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I mostly write books about making up worlds, I guess. Author, Worldbuilder (my joy), Legal Copy Editor/Proofreader (my job), Aikidoka (my fun/workout), Literature PhD He/Him ; EST (GMT-5) Brentstypczynski.wordpress.com
There’s too much on the list from Star Wars (Main Title & Cantina Band) to Queen (Somebody to Love), Fleetwood Mac (the entire Rumors album) to The Eagles (Hotel CA), ABBA (Dancing Queen) to Heart (Barracuda) and Aerosmith (Walk This Way).
Did laundry, swept the house, filed taxes …
The rest of the day is free for writing & reading.
If Claude is conscious, then Anthropic is guilty of enslavement (on top of the IP theft, destruction of minority communities, environmental damage, etc.) …
(Are you really sure you want Claude to be conscious with that in mind?)
Black-and-white ink illustration of an ancient stone grave chamber. A skeletal figure with spiked hair lies on a carved stone bier with one arm raised. Broken stones and debris surround the tomb, and a tall latticework structure fills the back wall, casting dense cross-hatched shadows across the chamber. A green badge in the top left corner reads “Funded in 48 hours!”.
Funded in 48 hours — thank you!
Ahu’s First Patrol has reached its Kickstarter goal, and I’m incredibly grateful for the support.
Stretch goals are now active. If unlocked, the book will gain 10 additional interior illustrations.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
#dnd #gamebook
Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."
Seen outside my office (public part of the floor).
I was tempted, then thought, “No, that’s how the faeries get you.”
On the other hand, that’s how the faeries get you …
Free Stuff Friday
Langu
Large (5-6'), ten legged insectoids that hunt the steppes for yak and camels, among other prey.
#worldbuilding #fantasy #writing
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So let me get this straight ...
1. US bombs Iran
2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate
3. Russia gives Iran targeting info
4. Oil price shoots WAY up
5. US unsanctions Russian oil
Free Stuff Friday
Langu
Large (5-6'), ten legged insectoids that hunt the steppes for yak and camels, among other prey.
#worldbuilding #fantasy #writing
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Exactly the thought behind the ”OTOH”. 😁
Seen outside my office (public part of the floor).
I was tempted, then thought, “No, that’s how the faeries get you.”
On the other hand, that’s how the faeries get you …
But, but, it’s been scientifically proven that cutting diagonally gives you more sandwich! 😁
(Ok, I don’t cut my sandwiches at all, usually. Only grilled cheese gets cut.)
Very much have issues with capitalism.
But, my inner tween & teen who lived/gamed through the Satanic Panic is also kinda happy that “professional GM” is a thing.
It’s a definite internal tension.
The image shows a rectangular Roman dice tower (turricula) made of four copper alloy (bronze) plates with punched cut-out Latin letters and cut-out decorative patterns. At the bottom front is a stepped exit chute with small bronze bells attached to the opening. The tower is a Roman anti-cheating device. It has an open top and is hollow inside except for three staggered, downward-sloping plates, designed to randomize dice as they fall, ensuring unpredictable dice rolls. When the dice rolled out of the exit chute they rang the bells! There is a decorative dolphin either side of the stepped exit chute. The top of the front plate has two decorative pine cone finials. Height 25 cm. There is a single die shown next to the stepped base to illustrate how it was used. The front inscription reads: PICTOS VICTOS HOSTIS DELETA LVDITE SECVRI Translated as: ‘The Picts defeated, the enemy has been destroyed, play in safety’. Around the top of the three remaining sides, a second inscription made with cut out letters reads: ‘UTERI/FELIX/VIVAS’ translated as ‘Use happily; may you live well’. Found at a Roman villa at Froitzheim in Germany in 1985.
Roman anti-cheating gaming accessory!
This Roman ‘turricula’ (dice tower) was used to ensure a fair roll of the dice! 🎲🎲🎲
Dice dropped into the top, tumbled over sloping internal levels, and appeared randomly below.
From Froitzheim, Germany, AD 300-400
📷 LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn
#Archaeology
Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72
“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit
Still out there.
I’d love to, ideally, sell at least 32 copies of the Societies book between 1/26 & 6/26 (seems like a fair target).
Please check it (and/or all of them) out.
#worldbuilding #fantasy #nonfiction
#ttrpg
Worldbuilding Wednesday
Burura
A species of six-winged raptors prized for their feathers and claws.
#worldbuilding #fantasy #ttrpg
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kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it
Anyways.
Worldbuilding Wednesday
Burura
A species of six-winged raptors prized for their feathers and claws.
#worldbuilding #fantasy #ttrpg
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Congratulations!
low paid workers in the global south are using AI translation to generate Wikipedia articles that, surprising no one, include errors and hallucinations www.404media.co/ai-translati...
Or if they hadn’t been instrumental in creating the current climate/situations.
Still out there.
I’d love to, ideally, sell at least 32 copies of the Societies book between 1/26 & 6/26 (seems like a fair target).
Please check it (and/or all of them) out.
#worldbuilding #fantasy #nonfiction
#ttrpg
Hal, er, Claude: “I'm sorry, Donnie, I'm afraid I can't do that.”
Illustrated fantasy book cover showing a young armored ranger standing on a snowy mountain path, holding a spear and facing several looming reptilian creatures emerging from the mist. Jagged peaks rise in the background beneath a large purple moon dominating the sky. The scene is rendered in a painterly style with cool blue and violet tones, conveying danger and isolation in a harsh winter landscape.
The patrol begins today.
Ahu’s First Patrol is now live on Kickstarter — a replayable solo adventure gamebook using D&D 5e. No group required, beginner-friendly, story-driven. No AI art.
Join the first journey into Uoru:
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#dnd #ttrpg #gamebook
Preorders will open SOON for The Keepers!
Also, ever so awesomely, #Kickstarter has named The Keepers as a #ProjectWeLove 🥹🥹🥹🥰
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Replacing one fake standard with another, equally, fake standard.
Meanwhile, currency increasingly only exists as ones & zeroes in computer systems anyway as physical currency dwindles away.
Hal, er, Claude: “I'm sorry, Donnie, I'm afraid I can't do that.”
Monday Freebies
Acakeles
A crystalline arachnid species native to another plane of existence that feed on arcane energy.
#worldbuilding #fantasy #ttrpg
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And BOOM goes the dynamite. To all the AI Bros who have slid into my mentions to tell me that you CAN in fact copyright AI materials, the Supreme Court has told you to go suck rocks. A prompt is not authorship. And if there is no author, there is no valid copyright.
www.engadget.com/ai/the-supre...
