The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...

High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall

A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!

drgwenmarshall.itch.io

The Onion@theonion.com · 2w ago

Olivia Rodrigo Releases Fantasy Tabletop Game ‘The High Winter Elves Of Girlville’ https://theonion.com/olivia-rodrigo-releases-fantasy-tabletop-game-the-high-winter-elves-of-girlville/

The court filing dug up by @kint.bsky.social is the most They Admit It i have ever seen in my life www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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One unexpected side effect of doing a 30-day trial with Verizon is getting a bunch of calls for “T-Bone,” who, let’s be honest, sounds much more chill than I am.

Heartfelt and often heartbreaking, Willy Vlautin's "The Left and the Lucky" is populated with big characters and a range of working-class lives I rarely see in fiction. www.jamesseidler.com/book-review-...

Gary has a terrible history of neglect and disinvestment rooted in racism, but the power outages are affecting a broad swathe of Northwest Indiana. I am fortunate to live in a well-off area, and I still don't have power nine days after the storm.

Olivia Hill@machineiv.bsky.social · last mo.

It's actually more than just Gary. Parts of Hammond and Munster are dead too. Today I was driving and multiple streets were blocked because of all the people applying for disaster relief. The line of cars was more than a mile long.

I create Facebook/Meta ads once a year for a small family-run event, and I am stunned at how bad the platform and interface have gotten. You have to wade through prompt after prompt to turn off AI optimizations that would have looked amateurish on a JibJab animation 20 years ago.

Doing a full listen through the Grateful Dead discography, and I was surprised how well "Shakedown Street" landed. It's slick, but the cleanness lets you hear how tight the band it and how inventive Jerry is with his lead lines. I guess I'm ready for my Steely Dan phase...

I am cheering Team USA all the way but have to admit the funniest outcome would be for Belgium to beat us 5-2 again tomorrow night.

on second thought maybe paywalling workers’ ability to think wasn’t a great business strategy

Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too Expensive

Sources and leaks from Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, Citi, and more show what is really happening with AI right now: companies are trying to rein in AI use as costs spiral out of control.

404media.co

"I approached [Robert Quine] and reintroduced myself, this time as the guy who had written the Voice piece titled 'Quine-Ola' (Bob was a big Jeff Beck person). That was a great piece,' he said. 'You should write about me more.'" www.furious.com/perfect/quin...

Kevin Morby's masterful 'Little Wide Open' is out today. Morby took us through the album track by track, sharing in-depth insights about the writing and recording process that led to these remarkable songs. Stream the album and read our interview:

The Story Behind Every Song On Kevin Morby's Masterful New Album 'Little Wide Open'

Kevin Morby just released his masterpiece. Little Wide Open, out today, is the folk-rock singer-songwriter’s greatest collection of songs to date. The album presents an interconnected batch of reflect...

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I love it when you read the poem that makes you glad you picked up a collection, and today for me that was Mark Doty’s “Now You’re an Animal.”

Just rewatched “Brush with Greatness,” and we get Homer stuck in the waterslide, Ringo Starr AND Mr. Burns’ nude portrait all in one episode? Stone-cold classic.

Great conversation with Willy Vlautin on the Otherppl podcast—moving reflections on working class life and masculinity. otherpeoplepod.libsyn.com/1030-willy-v...

Otherppl with Brad Listi: 1030. Willy Vlautin

is the author of the novel , available from Harper. It is the official April pick of the . Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Willy Vlautin is the author of seven novels and is the founder of the bands ...

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I spoke to @juliansimpson.bsky.social all about the excellent podcast The Lovecraft Investigations and its latest series, Crowley. And the new Mythos. Both of which are truly fantastic - links to get them are at the end of the article. kotaku.com/lovecraft-po...

William Onyeabor's "Atomic Bomb" makes me envision Curtis Mayfield home-recording in Nigeria. How do you not love that cover photo? Great release from Luaka Bop. williamonyeabor.bandcamp.com/album/atomic...

I'd never read anything by Paco Roca, but "Return to Eden" swept me away. It's a sad, delicately illustrated memoir of his mother's life. Roca shares her early years in the context of her broken family, hungry and devastated in the wake of the Spanish Civil War. www.fantagraphics.com/collections/...

Following Wimpy’s example, Popeye has also cast aside harmful gender norms.

It tracks that Wimpy is uninvested in the patriarchy.

Getting a “Good Burger” / “Sinners” double feature in tonight.

Wonder if J. Spaceman would’ve let them license “Lay Back in the Sun” for the Samson/Kelson scenes?

In my seat now for “28 Years Later: the Bone Temple!” When I walked in, the cashier clocked as exactly the kind of weirdo who wanted to pay in cash.

Reading the third volume of the complete “Popeye” collection from Fantagraphics, and J. Wellington Wimpy has repeatedly cracked me up. An oddball, all-American original.

If you're looking for something to dislodge that Gordon Lightfoot earworm, tomorrow is ALSO the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album. Like Bruce Springsteen says, starts with "probably the greatest opening line of anyone’s debut album in rock ’n’ roll." This is a fun piece:

Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)

In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.

nytimes.com

Some astonishing numbers in here: -OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes -OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026 -To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years -33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI -5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value

Bubble Trouble

An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.

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EASEL@readeasel.bsky.social · 12mo ago

EASEL 01 is now available secure your copy NOW!!!! readeasel.com

A great artist

MisterJayEm@misterjayem.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Well, shit.

Realized at the end of the (excellent) Lilith Fair documentary that I’ve spent 25 years thinking Sarah McLaclan was Joan Osborne.

Great to see this posted in @mcsweeneys.net . Ralph wrote some funny pieces for a humor site I ran in the Cretaceous era.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last yr.

"Meaningful conversations are a definite deal breaker. Chiefly interested in finding a kindred spirit who may or may not know my name, but recognizes me in a vague way and is ready to signal that with a nearly imperceptible chin movement."

I am a jazz dummy, but Jerry Garcia had to listen to Grant Green right? Plenty of similarities in the structure of the riffs; it's a fun echo.