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I’ve put up another Austin Philips story on Dark Tales Sleuth. This one is supernatural! In “The Missing Word”, an old telegraph operator regales his colleagues on a stormy midnight, about the night that he “heard” his fellow telegraphist’s murder–over the wire. The murderer’s never been found. Yet. This is the story that Mike Ashley collected in his 2018 anthology Glimpses of the Unknown. It’s quite a good one. I …

first in a series of posts related to the last time Trump ran for election (rather than for reelection)Article for MTV.com, 2016, On Alice Cooper's "run" for President in 1972.Forty-four years ago, Alice Cooper ran for President. Okay, not really – but the singer and his group did release the single “Elected” in September 1972, timed for the final stretch of the Nixon versus McGovern race for the White House. …

Tap to view at full size. A good chunk of today was devoted to cleaning up all the tree and plant debris left in Milton’s wake. I’m grateful to have to do it — the canopy of trees over our ’hood probably absorbed a lot of the hurricane’s energy and blunted the force that would’ve been applied to us and our homes. Pictured above: me — below: Anitra! Tap to …

I write this review in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Milton's devastation of parts of Florida. Milton followed Helene, just a week or so earlier. Both hurricanes cut a swathe through parts of North America, leaving death and destruction in their paths. John Vaillant's recent book Fire Weather is subtitled a "true story from a hotter world" and the story of hurricanes Milton and Helene

I pay close attention to the scalability of my actions. This often leads to situations where it seems like I’m acting against my best interests, but I want to make choices my future self will thank me for.Instead of allowing myself a slow morning after a restless night, I go for a run.Instead of relaxing on the couch, I'm teaching myself how to code.Instead of avoiding a difficult conversation, I …

The Geezers and friends enjoy a trip to Eastbourne

Design for Real Life is now available, for free, in its entirety, at dfrlbook.com. If you like what you read and want a personal copy, or just to support Sara and me, print-on-demand and ePub versions are also available from a number of sources. There are some countries where the book is not yet available, which we hope will be fixed soon. We’ll update the “Buy the book” page as …

Wikipedia has created a task force to identity instances of poor quality, unsourced content, being generated by AI chatbots. The online encyclopaedia will still allow AI apps to compose articles, provided they do so in accordance with their policies: The purpose of this project is not to restrict or ban the use of AI in articles, but to verify that its output is acceptable and constructive, and to fix or …

What to make of Chemistry Set? This is the second tabletop design by Zach Barth — not counting his many digital cribbages and solitaires — and after such a strong inaugural outing with The Lucky Seven and its depot expansion, its blandness is all the more baffling. It would be unfair to compare this to Barth’s video games SpaceChem or MOLEK-SYNTEZ; apart from their shared affection for molecular arrangements, they’re …

“Imbued with good humour and a goodness of heart. It will leave you will a warm and fuzzy feeling.” The Reviews Hub GLASGOW’S KING’S THEATRE FROM TUE 21 – SAT 26 JAN 2025 The King’s Theatre, Glasgow are today delighted to announce that, Here You Come Again – which is currently bringing joy to audiences will return to the King’s Theatre, Glasgow from 21-26 January 2025 following a triumphant week …

Modrons have always been silly, but at least lower-ranking ones had lower challenge ratings. Planescape throws even that shred of logic out the window. The post Modron Hierarch Tactics appeared first on The Monsters Know What They’re Doing.

You think you're so great because you have boats! A biopic of the French emperor (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing on his battles at war and his relationship with his wife Joséphine (Vanessa Kirby). This is somehow too long (I watched the 3½ hour director’s cut) and not broad enough in its scope. A whole load of shit went down in Napoleon’s life and here we have a Wikipedia summary of some …

SWEYET(etc.) (DEMO!) by SHMIAM, SWEYET, SSSSSSS! A demo of a game focused on exploring dreamscapes with absurd yet deeply funny premises, all linked by the peculiar characters you encounter. It also features a fun blinking-based mechanic that alters the world around you, optionally using your webcam. A promising taste of things to come. Download on itch.io The post SWEYET appeared first on Weird Fucking Games.

Oddleaf debuts with an infectious and impressive album.

DeskPad creates a virtual display that is mirrored within its application window so that you can create a dedicated, easily shareable workspace.