The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Crown Royal?! Noooo! How will new D&D players get an easy, decent-quality dice bag, then? 020
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 09/09/2026To be fair, the first season was a bit rough (as was TNG). It took Avery Brooks shaving his head and growing his goatee for the show to really find its legs... 010
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Or a modern example: Neil Gaiman is a hell of a writer and worldbuilder, but the man himself is problematic as fuck. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I'm not even sure I can do this, so let me try (uh oh) Weird Al Yankovich Puddles Pity Party Type O Negative Queensryche The Wiggles Barenaked Ladies The Proclaimers Poe Heather Dale Tajči 010
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 28/08/2026But...but...I *like* the smell of the guy stuff! 010
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Unironically, probably my second favorite movie. Also holds my personal record for movie I paid to see in the theater the most times. I saw it 8 times in the theater. I kept finding new friends who hadn't seen it and dragged them to the cinema to watch it with me (again). 070
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202620. I look for engaging writing and an interesting premise. 010
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202619. Anything by Dan Brown. Yes, I've read some of it. It was awful. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202618. I do. I like the time period around 900 C.E. with the Great Horde invading and honestly taking over most of the British Isles. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202617. 1. Where the Wild Things Are 2. Goodnight Moon 3. The Cinder-Eyed Cats 4. Marvin K. Moony Will You Please Go Now! 5. The Wolves in the Walls 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202616. Honestly, only probably 4-5. Like I said, I'm trying to get back into reading. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202615. Hmm. How about The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell? It's the first book of a series about the founding of the kingdom of England, starting with Alfred the Great and told from the fictional point of view of Uhtred of Northumbria. Entertaining and no one writes battle scenes like Cornwell. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202614. NEVER. Bookmarks rule and I love my books the way they are. I don't even enjoy cracking their spines. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202613. I do, but since it was bought by Amazon, I don't have as much use for it. 010
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202612. I did, actually. I very much enjoyed every Shakespearean play I had to read. I remember enjoying The Odyssey, a book of Greek mythology, and in fact still have my copy from high school. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202611. I enjoy reading sourcebooks for various TTRPGs. I also read things about blacksmithing and sometimes even history. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/202610. I kinda think Dungeon Crawler Carl is a bit my guilty fave. It's not deep, but it sure is entertaining. Then again, that's the point, isn't it? 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20269. I read at night...or in the bathroom. I'm kinda like Carl like that. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20268. Charlotte's Web, when I was in Kindergarten. I received a cocker spaniel puppy for my 7th birthday and I named her Fern because of that book. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20267. Not particularly, since I've always loved books and devoured them. I like to say the biggest ones were my reading Charlotte's Web in Kindergarten, and when I was very young, reading the Hardy Boys and Tom Swift books. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20266. In the last month, I've been devouring @mattdinniman.bsky.social Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I just finished book 3 and am eagerly waiting for the next one to become available at my library. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20265. I don't buy a lot of books. Barnes & Noble, if I'm going big. Half Price Books if I don't mind making a longer drive and am not looking for something specific. Also there's a big used book store near my house I enjoy going into, but it's very hit-or-miss, for obvious reasons. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20264. I always browse the fantasy and science fiction aisles, plus the bargain section, blank books, and if I find an RPG section, I'm all over it! 010
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20263. Either fantasy or science fiction. I like the escapism and thoughtfulness of an unrealistic environment. But NOT horror-sci-fi. Ick. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20262. Of all time? In no particular order, because I'm not sure about that part: 1. Stardust 2. The Lord of the Rings (let's just make it the whole original book) 3. The Princess Bride 4. The Last Kingdom 5. Rogue Squadron 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/20261. Probably The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I can do this...I think...I don't get nearly enough time to read as I'd like these days. Not much catches my attention. 2001
