Steve Withington

@Quinedgames Can you please get @HeavyCardboard to do a rules teach and playthrough of Chicago 1875: City of the Big Shoulders. This amazing production deserves to be showcased by the best boardgame content creator on the internet.

@Pixel_ProStudio @Patrick31003277 @Math_files @grok 5.97 you mean. Guess it's you who can't tell the difference.

@Patrick31003277 @Math_files @grok Are you not able to determine the difference between 5.7 and 6????

In 1798, a scientist effectively “weighed” the Earth — without leaving his laboratory. The English scientist Henry Cavendish designed an incredibly sensitive experiment. Inside a quiet wooden shed, he hung a horizontal rod from a very thin wire. Two small lead spheres were attached to the ends of the rod. Nearby, he placed two much larger lead balls. Because of gravity, the large spheres slightly pulled the smaller ones. The force was extremely tiny — so small that the rod twisted by only a minute fraction of a degree. Yet that tiny twist held a big secret. By carefully measuring this small movement, Cavendish determined the strength of the gravitational attraction between objects. From this, scientists could calculate the mass of the entire Earth. His estimate was remarkably close. Cavendish calculated Earth’s mass to be about 6 × 10²⁴ kilograms, while modern measurements give 5.97 × 10²⁴ kilograms. Sometimes the biggest discoveries come from measuring the smallest forces.

@VBkramnik So what do you think the consequence should be of falsely accusing someone of murder? Because if cheating at chess is like murder you have done this repeatedly.

Aleksandr Grischuk interview Telling honestly what you really think becomes almost a dissident act in nowadays "chess community" share.google/tsKNvKVWBbmj3C… "It is unacceptable for me to be involved in any way in the collective persecution of a person—and I cannot describe what they have been doing to Kramnik recently in any other way. I also do not want to continue collaborating with the websites and channels that are involved in it" "I'm very skeptical of the current FIDE leadership. This also applies to their approach to cheating. For example, how can one explain their decision to disqualify Kirill Shevchenko for only two years—but in reality, for a year and a half (considering that the investigation lasted six months)? It's obvious that the man has cheated repeatedly. He was essentially caught red-handed... If you don't want a lifetime disqualification, then a ban of at least ten years is needed. That's the minimum term" You have to understand that cheating in chess isn't like doping in other sports; cheating is like murder in criminal law. Doping provides a small boost to results. To use it to become a champion, you need to be one of the best to begin with. And doping undermines your health... But in chess, any beginner with a phone can beat Magnus Carlsen 10-0, and there are no side effects! So what two years for premeditated and aggravated offense? "

@cremieuxrecueil I don't know if you're alone in thinking that but they definitely don't seem that reasonably priced to me. A top of the line iPhone is around £2k.

Side note: Apple products no longer seem all that overpriced compared to a few years ago. Am I alone in thinking that?

@WaterSpotless Is your Leeds location operational yet?

@liondo_ev Can you please respond the the many messages on your Quattro Trick Taking Kickstarter. People are emailing you, filling in the contact form, messaging via X and Instagram and you are ignoring them all. This is an embarrassment for you.

@cremieuxrecueil 47/50 but ran out of time before I answered the last question.

Kidding! I'm not going all the way through this because it's too long. X has a threading length limit, unfortunately. But if you want to take the whole test or see the answers, you can go do it here: prepopedia.com/quizzes/ccat-s… Want to learn more? See: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

One person on this list loves IQ tests. He tests all of his executives with a modified test like the Wonderlic. That means that you need speed and accuracy. Let's see if you're smart enough to work at Vista Equity Partners!🧵🧵🧵 First question, 15 minutes on the clock:

@RotaryClubYork What was the final result?

The Three Bears Foundation 2025 York Dragon Boat race champions! Epic grand final! #yorkdragonboat

@JapanBoardGamer Yes

Does the board game community still use this site?

@michaelmalice One of these groups spreads dangerous misinformation to young impressionable minds. The other makes podcasts.

What a great setup to a joke Best answer gets a free signed book

@HeavyCardboard You fill a niche in the board game hobby that literally no one else does. Honestly I'm surprised you don't have *more* views and subscribers.

This still blows me away that THAT many of y’all enjoy the show. So grateful. Thank you! #HCHerd

@michaelmalice Something similar happened on an early season of Survivor. If someone is cut out of a reality show now it's called a "Purple Kelly edit".

The funniest part is it still isn't clear why this happened There are several tinfoil hat theories floating around the internet but none of them add up It's been years production has refused to explain

If you aren't watching The Traitors, you are missing out I loved it so much I'm making my way through shithole countries' versions of the show The 1st Australian season has something amazing I'd never seen otherwise One contestant has been edited to basically be invisible

@GamePortland These look great! Pardon my ignorance, but I'm blanking on what game PGC-005 is.

Some previews of the cover art for Vroom Vroom Zoom PGC-006 (Formerly My Favorite Carrera RS) and Best of Neapolitan PGC-007 (Formerly Boast or Nothing). Launching Q1 2025 alongside Tricktakers Expansion and a top secret new game that will be in a bigger box! Love you all.

After all that the update is that nothing is happening for at least another week. Pathetic @TalkTalk #WorstCustomerServiceEver

14 hours later and not a word from @TalkTalk other than "send us a DM and we'll get on it". DM sent, nothing done #WorstCustomerServiceEver

@TalkTalk Note for the future. When a customer complains and you ask them to DM you so you can chase it up; when you then do absolutely nothing it's worse than not even replying initially.

@TalkTalk What is the point in sending you a DM when you don't bother replying?

@TalkTalk Anything?

@TalkTalk Can I get a semblance of customer service please. Promised connection 24th Oct, 25th Oct, 6th Nov, 7th Nov, 8th Nov, 11th Nov. Still nothing. Disgraceful.

@TalkTalk Sent a DM

@TalkTalk Order FTTP_100948243 Have now been fobbed off for over a week.

@statstweets Hey there, please send us a DM so we can have a look into this for you as soon as possible. -Diane