Russel
@russelharder.bsky.social
Former game show host, current TTRPG addict, enjoyer of stories big and small.
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My son was a youth basketball kid which meant lots of AAU and summer camps. By far the coolest NBA player camp was this guy. He was there every day from start to finish working with the kids and telling stories about life as a professional athlete.
Also drove to camp in a 60s classic Camaro.
Also drove to camp in a 60s classic Camaro.
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My son was a youth basketball kid which meant lots of AAU and summer camps. By far the coolest NBA player camp was this guy. He was there every day from start to finish working with the kids and telling stories about life as a professional athlete.
Also drove to camp in a 60s classic Camaro.
Also drove to camp in a 60s classic Camaro.
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More hope against melanoma.
Customized mRNA vaccines for melanoma reduce risk of recurrent disease and death by approximately 50% at 5 years.
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Customized mRNA vaccines for melanoma reduce risk of recurrent disease and death by approximately 50% at 5 years.
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient's unique cancer.
arstechnica.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:27 AM
More hope against melanoma.
Customized mRNA vaccines for melanoma reduce risk of recurrent disease and death by approximately 50% at 5 years.
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Customized mRNA vaccines for melanoma reduce risk of recurrent disease and death by approximately 50% at 5 years.
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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Better headline: PM Carney risks the wrath of the American owned newspaper chain the National Post.
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Better headline: PM Carney risks the wrath of the American owned newspaper chain the National Post.
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babe wake up they made alchemy real
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
babe wake up they made alchemy real
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You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
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“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.
Unrelated:
In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reichsminister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany:
Unrelated:
In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reichsminister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany:
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 AM
“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.
Unrelated:
In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reichsminister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany:
Unrelated:
In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reichsminister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany:
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This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
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Lol. This is exactly how we've ended up with two conservative parties and how we'll end up with a Conservative government soon. Partisan politics melts partisan brains.
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Lol. This is exactly how we've ended up with two conservative parties and how we'll end up with a Conservative government soon. Partisan politics melts partisan brains.
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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I still recommend the FATE Accessibility Toolkit for anyone interested in disability representation, #accessibility - tabletop or otherwise. Don't assume it is ONLY applicable to FATE.
2025 marks our 20th year in business! In that time we've made a ton of games -- this isn't all of them by a long shot! We're deeply grateful to all the fans who've supported us.
To celebrate, save 20% off every single thing in our webstore, now through December 12th.
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To celebrate, save 20% off every single thing in our webstore, now through December 12th.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I still recommend the FATE Accessibility Toolkit for anyone interested in disability representation, #accessibility - tabletop or otherwise. Don't assume it is ONLY applicable to FATE.
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You know, they should pay THE ONION if they're just going to go and rip off their headlines.
This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
You know, they should pay THE ONION if they're just going to go and rip off their headlines.
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This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
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I have low vision and I rely on alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images on platforms like BlueSky. If you don’t know how to write #AltText yet, I have several guides on my website that can show you how— take the #AltTextChallenge! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/10)
How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions
The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text
veroniiiica.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
I have low vision and I rely on alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images on platforms like BlueSky. If you don’t know how to write #AltText yet, I have several guides on my website that can show you how— take the #AltTextChallenge! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/10)
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“A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe…”
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe…”
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October 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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A TTRPG book that has the balls to drop a hard truth like “Lore is useless” in its worldbuilding chapter. This is so refreshing in an era of flowery, mystical wankery about the hobby. This helps GMs refocus on what’s important to play, and what will actually hit the table and engage players.
June 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A TTRPG book that has the balls to drop a hard truth like “Lore is useless” in its worldbuilding chapter. This is so refreshing in an era of flowery, mystical wankery about the hobby. This helps GMs refocus on what’s important to play, and what will actually hit the table and engage players.
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An episode of The X Files from 1993 or an indie TTRPG designer in 2025 trying to sell you on their hot new cyberpunk RPG and its character classes?
May 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
An episode of The X Files from 1993 or an indie TTRPG designer in 2025 trying to sell you on their hot new cyberpunk RPG and its character classes?
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your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Feature Characters from the Books and Movies
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
bit.ly
May 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
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Corporations used to go after people for copying music to put on an iPod shuffle for convenience; now they are arguing they should get to possess everything creative ever made by a human for their anticreativity planet killing engines
We got a dystopian future but it's such a dumb one
We got a dystopian future but it's such a dumb one
They used to make commercials about this
May 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Corporations used to go after people for copying music to put on an iPod shuffle for convenience; now they are arguing they should get to possess everything creative ever made by a human for their anticreativity planet killing engines
We got a dystopian future but it's such a dumb one
We got a dystopian future but it's such a dumb one
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I can't imagine looking at this and feeling anything other than nausea and despair. It's an ad for voluntarily surrendering your humanity in exchange for a low-intensity jerkoff machine.
May 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I can't imagine looking at this and feeling anything other than nausea and despair. It's an ad for voluntarily surrendering your humanity in exchange for a low-intensity jerkoff machine.