Eric FoltinJan 30

The Only Retreat That Works

What comfort do you return to when everything feels loud? When everything gets loud, I don’t “recharge.” I don’t “center myself.” I don’t journal my feelings like a malfunctioning HR department. I go home. I shut the door. I let the house go quiet. Real quiet. The kind that doesn’t perform for anyone. The world is a nonstop siren now. Everyone yelling opinions. Everyone selling something. Everyone desperate to be heard while saying absolutely nothing. Phones vibrating like […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/30/the-only-retreat-that-works/

BöotesVoidSep 4, 2025

Edit: This is to get a general idea of baths vs showers. Not how often you wash in general.

Informal poll: How often do you take a bath? #Poll #LowStakes

1 to 2 days a week
100%
3 to 4 days a week
0%
5 to 6 days a week
0%
Every day of the week
0%
Poll ended at .
Kit AuthorJun 11, 2025
Let’s Talk Stakes (Not Steaks)
The world just can't stop trying to end! A great example of this is in the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At this point, I don't think I need a spoiler alert to say that Buffy stopped the Master, Angel, the Mayor, Adam, Glory, Willow, and finally the First. In the meantime, she had to keep h
https://kitauthor.com/lets-talk-stakes-not-steaks/
#CozyFantasy #WritingFantasy #WritingWithHorses #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #CozyFantasy #fantasy #HighStakes #LowStakes
Nicole HennigMar 20, 2025
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks) https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/ #AI #coding #LowStakes (several good points)
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks)

Vibe coding is having a moment. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy just a few weeks ago (on February 6th) and has since been featured in the New York …

Simon Willison’s Weblog
Nicole HennigMar 20, 2025
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks) https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/ #AI #coding #LowStakes (several good points)
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks)

Vibe coding is having a moment. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy just a few weeks ago (on February 6th) and has since been featured in the New York …

Simon Willison’s Weblog
Kit AuthorMar 19, 2025
Finding A Home In Cozy Fantasy
Cozy fantasy has always sounded amazing to me, especially as someone who really has turned to their writing as a form of self-care. It's done my mental health wonders to find stories and craft a world I can slip into, create the kinds of stories I love to read, that leave you with if not a one hundred percent everything is going to be okay kin
https://kitauthor.com/finding-a-home-in-cozy-fantasy/
#AuthorLife #CozyFantasy #FoundFamily #LowStakes #SliceOfLife
David NetoJul 9, 2024

NEWS FROM CANADA

Parking meters has the wrong zone number on them. Folks were getting tickets because they paid for the "wrong" zone listed on the meter.

After a call to the news org, the city fixed the signage.

#LowStakes make for #lowstress

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/07/08/green-p-error-cabbagetown-toronto-parking-authority/

Toronto Parking Authority rushes to fix mistake after CityNews reports problem

CityNews uncovered a big mix-up over Green P parking location numbers on a stretch of Parliament Street, thanks in part to a viewer.

CityNews Toronto
Yeray ✏️ ✂️ 🎲May 20, 2024

🎲 ¡He hecho otra movida rolera gratis! 🎲

Low Stakes es un juego de rol rollo "Lo que hacemos en las sombras" que va de ser compas de piso sobrenaturales a los que les pasan cosas tontísimas. En España lo publica Cursed Ink: https://www.cursedink.es/tienda/low-stakes/

El juego tiene encanto, pero la ficha básica es más seca que la momia de un cactus, así que he hecho una versión alternativa en color y en BN para descargar gratis.

https://minicarbonara.itch.io/low-stakes-ficha-alternativa

#Rol #LowStakes #wwdits #TTRPG #CharacterSheet

Low Stakes

  En Low Stakes, obra de Craig Campbell, encarnas a un monstruo de horror gótico (un vampiro, un hombre lobo o un fantasma) o a uno de sus amigos humanos. Todos compartís casa, porque hoy en día el tema de la vivienda está complicado para todo el mundo. La verdad, eso de convivir y colaborar para mantener bien la casa se os da de pena. En este juego de rol sin DJ, vais a interpretar escenas parecidas a las de las comedias de situación, mientras tus amigos y tú vais guiando a vuestros aberrantes personajes a través de las vicisitudes diarias del siglo XXI, intentáis ganar influencia sobre vuestros compañeros de casa y os enfrentáis a problemas que a ojos mortales no suponen ninguna dificultad pero que para vosotros pueden resultar… escalofriantes. Low Stakes se inspira directamente en la serie y película Lo que hacemos en las sombras, a las que pretende ser un puro homenaje.

Cursed Ink
Miss FidgetDec 28, 2023

OK #sewing talk. Cut. my mummer sequin poncho costume on the #bias. When I made the neck hole it quickly turned into a waist sized hole -tried it on - slipped off my shoulders. Yoiks! So I used the tricot sequin free selvage as a neck band adding pinch pleats as I sewed it. Now it looks like a sequin smock lol and I can ~just~ get it over my head. #MakeItWork #Sequins #Mummer #LowStakes

Next time eff a circle I'm cutting slits for a neck hole

Show threadGrammargeddon AngelJun 8, 2023

Otterdottar was NOT banned! Rather, the gnome who runs the place is turning her into something of an attraction. "I bet you can't do a double flip and hit the water head first." Of course, she took that challenge.

And nailed it because the dice loved me.

Money changed hands, and the ogre who's her friend "suggested" that the owner give her a cut. Otterdottar didn't care. She was playing in water.

But now she gets free meals, so it's all good. #LowStakes