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Sunday, 16 August 2026
quote [ Find games that suit you, too. ]
This is using Steam only, so old/obscure games, apps or shareware gems like Everret Kaser's can't be included. It's a nice way to isolate the recommendation system though, and keep it's own top list. See also
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Thursday, 6 August 2026
quote [ He shows how the trials’ consideration of the events leading up to the war and then the war itself became, in effect, a first draft of a contested history: for those who believed Japan to be guilty of terrible crimes […] and for those who regarded Japan’s actions as forced upon it by Western imperialism. ]
Was preparing this before the other post appeared: a recent book on the post-war trials in Japan. See also: Guardian review, New Yorker review.
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Wednesday, 5 August 2026
quote [ Untitled Paper RPG shows us that the allure of unfinished games lie in the tantalizing promise of what they could have been. ]
On revealing how the sausage is made.
[Edit:] Unsure about the wording of "how the sausage is made" I looked up the proverb and it's a US one.
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Sunday, 2 August 2026
quote [ Christopher Nolan posits the Trojan War as the cause of the Bronze Age Collapse, a spiritual poison that entered the bloodstream of the Achaean people and destroyed them from within. The Trojan Horse, in this telling, is a weapon to break the world, to destroy the bonds of civilization by introducing deceit into a system upheld by honor and trust. ]
That seemed like a good opinion on the movie! includes a nicely detailed map and some spoilers on the movie narrative.
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Friday, 31 July 2026
quote [ My friend Hugh ( @TenAcreGames ) is setting up a new store for people to sell TTRPG stuff specifically, both on digital and print-on-demand. ]
New specialized digital RPG store. Review quote via Mastodon.
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How to Create a Mind -
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
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Thursday, 30 July 2026
quote [ The hold-and-ram strategy allows juvenile orcas to feed on smaller chunks of tissue and may also serve as a form of social learning and play in these highly intelligent marine mammals. ]
Comes with a gore-y video. Sorry, not posting frequently due to being distracted.
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Saturday, 18 July 2026
quote [ Message +27 73 805 6068 on WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram, or email read@thecontinent.org and send “Subscribe” ]
English news on the African continent, originally from South Africa, in a mobile-friendly PDF, also on Mastodon. Thumb is Tintin parody.
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Friday, 17 July 2026
quote [ While the internet has opened up new doors for musicians, the increasing corporatization and algorithmic takeover of online spaces has done irreparable damage to organic music discovery and independent communities. ]
Interesting story .. while I have no relation to the pages mentioned the general spirit among media nerds was indeed one of camaraderie and slight obsession. Guess a lot of these people spend way more than the average music buyer in the end.
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Saturday, 4 July 2026
quote [ The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. ]
Following the quote trail all the way back to '88.
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Friday, 3 July 2026
quote [ mortality risk rises rapidly as daily maximum temperatures increase (Fig. 1c). Days above 40 ◦C cause a >6% increase in weekly mortality rates compared with days around 25 ◦C. In most cases, warmer regions in Europe appear less vulnerable to heat, consistent with evidence of adaptation – but this pattern reverses for days above 40 ◦C, with warmer regions experiencing greater mortality risk, potentially indicating fundamental limits to adaptation (Fig. 1a). ]
The author's blog calls for better heat wave media representation – first-aid people here were indeed very alarmed.
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Art and Fear -
A good book about the internal and external challenges to making art, along with the rewards.
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