IG: "How much linen do you have left?" DC: "One yard minus one hot dog's worth of covering"
Daniel Collins
@superdan.net
Old-school RPG writer at http://OEDGames.com and https://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/, streamer at https://wanderingdms.com/, lecturer in math & computing at CUNY, ex-PC game programmer.
350th anniversary today -- Danish astronomer Ole Romer announces that light doesn't travel instantaneously, it has a measurable finite speed. Studying the many moons of Jupiter, the numbers don't work unless you account for that. #light #science #physics #math en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B8...
Rømer's determination of the speed of light - Wikipedia
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Some practical lessons about walking into dark tunnels here #travel #denmark #secret #doors #darkness youtube.com/shorts/gVcBl...
Copenhagen Secret Doors: Hidden Tunnels & What's Inside #shorts
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In Copenhagen, we stumbled across the Vor Frelsers Kirke, which has the highest church steeple in the city. The spire reaches 300 feet high and has a very narrow, one-person wide spiral stair around the outside to the top! #travel #copenhagen #church #tower #stairs
We had the good fortune to spend some time in Copenhagen and other super-cool places in the last few weeks. More to come on that. #travel #denmark #copenhagen
In ten minutes: What's the deal with distinct titles for every character class level in early D&D? Join us in the live chat! #dnd #character #class #levels www.youtube.com/live/Y1WmYG-...
Level Titles in D&D | What's in a Name? | Wandering DMs S08 E26
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The man's skeletal injuries looked like a train hit him, but he died in 1304 CE. At #ppa26Berlin last week, @uniofbradford.bsky.social scientist Jo Buckberry concluded he was likely whacked by a flying boulder, making him the first confirmed trebuchet death in the archaeological record. @science.org
Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet
“Devastation” across body of 14th century warrior indicates horrific demise from flying boulder
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I truly was not expecting. Thank you, thank you all who voted. And congratulations to @magpiegames.bsky.social for winning silver, and all the other Best Writing nominees—it was quite a competitive field.
The ENNIE Awards@ennie-awards.bsky.social · 3w agoGold for Writing goes to Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Gallery Books
ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil
The funny thing is, I was at a seminar this spring where Abdullah Haydar, Director of Engineering, gave us an earful about LinkedIn being all-in on AI and wanting all staff to maximize their usage in everything #ai
Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk · 4w agoMicrosoft-owned LinkedIn just added a “seems like AI slop” button to report posts that don’t feel human-written. It’s part of a broader push to get rid of AI slop on LinkedIn www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
<drill instructor voice> I'll never ask you to do something I wouldn't do myself! However, I may ask you to do something that I've been practicing over a few decades and you haven't
In 15 minutes, we'll expose all the history and puzzling aspects of the Invisibility spell in D&D. Join us in the live chat! #dnd #spells #invisibility www.youtube.com/live/SuQChRm...
Invisibility in D&D | Rules, Rulings, & Edge Cases | Wandering DMs S8E23
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I've long held that this is the #1 top incoherent nerd fantasy. There's tons of evidence right now: Robots getting sent to blow up soft infrastructure, not opposing combat robots. People don't quit defending themselves b/c you blew their stuff up, quite the opposite
Jo Wynter@jowynter.bsky.social · last mo.The future is robots fighting robots, a massive waste of money, but at least humans don't have to die...
Discussion on our Wandering DMs Discord re: the classic Diplomacy game. Lots of chat at how the double-crossing nature has blown up multiple friendships, it might be okay play long-distance, but “it really shouldn't be allowed in person”! #diplomacy #dames
U.S. immigration court orders for removal in absentia are skyrocketing this summer, and asylum askers are receiving little or no notice about their scheduled hearings: bklg.org/blog/mega-ma...
In June, Mega Master Hearings Spread Nationwide and Absentia Removal Orders Shot to Unprecedented Levels - bklg blog
The immigration court continues to break records for those removed in absentia as June sees a 55% increase from May
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How much testosterone do I need to take to successfully fistfight an attack drone, I wonder
Did we mention that the Purple Worm in D&D was originally a type of Dragon? It's true! #dnd #dragons #worms youtube.com/shorts/Sm4Tq...
Purple Worms Were Originally DRAGONS (Chainmail's Weird Secret)
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In 15 minutes we'll do an in-depth review from our marathon actual-play of the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Join us in the live chat! #dnd #greyhawk #module www.youtube.com/live/5r73CrI...
Tsojcanth Review | Classic D&D Recap | Wandering DMs S08 E22
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When we did our actual-play of Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth over the holiday weekend, the audio got caught off at the start where I explained the motivation for running that module. I've had a few questions about that, so here's an explainer: #dnd #actualplay #greyhawk www.youtube.com/live/oq90St-...
The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth | Session 1: Into the Wilderness | Wandering DMs
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In which we learn the backstory of Uni's propensity to make bad choices in footwear #puppet #improv #unicorn #shoes youtu.be/_NLHBXzeAwM
Pig and Uni New shoes #fashion #shoes #comedyshorts #unicorn #pig #puppet
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