualization tech to satisfy the capitalism beast.
He/Him. Trans rights are human rights. Justice for Palestine. Trump sucks.
He/Him. Trans rights are human rights. Justice for Palestine. Trump sucks.
Me: (doing nothing in particular)
My brain: Hey, you remember these moments from 30 years ago?
Me: I do now. Why?
My brain: Review the signals this person was sending you in light of the experience you've gained since.
Me: (thinks)
Me:
My brain:
Me: Fuck. They were trying to
My brain: That's my boy.
My brain: Hey, you remember these moments from 30 years ago?
Me: I do now. Why?
My brain: Review the signals this person was sending you in light of the experience you've gained since.
Me: (thinks)
Me:
My brain:
Me: Fuck. They were trying to
My brain: That's my boy.
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Me: (doing nothing in particular)
My brain: Hey, you remember these moments from 30 years ago?
Me: I do now. Why?
My brain: Review the signals this person was sending you in light of the experience you've gained since.
Me: (thinks)
Me:
My brain:
Me: Fuck. They were trying to
My brain: That's my boy.
My brain: Hey, you remember these moments from 30 years ago?
Me: I do now. Why?
My brain: Review the signals this person was sending you in light of the experience you've gained since.
Me: (thinks)
Me:
My brain:
Me: Fuck. They were trying to
My brain: That's my boy.
The 1st edition of this was legitimately one of the best TTRPGs around. Unique, met the brief perfectly, just wonderful. I hope this is a grand return.
A new edition of Toon: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game is coming to BackerKit! In this hilarious RPG, you'll become any human, creature, or inanimate object you can think of . . . or make up. Characters will fall down – but they'll never die. Sign up for project notifications today!
bit.ly/toon2ebk
bit.ly/toon2ebk
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The 1st edition of this was legitimately one of the best TTRPGs around. Unique, met the brief perfectly, just wonderful. I hope this is a grand return.
(showing 2026 a recap of events from 2025)
2026:
Me:
26: Huh.
Me: Yeah. So, you have a choice to make.
26: Okay?
Me: Knowing what you're following, you need to decide if your response is, "We're not doing THAT again," or, "Hold my beer."
26:
Me: Trust me when I say there IS a wrong answer.
2026:
Me:
26: Huh.
Me: Yeah. So, you have a choice to make.
26: Okay?
Me: Knowing what you're following, you need to decide if your response is, "We're not doing THAT again," or, "Hold my beer."
26:
Me: Trust me when I say there IS a wrong answer.
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
(showing 2026 a recap of events from 2025)
2026:
Me:
26: Huh.
Me: Yeah. So, you have a choice to make.
26: Okay?
Me: Knowing what you're following, you need to decide if your response is, "We're not doing THAT again," or, "Hold my beer."
26:
Me: Trust me when I say there IS a wrong answer.
2026:
Me:
26: Huh.
Me: Yeah. So, you have a choice to make.
26: Okay?
Me: Knowing what you're following, you need to decide if your response is, "We're not doing THAT again," or, "Hold my beer."
26:
Me: Trust me when I say there IS a wrong answer.
"Make him answer questions under oath!"
Some of y'all think being sworn in is like taking truth serum, or like some post-hypnotic suggestion that makes liars cluck like a chicken. The government doesn't punish their own if it's politically inconvenient. Perjury laws aren't self-executing.
Some of y'all think being sworn in is like taking truth serum, or like some post-hypnotic suggestion that makes liars cluck like a chicken. The government doesn't punish their own if it's politically inconvenient. Perjury laws aren't self-executing.
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Make him answer questions under oath!"
Some of y'all think being sworn in is like taking truth serum, or like some post-hypnotic suggestion that makes liars cluck like a chicken. The government doesn't punish their own if it's politically inconvenient. Perjury laws aren't self-executing.
