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It looks like the weather is both an indoor and outdoor experience at GenCon? I imagine this may be bad for an event that involves a lot of cardboard and paper. Anyway, I hope folks there are doing ok despite the apparent chaos. 💜
Andy;--Another photo from closer up, showing the water actively coming down from the lights into hastily places dumpsters
I feel like someone misheard 'Let's remake The Wickerman' and went 'YES! Let's make a wicker man!' In any case, this looks deeply weird and the cast is great. Count me in.
DiscussingFilmFirst posters for ‘WICKER’, starring Olivia Colman & Alexander Skarsgård. • A twisted love story that follows an ostracized fisherwoman who commissions a basket maker to weave her a husband. • Co-starring Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth Debicki. In theaters this October.
Would you like to hang out with some nerds at a gentle and largely unstructured retreat this October? Play board games (so many board games) and TTRPGs, paint minis, read books, do crafts, go for little walks and outings, and other relaxed stuff. Trick or Retreat 21–26 Oct 2026 trickorretreat.uk
2026 - Trick or RetreatWednesday 21st October – Monday 26th October 2026 Moira, Derbyshire What’s this? A few days of hanging out with gamesy folks doing things like playing board games, going for little walks, doing crafts, and generally having a nice time! Dates Ticket types Location Scroll down for more information about Trick or Retreat 2026! Click here […]trickorretreat.ukAn interesting thread, around writing, AI tools, and authorship rights. I suppose that even my penchant for writing longhand, with fountain pens and notebooks (and sometimes on antique writing slopes), doesn't prove a lack of AI input – someone could claim I've just copied the words off a screen.
Nick HarkawayI’m probably further down that road than most - I’ve basically put together a non-Microsoft, non-Apple, non-Google software environment to write my next book in, in part so I can say clearly that I’ve routed around AI, and I couldn’t *prove* non-use.
Tragic to see Dunwich Heath – a rare patch of coastal heath – ablaze. Another gutting fire for the National Trust, too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce... This area, and the marshes of adjacent RSPB Minsmere, directly inspired the setting for Fools' Fire in Darkened Hill & Dale. 😔
Suffolk wildfire 'fast moving', fire service says, with over 100 firefighters tackling blazeFire crews are struggling to reach some areas of the wildfire but it currently poses no risk to nearby nuclear power station Sizewell B.www.bbc.co.ukI'll have to keep an eye out for this documentary... so that I can submit a complaint to Ofcom about it when it airs. I might even submit a complaint to Channel 4 now, in preparation. www.channel4.com/4viewers/con... Also, whoever cooked up this programme can absolutely fuck off.
mccIt was never going to stop at trans people.