Life got overwhelming today. I'll go touch grass on the way to work tomorrow. Get a coffee, go on a walk. Try to forage for some joy soomewhere. That should help some.

Hope folks are having a decent day today

Aaaand that’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who came out for our Black History Month event! We raised $820 dollars for #SadGirlsClub and couldn’t have done it without our fantastic performers, GMs, techs, artist, and YOU! We are so grateful for your time, donations, love and support.

making just an epic fuckton of white chicken chili tonight lmao - it will be good for the couple of super cold days coming up I think

New update on the Spirit Swap TTRPG Kickstarter is live! It has some design musings by @noroadhome.itch.io, tentative sketches of a baby Froggo, and some questions to backers I'd love to hear answers for👁️👁️ Update is public so check it out✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/sof...

It's official, we're on kickstarter! Go follow our pre-launch page! Art by @catskillz.bsky.social Graphic design by @heykatelyn.bsky.social Game Design by JC and @elympian.com

ANNOUNCEMENT! Crime Guys: The Crime Game is launching on Kickstarter in May. Go follow right now! #Placeholdergames #CrimeGuys #boardgames #excited www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

Wilbert Holloway (Aug. 11, 1899-April 1969) was a cartoonist & illustrator who created the comic strip Sunny Boy Sam. It was the second longest running strip in the Black press, lasting 41 years. His 1927 editorial cartoon below is titled "Seeing Yourself as Others See You." #BlackHistoryMonth

The curry I made is so spicy its painful.... how do I do this every time? Its either entirely lacking flavor or so spicy it murders. Imma have to ask some friends for a recipe because this is... its not working.

I'm a professional TTRPG designer. I've been on 20+ projects. There are seven rules I follow to make sure I'm creating the BEST possible product. And when I don't follow those rules well...mistakes are made! Check out my latest video to learn the rules and learn from my mistakes #gamedesign #ttrpg

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.

I’m having a 25% off sale both in Vgen, and out of it too!! Feel free to just DM me here! 🚨 #commission #vgen #artsky

It's hard as hell to get any kind of work in the creative fields under normal circumstances, and it's even harder right now. If you work in a creative field and have any free time whatsoever, even 30 minutes of your day, I'm challenging you to take on an apprentice for one month, free of charge.

Hey, this Saturday we have four games for y'all! Remember all month long we are raising money for the Lavendar Rights Project and appreciate your love and support. Link to our tiltify and games for this Saturday below

This Saturday at 4 PM EST Modern Harlem, magical problems. A shady corporation, a ticking clock, and a community that refuses to be pushed around. Resistance is better when it’s collective. These are the Horns of Harlem.

In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers

I don't know if being aware of the rejection sensitivity is better or worse than just feeling kinda anxious for apparently no reason. Its the parts between awareness, understanding, and post-processing that suck the most. I get the process intellectually. Experientially...

Why are the kids at my gym tryna make us fight

New livestream! Join Scryptid Games Co-Founder @natmesnard.bsky.social tonight, 2/17, at 7pm ET for a chat with @backerkit.com #ZineTopia designers @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @superdillin.bsky.social on their new games & the thriving New York City tabletop scene! youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...

We're hiring! 📣 We're looking for a proactive and motivated PR Manager to join the team at Modiphius. Does that sound like you? Apply now! ➡️ buff.ly/dMNiMya #tabletopgames #ttrpg #boardgames #wargames

🚨IT'S THAT TIME🚨 Here's my video essay about my Game of the Year in 2025: Baby Steps. 👶🦶 (Link in comments) If you think that's insane, you haven't played this rage game masterpiece about grief, depression, societal pressure, and donkey dicks. 🫏 Thank you @foddy.net and @devolverdigital.com 🙏

Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17 One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states www.patreon.com/posts/149210...

Hey Pittsburgh! Come out to my book launch in 2 weeks? 🥰 www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-co...

Colds are stupid.

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Really intrigued and excited about the immersive I'm about to do solo, it sounds like the kind of thing that scratches multiple itches.

If you can't insult someone without being fatphobic or abelist youre boring, actively not using your own intelligence, and almost immediatly lose any ounce of respect or trust I have for you.

Reminded randomly of a time when a professor told me he couldnt give me feedback because he was too focused the grammatical errors in my ROUGH DRAFT. It has me ?ing what if anything I should show him. And it makes me ruminate on the more subtle abelsit nonsense of the academe.

Today was so long. I don't have the constitution for 11 hour work days anymore lol

There’s a petition to Mamdani calling for clean indoor air in schools. Sign and contact the mayor’s office! It’s more focused on reducing pollution and using green energy but it also includes mention of reducing airborne illnesses. A win for everyone. www.nyclimateworks.org/green-health...

Opened my diss proposal today for the first time in 6 years. My proposal defense caused so much anxiety that even 6 years later I'm going to have step out for a smoke. But, honestly, reading it back, it was fine work and hazing in academia is bullshit.

Kids? Running. Extra? Ordinaried. Kickstarter? Funded. Hotel? Trivago. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jaz... MY LONGEST YEA BOI EVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I can't class prep if the 2-factor authentication doesn't get me the code to login to my email UWM. This is a consistent issue and its extremely annoying

Hitch up your saddles and get ready to ride, y'all, our first BHM stream starts in just 20 minutes!!! GMed by our own @thecandacemarie.bsky.social and featuring @midnightinq.bsky.social @ssambrose.bsky.social @vampirehimbo.bsky.social and @ameliasom.com All proceeds to benefit #SadGirlsClub

When I'm editing my brain gets board so quickly. Even when I love the work (which I do right now) my brain just can't keep concentrated on the document for too long. #editing #gamedesign #ttrpgs

Hi! I'm Jezza, and I want to illustrate for your projects! ~🦞 📨[email protected]

Watching the Jekyll and Hyde 2015 TV show... dont know yall, first 10 mins arent gripping me. Not that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was ever a great representation of multiplicity to begin with... I'll try to make a thread about it.

took a nap... it helped some, but I'd like to go back to my nap.

This Friday at 4 PM EST The Circle are legends of the Fairelands. However, they are tired, they are scarred. Now a missing member has found “relief”: a ritual of eternal bliss that heals trauma by erasing memory, will, and self. The Circle is invited to witness this discovery for themselves.

New episode!!! For February we're trying something a little different!!! I asked creators that were crowdfunding zines this months to answer a handful of questions and edited together the responses! This episode features @matthewayers.bsky.social @binarystar.games and @youarebeheld.bsky.social

Job Post: Great Lakes Storytelling Coordinator This looks pretty solid as an opportunity. recruiting.ultipro.com/NAT1047NWF/J...

ANNOUCEMENT: PLACEHOLDER NEWSLETTER! So you're late the party? You missed our inaugural newsletter? No worries. Here's a copy just for you, and if you want the next one hot off the press, sign-up at placeholder-games.com. mailchi.mp/placeholder-...

my social battery has expired. it needs a replacement. anyone know anywhere that does that? Everyone keeps telling me its these places called "vacation" and "relaxation" but haven't been able to find them on google maps so... any suggestions?

CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS! Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!

Probably mine is chess or checkers? but I'm not sure. We played several stock standard board games growing up at family gatherings. Mostly though we played Gin.

This whole show feels like an intern attempting to emulate a different style of animation every scene and failing, every. fucking. time. Trigun: Stargaze why are you doing this to me?

Why are we doing an ENTIRE arch EVERY episode... Trigun: Stargaze wtf

You did Millie dirty and Im upset. You've ruined my favorite anime character. Trigun: Stargaze

Why does Meryl look like a Jimmy Neutron character? Trigun: Stargaze