Just a reminder, Spotify users, that your money goes further if you buy the music you love from the actual artists.

Merch Table will convert your Spotify playlists into links to their bandcamp pages:
https://hypem.com/merch-table

The vibes on Mastodon are class and mostly very wholesome, so I'm going to share this piece I wrote a few years back about the Oblivion mod Terry Pratchett worked on. It eventually became so important to him that the developers added in a function to help him continue playing even when his Alzheimer's made it difficult to do so. Theirs is a lovely, heartfelt, uplifting story - sure give it a read if you have a sec

https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-behind-the-oblivion-mod-terry-pratchett-worked-on

depictions of the future from Shonen Magazine, Japan, 1969

#retrofuturist #retrofuturism

In the early 1400s, Edward, Duke of York wrote a hunting and game guide that included a list of over a thousand "names for all manner of hounds."

Some good ones:

Cachefaste
Honeydewe
Symfonye
Garlik
Christabell
Terry
Havegoodday
Lewde
Rage
Crabbe
Beste-of-all
Pretyman
Pretiboy
Joliboye
Mercurye
Oribull
Brente

A paper including the list of names: https://www.academia.edu/44222801/THE_NAMES_OF_ALL_MANNER_OF_HOUNDS_A_UNIQUE_INVENTORY_IN_A_FIFTEENTH_CENTURY_MANUSCRIPT

A copy of the manuscript at auction: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4654654