Joseph Browning
@jgbrowning.bsky.social
Author and Owner of Expeditious Retreat Press
"I'm Not Bread Yet: The History of Dough," -great book name.
I've been on an Osmonds kick recently. They had a run of three great albums, IMO. Worth a listen, IMO. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmBK...
One Way Ticket To Anywhere (Album Version)
YouTube video by The Osmonds - Topic
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New Arden Vul material! The Factions of Burdock's Valley is a PWYW at DTRPG. It's 25 pages, ya'll. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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The report demonstrates how 2025 was the warmest year in the UK series from 1884, with the last four years in the top five warmest. The number of days over 30C has quadrupled for Greater London for the most recent decade compared to 1961-1990. 🧵2/
Interesting read, but I wonder why the sex of the person being disrespectful isn't also recorded? @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws...
Percentage mensen dat respectloos gedrag ervaart toegenomen
Van de inwoners van Nederland zei 18 procent in 2025 vaak of soms respectloos behandeld te zijn door onbekenden op straat.
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Well, well, well.... The Pope just excommunicated an entire community of right-wing Catholics, and not just the bishops. From what I understand, that's something like 600,000 people who attend the schismatic masses.
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · last mo.THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM
I dislike the Dutch News habit of framing the nitrogen issue as something that is hard on the "agriculture" sector when it is only really a small slice of that sector: the livestock sector. For a farmer that's not raising livestock, the nitrogen issue is far less impactful.
AI being used to benefit non-living-legal-persons and harm actually-alive-humans? What a surprise.
Dutch News@dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · last mo.Philip Morris used AI to generate public opposition to EU rules www.dutchnews.nl?p=269712
EU: ‘Wij nemen afstand van mensonterend Taliban-regime waar we vluchtelingen naar willen terugsturen’
EU: ‘Wij nemen afstand van mensonterend Taliban-regime waar we vluchtelingen naar willen terugsturen’
De Europese Commissie ging dinsdag in Brussel in gesprek met een afvaardiging van het Afghaanse Taliban-regime. Steeds meer landen hebben namelijk buitengewoon veel interesse in het terugsturen van uitgeprocedeerde Afghaanse vluchtelingen.
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It's it funny how the organizations seem to resist "left wing authoritarianism*" (like school integration), however. (* as viewed by the right wing)
Be a shame if some rogue welder sealed up the illegal sewage outlet.
elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 2mo agoYes this is a real story. He’s being told that organising a group to clean River Roding is illegal. The environment agency is the one threatening him.
I'm old enough to remember when palsy wasn't a requirement for a professional camera operator in TV and film.
A new day, a new reason to be glad we made the decision to leave the USA. There are *a lot* of things about The Netherlands that I do not like, but all of them *pale* in comparison to the things that I do not like about the USA.
A recent study found the drug significantly reduced the risk of COVID-19 when taken within days after an exposure. thesicktimes.org/2026/05/19/r...
Research updates, May 19 - The Sick Times
The antiviral ensitrelvir was found to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to COVID-positive individuals. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and included over 2,000 particip...
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I'd wondered how'd that happened given that you folks have been adamantly clear on your stance. Glad to hear it hasn't changed! And yeah, Fuck AI.
Evil Hat@evilhat.bsky.social · 2mo agoNote: We do not use AI. Period. We pay humans to create our games, end-to-end. Adobe recently implemented a feature that quietly injected AI alt text into Umdaar. We've removed it, updated the PDF, and disabled the feature. We apologize for the error, please download the latest PDF. Also: Fuck AI.
What a surprise. People are choosing non-alcoholic more and more. MyStErIoUs
When people gather together to publicly support governmental action, it's not called a *protest.* For Example: if a group of people gathered together to support the government creating National Parks, it wouldn't be called "A protest in support of National Parks." Language matters. @nltimes.nl
A good article to read! A good follow up article can be found here: kim-hipwell.medium.com/why-gamete-p... Both are worth the time.
Why Gamete Production Does Not Define Sex
Or: What We Can’t Induce From How We Reproduce
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Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 2mo agosince apparently JKR is spouting nonsense about "gametes" again, here is my in depth primer on why anti-trans groups have become so obsessed with gametes & why the actual science does not support their claims (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/why-are-gend...
Reagan and Thatcher get a lot of blame for what they did, but I think a lot more blame needs to also fall onto Clinton and Blair. It really feels like Reagan and Thatcher dug a hole into their two respective nations while Clinton and Blair decided that having the hole was acceptable.
