Bundle of Holding: Cornucopia 2025
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Bundle of Holding's 13th annual feast of top-quality tabletop roleplaying game ebooks.
Bundle of Holding: Cornucopia 2025
james_davis_nicollBundle of Holding's 13th annual feast of top-quality tabletop roleplaying game ebooks.
Bundle of Holding: Cornucopia 2025
Clarke Award Finalists 2023
Nov. 24th, 2025 09:19 amjames_davis_nicoll2023: King Charles III is the most unpopular British King in the last 60-odd years, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case’s comic routine is poorly received, and Sunak’s government ushers in a golden age of soaring STD rates.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2023 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
Metronome by Tom Watson
Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick
The Anomaly (translation of L'anomalie) by Hervé Le Tellier
The Coral Bones by E. J. Swift
The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard
Poll #33874 Clarke Award Finalists 2023
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13
Which 2023 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
View Answers
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
3 (23.1%)
Metronome by Tom Watson
0 (0.0%)
Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick
1 (7.7%)
The Anomaly (translation of L'anomalie) by Hervé Le Tellier
0 (0.0%)
The Coral Bones by E. J. Swift
0 (0.0%)
The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard
11 (84.6%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2023 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
Metronome by Tom Watson
Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick
The Anomaly (translation of L'anomalie) by Hervé Le Tellier
The Coral Bones by E. J. Swift
The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard
The Coming Golden Age of Used Books
Nov. 24th, 2025 08:51 amjames_davis_nicoll
Just as the Great Fire of Rome was a boon for the building trade, so too will a modern catastrophe be a boon for used book stores.
The Coming Golden Age of Used Books
Interesting Links for 24-11-2025
Nov. 24th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Russia Today and the Fremen Mirage
- (tags:politics society war history Russia Ukraine )
- 2. Thorium-uranium Conversion Makes Breakthrough
- (tags:thorium nuclearpower China )
- 3. Dance teacher Melissa Revell wins payout after yoga course triggers emotional breakdown
- (tags:mentalhealth yoga )
- 4. Valve Issues Black Ops 7 Refund Over Undisclosed AI Materials
- (tags:ai games fraud valve )
- 5. Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
- (tags:twitter usa politics fraud )
- 6. The voice of the New York subway is now transgender
- (tags:LGBT transgender voice newyork video )
- 7. How top level mathematicians are using AI
- (tags:AI mathematics )
- 8. Disney loses the rights to Roger Rabbit characters, as they revert to original author of novel
- (tags:Disney intellectual_property )
- 9. Leftist and Moderate Democrats Are Trying to Be More Alike
- (tags:democrats usa politics economics )
- 10. College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor
- (tags:university ai OhForFucksSake )
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- mathematics,
- mentalhealth,
- newyork,
- nuclearpower,
- ohforfuckssake,
- politics,
- russia,
- society,
- thorium,
- transgender,
- twitter,
- ukraine,
- university,
- usa,
- valve,
- video,
- voice,
- war,
- yoga
Photo cross-post
Nov. 23rd, 2025 11:12 amandrewducker
Gideon (5) just walked past me looking determined. I asked him if he
was okay and he said "Yes, I'm going outside with the hammock."
"It's cold and wet out there," I replied.
So he found his boots and his jacket and the hammock, took them outside by himself, put the hammock together (also by himself), and is now happily playing Angry Birds in it.
No, I don't understand either.
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.
Benefits by Zoë Fairbairns
Nov. 23rd, 2025 09:19 amjames_davis_nicoll
Mother's Benefits become the means by which British governments provide British women with the same benevolent management Britain once provided to India, Ireland, and Africa.
Benefits by Zoë Fairbairns
Books Received, November 15 to November 21, 2025
Nov. 22nd, 2025 09:13 amjames_davis_nicoll
Three books new to me. All are fantasies, two are series.
Books Received, November 15 to November 21, 2025
Poll #33866 Books Received, November 15 to November 21, 2025
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 44
Which of these upcoming books look interesting?
View Answers
Mother of Death and Dawn by Carissa Broadbent (March 2026)
4 (9.1%)
Tides of Fortune by Lauryn Hamilton Murray (June 2026)
1 (2.3%)
Everybody’s Perfect by Jo Walton (June 2026)
33 (75.0%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
31 (70.5%)
Interesting Links for 22-11-2025
Nov. 22nd, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Where nobody knows your name... - Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.
