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Müller: A Free 18th Century Cartography Brush Set for Fantasy Maps

In the early 18th century, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI charged Johann Christoph Müller to produce an “authentic and complete” map of the kingdom of…

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How everything became AI slop

I don’t always share many videos here, but I thought this Tunnel Vision video was poignant. I’m grateful I’m off most social media now because,…

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Comment on Uly Pupdate, Winter 2025 by scottdrakeford

That's a damn cute pup, Kim Michael. We are dealing with a lot of the same things... specifically having to force our pup to sleep or even settle. She needs naps but will just keep playing until she drops.

Uly Pupdate, Winter 2025

He’s now eleven months old (almost a year!) and is in full teenager mode. He’s so bright—which is a benefit and also a curse. He’s…

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Some Fantasy Map Related Updates

Wanted to throw together a quick update on some easy-to-miss news from the #NoBadMaps universe. If you have donated to the project through Ko-fi or…

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Myer: A Free 18th Century Settlement Brush Set for Fantasy Maps

Tucked away in the Met’s American Swords and Firearms gallery in downtown Manhattan, there’s a small powder horn on display. These hollowed-out bovine horns were…

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Trip Report – Lisbon > Paris > Porto

Over the last few weeks, I was struck by how much of the Western world has become a monoculture. Here I am, thousands of miles…

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Forgotten Frequencies, Vol. 1: Lovat – Available Now!

Inspiration can descend like a squall. After I shared a recent Quiet Corner on TikTok, a reader asked me: “Do you have a playlist for…

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Happy 2025

Goodbye 2024. Hello, 2025. I am not one to prognosticate much over the future. For the most part, handwringing about what could happen means I’m…

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My Reading List for 2024

Last year, I read the most books I ever had in a single year, setting a personal best of fifty-three. This year was—er—decidedly not that.…

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Much love, amigo. Hope you and KL are

Comment on Well, This is Obnoxious by kpotter@dragonstrike.com

I hear you loud and clear. Since the 1980's I have researched in the field of AI. We have seen some incredible results in the sciences and medicine. Results that save lives and make improvements to our lives. However, more and more I am seeing AI used as a replacement for human creativity, ingenuity and common sense. That is so wrong on so many levels. Now, flagging creative work as AI is a step way too far. I avoid using many of the social media platforms because of their lack of ethics, arbitrary decisions and allowing computer programmers to decide what is and what is not accurate, truthful or just. Only a human trained for such things can make that decision and a human should be the final check on any AI checking for AI. Keith

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[…] funny thing happened when I shared Hogenburg—my latest brush set—on Instagram the other day. Instagram, in all its divine authority, added a […]

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Happy belated anniversary! What a fun read, always love your newsletters, the pic of the two of you on the bench is so lovely and the one of you with the martini(?) THEEEE best pic. Its incredible and might have to go on the back of a book someday. Can't wait to see you in a few weeks! xoxoxo ~J

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Comment on I Lost 50 Pounds by K. M. Alexander

In reply to <a href="https://kmalexander.com/2022/07/06/i-lost-50-pounds/#comment-24687">oasiheneee</a>. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :D

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In reply to <a href="https://kmalexander.com/2022/07/06/i-lost-50-pounds/#comment-24688">Lauren Sapala (@losapala)</a>. Thank you so much! It's been (mostly) fun, which I didn't expect. Heh.

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Wow, this is really cool to hear K.M.!!! I'm so happy for you. And super big congratulations on sticking with it, I know it's really hard to do some days. Really way to go!!!