Tom Davidson

Hey, would you be interested in playtesting the RPG? It's been released to testers as of a few weeks ago.

I was once introduced as "This is Tom. He knows all the stuff you don't care about."

dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers

You'll want enough amperage to actually charge your devices at the recommended speed, and UL certification to avoid overcharging or bursting into flames.

Can you maybe focus on making your next book a happy little fantasy about how suddenly everything everywhere started to go right, for once, and all the people in charge were goodhearted and competent?

It is better, I think, the farther away we get from an awareness of David Spade. When the film came out, I was unable to divorce my extreme dislike of David Spade from Kuzco.

So @kierongillen.bsky.social's "Power Fantasy" fascinates me because it's exactly the sort of comic that you'd think a thoughtful, philosophical-minded author familiar with the industry would have already written, so it'd stand on the shoulders of multiple giants. But it DOESN'T, which is amazing.

This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.

Trump Just Broke the Law. Blatantly. And He Might Get Away With It. How is this not a major political scandal already? Hello, Democrats?

Really important point here -- the law Trump broke when he fired 18 inspectors general on Friday was a law Congress passed in direct response to Trump's firing of inspectors general during his first term.

And it probably won't matter at all.

newrepublic.com/article/1907...

I've had a number of friends join here recently, and just wanted to remind them, PSA-style, that one way we keep the bots and trolls to a minimum is just to block stupid people immediately, without replying to them. Don't give them any engagement.

"Day of the Tentacle," probably.

That's a bold, contrarian take, Greg, and I'm proud of you for having the courage to own up to it.

It actually started magically resolving for me about ten minutes ago, so I assume the dark gods of DNS were playing games.

The link is not yet working for me. I am forced to conclude that, for some reason or another, you hate me SPECIFICALLY.

I had a friend named Tom Collins who would regularly complain that his girlfriend at the time would routinely ask for him at bars, leading to what I can only assume were very muted hijinks.

I don't know how much of my dark mood over the last week is due to the election and how much is due to my decision to let my Wordle streak expire in solidarity with the NYT tech strike.

The name of my entry for the company-wide chili cookoff this year is "Anger is a perfectly rational response."

Keep Marching from Suffs written by my mentor Shaina Taub. Take care of yourself today. #election YouTube video by Alyssa Payne

I'm comforted by how the kids have responded: with horror, but determination. Especially because I'M kind of exhausted, and am losing faith in my own ability to carry that metaphorical banner indefinitely; believing that I can lay it down and there WILL be someone to pick it up helps a great deal.

I actually have a copy of this signed by both principals, which I got from the tour in question. Because I am old.

Short answer: this is a solved problem from a technological standpoint, but no major software company has decided that producing files their competitors can easily read should be a priority.

anyway it's probably fine, it is definitely reasonable to have a machine that lies confidently about things you may not be certain about. a program that's baked into the OS and designed to be turned to for help when you're stuck and uncertain SHOULD randomly make shit up, including references,

I actually would really like to visit a large graveyard filled with the bodies of Elon Musk's enemies. Unless he means Twitter.

I still HAVE my copy of MERP. :)

I had hopes that webcomics would save us all, about a decade ago, and then they collapsed, too, thanks to Facebook and the death of RSS.

I wonder if it's a universal truth that all social media apps ultimately turn into Grindr, given time.

To be honest, the sheer fury I felt at their decision to abandon Google Play Music is what finally drove me to get my Plex server in order.

Suggestion for name: Playtonic?

Worst: I ran into Lyle Lovett at a Wendy's. He must have seen me staring, because he came up to me as he left and quietly said, "Yes, I am Lyle Lovett."

Best: I apologized to Terry Pratchett w/drinks for accidentally stealing his first four Discworld books when I had to run for a plane at Heathrow.

I found myself apologizing to someone the other day for not being more creative. Like, I SHOULD probably be writing or painting or crafting more. But it was a little weird to have someone else call me out on it, for a few reasons.