2026年5月8日我被拐卖到豪华房子里，有一个长发姐姐带我出逃。她带我到了落地窗处，只见黑暗中有点状和线状的橘黄色光亮。她指着游泳池告诉我跟着她跳下去游泳，我一开始很犹豫，在岸上陪跑了一段，最后...

Recipe Tips A few quick tips to make this recipe even better: Variations To Try This recipe is endlessly flexible,…

I haven't been blogging much about the unfolding catastrophe that is the destruction of American democracy. Mostly because the new house has captured most of my attention, but also because it is so…

In a word: Excellent. Easily one of the Top 10 D20 supplements released to date. Review Originally Published October 13th, 2001 Let’s face it: When we look at the shelf in our game shop and see yet…

Cory Doctorow has been doing important work as a technology critic and activist for decades […]

‘People can see it – but can’t use it’: mystery of completed East-West Rail line that has no passenger trains | The Guardian HS2's could be overloaded from Day 1...…

I know next to zero about Gatchaman. My mate used to collect Battle of the Planets and I guess they're related. Part of a recent car boot bundle of cheap tackle were these two Japanese die-casts,…

It’s been a while since I wrote about how economist Julian Simon’s theories don’t work. I last wrote about him in Some thoughts and responses to Julian Simon about six months ago. I…

A friend recently said that he identifies more with his grandparents than his parents. I agreed, and with some more thought I think I know why. A brief overview of the four turnings model of…

over the past year, my wellbeing has measurably increased as i implement healthier habits and spend time being happy with my fiancé. i'm no longer plagued by constant lethargy and migraines.…

A Friday Hodgepodge 1 . Halupedia , is an AI-generated "encyclopedia" that "cover[s] topics that have received insufficient attention in mainstream reference works." It generates amusing articles on…

Hi! A few weeks ago, Steve Hunt, a Now I Know reader, reached out to me. He’s building a new web-based trivia game and wanted to share it with me — and ultimately, with all of you. It’s called…

Locking up phones is raising students' moods -- but not their test scores.

    The paperback of “How NOT to Invest” drops this week; to celebrate, this whole week I am running various stories and excerpts about the book. This short, Beatles-related…

Learn T-SQL With Erik: Nonclustered Index Interactions Chapters *00:00:00* – Introduction *00:01:33* – Nonclustered Index Basics *00:04:05* – Index Choice Based on Metadata…

Later this month, London’s largest free flower show opens to the public, filling streets across Belgravia and Chelsea with decorative displays to delight the eye. A free tie-in with the paid-for…

untitled #1713167943 is dated on or around May 08 , 2020 and tagged balloons , eyes and orthis .

untitled #1713149907 is dated on or around May 08 , 2019 and tagged orthis .

Session 316 was played on 1/11/26 Sonara, Wizard (Rob) Adorellen, Elf (Me) Glimmer, Kobold (Lanse) Kessaren, Cleric (Cindy) Loahn, Halfling (Josh) 3 Kobold meatshields (iGor, Pibble, VI) The party…

(Warning: Naughty puns ahead. Hide your kids.) Renee C. ordered this sandcastle cake for her beach-themed wedding:  So you know what's coming, right? Heh. Aheh. That's right: DIRTY…

I’ve been back for a few days now and I know I’ll need a few more to fully recover from the 2026 Chicago Pen Show, which was both a lot of fun and a lot of work! I did a report card for this show…

A week ago the Copy Fail vulnerability came out, and Hyunwoo Kim immediately realized that the fixes were insufficient, sharing a patch the same day. In doing this he followed standard procedure for…

 Breaking the Single-Thread Barrier: How Firebird’s New Parallel Sort Changes Everything1. Introduction: The Multi-Core ParadoxThere is a specific economic and technical frustration well-known…

Accelerationists believe that things have to get worse before they get better and that the faster things get worse, the sooner people will wake up and demand radical change. I've always been…

Rikki Barnes aka Bucky from the Onslaughtverse is now on Earth 616 working as a dishwasher and trying to stay hidden. She knows Steve Rogers is dead, but when the news pops up about a replacement…

I love startups and entrepreneurship. My obsession started when I was reselling Nerds candy in Taipei, purchased from the U.S. commissary store. To recognize and exploit a pricing arbitrage as a…

Has the consultant apologized yet?

Lucan, Pharsalia 3.55-56 (tr. J.D. Duff): He knew that the causes of hatred and mainsprings of popularity are determined by the price of food. gnarus et irarum causas et summa favoris annona momenta…

For the last month or two I've been working on some new work for this group show at the fantastic Museum of Homelessness, opening on the 21st May. It's free and open for 10 weeks! Here's the details:…

...

Elon Musk Summoned to France to Face Criminal Charges – Wall Street Journal Toyota Issues Gloomy Guidance on Iran War – Wall Street Journal Tesla China posts 36% sales rise, as local…

The Guardian has a strong piece on Angine de Poitrine.

While I do have my own plans for merch already, I want to see if you all have any ideas. If you have trouble accessing the poll you can click this link here

Ancient rocks and tidal pools frame a snow-draped mountain at Uttakleiv Beach. This is a wild, harsh coastline shaped by the storms that constantly batter Norway’s Lofoten Islands.Ancient…

Thanks in no small part to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the past year has seen an explosion in interest in artificial intelligence in general, and in large language models in particular. That…

Google just announced updates to AI Mode and AI Overviews that promise to surface more original content and drive traffic back to publishers. The company is adding direct links within AI responses,…

I think viewers as a collective tend not to give this series enough credit for the things it does well - which are a lot. Read more The post Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa Inai!? (Gals Can’t Be Kind to…

Faced with the need to justify allocation of resources, how does a person who doesn't understand the decisions that were made respond? One approach would be to build relationships with stakeholders,…

Written by Michael Unfortunately, the game fizzles out along with the volcano at the end. We’ve reached the end, and there’s not much to it. So, this will be a rather short entry. <span face="Arial,…

Final thoughts on the story and where to go from here

Star Wars crossed with the Italian city-state period is pretty good actually. The post Lords of the Expanse (1997) appeared first on Vintage RPG.

Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, was originally on the side of the rebels during the Second Barons' War. He changed over to the royalist side when Simon de Montfort made an alliance with the…

My interview on TRT World about ongoing tensions between Iran and the US and Israel&#8217;s desire for endless war. The post TRT World interview on US/Iran/Israeli tensions appeared first on Antony…

During their far-flung voyage around the moon, the Artemis II crew remained vigil while zipping by the darkened side of the moon, on the ready to try and record meteoroid impact flashes visually on…

There was in the former labour of Kneecap a spirit most unruly and untamed, as though some wild host out of the western mists had burst through the gates of the modern soundscape with neither leave…

Natural Worlds Sir David Attenborough, great naturalist and celebrated TV presenter, an indisputable “national treasure”, likes to use the phrase “the natural world”.[1] I have no objection to this…

My noforeignland writing colleague Telicia Campain recently wrote an excellent article about how relationships are created and formed while cruising. Sundowners, cockpit gatherings, beach cocktails,…

People talk about the "Father of the Internet" or the "Grandfather of the Internet", but no-one mentions the strange uncle of the Internet, or the fairy godmother of the Internet. Nor do they speak…

Read the full post at - Flowers on the Beltline The Beltline arborteum is an underrated, but seriously appreciated part of the project. In the Spring, I love seeing all the native plants and flowers…