Rayn Murfy
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Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer
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November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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New blogpost about rules and control in TTRPGs. #TTRPG #OSR #DND
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Rules Are About Control (And They are Why We Miss Things)
I was talking with a friend the other day, when we got on to the topic of Dimension 20’s actual play season Never Stop Blowing Up. An homage to 80’s actual and exploitation films, it is…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New blogpost about rules and control in TTRPGs. #TTRPG #OSR #DND
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AI art of any variety SHOULDNT have a place in this game. Idk if this is AI or not but that implication doesnt inspire confidence it isnt.
I dont want AI-anything in the game, much less AI-based startups.
I dont want AI-anything in the game, much less AI-based startups.
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
AI art of any variety SHOULDNT have a place in this game. Idk if this is AI or not but that implication doesnt inspire confidence it isnt.
I dont want AI-anything in the game, much less AI-based startups.
I dont want AI-anything in the game, much less AI-based startups.
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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
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I think part of Catherine Connolly's success that isn't really being covered is that she is firmly, at every turn, very proud to be Irish.
She learned Irish as an adult, she actively enjoys our cultural heritage, her campaign embraced our traditional art forms and trad music.
She learned Irish as an adult, she actively enjoys our cultural heritage, her campaign embraced our traditional art forms and trad music.
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I think part of Catherine Connolly's success that isn't really being covered is that she is firmly, at every turn, very proud to be Irish.
She learned Irish as an adult, she actively enjoys our cultural heritage, her campaign embraced our traditional art forms and trad music.
She learned Irish as an adult, she actively enjoys our cultural heritage, her campaign embraced our traditional art forms and trad music.
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Worth noting: After the end of the three-year pilot program this year, the Irish government found that for every pound invested, they got 43% profit. Keeping artists alive and financially safe is not just for moral good, it's also beneficial in terms of economics. Just let artists keep making art.
Ireland Offers $1,500 Monthly Basic Income for Artists to Support Innovation
Ireland Offers $1,500 Monthly Basic Income for Artists to Support Innovation and Creativity
What do you think of this program? Should other countries follow suit?
mymodernmet.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Worth noting: After the end of the three-year pilot program this year, the Irish government found that for every pound invested, they got 43% profit. Keeping artists alive and financially safe is not just for moral good, it's also beneficial in terms of economics. Just let artists keep making art.
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This whole Hybrid Mana debate is why we need more people to become obsessed with Magic's color philosophy.
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This whole Hybrid Mana debate is why we need more people to become obsessed with Magic's color philosophy.
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"But so long as we're all having fun, who cares what the rules say?"
No. Fuck off into the sun forever with that shit, jerkwad. We weren't talking about having fun or not, and you know damn well know that.
The discussion is whether the mechanics of a game enable the type of play it claims to.
No. Fuck off into the sun forever with that shit, jerkwad. We weren't talking about having fun or not, and you know damn well know that.
The discussion is whether the mechanics of a game enable the type of play it claims to.
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
"But so long as we're all having fun, who cares what the rules say?"
No. Fuck off into the sun forever with that shit, jerkwad. We weren't talking about having fun or not, and you know damn well know that.
The discussion is whether the mechanics of a game enable the type of play it claims to.
No. Fuck off into the sun forever with that shit, jerkwad. We weren't talking about having fun or not, and you know damn well know that.
The discussion is whether the mechanics of a game enable the type of play it claims to.
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It's kinda irritating to have to constantly see your colleagues put up go fund mes because their hard work sells for pennies while D&D rakes in literally billions of dollars from gormless fucks who wouldn't know good game design if it bit them on the ass
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's kinda irritating to have to constantly see your colleagues put up go fund mes because their hard work sells for pennies while D&D rakes in literally billions of dollars from gormless fucks who wouldn't know good game design if it bit them on the ass
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If you can vote in Ireland's Presidential election next Friday (Oct 24th) make sure you do. Polls open from 7am - 10pm. Turnout is key. Voting is a privilege.
Don't think anything is won if you don't go out and vote.
Don't think anything is won if you don't go out and vote.
Instead of giving us reasons why Heather would actually be a good president, it seems the sole focus is just to attack Catherine's character. It's almost as if... there's no reason why Heather would be a good president...
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If you can vote in Ireland's Presidential election next Friday (Oct 24th) make sure you do. Polls open from 7am - 10pm. Turnout is key. Voting is a privilege.
Don't think anything is won if you don't go out and vote.
Don't think anything is won if you don't go out and vote.
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Remember that business, particularly tech capitalists, no longer operates on the idea of a consumer market, but a speculative investor market. They aren’t trying to create good products to fill consumer market demand, they’re trying to conceptualize product ideas that appeal to FOMO investors.
