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‘Deadpool’ Creator Rob Liefeld Announces Memoir ‘Robservations’
#Variety #News #RobLiefeldhttps://variety.com/2024/film/news/deadpool-rob-liefeld-memoir-robservations-1235959534/
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What cool guys they were back then!😎
And the most interesting one... the one on the far left.🙈🥰//Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell and Rob Lowe on the „The Outsiders“ set, 1983\\
#tomcruisesupport #cruisecontrol #ninacruise #filmisnotdead #tomcruiselove #movies #MovieNews #tomcruiseforever #cinemastodon #TomCruise #movie #filming #cinema #patrickswayze #ralphmacchio #emilioestevez #roblowe #mattdillon #theoutisders #outsiders
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A toxic cybersecurity workplace can compromise not just employee well-being but also organizational security. High turnover, burnout, and fear of mistakes create vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit. As Rob Lee highlights, awareness of these red flags is crucial. How does your workplace foster a healthy security culture? #Cybersecurity #Privacy #WorkplaceWellness Read more: https://short.steelefortress.com/0n54d9
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Masked Men Rob Large Crypto Mining Farm Near Moscow
https://news.bitcoin.com/masked-men-rob-large-crypto-mining-farm-near-moscow/
#Cryptocurrencies #miningequipment #Cryptocurrency #mininghardware #miningmachines #MiningDevices #cryptomining #cryptofarm #MiningFarm #Regulation #robbery #russian #Thieves #Mining #Crypto #Moscow #Russia #Theft -
New preprint! We trained a #deeplearning #ai system to make the same judgments about sounds as #birds do, to create a new tool for #birdsong similarity: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.23.521425v1.full (The hard work here was the delicate and detailed bird #behaviour work, done by us all but led by Lies Zandberg and Rob Lachlan) #bioacoustics #vihar
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and btw, there is another lie.
now i'm not to fond of #npr as they're too librel for my daily news (I use fox) but we can use them as a source.
they recently did an interview with the CEO of Roblox, and I particularly looked at their safety policies.
first off, #age estimation using #ai is completely #useless AI makes a lot of mistakes, and miners is something you absolutely cannot fuck up.
second, really? trusted connections? sounds like censorship if you ask me.
these have nothing to do with #safety .
they also said absolutely nothing about #csam / #csem materials on the platform.
if you really wanted to do child safety, you'd let them report messages. actively work with law enforcement agencies to do CSEM scanning and scan for sensitive words. hell, you might even work with what you call, ivdualanties, like shlep who do a good job at catching these people. the fuckin guy even said he would work with you If you just gave him a line, he has no problem doing that. and I can tell you from experience and noticing other friends play Roblox it is not filtered.
I do not trust at all Roblox is safe!
ever!
and btw, here's that artical from NPR.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-23/roblox-ceo-on-platforms-safety-efforts-as-congress-works-to-protect-kids-onlineI will tell you one thing I have took from this, they are only doing this age stuff because federal and state require it. that's the only reason why. not because they care, just because they can get their federal reviews and money.
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and btw, there is another lie.
now i'm not to fond of #npr as they're too librel for my daily news (I use fox) but we can use them as a source.
they recently did an interview with the CEO of Roblox, and I particularly looked at their safety policies.
first off, #age estimation using #ai is completely #useless AI makes a lot of mistakes, and miners is something you absolutely cannot fuck up.
second, really? trusted connections? sounds like censorship if you ask me.
these have nothing to do with #safety .
they also said absolutely nothing about #csam / #csem materials on the platform.
if you really wanted to do child safety, you'd let them report messages. actively work with law enforcement agencies to do CSEM scanning and scan for sensitive words. hell, you might even work with what you call, ivdualanties, like shlep who do a good job at catching these people. the fuckin guy even said he would work with you If you just gave him a line, he has no problem doing that. and I can tell you from experience and noticing other friends play Roblox it is not filtered.
I do not trust at all Roblox is safe!
ever!
and btw, here's that artical from NPR.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-23/roblox-ceo-on-platforms-safety-efforts-as-congress-works-to-protect-kids-onlineI will tell you one thing I have took from this, they are only doing this age stuff because federal and state require it. that's the only reason why. not because they care, just because they can get their federal reviews and money.
