Tom Lommel

ARROWED!!

A sequence of shots from the TV series MASH. Three surgeons are operating in a mobile army surgical theater, and are masked in cotton masks, wearing cotton caps to cover hair, and aprons. Bright lights are visible in their backgrounds. The first, panel shows Frank Burns (an absolute jerk character but Larry Linville, his actor, was not) saying, “Everybody knows war is Hell”. The second panel shows BJ Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) saying (sarcastically) “ remember, you heard it here last.” The third and fourth panels show Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) saying, “War isn’t Hell. War is war and Hell is hell and of the two, war is a lot worse.“ 5th panel shows Father Mulcahey, the chaplain (William Christopher) saying, “How do you figure that, Hawkeye?” 6th is back to Hawkeye, saying “ Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?” 7th is Fr Mulcahey saying “ Sinners, I believe.” The last three panels are all Hawkeye, saying, “ Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. But war is chock full of them. Little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.”

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Agree that I hate this is still relevant.

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Almost at 30% of funds raised to pay off my CC after Franky's oncology visit!

I also added a couple more crochet headphone sprouts to the Kofi shop which are pay what you want ($5 minimum) 🎧🌱

Anything helps and thank you for all the support so far 🙏🏻💖

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I’m looking for speakers for a London event on the science of Star Trek. I’d really appreciate suggestions from underrepresented minorities in STEM, especially PoC/global majority.
(10 min, central London, Sept, currently unpaid but I’m trying to fix that)
Feel free to message

My cousins would mix their own Kahlua but they misspelled it when they labelled the bottle and so they always referred to it as "Kahula" which, IMO, gives it exactly the amount of respect it deserves.

Thread. (TLDR: the House of Lords DCC report on AI came down hard on the correct side of the debate, rather than siding with industry lobbyists.)

I, uhm, I'm also "getting sick"

Also notable that a lot of Minneapolis, but that place in particular, really runs on immigrant Somali labor.

When people demonize immigrants I'm always like "sure sure, who do you think has a security clearance to handle your fuckin luggage bro?"

wow @leask.bsky.social you could have at least stopped to pet Pippin gotta get to the rink early I guess eh

More songs should start like Monkey Gone to Heaven. "There was a guy." Ok I'm listening, what's this guy up to

p sure Fred has adequately covered how TAZ shifted MotW for us

I'm going to give the boring answer for 2, which would be Critical Role. IMO converting D&D players who have stalled out and want to try something new is the strongest area of opportunity for our stable of games

I'm reliably informed there are just 69 minutes left so it's a nice time to pledge.

we are so back (in town)

wow, the writers guild staff union is now in week 3 of their strike. if you haven't donated to their strike fund, consider chipping in $25.

So you're saying we ride with all the elegance of a Aston-Martin.

To which I say,,, thank YOU.

Also, if you really want to make the players in your Shadowdark game squirm, set them up against an opponent who's hungry for flammable items... like torches.

an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’

i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)

open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...

Tonight in ~What We Do in the Shadowsdark~
The party (known as The Goof Troop) auditioned some new battlecries:
"By the power of Goof!"
"Goof on!"
"It's Goofin Time!"
"Goof Troop ASSEMBLE!"
and
"Shape of: A Goof! Form of: A Troop!"

The first Borg were just an annoying married couple

Making Enemies — Spy & Owl A treasury of ideas for inventing all-new abominations for player characters to confront.

Yo-HO! March fo(u)rth! It's #InternationalGMsDay! And what better way to show your GMs your appreciation than another book for their groaning, overburdened shelves?

MAKING ENEMIES is a deep dive into monster creation, a treasury of ideas for inventing all-new abominations for PCs to confront.

before sharing information

1) read the article
2) examine your source (what else has the reporter done? are they real? what else is on the website?)
3) check whether any other outlets are reporting on it

ESPECIALLY IF

- it makes you feel something
- it confirms something you already believe

As Kark if he's heard of this podcast called My Neighborhood. It's from Yellow House Productions.

One of the crimes of AI has been the destruction of the beautiful "my nephew made this logo for me on his computer!" energy from all the hyper-local plumbers and taco shops. AI slop on white work vans is a crime against humanity.

A man trying to traverse from a toilet to a sink in a Burger King bathroom without touching the ground.

Glad you guys are checking out election results but I have some more pressing issues at hand.

Oh man Roadhouse is one for the ages

It’s Launch Day for Little But Fierce!!!

Please come check out this awesome TTRPG system for kids!

oh I thought that was your cats being rowdy