Bill 
@acorn_garden@witches.live
Rune-enchanted cant
Lately I've seen some suggestions showing up in my feed that Mastodon users should click on the "About" link and donate to their servers.
I did that on my server, witches.live, only to find out that there's no such link. The hard-working admins aren't asking for money.
I'm not saying that's because the witches.live admins are kinder and more generous than most folks...
...but I'm not not saying it either.
SMIB!
I see that there are newer versions of the Mastodon software out there. If you'd like the witches.live software upgraded, aid me in casting a spell:
https://www.patreon.com/witcheslive/posts
Not all spells are guaranteed to work, but at least this spell might make someone happier.
I gotta say: I was disappointed in today's episode of Ahsoka.
For all the build-up and anticipation, she didn't learn anything that she didn't already know. And the audience didn't learn anything that didn't already know. It was just special effects.
Dave Filoni can do better. He has done better. Hopefully he will do better. But not today.
If you're interested in science, you may be interested in my workplace's #ScienceOnHudson lecture series.
The first lecture in the series is "Dark Matter Matters: The Invisible Universe".
For more information:
https://www.nevis.columbia.edu/events/science-on-hudson.html
To watch via YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2tRZX4SJfE2TWlRYywXYvw/live
tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH qaStaHvIS wa’SaD jaj = I have studied the Klingon language for one thousand days.
I like to write reviews of video games long enough after their release so that my opinion won't make any difference.
Here's my latest, on Lord of the Rings: Gollum.
At this moment, Facebook is down. But witches.live is up.
I'm not saying that witches.live is better-managed than Facebook.
But I'm not not saying it either.
A blog post in which I rant about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
https://argothald.com/2023/08/08/star-trek-strange-new-worlds/
My review of Dredge, a Lovecraftian Horror fishing game. https://argothald.com/2023/08/02/dredge/
The latest season of The Dragon Prince is out on Netflix.
I haven't decided yet whether I'll be busy for the next few evenings or for the next five hours.
A blog post on the gravestones of Toto and T. T., two dogs who died in 1887.
In this blog post, I reminisce about my teen-age days as a player of wargames:
Jiku, envious that Shuba got to play the Great Wall board game last weekend, has decided to roll up a D&D5e character. He's already put "opposable thumbs" on his character sheet.
The Great Wall is complex tactical board game. However, Shuba has read all the rules and is ready to play!
I'm a Wiccan, and a Witch, and I'm on the Mastodon server witches.live. I thought I'd share a blog post I wrote about year ago about secrecy, mystery, and privacy in Wicca:
https://argothald.com/2022/03/12/secrecy-mystery-and-privacy-in-wicca/
Did you notice the blue verification checkmark next to my name? If you'd like your identify to be verified in the same way, you can find instructions here:
https://www.patreon.com/witcheslive
By a strange coincidence, this is the Patreon page of the witches.live admin. There's lots of changes coming to the Fediverse. It may be time to consider helping them out.
My cats assist in unboxing the Great Wall board game.
https://argothald.com/2023/06/05/great-wall-board-game-cat-pictures/
tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH qaStaHvIS Hutvatlh jaj
or
I've studied Klingon for 900 days.
Why I no longer maintain my moon-phase tables: https://argothald.com/2023/05/04/the-moon-was-just-a-phase/
Blog post: My experiences with the Watson game topper.
A blog post about a dream I had about the NY Ren Faire.