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and btw, there is another lie.
now i'm not to fond of #npr as they're too librel for my daily news (I use fox) but we can use them as a source.
they recently did an interview with the CEO of Roblox, and I particularly looked at their safety policies.
first off, #age estimation using #ai is completely #useless AI makes a lot of mistakes, and miners is something you absolutely cannot fuck up.
second, really? trusted connections? sounds like censorship if you ask me.
these have nothing to do with #safety .
they also said absolutely nothing about #csam / #csem materials on the platform.
if you really wanted to do child safety, you'd let them report messages. actively work with law enforcement agencies to do CSEM scanning and scan for sensitive words. hell, you might even work with what you call, ivdualanties, like shlep who do a good job at catching these people. the fuckin guy even said he would work with you If you just gave him a line, he has no problem doing that. and I can tell you from experience and noticing other friends play Roblox it is not filtered.
I do not trust at all Roblox is safe!
ever!
and btw, here's that artical from NPR.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-23/roblox-ceo-on-platforms-safety-efforts-as-congress-works-to-protect-kids-onlineI will tell you one thing I have took from this, they are only doing this age stuff because federal and state require it. that's the only reason why. not because they care, just because they can get their federal reviews and money.
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and btw, there is another lie.
now i'm not to fond of #npr as they're too librel for my daily news (I use fox) but we can use them as a source.
they recently did an interview with the CEO of Roblox, and I particularly looked at their safety policies.
first off, #age estimation using #ai is completely #useless AI makes a lot of mistakes, and miners is something you absolutely cannot fuck up.
second, really? trusted connections? sounds like censorship if you ask me.
these have nothing to do with #safety .
they also said absolutely nothing about #csam / #csem materials on the platform.
if you really wanted to do child safety, you'd let them report messages. actively work with law enforcement agencies to do CSEM scanning and scan for sensitive words. hell, you might even work with what you call, ivdualanties, like shlep who do a good job at catching these people. the fuckin guy even said he would work with you If you just gave him a line, he has no problem doing that. and I can tell you from experience and noticing other friends play Roblox it is not filtered.
I do not trust at all Roblox is safe!
ever!
and btw, here's that artical from NPR.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-23/roblox-ceo-on-platforms-safety-efforts-as-congress-works-to-protect-kids-onlineI will tell you one thing I have took from this, they are only doing this age stuff because federal and state require it. that's the only reason why. not because they care, just because they can get their federal reviews and money.
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So as I mentioned earlier, the quest for my astronomy gathering this month is to get a photo of the Rosette Nebula, which is pretty good for us to shoot at home at the moment.
You saw my in progress shot with my Dwarf 3, but I haven't forgotten about my Dwarf 2, so Rob lent me his SVBONY CLS filter and I've had a bunch of sessions with it.
So here's the result, and I'm loving the rosiness of the Rosette 🙂
Of course I should call it my preferred moniker - the Unicorn Nostril. Well, look at it, it's right there at Monoceros's snout in the right place!
#Astrodon
#Astronomy
#Astrophotography
#SouthernHemisphereAstronomy
#DrivewayAstrophotograpy
#BackyardAstronomy
#SmartTelescope
#Dwarflabs
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Roblox announces that it will shut down Guilded at the end of 2025
🔗 https://massivelyop.com/2025/09/30/roblox-announces-that-it-will-shut-down-guilded-at-the-end-of-2025
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‘Avengelyne’ Package To Warner Bros With Margot Robbie, Olivia Wilde, Simon Kinberg; ‘Poor Things’ Tony McNamara To Adapt ‘Deadpool’ Creator Rob Liefeld Comic Book
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Badrock #1 Review: Rob Liefeld and Seth Damoose Launch Youngblood Spinoff https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/04/badrock-1-spinoff-rob-liefeld-image/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Badrock #ComicBooks #RobLiefeld #Youngblood #ImageComics
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Endonomos – Endonomos II – Enlightenment Review
By Steel Druhm
There’s something extra satisfying about gambling on a completely unknown act in the promo sump and being handsomely rewarded for the biscuit risk. Austria’s Endonomos describe themselves as “epic doom” and on their sophomore outing, Endonomos II – Enlightenment, they unveil a shockingly mature and intoxicating blend of classic doom, post-metal, and death that’s powerful, emotional, and captivating. Part Solitude Aeturnus, part Fvneral Fvkk, part Ghost Brigade and Darkest Era, Endonomos II marries doom’s past with the present in ways that feel organic and unforced, natural and logical. Cobbling together so many successful doom tropes from across multiple genre variants isn’t easy, but Endonomos forge long songs that flow effortlessly, shifting moods and textures as influences intertwine and coalesce into beautiful sadness and elegant despair. Enlightenment indeed!
