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Steve Schulz Jan 22, 2023

My radiation oncologist sure wasn't kidding when he said the fatigue would get worse for two weeks after the last session. No way the vaccines are still fully affecting me by now, and I can barely do a fucking thing!

#BrainCancer #CancerSucks

Steve Schulz Jan 16, 2023

Power's been out since like 10. Not even raining this morning. Crew only just now on site. I love PG&E. /s

As much as this rain was needed for the drought, I'm now ready for these storms to be over.

Steve Schulz Jan 16, 2023

Holyyy! They're doing it! #TheLastOfUs

Steve Schulz Jan 5, 2023

Five more radiation sessions after today's. Surreal to think I'll be 5/6s through after this morning. One more (work)week.

#BrainCancer #Cancer #RadiationTherapy #WeForgeAhead

Steve Schulz Jan 5, 2023

I wonder how many vials of blood this will take.

#Chemo #chemotherapy

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Steve Schulz Jan 4, 2023

That letter is an absolute joke.

Steve Schulz Jan 4, 2023

Squenix's board needs to fire Matsuda. He is fucking clueless.

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Steve Schulz Jan 3, 2023

@friede I think there's a lot of analogs you could use, as well as factors. Who controls the teaching and access to magics and technologies? What economic factors are there? It's like who would choose to drive to/from the SF Bay Area and LA vs flying to/from LAX and taxiing/Ubering to where they want to go? Why is the bullet train between LA/SF stalled? That translates similarly to use of early rail lines vs, say, teleportation.

Steve Schulz Jan 3, 2023

Dr. Emily Friedman Jan 3, 2023

Query: is there a #ttrpg set prior to 1800 that actually tries to think through the implications of magic on the history of technology?

(I personally live a happy life without that level of crunch but am curious about the wider space)

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Steve Schulz Jan 3, 2023

@friede Before 1800 is a pretty difficult find. Most are set in the Victorian period, as far as eurocentric works go. So I don't really know of any. And a lot come with colonialism baggage. But it should be possible to adapt something for earlier. Easy enough to replace the development of trains with something magic. Something, say, steampunk, in the grain of Arcanum, if you're familiar with that game (which was a video game, not a TTRPG, unfortunately), etc.