Some of y'all think being sworn in is like taking truth serum, or like some post-hypnotic suggestion that makes liars cluck like a chicken. The government doesn't punish their own if it's politically inconvenient. Perjury laws aren't self-executing.
If you were to argue business ethics with almost any CEO and a hog, you'd get a far more relatable, reasonable, and humane answer from the hog.
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you were to argue business ethics with almost any CEO and a hog, you'd get a far more relatable, reasonable, and humane answer from the hog.
To the writers of this planet's current plotline:
Okay, yes, we get it. This rising action section is all set, the conflict is fully developed. Hit the climax already so things can start getting better. FFS.
Okay, yes, we get it. This rising action section is all set, the conflict is fully developed. Hit the climax already so things can start getting better. FFS.
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
To the writers of this planet's current plotline:
Okay, yes, we get it. This rising action section is all set, the conflict is fully developed. Hit the climax already so things can start getting better. FFS.
Okay, yes, we get it. This rising action section is all set, the conflict is fully developed. Hit the climax already so things can start getting better. FFS.
I can hardly believe I have to say this, but here we are: NEVER even suggest that an independent creator or small business owner lower their prices. They know their costs and needs in detail. You do not. You don't like the prices? GO SHOP ELSEWHERE.
"But I like their style!" THEN PAY THEM FOR IT.
"But I like their style!" THEN PAY THEM FOR IT.
Downsized my Lab and everything thing I do due to not being able to afford it. Cost of living going up. And now someone asks me to lower the prices on my shop?
Nah.
I'm tired, y'all.
Nah.
I'm tired, y'all.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I can hardly believe I have to say this, but here we are: NEVER even suggest that an independent creator or small business owner lower their prices. They know their costs and needs in detail. You do not. You don't like the prices? GO SHOP ELSEWHERE.
"But I like their style!" THEN PAY THEM FOR IT.
"But I like their style!" THEN PAY THEM FOR IT.
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Electric bill was up again despite the fact my heatings been on the fritz & only partly working, new unit gets installed tomorrow. *sigh* really sick of prices going up. And still no SNAP. 😡
If anyone can chip in to help me with groceries & gas it'd be appreciated.
www.paypal.com/paypalme/bul...
If anyone can chip in to help me with groceries & gas it'd be appreciated.
www.paypal.com/paypalme/bul...
Pay Steven Ratkovich using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/bulldrek and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Electric bill was up again despite the fact my heatings been on the fritz & only partly working, new unit gets installed tomorrow. *sigh* really sick of prices going up. And still no SNAP. 😡
If anyone can chip in to help me with groceries & gas it'd be appreciated.
www.paypal.com/paypalme/bul...
If anyone can chip in to help me with groceries & gas it'd be appreciated.
www.paypal.com/paypalme/bul...
Them: I miss AD&D.
Me: So play it. The books still work.
Them: I can't buy it!
Me: Legal PDFs or POD online from this site.
Them: There's no new stuff for it!
Me: These OSR 3rd parties make stuff for it constantly.
Them: I miss when the industry catered to people like me!
Me: Have a tissue. Wah.
Me: So play it. The books still work.
Them: I can't buy it!
Me: Legal PDFs or POD online from this site.
Them: There's no new stuff for it!
Me: These OSR 3rd parties make stuff for it constantly.
Them: I miss when the industry catered to people like me!
Me: Have a tissue. Wah.
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Them: I miss AD&D.
Me: So play it. The books still work.
Them: I can't buy it!
Me: Legal PDFs or POD online from this site.
Them: There's no new stuff for it!
Me: These OSR 3rd parties make stuff for it constantly.
Them: I miss when the industry catered to people like me!
Me: Have a tissue. Wah.
Me: So play it. The books still work.
Them: I can't buy it!
Me: Legal PDFs or POD online from this site.
Them: There's no new stuff for it!
Me: These OSR 3rd parties make stuff for it constantly.
Them: I miss when the industry catered to people like me!
Me: Have a tissue. Wah.