You won’t wait long to be impressed either. 9-minute opener “Inversion” is a massive mission statement by Endonomos, delivering everything a doom fancier could ask for and MOAR. Beginning in classic doom style with big riffs and forlorn noodling with hints of prime Katatonia, things shift toward post-rock melodoom akin to Ghost Brigade with chillingly plaintive clean vocals scarring your soul before shifting into booming low register death roars that shake the foundations of burden. The guitars trill funerary lines and weep openly around whatever gravesite your mind manufactures and everything feels so sweetly morose. The song’s half over before you realize it, and you won’t want it to end, such is its depressive allure. Doom perfection. “Atheon Anarkhon” is darker and more dissonant with harsh edges protruding at every turn and death croaks leading the charge until despondent Patrick Walker-esque wailing vocals join the fray. This is more death doom than doom-death and it feels massive and crippling. The last few minutes truly blossom with the achingly forlorn cleans coming forward to spread grief as epic guitar lines borrow from While Heaven Wept to push the song to that next level of awesome.
My first thought upon hearing “Resolve” was that it could be a lost track from Fvneral Fvkk’s masterpiece Carnal Confessions. The way the vocals play off the despairing harmonies is very much the same and the vocals themselves are very reminiscent of the brilliant performance by Simon Schorneck (Cantor Cinedicus). Certain moments remind me of vintage Solitude Aeturnus as well and the guitar work is stunning and beautiful throughout. Ahab’s Daniel Droste provides guest vocals on “Hostile” and the mix of traditional Candlemass / Solitude Aeturnus style doom and modern flavors like Khemmis and Swallow the Sun is expertly realized for another major triumph of the broken heart. All six tracks deliver the rich, anguished goods and depression hasn’t sounded this good to me in a while. At no point do the songs feel bloated or in need of trimming though three of the six push well past 8 minutes. The album’s 48-plus minutes seem to vanish in a blip, making you feel like you lost time somewhere. That’s a sign of high-quality writing.
I’m very taken with the vocals by Lukas Haidinger. He channels a lot of genre heavyweights like Rob Lowe (Solitude Aeturnus), Krum (Darkest Era), Patrick Walker (40 Watt Sun, Warning) and Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow the Sun) and that’s fine company to find oneself in. His ability to sound despondent is a rare gift and his death vocals are top-shelf. He sells the songs like they’re sketchy junkers at a disreputable used car lot and you’ll buy in, with or without complementary undercoating. His bass work is also excellent, providing an ever-present and essential low-end rumble to the proceedings. Philipp Forster and Christoph Steinlechner bring a wealth of doom worship and technical acumen to the album, moving through the years to borrow the best bits from the biggest champions. You hear morose strumming from the Katatonia / Rapture schools sitting next to classic crunching and post-metal/post-rock minimalist wallowing and it all fuses seamlessly. Their riffs are crushing when they should be and the solos are poignant, elegant, and bewitching.
