Gav Thorpe

You know that word count I keep posting? Here's the pitch. War of the Worlds, only germs don't stop them — DRACULA DOES! I'm posting the first draft over on Patreon. The first chapter is FREE FOR EVERYONE! Paid members will get a new chapter every weekend. www.patreon.com/posts/empero...

EMPEROR DRACULA — Chapter 1 | Tesladynewww.patreon.com Get more from Tesladyne on Patreon

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Some Babylon 5 art to enjoy. (The Excalibur - Victory class destroyer) #scifi #scifiart #starships #spaceships #lightwave3d #3DModel #3dart #scifiartist #Fanart #Babylon5

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I'm open for commissions if anyone is interested ko-fi.com/salylockhear...

Saly Lockheart's Ko-fi Commissionsko-fi.com Ko-fi Commissions Open! Click to see Saly Lockheart's commission menu.

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patreon took a big hit today so if you've been on the fence now would be a great time to subscribe! as little as $3/mo for goofy comics seven days a week plus a bunch of other stuff patreon.com/merrittk

If you are able, please pledge to help this African board games convention continue to spread the joy and benefits of gaming.

Coming soon: The African Boardgames Convention - AB Con 2024www.kickstarter.com The yearly African Boardgames Convention (AB Con) is returning for the 8th time in 2024!

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Reminder that the @nytimes.com is dogshit

In all the fuss over different election dramas (and the US have a thing on July 4th I’m told) we forgot to celebrate the centenary of the Caesar salad!

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We are looking for an illustrator for Ex Tenebris, a galaxy-spanning investigative game in a world of shadowy cults, demons, and sinister ancient technology. Must be able to draw human scenes, monsters and technology (e.g. spaceships). Is that someone you know? Get in touch!

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The list of wargaming websites downed by the server outage at Tradestands has, unfortunately, grown yet longer. www.karwansaraypublishers.com/blogs/wss-bl...

Server down - websites outwww.karwansaraypublishers.com Due to a server failure, several wargaming companies' websites have gone down, and due to personal circumstances, likely will stay down until the middle of the month. As far as we know, the following ...

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ATAT concept by Joe Johnston

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Pole Dancing Frog #10

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Or at my site tomgauld.com/shop

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If you missed out you can still get my prints at tdmacgregor.com/shop/tom-gau...

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So then how is it a *squints* you know, a ceasefire deal If the fire will not cease

“Any Gaza ceasefire deal must allow Israel to resume fighting until its objectives are met, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, as talks over a U.S. plan aimed at ending the nine-month-old war were expected to restart.”

Hamas says it's waiting for Israeli response on Gaza ceasefire proposalwww.reuters.com Hamas is waiting for a response from Israel on its ceasefire proposal, two officials from the militant Islamist group said on Sunday, five days after it accepted a key part of a U.S. plan aimed at ending the nine-month-old war in Gaza.

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It is taxes.

taxes

Confirming what we all know to be true. Another gem from ‘How Civil Wars Start’, by Barbara F Walter. Avoid negative engagement. Promote positive where you can. Nuclear blocking is fine.

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My brother-in-law is a guy who calls himself The Grizzly Forager... he has this website dedicated to safely foraging with kids. I think what gets me is the sheer beauty of his photography, as well as the interesting tips he shares. www.thegrizzlyforager.co.uk

The Grizzly Forager: The Definitive Guide to Foraging with Kidswww.thegrizzlyforager.co.uk The Grizzly Forager is a free resource site all about foraging with kids! Learn everything you need to know about how to safely and confidently forage with children, including when and where to forage...

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'The exciting story of how the Scottish town of Dull was paired with Boring in the US' www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now...

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The other interesting fact, noted elsewhere, is the seats of the previous five Conservative Party leaders are no longer Conservative seats. Truss's SW Norfolk, Johnson's Uxbridge, May's Maidenhead, Cameron's Witney and Howard's Folkestone.

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Also as we get older we’re not supposed to fit in with the kids! Leave them alone! It’s normal and fine for them to find things outside their own age cohort extremely cringe.

Some Millennials in my timeline are insecure because Gen Zs are telling them their ankle socks age them. I can't stress enough that you don't need to care about what a bunch of 20-somethings think about your clothes, mainly bc you don't have to care about what ANYONE thinks about your clothes.

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Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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Update on Battletech. The folks at the Wargaming club put on ab amazing show for my first game!some simplified Alpha Strike rules to get us all up to speed. Just a glorious time!

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Rescued from the supermarket community library. If any #Grogsquad nerd wants it, then dm your deets and I'll post it next week.

The Inside Out characters in my head.

The Inside Out characters in my head

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A network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered operation that is increasingly targeting the US election, a BBC investigation can reveal. #fakenews #fascism #ACAB www.bbc.com/news/article...

A Bugatti, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americanswww.bbc.com A former US police officer runs an AI-powered network of misleading news sites turning its sights towards November.

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I'm enormously proud of "Dr. Blink: Superhero Shrink." I hope to make more, and some Sekrit Stuff (t) is in the works...but for now - get the PDF collection for 60% off from @DriveThruComics! Just $4, today only! www.drivethrucomics.com/product/1326...

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Tabletop games professionals! I just sent out the invitations to The Diana Jones Award ceremony at Gen Con. If you'd like to join us, email me at [email protected], and I can add you to the invitation list.

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today is my NINETEEN YEAR anniversary working at my local library In honor of that, I ask you to get a card to your local public library today! If you ALREADY have a card to your local public library, check out their digital resources! Their summer programs! And yeah, they have books too.