Entries tagged with roleplaying

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Interesting Links for 25-10-2025

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Interesting Links for 17-06-2023

1. If geeks talked about cookbooks the way they talk about RPG books, the results would not be pretty: (tags:roleplaying satire cooking funny )
2. Orange Order puts Scottish headquarters up for sale as it runs low on cash: (tags:bigotry money GoodNews )
3. Study shows many American atheists hide their non-belief (and that atheist women find their atheism freeing): (tags:religion Christianity atheism USA women )
4. Greece migrant boat had 100 children in hold as it capsized: (tags:greece asylum children death OhForFucksSake )
5. The FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With Brain Development Issues to Become a Terrorist: (tags:terrorism FBI children OhForFucksSake )
6. Former head of police watchdog charged with multiple counts of raping a girl under 16: (tags:children rape police OhForFucksSake )
7. Whistleblowing banker who went to prison speaks out: (tags:Banking corruption OhForFucksSake UK USA )

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Interesting Links for 28-01-2023

1. I want to know how you construct a lighthouse like this without it being washed away halfway through construction: (tags:architecture Ocean video impressive )
2. Wizards Of The Coast backs down massively, puts the D&D standard reference document under Creative Commons license. I am surprised and delighted: (tags:creativecommons dungeonsanddragons GoodNews intellectual_property roleplaying )
3. I see the transphobes are just making up numbers about sex offenders now: (tags:fraud bigotry LGBT prison transgender OhForFucksSake )

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Interesting Links for 17-12-2022

1. Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links: (tags:Twitter Mastodon censorship OhForFucksSake )
2. Would you like the perfect Christmas present for your cat?: (tags:cats christmas video viaKirsty )
3. Chaosium announce that they will not use AI Art in their products (first company I've seen make such a pledge): (tags:ai art games roleplaying viaJamesNicoll )
4. The Indian doctor who saved 50,000,000 lives with a simple invention: (tags:healthcare sugar salt water india )
5. The German office for data protection and freedom of information suggests that German ministries move to Mastodon: (tags:germany mastodon twitter )
6. China's War Against Taiwan Has Already Started: (tags:China Taiwan disinformation war )
7. Queen's death events cost Edinburgh council £500,000: (tags:Edinburgh Queen death money )
8. EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business: (tags:Europe tax globalization )
9. Games kind of suck at designing female heroes: (tags:design games bodies women )
10. How the campaign to stop the United Kingdom government from making it more difficult to prosecute war crimes was won: (tags:torture law WarCrimes UK politics )
11. Schizophrenia: Parasite x Genotype x Stress: (tags:stress genes Parasites schizophrenia )
12. Congress passes legislation to end US participation in global shark fin trade: (tags:sharks USA )

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Interesting Links for 01-08-2022

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Interesting Links for 27-06-2022

1. UK plan to impose unlawful steel tariffs sparks fresh clash with EU: (tags:UK Europe trade Doom )
2. Texas still has anti sodomy laws. They might be about to become enforceable again: (tags:law LGBT USA Texas )
3. The Tories have always been wrong in thinking culture wars won the Red Wall: (tags:conservatives politics UK labour economy )
4. This aged well. This is the 2016 advert from Leave.eu: (tags:UK Europe history advertising lies )
5. American woman denied life-saving abortion after suffering miscarriage in Malta asked husband to punch her: (tags:abortion malta OhForFucksSake )
6. How American evangelical Christians went from pro-choice to forced-birth: (tags:abortion religion USA history politics )
7. Scottish councils given powers to run own bus services: (tags:buses Scotland government )
8. What do you do when an AI contains your personally identifying information?: (tags:ai dataprotection privacy )
9. Edinburgh around 1690 (a drawing made for Queen Anne): (tags:art Edinburgh history Scotland )
10. On the similarities between roleplayers and Christians: (tags:dungeonsanddragons roleplaying christianity religion university )
11. 35 Useful Technologies for a World Experiencing Climate Change: (tags:technology globalwarming )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4136012.html