Endonomos find that elusive sweet spot between heavy and melodic and craft a collection of songs that allows them to punch far above their weight. Endonomos II – Enlightenment is easily one of the best doom albums of 2024 and one of the best of the last few years. If 2024 has yet to deliver the doom your masochistic heart longs for, this is it. Don’t miss the Endorama.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 319 kbps mp3
Label: Argonauta
Websites: endonomos.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/endonomos | instagram.com/endonomos
Releases Worldwide: September 27th, 2024#2024 #40 #ArgonautaRecords #AustrianMetal #DarkestEra #DoomMetal #Endonomos #EndonomosIIEnlightenment #FvneralFvkk #GhostBrigade #Katatonia #Rapture #Review #Reviews #SolitudeAeturnus #SwallowTheSun #Votum
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Endonomos – Endonomos II – Enlightenment Review
By Steel Druhm
There’s something extra satisfying about gambling on a completely unknown act in the promo sump and being handsomely rewarded for the biscuit risk. Austria’s Endonomos describe themselves as “epic doom” and on their sophomore outing, Endonomos II – Enlightenment, they unveil a shockingly mature and intoxicating blend of classic doom, post-metal, and death that’s powerful, emotional, and captivating. Part Solitude Aeturnus, part Fvneral Fvkk, part Ghost Brigade and Darkest Era, Endonomos II marries doom’s past with the present in ways that feel organic and unforced, natural and logical. Cobbling together so many successful doom tropes from across multiple genre variants isn’t easy, but Endonomos forge long songs that flow effortlessly, shifting moods and textures as influences intertwine and coalesce into beautiful sadness and elegant despair. Enlightenment indeed!
You won’t wait long to be impressed either. 9-minute opener “Inversion” is a massive mission statement by Endonomos, delivering everything a doom fancier could ask for and MOAR. Beginning in classic doom style with big riffs and forlorn noodling with hints of prime Katatonia, things shift toward post-rock melodoom akin to Ghost Brigade with chillingly plaintive clean vocals scarring your soul before shifting into booming low register death roars that shake the foundations of burden. The guitars trill funerary lines and weep openly around whatever gravesite your mind manufactures and everything feels so sweetly morose. The song’s half over before you realize it, and you won’t want it to end, such is its depressive allure. Doom perfection. “Atheon Anarkhon” is darker and more dissonant with harsh edges protruding at every turn and death croaks leading the charge until despondent Patrick Walker-esque wailing vocals join the fray. This is more death doom than doom-death and it feels massive and crippling. The last few minutes truly blossom with the achingly forlorn cleans coming forward to spread grief as epic guitar lines borrow from While Heaven Wept to push the song to that next level of awesome.
My first thought upon hearing “Resolve” was that it could be a lost track from Fvneral Fvkk’s masterpiece Carnal Confessions. The way the vocals play off the despairing harmonies is very much the same and the vocals themselves are very reminiscent of the brilliant performance by Simon Schorneck (Cantor Cinedicus). Certain moments remind me of vintage Solitude Aeturnus as well and the guitar work is stunning and beautiful throughout. Ahab’s Daniel Droste provides guest vocals on “Hostile” and the mix of traditional Candlemass / Solitude Aeturnus style doom and modern flavors like Khemmis and Swallow the Sun is expertly realized for another major triumph of the broken heart. All six tracks deliver the rich, anguished goods and depression hasn’t sounded this good to me in a while. At no point do the songs feel bloated or in need of trimming though three of the six push well past 8 minutes. The album’s 48-plus minutes seem to vanish in a blip, making you feel like you lost time somewhere. That’s a sign of high-quality writing.
I’m very taken with the vocals by Lukas Haidinger. He channels a lot of genre heavyweights like Rob Lowe (Solitude Aeturnus), Krum (Darkest Era), Patrick Walker (40 Watt Sun, Warning) and Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow the Sun) and that’s fine company to find oneself in. His ability to sound despondent is a rare gift and his death vocals are top-shelf. He sells the songs like they’re sketchy junkers at a disreputable used car lot and you’ll buy in, with or without complementary undercoating. His bass work is also excellent, providing an ever-present and essential low-end rumble to the proceedings. Philipp Forster and Christoph Steinlechner bring a wealth of doom worship and technical acumen to the album, moving through the years to borrow the best bits from the biggest champions. You hear morose strumming from the Katatonia / Rapture schools sitting next to classic crunching and post-metal/post-rock minimalist wallowing and it all fuses seamlessly. Their riffs are crushing when they should be and the solos are poignant, elegant, and bewitching.
