Back in December, I decided to leave Twitter and joined Mastodon: the federated social network that’s not owned by any one person or company. Shortly thereafter, I tweeted for the final time on Twitter. I had originally intended to test out several options for replacing the newly-Elon-Musk-purchased social network; but… Continue reading
In the last post, we talked about the attempted breakdown of the OGL. But that particular part of the saga appears to be at an end; so, without further ado, I present you… Act VI: Open Gaming Strikes Back Honestly, no one expected this. After a really bad initial response… Continue reading
Act I: The Good Old Days In the far-distant year 2000, gaming company Wizards of the Coast (publishers of Dungeons and Dragons, among other things) published the third edition of the popular role-playing game. Along with the new rules, they made what would become a watershed decision in the hobby:… Continue reading
On the first step, he stood— Zerubbabel looked from the temple step, his eyes scraping over the tattered remnants of Jerusalem, but his ears inundated with the sounds of the exiles of Israel all around him. Two years returned, they clashed their cymbals with delight, invoking God’s promise: “The Lord… Continue reading
Last time, we talked about the options for replacing Twitter if you want to “flip the bird.” I’ve made the choice to switch to Mastodon, at least to start; and I’ve really been enjoying it. If you’d like to make the jump, even if only to try it out, I’m… Continue reading
Replacing Twitter has become a bit of a topic over the past few weeks, for some fairly obvious reasons (well, one particularly notable one). In the last couple of days, with the continuing chaos surrounding it, this discussion has reached a fever pitch. Imminent potential downfall aside, I’ve talked previously… Continue reading
I’ve been trying to figure out what it is I find concerning about Elon Musk, but I think it’s this: he plays life like a game. The people I know in real life who play it like that are insufferable, but Musk has the money to force other people to… Continue reading
Hey! Let’s make some RPG player characters with AI! Let’s start with the face. Stable Diffusion (which you can use for free here) makes some excellent faces. In the game I’m playing right now, my character just ran across a teenage girl who turned out to be more powerful than… Continue reading
In Nehemiah 5, the people of Israel were fresh out of captivity and barely had two coins to rub together; and on top of that, there was a famine. Nehemiah, the governor of Israel at that time, heard their cries. Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry… Continue reading
Here’s a map of Indianapolis. While it might seem innocuous, note where the interstates are, and the color of the neighborhoods through which they run. The map is a 1937 redlining map, outlining neighborhoods where white people and black people were allowed to buy houses. To be clear, the red… Continue reading
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