It's hard to be a person right now, and many of us need to do the opposite of touch grass because it's still the AM and we need to experience less of the world, but I hope the fact that this little birb believes in you makes your day better.

Every accelerationist thinks they're in the special class of clever, adroit operators who can talk their way out of a violent death. There is no such class.

I could post about the banality of evil, why some statements are violence, and a history of targeted violence against myself and those I love due to the same rhetoric espoused by Charlie Kirk. But frankly, I'm tired and my time is worth more than people like him.

No one ever says "how am I supposed to explain this filth to my child?" about war or poverty.

Trying to explain late-stage capitalism to customers in Discord DMs and it's so fucking hard. A couple items to note: Buying off DTRPG means the creator 1. Probably undervalued their work. 2. Took a 35% hit on that payment. If you are the person messaging me, you are fine. 1/3

Considering cardboard/plastic crack is slang in the industry, it shouldn't be surprising there's crossover between LGS basics and the Ten Crack Commandments.

I took a day off socials, but I'm safely back home after Gen Con. What an incredible year filled with amazing people. The excitement and good vibes from everyone left me sappy because I'm a big softie. Love y'all.

Friendly reminder that I'm at Gen Con this week. I'm prioritizing communication related to organizing because I'm trying to engage people who have their own busy schedules. Thanks for understanding that I'll likely be incommunicado until next Monday at the earliest.

It's been a weird few years -- a good weird, though, even through the toss and tumult. I don't know how I got here and I don't know where I'm going, but I've found a home I'm proud of and makes me happy. I'll share the team photo when that becomes available.

THE WORD IS OUT! The alt-right fascists and grogs at theRPGSite have checked out (or not in many situations) Wandering Blades and... THEY HATE IT! Couldn't be more proud to work with fellow #TTRPG Woke List Red creator @danielhkwan.itch.io to make this game a reality. WanderingBlades.com

Sesame Street's The Count is the most famous Tzimisce in the VtM universe

Thanks Dan! I still do wholesale direct but also recommend IPR for US retailers 👍

If you're a retailer, check out Colin's stuff. His work is good, the covers have great shelf presence, and if he doesn't do direct orders anymore, or you don't like juggling too many product sources, check IPR.

People say "AI is here and we have to adapt to it". There is, at a very basic level, no way of "adapting" to an environment where the more coherent equivalent of "colourless green ideas sleep furiously" is treated as the equivalent of actual data. It's the environment that must change

"Great Replacement" theory isn't just a racist conspiracy belief, it's also the ideology behind the deadliest terrorist attacks in America over the last decade. Terrorists who did Pittsburgh synagogue, El Paso Walmart, Buffalo Supermarket and other deadly attacks cited it prominently in manifestos.

"I happen to have come into possession of a large quantity of X trading cards. Do you happen to buy X trading cards?" Bro just tell me you stole them. The answer will still be no but at least you didn't also lie to me so I'll sound less tired when I do.

We welcome 10 games to our bestsellers list! CBR+PNK Death of the Author Dread Golden Sky Stories Hamsters and Himbos i'm sorry did you say street magic Menagerie of the Void Stewpot: Tales From a Fantasy Tavern Wilderfeast The World We Left Behind www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Bestse...

The effect of all the worst, biggest sex pest fuckups on earth claiming autism as an excuse for their dipshittery, will be increased eugenics. Each time one of these dipshits announces autism as a justification, they cement the public perception of autism as dangerous, antisocial, predatory, etc

We've got a cool announcement to make! Myself and Cari Watterton have been working on a project together the past few months. Introducing Abletop - A six part series of videos discussing boardgame and tabletop Accessibility. Hour long episodes releasing weekly - Every Wednesday at 5pm UK.

As you probably figured out from my temporary name change, I'll be at the GAMA Expo in a couple weeks. I'll be disconnected from social media while I'm there, so if you want to meet up reach out before then or text message me when we're there.

1/🧵 The Cass Review final report was quietly amended in December 2024, just before the permanent ban was announced, and it seems to have gone unnoticed. While most of the changes were minor and clerical, two of them were significant. Both changes relate to informed consent.

Lean into your passions and interests. It doesn't matter what other people think YOU should or shouldn't be doing, when that is only their opinion. You create your happiness. If you like MtG, play it. If you want to cosplay then do it. Watch anime. Collect stamps. Wear bright colors. Read smut.

I don't care what the industry is, my bare minimum standard business practices are written confirmation of agreements, product and payment delivered on time, and honest effort towards clear communication. The latter one covers for the former two, and if that's missing then the relationship is dead.

