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Data never takes the wheel

A lamentation.

Published February 2, 2025
Categorized as essays Tagged A Court of Fey and Flowers, data, Dimension 20, Jessica Hullman, Rachael Meager, statistics

For the TBR

Doctorow, Césaire.

Published February 2, 2025
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged A Court of Fey and Flowers, Cory Doctorow, Dimension 20, Mandy Brown, TBR

A Court of West and Marches

IN WHICH we ponder the viability of an unusual alchemy.

Published January 31, 2025
Categorized as essays Tagged A Court of Fey and Flowers, Dimension 20, Dungeons & Dragons, Round 2 Gaming, West Marches

“ideas that are single use, like the conversation on the plane in Fight Club”

IN WHICH we attempt to anatomize a distinct, rare vibe.

Published January 29, 2025
Categorized as update Tagged Brennan Lee Mulligan, Bronson Pinchot, D&D, Fantasy High, Jim Rossignol, Kieron Gillen, RPGs, Tim Powers

On generosity in reading: A worked example

IN WHICH we consider when and why we should extend charity to authors.

Published January 28, 2025
Categorized as essays Tagged Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle, Martha Wells, Parker Finn, Smile, The Element of Fire

Hi again

IN WHICH we resolve, again, to do a little bit more here.

Published January 27, 2025
Categorized as update Tagged Andrew Gelman, Bluesky, CJ the X, Darcie Little Badger, Susan Kruglinski

The work of publishing

IN WHICH we talk about the two inextricable concepts of metadata and yak-shaving.

Published October 30, 2024
Categorized as update Tagged Brimstone Slipstream, Heatstroke Heartbeat, publishing, Windburn Whiplash

I’ve never had more fun being completely useless in combat

IN WHICH we set a world or at least regional record for simultaneously provoked attacks of opportunity.

Published September 8, 2024
Categorized as update Tagged Dungeons & Dragons

One of the less unkinder cuts

IN WHICH, like an idiot, we talk about weight loss.

Published July 28, 2024
Categorized as update Tagged fat loss, fitness

The Tithe

A panel from PENNY ARCADE's "The Tithe." A woman and a girl stand near a stream. The woman says "You're becoming! Look; the stream will show you.'

IN WHICH we ruminate on the prescience, perhaps, of an eleven-year-old story in PENNY ARCADE.

Published July 14, 2024
Categorized as essays Tagged Heatstroke Heartbeat, Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik, Penny Arcade, planworld, The TIthe

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