"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it a modest 10% productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1000% productivity gain." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...

AI Economics for Dummies

“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...

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Did you know, for the Children of Time RPG we designed a GM screen that transforms between reference materials for the ark ship and the alien planet side of play? Why? Because I am incapable of making a normal-ass GM screen and @mazistyping.bsky.social keeps enabling my sicko shit.

Art I made for @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social / @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Children of Time RPG. It's live on Kickstarter now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gsh...

If the purpose of a system is what it does, then the purpose of the current Labour government is to punish trans kids for being trans. And in the process make it impossible for cis kids to have nicknames or be tomboys, apparently. Cool and normal!

This government would ban George from the Famous Five.

Robert Dallas Gray@robertdallasgray.com · 4w ago

I find it frankly bizarre that the government should be so afraid of children wearing clothing and using names that might not align with the gender they were assigned at birth. you want me to get a doctor’s note so my daughter can wear trousers? I’m sorry but that’s just extremely weird

Took a break to build BinFax for the people of Clacton binfax.netlify.app

A good day to remind you all that you can spend £5.50 on a 28mm @countbinface.bsky.social model from Troublemaker Games, £3 of which goes to NHS supporting charities Now who is selling some frog faced fiends and a scale model pier for them to fight over? www.troublemakergames.co.uk/product-page...

The question for Nigel Farage now is whether it's less embarrassing to un-resign and claim that was an establishment stitchup, or to spend a month competing with a bin. Neither is exactly a *great* option. Neither solves his ongoing scandals. And it's a mess entirely of his own making.

Can’t wait for the rest of the world to find out that Nigel Farage made a big “beat me in my backyard” statement only to find that his sole challenger is a man dressed as a bin

wake up babe, new tête-bêche just dropped

Man. Vale Om Malik. daringfireball.net/2026/06/om

Om

This is going to sound cornier than a bucket of Jiffy-Pop, but it is a profound irony that a man with such a big and beautiful figurative heart could have such a lousy literal one.

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Just nobody doing retail politics better right now.

Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · last mo.

New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.

Important point: the proposed UK law to ban Conversion Practices has a massive, fatal loophole for anyone claiming to be doing it as a "healthcare" practitioner. The existing law in France:

Joni Baldry (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈@jonibaldry.bsky.social · last mo.

We've had a law in France since 2022. Unlike the proposed UK law, healthcare is an aggravating factor, not a loophole and there are big fines and prison if convicted.

indeed

maybe it's the heat exhaustion but I decided to create a helpful guide

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · 2mo ago

OK, this debate is worth some actual data. If I’ve got this right, to figure out how many TTRPG creators are full time vs. “have a day job” we need to define a few things, starting with: - the scope of what we count as “working in TTRPGs” - when a freelancer counts as “full time” in TTRPG

Speaking as a regular mover of leftwing antifascist zines: hm.

Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social · 2mo ago

30 years for moving some zines www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

HOLLERING START TO FINISH this is so good

Ryan Moulton@moultano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I spent the last month obsessed with finding colors that can't be displayed on a conventional screen. This is what I found. moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...

In accordance with ancient tradition, our next Prime Minister is announced to the nation while standing between a furry and a man with a bin on his head.

“Who wins? Nobody. Nobody at all. None of this has any meaning whatsoever. It is just a needless act of administrative bother and political self-harm.” iandunt.substack.com/p/the-ehrc-t...

The EHRC trans code explained

What does it say, how will it work, and what happens next?

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Your periodic reminder that people are *more* abusive online when they're using their "real names" than when they're using a persistent pseudonym and this effect has been replicated in literally every study that has ever been done

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people. But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.

When I try to imagine the sub-Thick of It discussions that lead to this announcement I get toothache inside my brain

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2mo ago

🚨 NEW: Under-16s in the UK will be banned from the following 10 social media apps TikTok YouTube Snapchat Instagram X Reddit Facebook Twitch Kick Threads

am at the Independent Paper Show in Manchester and frankly: hngh

It's out! Take a look! Play it! Or watch it played at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUFD...

Children of Time TTRPG - How to Play the Beta Test! | Actual Play Oneshot

YouTube video by EUphoria AP

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Rowan Rook and Decard@rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ever wondered how a Pangolin says hello? Time to find out! The Children of Time: RPG open beta playtest is now available. Just follow the campaign to download it for free. bit.ly/4okQtDw

It was impossible to ignore the voices standing against AI at this year's UKGE. Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak with me about their efforts.

Wargamer@wargamer.com · 2mo ago

MCM, Dragonmeet, and DragonCon take a stance against AI, but the UK’s biggest board game con stays silent - despite pushback from attendees. www.wargamer.com/tabletop-ai-... #UKGE #BoardGames #TTRPG

having done zero (0) social media before or during UKGE, I have now written approx 4,000 words about the convention, please enjoy secrets.rowanrookanddecard.com/ukge-2026-po...

UKGE 2026: Post Con Deconstruction

With one more UKGE under our belt - the sixth, I think? Covid made it hard to count - it seems like a good moment to share some of our stats and talk about how we run the convention. There’s a growing...

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Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove

reform only hold 13% of the seats in our parliament and reform + tory is fewer than the number of tory seats in the last term in scotland this election has been an unqualified win for progress and human rights and we should be really proud

Starmer here is characterising Labour’s problem as a communication issue not a policy one. No amount of saying “let me be absolutely clear on this” and “setting out a path in the coming days” is going to help. You need to actually make things better. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Absolutely massive day for Sheffield Greens. Welcome to our new and returning councillors 💚