Can you imagine a writers retreat where everyone is talking to their computer all the time? Or a classroom? Or trying to work in an open plan office where everyone in every cubicle is talking in loud clear voices and then things go wrong because their computer heard Bill talking two cubicles over...
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Remember that business, particularly tech capitalists, no longer operates on the idea of a consumer market, but a speculative investor market. They aren’t trying to create good products to fill consumer market demand, they’re trying to conceptualize product ideas that appeal to FOMO investors.
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Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
October 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
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I've seen lots of people offer ideas of what "level design" is and I'm sure many of them would disagree with me, but I believe it is 100% accurate to say that level design is a way of building spaces to allow enemies to move within in ways that gets the player to use just enough of their brain
October 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I've seen lots of people offer ideas of what "level design" is and I'm sure many of them would disagree with me, but I believe it is 100% accurate to say that level design is a way of building spaces to allow enemies to move within in ways that gets the player to use just enough of their brain
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider is so funny because one second somebody will be giving baby's first anticolonialism to Lara and then the next villager you meet will be like "ooga booga, that cave is full of demons" and you go in and it's the wind
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is so funny because one second somebody will be giving baby's first anticolonialism to Lara and then the next villager you meet will be like "ooga booga, that cave is full of demons" and you go in and it's the wind
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KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE PILOT IS OUT NOW ON YOUTUBE!
September 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE PILOT IS OUT NOW ON YOUTUBE!
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as far as any ongoing investigation is concerned, there is nothing newsworthy in reporting on any potential affiliations the alleged shooter had to a trans person unless you wish to paint said trans person as equally violent, whether or not this is even remotely the case.
September 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
as far as any ongoing investigation is concerned, there is nothing newsworthy in reporting on any potential affiliations the alleged shooter had to a trans person unless you wish to paint said trans person as equally violent, whether or not this is even remotely the case.
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So my bank is setting up a service called Zippay provided by the Italian company Nexi. This involves my personal data being given to this company to sell on to advertisers.
Naturally, I've opted out.
Naturally, I've opted out.
September 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
So my bank is setting up a service called Zippay provided by the Italian company Nexi. This involves my personal data being given to this company to sell on to advertisers.
Naturally, I've opted out.
Naturally, I've opted out.
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Amplifying that last repost. I don’t get people who don’t understand that anti-trans hatred is only secondarily about controlling trans people. Its main purpose is to control you.
Anti-trans weirdos want a world in which they get to police everybody’s gender conformity, every minute of every day.
Anti-trans weirdos want a world in which they get to police everybody’s gender conformity, every minute of every day.
August 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Amplifying that last repost. I don’t get people who don’t understand that anti-trans hatred is only secondarily about controlling trans people. Its main purpose is to control you.
Anti-trans weirdos want a world in which they get to police everybody’s gender conformity, every minute of every day.
Anti-trans weirdos want a world in which they get to police everybody’s gender conformity, every minute of every day.
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
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August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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If you use Firefox:
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
mozilla has a rich history of shooting themselves in the foot
thankfully most of the ml stuff can be disabled through about:config
thankfully most of the ml stuff can be disabled through about:config
Some users report Firefox scoffing CPU power
: You guessed it: looks like it's a so-called AI
www.theregister.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If you use Firefox:
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
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That's a war crime. How is the fact that this headline is openly describing a war crime not the headline. Israel is doing war crimes.
Israel is in talks about possibly resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in South Sudan. If implemented, the plans would amount to transferring people from one war-ravaged land at risk of famine to another.
Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan
Israel is in talks with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country.
bit.ly
August 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
That's a war crime. How is the fact that this headline is openly describing a war crime not the headline. Israel is doing war crimes.
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Irish artists/ supporters of the arts, please check out and fill in this short survey. The Gript/ far right dudes are already sharing it on X and I'd be worried it'll get brigaded.
If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? 💡
Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Basic Income for the Arts public consultation
ec.europa.eu
August 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Irish artists/ supporters of the arts, please check out and fill in this short survey. The Gript/ far right dudes are already sharing it on X and I'd be worried it'll get brigaded.
If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
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Israel kills 5 journalists of Al Jazeera and the New York Times decides to publish a piece explaining why Israel doesn’t like Al Jazeera and how AJ is controversial.
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Israel kills 5 journalists of Al Jazeera and the New York Times decides to publish a piece explaining why Israel doesn’t like Al Jazeera and how AJ is controversial.
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Smalls, the only Black flotilla member, appears to be the only one who has been treated this way
Gaza Freedom Flotilla has released statement that Black labour leader Chris Smalls (Amazon Labour Union) faced violence that no one else on Handala did. He has been severely beaten in Israeli custody.
Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.
Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.
July 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Smalls, the only Black flotilla member, appears to be the only one who has been treated this way