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Tim Newman

@mrtimnewman

#DataScientist, #accountant, #TTRPG, #Improv. Loves cooking, I'm "Private chef" doing #GlutenFree for my lovely coeliac. Fairly left wing and thinks Nazis are rancid little pricks.

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iโ€™ve watched this three times. VERY satisfying.

09.03.2026 05:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 696 ๐Ÿ” 125 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Just saw a van with Altris Whiterock Fortis Wall Protection and the back and I'm 99% certain he was in the Bullingdon club with Boris Johnson.

08.03.2026 16:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I very much enjoyed @misterabk.bsky.social in Bristol, and you should go and see him. Especially if you are in #Coventry.

07.03.2026 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 77 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For clarity, Iโ€™m GMT+1. Because I cleverly escaped the island.

06.03.2026 16:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It ain't GMT-7 and that's what really matters.

06.03.2026 16:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This should be particularly interesting if you are a #TTRPG in the #uk as its GMT baby!

#RPG #RolePlayingGames

06.03.2026 16:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You should look into this, & the podcast. I really like the mechanism of empathy tests to help you to decide what to do. Its similar to the way some people use luck but honest. "Oh I rolled low on luck, time to murder the orphanage". There are spots in games with some Top GMs too #TTRPG #RPG

06.03.2026 16:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(although I'm not sad I don't use pine for emails any more)

06.03.2026 15:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a lion says do not recite the deep magic to me witch i was there when it was written . Alt: Aslan says do not recite the deep magic to me witch I was there when it was written.
06.03.2026 15:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@irny.bsky.social the thing missing from the terminus update is that today is band camp Friday. So if you do pay extra for the audio, the creator gets all of it and band camp don't take a cut. So today is the day!

06.03.2026 15:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with a mustache is looking at a washing machine with a small , medium , and large button . Alt: A man with a mustache is looking at a washing machine with a small , medium , and large button saying oooof size. It is set to ooof size large.
06.03.2026 13:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I vote for her. Damn you old American dude and damn you Google for not testing your code enough.

06.03.2026 11:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

None of which excuses shops from being very very very annoying about it. No I will not be picking up your truck on account of not wanting to travel 4000 miles ๐Ÿคฃ

06.03.2026 11:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I tried emailing the copy and paste version I was given to explain it to him and it just came to me.

06.03.2026 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's what I thought but the intermediate dude checked and was, convinced they were the same apart from the Gmail/Googlemail bit. Had to explain the dots are irrelevant (to Google at least)

06.03.2026 11:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh and had the same thing with an old horologist, I had to get in to a real barney with the parts shop about. I ended up ringing his shop and leaving him a voice mail. So he could ring them and request an email correction. Which I assume happened because I stopped getting his very detailed invoices.

06.03.2026 11:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is a dude in America that I think, I know this is impossible, has the same Gmail as me. I.e. mine is Googlemail, his is Gmail. Which Google *sometimes* does not differentiate. I know this because I once got an actual human intermediary. Keeps his car & boat well maintained. I'll give him that.

06.03.2026 11:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is absolutely lovely.

03.03.2026 12:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice to see this sort of work being commissioned, to see this sort of work being commissioned nice.

03.03.2026 12:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

๐Ÿงต 1/4

02.03.2026 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3015 ๐Ÿ” 2510 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 95 ๐Ÿ“Œ 471

I'm down for a campaign!

01.03.2026 20:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was indeed a mistake - they happen.

01.03.2026 20:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can *hear* a sneak preview of one of Ray's new stories in series 5 of the Listen with Other podcast. Very excited to read this new collection! listenwithother.co.uk

01.03.2026 16:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The new book is brewing up nicely. In the meantime, do buy these. ๐Ÿ‘‡

01.03.2026 16:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Growing, Learning, and Taking Responsibility - Monte Cook Games Something we at MCG most appreciate is how our words can become worlds for our family of gamers and fans. [โ€ฆ]

www.montecookgames.com/growing-lear...

I didn't clock it because I'm 99.9% certain nobody used it as a slur in Britain. Just spy or ghost. Everyday is a school day.

01.03.2026 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This one! Yaaasss! maps.probabletrain.com

01.03.2026 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have a vague recollection of an online tool that let you generate city maps. And it's going to ruin my day trying to remember it. 2/2

01.03.2026 09:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you want everything automatic you could look into Campaign Cartographer but - no exaggeration - it is a very complex bit of cad software.

Otherworld mapper was ok for me. Depending on the detail I think most fantasy map making software probably is ok if you give it a modern colour scheme. 1/2

01.03.2026 09:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

a person who tries to stop you going to another shop is not a person you should keep around.

if you keep going to the shoe shop for cheese that will get frustrating for everyone, and there will be anger.

if you don't ask them for cheese, but they try to stop you getting cheese anyway: run away

01.03.2026 09:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1