Do you know why they say, "Virtue is its own reward?" It's because there is no other reward for doing good. No moral dessert, no angel tallying your Good Works points, no Krishna cookies. Just you and the universe, where you do what's right and the universe goes on not caring.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Do you know why they say, "Virtue is its own reward?" It's because there is no other reward for doing good. No moral dessert, no angel tallying your Good Works points, no Krishna cookies. Just you and the universe, where you do what's right and the universe goes on not caring.
We in the USA are unprepared for the ensuing celebration when That Fucking Guy dies. Party City is gone. All our glitter is manufactured in China. It'll have to come over via slow party boat. There'll be tariffs, so it'll all be stuck in Customs. The drag show industry will be devastated.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We in the USA are unprepared for the ensuing celebration when That Fucking Guy dies. Party City is gone. All our glitter is manufactured in China. It'll have to come over via slow party boat. There'll be tariffs, so it'll all be stuck in Customs. The drag show industry will be devastated.
So, good news, bad news?
Good news: I'm lucky; there are no problems in my life that a relatively small* amount of money wouldn't solve.
Now, the bad news, well...
* In the sense of, "My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars." That kind of bullshit.
Good news: I'm lucky; there are no problems in my life that a relatively small* amount of money wouldn't solve.
Now, the bad news, well...
* In the sense of, "My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars." That kind of bullshit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
So, good news, bad news?
Good news: I'm lucky; there are no problems in my life that a relatively small* amount of money wouldn't solve.
Now, the bad news, well...
* In the sense of, "My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars." That kind of bullshit.
Good news: I'm lucky; there are no problems in my life that a relatively small* amount of money wouldn't solve.
Now, the bad news, well...
* In the sense of, "My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars." That kind of bullshit.
To the attention of online service who offer yearly recaps:
Don't. This isn't a year I want to remember, let alone through the method of you reminding me how much data you collect and track about my online habits.
I don't need metrics from you. Engagement with your platform is not a KPI for me.
Don't. This isn't a year I want to remember, let alone through the method of you reminding me how much data you collect and track about my online habits.
I don't need metrics from you. Engagement with your platform is not a KPI for me.
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
To the attention of online service who offer yearly recaps:
Don't. This isn't a year I want to remember, let alone through the method of you reminding me how much data you collect and track about my online habits.
I don't need metrics from you. Engagement with your platform is not a KPI for me.
Don't. This isn't a year I want to remember, let alone through the method of you reminding me how much data you collect and track about my online habits.
I don't need metrics from you. Engagement with your platform is not a KPI for me.
Telekinoses.
Pro tip: does your nose bleed every time you use your telekinesis? Consider carrying a hankie in your pocket
December 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Telekinoses.
The happiness of a single trans youth is worth every positive memory of every Harry Potter fan in the world. The life of a single trans person is priceless, let alone worth every last bit of money we gave that transphobic monster of a writer.
My wish for her is to realize what she's done.
My wish for her is to realize what she's done.
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The happiness of a single trans youth is worth every positive memory of every Harry Potter fan in the world. The life of a single trans person is priceless, let alone worth every last bit of money we gave that transphobic monster of a writer.
My wish for her is to realize what she's done.
My wish for her is to realize what she's done.
You're trying to decide between Daggerheart and Draw Steel? My take:
Do you want to join Theater Club? Because if you choose DH, you will both take the spotlight and stand in the chorus when it's someone else's turn to shine.
As for Draw Steel, the first rule is we don't talk about Fight Club...
Do you want to join Theater Club? Because if you choose DH, you will both take the spotlight and stand in the chorus when it's someone else's turn to shine.
As for Draw Steel, the first rule is we don't talk about Fight Club...
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You're trying to decide between Daggerheart and Draw Steel? My take:
Do you want to join Theater Club? Because if you choose DH, you will both take the spotlight and stand in the chorus when it's someone else's turn to shine.
