Joseph D. Carriker, Jr.

He is the very model of a wannabe imperial His madness comes from parentage and illnesses venereal The asses that he kisses grow on villains dictatorial His cabinet are sycophants with grifts ambassadorial

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

When I was writing this post, I was struggling the entire time. Deleted it several times, was filled with grief and dread at doing what I knew needed to be done. But when I hit Post, I was absolutely flooded with relief. I know it's the right thing to do, even if I'm going to miss it.

Two of our Friday group are traveling, so we're tossing around ideas for interim games. It was a tossup between Mythic Bastionland and Pasion de las Pasiones, so we're considering merging them. "Chivalry of the Chivalrous," comin' atcha. Knights questing and wooing one another. LETS GOOOOOO

Don't come for the queen unless she sends for you.

When the polycule hears there are boardgames at the function

"We didn’t so much lie to you as tell you stories that were untrue. We hoped the stories would add magic to your childhood and reassure you that capitalism is a fair system for everyone, instead of one in which some people can’t afford insulin while other people are Jeff Bezos." buff.ly/KM3opmg

happy first (full) day of fall, bluesky

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How to visit an art museum with someone who isn't used to visiting art museums:

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I'm going to keep saying this until it's rote practice: If you are in official connection with let alone in charge of an archive of data, if is your professional & moral responsibility to secure that archive, as a backup or otherwise, against just such an emergency, so we're not Hoping some kid did.

Last year, I thought about saving for a trip to Boston to tour historical and Fallout 4 locations and maybe do videos comparing them. Then I realized that can never happen because I can't have more than $2000 at a time, and no trip is going to cost less than that. I can never vacation again.

Live your life in such a way that if you see a guillotine, you don't immediately assume it's for you

Despite support from famous friends in TTRPGs like @forbeck.com and @owenkcstephens.bsky.social, this fundraiser just isn't generating the resources I need to survive. I'm not sure why. No matter how much they post about it, it doesn't translate into donations. gofund.me/0a3abf909

Wait, people don't know this? Yeah. It doesn't auto-save unless you save to cloud. I hate this timeline. Share to save someone many tears from lost work.

I was reminded in a conversation tonight that the aspirational element of superheroes is using your power for good, to help others, but that some mistake it as the aspiration to simply have power.

There's a website called Science Fiction Weekly (dot com) that appears to have reprinted a bunch (maybe all?) of Daily Science Fiction's stories. They claim they did so with author permission. They are lying. If you were published in DSF, maybe join a bunch of us in sending takedown notices?

“We are not terrorists, we are being terrorized."

i’ve seen nothing to suggest that andrew tate is secretly gay and claiming that he is is no different than maga claiming that every mass shooter is secretly trans a lot of straight cis men hate women. stop deflecting from that problem by making shit-tier jokes about queer ppl.

Folks complaining the actors in The Odyssey don't look Ancient Greek are oddly nostalgic for the era when John Wayne was apparently the most qualified Mongolian on Earth.

If only we could be as beautiful as this fucking haunted gremlin egg child over here.

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Isn't it weird that this week a currently sitting president had to pay a woman MILLIONS of dollars for *raping* (and defaming) her—and the media has forgotten all about it? There was a time that this would have been the ONLY story—until the rapist was driving from office.

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

For too long, many young children with disabilities had to travel across the city to get the education they deserve. Now, they won't have to.  This is just the beginning. Our administration won't stop until every child has what they need to grow.

i will voluntarily pay extra taxes to any country that agrees to drag our cops and elected leaders before an international court

New Campaign: Protect Pride. Protect Democracy! 🏳️‍🌈 I'm so Proud (with a capital 'P') to see this go live. protectprideprotectdemocracy.com

Yeah, I don't know if people who didn't live through the '80s know just how responsible the Reagans are for where we find ourselves now:

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