Endonomos find that elusive sweet spot between heavy and melodic and craft a collection of songs that allows them to punch far above their weight. Endonomos II – Enlightenment is easily one of the best doom albums of 2024 and one of the best of the last few years. If 2024 has yet to deliver the doom your masochistic heart longs for, this is it. Don’t miss the Endorama.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 319 kbps mp3
Label: Argonauta
Websites: endonomos.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/endonomos | instagram.com/endonomos
Releases Worldwide: September 27th, 2024#2024 #40 #ArgonautaRecords #AustrianMetal #DarkestEra #DoomMetal #Endonomos #EndonomosIIEnlightenment #FvneralFvkk #GhostBrigade #Katatonia #Rapture #Review #Reviews #SolitudeAeturnus #SwallowTheSun #Votum
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Endonomos – Endonomos II – Enlightenment Review
By Steel Druhm
There’s something extra satisfying about gambling on a completely unknown act in the promo sump and being handsomely rewarded for the biscuit risk. Austria’s Endonomos describe themselves as “epic doom” and on their sophomore outing, Endonomos II – Enlightenment, they unveil a shockingly mature and intoxicating blend of classic doom, post-metal, and death that’s powerful, emotional, and captivating. Part Solitude Aeturnus, part Fvneral Fvkk, part Ghost Brigade and Darkest Era, Endonomos II marries doom’s past with the present in ways that feel organic and unforced, natural and logical. Cobbling together so many successful doom tropes from across multiple genre variants isn’t easy, but Endonomos forge long songs that flow effortlessly, shifting moods and textures as influences intertwine and coalesce into beautiful sadness and elegant despair. Enlightenment indeed!
You won’t wait long to be impressed either. 9-minute opener “Inversion” is a massive mission statement by Endonomos, delivering everything a doom fancier could ask for and MOAR. Beginning in classic doom style with big riffs and forlorn noodling with hints of prime Katatonia, things shift toward post-rock melodoom akin to Ghost Brigade with chillingly plaintive clean vocals scarring your soul before shifting into booming low register death roars that shake the foundations of burden. The guitars trill funerary lines and weep openly around whatever gravesite your mind manufactures and everything feels so sweetly morose. The song’s half over before you realize it, and you won’t want it to end, such is its depressive allure. Doom perfection. “Atheon Anarkhon” is darker and more dissonant with harsh edges protruding at every turn and death croaks leading the charge until despondent Patrick Walker-esque wailing vocals join the fray. This is more death doom than doom-death and it feels massive and crippling. The last few minutes truly blossom with the achingly forlorn cleans coming forward to spread grief as epic guitar lines borrow from While Heaven Wept to push the song to that next level of awesome.
My first thought upon hearing “Resolve” was that it could be a lost track from Fvneral Fvkk’s masterpiece Carnal Confessions. The way the vocals play off the despairing harmonies is very much the same and the vocals themselves are very reminiscent of the brilliant performance by Simon Schorneck (Cantor Cinedicus). Certain moments remind me of vintage Solitude Aeturnus as well and the guitar work is stunning and beautiful throughout. Ahab’s Daniel Droste provides guest vocals on “Hostile” and the mix of traditional Candlemass / Solitude Aeturnus style doom and modern flavors like Khemmis and Swallow the Sun is expertly realized for another major triumph of the broken heart. All six tracks deliver the rich, anguished goods and depression hasn’t sounded this good to me in a while. At no point do the songs feel bloated or in need of trimming though three of the six push well past 8 minutes. The album’s 48-plus minutes seem to vanish in a blip, making you feel like you lost time somewhere. That’s a sign of high-quality writing.
I’m very taken with the vocals by Lukas Haidinger. He channels a lot of genre heavyweights like Rob Lowe (Solitude Aeturnus), Krum (Darkest Era), Patrick Walker (40 Watt Sun, Warning) and Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow the Sun) and that’s fine company to find oneself in. His ability to sound despondent is a rare gift and his death vocals are top-shelf. He sells the songs like they’re sketchy junkers at a disreputable used car lot and you’ll buy in, with or without complementary undercoating. His bass work is also excellent, providing an ever-present and essential low-end rumble to the proceedings. Philipp Forster and Christoph Steinlechner bring a wealth of doom worship and technical acumen to the album, moving through the years to borrow the best bits from the biggest champions. You hear morose strumming from the Katatonia / Rapture schools sitting next to classic crunching and post-metal/post-rock minimalist wallowing and it all fuses seamlessly. Their riffs are crushing when they should be and the solos are poignant, elegant, and bewitching.