As for Draw Steel, the first rule is we don't talk about Fight Club...
Do you want to join Theater Club? Because if you choose DH, you will both take the spotlight and stand in the chorus when it's someone else's turn to shine.
As for Draw Steel, the first rule is we don't talk about Fight Club...
When watching someone doing something unusual, I often go from "What the..." to "Meh, have fun," in about five seconds.
I treasure the moments when the transition is instead to, "Oh, well that was fuckin' cool."
I treasure the moments when the transition is instead to, "Oh, well that was fuckin' cool."
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When watching someone doing something unusual, I often go from "What the..." to "Meh, have fun," in about five seconds.
I treasure the moments when the transition is instead to, "Oh, well that was fuckin' cool."
I treasure the moments when the transition is instead to, "Oh, well that was fuckin' cool."
Me: So I can challenge you to a game for my life?
Death: CORRECT.
Me: Ok, I choose The Campaign for North Africa. We'll need eight more players and
Death: UGH, NEVERMIND. EVEN DEATH ISN'T THAT PATIENT.
Death: CORRECT.
Me: Ok, I choose The Campaign for North Africa. We'll need eight more players and
Death: UGH, NEVERMIND. EVEN DEATH ISN'T THAT PATIENT.
November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Me: So I can challenge you to a game for my life?
Death: CORRECT.
Me: Ok, I choose The Campaign for North Africa. We'll need eight more players and
Death: UGH, NEVERMIND. EVEN DEATH ISN'T THAT PATIENT.
Death: CORRECT.
Me: Ok, I choose The Campaign for North Africa. We'll need eight more players and
Death: UGH, NEVERMIND. EVEN DEATH ISN'T THAT PATIENT.
I'm curious what historical events I've life left to see.
May we who live in this time be pleasantly surprised by the arc of history, for a change.
May we who live in this time be pleasantly surprised by the arc of history, for a change.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I'm curious what historical events I've life left to see.
May we who live in this time be pleasantly surprised by the arc of history, for a change.
May we who live in this time be pleasantly surprised by the arc of history, for a change.
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Oof. He was truly a master, from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern to Arcadia to Leopoldstadt—just a lifetime of tremendous, thought-provoking, hilarious work. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oof. He was truly a master, from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern to Arcadia to Leopoldstadt—just a lifetime of tremendous, thought-provoking, hilarious work. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
My spouse's ability to work ended suddenly due to disability. UBI would mean the world to us, covering adding her to my healthcare, the loss of her income, just so much, all without the means-tested bureaucracy.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My spouse's ability to work ended suddenly due to disability. UBI would mean the world to us, covering adding her to my healthcare, the loss of her income, just so much, all without the means-tested bureaucracy.
What isn't realistic includes executive pay and perpetual shareholder value increases.
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
What isn't realistic includes executive pay and perpetual shareholder value increases.
Re: the 5e Traveller version announcement, yeah no but thanks. Y'all want that, you do you. The setting is great, GL HF. I've got at least 6 other systems already doing it better, so I'm all set.
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Re: the 5e Traveller version announcement, yeah no but thanks. Y'all want that, you do you. The setting is great, GL HF. I've got at least 6 other systems already doing it better, so I'm all set.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Monkees
Richard Marx
Blue Oyster Cult
Styx
Bond
The Monkees
Richard Marx
Blue Oyster Cult
Styx
Bond
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Bon Jovi
Jim Byrnes
Joan Jett
The Who
Imelda May
Bon Jovi
Jim Byrnes
Joan Jett
The Who
Imelda May
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Kate Bush
The White Stripes
Jane Weaver
Radiohead
Tori Amos
Kate Bush
The White Stripes
Jane Weaver
Radiohead
Tori Amos
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Monkees
Richard Marx
Blue Oyster Cult
Styx
Bond
The Monkees
Richard Marx
Blue Oyster Cult
Styx
Bond