Reposted by Eric FranklinWriteups.org @writeups.org · 22/09/2026This is for ENWorld, a major TTRPG forum. 2112
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Repost with your home river. When I was a kid, it was the Palouse River. Although we would occasionally fish off of the Snake, which wasn't far. As a tween and later, the Puyallup River. 010
Reposted by Eric FranklinZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The most important thing about this is that Trump has finally broken the seal on using his embargo powers, which are much stronger than his tariff powers and allow far more spectacular economic destruction. 718037
Reposted by Eric Franklin∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's worth clarifying that this applies to ballots mailed *from* your local elections bureau to *you*, not return ballots. If you plan to vote by mail, it's time to make a note of when they're supposed to go out & check what the back up options are if you don't receive a ballot. 083
Reposted by Eric FranklinSteve Voght @voght.org · 01/09/2026In King County you can sign up for text alerts to know when your ballot is mailed to you, received back at KCE HQ, and validated for counting: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... And also how to replace a missing or damaged ballot: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...info.kingcounty.govKing County ElectionsLed by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters. 022
Reposted by Eric FranklinSerpyMatt @serpymatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Well... had to update one I made 10 years ago... 1293
Reposted by Eric Franklin✨[redacted]✨ @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026even after her passing, she wanted kiddos to have access to books 🥺 017747
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Happy Farwestaversary for those who celebrate. The Far West RPG was funded on this date in 2011. 132
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Steph is out of town this week, so I've been driving in rather than taking the train, and I have to say that it's given me a great deal of appreciation for the train. Not only am I able to get to work when I'm too tired to functionally drive, but I also get a couple of hours every day for reading. 000
Reposted by Eric FranklinMaya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026 Find out which of your local businesses are working with ICE. (New database from @theappeal.org) The Appeal’s investigation reveals a widespread web of public and private entities enabling Trump’s deportation machine. theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...theappeal.orgDeportation Dollars: ICE Contracts With More Than 1,000 Businesses Across the U.S.The Appeal’s investigation found contracts in nearly every state. Find out if your local businesses are working with ICE. 3192143
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Pulp Fiction. Tarantino always makes it look like he's trying too hard, and this is the most Tarantino film there is. The (thin) plot is mostly ignored in favor of character vignettes, many of which are completely unrelated to the plot. "Cool" trumps "coherent." There is no fun in this film. 000
Reposted by Eric Franklinjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126027994
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I have very mixed feelings on WotC announcing a new Dark Sun. It was - by far - my favorite 2E setting when it launched. And then TSR (and WotC) have spent 30 years screwing it up. First the Prism Pentad, and then by mostly ignoring it. 1/? 110
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.static.klipy.comI8y5r2Alt: Asterix and Obelix (and Dogmatix), two comic-book Gauls (and their dog). 010
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I think I preferred live theater more before the advent of wireless microphones. 000
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"Wifi 7 is as fast as we'll ever need" is the new "640K [of RAM] ought to be enough for anybody." 0110
Reposted by Eric Franklinmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I don't care if they WERE there to arrest him for arson, murder, plane hijacking, rape, & 200 counts of aggravated villainy. if you're talking about a warrant, you're pretending you care about the due process it's a part of. and being murdered is a pretty big violation of your right to due process. 5884123
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 08/07/2026What's that, Nextdoor? Police activity .6 miles from the house! That's good to know! I wonder if it's at that apartm ... Las Vegas, Nevada? If that's .6 miles from the house, then there are several other alerts I'd have expected. Because Oregon and half of Washington must have been folded away. 0100
Reposted by Eric FranklinPacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Curious about how the soccer fanquakes we’ve been recording at Seattle World Cup matches differ from an actual earthquake? Compare these seismograms from the Freeman goal and the M3.8 earthquake near Oak Harbor last week. 15522
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This is interesting to me, because one of the major reasons (Sony-backed) Blu-Ray beat (Toshiba-backed) HD-DVD is because of the PS3. It put a relatively inexpensive Blu-Ray player in a LOT of homes, which meant the market for Blu-Ray discs was suddenly a lot larger. 1/? 100
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 26/06/2026"Boomers need to hand over the reins of power to a younger generation!" Speaking as a member of GenX: Now that Millennials are old enough to take power, I agree. Because we don't want those reins, and - realistically - you don't want us to have them, either. 000
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 19/06/2026My favorite thing about taking the train to work is those really busy days when the train is just packed, and we pull into the Mercer Island station, because you get to see all the rich people realize that they have to share the train with The Poors. And, even worse, those Poors have all the seats. 130
