The proposed curriculum overhaul was released a week after the Texas GOP proposed requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools. School districts that opt to use them will get more funding....
…dreamworks published the DVD without english subtitles, instead providing only descriptive closed captions…
…it’s an amazing film but the closed captions were a terribly compromised viewing experience, poor enough to tank DVD sales and put the film into distribution purgatory under the terms of dreamworks’ original contract…
…the art in eve of ruin is really, really sub-par for a professionally-produced WotC book: while there are several servicable-to-nice pieces scattered throughout, most of the art is overwhelmingly bush-league, the kind of thing i expect from DM’s guild material…
…it’s as substantive a revision from fifth edition as the second edition was from AD+D: id est yeah, sixth edition, but the new SRD will be labelled 5.2…
(marketing calls it D+D 50; marketing called fifth edition dungeons & dragons, no version number)
I constantly see angry mobs of people decrying “woke”, “critical race theory”, ““grooming””, and whatever other nonsense they made up this week. They march around with guns, constantly appending lib as a prefix to any word they can use to denigrate. They actively plot violence and spew hatred in the open....
…ye gads, something about the low-framerate EGA + flat topology in catacombs 3D gave me ferocious motion sickness at the time; even looking at screenshots still makes me feel queasy to this day…
HOLLYWOOD – With his Netflix comedy film Unfrosted debuting to abysmal reviews, 70-year-old comedian Jerry Seinfeld blames the failure on “extreme left, and PC college campus audiences”, unlike in his heyday, when the teenage girls he dated were fans of his comedy.
I have very mixed feelings on secret checks. One the one hand, they make a lot of sense, they seem like they really help roleplay and being in character, and they generate suspense and uncertainty....
…inverted rolls (modifier = active DC-12) for passive checks (DC = ability modifier+10) are mathematically identical and can be rolled behind your screen all day long, with a single d20 roll serving everyone in the group to boot, so there’s no dogpiling…
Big Milk has taken over American schools (www.vox.com)
Amazon, Walmart, and Target finally realize their colossal pricing mistake—now they’re slashing costs to win back customers (finance.yahoo.com)
Texas education leaders unveil Bible-infused elementary school curriculum (www.texastribune.org)
The proposed curriculum overhaul was released a week after the Texas GOP proposed requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools. School districts that opt to use them will get more funding....
See you in Hell (i.imgur.com)
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE 4K Restoration | Official Trailer (youtu.be)
Art in Vecna: Eve of Ruin features some interesting choices (ttrpg.network)
Dungeons & Dragons will release its 2024 ruleset under a Creative Commons licence (www.dicebreaker.com)
If you name a wheeled vehicle you're immediately executed (lemmy.world)
bugs (mander.xyz)
Boy Scouts of America rebranding to more inclusive Scouting America (www.pbs.org)
How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals
I constantly see angry mobs of people decrying “woke”, “critical race theory”, ““grooming””, and whatever other nonsense they made up this week. They march around with guns, constantly appending lib as a prefix to any word they can use to denigrate. They actively plot violence and spew hatred in the open....
How to Boycott a Company By Talking About How Bad It Is and That’s It (thehardtimes.net)
What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?
[Ahoy] What genre is DOOM? (www.youtube.com)
Seinfeld slams woke student audiences: “Back when I dated high school girls, they found me hilarious!” (www.thebeaverton.com)
HOLLYWOOD – With his Netflix comedy film Unfrosted debuting to abysmal reviews, 70-year-old comedian Jerry Seinfeld blames the failure on “extreme left, and PC college campus audiences”, unlike in his heyday, when the teenage girls he dated were fans of his comedy.
Ron DeSantis bans 'global elite' lab-grown meat (www.bbc.com)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned lab-grown meat, saying he will “save our beef” from the “global elite” and its “authoritarian plans”....
more than a feeling (fedia.io)
How would you save D&D if you were the new CEO?
The question is discussed in this podcast episode....
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
Reddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months later (files.catbox.moe)
For the threads with the older one on the left: lemmy.world/post/14859950...
When nature takes over. (lemmy.ml)
mstdn.social/
How does your table handle Secret checks? Do you like them?
I have very mixed feelings on secret checks. One the one hand, they make a lot of sense, they seem like they really help roleplay and being in character, and they generate suspense and uncertainty....