CheesesOfBrazil @CheesesOfBrazil@mastodon.social
-a nerd, esp. for DnD, Civ, MST3K, and Star Trek
-a MeFite
-p sure I couldn't be more politically liberal
Mainly on octodon.social (same nick)
A new low in #academia: Southern Illinois University attempts to recruit "zero-time, volunteer" adjunct faculty for instruction, research, and advising.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Want-to-Be-a-Volunteer/243221
This image has not been edited or staged. It's my cat's two favorite toys, which we habitually put in a shelf, in the attitude we found them when we came home today.
Something spooky for your morning:
On AI and the end of work http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/you-will-lose-your-job-to-a-robot-and-sooner-than-you-think/ 😬 🤖
THE FINGER THING MEANS THE TAXES
#DnD session summary Show more
I just learned about "sick building syndrome." Pretty interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_building_syndrome
* note: this is unrelated to my previous toot
** note: I do not toot in my office
*** note: the butt-toot, I mean. That would qualify as a "bioeffluent" w/r/t the link
Achievement Unlocked: Accurately Predicted that Guy in Next Stall Would Not Wash His Hands Solely on Basis of the Types of Noises He Made
Every time I open my huge Access database of #DnD monsters/spells/etc., I get a peculiar little feeling of... comfort. What does that say about me? 🤔
I sure hope I never get invited along to climb a mountain, because if I do, I'll constantly say "Cliiimb" in my Stern Gollum voice, which can't be good for the group's morale
1989: Super Mario Land
1990: Super Mario World
2007: Super Mario Galaxy
2017: Super Mario Odyssey
2022: Super Mario Universe
2028: Super Mario Continuum (the one where he gets the Time Suit)
2033: Super Mario Infinity (after acquisition by Disney)
2036: Super Mario Beyond the Infinite (ships w/free LSD)
2042: Super Mario: The Undiscovered Country from Whose Bourn No Traveller Returns (the one where Mario dies)
California will officially recognize nonbinary as an option on driver licenses and birth certificates in 2019, following Oregon and Washington
https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/10/15/california-third-gender-nonbinary/
IKEA is one of those RPG dungeons that consumes the entire day's worth of actions no matter how much time you actually spend in it.
Let's play a game, to help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.
#writing
#history
#futurism
#uspolitics
#absurdism
(Looks like I've got a bit of a theme going there)
So now Twitter is sending me "Notifications" of...people I follow...tweeting things that have nothing to do with me? Isn't that what the timeline is for? 😑
Here's a fun out-of-context quote from d20 SRD:
"transferring wounds to yourself isn’t a good healing strategy"
Being new to Mastodon while simultaneously reading Gibson's The Peripheral for the first time is... weirdly resonant
sleep could be a free trial for death and the dreams are ads #Showerthoughts http://redd.it/74sgmr
This is true. We are all language witches. We can communicate ideas and feelings to other beings with sound and scribbles. Fucking magic. Use your powers in kindness for the good of all.
