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Da_Gut

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Computer geek! Over 50, Comics, nature, TTRPGs, superheroes, and stuff! I live in Maine! ADHD suffer, chronically under or un employed. Suffering cognitive issues, and prolific booster.

Likes don't always indicate agreement. I use likes to find a post to follow up on later.

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Important podcast episode just dropped!!!
From the podcast “this podcast will kill you“ episode 200

“It might be stinky and it might be unpleasant
to behold, but we all do it. For many of us, our
poop is out of sight, out of mind once we
flush it away. But for the next hour and fifteen
minutes or so, we're going to bring it back
into mind as we delve into the rich world of
poop. This episode, the first of a two-part
miniseries on poop…”

From the podcast “ this podcast will kill you“ Ep 200 Poop Part 1: How the sausage gets made It might be stinky and it might be unpleasant to behold, but we all do it. For many of us, our poop is out of sight, out of mind once we flush it away. But for the next hour and fifteen minutes or so, we're going to bring it back into mind as we delve into the rich world of poop. This episode, the first of a two-part miniseries on poop, features a wide cast of characters all with some role in the production or management of poo, like our intestinal tract with its sphincters and microbiota, dung beetles that perform the duties so crucial for ecosystem function, and the sperm whale that produces a revered substance used in perfumes. We're going behind the scenes to understand how the sausage really gets made (in a manner of speaking) and why we need a big perspective shift to stop seeing poop as waste and start seeing it as a resource. Correction: EW says that elephants poop 15 pounds a day, but in reality it's more like 10x that - 150-200 pounds! Sorry for the mistake - we noticed it while listening SM MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY PO... MUP Ep 334 - 3 Clue Rule... >
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Dear Apple speech to text. When I say “Mama” please do not render it as “mom”.

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RE: https://timeloop.cafe/@alienghic/116055248206003657

OK. Picture this. Blind troglodytes. And this is how the party infiltrates their lair!

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What do you call a couple of time traveling birds?

A pair o ducks!!

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Note to self: Not eating much for several days absolutely destroys my cognitive abilities.

(really bad brain day)

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All right, I went ahead and rented the car today. I’ve got the heavy items packed. Indeed, I’ve got the bulk of the items loaded. So tomorrow I’m up early for me (which is not early.) And then I have a long day of driving down the East Coast. From midpoint of Maine to northern Georgia.
I’m hoping that digging out from the storm has been well under way and that I encounter few issues.

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Oh yeah, this reminded me that I still need to watch inside out 2. If I actually get everything packed tomorrow as I am supposed to for my leaving Wednesday, although with the weather, I might have to delay till Thursday. I might rent inside out 2. Though I do have anxiety. Based on her comments here, this is causing me some concern.

https://youtube.com/shorts/qsGJjzo3NrU?si=z7Md7DYN-yY3jz0j

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Yuck! Hot pockets are nasty. I will still eat the remaining three at some point because while they might be nasty, they are also purchased and I would have to spend money to replace them.

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I really shouldn’t be in an office supply store unsupervised. Mind you my empty wallet is doing a pretty damn good job at supervising but still.

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So, I'm going to participate in City26 - or, designing a city over the course of the year. Link 1 below is the core. But that's way overambitious for the total restructuring my life is undergoing.
So, Link 2 - from Playful Void, is more manageable, and should be doable. Hopefully. The only set bit right now, is its going to be an arid city. Desert or Steppe, and trade heavy..

  1. https://aloneinthelabyrinth.blogspot.com/2025/12/city26-megapost.html?m=1

  2. https://idlecartulary.com/2026/01/03/preparing-for-city-26-week-0/

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““We wish to have many babies, but there are complicatories.” “Like her husband?” “He is obstacular, yiss, but the principal problem is legal.” It turned out that Katarina did not legally own her own womb, as well as other parts, which belonged to the Pryor family trust. She could not become pregnant without the permission of certain high-ranking members of her line, who alone knew the codes that would unlock her fertility.”
———

from a short story by Walter Jon Williams.

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“Well, that one came from shrine of the Dancing Girl. She’s not a goddess anymore, not enough worshipers, but back then, she did all right. It provided a place for all the little girls orphaned by the fighting to the far west to go, anyway.

Vo, Nghi. The Empress of Salt and Fortune

There is a lot of worldbuilding. And in your ttrpg world, you should drip feed information like that as well.
(Bit of a repost).

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An absurdly long post (it should be 3-4 posts, but hey, it's their blog) that is still a fascinating read. Most useful to me is the city thoughts toward the top. (It's a very detailed city he has there)

https://bearded-devil.com/2019/04/09/how-i-run-a-citycrawl-campaign/

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The “what’s your map” podcast has this gem of an episode.

Smuggling Silk: WWII Escape Maps with Dr. Barbara A. Bond

“Together, they pour over an important but unassuming silk escape map of Danzig (Gdansk) port from World War II. What information is presented on the map, and what has been intentionally excluded?“

The show notes has a link to the map, which you really should peruse while you’re listening to it.

https://oculi-mundi.com/barbara-bond