This is how you pose when you know you’re the only “fancy” junco in the flock 😎 #birds

Welcome to all our new followers! If you're interested in getting more museums, libraries, galleries, and archives in your feed (because why the heck wouldn't you be), here's a starter pack we made earlier: go.bsky.app/HPQsZAu

gods I'm so excited for this game

Octopath Traveler 0 asks you to rebuild a town after disaster by adding structures/decorations and inviting new residents. It's not quite as involved as Dark Cloud, but it's scratching the itch.

My small collection of sapphic art is a sign that I need to make more of it.

So close to unlocking 2 stretch goals: we need 10k CA$ and 260 backers! 26 hours to go to back Hope Springs Eternal, a 120-page supplement for the Daggerheart TTRPG by @darringtonpress.bsky.social (you might have heard of @criticalrole.bsky.social with @matthewmercer.bsky.social 🤪)

Getting more Indigenous products into grocery stores would be a valuable step in supporting traditional practices and livelihoods. I also encourage people to find small local markets for treats - I often find good products there and speaking to artists and producers is really rewarding.

This is complete horseshit and a huge blow to the Halifax games industry. Sending thoughts to all the good folks impacted by this.

#TTRPG Designers, players, & related nerds: @ttrpgcataloging.bsky.social is a group of Library & Information Science MA students are working on a research project focused on improving cataloging for TTRPGs — unbelievably important work! They’re seeking participants for interviews.

Considering a new career in the new year? Find out more about becoming a book indexer and the skills and attributes required. Then investigate the @indexers.bsky.social training course. It changed my life, for the better. #IndexSky

Do you know an exceptional editor? Shine a spotlight on great editing by submitting a nomination for the $2,000 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. The 2026 award recognizes an outstanding editor on a project published in the 2025 calendar year: www.editors.ca/about/awards...

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

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As talk swirls around Greenland again, here's a conversation we had about Arctic geopolitics last spring with Sara Olsvig, head of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. It represents Inuit Canada, Alaska, Chukotka (Russia) and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), where she lives. thenarwhal.ca/arctic-sover...

Aquilegia coerulea, our Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine, blooming in RMNP #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 6 🌿

anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame/d... girl frame 1.5 is out: advancements for the Handler, a new Girl playbook, and NPC playbooks! #GirlFrame

Big appreciation for all of you who have helped Eric make this big step into the world of game design. A funded book! There's still time for any other curious cats to give it a look. bsky.app/profile/eric...

I really overdid it with socializing during the holidays, so my resolution this year is to give myself more space to decompress and recover.

new item unlocked: cone of infinite wisdom

Lewis Flax, Paintbrush, Buckwheat, & Lupine blooming on the Angler's Trail #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 4 🌿

Only one day left to get up to 40% off Pathfinder and Starfinder. Grab a blanket, gather your party, and settle in for a season of storytelling! 📚🔥 buff.ly/qIdp3DE

Hi people! One of my 2026 resolutions is to be able to "revive" Alone Together, a Discord server we've created in 2021 for solo #TTRPG enthusiasts. Luckily, lots of cool people are already in it, and are posting there. If you're not one of these cool people yet, lmk and I'll send you a link!

Happy New Year, all! (Or ongoing Hogmanay!) To celebrate, we're having a sale on Coyote & Crow, the RPG. You can get: The Core Rulebook The Story Guide Screen A Set of Custom dice For just $70! This sale lasts until January 12th, so get on it. www.allplay.com/board-games/... #ttrpg #Nativesky

The Light of the Eyelid 🌗🌿 #mushishi

Cyberpunk 2025

WHO research shows COVID vaccines still crucial in preventing severe illness | UN News news.un.org/en/story/202...

Last night I mixed grappa with honey soda and it was pretty darn good. Only feeling it a little today. Here's to a new year of experimenting with familiar things!

My resolution for 2026 is to help more people realize that using Alt Text is important. If you don't know why, listen to my lovely mutuals, @vesnavoice.bsky.social, @kst.bsky.social, @anndouglas.bsky.social, and @sundance.bikesky.social. This could be the year you start using it! #accessibility

I loved getting to chime in on this amazing video essay about the recent history of indie RPGs/story games. Aaron Voigt gives us a phenomenally researched and focused account of the past fifteen years of tabletop game design, with rightful emphasis on the impact of Apocalypse World. Check it out!

#Ontario residents! Here's a petition to stop private health clinics from charging extra for important procedures like cataract surgery. #e-6811 #Canada

The holidays have been lovely so far. I have eaten many sweets and spent time with many wonderful people and I feel very blessed. The new books for the to-read pile are Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry and Simon Jimenez's The Spear Cuts Through Water.

Agami Heron in full breeding splendor at Agami Island #CostaRica #birds #herons #nature

Freshly baked Orion loaf doodles. 🐈‍⬛ Artwork hand drawn with Apple Pencil and Procreate.

Moon Companion • 2020

Don't miss out on this EARLY BIRD DEAL! Register before Dec. 30 and get 10% off the webinar Preparing Your Manuscript for the Editor with #EFA instructor Mia Kleve. Secure your spot now: https://twp.ai/4iuBGe#EFA #AmWriting #AmRevising #WIP #IndieAuthors

The list you've been waiting for: London's most popular books of 2025! 📚 These titles topped hold lists and were checked out again and again. See what everyone’s been reading and add your next hold: buff.ly/hyIN2xQ

There are so many reasons to be anti-AI. Setting aside the environmental fuckery and the goddamn wholesale thievery (which SHOULD BE ENOUGH, but here we are), it's *wrong*, in the sense of "can't reliably get anything right." Some people have looked at my copyeditor self and said, "You're just

once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!) heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...

Collecting Star Flowers ✨

You may not give a second glance to the use of "utilise" or "catalyse" in documents coming from our federal government. But Canadian spelling and Canadianisms make up our unique identity. Now is not the time to retreat from what makes Canada distinct. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Thinking about the ways solo RPGs leverage consent and the supreme power of the individual in a universe of one as a shortcut to impact. By putting players into an environment where their imagination is paramount, solo games have an easier time wielding belief to achieve their ends.

Come work with me! We're fully remote. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... (I am not the hiring manager. I am not a part of the decision making process for this role at all. And yes, must be based in Ontario due to funding requirements. This is to cover a leave.)

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec. 17 Why use wings when you can just engage missile mode? This downy woodpecker male was foraging among the spruce trees, and decide that for this short journey, wings were not needed! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

An excellent ratio on this one for a monumentally terrible decision. Read the room, friends; this is not going to go the way you hope. Also, "it's already here" is a terrible rationale for participating in something environmentally destructive and morally repugnant.

Hope Springs Eternal has reached its funding goal with 3 weeks to go! Thanks to everyone for the support! Let's continue to spread the word about this 120-page supplement for @darringtonpress.bsky.social's Daggerheart TTRPG and start working on some stretch goals!

Iris missouriensis, our Rocky Mountain Iris, blooming at Crystal Lake #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 18 🌿

I sincerely love that folks on here can say "hey, I'm sad, cheer me up?" and so many people will support them. Also, the pet pics that those skeets elicit are excellent.

I went and wrote it. Here are some things you can do as a ttrpg project manager to make freelancing fun and easy: barilleon.com/managing-ttr...

Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.

Asclepias speciosa, our Showy Milkweed, blooming on the Teller Farms trail #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 16 🌿