“Letterboxd in Negotiations to Be Acquired by New York Times Company”: Good luck to all of you who use and love Letterboxd… 😕😩

“These are the highlights from the 2026 federal budget”: the new federal budget was announced and this article does what it says on the tin.

Can’t remember which one is a stalagmite and which one is a stalactite? Learn French! We’ve got the absolute best mnemonic for that! (“les stalagmites montent, les stalagtites tombent”)

Good morning! Skies are looking beautiful and spooky these days. The good fluffy boy is just as good and fluffy though.

The Traveller RPG Classic Box Set Reprint is coming to Kickstarter soon, as Mongoose Publishing gears up to the celebrations next year for Traveller’s 50th anniversary… nice! Almost in time for me completing my Classic Traveller collection!

“Atlas Games halts direct-to-consumer sales to the EU and Brazil as PPWR rules bite”: Not the first nor the last to do this, but I’m a bit torn on this issue. Sure it sucks a bit, but I think reducing package shipping worldwide and supporting local game stores is good?

I started reading Cory Doctorow’s blog regularly, and there’s a lot of great stuff. This recent piece on how “Expedia amazoned hotel rooms” is particularly interesting (where is government regulation when you need it?) and answers some questions I had about hotel prices.

“Proton’s CEO Cancels AI ‘Re-Interviews’”: This guy sounds like the absolute worst.

“Wealth Inequality in America, Drawn to Scale”: Load the page and start scrolling upwards. And then when you hit the top, click “Keep Going”! Linear scales are powerful to show the staggering amount of wealth inequality. Some people really deserve a good guillotine.

“The Real Kevin Bacon”: this is pretty cool… The Pudding explores which actors are more connected than Kevin Bacon in Hollywood, and thus whose name should be used for the famous trivia game. Can you guess it?