Endonomos find that elusive sweet spot between heavy and melodic and craft a collection of songs that allows them to punch far above their weight. Endonomos II – Enlightenment is easily one of the best doom albums of 2024 and one of the best of the last few years. If 2024 has yet to deliver the doom your masochistic heart longs for, this is it. Don’t miss the Endorama.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 319 kbps mp3
Label: Argonauta
Websites: endonomos.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/endonomos | instagram.com/endonomos
Releases Worldwide: September 27th, 2024#2024 #40 #ArgonautaRecords #AustrianMetal #DarkestEra #DoomMetal #Endonomos #EndonomosIIEnlightenment #FvneralFvkk #GhostBrigade #Katatonia #Rapture #Review #Reviews #SolitudeAeturnus #SwallowTheSun #Votum
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Katheryn Winnick & Gina Torres Join ‘My New Friend Jim’ Opposite Rob Lowe And Keith David
#Casting #GinaTorres #KatherynWinnick #MyNewFriendJimhttps://deadline.com/2025/11/katheryn-winnick-gina-torres-join-my-new-friend-jim-1236614625/
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‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ Season 5 Trailer: Catastrophic Train Derailment Unleashes “Poison Cloud Of Death”
#News #Trailers #911LoneStar #Fox #GinaTorres #RobLowehttps://deadline.com/2024/08/9-1-1-lone-star-season-5-trailer-rob-lowe-1236031670/
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The final #FlashTalk session gave another exciting overview of different early #DrugDiscovery topics including #CovalentInhibitors for glycosidases (Rob Lammers), host-directed therapies for bacterial infections (Bart van Lieshout) and covalently drugging transcription factors (Shaima Abdalla).
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𝗗𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗩𝗗 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 #94: 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲
In deze aflevering staan Luuk en Rob stil bij de indrukwekkende nalatenschap van Eva Hermans-Kroot, bekend van haar deelname aan Over Mijn Lijk. Eva overleed vorige week op 26-jarige leeftijd aan longkanker en maakte tijdens haar leven diepe indruk op de kijkers én...
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Rob Lowe Recalls “Page 73 Rule” For Sex Scenes: “But Now, It’s So Brave”
#News #Babygirl #IntimacyCoordinators #RobLowehttps://deadline.com/2025/02/rob-lowe-page-73-rule-sex-scenes-films-1236306062/
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theWhiskyteacher agenda-update:
26 januari presenteer ik een whiskytasting bij Gall & Gall van Albert Heijn Rob Loomans #Hellendoorn
2 februari ben ik in #Assen in het proeflokaal bij Dinercafe Autentieq
29 maart opnieuw in #Enschede At Marcook's smokehouse & BBQ'.Mijn volledige agenda met boekingsinformatie is hier te vinden: http://bit.ly/whisky-agenda
#whiskyfeest #whiskyconnoisseur #whiskyavond #mooieverhalen #whiskyverhalen #nosingtasting #whisky #whiskyagenda #whiskyverkostung
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Rob Lowe to Lead Comedy ‘The Ram’ in the Works at ABC, Colin Cowherd and Peyton Manning Among Producers (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #ABC #PeytonManning #RobLowehttps://variety.com/2025/tv/news/rob-lowe-the-ram-abc-colin-cowherd-peyton-manning-1236522488/
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This week in Ropeadiope history… Double Bassist Ellen Andrea Wang returned in 2024 with Rob Luft and Jon Fäit and the followup to her album Closeness.
Get a copy here: https://ropeadope.com/store/closeness-ii-cd
#listen #listening #album #music #artist #musician #musicians #supportmusic #supportmusicians #ropeadope #release #releaseday #onthisday #thisweek #flashback #throwback #vinyl #VinylRecords #record #records #cds #download #downloads
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Given what we’re looking at today, it’s probably a good time to add this disclaimer. I love Norse myths and folklore. I love stories of giants and dwarves and weird, curse spewing, serpentine dragons. I love the idea that symbols have power, and that dovetails nicely with runes and runic magic. I’m also a white guy of Germanic heritage. I say all of that in prelude to this: white supremacists can f%@k right off. Odin and Thor think you’re an asshole, Loki is laughing at you, and you don’t even want to know what Freyja has in store for you.
