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The party finish mapping out all of the North West of Stonehell's second floor, and have a bad run in with some rude fairies. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 6 Fighter Telperion Desh - Level 6 Magician Vaco Adjacent - Level 5...
Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past week. Share and enjoy! Screenshot...
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that...
In June 1826, Thomas Jefferson was too ill to accept the Washington DC mayor’s invitation to participate in the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the Declaration of Independence. In his polite letter declining the invitation,...
First, calendars. This is of interest as I find my way around the communities in my new area. LAUTI has written a generous how-to on running a community calendar — the hard work of keeping a list of what's happening locally. It's all...
Fourth of July, 1954. Photographs by Peter Stackpole for LIFE Magazine. Originally posted June 30, 2011.
I think Sidny Lopes Cabral’s goal for Cape Verde vs Argentina, to tie it back up in the 103rd minute, was one of the top five most memorable goals I’ve ever seen. Right up there with van Persie’s “Flying Dutchman.” What say you?
In the before times, code was deterministic and self documenting. Why don't we show AI what we want by... just writing some of the code?
Cooler and less humid after last night’s storms. The sun finds my face through an opening in the canopy of an oak, and I’m repeatedly dive-bombed by a butterfly—Polygonia interrogationis, I think. A question mark.
Album of the Week, July 4, 2026 Though Kate Bush wasn’t touring (she legendarily eschewed live performances aside from the occasional TV appearance from the conclusion of her 1979 “Tour of Life” for the next 35 years), she was keeping...
A great TDC today: We’ve all heard of Lynn Truss’s Eats, Shoots and Leaves and are probably familiar with the pictorial representations that accompany it. As Lynn says, commas (and other punctuation marks) do make a difference. Choose...
Robert Redford as David Chappellet in Downhill Racer (1969) Vitals Robert Redford as Dave Chappellet, U.S. Olympic ski team star Idaho Springs, Colorado, Summer 1967 Film: Downhill Racer Release Date: November 6, 1969 Director: Michael...
Alec Ewald The best way to celebrate this Fourth of July is to open your draft syllabus and put Frederick Douglass in it. Particularly if it’s a draft con law syllabus, but Douglass goes with anything. (I’m a political scientist, and...
It was 250 years ago on this date that the Declaration of Independence was signed, marking the founding of the United States of America. I know that many people aren't particularly in the mood to celebrate today. Much of the country is...