It's hard to write alt-history scifi about a moon war when the present is so stupid.

Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social · 2d ago

Where's JG Ballard when you need him? (If you've ever read New Wave SF from the 70s you'll understand how this image is right out of Michael Moorcock's NEW WORLDS magazine)

It's very annoying when there's no middle ground for a category of products. I would like a wet food dispenser for Tiamat, so she gets her lunch on time if I am out. I can either get a very basic one or a fully automatic self-cooling electric one. I just want it to stay cool and work on a timer.

Continued working on my OTV spacecraft model, destined to be crashed into the moon for tiny astronauts and cosmonauts to fight over.

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title. Worker rotation complicated by unexpected familial connection and staff illness.

Wyrd Science Magazine@wyrdscience.bsky.social · 2w ago

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title. Egyptian tourist teaches Scottish artisanal craftsman the importance of remaining calm under pressure

It's runequest night tonight and my players are embarking on my first serious heroquest. I got my myth, I got my plan, lets see how quickly they break things.

Quick blockout of a model of the NASA OTV vehicle. Always fun to work on these speculative vehicle designs.

I don’t know when this started, but apparently I’ve decided that my cat Tiamat speaks Belter. Or at least the voice that I use to speak to her as the comedy belter accent you get for background extras in the Expanse.

Oh to be Tiamat in a sunbeam

Supposedly the EU are going to be discussing PPWR alterations and amendments in October. What is the betting that they will fail to get anything out before Christmas, let alone in time for people to reopen shipping to the EU for Christmas.

There is some kind of event happening near my house playing music loud enough that I can hear it inside my house. Council: report nuisance noise with this web form, you must know the name of the company making the noise, we’ll respond in 3-5 working days. 101: we don’t deal with noise, soz.

I have nearly finished reading We are legion (We are Bob) after being recommended it by many people, and I have some real concerns. Looking for reviews to see if I'm the outlier, it's weird that several of these describe the book as being one of the first fiction books the reviewer ever read, right?

If you're on the fence, you can find the excellent Tabletop Battles review for Meatgrinder here: www.tabletopbattles.com/hypersteel-m... But this is the deepest discount we've ever run, and PDFs are discounted for the first time ever. Give the gift of Hypersteel to your gaming group TODAY.

Epigram Games@epigram.games · 3w ago

There's never been a better time to get into Hypersteel. Until the end of the month, the core book bundle is £30 and the PDF bundle is £10! Play the best small scale skirmish on the market, now for less! hypersteelnightmare.com/product/hype... hypersteelnightmare.com/product/hype...

There's never been a better time to get into Hypersteel. Until the end of the month, the core book bundle is £30 and the PDF bundle is £10! Play the best small scale skirmish on the market, now for less! hypersteelnightmare.com/product/hype... hypersteelnightmare.com/product/hype...

Today Max takes a look at Hypersteel Meatgrinder, the infantry-focused expansion for Hypersteel Nightmare!

Hypersteel Meatgrinder: The Tabletop Battles Review

Today Max takes a look at Hypersteel Meatgrinder, the infantry-focused expansion for Hypersteel Nightmare!

tabletopbattles.com

Tiamat says 🦐

Whilst I think the emergency alert was too long and too poorly written, I don’t think most people will have thought more about the fire risk than “it’s hot let’s have a barbecue” and we are certainly at the “don’t start a fire for any reason outside” point of the extended drought.

This is fine? Right? Two derailments in a single day. It's safe, right? Right?

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ian.fenrisgames@fenrisgames.com · 6mo ago

LOADS of options to mix and match the newly remastered Mud Brick range acquired from @fogoumodels.bsky.social - stackable, swappable, and with additional frontages and addons. adding these to the shop this week, and hopefully having a few in hand for Salute in (gulp) three weeks' time...

I think the thing that is pissing me off the most about PPWR is how every organisation that might be in a place to help small businesses is just holding up its hands and going "oh no too hard have you considered just not?" What do you do when even the orgs meant to help go "nah, not worth it"?

Buy a colour LED printer. I've had a lexmark for five years. It's still on the original toner. It's complaining it's running out, but "out of toner" apparently means several hundred pages remaining. It sits on my wifi, and it prints for me, and it doesn't complain.

Pushing through to get the first six knights complete. Almost done with base coats. #warhammerCommunity #paintingWarhammer #nerdlings #theOldWorld

Given my PPWR doom posting I feel obligated to repost this, with the slight clarification that this is referring to transport packaging not sales packaging (unless there’s another bit I’ve missed) but still provides a vital lifeline to EU based small businesses.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4w ago

Okay I broke my promise about no longer posting about PPWR/EPR...but good news! The official FAQ was updated with a flowchart that confirms us small EU-based artists are NOT liable as producers. FAQ here: environment.ec.europa.eu/publications...

did you know meta glasses are designed to be safe and suitable as eclipse viewers? pass it on

Did you know that metas glasses have a new contact free cleaning layer on the camera lenses? It is recommended that you shine a laser pointer across the lens surface at least once a week to keep your images clear and sharp.

Can't sleep so did some maths. I've been working to lose weight for about two months now, and I've logged twice a week using body composition scales and it's been nice seeing it pay off, but the fat/muscle/water readings are in percentages not kgs and so I wondered what that actually looked like.

This is the final PPWR posting from me (I hope, today at least) but dear reader, the government promised to produce guidance for UK exporters "in good time" for the Entry Into Force date so that UK exporters could understand their obligations. They come into force on Wednesday. There is no guidance

I have slept on this and done a little bit more reading this morning, and I wish I had a better feeling about this. It feels like your three options are: 1) give up on the EU as a market 2) buy only EU unbranded packaging and hope that you evade the regs 3) ignore it and hope you don’t get caught 

CJ Shearwood@cj.shearwood.games · last mo.

I had mistakenly filed away the EU PPWR regulations on packaging as a thing for 2030, with the false hope that there'd be some one stop shop solution or carveouts for micro-enterprises. No, it comes into effect on Wednesday. You need to register in every EU country. The fines are staggering.

I had mistakenly filed away the EU PPWR regulations on packaging as a thing for 2030, with the false hope that there'd be some one stop shop solution or carveouts for micro-enterprises. No, it comes into effect on Wednesday. You need to register in every EU country. The fines are staggering.

I might have made something cool. I’m not certain, but I can’t stop playing it

Hexsweeper 3D

Minimalist minesweeper on a sphere — themes, controls, and sharing.

dr.eamer.dev

Sound up for Tiamat. You will not be disappointed.