I finally bought a vest. We'll see if I have time to sew all of my patches onto it before GAMA. I have so much nerdy stuff to go on it. It'll be the first time in 20 years I've had a battle vest. I promise to wash this one.

I've reposted a lot of political content lately and not commented much on tabletop gaming. That will change soon, so thanks for bearing with me.

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

A “hoax.” I have experienced a curious mix of feelings while having a significant portion of my life’s work in books and the art of my friends distorted and vandalized by post-literate fascists for the last few years. The feelings right now are uniquely awful. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Remember when everyone got mad at Hannah Arendt for saying there were people in Jewish leadership who helped make the Holocaust happen by thinking they could make the Nazis realize how useful they could be

If you've never had to eject racist skinheads from a punk/metal/hardcore show then you've probably never seen a poseur throw a white power salute and I don't give a fuck what you think the Elongated Muskrat was doing on stage.

The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop. I want our World Wide Web back.

Me in the 90s: "I love cyberpunk because the world is going to hell, man." Me now: "I love cyberpunk because we need angry queer punks to rise up and kick corporations in the dick."

I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but please never stop being excited about the things you love. Your enthusiasm *will* annoy some people, and that’s great. It will help you weed out the people who don’t value the gift of your uncynical, unabashed happiness.

I can't believe this just came up again. Pic for attention. Please stop using the bend test. It's a bad test. Most people who bend test cards don't even know why they're doing it. A 🧵

I like Bluesky for the same reasons I liked Twitter 15 years ago. It's more social, less media, and I have more control over what I see. For the most part I still miss dedicated blogs and message-board-style forums being the norm. I know they still exist, but they're empty wastelands now.

I use the Facebook Purity extension for Chrome to cut out everything but the posts of people I follow, and I only use the mobile app to check notifications. The fact I need a 3rd party tool and largely ignore the official app says a lot about the usability of the platform.

I'm still on Facebook, but it's mostly for the closed groups dedicated to game retail. If those gathering places ever migrated, I'd follow. Facebook is a terrible place to converse and even worse to archive information for future searches.

I share the opinion that creators need to keep collaborating and pushing their excellent games to the front of the TTRPG market, and more players needs to try non-D&D games. I am here for the cause. That said, the material conditions on the ground differ from what we see on the Internet. A 🧵

Good morning #ttrpg folks! Did you remember to nudge that indie dev you know, and tell them about our grants for scenario and game designers? The ones opening in January, that will help them pay for art, layout, editing, and other professional services?

anyway seeing a bunch of people today who know more about the topic putting it better than me (I am, to reiterate, just a silly little guy) here's a video my friend with a criminology background recommends, if it'd help to hear realistic examples and reasons: youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE?... good thread ⬇️

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

I cannot tell you how many times I think about the fact that it’s overwhelmingly dudes who get to be *experts* in TTRPG spaces (as opposed to being coded as “influencers”)

Bro listen bro you forgot to mention this in your post bro we live in an tangled web of global causality bro you gotta mention this other thing. Bro, the price of tea in China. You forgot to mention it, bro remember we exist in the context of all that we are and once were

Here is a holiday reminder that Apple and Google help the government archive your communications. By necessity, message notification previews are sent unencrypted and are stored on their servers for Android and iOS devices. This defeats the purpose of using encrypted messaging in the first place.

Vaporwave is a great Christmas genre so if you want some music recommendations for the season, check out our latest episode on Night Clerk Radio podcast www.nightclerkradio.com/episodes/vap... and on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-WB...

It's so funny how so many of the stereotypical "millennials amirite!?" traits like not moving out and refusing to go on vacation/buy stuff are rooted entirely in the changing economic landscape of America which now effects everyone but back then were seen as our personal failings

Once upon a time, not the entire internet was 4chan. Only 4chan was 4chan, because everywhere else would kick you out for Doing 4chan in their spaces. It sounds utopian, but it is true.

Zak Smith and his cronies are trying to claw their way back into communities. Do not let them. He has posted these instructions to his followers. Do not assume good faith for the next few weeks. pastebin.com/QJNhcN3F?fbc...

“Don’t you feel like fighting AI is a losing battle?” Yeah I mean maybe? When it can actually do all the crap they’re pretending it can do? My fight isn’t against AI. It’s against con artists. Tech bros running speculation scams. CEO’s. Fake gurus. Lazy hacks. My fight is with human shitlords.