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@YoDanno I'm sorry for your loss. Losing a parent is very hard.

Dad passed away last night. Thankfully he’s longer suffering, and was with family. Thank you all for the prayers and reaching out. Cancer sucks.

@iwantmystery This has to be for Part 2. Amy Steel was the star in Part 2.

Here’s a Turkish poster for tonight’s #Svengoolie movie Friday the 13th!

@CJFerguson1111 @gmiller @BuildAmericanAI When did it become my job to teach students how to use AI?

This is some of the weakest, most amateurish, pro-AI propaganda I've ever seen, from @BuildAmericanAI . Talk to any college professor about whether AI is destroying education. Most will say yes. Students are using AI to cheat in every possible way. And it's ruining our ability to give assignments, assess performance, and inspire excellence. We can't just switch to one-on-one 'oral exams' for every student -- that's just not feasible for large classes. We can't just switch to assessing 'every stage of student reasoning' for every assignment -- again, not feasible. The AI industry isn't just hiring an army of propagandists. They're hiring bad propagandists who will lie to you, shamelessly, about basic facts that everyone involved in education knows are lies. What does that tell you about the intellectual and moral integrity of the AI industry?

@WTHuston @MeTV @Svengoolie @realpinuppalmer @disgruntmonkey @thestevestrout @StudioMakayla @BrianBernardoni Or via antenna over-the-air.

If you are watching Sven on a cable provider, tonight Sven and MeTV will present the mega monster mashup of "King Kong vs Godzilla." Who is ready for the show? @MeTV @Svengoolie #MeTV #Svengoolie @realpinuppalmer @disgruntmonkey @thestevestrout @StudioMakayla @BrianBernardoni

@fabiaschi I thought it was excellent, too.

CONAN AND VALERIA are dispatching a giant crab in "Savage Sword of Conan" #9. I still think Pat Zircher's story is the best so far in the current SSoC run, because it really captures that old-school, fun Roy Thomas vibe.

@BryanBaugh Just backed. I read the first issue and meant to get the others. This campaign was my excuse to finally get back to Wulf and Batsy. Does the graphic novel include all the fake ads? Those are great!

WULF and BATSY Vol. 1 Collected Trade Paperback 2025 Revised Edition Campaign is NOW LIVE (or perhaps, UNDEAD...) 🐺🦇🩸 kickstarter.com/projects/wulf-…

@DungeonNoir It's a fun game with great art.

A violent little mouse game

@YoDanno @GameholeCon I had to cancel. I'm down with a cold. I've been to Gamehole every year since 2018 (even did virtual Gamehole in 2020). Sad I won't be there. Have fun for me.

Getting started early today, on my way to @GameholeCon ! Who else is going?

@disgruntmonkey Are the pants synthetic or cotton?

Yea! My #Svengoolie pj pants arrived today. I really love the graphics.

@disgruntmonkey It's supposed to be better tomorrow, but unfortunately, in Wisconsin our air quality is supposed to be bad due to Canadian wildfires.

Pix from today’s still smarmy walk.

@KevinLamb74 I think Conan the Destroyer is the best D&D movie ever made.

Kiri and Dar from Beastmaster (1982). Still one of the best "D&D" movies ever made. 🤘

@disgruntmonkey @doc_freak @Svengoolie My wife and I have been watching Svengoolie since 2020. I grew up watching Morgus the Magnificent in NOLA. Now, I live in central WI.

Happy 46th Anniversary to @Svengoolie. I’ve been watching since I was in high school and watching your show now is like getting a hug from my childhood. Thanks again for all the entertaining Saturday nights. #Svengoolie

@DungeonNoir I've still barely looked through mine. I have played a few games of DCC-Lankhmar, though.

I am a huge Lankhmar fan! I missed this Kickstarter. Had a couple bucks roll my way and thought I would snag it. This is waiting for me at home! #IllMetInNebraska

@DungeonNoir I’m still here. Just haven’t been posting as much.

@NOLA_bert There ya are! I hardly ever see ya over here anymore

Currently reading

@BrianMSammons Central and Northern WI. A couple of scenes were even filmed at the university where I'm a professor, in the very building where I work. The Giant Spider Invasion (1975).

Post a HORROR (my little addition) movie that takes place where you're from. I'll start: Michigan

@OriginalGrogna1 I think more people should bring a dice tray. Dice flying across the table is no fun.

Part of my set up for attending conventions, includes a solid set of dice and a good dice tray! As a player, what’s some of your essential convention gear? #ttrpgcommunity #DnD #ttrpg #dice #gamingwithfriends #dicetray

@legendsoflog Finally ordered mine!

Join in on the Legends of Log close-out live stream on YouTube...? No... it's just more confetti. Last hours to get your Legends of Log special edition pocket paperbacks at a special edition price. legendsoflog.com

@hyperborea576 I own almost every zine from Gabor. I'll have to see if Black Blade has it here at Gary Con.

One of my favorite campaign settings is Fomalhaut, by Gabor Lux, published by EMDT First Hungarian D20 Society. From the introduction: ======== A dim and waning star 25 light years from Sol, Fomalhaut is orbited by six planets of variable sizes. Three of the six are dead slabs of rock and ice, one is a ringed gas giant, and Fomalhaut-II is a world of eternal winter where only a fraction of the former population labours under the yoke of a technocratic dictatorship. Therefore, only Fomalhaut-I remains of the ambitious planet engineering projects under the old Terrans, a medium-sized sphere where great engines sunken under the surface, once known as stabiliser cities, have created Mediterranean and sub-tropical environments in a thin and ever shrinking belt around the equator. ======== The introduction goes on to tell about the colonization of Fomalhaut, an era of scientific success and advancement, but ultimately a collapse due to interstellar wars. Then came an era known as the Techno-Hellenic Age, the rise of city-states, bararism, and sorcery. The setting is incredibly rich and evocative, and Gabor's writing is both imaginative and unique. I have used several of his works in my own Hyperborea campaign, as they fit well thematically and for their general weirdness and peculiarities. There is a strong Vance vibe here, particularly if you enjoy his Planet of Adventure series, which happens to be my favorite by the literary master. The book pictured in this post was recently released, with a fascinating cover by Peter Mullen. The note I received from Gabor was a nice touch. :)