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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 17/02/2025

Inspired by an ongoing game of #MonsterOfTheWeek, I wrote a playbook for playing two very closely bonded characters, called The Double Threat. Download it on Itch if that sounds interesting to you: errantcanadian.itch.io/double-threa... #ttrpg #pbta #gameDesign

A playbook reference page for The Double Threat, a playbook for Monster of the Week about two closely bonded characters.

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 12/11/2024

If I'm not mistaken, this is literally what Popper suggests immediately after introducing the "Paradox of Intolerance."

A screengrab from page 265 of Karl Popper's "The Open Society and Its Enemies," vol. 1 (1963): "We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law, and we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or the revival of the slave trade, as criminal"

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 15/10/2024

Novel approach to airport security: remind people that they can just leave

A Da Share Zone meme. A skeleton runs in from the right in a blue and white space. The text reads: “Just walk out! You can leave! Work, social thing, movies, home, class, dentist, clothes shoppi [sic], too fancy weed store, cops if your quick, friend ships. If it sucks… hit da bricks! Real winners quit.”

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 05/08/2024

Altman, as usual, fundamentally misunderstands the purpose and process of writing. It’s not merely to produce a text. It’s to work through your thinking and commit to it. Or as Jane Rosenweig (Director of the Writing Center at Harvard College) put it: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Screenshot of text written by Jane Rosenweig: “Writing is hard because the process of getting something onto the page helps us figure out what we think — about a topic, a problem or an idea. If we turn to AI to do the writing, we’re not going to be doing the thinking either. That may not matter if you’re writing an email to set up a meeting, but it will matter if you’re writing a business plan, a policy statement or a court case.”

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 03/05/2024

On May 7 at 4:30 PM EDT, Jon Leydens will deliver the Bovay Lecture in the History & Ethics of Engineering at Cornell. His research concerns how engineering education can contribute to social justice. To attend virtually, register here: cornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #philsky #sts #philtech

A poster advertising the 2024 Sue and Harry Bovay Lecture in the History and Ethics of Engineering. The top is a banner in crimson with white text reading "Cornell Engineering Bovay Program in the History and Ethics of Professional Engineering". Below is a black banner with white serif text reading "2024 Sue and Harry Bovay Lecture in the History and Ethics of Engineering". The middle three-quarters of the image is a white background featuring a square photo of a light-skinned male-presenting person with greying brown hair and short beard, dressed in a white collared shirt and navy suit, and wearing frameless glasses. Below the photo is text reading "Professor Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines, Tuesday May 7, 4:30 PM, Kimball Hall B11". The bottom of the poster is a black banner with a QR code and white text reading "Visit bit.ly/BovayLecture24 or scan the QR code for more information".

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 17/11/2023

This week I facilitated a session in a mechanical engineering course on values-sensitive stakeholder analysis. We talked about social and political challenges around renewable energy siting and how considering stakeholder values in design can improve outcomes for all. #philsky #edusky #philtech #sts

Photograph of several piles of paper on a desk. One stack is a case study about a town deciding between a wind or solar energy facility. One stack contains a set of graphics illustrating values. Two stacks, which are spread out to show individual sheets, describe ten stakeholder groups in the town, as well as discussion questions. The last stack instructs the reader to take on the role of a consulting engineering firm that is determining what to recommend.

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 18/10/2023

Taught an ethics session in a class on engineered living materials. We read about a brick made of plant fiber, fungus, and programmable bacteria, which could make temporary structures in disaster areas. then played a game about decision-making in that context. #philsky #STS #philtech #ttrpg #EduSky

Photograph of nine sheets of paper, four red cubical dice with pips, and a pencil on a circular wooden table. The pages are filled with text describing the rules of a roleplaying game called "Disasters and Decisions," which simulates a disaster relief scenario in which players must make decisions related to an engineered living material being used to build temporary structures. The pages are illustrated with graphics such as a piece of clip art showing an earthquake fissure with a strand of DNA twisting behind, a pencil overlaid with a DNA double helix, shaking hands, people seated around a table, and a cleaning bucket with a sponge.

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 09/10/2023

Gender is a construct and that’s my favoured enemy

A screenshot of a custom stat block for 5e D&D. the creature’s name is “Gender” and it is a “Large construct, unaligned”

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 05/10/2023

BlueSky welcoming new arrivals from Twitter

A still from towards the end of "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). A confused young white woman (Dorothy) is lying on a bed, having just woken up from her adventure in Oz, now back in Kansas. On the right are her aunt and uncle, and the three farmhands whose likenesses appeared as the Scarecrow, Lion, and Tin Man. Leaning in through a window above the bed is Professor Marvel, whose likeness appeared as the Wizard. Aside from Dorothy's serious-faced uncle, everyone is smiling in relief.

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 11/09/2023

Reskeet with a tweet you still think about

Tweet from Hilary Agro @hilaryagro:

During my research I interviewed a guy who said he was a libertarian until he did MDMA and realized that other people have feelings, and that was pretty much the best summary of libertarianism I've ever heard
5:55 PM Feb 16, 2020

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 03/09/2023

Anecdotal of course, but my experience with web search was already declining proportionally the more Google got more excited about AI, and the explosion of junk content created by ChatGPT and similar has only made it worse. h/t @tflynn@zirk.us

Mastodon post by Ted Flynn @tflynn:

How to boil water?

Pre AI Internet Search:

"Put water in pan. Place the pan under high heat. Remove when larger bubbles begin to continuously erupt in the water."

Post AI Internet Search:

"Since the beginning of time, people have wondered how to boil water. It is an interesting question that will be answered below.

Table of Contents:

1. Reasons to boil water.

2. Famous people who have boiled water.

3. A brief history of thermodynamics.

4. Five things you didn't know about Roger Waters."

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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 28/08/2023

First set of ethics lessons with the first-year engineers this week! Grateful to the Democratic Knowledge Project at Harvard for creating these engaging values cards—I'm using them to prompt discussion of how values apply to generative artificial intelligence #philsky #engineering #teaching #cornell

A box full of decks of cards on a wooden table. The decks all have a card labelled "Courage" on top; the card also has line art of a lion and the following text: "Doing something you think is important, even if it's scary or hard." A few other cards are scattered on the table: Courage, Authenticity, Safety, Courtesy, Friendship, Fairness, Wealth.

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