Casts third level Lightning Bolt for 8d6 damage on two enemies. Both make their saves. One's a Rogue; the other's a Psi Warrior Fighter, who rolls to reduce. 5 damage, total.
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Please sign this UK government petition to compel AI companies to reveal whose books they used to train their data petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...
petition.parliament.uk
Been playing some Morrowind (on Android!) Hear Duran Duran in a shop. Brain: Girls on flin, Girls on flin.
MAN: Hello, police? It's a terrible thing, you see, my wife was killed last night, I was hoping you could send someone to investigate OFFICER: Certainly sir, the great detective Columbo is in town. Go and see him, he will solve the case MAN: Ah, I see, very good. Oh, officer, just one more thing,
I bought a French duck I was going to cook in a Cantonese-style barbecue sauce; but the duck escaped, covered me in the glaze, and forced me into the oven. I was hoisined by my own canard
Playing D&D. The party reconvenes. Igensi: We have good news! ... Igensi and Nemeia, simultaneously: ...No we don't.
JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.
Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island
Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.
time.com
"Claude is the Official Thinking Partner of the Atlassian Williams F1 team". Really? The _thinking_ partner? In what way is it _thinking_?
How does a Yorkshire mathematician say sorry? With a heartfelt t'apology
So you're a software engineer? Yeah, you seem the type.
Brainmage.itch.io@brainmage.bsky.social · 8mo agoSo you're an improviser? Yes? And?
Julie Andrews’ Daily Schedule. 1. Quick Homer Simpson impression 2. Learn about bushcraft 3. Watch silly British comedy 4. Remove weeds in garden 5. Begin making coffee flavoured bread D’oh, Ray Mears, Farce, Hoe, Latte dough.
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
bbc.co.uk
I heard there was a secret meat With paprika, and spicy heat But you don't really care for sausage Nduja ...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
I get really annoyed with people who say something "was going 10 to the dozen". It should be "19 to the dozen" - that is, 19 where 12 should fit. "10 to the dozen" would be slower than usual, and this is a hill I will die on.
I've never directly called Farage a prick but I can assure you I think he's a prick www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
bbc.co.uk
It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them: boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵
The official home of the Python Programming Language
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I'm no expert, but I don't think this would be very effective. (Budapest, HU 🇭🇺)
A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.
Has Kemi Badenoch actually read Terry Pratchett?
She claims he’s her favourite author, but his books have a few lessons for her
newstatesman.com
Rachel Cunliffe@rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 11mo agoAnyway, in case you missed it, some wondering from me about whether Kemi Badenoch has ever actually read Terry Pratchett www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered. And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social · 12mo agoPlease give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling. I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
In traditional European heraldry, there are colors and metals (silver/white, gold/yellow). The rule is you never put a metal on a metal, or a color on a color. It's a rule for readability reasons - you want contrast. You want to be able to read it clearly on a battlefield. That said, it's a rule.
this must be the large language model everyone's talking about
Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · last yr.I thought the worst thing about it was the ridiculous hyper-airbrushed texture we’ve come to expect from this nonsense technology and then I saw the actual full ad and apparently this fake woman made of environmental ruin and stolen art is about eight feet tall
🎵 Octopus 🎵 I'm fuelled by an octopus 🎵 He's sending his gas to me 🎵 Electricity
Me: maybe I'll get a liquid cooled PC next time I upgrade. They can't be that much, right? Narrator: they were, in fact, that much
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