Back to business. What are we looking at today? We’re going to look at Keeper of the Drowned, a 5e SRD adventure using the Black Flag rules via the ORC license. The adventure is part of the Thrones & Bones setting, a setting that originated in the Thrones & Bones trilogy of novels, Frostborn, Nightborn, and Skyborn. These books follow youthful protagonists, including a human, a half-giant, and a dark elf, in a world populated with elements from Norse folklore. There is currently a 5e SRD campaign setting that predates the Black Flag rules, along with an adventure anthology. In addition, one of the first adventures to come out using the Black Flag rules, months before the final release of the rules, was Banner of the Bull, which converts several of the races present in the campaign setting to the lineage and heritage rules of Black Flag.
Disclaimer
I received this adventure as part of backing the Kickstarter for the Tales of the Valiant Game Master’s Guide. While I did not receive this adventure as a review copy, I have received review copies from Lou Anders and Lazy Wolf Studios in the past. I haven’t had a chance to run this adventure, but I am very familiar with D&D 5e, both as a DM and as a player.
Thrones and Bones: Keeper of the Drowned
Art Director, Publisher: Lou Anders
Lead Designer: Brian Suskind
Additional Designers: Lou Anders
Editing: Misty Bourne
Cover Art: Florian Stitz
Interior Art: Margarita Bourkova, Ksenia Kozhevnikova, Dio Mahesa, Aleksa Stajsic, Florian Stitz, Bryan Syme
Cartography: Rob Lazzaretti, Heroic Maps
Initial Graphic Design, Layout Concept: Invisible Rocket
Norse Language Consulting: Trond-Atle FarestveitSetting and Assumptions
While the Thrones & Bones novels feature younger protagonists, nothing about the setting material or the rules point players toward younger characters. Many Norse themed settings spend a lot of time on Vikings and raiding, and while they may include magic and monsters from folklore, it often feels like those elements are both exceptionally rare and out on the edges of society. Instead of focusing on Vikings and raiding, however, this is a setting where the northern humans live in settlements that depend on shipping and trade more than raiding and pillaging.
Instead of framing PCs as Vikings that get roped into bigger, supernatural events, the vibe I get from the setting is much more like Beowulf. There are some travelling heroes that go around the countryside solving problems that afflict communities. Sometimes weird magical things and monsters cause problems for people. While not all the lineages are common in the setting, it’s not strange for northern humans to trade with dwarves and giants. Monsters, curses, and spells are less folklore that turns out to be true, and more just the reality of life. It’s a more “D&D” friendly set of assumptions for the setting. Plus, I love Beowulf, so I’m here for it.
There are a lot of creatures from folklore, many filtered through how we understand them now, and how they have been shaded by RPGs over the years, but while there are creatures that serve similar functions, the traditional D&D monsters aren’t present. Your player character lineages are dwarf, elf, Frostborn (half-giants), Huldrafolk (Norse fey), and humans. Many of the low-level threats are fey creatures, and monstrosities, with some undead thrown in for good measure. Oh, and humans. Humans are jerks sometimes.
The Adventure
It is the wyrd of reviews to reveal spoilers, so now is the time to escape your fate, should you be planning on playing through this adventure, or if you wish to be surprised.
While this adventure can be run without the connection, this adventure shares a setting with Banner of the Bull, the settlement of Bense. This adventure is for characters starting at 3rd level, and Banner of the Bull assumes characters will reach 3rd level by the end. There are some notes on how different NPCs will react to the PCs if they took part in the previous adventure.
Bense has a statue of the god Njunn, The Keeper of the Drowned, which regularly falls into the water and needs to be retrieved. This time, however, the statue has been stolen by some merfolk. The merfolk aren’t happy with the local fisherfolk, and are using the statue to trick folks from the settlement to run a gauntlet that the merfolk have designed to help them complete a ritual that will summon weather that will wipe Bense off the map.
