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jmac, 3 hours ago (edited 1 hour ago) to VideoGames

I had a great time learning #Helldivers last night with a veteran friend's guidance, which means that now when I try a "trivial"-difficulty solo mission I lose because I get lost and run out of time instead of losing because all my guys die. #videogames

alerdyn, 7 hours ago to running

First run in over a year.
Well… I say run…aggressive shuffle is a better descriptor.
Lessons learned:
PT informed me that I don’t have flat feet. 30 years ago or so a GP said I did and I never thought to ask again.
There is a new balance store one block from where I work. I must have crossed infront if it thousands of times - never noticed it.
The view from around the Jacquline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir never gets old. (Below, ironically, is an old photo…)
#running #NYC #JKOreservoir

jmac, 7 hours ago (edited 6 hours ago) to random

Archie and Reggie demonstrating Positive Masculinity way back in 1960.

(Alt text: Vintage six-page comic where the boys can't rustle up $5 to attend a dance. After various failed schemes, they come to blows over a found $5 bill. But then Veronica ditches Archie as usual, so he invites defeated Reggie to the dance as his date. All is well.)
https://mastodon.online/@ComicBookProgressive/112382847122462219

ComicBookProgressive, 10 hours ago to comics

Harry Lucey 1960

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

#comics
#comicbooks
#HarryLucey

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seano, 1 day ago to random

After volunteering at the TTWU for a short while, I finally pulled the trigger and joined my company's #Union. I'm still learning how things work, but I hope I can be of some help!

Thanks to @jmac for telling me about his union experience and helping to nudge me in that direction

jmac, 1 day ago to random

A short and quietly lovely post on the Tao of Gaming board-game blog: https://taogaming.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/against-fairness/

It reminds me of the screenshot I shared the other day of an amazingly unlikely but entirely rules-allowed unwinnable situation I found in Cobalt Core.

I have also won and lost the game dozens of times, but I haven't shared screenshots of that: who cares?

It's the remarkable stories from games that we remember and retell, not rote victories or defeats. "All of us are just stories, in the end.”

jmac, 1 day ago to random

Really one of the standout lines from the whole dang enterprise. Right up there with the “What is grief" one.
https://dementedandsadbut.social/@genehack/112374808756068264

jmac, 1 day ago to random

I find these photos of a GWB-era mass protest at Columbia fascinating for one subtle reason: None of these protesters are wearing masks or otherwise obscuring their identities in any way.

This change in the way that protests are conducted in the U.S. feels like the least foreseeable side effect of the COVID pandemic.
https://mastodon.art/@jennylam/112373961712380437

jmac, 2 days ago to random

Oh no, my old NCR-flag T-shirt just changed from a somewhat in-jokey game reference to an extremely non-obscure TV reference, didn’t it. Boo

foxandcity, 3 days ago to random

Was doing some cleaning, and well...

...file these under "things I can't believe that I forgot I own."

Going in my office, for sure

beanclock, 4 days ago to random

people in iran speak farsi

people closer to you speak nearsi

jmac, 5 days ago to random

Was reminiscing about a show I caught last year with a friend while she was in town. Her commentary today on this photo, and specifically the S-class photo-bombing happening behind us: "We were NPCs in that man's life.”

jmac, 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago) to random

An impressive doozy of an unwinnable #CobaltCore situation, if I don't say so myself.

• Yes, that's the final boss with three HP left, and my ship's cannon lined up with its weak point.
• Yes, that's me holding 10 identical non-attack cards, each of which adds a copy of itself to your hand when you play it.
• Yes, each such card has the "This stays in your hand if not played" modification on it.
• Yes, there is a 10-card hand limit.

genehack, 6 days ago to random

Office re-organization complete! Really wish I’d remembered to take “before” pictures, but:

Looking to the right from the desks, we have file cabinet, book cases, and miscellaneous storage.
In the corner opposite the desks, there’s a little book for reading, gaming, napping, etc.
Looking back at the entry door, more storage, water cooler

ComicContext, 6 days ago to random

jmac, 6 days ago to random

Today’s the first day of the year when I need to say “No, hot. Yes. hot, right,” to the barista. ☕️

jmac, 6 days ago to nyc

I lived in Newport, RI for a few years in the 2010s. A small city with a lot of residential wealth, it has a gorgeous and very well funded public library. I would visit it several times every week, and especially enjoyed browsing its wide shelves of new and recommended fiction and nonfiction, regularly rotated by a staff with excellent and diverse tastes.

I'd love to visit #NYC public #libraries more. Is there a branch you know of that offers something like this?

jmac, 6 days ago to random

Discovered a while ago that online D&D sessions are a great time to practice piano, if you can get your audio set up so as not to bother anyone else. I find this combination to work well:

• Wear AirPods, in "transparent” mode
• Use laptop speakers for Discord audio out
• Use AirPods for Discord audio in

The AirPod mics in my ears are sufficiently far from the keyboard that Discord filters out the horrible piano noises.

Side effect: I better understand the appeal of knitting.

jmac, 6 days ago to nyc

Love this 50-year-old, five-minute documentary about apartment-dwelling New Yorkers coping with their roachy roommates. #NYC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/opinion/roaches-new-york-city.html

swiftyshq, 7 days ago to random

i painted over an older canvas of mine yesterday; the original painting is one i did circa... 2015? 2016? and i got tired of looking at the ketchup-and-mustard grass and stagnant patterns in the clouds.

i think it reflects a bit of my personal growth as a person, too, with how vibrant and alive the colors are in the new one.

#mastoart

a close up (low quality) of the painting. the grass is patchy and dry-looking. the piece feels like it could rain any moment, with tense, humid air. the brushwork is slightly mediocre.
a large, vibrant green field. the grass has stylized wavy brush strokes. the trees are now green, and flourishing, with pale, wavy, overcast skies overhead. the palette has shifted from warm and tense to cool and relaxed.