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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 13h

And some people never learn a lavalier mic doesn’t go in your hand, or need a windscreen when indoors (LAH-vuh-LEER)

TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 19h

The two uses of the internet:

Search autocompleting “fat man litt” with “fat man little boy” and “fat man little coat”

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20h

City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks

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‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 21h

MF uses one word to name everything

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 28/09/2026

Sterling Hayden is a highlight as the overwritten eccentric in the 1975 Hayley Mills thriller DEADLY STRANGERS link.tubi.tv/DVYVz58cO6b

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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the two big ai stories to kick off the week are - meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace - stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 28/09/2026

Unrelated, but Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight is the most sublimely stupid song title I have ever read; it’s poetry

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 28/09/2026

“OLPC told the world that every child should get a laptop. It never stopped to prove that they needed one.”

TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 27/09/2026

The sheer nerve, the cheek, the… what’s the word? 🔊

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 27/09/2026

You are going to be so relieved when your players decide not to do the thing you didn’t prepare for

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> I do want to see where it goes …up the butt, obviously 🐹

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Sayin’ a man with gills doesn’t come up for air 💁🏼‍♀️

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21 starts as such a loser, your heart swells to see him bettering himself throughout the series

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One of my favorite series—even after taking into account that every season, Vince Gilligan will do a shaggy dog episode you’ll only realize 50 minutes in could have been a cold open

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Will they still be built on stolen intellectual property?

Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looks like you’re trailing a bit spinward there

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Guys I'm legitimately concerned you're not bowing before the power of Morg right now.

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 25/09/2026

Evil? (Can I fix him?)

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This is interesting as I picked up the T5 deck from FFE and… didn’t know what it was any good for 🤔

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 25/09/2026

Congratulations on their Life Event (5): Gain an Ally 😇

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 25/09/2026

I miss when computers were green on the inside

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Traveller Supplement 14 - Punks Traveller Supplement 15 - Coastlines Traveller Supplement 16 - Sunglasses Traveller Supplement 17 - Wheat Traveller Supplement 18 - Antique Revolvers Traveller Supplement 19 - Tech 5 Mustaches Traveller Supplement 20 - Callsigns Traveller Supplement 21 - Sauces

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Kyrie Page @kyriepage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Rest in peace to Richard Harrison, impeccable B-movie master, part of one of the funniest movie endings of all time.

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 23/09/2026

I toured my old high school as part of a class reunion and the guide casually mentioned meals are free for all students—they could have told us Gen X’ers the principal was a Martian and we wouldn’t have been any less shocked

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

San Frans Opera demanded a 5-year wage freeze for its musicians while the General Director's salary jumped from $424k to $729k. 30 minutes before opening night, the orchestra packed up and walked out to join the picket line for the first strike in the opera’s 100 year history.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 22/09/2026

The only advice I give anymore when it comes to longevity in the video game industry is “never go public, and never sell.” If you go public, the shareholders and MBAs will rot you from the inside. If you sell, they’ll throw you out with the gypsum once they’ve stripped the copper out of the walls.

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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Remember using macintosh hotline servers in the late 90's early 00's? Well, I did for a brief time, but now I can again, thanks to this system 6 client running on my Mac Plus tinkerdifferent.com/...

black and white capture of a mac plus screen running the hotline client liteline, showing the interface, a message board window with some messages from users and a files window, showing categories and number of items.

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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...

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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount

The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 22/09/2026

One man—possibly the dumbest, worst businessman in history—is responsible for levying illegal tariffs, starting unjust wars, spiking energy prices, disrupting global supply chains, and driving up the costs of goods worldwide. But I was told by an AFOL that bringing this up is “political“.

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 19/09/2026

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 17/09/2026

a political “scientist”

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Bounded and curated are definitely words missing from player agency discourse

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Navigating the stars with a 6502 processor and a shit-ton of floppy disks 🙌

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Running Marc Miller’s Traveller Sector Generator from the #travellerRPG JTAS #25 on an Apple 2 emulator www.tumblr.com/oldschoolfrp...

“Using Your Model/2 BIS” AppleSoft BASIC code for the Traveller Sector Generator

Apple ][ monitor: TRAVELLER SECTOR GENERATOR followed by several lines of UWP’s and trade codes

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How does that work with running a published module though?

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There is kind of an alignment issue there, too: player agency in harmony with what the GM has prepared works, but if they’re pulling in different directions, you get friction and people griping about railroading 💁🏻‍♂️

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This fits the adage: ‘To be a better player, GM more. To be a better GM, be a player more.’ You understand better what meta-role you’re expected to play

That’s kind of the way I do it—the NPCs they meet are on their own adventures, and whether the players get involved is up to them

Thanks! 🧙🏻‍♂️

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I like playing in modules because I know I’m participating in a story arc, but I like prepping prompts to see where the players take it (for better or worse, it’s usually the bakery option)

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Whichever answer you think it is… it’s the worse one

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Maybe agency is more ‘means & ends’, like do the players feel they have the means to affect the story’s direction?

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I have to wonder what the objection there is? Would the players prefer to hop off the Orient Express and open a bakery instead?

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TIMtheTOON @timtoon.com · 15/09/2026

It seems like a problem solved by sufficient buy-in from players engaged with the scenario and accepting its inherent limitations. The question is… are they all aboard on the railroad? 🚂

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We’re on the same page about meaningful choices and actions having consequences 👍