- (tags:TV history faces photos pubs )
- 2. The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed 600,000 people, most of them children
- (tags:USA aid death children )
- 3. Pope Leo XIV Gives His Apostolic Blessing to the Bedlam of Noise and Nightclub Worship Styles
- (tags:religion music catholicism video )
- 4. The Batman effect (putting someone in a Batman costume on a train makes people twice as likely to give up their seat for a pregnant woman)
- (tags:batman psychology )
- 5. Andy Burnham: "Here's how I would fix Britain"
- (tags:politics labour uk housing )
If I ever found myself in possession of a vast fortune
Nov. 21st, 2025 10:56 pmjames_davis_nicollI would definitely found an SF magazine.
Most mags struggle with handling submissions but I had a moment of insight: all I need to do is tell writers to send me _good_ stories. Their crap, they can submit elsewhere. Bang! Workload down by 99%.
Most mags struggle with handling submissions but I had a moment of insight: all I need to do is tell writers to send me _good_ stories. Their crap, they can submit elsewhere. Bang! Workload down by 99%.
Life with two kids: Limited Musical Choices
Nov. 21st, 2025 09:58 pmandrewduckerWe have a Spotify family account, so I thought I'd add Sophia to it.
Turns out that because she's under 13 she's incredibly limited in the music she can have access to, and has to be in the special kids app.
So, YouTube for music it is!
(Seriously, they didn't even have the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack. Utterly useless.)
Turns out that because she's under 13 she's incredibly limited in the music she can have access to, and has to be in the special kids app.
So, YouTube for music it is!
(Seriously, they didn't even have the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack. Utterly useless.)
The Door on the Sea (The Raven and the Eagle, volume 1) by Caskey Russell
Nov. 21st, 2025 09:10 amjames_davis_nicoll
A young scholar and his diverse companions are dispatched on an intelligence-gathering mission deep into enemy territory.
The Door on the Sea (The Raven and the Eagle, volume 1) by Caskey Russell
Interesting Links for 21-11-2025
Nov. 21st, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. 2% of people are just bastards
- (tags:oxytocin psychology morality sharing business )
- 2. Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
- (tags:games history Microsoft opensource )
- 3. Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
- (tags:women work society satire funny USA )
- 4. "We Didn't Start The Fire" The Silmarillion Edition
- (tags:lotr viaNancyLebov video music )
The Friday Five for 21 November 2025: TV Time
Nov. 21st, 2025 12:09 amanais_pf posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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1. What's your favourite TV network?
2. If you could create your own channel, what would it be?
3. What TV show did you watch as a child, that you wish they would bring back?
4. What show have you always hated, and wonder why they ever made such a dumb show?
5. What TV show's seasons would you buy on DVD?
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heartovmidnight.1. What's your favourite TV network?
2. If you could create your own channel, what would it be?
3. What TV show did you watch as a child, that you wish they would bring back?
4. What show have you always hated, and wonder why they ever made such a dumb show?
5. What TV show's seasons would you buy on DVD?
Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.
If you'd like to suggest questions for a future Friday Five, then do so on DreamWidth or LiveJournal. Old sets that were used have been deleted, so we encourage you to suggest some more!
Video: From the Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival Signal Film Archives
Nov. 20th, 2025 04:51 pmdewlineOh this is mischievous as all get out. And it took me two years to find out that it exists?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqWcZF2Syc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqWcZF2Syc
Photo cross-post
Nov. 20th, 2025 06:02 pmandrewducker
I do like how Edinburgh looks at this time of year.
(Sorry about the reflections, I'm on a bus)
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.
GiveToTheMax day 2025 in Minnesota
Nov. 20th, 2025 10:58 ammellowtiggerIt's that time of year again. Today is Minnesota's annual virtue signaling spectacle. We call it "Give To The Max" day. For recurring visitors like me, their website offers a convenient "Add previously supported causes to your cart" option with a "Give Again" button. Very convenient! Even without it, their search engine makes it easy to find organizations and causes of interest to you.
