OMG if there were ever "streaming porn" it's Just Watch - search engine for finding what tv show/movies/music you can access on the blizzard of apps and sites we all know and don't. So netfurks and ach bee oh max and spamazon (names redacted) aren't of course the only players by far.

I for one am hooked on TubiTV (which sadly is pronounced too-bee instead of tubby). And PlutoTV is a nice mix of live and on demand [w k0merShuLZ].

So I had read on reddit about a bettie page biography on Tubi and it's a great show - love hearing her life in her own words and she is so charming to listen to! - then learned about JW and found same movie on Plex TV without ads.

I then also discovered an "old" (2016) classic fave Arrival - about linguist trying to communicate with aliens that arrive on earth - also for free on Plex.

Bonus: Final public photo of Bettie - eternal smile.

For those who celebrate...

Also, this makes me happy on all the levels...

Jill "xtingu" Knapp said something in a brief chat recently that has me thinking about other folks who might appreciate the kind of illustrative stuff that I do.

So I decided to do some brainstorming, and this is the list I currently have:

• DMs / Players
• Developers (ttrpg)
• Developers (apps / digital games)
• TTRPG Adjacent Companies (Think Role Play Grow interviews)
• Authors (children's books)
• Authors (fantasy)
• New Artists
• Librarians / Bookstore Owners
• Social Media Profile Owners

Anyone else have any ideas that I should add to the list?

Guess I'm just going to have to try number 2.

For the record - it's a rain day, so I'm back at my favorite local coffee shop (The Spokesman).

If you're curious, a quick search yields this article about Lichtenhainer beers at the Beer Advocate.

Heh. Spellcheck auto corrected the beer name to my last name.

Update:

It's delicious! Honestly, I've never had anything like it before. I suppose I should point out that I'm generally not a 'beer guy' so maybe this sort of flavor is more common than I realize, but...

It seems salty and sour. Kinda like a dill pickle brine. Obviously, I wouldn't drink a dill pickle brine down, but this is in that direction. If nothing else, it's something interesting for a change.

Also:

In the Mario Brothers series of games, my understanding is that you play the Mario Brothers and have to rescue Princess Peach. Then, Bowser immediately recaptures her and wash, rinse, and repeat.

This seemed... like it was in need of an update. So I didn't spend long on this, but I wanted to get the idea down before I lost it.

Thanks to Matt Lichtenwalner for the idea.

I start the day by asking Siri to play the news, which for me means NPR News Now, the top-of-the-hour newscast. I use Siri a lot, but that's a subject for another post.

After that I usually dip into The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert, especially if there's a monologue or a Meanwhile segment. What can I say, I love me some Meanwhile.

Lately I've also started listening to Coder Radio. They talk about software and technology and politics surrounding that. I don't like everything they say, but that's good for me, as long as I'm disagreeing with other members of the reality-based community. And they had a strong recent episode on the Restrict Act, which is some bullshit. These guys also do a bunch of Linux podcasts.

Alternatively, if there's a new episode of Gadget Lab from the Wired crew I'm all over that. As with Wired in general these days, they spend at least as much time critiquing tech as they do nerding out over it.

That's about it on a typical weekday. But sometimes, just sometimes folks, I throw on yesterday's clothes, strap on my Bose headphones, saddle up my trusty Oreck, lean into the household chores and go full beast mode with  Planet Money, The Indicator, Linux Action News, Life in the Ted Lane, EV News Daily, and occasionally The Moth. I have a puzzling resistance to firing up The Moth, I think because it seems like a Bigger Deal, and then I'm reliably captivated.

Last year I also spent a lot of time listening to How We Survive, a podcast from NPR's marketplace about fighting and adapting to climate change — or, in many cases, putting our heads in the sand (*cough* Miami). But I'm all caught up for now.

Just recently I got into Serious Trouble, which covers the legal travails of people who are in serious trouble, most of whom should have known better. Quality schadenfreude, but they are currently annoying me by demanding payment for multiple consecutive stories and just airing teasers on their free feed.

I did decide to pay for Planet Money+, which mostly entitles me to behind-the-scenes and extra-details stories I mostly skip, but I don't mind because Planet Money has been in my life so long I felt like a heel not supporting them. What can I say, I'm addicted to the Beigie Awards.

