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Daidí. Big old nerd. Expect programming, Fantasy, TTRPGs, and flailing attempts at parenting. Labhair Gaeilge liom he/him sé/é
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. @bridainep.bsky.social is a PhD researcher & is working on the issue of cultural erasure in refusal to accept accents like the fada. If you've an #Irishlanguage name (particularly a fada), fill in this short survey aiming to understand people’s experiences with their names in different contexts.

So I got the 2024 Player's Handbook (alt cover) and am only now looking for the DMG and MM with alt covers. My FLGS says they're sold out and have no sign of a resupply. Everywhere online says sold out. Am I out of luck? #DnD

Great article. "You’ve driven away your traditional base [...] You have moved the sensible middle position toward the far right — where you now stand, boxed in, by the ghouls you’ve just baptised as moderates." www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

People who voted Trump who are feeling pissed off right now about broken promises are an organizing opportunity, not a gloating opportunity

It's that magical time of year, the Project for Awesome, when nerdy folks raise millions of dollars for Save the Children, Partners in Health, and dozens of other charities. If you can afford to give, please do. #p4a #p4a2025 #nerdfighters #dftba www.projectforawesome.com

The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.

So what exactly is the Project for Awesome? Since 2007, my brother @hankgreen.bsky.social and many friends and online creators have come together to host an annual 48-hour livestream in support of great charities. Over the years, we've raised over $22,000,0000 for a huge variety of charities...

I hate Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil so fucking much. #IrishPolitics www.thejournal.ie/rent-pressur...

The Palestinians and their supporters didn't create our current predicament. It's a convenient, counterproductive deflection to lay the blame at their feet, and given the degree of destruction and suffering they've endured, it's also sadistic.

IT'S HERE! An Owl and a Bear Had a Little Baby is the 4th installment in the Adamantine Best Selling series An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby! If you or your players ever wanted to play an owl bear, a mouse, or even a zorbo, this new addition lets you do it! https://buff.ly/42C3b81

My laptop cable started to fray and @frameworkputer.bsky.social had a replacement to me within a week. And since their parts are so modular they didn't need to replace the power brick or plug, just a USB-C cable. Very happy with their support.

Once again I’d like to state that my personal belief is that Palestinians should be able to hijack your phones for years and make you only listen to their stories and my compromise position is they get to be mildly annoying to you while begging for their literal lives

I sent emails to Government Minister’s two years ago and again last year about lack of planning for extreme weather and no flood warnings. Today I sent the below email, hopefully we will finally see some more planning, resourcing and real adaptation.

Bundle of Holding also have a CBR+PNK bundle right now. It looks like a lot more fun than our current dystopia, which has plenty of cyber and not enough punk. bundleofholding.com/presents/CBR... #rpg #ttrp #cyberpunk

"Punch Nazis! Anti-authoritarian tabletop roleplaying games" Bundle of Holding sure know how to appeal to me. bundleofholding.com/presents/Res... #ttrpg #rpg #BundleOfHolding #Antifascism

I give parenting while sick 0 out of 5 stars.

Watch Andor. It depicts how rebellion is not a choice. It happens because you are left no choice. But perhaps you find my politics a bit strong for your taste.

So my parents, who are farmers, just pointed out to me that the 300,000 people still without water means that there are farms, including theirs, without water for their cattle. The cattle will be in danger in a few more days. #StormÉowyn

Two days without power, or even phone signal, with an 8 month old is no fun at all. I kept thinking about folks in Gaza and Ukraine. #StormÉowyn

This is the energy to bring to the fight against Fascism.

for those who believe nothing can get better: you don't have to get in the way of those who do

Before the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights After the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights

The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the Republicans’ rapidly intensifying crackdowns on speech... let these be the proof you needed to move anything you care about online to a space you control. Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.