It's been threatened for a while, but this week Art finally reveals his top five RPG dice... with a few extra categories at the top for good measure.

It's been threatened for a while, but this week Art finally reveals his top five RPG dice... with a few extra categories at the top for good measure.

Why it's a bad idea to invade Iran, 2018 edition
via https://balloon-juice.com/2026/03/29/war-for-ukraine-day-1494-a-brief-sunday-night-update/
(and just a shout out for Balloon-Juice, keeping the blogging flag flying)

Joe Karle’s recent article regarding the need for the Department of Defense to get ahead of events and plan for a potential occupation of Iran generated a great deal of buzz. A lot of it, seemingly, from just reading the title. Karle’s article, however, provides an opening for a larger discussion regarding any potential military
Cam Skattebo Sorry For Saying CTE And Asthma Are Fake
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/cam-skattebo-sorry-for-saying-cte-and-asthma-are-fake
Big 12 Pulls Glass Court Following Conference Tournament Fiasco
WE ARE SENDING TROOPS?!?!?
to what, direct traffic in the Straight of Hormuz? [head-desk]
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/03/13/world-tripoli-more-marines-head-to-middle-east/6301773437271/
Everywhere near us is out of ice melt and other salts… but they have lots of duraflame logs! So hear me out…
Axios: Musk’s xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems. Yikes. “Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has signed an agreement to allow the military to use its model, Grok, in classified systems, a Defense official confirmed to Axios.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/24/axios-musks-xai-and-pentagon-reach-deal-to-use-grok-in-classified-systems/I just had a ‘shower thought’ which is absolutely in TERRIBLE taste, but also struck me as hilarious:
Deutsch Punk : PA Deutsch meets Cthulhu as a ttrpg!
“My character Jedediah swings his scythe at the creature because he don’ take no guff nah wunst!”