To further complicate matters, one of the jarl’s housecarls is conspiring with the merfolk to oust the jarl. The merfolk have told the housecarl that the magical rod they have given him will allow him to end the storms once he has overthrown the jarl and pledged to keep the fisherfolk away from the merfolk’s territory. In reality, the rod is part of the spell summoning the storm, and the massive wave that will wash away Bense is directed based on the location of the rod.
Puzzling Behavior
The sea caves that lead to the stolen statue have areas that are completely flooded, with some air pockets, allowing the PCs to catch their breath as they swim between areas above the waterline, through the flooded areas.
There are puzzles included in this section, which have contextual answers. By that, I mean that they don’t require external knowledge, but rather, the answers are based on what the PCs know about the setting or based on clues in the environment in which the puzzle is found. One requires the PCs to “attune” various pillars to different energies/elements. The other, the Hall of Currents, is a labyrinth the PCs must navigate to exit. The pattern for escape is fairly simple, but the PCs can be pushed along the wrong route due to the flow of water in the area.
In addition to solving the puzzle and navigating the labyrinth, the PCs are beset by additional challenges. In this case, carnivorous fish swarms and sea trolls. The sea trolls are a good example of what I mentioned above, where they match some Norse depictions of trolls a little more than D&D versions of the monsters (although I think there is a law that no matter where your inspiration for trolls comes from, they now need to have some form of regeneration).
The Twist
The merfolk priestess needs surface dwellers to perform aspects of the ritual that will summon the massive wave to destroy Bense. That means this is an adventure where the PCs find out they are part of the problem. We’ll come back to that. Because the merfolk need the surface dwellers to complete their part of the ritual, we have a good reason for the PCs to walk (swim) into the other half of the ritual in progress.
Each round, if the priestess uses her bonus action to continue the ritual, the time until the killer wave hits is shortened. If she manages to use bonus actions for more than 8 rounds, the port settlement is doomed. The faster the PCs defeat the priestess, the longer they have to track down the rod and destroy it. The merfolk priestess is talkative and is willing to tell the PCs exactly what she did to trick the traitorous housecarl, letting them know about the rod.
If the PCs use the waterspout in the cavern to rapidly return to the surface, they have however much time they bought for themselves in the fight with the priestess to destroy the rod being carried by the housecarl. The town is already flooded by the initial lashes of the storm, and the housecarl has taken this opportunity to overthrow the jarl, which is where the PCs find the housecarl and the jarl when they catch up to them. If they don’t destroy the rod in time, much of the city is destroyed, along with about a quarter of the population.
Stormbreaker
One thing I noticed in this adventure is that at the beginning of the description of an area, there are a few traits of the area. Not physical dimensions, but more abstracted, thematic elements meant to be invoked by the area, for example—Dark shadows, Foreboding Monuments, Rising magic. I like this as a scene setting tool, and to communicate to the DM why this area exists in the adventure. The body of the adventure feels like an encounter with fey creatures, tricksters, or other creatures of fable. The motivation of both villains make sense and play to the strength of the narrative, even if both are fairly two dimensional threats. The puzzles are contextual, making it a little easier to provide clues or point players towards the solution without the story stalling out. There is a well-done, built-in reason for the PCs to show up in time to disrupt a ritual.
Stormbringer
I’ve mentioned before that one of my least favorite adventure tropes is tricking the PCs into unleashing the villains’ plan by making them think they are helping, and that’s exactly what’s going on for the body of this adventure. It’s mitigated a bit because the merfolk would still be summoning less effective storms without the ritual’s completion, and the PCs aren’t tricked into doing the secretly bad thing by an NPC that appears to be friendly, undermining their faith in NPCs in general. I still don’t love it, but it doesn’t hit quite as hard as it did in another recent adventure I reviewed.
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While Norrongard may not align perfectly with other 5e SRD Norse-inspired settings, it’s not hard to run this adventure as is, and just assume that these things exist in addition to standard D&D-isms. Weird versions of sea trolls and carnivorous fish aren’t particularly setting breaking, and I’m pretty sure merfolk work for most D&D settings where the setting is near a sea or an ocean. It manages to strike a nice balance between being a simple, comfortable narrative, and still providing compelling action and important stakes.
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