I'm scheming piratical schemes! So excited to be GMing this excellent crew every Wednesday in August. Drop your favourite pirate trope below, I wanna try and pack them in and need ideas!

The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 5d ago

PIRATES HO! Hear ye, land lubbers - the RPGeeks are shivered to their very timbers to announce our next mini-series: a 4-part adventure of daring dandies on the ocean deep! With @loremistress93.bsky.social, Grace Willsmer, @emzywb.bsky.social, @fkth.bsky.social & @shamini.bsky.social!

I just found some of the weird quotes I scribbled down in episode one when we had no idea what was going on and OOHHH...

The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 6d ago

And so it all comes full circle. Our story comes to The End in the most final way possible. All three episodes of VIEWSCREAM are up now on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

And so it all comes full circle. Our story comes to The End in the most final way possible. All three episodes of VIEWSCREAM are up now on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Mad rush to make the accompanying film for this feature youtu.be/W0lyOxQyRcM?... before I swanned off on holiday. Massive thanks to @shamini.bsky.social and @ecallaway.bsky.social for the help.

Ancient humans carved tiny birds in a dark cave

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Nature@nature.com · last wk.

“We can almost look through the eyes of [Europe's earliest Homo sapiens] and see how they viewed the environment around them” go.nature.com/3ThKtQC

The Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."

Live now!

The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · last wk.

There are four survivors. There have always been four survivors. There will always be four survivors. Join us tonight, live at 7pm BST for part 3/3. #ttrpg #actualplay

Five survivors... Holly, Tom, Emily, Fiona & Shamini are back tomorrow for the finale of our Viewship/Motherscream space horror chimera. Find us: www.youtube.com/@RPGeeksDND/... @hollylikesgames.bsky.social 📚 @emzywb.bsky.social 🪴 @fkth.bsky.social 🎶 @shamini.bsky.social 💻

Improving trust in science is not the point of science journalism.

It is not science journalism's job to improve trust in science

Also: The "Science: A New Golden Age" report, layoffs at National Geographic, and studies on the consequences of AI adoption in research

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Episode two, in which everyone is safe and nothing goes wrong.

LIVE | VIEWSCREAM Pt. 2

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Man, the proliferation of shitty baby name websites has made resourcing the origins, etymology and historical popularity of names such a pain in the ass. Web searches are just flooded by them.

Going live now! Join us (and the horrors) in chat! www.youtube.com/live/mn0xzLr...

LIVE | VIEWSCREAM Pt. 2

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The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 2w ago

We'll be live from space at 7pm BST - hit the 🔔 icon under the video for a reminder! We won't be interacting with chat much due to *gestures at space* so you'll have to keep each other sane through it all. 🫣 @hollylikesgames.bsky.social @emzywb.bsky.social @fkth.bsky.social @shamini.bsky.social

Get your daily scream time in from 7:30 tonight!

The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's Jeeksday. Get in the escape pod, keep comms open, ignore the noises and, whatever you do, don't open the hatch.

Listening to Liminal London on my way to work, trying to hide all the gasps and grins and facepalms while I'm on the tube. This series is so good. @realmspod.bsky.social

Crows in a Dark Swirl

Alt: Crows and feathers in a Dark Swirl flying overhead, black and white film

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If you're after silly DnD buffoonery this mini series is Not For You. You have been warned! #notdungeonsanddragons

The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 2w ago

VIEWSCREAM is back this week! Episode 1 was full of tense in-character role-play, feeling almost like an improvised audio drama - well worth checking out for something very unlike a standard TTRPG.

So we'll do something about it, right? Right?

Luke Tryl@luketryl.bsky.social · 3w ago

Over 85% Britons say that climate change is responsible - strikingly this extends even across more socially conservative segments more sceptical about things like net-zero. More broadly 66% of Brits are worried about climate change.

Small Audio Fiction World Cup update from me! @lastlinepod.bsky.social 's Solemn Vale: Homegrown series has been officially selected for @njwebfest.bsky.social! So far, this series has been officially selected for 5 WebFests including Apulia, Baltimore New Media, Colorado and Cusco! ❤️ #AFWC

What is the evidence for the safety and benefits of testosterone replacement? go.nature.com/455TAGx

Testosterone therapy is trending. Who really needs it, and why?

Some clinicians are pushing to broaden testosterone use, but there is debate about its benefits and risks.

go.nature.com

Good! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Salary information to be shown on job ads under new laws

The government argues the move would help jobseekers and could reduce pay discrimination claims.

bbc.co.uk

The UK population is forecast to start plateauing in the 2050s. We'll need to get used to there just not being as many young people around

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wow. The Department for Education has just published new projections which estimate that the number of pupils in state-funded schools in England will plummet by more than 9% by 2031 amid falling birth rates And yet this issue receives probably 1,000th of the coverage the immigration debate receives

Cancellation: We're having to postpone tonight's episode of Viewscream due to 𝗍̶𝗁̶𝖾̶ ̶𝖼̶𝗋̶𝖾̶𝗐̶ ̶𝖻̶𝖾̶𝗂̶𝗇̶𝗀̶ ̶𝗌̶𝗎̶𝖼̶𝗄̶𝖾̶𝖽̶ ̶𝗂̶𝗇̶𝗍̶𝗈̶ ̶𝗌̶𝗉̶𝖺̶𝖼̶𝖾̶ unforeseeable circumstances. We will instead return NEXT WEDNESDAY with Tom, Holly, Shamini, Emily and Fiona. See you then!