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Interesting Links for 13-01-2022

Covid loses almost all its ability to infect after 20 minutes.: (tags:pandemic virus )
Lorries stuck at checkpoints for four days due to terrible new Brexit red tape: (tags:uk europe trade )
Having just finished re-reading Sandman I enjoyed this person documenting their re-read.: (tags:sandman comics neilgaiman )
Using American spellings is cheating, Wordle told: (tags:language words spelling usa uk satire )
Atomic mushroom clouds are big. Really big. You might think it's a long way up Mount Everest, but that's peanuts compared to an atomic mushroom cloud: (tags:size nuclearweapons visualisation viaSwampers )
Firefox bug is causing it to hang. Here's the solution: (tags:Firefox bug viaSwampers )
How a livestreamed roleplaying game's bid to make an animated version became the biggest kickstarter campaign ever, and got a Prime deal out of it.: (tags:tv animation roleplaying amazon streaming )
Satisfying simulations of bouncing balls obeying physical laws; for a fleeting moment during the simulation, the balls pass through a beautiful regular pattern: (tags:physics simulation maths video )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4088727.html

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Interesting Links for 21-09-2021

Watch the Russian election being stolen, in real-time!: (tags:russia corruption elections )
Apparently liberals tricked Republicans into not getting vaccinated.: I...I think we might be living in the stupidest timeline.
(tags:politics vaccination USA OhForFucksSake viaSwampers )
A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it - possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom: (tags:prehistory asteroids middle_east )
The nerds making money online from the things they love: (tags:nerd geeks money comics videos roleplaying )
Amazon's AI Cameras Are Punishing Drivers for Mistakes They Didn't Make: (tags:amazon ai driving OhForFucksSake )
Kena: Bridge Of Spirits review: a beautiful action-adventure full of joy and wonder (I rather fancy this): (tags:games review )
We Think We've Changed More In The Past Than We Will Change In The Future — And Americans Seem Particularly Susceptible To This Illusion: (tags:change psychology )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4067865.html

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Interesting Links for 03-08-2021

I think these people have opened a door into the void. Or the elemental plane of storms. Either way: don't!: (tags:weather video )
Government passed over 171 candidates to pick Bullingdon Club 'chum' of Boris Johnson for sleaze watchdog role: (tags:corruption conservatives BorisJohnson )
The 60s. When gay men married gay women and they all raised kids together. (In case you needed reminding this has been going on forever): (tags:LGBT family history )
Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded electronic equipment: (tags:gold Olympics recycling materials Japan )
Linus Torvalds gives a talk on why desktop Linux sucks: (tags:Linux video linustorvalds )
These states cut unemployment aid early to supercharge hiring. It isn't working.: (tags:welfare pandemic economics work )
'Lord of the Rings' Amazon Series Sets Premiere Date - and releases its first image: (tags:lotr amazon tv )
Scotland's growing sewage spill problem: (tags:waste water scotland )
Big tech companies are at war with their employees over remote work: (tags:Technology work )
Pelicans eating things they shouldn't!: (tags:birds food )
The Green Knight has a roleplaying game that's giving me flashbacks to my youth!: (tags:roleplaying movies fantasy )
A map of culture values. Which countries go together?: (tags:maps society )
I just discovered that Tom Bombadil was a playable unit in the Battle For Middle Earth computer game!: (tags:games lotr video WTF )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4054749.html

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Interesting Links for 04-05-2021

What if Uber - but superheroes?: (tags:superheroes business roleplaying )
Biden at 100 Days: Boring as a Secret Weapon: (tags:politics usa )
Coronavirus can change your tastebuds: (tags:taste disease pandemic )
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Marvels Official Titles Announced (and dates for several upcoming Marvel movies): (tags:marvel movies )
The surprisingly complex maths behind Dobble (Spot It): (tags:games mathematics patterns viaMyBrotherHugh )
Yahoo and AOL still somehow worth $5 billion: (tags:Yahoo aol money weird )
A Lock Picking Game Changer: (tags:lock video )
Gendered Inequality at Netflix.: (tags:Netflix women gender inequality work OhForFucksSake )
Teens, tech and mental health: major study finds no link: (tags:Technology mentalhealth teenagers )
Things! Being! Struck! By! Motherfucking! Lightning!: (tags:lightning video impressive )
The complicated relationship between the claqueurs and their dancers at the Bolshoi Theater: (tags:ballet dancing russia )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4017153.html

