Notices by Jon Hancock (bigjackbrass@social.vivaldi.net)

"Initially intended as collectibles, the cards were turned into Pokemon-style trading cards at the urging of children who saw the competitive potential behind their disarmingly analogue pastime"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/27/its-done-wonders-trading-card-game-featuring-middle-aged-men-revives-japanese-town

#Japan #CardGames #Games

There's really nothing I can add to this.

Decant: To remove a German philosopher.

#Cats

@pocketlint @cstross He's on Mastodon too, in case you missed him: https://mastodon.ie/@spellingmistakescostlives

@botvolution Ah! In that case I don't know who Johnny Mercer is! I thought you meant the Tin Pan Alley lyricist and songwriter, which is what happens when you spend more time delving into American popular music of a century ago than paying attention to recent events.

@botvolution I'm afraid you've completely lost me there, although I do at least know who Johnny Mercer was.

The Plymouth fish finger absolutely sounds like a euphemism for something.

"You don't cross the Gaffer, mate, not if you value your life. Jimmy Knuckles tried it and they gave him the Plymouth fish finger."

@DarkestKale @HauntedOwlbear I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this meme editor.

Whenever the IT department says they can't help with my problem because I'm working from home, I think I'll send them a link to NASA fixing Voyager 1 despite it being outside the solar system.

Let's see… almond milk has almonds in it, oat milk has oats…

Dear Tony Blair: "Bryan Ansell has passed away"

http://www.deartonyblair.co.uk/2023/12/bryan-ansell-has-passed-away.html?m=1

Amazon is awash with dubious song collections for various instruments. This one gets bonus points for the almost incoherent cover.

#Ukulele

An interesting piece looking at the options for anyone interested in playing Dungeons & Dragons more or less as it was in the early years, but with improvements in editing and organisation (not difficult). A good selection of links adds interest more generally, if you're a gamer who enjoys resources and articles but have absolutely no desire to return to the days of Bri-Nylon shirts and Bird's strawberry Angel Delight.

The Fantastic is Fact: "Getting Started with OD&D"

https://thefantasticisfact.blogspot.com/2023/12/getting-started-with-od.html

#RPG #Games #Gaming #DungeonsAndDragons #OSR

#TeaBagging #OneLumpOrTwo

Absolutely rotten news. An amazing artist.

https://2000ad.com/news/ian-gibson-1946-2023/

I'd rather not live with any of them, thanks all the same.

@georgetakei ZZ Top looking good in the bottom right.

Muddled brain misread Dvořák as Dalek, leading to an *extremely* swift double take and considerable confusion. Now considering crossover possibilities.

First hint of snow in the Midlands and mum found herself without electricity. They remedied the fault (after multiple on-off attempts) in reasonable time, but you'd hope that our infrastructure would be more resilient.