Mark Meredith

@dicemonkey.itch.io

Author of “Song of the River Prince,” “Curse: The City of One Thousand Martyrs,” and “The Doom of Blackwinter.” He/Him https://linktr.ee/markmeredith

I never thought I’d see testimonies like this before the U.S. Congress. These are grown men who should know fact from fiction, yet they stand there shamelessly gaslighting the American people & performing for an audience of one. It’s both astonishing & deeply sad to see how far the U.S. has fallen.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h ago

holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!

If the game creates gaps so long that players are finding outside ways to entertain themselves then the problem isn't the players.

Wil (He/Him)@rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com · 2d ago

I don't know why, but my gut instinct when hearing that someone bans "phones and all electronic devices" from their #TTRPG table is that they're a weird control freak. I get that smartphones can be very distracting, but if someone is distractible, they'll get distracted phone or no phone.

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They call it Level Three. They call it Go Now. As though Now is a suitcase you keep packed beneath the bed. As though Go is a simple thing. As though a lifetime does not hesitate in the doorway.

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lidar just peeled back the amazon canopy, revealing hundreds of ancient sites and a civilization that could've housed 3 million people. they found 396 new geoglyphs, and scientists estimate 24,000-30,000 more earthworks are still hidden. just astounding.

LiDAR Scans Uncover Lost Amazonian Civilization That May Have Housed 3 Million People

Researchers have utilized LiDAR technology to digitally strip away the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, revealing hundreds of previously unknown archaeological sites. This groundbreaking discovery ch

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Yep, the Cinema Sinification of moviegoing is truly depressing. Some genres, like the classic bedroom farce, are all about the audience recognizing tropes and conventions and merrily anticipating what comes next. I do love a "everyone hides behind the same screen and under the same bed" scene!

David Sims@davidlsims.bsky.social · 4d ago

if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”