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Interesting Links for 31-03-2021

While Scottish independence would have immediate economic costs, history suggests there are long-term benefits: (tags:scotland independence viaDanielDWilliam economics )
Alba Party candidate apologises for posts mocking 'Romanian beggars' for being "fat as as big, juicy, over-fed pigs": (tags:racism scotland politics )
Alba Party candidate apologises for calling Nicola Sturgeon 'cow': (tags:politics Scotland )
Fake Amazon workers defend company on Twitter: (tags:Amazon unions USA fraud Twitter )
Amazon tweets trolling Congress were so bad that IT thought account was hacked: (tags:Amazon Twitter politics OhForFucksSake )
People With Depression Show Hints Of Distorted Thinking In The Language They Use On Social Media: (tags:depression language psychology )
Covid contracts still unpublished despite Boris Johnson's claim: (tags:lies contracts BorisJohnson )
Police found a mafia fugitive on YouTube, posting cooking tutorials: (tags:food videos Mafia YouTube wtf )
The cost of speaking up against China (and its genocide): (tags:China genocide )
The USA is undergoing a widespread attack on the rights of trans people: (tags:LGBT rights transgender USA )
Scotland public funding 30% higher than England (because of higher taxes, and still less than in 2010): (tags:tax Scotland budget )
Coyote & Crow - A science fiction and fantasy tabletop RPG set in a near-future where the Americas were never colonized, created by a team of Natives.: (tags:roleplaying kickstarter USA scifi )
"I Like That The Boat Is Stuck": (tags:pandemic boats mentalhealth society )
How to lose $10,000,000 by doing something stupid.: (tags:business marketing startups failure )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4016851.html

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Interesting Links for 13-03-2021

Covid vaccine lowers cases in Scotland's healthcare worker families: (tags:vaccine Scotland GoodNews )
Government 'levelling-up' fund sends cash to Tory areas because it ignores deprivation: (tags:UK corruption conservatives )
Fish Exports To The EU Collapsed By 83% In January: (tags:UK Europe trade Doom )
What does the collapse in UK exports to the EU really tell us about Brexit? (detailed look at the figures and the various explanations): (tags:UK Europe trade Doom )
Government Commits To Banning Gay Conversion Therapy After Three Equalities Advisors Quit: (tags:LGBT GoodNews uk )
Lord of the Rings as a transcribed Dungeons and Dragons game.: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1090002825461944320.html
(tags:games roleplaying funny lotr )
Impressive 90 second indoor single shot drone video.: (tags:video impressive )
Westminster will make sure Scotland gets freeports, whether it wants them or not: (tags:Scotland UK trade Westminster )
'The Inheritance Trilogy': Searchlight TV Options N.K. Jemison's Fantasy Books: (tags:TV nkjemisin fantasy awesome )
Wholesome, supportive, skeletons: (tags:horror support )
What do Boris Johnson's newspaper articles about Europe tell us about his views?: (tags:BorisJohnson journalism Europe )
I can't decide between these four pieces of ridiculous furniture: (tags:furniture weird )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3984385.html

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Interesting Links for 13-01-2021

Americans believe a terrifying amount of dangerous nonsense: (tags:usa politics conspiracy lies belief )
The only solution to the damage Social Networks do: (tags:socialnetworking funny comic )
It looks like the UK strategy of having three months between first and second vaccinations is not based on the science: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1349006700397932553.html
(tags:vaccination UK Doom )
Leith development responds to increase in demand for homes on tram route: (tags:edinburgh trams housing )
This is how sexy roleplay is supposed to work, right?: (tags:sex roleplaying funny video )
Who Invented the Alphabet?: (tags:Egypt middle_east history language writing viaFanf )
Shut Offices And Stop Blaming People For Lockdown Failing, Says Government Scientific Adviser: (tags:pandemic UK )
Covid in Scotland: Most app users not uploading positive test alert: (tags:pandemic apps OhForFucksSake )
A list of things the SNP could do to frustrate parliament if they are denied a referendum: (tags:politics UK independence Scotland )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3975155.html

