Centrists in the US *really* need to reckon with the fact that the main bulk of the absent votes for the Democrats were from comfortable suburban white blokes. Harris mostly lost votes because the comfortable who had little to lose fom Trump were offered nothing.

Every day I see multiple new posts of self righteous Centrists who really need this burned through their thick fucking skulls.

I keep seeing people furious at the people they've imagined that didn't vote for Harris. I keep seeing the refrain of "didn't you learn your lesson!?" When they see any criticisms of Gavin Newsom or the Democrats in general. The lesson I assume being "The left must fall in line and grovel"

Wabbleborbs These flightless bird figments have powerful and dextrous feet that allow them to climb the mighty sea-cliffs for Torvorth. When fed well and set upon an injured entity they go to work with stunning speed and aggression, using their feet to sew up any and all wounds.

And for heaven's sake, play and rate them! Our wonderful wonderful beautiful donors deserve all the love for being part of this!

Fucking WOW. So recently Facebooks app decided that if I open it I need to always be greeted by a full volume instantly playing short. I have never clicked on that section of the site, i barely use the app, so this is clearly a deliberate change to promote video content.

Hey cuties in the NSFW community,heads up that we got a fresh AI scraper/generator following folks in our circles. Go quietly preemptively block and move on with your lives. 🖤💋

I did some more random doodles of my #OC Vaanta. She's clumsy and cares a lot and can telepathically control broken machines. #doodle #artsky

Holy shit, @apnews.com This skeet, and the headline of the article itself, are maliciously misleading. Wikipedia has signed deals with AI companies forcing them to pay to access its content. They haven't "embraced AI." This is intentionally misleading. Do fucking better, you boot lickers.

Shame I buried this with disc horse cos I quite liked these.

Urgh damnit.. My annoyed rant at the disc horse completely buried my silly OC doodles xD I am a fool!

I have to put first that there seems to be a HELL of alot of history to the phrase that I don't know That said I have always found "system doesn't matter" exceptionally dismissive and overall harmful to ttrpgs as a whole The systems we use to facilitate a fantasy/idea ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY matters

With all due respect "system doesn't matter" is a genuinely destructive statement that is outright insulting to anyone who has spent any time doing any sort of game design in ttrpgs. The *only* saving grace of the statement is the context that it was originally pushback against some shitlords.

I did some more random doodles of my #OC Vaanta. She's clumsy and cares a lot and can telepathically control broken machines. #doodle #artsky

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Hey hey! It's Friday noonish in Japan, and you know what that means. It's time for another episode of Upturned Table Weekly! Come hang out with Jeremy and I as we talk about TTRPGs, wargames, and other hobby stuff for half an hour or so. Stream starts in about an hour.

Posting instructions for fellow Lego nerds for kawaii kitty and so i can look at this later. Will be thread of images.

System matters in TTRPGs. For example, if you buy DIE RPG, I make money, which definitely matters.

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Why. Cant. I. Sleep!?! 😭

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Quogs These figments use compacted mud and their own viscous spit to create masks with their padded forelegs. Quogs grow very slowly but it is theorised that they will grow indefinitely. There are even legends of a Biquog the size of a hill that crafts the most exquisite masks.

Thank you all so much again for your help in getting those bills paid. Right now I'm having to worry about medical bills and groceries for the month. I'm in less immediate trouble but if you're able to help I would still greatly appreciate it and please always take care of yourself first.

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I should draw more of these two...

Quogs These figments use compacted mud and their own viscous spit to create masks with their padded forelegs. Quogs grow very slowly but it is theorised that they will grow indefinitely. There are even legends of a Biquog the size of a hill that crafts the most exquisite masks.

Game design. I'm genuinely good at game design.

I have been completely out of action for several days due to this flu and to top it off my brain is now guilting me about a lack of productivity.

As briefly mentioned in yesterday's newsletter, I'm fiddling with the design for a lightweight TTRPG system. It's set me wondering – what are folks' favourite TTRPG systems, and what do you like most about them? Is it particular mechanics? Layout? Supporting elements? Setting? Something else?

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

Solo games as beautiful, solo games are fun, you can have so many of them for $10 and help Take This provide mental health supports!!

Curious about solo TTRPGS? Ask me anything! Heaven knows I'm deep enough in them after six years of Solo But Not Alone. I can also give you recommendations from this year's bundle, thanks to the handy spreadsheet! itch.io/b/3481/solo-...

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Two asks for y'all: 1. I am filling up my leisure docket with solo RPGs, so please recommend me cool titles to check out. Bonus points for weirder and/or newer games. 2. Reorganizing my Bluesky lists; tag designers, publishers, critics, smart tabletop people I should be following. Much obliged!

I need you all to know that Dogbert was originally gping to be called Dildog.

I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.

Today I am curled up in bed with a potent headache, a fever and a ringing in my ears.. Being ill suuuucks.

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Arcane Tools Treasures & Traps is my favorite magic item supplement. When I say "magic items should be more interesting than a +1," this collection of artifacts is what I think they should look like. And it's PWYW? That's the real magic. nebmia.itch.io/arcane-tools...

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So hey other social media sites make me want to gargle acid so I guess I'm back here. Luckily I am still one of the best in the country at battle rap and I'm here to share that with you. Premier Battles: Where Winning Matters - me vs. Slester is out now!

I say boo to this flu x.x

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You're alone in the black. Your ship is dying. Your crew is dead. How long can you survive? The Wretched is my solo survival horror game that started the Wretched & Alone system. 🚀💀 https://loottheroom.itch.io/wretched

Ngl it would be so heckin cool if any of my #ttrpg followers and friends in the UK came to DreamLands~ I think y'all would really love it tbh and it's very much a Larp thats designed to be newbie friendly and have lots of game for non combatants! Www.dreamlandslarp.co.uk

Really great thread. And it's got me thinking about how in many ways this is talking about the dynamic that had me making DreamLands. It is in many ways just the Larp I wanted to play and felt I couldn't get. So I made it, despite my lack of personal investment in running a Larp.

I should draw more of these two...

I dunno.. my hot take is that the people who tried to shout down anyone saying Harris should change her policies or promises are far more culpable for her loss than the people saying that what she was saying was bad.