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Sometimes, when discussing my age, I tell people, "I'm so old that I can remember when Garfield was funny." This first week of comics is a reminder that there are folks who can remember Garfield from BEFORE it was (briefly) funny. Or I have nostalgia glasses. (I'm 50, BTW) 120
Reposted by Eric FranklinCraig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Donald Trump inheriting a situation that was suboptimal but honestly fine, deciding to personally intervene, and making everything significantly worse at great taxpayer expense is a perfect synopsis of every single thing he has done as president both times. 10042511090
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I have to wonder what the global Google Trends for "Ranch Dressing Recipe" will look like following the World Cup. 100
Reposted by Eric FranklinWSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov · 15/06/2026WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, SOCCER FANS. Get acquainted with our state via this highly accurate and mostly-to-scale map. 822675765
Reposted by Eric FranklinColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 13/06/2026There we go! 574376892
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The article doesn't mention Ingress or Harry Potter Go, but those helped build the nav data, too. Especially since they all used Ingress data for their interest points at launch. 011
Reposted by Eric FranklinJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/06/2026I am starting to wonder if shutting down a chunk of midtown and forcing Knicks fans to spend an hour-plus waiting outside so a widely loathed bigot could sit in a weird glass box and stare grimly into middle distance and then fall asleep might have had an effect on the energy in the building 333304489
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I lucked out: this happened shortly after the train I was on went through there. Honestly, given the timing, it might have been between my train and the next one. Screwed the light rail service up for more than two hours last night. I lucked out. Many passengers didn't. 031
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 22/05/2026... can we put ALL the billionaires on that mission? 010
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Now that the light rail is only a quarter mile from the office, I've been testing taking the train to work. $3 each way (vs. about $6 in gas when I drive) Mount TBR has already been reduced in size noticeably. But it means being our half an hour earlier and getting home later, too. 000
Reposted by Eric FranklinScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21/04/2026And .. here come the Freedom of Information Act requests for Kash Patel records DC watchdog group Democracy Forward has formally requested Patel's calendars & any messages from security detail that include words "drinking", "hungover", "inebriated" democracyforward.org/wp-content/u... 1333030971
Reposted by Eric FranklinIgnacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."nbcnews.comPancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trialScientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later. 15997302890
Reposted by Eric FranklinSnowden St. @snowden.st · 17/04/2026finally, the invented the most awesome day job ever 3625
Reposted by Eric FranklinStephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 08/04/202620 years ago today, @gamethyme.bsky.social and I decided to sign some paperwork and tie our lives together. Since then we've been through 3 moves, 4 jobs, and the loss of 3 cats; health issues, triumphs, failures, & everything in between. I wouldn't want to do it with anyone else. 021
Reposted by Eric FranklinMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office 12075921748
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I can't wait to find out that this "drug dealer wanted for murder" is actually a kindergarten teacher. 040
Reposted by Eric FranklinStephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Friends, it's finally happened - I've finished my book and put it up on Royal Road for free! Go, read, share, and (hopefully) enjoy! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1014...royalroad.comThe Infinite LibraryThere is a library that contains all the narrative in human history, and something is trying to destroy it. A group of agents, pulled from their own literary universes, discovers the plot - now what? ... 001
Reposted by Eric FranklinJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 24/03/2026on the upside, ICE agents in the airports seem very uncomfortable since they can’t hide their faces 25915
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Given what's been going on, something like this was probably inevitable. I'm honestly surprised it took as long as it did, and this ATC should not shoulder all of the blame for this, even though it sounds like he's trying to. 100
Reposted by Eric FranklinSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 19/03/2026"hey did you see the guy that's donated over $10,000 to looksmaxxing streamer clavicular? with the pepsi shi-" You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217 BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn. 872868
Reposted by Eric FranklinThe Needling @theneedling.com · 10/03/2026US to Only Allow Iran at World Cup Games If No Dangerous School Children on Team: tinyurl.com/yeyy8u2x 29025
Reposted by Eric Franklin404 Media @404media.co · 03/03/2026SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.404media.coCBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ MovementsAn internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t... 5821281402
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 27/02/2026media.tenor.coma large sign on top of a hill that says all yourbaseAlt: All your base are belong to us, a meme from twenty years ago, based on a poorly-translated video game. 092
