Proud to be the 81st 😎 on BackerKit for To Honor Grandfather. to-honor-grandfather.backerkit.com/community_shar…

I believe in beauty & wonder. I believe in the necessity of libraries & museums. They remind us of how incredible it is that humanity thinks, feels, & creates in the chaos of the improbability of our very existence.

So, thats it. Entering a seventh decade! A funny moment really.

timeless

4000 words in just over a couple of hours this morning. Not too shabby a use of a day off. (Of course that doesn't make up for it having been on my to list for about 3 months <sigh>)

Morning world!

It was BoysFromTheBalticStar who introduced me to Starlight Drops for #TravellerRPG (Central Supply Catalogue) so they might like to see they are nearly a reality

Utterly convinced watching See How They Run that Detective Stoppard is being played by Mike Wozniak and not Sam Rockwell. Not just looks but mannerisms and world-weariness.

Ah! A real Fathers' Day treat. Painting the shed. Still, it's looking very natty after a second coat.

Swam out to that buoy this morning. Yes *that* one. It's bigger than it looks which means it's further than it looks but I cheat by going at low tide and walking at least half the 500m. It's still a challenge physically and psychologically. But gorgeous morning for it.

We have just made a post on our forums covering a change in policy on the use of AI art in our TAS programme on Drivethru, along with our wider thoughts on AI art and its use in RPGs (and media in general). forum.mongoosepublishing.com/threads/travel… #ttrpg #TravellerRPG

So many don’t talk about the part with chronic illness where you eventually have to do it in silence. People get used to it even though you haven’t, and people get tired of hearing about it.

Bonus shot from my latest capture of the ISS transiting the sun: One of the captured frames sat right on the limb against these background prominences. The ISS is so iconic, I'm going to miss it when it's gone.

One of my favourite films and almost certainly the motivation behind getting a sleeper train to Prague a few years back.

"Where Next for Academic Social Media? How Scholars Are Rethinking the Platforms They Use – and Why" @ DeGruyter Conversations blog.degruyter.com/where-next-for…

When skies grow dark and all we see are shadows The road too rough, the mountains rise too far When pain runs deep, and wounds cry out for answers We come to you, O Jesus of the Scars Jesus of the Scars (feat. Natasha Petrovic): grahamkendrick.co.uk/jesus-of-the-s… #JesusOfTheScars

Enjoying the #UoPDocFest today and sheer diversity of research areas and presentations.