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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

Still having some D&D feelings - I appreciate the cleaner layout for adventures and having a thematic understanding of what an adventure is doing (location based adventure vs a faction based adventure). I think that's a great way to think about them!

I haven't picked up D&D stuff in a bit because I've been busy with other ttrpgs, but wow uh I really don't know how I feel about digital only supplements available only in the walled garden of D&D beyond.

throwback thursday: storm at sea

13oct - ‘the curious and quite dreadful sensation of being forgotten’

If you're doing any sort of Medieval #WorldBuilding, for game design or novels or whatever, & you haven't seen Ruth Goodman's "Tudor Monastery Farm", you're in for a treat. I highly recommend her & the crew, & not just for this particular series. #ttrpg #history www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season

I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

"...Impress my vision upon thine heart. In the new world of thy making, all things will flourish, whether graceful, or malign..." for @cinderflower.bsky.social 🌺🔥♥️

More people have died in ICE custody in last 9 months than in the entire prior 4 years. We hear of a few, but most barely make the news. Cases like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel. He was in perfect health when ICE detained him. He disappeared in June & by August was in a vegetative state.

EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award. The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.

Crowdfunding goals are the biggest lies ever told - It is so strongly encouraged to drastically undershoot in order to keep up hype and so you can make that "Fully funded in x" as low as possible. This is a systemic issue in crowdfunding - not singularly on Equinox.

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

Just a reminder that my “Queer Mexicana” print is restocked on my store in photo frame and postcard sizes! Please check it out 🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

Beginning Saturdays at 6:30 PM CT, join me for the event of the season. Pride, Prejudice, & Prestidigitation. A DND 5e campaign where political intrigue is a must, and becoming the belle of the ball is the most important battle of all. startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

You cannot be fucking serious

I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT. Then shut up until you have that attorney present. You cannot invoke your right to silence just by being silent. You have to say the words.

The Republican Shutdown has a devastating impact on our federal workforce, with nearly 750,000 workers affected. This means missed paychecks for working families and more uncertainty and chaos for this country. Trump and Republicans must end this shutdown.

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

I am officially sworn in and now a practicing attorney within the state of Washington so that's neat.

Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word

Knights of Guinevere PILOT youtu.be/MCAdbUaMlAE

Here's one thing you can do: a disney+ subscription is around 16 dollars. Go on Patreon/Kofi, find your top 16 creators/youtubers with less than a million subscribers and give them each $1 a month. Changes lives, believe me

Do this to voice your outrage at Disney's unjust cancellation of Kimmel and other people's shows for simply practicing their free speech, ASAP.

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries. When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom. I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

I wrote something about respectability in dress over on Twitter. The topic is nuanced for me, so unfortunately the post had to be long. Since Bluesky (reasonably) has character limits, I can't easily import the text here. So I'm including screenshots, if you would like to read it.

Reading this on loop today.

I'm not surprised by any of this story but this still got an "...oh" out of me.

Bruh

My entire career, I've been fighting for the relevance and power of TTRPGs and larps. Now, at this point in history, it's not so bad to be (a) largely ignored by the state, and (b) involved with a medium that cannot die, that relies on human interaction and creativity. But the $$$ are an issue.

Ta-Nehisi Coates has a predictably wonderful essay about the political class's reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk. to quote a post I saw on here a few weeks back, "we're gonna need a bigger Reconstruction" web.archive.org/web/20250916...

still looking for one more player for this. desperately need just one more so we can start! let me know if you need any information and i’d be happy to answer. would love to get back into running games with this one that i’ve been wanting to run for a while now so sign up and let’s get it going.

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️ Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW! Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/... Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283... Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

Meet Johnny Silverhand - before Arasaka Tower, before Alt Cunningham, before everything came crashing down. A Night City Legend - and only available to VIPs. Only 7 more days, then Johnny will be leaving the stage. Grab him before he goes at presale.nightcrewgames.com

On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city. This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.

On holding multiple truths: Miller says the administration will use Kirk's death to dismantle leftist orgs, and people are being targeted professionally. The people who said this would be used against folks were right. AND there were also already plans to dismantle leftist orgs (see Project Esther).

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate

I am teaching students in a game writing course this fall who have no memory of GG. I’m very, very careful in how I handle that history *because* the playbook that was first used in GG is still active & aimed at folks like me — not because I teach & study games, but because I’m a professor at all.

Game is starting tomorrow and I got two more spots 👀

Look you don’t have to be happy about the events of today to recognize that “It is time we put aside our differences and celebrate the life and work of a transphobic white supremacist hate monger” is an unacceptable idea to push and that too many people in power are currently pushing it

Some news today that folks shouldn't ignore: North Carolina has awarded $15 million to the producers of Mr. Beast's game show. This represents nearly half of the grant program's annual budget. #ncpol andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-awards-...

Well then Charlie Kirk, we thank you for volunteering as one of this year's tributes. Hope your Second Amendment was worth it.