callmehopeless-notromantic:

They actually did it, too.

seenontabletop:

ALL THE GAMES from Season 3 Tabletop arrived this week.  We are so excited to get started.

I recently wrote for my first game, Defense Grid 2, by Hidden Path Entertainment.

When I turned in the script and got notes back about structure, there was one that stood out. “Make sure not to use gendered language to refer to the player. We want to make sure that everyone feels included.”

Let me just point that out again. We want to make sure everyone feels included.

You know how hard that was to accomplish? I had to swap out one word. One. Word.

But it reminded me to think about it with everything else I wrote for them. Mind you, I’m someone who usually does, but it was so easy to fall into the trap of repeating tropes that I’d heard and internalized. All I had to do… it was so simple. I just had to think about making sure that anyone could find themselves in the character.

We want to make sure everyone feels included.

It’s not hard.

The post Gender and writing for Defense Grid 2 appeared first on Mary Robinette Kowal.

“A former aide to President Ronald Reagan is calling for southern states to secede from the union and form a new conservative nation called “Reagan” where citizens wouldn’t be forced to compromise on “traditional values” like marriage.”

- Reagan Aide Wants The South To Secede And Form Anti-Gay ‘Reagan’ Nation

Raw Toast.

By AlexRoivas
Invoking the great old one, Cthulhu. Now in green.

By RetroReview
This is my first Cthulu design and was influenced by oldschool Soviet propaganda posters. I distressed the design a little bit to give it a vintage feel. I hope you like it :-)

Here for sharing far and wide is a collection of the most common myths and misconceptions surrounding flu vaccines , debunked point-by-point with lucid, thoroughly referenced explanations.

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regolith:

Now you know who to vote for.

How Bowser has so many ties to the White House, I’ll never know

Im not sure I support Obamas pro-princess kidnapping policies

After the new Avengers 2 trailer was leaked yesterday, Marvel posted this to Twitter and proceeded to upload the official version of the trailer right away.

Dammit, Hydra.

— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 22, 2014

In case you haven’t seen it, here it is:

And here’s the first official poster of the movie:

Love the @Avengers: #AgeofUltron teaser trailer? Check out the official teaser poster! pic.twitter.com/8KDjlZxnfv

— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 23, 2014

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Get away from my food! Wait… You’re… Really Fluffy

It probably wasn’t necessary, but I still bought a lab coat and a clipboard for this. It’s not science unless you write it down. 

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It’s a scientific fact that pups love getting an assortment of new toys and treats delivered right to their doggy door. But don’t take Otis’s word for it…conduct your own research by ordering BarkBox for you pup today!

Click here to receive an extra month on your new BarkBox subscription!

Ett nytt allvarligt säkerhetshål i Microsoft OLE har hittats, och företaget har gått ut med en varning tillsammans med en temporär fix. Cyberkriminella utnyttjar redan säkerhetshålet genom PowerPoint-filer som spammas ut via e-post.

Säkerhetshålet är allvarligt eftersom det gör det möjligt för de kriminella att köra kod på den drabbades användarens dator. Det är den här typen av säkerhetshål som gör att du kan bli infekterad av trojaner och annan skadlig kod. Från Microsoft sajt kan du ladda ner en fix.

Säkerhetshålet som upptäckts finns alltså i Microsoft OLE, en teknik som används för att olika program ska kunna skicka objekt i dokument mellan varandra. Vill du vet mer exakt vad OLE innebär kan du läsa en artikel hos Wikipedia.

Microsoft har, enligt IDG, bara sett PowerPoint-dokument som utnyttjar säkerhetshålet men problemet är inte bundet till just PowerPoint. Kriminella kan likaväl använda sig av andra Office-dokument. Samtidigt är säkerhetshålet inte kopplat till Office-paketet, då OLE är fristående från det.

En säkerhetsuppdatering är på gång, men tills dess uppmanas användare att köra den Fix It som Microsoft erbjuder från sin sajt.

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bearhatalice:

what the fuck is happening

I’m 99% certain this wasn’t actually Bill, but one of the people who works for him and helps maintain his social media.

Youtuber Visual Burrito writes:

After last year’s costume went absolutely nuts, I had to make a new one that was much, much better. The 2014 version is using digitally addressable LED strips hooked up to an Arduino microcontroller which I programmed (and still learning). It is responsive to sound and has 2 potentiometers and a button in the back of one of the ears for control and a microphone hidden in the front. It has 12 modes and 372 LEDs (124 chips with 3 each).

[Visual Burrito]

By LegendaryPhoenix
Who you wanna call?

I thought the swearing vocabulary of American Gods was fairly rich, while I was writing it.  I remember how much fun it was to write something like

“Fuck you,” said Czernobog. “Fuck you and fuck your mother and fuck the fucking horse you fucking rode in on. You will not even die in battle. No warrior will taste your blood. No one alive will take your life. You will die a soft, poor death. You will die with a kiss on your lips and a lie in your heart.”

…although it’s probably a bit heavy on the fucks for real richness in swearing. 

I’ll try and swear more richly in the next American Gods novel.

Created by Keaton Stoos

By TrulyEpic
Because "We Are Groot"

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These cellphone texts never cease to crack me up!

Thanks Mylène!

[Via RDJ]

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amychowmein:

1990s Kids Guide to the Internet

Here’s the video, originally posted on EverythingIsTerrible.com

charlottelabouff:

Remember when I was temporarily blind and my mom took me shopping but I got lost in the parking lot and ended up confused and in a hole and she just took pictures instead of helping me

laughterkey:

Someone has stolen the cheese post!