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Interesting Links for 22-12-2020

Covid-19: Tonnes of Scottish seafood exports worth millions of pounds are stuck at Dover: (tags:trade food UK Europe Doom fish Scotland )
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes Russian spy into revealing how he was poisoned: (tags:poison murder assassination Russia )
BBC media editor applauds JK Rowling's 'bravery' and names error-strewn transgender essay one of the best reads of the year: (tags:jkrowling bigotry BBC OhForFucksSake )
A brief list of times Boris Johnson made ridiculous impossible promises about Covid-19: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1340595589428473856.html
(tags:pandemic BorisJohnson lies )
I've found it! The worst security system!: (tags:security OhForFucksSake )
This Shadowrun short film is the most 90s thing you will ever see: (tags:games video roleplaying history )
I am apparently a sucker for funny live action recreations of Dark Souls: (tags:funny video games )
Pornhub squarely targeted in bipartisan bill to regulate sex work online: (tags:USA sexwork porn regulation )
How Britain tried to erase India's third gender: (tags:LGBT India history UK )
The mysterious international phishing scam that has been tricking writers, editors, agents and anyone in their orbit into sharing unpublished book manuscripts: (tags:books publishing wtf )
A font that's also a working Rubik's Cube!: (tags:font toys impressive viaSwampers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3895451.html

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Interesting Links for 16-06-2020

U.S. Supreme Court bars discrimination against LGBT workers: (tags:LGBT discrimination USA GoodNews )
Doctors are having their insurance deferred because of COVID 19.: (tags:virus insurance doctors pandemic )
What People Really Look Like: (tags:Humans bodies )
There is no perfect diet that works for every metabolism or body type: (tags:diet humans health )
Beijing reinstated lockdown after 79 people infected: (tags:pandemic china )
The surface area of the solar system, stitched together into one huge map: (tags:solarsystem map xkcd viaPatrickHadfield )
Couples who spend more on weddings more likely to get divorced: (tags:marriage wedding money viaFJM )
How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses: (tags:hacking security Nintendo consoles )
40% of school pupils are not in regular contact with teachers: (tags:teaching doom pandemic )
Five SFF Works Inspired by RPGs: (tags:scifi fantasy roleplaying )
Running the Imperial College simulation code for COVID-19: (tags:pandemic simulation computers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3890415.html

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Interesting Links for 21-05-2020

Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don't spread the virus at all?: (tags:virus pandemic )
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don't spread the virus at all?: (tags:pandemic virus )
I am very curious as to how this letter from Michel Barnier is landing with the government: (tags:UK Europe Doom )
The Economics of Jane Austen's World: (tags:janeausten economics )
Billions of pounds worth of clothes made in Bangladesh have been cancelled by UK stores. Buy a box half price and help support workers in crisis: (tags:clothing business pandemic )
Marching Band Sound Delay: Drum Major selective hearing 'cuz physics: (tags:physics sound music speed )
Denmark is opening its schools. Here's what they're doing differently to the UK: (tags:Denmark schools UK pandemic )
Love Can't Make You a Villain: How She-Ra's Catra Helped Make Sense of My Heart: (tags:relationships emotion TV )
Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem: (tags:mathematics )
Mount Everest Is Visible from Kathmandu, Nepal for First Time in Living Memory: (tags:Everest Nepal pollution pandemic )
I would like to live in this surprising house: (tags:housing awesome )
Why Small Children Struggle With Colour Names: (tags:psychology children colour )
Roleplaying Games vs. Storytelling Games: (tags:games roleplaying storytelling )