Sly Gryphon @sgryphon@qoto.org

👀 BrowserPub: A browser for debugging #ActivityPub and the ⁂fediverse

https://browser.pub

As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos. But the communal Mastodon alt text game is so strong that sweet, poetic or silly descriptions abound on my timeline. Thanks to legions of people who take time to write a meaningful description of the ephemera they post, i learn so much about insects, plants, buildings, memes — all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience. If you're wondering whether anybody reads these things: YES.

@jabolotai

Workaround Steps:
1. Boot Windows into Safe Mode or the Windows Recovery Environment
2. Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike directory
3. Locate the file matching `C-00000291*.sys`, and delete it.
4. Boot the host normally.

https://supportportal.crowdstrike.com/s/article/Tech-Alert-Windows-crashes-related-to-Falcon-Sensor-2024-07-19

#crowdstrike

The British Library is doing a few talks inspired by the 50th anniversary of D&D.
This one has Ian Livingstone (Fighting Fantasy, Games Workshop/White Dwarf, Domark/Eidos) talking about the early years of #RPG gaming.

https://youtu.be/JOq6uK5MTM4?si=KEtoOeR9Mt6kNpYc

#TTRPG #DND #warhammer40k

Added Rowan, Rook & Decard to Libreture's list of DRM-free bookshops. 💜

Publishers of Eat The Reich, Die, Heart, Spire, Honey Heist, Unbound, Goblin Quest, and many other tabletop games, their mission is to create awesome moments through exciting, beautiful, clever games.

https://libreture.com/bookshops#rowan-rook-decard

#ebooks #RPG #DRMfree #bookshop

@stubbornella one more reason for all #Figma users to give the OpenSource @penpot a try instead

We like it when you buy our games.
We LOVE it when you play them.
So next week we're launching Dice Pool to help you run a great session of Blades in the Dark, Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, and Fate.
Run a great #ttrpg session with confidence!
Follow here:
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/29cb0d0e-6bef-4fdb-904a-73376e01c343/landing

🆕 blog! “The complexity is the attraction - reflections on trying to use crypto”

A few weeks ago, someone wanted to send me some crypto. After spending months studying for a Blockchain exam, I usually avoid such things. But, hey, $20 is $20. So I signed up for a wallet, installed an extension, verified my credentials, saved a seed phrase…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/06/the-complexity-is-the-attraction-reflections-on-trying-to-use-crypto/
⸻
#bitcoin #blockchain #crypto

I fell down a rabbit hole this evening reading old blog posts about The Forge, Ron Edwards, and GNS/Big Model #TTRPG theory.

Reasons why Matrix can be better for diversity than closed platforms:

* Wide variety of implementations
* Public accountability
* Low cost

Our openness makes us stronger!

https://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/2024/06/23/elected-to-the-matrix-foundation-governing-board/

#matrix #diversity #opensource

Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison this morning, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK for Australia.
After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars.
~ Wikileaks

Just a note saying how my #Fediverse experience has been made immeasurably richer for being able to take in and engage with carefully curated #Threads users, #BlueSky bridged users, #WordPress ActivityPub enabled blogs, Federated #Podcast episodes, #PixelFed photos, and Peertube videos. All from one Mastodon account. This works.

And I'm grateful for the moderation tools to mute, block and curate all of this, and the Mastodon lists to make them all digestable and not just info overload.

They say everyone's a critic.

If you are everyone, here's a rough draft of an RPG oneshot, in need of a critic.

It's all fantasy, and slightly horror.

https://ttrpgs.com/share/aif.pdf

#TTRPG #NSR #RPG