M. Blind
@mdotblind.bsky.social
foundling raised by a feral tribe of sarcastic suburbanites || Hyperfocus for hire · Gamesmith, wordwright, rules wrangler · Fan of scifi & fantasy, lover of books, former bookseller || Interpuctgames.com, personal blog at rocketbomber.com || 52. He/him.
... users can be found giggling, crying, or simply staring into the distance saying "Whoah..." We spoke to one, and asked how they feel about warnings that the practice is addictive: "I could stop, but I don't want to." Some experts say if reading was invented today it would be banned at once.
"Huh," said the dragon. "Would you care to explain?" "Yes, I'm not a princess all the time," said the milkmaid. "Only on bright spring days. Once they end, I turn back into me." "How come?" "Oh, I was bitten by a princess." "Again, how come?" "She couldn't help herself," the milkmaid grinned.
Technological Advancements Allow Data Centers To Run On Even More Electricity https://theonion.com/technological-advancements-allow-data-centers-to-run-on-even-more-electricity/
Heat Safety Experts Advise Americans To Seek Privilege https://theonion.com/heat-safety-experts-advise-americans-to-seek-privilege-1850623871/
My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.
'Nested Sevens' is actually a better term Powers of 7 implies a math operation that isn't actually going on in quite that way. Revisiting a six month old thread for ttrpg hex maps:
M. Blind@mdotblind.bsky.social · 6mo agoPOWERS OF 7 would actually be better. Gameplay reasons/human scale. Walk 7 hours in a day. + 7 days in a week. This hex takes an hour next scale up: this hex takes a day next scale up: this hex takes a week Just those is enough to hang your hat on/build a system from.
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
New party. You in? I'm in. apnews.com/article/braz...
Capybaras keep their chill while crashing Brazilian legislature
Capybaras have been making surprise visits to a Brazilian state legislature. These chill rodents strolled into the legislative building in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, last week, catching lawmakers off guard.
apnews.com
If you aren't aware of Bolts they do fantastic journalistic coverage of politics across the US and down into local elections.
Bolts@boltsmag.org · 18h agoKansans rejected a measure to remake their supreme court. Missourians refused to phase out the income tax. Voters chose Senate and governor nominees, and in Washington they narrowed the field for supreme court seats. Catch up with the night's results.
The scary thing about the '26 midterms for Dem leadership is that, given the unpopularity of the president, even a stale cheese sandwich with a (D) next to its name is likely to win. They're pissed that someone is running actual candidates against their slate of stale cheese sandwiches.
Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.
Politico@politico.com · 16h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
"Democrats in Disarray: Here's why this is bad news for Biden" is there a cable or something somewhere we have to pull? An off switch? At this rate I'll still be reading about how all this is just really bad for progressives in op-eds following AOC's second inauguration.
Politico@politico.com · 16h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
thus do we understand half the reason for the NYT’s seething anti-Mamdani grudge
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 22h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Do you want your zines to have more of a ziney aesthetic?
Chaoclypse (Brandon Yu)@chaoclypse.bsky.social · 13h agoSince people seem interested, I've coded a version of this that yields better results, is more optimized, and allows you to customize the texture of the noise. It's free, and forever will be free. Enjoy! chaoclypse.itch.io/xerox-hell
The sound effect in this comic panel is BWEEM btw. If you were wondering if you should be reading Aurora
Aurora Webcomic@aurorawebcomic.bsky.social · 12h agodid we get him? he's right behind that big obscuring dust cloud comicaurora.com/aurora/2-8-8/
Glad to finally be able to post some TTRPG work from last year in collaboration with @geckopirate.bsky.social . Had a wonderful time making this cover and I'm excited to share all the other things I made for this soon. Link to it if you are interested 👇 geckopirate.itch.io/vralkast
People Are Hungry for Historical Reality | From “What the Heck Just Happened?” with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & award-winning historian and Yale University professor Dr. Joanne Freeman. @jbf1755.bsky.social Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/PV6gxWpKy48
Fae: “Tell us your true name.” Me: “…Just my name? No birthdate, no SSN, no fingerprint scan, no address, no mother’s maiden name? Are you sure you’ve even got the right Olivia Waite? There’s like six.” Fae: “What the hell kind of bargains have you been making?” Me: “They call it health insurance.”