See the table of groups I'm supporting in 2025...
| Help within my small very local portion of the warzone | |
| Youth Farm MN | I've mentioned them before, but for some reason they are prohibited this year from receiving funds. Did they lose their non-profit status or fail to file a form? I'm keeping them here as a reminder for next year, though. |
| Good in the Hood | I've mentioned them before too |
| Pillsbury United Communities | They fund local groups, including My North News |
| Jordan Area Community Council | my local neighborhood of north Minneapolis |
| Nonviolent Peaceforce.org | They help around the globe... and here in north Minneapolis |
| Help the nearby people and their environment | |
| Autism Society of MN | help autistics in MN |
| Fraser MN | They help people with disabilities with developing self-care life skills |
| OutFront MN | help queer folk in MN |
| Quatrefoil Library | preserve queer history in a library |
| Migizi | help native people in MN |
| Avenues For Youth | help youth in the local community |
| Minnesota Renewable Energy Society | encourage MN to migrate to renewable energy |
| Metro Blooms | encourage MN to migrate from grass yards to native prairie |
| MN350 | encourage MN to reduce CO2 to 350ppm |
| Animal Humane Society | help domesticated animals when their former owners cannot |
| Repowered | provides training, employment, and tech to local people, formerly known as Tech Dump |
| Sources of truth in a culture of lies and misdirections | |
| Unicorn Riot | They show on-the-ground interviews with locals |
| Minnesota Public Radio | local non-commercialized news |
| My North News.org | Jordan neighborhood and Minneapolis city news |
| Pioneer PBS | MN stories for broader distribution |
| Sources of justice in a culture of authoritarianism | |
| Legal Rights Center | The organization that agreed to represent me if needed when I was jailed for nonviolent protest. |
| ACLU of Minnesota | An organization that helps many people fighting government overreach. |
I'll do a separate giving spree after a few months, focusing on news sources and technology projects. With costs spread throughout the year, it'll make it "hurt" less financially for a given month. For this event, I'm focusing more on local support and registered charity causes. I gave a total of $1,529.09 this time, which is significantly more than usual. That total includes a donation to GiveMN itself to cover financial processing (so charities get the full amount I sent to them) and keeping the website functioning. I added more causes this year. I also added more money than usual for those organizations providing direct food and shelter, since I expect the need to soar during the next year.
I know other places offer similar mass donation drives. At my employer in Pennsylvania, they're doing it right now for the holiday season too. I very much appreciate this very Minnesota way of making it easy to do good things, which is what every society should strive to achieve with its infrastructure and politics.
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Nov. 20th, 2025 09:09 amjames_davis_nicoll
A park guide's life is upended by a pandemic and her charming, idiot son.
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Interesting Links for 20-11-2025
Nov. 20th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
- (tags:AI Christmas epicfail )
- 2. The 10 most important life lessons to master in your 30s
- (tags:life advice )
- 3. Building on Ruins: The Russification of Mariupol, One Apartment Block at a Time
- (tags:Ukraine Russia OhForFucksSake )
- 4. UK Supreme Court rules Christian-focused RE taught in NI schools is unlawful
- (tags:law UK religion christianity GoodNews NorthernIreland )
- 5. Worrying about UPFs is extremely premature
- (tags:research food health )
- 6. Christian school objects to children singing about demons. Even about the hunting thereof.
- (tags:singing christianity religion uk )
- 7. The U.S.'s first out trans diplomat was once considered a hero. Now she may never come home.
- (tags:LGBT transgender USA bigotry OhForFucksSake )
- 8. Pfizer's mRNA flu shot outperforms standard flu vaccine in late-stage trial
- (tags:flu vaccine )
- 9. The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
- (tags:patents usa OhForFucksSake intellectual_property )
- 10. Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can't Pretend Anymore
- (tags:women age psychology )
Tags:
- advice,
- age,
- ai,
- bigotry,
- christianity,
- christmas,
- epicfail,
- flu,
- food,
- goodnews,
- health,
- intellectual_property,
- law,
- lgbt,
- life,
- links,
- northernireland,
- ohforfuckssake,
- patents,
- psychology,
- religion,
- research,
- russia,
- singing,
- transgender,
- uk,
- ukraine,
- usa,
- vaccine,
- women
Watching The Adventures of Superman
Nov. 19th, 2025 06:37 pmjames_davis_nicoll"Could it be that (Superman) hides behind the darkest disguise of all? Could it be that he is a woman?"
"(...) What made you ask that?"
"Because he has compassion. He aids people in trouble. He helps the weak. "
It is possible the bad guy in The Secret of Superman has issues.
"(...) What made you ask that?"
"Because he has compassion. He aids people in trouble. He helps the weak. "
It is possible the bad guy in The Secret of Superman has issues.