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I've been called to jury duty 3 times in my life. Never chosen for one once. I REALLY want to serve jury duty! 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 21/07/2026To be fair, the best TTRPG spaces have the same sorts of conversations beforehand, safe words (or cards, or hand signs) as well. Kink's not alone in this (thankfully). 100
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 16/07/2026So my village (Plainfield, IL) has installed several Flock cameras. I, as a mere citizen and resident of this town for the past 26 years, am not able to file FOIA requests or take the time needed to dig into this and figure out how to stop them. Any reporters around here that want to team up? 010
Reposted by The HighlanderAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026Massie: "I don't think the problem is that our elections aren't secure because we control the House, Senate, White House, and to some degree we control the Supreme Court. So I ask my Republican colleagues, why are you complaining about election fraud? We won all the damn elections!" 32177972576
Reposted by The HighlanderBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026Lest anyone accuse me of bargaining in bad faith here, let me start with this admission: I don't think AI is intelligent; nor do I think that the current (admittedly impressive) statistical techniques will lead to intelligence. 1/ 923665
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I don't know what this means. My mind immediately went to Warhammer 40K and was wondering how playing as the technologically advanced Tau could hurt a person? I know I'm on the wholly wrong track, but I'm also enjoying it, so I don't know that I will educate myself on this. 4111
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Absolutely fantastic read. I've enjoyed many, many things Cory Doctorow has written over the years, and this is no exception. Well thought out, well-written and a must-read about AI and our economy. 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Oh, I'm not arguing the sales are up. TBH, I desperately wish I could afford an EV! But the reality is I can't even really afford a hybrid of a decent year, much less an EV. 010
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Range anxiety might not be a reason, but upfront cost is definitely a reason. 110
Reposted by The HighlanderFiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more. 151160544418
Reposted by The HighlanderLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21/04/2026"Every so often someone expresses their understandable frustration with the party of governance by threatening to withhold their vote in the general election.(. . .)But this is foolish at best, and it rests on a misunderstanding of what it even means to act as a party in politics."liberalcurrents.comVote Blue No Matter Who: Party Politics as Political AgencyPolitics is a collective enterprise aimed at controlling the state, and requires working together as co-partisans. 0169
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 21/04/2026This is a crime! Someone closer to CA, please adopt the babies! 0126
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 15/04/2026**Heavy human-like breathing ensues.** MUST OWN 000
Reposted by The HighlanderThey Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word! 4132021227
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I mean, put that way, I think it's almost a necessity, isn't it? 000
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 06/04/2026media.tenor.comtwo men are fishing in the dark and one is holding a flashlightAlt: two men are fishing in the dark and one is holding a flashlight 010
Reposted by The HighlanderThe Doctor🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️ @doctor-lesbian.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"Made in China" is gonna hit different real soon. 0159
Reposted by The HighlanderBen Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Evolving Planet—itself a reskin/update of 1994's Life Over Time—is now two decades old (it opened on March 10, 2006). Here's a 🧵 of what's changed since then. 34111
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 17/02/2026GROSS! I just checked and it was turned on on mine as well! And I watch Korean reels, I do NOT want an AI version of their voice! 050
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Exactly, which is why I already ditched my Ring doorbell. 030
Reposted by The HighlanderChiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 03/02/2026I love all genders🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Because I have no gender. Especially right now, transgender people are living with a lot of anxiety. Why are transgender people not allowed to freely love the people they want to love? Why can't transgender individuals live their lives with the soul they prefer? 149131243366
Reposted by The HighlanderCOYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 11/02/2026Aided by genAI models like ChatGPT, “writers” hoping to get paid for fake stories have become an even bigger problem for publications big and small. One such writer almost pulled one over on COYOTE — until @soleilho.com, who is a nerd, spotted a key idiosyncrasy.coyotemedia.orgHow COYOTE Almost Got Slopped by AIThe sordid tale of the freelancer who never was. 11480148
The Highlander @linkdeath.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Stop accusing others of what you're afraid of. Don't let your fear make you stupid. I'm already doing it. 000