The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tomorrow: Tom is back. We're back. The horrors of space are, presumably, back. But where the hell do we go from here?? If you missed the first part of our Viewscream mini-series, now would be a great time to catch up and help us figure out what the hell is going on...

Tomorrow: Tom is back. We're back. The horrors of space are, presumably, back. But where the hell do we go from here?? If you missed the first part of our Viewscream mini-series, now would be a great time to catch up and help us figure out what the hell is going on...

LIVE | VIEWSCREAM Pt. 1

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It is insane that we met on this show I came in as a stranger, played the most annoying guy in the world and now these people are my bestest friends 💖😭🥰

Zack FG@zackfg.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today marks a very special day for me. Back in 2022, I gathered @naomithinksit.bsky.social, @lizxcampbell.bsky.social and @pipgladwin.bsky.social to record the first mystery of Realms of Peril & Glory’s Liminal London series. Today, that series comes to its grand conclusion four years later.

Today marks a very special day for me. Back in 2022, I gathered @naomithinksit.bsky.social, @lizxcampbell.bsky.social and @pipgladwin.bsky.social to record the first mystery of Realms of Peril & Glory’s Liminal London series. Today, that series comes to its grand conclusion four years later.

Genuinely one of the most interesting ttrpgs I’ve watched. Loved this so such

The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · last mo.

The doors are locked. Life support is failing. The comm screen is your only lifeline. Announcing our new 4-part series of #VIEWSCREAM by Rafael Chandler! The RPGeeks are joined by Tom and @hollylikesgames.bsky.social from @norollsbarred.bsky.social for claustrophobic horror in the depths of space.

Stream start time is delayed by half an hour due to one of the cast's trains being lost in the depths of space, or something like that. Join us at 7:30pm BST on YouTube!

LIVE | VIEWSCREAM Pt. 1

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The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · last mo.

The doors are locked. Life support is failing. The comm screen is your only lifeline. Announcing our new 4-part series of #VIEWSCREAM by Rafael Chandler! The RPGeeks are joined by Tom and @hollylikesgames.bsky.social from @norollsbarred.bsky.social for claustrophobic horror in the depths of space.

TONIGHT YouTube.com/RPGeeksDnD @hollylikesgames.bsky.social @emzywb.bsky.social @fkth.bsky.social @shamini.bsky.social

The RPGeeks

Nerdy actual play with epic stories and fascinating facts. Tales of danger, drama, nonsense and joy - plus lore-drops on our favourite topics! UK-based TTRPG show, live on Wednesdays from 7pm GMT.

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The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · last mo.

The doors are locked. Life support is failing. The comm screen is your only lifeline. Announcing our new 4-part series of #VIEWSCREAM by Rafael Chandler! The RPGeeks are joined by Tom and @hollylikesgames.bsky.social from @norollsbarred.bsky.social for claustrophobic horror in the depths of space.

Trying something exciting with The RPGeeks - super immersive space horror, we're each on a screen in a separate room playing characters alone talking to each other on screens in separate rooms, so theoretically everything spoken could be in-character. I'm preparing for a very intense four sessions!

The RPGeeks@rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · last mo.

The doors are locked. Life support is failing. The comm screen is your only lifeline. Announcing our new 4-part series of #VIEWSCREAM by Rafael Chandler! The RPGeeks are joined by Tom and @hollylikesgames.bsky.social from @norollsbarred.bsky.social for claustrophobic horror in the depths of space.

The doors are locked. Life support is failing. The comm screen is your only lifeline. Announcing our new 4-part series of #VIEWSCREAM by Rafael Chandler! The RPGeeks are joined by Tom and @hollylikesgames.bsky.social from @norollsbarred.bsky.social for claustrophobic horror in the depths of space.

@shamini.bsky.social made an excellent video, with a tiny little bit of my help and it's now AWARD WINNING, so you know, that means you HAVE to go watch it now.

Shamini Bundell@shamini.bsky.social · last mo.

I won an award! Woohoo! 🏆 And I'm so glad it was for the video involving me in a fake mustache. 〰️ Big thanks to @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social for animating this beauty and @danjfox.bsky.social for top editing it!

I won an award! Woohoo! 🏆 And I'm so glad it was for the video involving me in a fake mustache. 〰️ Big thanks to @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social for animating this beauty and @danjfox.bsky.social for top editing it!

Would ChatGPT hire you? Your age and gender matter

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ABSW@absw.bsky.social · last mo.

#ABSWawards 🏆 And the winner of the Video of the Year is... Shamini Bundell Team Leader - Video, Nature "Would ChatGPT hire you? Your age and gender matter" 🔗zurl.co/41hLh The judges say: "Smart, witty and entertaining." @shamini.bsky.social @nature.com