Here is your occasional reminder:

I am writing a folk-horror one-shot TTRPG with a treasure hunt in it. Solving it will lead you to a simple treasure hidden somewhere in the United Kingdom.

If you find it first, it’s yours.

I am asking an exchange: your email will get you the Digital TTRPG. I’ll only use it to message you whenever the next treasure hunt is starting. And I’ll never give it to anybody else. It just means I know that you like what I do. And that’s enough.

Here’s the link: https://bookhouse.uk

It’ll be out in the summer if all goes to plan.

This is a proof of concept idea to see if it’s something that I enjoy doing. I reckon I have about 10 of these on me, so that’s the next decade sorted.

Feel free to share if that’s a thing you do. Thanks for your time.

Relevant tags: #folkhorror #folk #ttrpg #rpg #treasurehunt #books #writing #bookdesign #graphicdesign

I have been gently trying to steer family and friends in the direction of Signal as a replacement to WhatsApp.

The American Govt have totally scuppered me. Dad thinks Signal is some dodgy insecure app for losers.

#Signal #BadReputation

@jan I got my very first 418 yesterday. ☕

My mother made a throwaway comment earlier that stung a bit. It's been bugging me so much that I ended up dreaming that she was physically attacking me and I woke up yelling.

I need therapy.

And sleep.

(Mother would never physically attack anyone).

I’m embarrassed that it has come to this but after 5 1/2 months of unemployment and underemployment and paying for fertility treatments I am struggling to pay my bills that will come due in April. If you are able and so inclined, I’d really appreciate any support you can send my way. If you’re not in a position to help, perhaps you could boost the post?

https://ko-fi.com/rebekkap

@JetlagJen we have a Care and Repair service in Scotland. Maybe you have similar?

https://www.mygov.scot/care-and-repair

Glasgow's Miles Better was a hugely successful city rebranding campaign. I think they should bring the branding back to cheer us all up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow's_miles_better

#Glasgow #MrHappy #MrMen

I'm back on the toxic, car-crash that is #MAFSAU.

Tha sinn glè fhaisg air 300 ainm air an litir fhosgailte againn mu thaic don Ghàidhlig anns a' choimhearsnachd, nach cuir sibh ur n-ainmean rithe?

We're very close to 300 names on our open letter about support for Gaelic in the community, please add your names to it!

https://chng.it/T2JRXpB8t6

NHS saved my nephew's life again yesterday. He needed surgery to deal with complications from his last life-saving operation which was performed 25 years ago when he was a very premature baby. He'd been fine until now.

In the last 3 years they have also saved my mum and dad.

We're not a sickly family, btw, this is just how life is for some folk.

I'm so grateful we never had to worry about direct cost of healthcare. We had enough stress as it was.

#NHSSavesLives #SaveTheNHS

Stuff a Pi-hole in your router because your browser is about to betray you

Mozilla sells ads, Google limits blocking them – it's time for stricter measures A new, lightweight version of Pi-Hole is here. Just how easy is it to block advertising on your home network?…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/pi_hole_6_flyby/

I'm hoping Trump's nonsense will result in the reversal of Brexit. I vote we call it Tixerb. It's better than Breturn or Bregrets. Actually quite like Bregrets now I see it. Thoughts?

#Brexit #UKPolitics #EUPolitics

I didn't realize how fucking useful the word 'fucking' is for eliminating AI

Turns out, it's really fucking useful!

@bodhipaksa wasn't bookwyrm was it?

Bookshop, the anti-amazon that gives $$ to local bookstores with every sale, now has ebooks. That’s a big deal: https://bookshop.org/info/ebooks

@bodhipaksa I just got excused for jury duty yesterday 😄

All you've presented is a damaged book - no DNA evidence, no video evidence, no witness reports.

The dug is innocent!

@bodhipaksa she looks innocent to me!

@bodhipaksa I just did a quick search here in the UK. None of the major news outlets are running the story. The most well known outlet running it is The Mirror.

@timlocke yep, that makes sense. I'm letting convenience outweigh my risk aversion for now.

How did I not notice that Bitwarden (FOSS password manager) already has a 2FA function?

I've been looking for an alternative to our evil overlords and was testing Aegis. Haven't fully switched and it makes sense to continue with an app I already trust 🙂

(Queue random, no context comments like "OMG I can't believe you trust that company")

#FOSS #Security #MFA #2FA