Michael Rawdon
Michael Rawdon
@mrawdon.bsky.social
This is the worst simulation I’ve ever lived in. He/him. Journal: https://www.fascinationplace.org/
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You’re gonna want to see what the BlueSky guys have decided is too intolerant for you to read.
Brazil going the way of South Korea. Basically around the world women are desperately trying to keep power out of the hands of incredibly stupid fascistic grifters while men keep trying to hand it over. Men are an embarrassing cringe gender.
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If you’re an NFL fan and have never seen it, here’s the Rams (starting at 3:08) and Patriots (7:15) being introduced at the 2001 Super Bowl. This was a turning point in how the pregame worked, as after the Pats won this game, everyone did what they did from then on
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My first five RPGs played (I think): 1. Basic D&D 2. Advanced D&D 3. Gamma World 4. Champions 5. Space Opera My list and Charlie’s list demonstrate that he’s a few years older than me, as I never saw a copy of Metamorphosis Alpha (and still haven’t).
1. Basic D&D, supplemented by White Box supplementary kipple 2. AD&D (original, as it came out) 3. Metamorphosis Alpha 4. Traveller (original) 5. There is no 5.
Space Opera seemed to be positioned as a competitor to Traveller at the time, but obviously Traveller smoked the competition in the SF RPG space. I played both, but neither one a lot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_O...
My first five RPGs played (I think): 1. Basic D&D 2. Advanced D&D 3. Gamma World 4. Champions 5. Space Opera My list and Charlie’s list demonstrate that he’s a few years older than me, as I never saw a copy of Metamorphosis Alpha (and still haven’t).
1. Basic D&D, supplemented by White Box supplementary kipple 2. AD&D (original, as it came out) 3. Metamorphosis Alpha 4. Traveller (original) 5. There is no 5.
Everyone’s kind of tired of it now, but I’m not sure most people realize how amazing the Marvel Cinematic Universe was for comics fans. Finally they captured the essence of the characters *and* had the special effects to make it look great, too.
Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
The “San Francisco metro area” must be a geographically small slice of the overall Bay Area by this measure. Because most tech companies you‘ve heard of are more than 10 miles from SF downtown. Heck the San Francisco airport is more than 10 miles away.
Some interesting observations here: Nashville and Austin both have job geographies that look more coastal than Sun Belt, suggesting investment in public transit there would be very successful. Chicago and Philly, despite strong downtowns, suffer from inner ring decay. Dallas is The Bad Place.
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One of the things that AI seems to unambiguously be good at is finding security holes. So to anyone surprised that a hole is found with AI, I say, “welcome to 2026.” I’m sure we’ll see a lot more of these in the next few years (or months).
This is an absolutely astounding press release from eMudhra. No apology, a suggestion that the researcher who found their private keys must have used AI, and an attempt to shift blame to auditors... wow. emudhra.com/en/press-release/emudhra-statement-distrust-global-tls-intermediate-root-ca
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Alex “Slappy” Rodriguez attempted to cheat his way to a ring. A good summary of what happened:
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it should be like when someone stiffs a contractor -- tear down the electrical poles, shut down the streets around the house, no more garbage pickup, cops and fire dont respond there
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
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A two for one "hello I am doing a sports" @productiveouts.bsky.social
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