Winchell Chung @nyrath@qoto.org

Nobody:

Absolutely nobody:

Me: LORD CLIVE!

The cover of Nature, featuring the map of Laniakea, our Home Supercluster of galaxies

research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13674

#laniakea #supercluster #galaxies #nature #astronomy #astrophysics #cosmology #cosmography #universe #space #science #map #cartography #astrodon

Wow. This needs to be read by everyone who joined Mastodon in the last week: https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/

Welcome new followers! This is exciting!

You might have followed me for music hacker stuff (https://youtube.com/joshuaacnewman), in which case you should also know I’m an RPG designer! (https://glyphpress.com/talk/shop)

Or maybe you followed me because of my game design, in which case you should know I do all sorts of spec fic art in addition to games! (https://Patreon.com/Joshua)

Or maybe you followed me because of my art & you now know I’m an alt educator! (https://patreon.com/PunkPedagogy)

Some personal images inspired by one of my favourite books Rendezvous with Rama By Arthur C Clarke

"My Turn Now"
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#ArtStation https://www.artstation.com/artwork/aGZyLz
#DeviantArt https://www.deviantart.com/seven-teenth/art/My-Turn-Now-920242556

First post here to get into the swing. I'm Fred, been illustrating for a very long time, first traditionally, then digitally from around 2000. Publishing, films and games.

I’m working on designing a computer for creativity! I’m calling it the Computation Easel, and I think this is all technically possible! Maybe SO technically possible, even /I/ can do it! I got hopes for the future with it, too!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/69671581

The annoyance of discovering a new artist you like, only to find NFT bullshit on their profile.

I have done my weekly mint harvest (mint is a marvelous weed that just keeps giving even from just a small plant) for cold mint tea!

Spelljammer Academy content is up on D&D Beyond now so I can finally scream:

SPACESHIP!

@JoshuaACNewman Yup!

Between the rules, the group, and the way I'm running it, this is much more on the "improv theater" end than the "tactical wargame" end compared to my last D&D campaign.

@peterdrake This seems like a ton of fun.

Are you using ideas from the Fate Space Toolkit?

I just helped a teenage student learn modular synthesis for the afternoon, so, yes, my job is the best one.

[My resulting income is…not commensurate.]

Session 4 of my #FateCore space campaign.

Exhausted but hopped up on caffeine pills, our heroes continue in the Dembar ice rally. The child bartender begins to be affected by alcohol, which for their species means they will soon take on a gender; they instantly become a sullen teenager. The boys have become Patriarchy cadets, hoping to be posted to the flagship of Edgelord Grimdark. The Charybdis crime family tasks the party with stealing a mysterious file from a Patriarchy facility. This is accomplished via a tour de force of bullshit by the space accountant, impersonating an Intergalactic Revenue Service agent. She pushes too far trying to get information from the crime lord; she is thrown out of his car and takes a metal suitcase full of cash to the head. Partially decrypting their own copy of the file, the party discovers that it is the location of an uncharted whipline. After a brief struggle with a Charybdis enforcer, our heroes win the rally, giving them enough money to buy the capybara a deluxe hot tub (with a few gold bars hidden below the water).

Lines:

"You look like a goth muppet!"

"You're drunk and going through puberty. I'm concussed. We should probably sit this one out."

"I hope eyeliner is, like, mandatory."

"Please, let's go to the volcano ren faire planet!"

#ttrpg

Is there no way to search even the local timeline?

I saw a toot a couple of days ago and can't figure out how to find it again.

A story about what modular synthesis feels like. Part of a roleplaying game project about interdimensionally-adventuring experimental musicians.
(And if that makes any part of your body erect, please join me at https://patreon.com/Joshua !)

https://glyphpress.com/talk/2022/oscillator

Are there any professional #tabletop game reviewers around here?

Best graph this year. Great for finding underused combinations. From https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/vmw0eu/oc_frequency_of_compound_insults_eg_poophead/