I use Apple Podcasts for all of the above. It works with Siri and I never seem to have difficulty finding a show I've heard about. But I will hit play directly on a website if there's something in my way, of course.

And that's my 100% brutally honest podcast list. Apparently I'm an econ fiend. Who knew?

A friend asked for some podcast recommendations, and this is what I offered up. Since I get the question fairly often, or some variation on the theme, I thought I would share it here (and on my travel blog rideoffintothesunset.com) publicly so I could reference it when folks ask.

The Creative Penn - about independent author life. Production and sale of books without traditional publishers. 

The Dungeon Run - an Actual Play of 5e that I like. 

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio - just what the title says. Old radio shows from the 50s in podcast format. I can't take the host's voice for very long and tend to skip straight to the shows. Johnny Dollar are my fave. 

How Not to DM - interview show about ttrpgs and how not to...

LORE - 1 part Twilight Zone + 1 part mythology. Been listening to this guy forever. Pure mood. 

Make Me Smart - NPResque news show. Different style to each weekday (deep dive v fun v etc)

Life in the Ted Lane - my friend Lindsay (who you may know) and her brother Ted talk about Autism, the Muppets, and their myriad adventures. 

Re: Thinking - interview show with industry leaders, scientists, etc about looking at subjects from a different/ new perspective

Science Versus - one of my faves. A scientific breakdown of different popular opinions like "Is one adult beverage / day a health benefit?"

The TED Interview - a deeper dive into the topics of TED Talks. 

Think Like a Game Designer - how to do what the title says. 

Travel Writing World - about writing about your travels and interviews with folks who do that. 

Twenty Thousand Hertz - a podcast about sound.

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me - the NPR news game show in podcast format.

Tech News Briefing from the Wall St Journal - news about tech from the WSJ. 

There are many more that I personally subscribe to, but this list has a bit of diversity to it, and (I believe) will be enjoyable to a larger collection of people.​​​​​​​

If you're reading this, and you're wondering about some specific genre or topic of podcast, feel free to ask me about it, or tell me if you have some recommendations! I’m always looking for new and interesting stuff to listen to.

(Also, while this list has links to each of the shows for convenience, they should be available through most any podcast catcher. I personally use PocketCasts. If you haven't chosen one yet, I can recommend it. Simple and effective.)

Samurai Cat in the Real World (1989), by Mark E. Rogers (1952-2014)

Alas, my streak of consecutive ascensions stopped at two.  Rogue #1 was doing reasonably well, but but a titan surrounded him with nasties and on my last turn I typoed myself to death.  Rogue #2 killed by a gnome lord with a wand of magic missile.  But Rogue #3 was lucky enough to find FIVE magic lamps along the way, and that was plenty of magic lamps.  He also found a katana on the second dungeon level, and that ended up serving as a fine companion to Stormbringer for the rest of the game.

As for interesting mistakes:  he foolishly buried some speed boots under a boulder, but when he came back to dig them up, they had rotted away entirely.  Stormy killed a few things he might not have wanted to kill, including co-aligned unicorns.  And some things were forgotten while ascending, including a magic whistle.  Not a big deal all things considered, but it's probably worth double-checking your entire kit before making that final run.

Ferret the Magsman and the invisible Archie the Archon went to their reward with 4050028 points and 140370 pieces of gold, after 78618 moves.
He was level 27 with a maximum of 793 hit points when he ascended.

On to the Tourist, hoping to finish before they release version 3.7 and make things trickier.

I hope this guy meant to ask this question in our podcasters' community for the same reasons I would, but if he didn't, it's the saddest question I've encountered in all this time of teaching people how to make podcasts. 

"Why would someone want to listen to a podcast when they can find out what they might want to know by asking Bard or Chat GPT4?" 

Why would someone want to hear the live cover of "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" performed by Belle and Sebastian when they could hear the Smiths' original recording? 

Why do people like different flavors and brands of ice cream?

Why does Lancome L'Absolu Rouge Cream Lipstick in 493 Nuit Parisienne on Lynda Carter's lips look different from Wet n' Wild Silk Finish Lipstick in Just Garnet on Angel Marie Kerrigan's?

If two baseball players with the same batting average go to bat against the same pitcher, do they equally hit the ball as far and as fast? 

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight? 

Source: reddit user: u:/karmagheden in r/LateStageCapitalism