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.

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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-...

May I die in a way where people don't post a million headlines of dumb evil shit I said that's eerily prescient of my death

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

Here's the gun violence we should be decrying today. Here's where our prayers should go. Here's the political violence we should be fighting about.

Adding LANCER to my delicious rotation of professional GM games - Get in the fucking robot and engage with complicated space politics. startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

Adding LANCER to my delicious rotation of professional GM games - Get in the fucking robot and engage with complicated space politics. startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

I want to push back against the sentiment that we live in terrible political times and we must exist as if we don't. Let me hold your hand gently when I say this: You don't have to keep it moving like the world isn't burning. You can meet the moment *and* do daily life. Let's talk about how. 🧵

Transmasc problems: So many fem cosmetics are a scam. A skin care routine doesn't need 18 steps - wash, acne treatment, moisturize. Bam. Most everything else is to take your money. So I assumed masc cosmetics were the same thing. Anyways beard oil is magic and my beard is so nice now.

No one ever told me about the homoerotic camp of Metal Gear Solid and I'm losing my god damn mind out here.

Last week of our pledge drive to clear tea house debt and go into the busy season strong, 83% of the way there! Transparency report: between this drive and the opportunity to vend at Worldcon, we are no longer in danger of closing our brick & mortar this year. HOWEVER (1/2) square.link/u/La2AFWmg

Today was D&D day where I played the preview of the new Forgotten Realms content and the Greyhawk adventure. Both were fantastic fun - normally I play a warlock or other caster but for both I played a fighter. The fighter subclass is very much a Charisma based fighter which was cool to see!

Embarrassing but mine was Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? because i was very bad at it and that meant my ass got thrown in jail in the game over screen but then I would have real world nightmares about being thrown in prison because I didn't know the capital of Montana. 🫠

I keep going back and forth on a ttrpg club. I've tried a few times to start one but they've fallen apart as other things have taken priority but with law school officially done, I'm thinking about giving it another go.

There's one entity I won't be contacting over this bc I have my entire business set up through it; all my money runs through it. It has a long history of debanking adult-industry ppl. If you're a follower of mine and love my work, please take up the baton for me and make a call. It would mean a lot

Like @zedotenator.net says:

CIRCADIAN // 19 pages // 2023 // #horror #comics He hasn’t slept in weeks. Every night, a visitor demands his attention at the bedroom door. read below ⤵️

And for my Friday game slots, prepare to dive into the Delian Tomb! This starting adventure teaches the rules of the new MCDM rpg Draw Steel! I'm normally a horror/intrigue kind of guy, but these combats are the most fun I've ever had in 15 years of play. Come learn the beauty of goblin pinball!

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

We have one more seat open starting this Monday! @startplaying.bsky.social Fall down the rabbit hole to try and find a missing artist in New York and realize that the warrens are both deeper and stranger than you could ever imagine.

TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit

While I wait for my bar exam results, I'm running games professionally again! Come join me in a Delta Green campaign featuring Kings, plays, the color yellow, and reality that frays like an old costume. startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

2 seats are already gone! Just need 1 more to run 🎭

While I wait for my bar exam results, I'm running games professionally again! Come join me in a Delta Green campaign featuring Kings, plays, the color yellow, and reality that frays like an old costume. startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

he hasn't stopped calling~ have you? 🫵 how to call: stop-paypros.neocities.org info and resources on pay discrimination: cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...