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The part of Orwell's 1984 that everyone forgets is how human music has been replaced by soulless, machine-generated pop songs. The AI attempt to take over the film and music industries is an attack on the human spirit. Boycott AI actors. Boycott AI bands. Support human artists.

It's never too late to pick up a new art or hobby. Please don't limit yourself because you're "too old".

Hegseth speech is horrifying but there is this

This is making lightbulbs and sirens go off in my brain. *Every* game I write has a quick reference to the player-facing rules attached to -- or on -- the character sheet, but for GM-ful games, maybe there's something to addressing the two audiences (GM and PC player) more distinctly.

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Let's all to take a deep breath & understand that we have reached the phase in fascism where if they want to declare you a criminal, you are a criminal. You can not magically avoid it, or do exactly the right thing to stay off the list. Fascism must always have enemies, and one day you will be one.

Sure, I'll bite: * The Recipe With Kenji and Deb * Let's Learn Everything! * Lateral * Party of 1 * Eat My Globe

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i’m a believer in ineffective altruism. i think that everyone in america should be issued a vga to s-video cable adapter and a bale of hay

there's no contradiction between "hating trans people" and "wanting to fuck trans people". have you guys heard what men think of women

I feel like if cis guys can learn one thing from trans guys, it’s the simple joy of Dudes Rock. Not that cis guys don’t do this but like 99% of trans guys do this. Just channel your inner, idk, Gomez Addams or Johnny Knoxville, whatever, and order your wings

Debate is a hobby. It’s not a thing you do to understand another person. Listening is a thing you do to understand someone.

I hope you all read this from me.

the world we live in is really intense. i think one of the most important things is to do whatever you can to be there for each other, to make the world a little better and a little more bearable for yourself and the people around you

Seeing data like this really helps me put things into perspective -- the shitheads attacking minority groups are not the "consensus" or "majority" they want to pretend they are.

Next they'll outlaw playing hopscotch. 🏳️‍🌈

Something I learned from teaching kids is that a nonjudgmental "Well, what's wrong with ___?" as a first step is one of the most useful Socratic questions you can ask anyone to see how receptive they are to critically examining their own worldview

If you purchase a game from us at a convention and forward your Square receipt to [email protected] we'll send you PDF download links for games that come with them. Most do. We're caught up on #PaxWest2025 #Booth4320 PDFs so feel free to forward your receipt whenever you like!

If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up

Y'all - what the hell do I even use this account for? Talking about my RPG works in progress? Stream of consciousness food/cooking notes? Rambling about the games I'm playing? I'm so out of touch with social media because Facebook is a hell site and Xitter became a Nazi bar.

happy labor day

Party of One is an improvised storytelling podcast about getting to know interesting people through the shared, universal act of play. Every episode, I sit down with a guest and we play a self-contained tabletop RPG. We share some laughs, OCCASIONALLY some tears, and have some great conversation.

BLUE SKY DOES NOT PUNISH YOU FOR ADDING LINKS OR TAGS PLEASE ARTISTS, PUT YOUR SHOP LINK IN THE POST, YOU ARE FREE HERE!!! NO MORE "🔗 in b1o YOU DOnT HAVE TO CENSOR YOUR WORDS HERE!!!!

Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be

And this makes you understand precisely what Warhammer is satirizing

Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

Wanna play magical space pirates fighting fascism? Cosmic Corsairs is for you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

kind of fun to imagine the rest of the world flying their flags at 1.5 mast in reverse mourning though

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

y’all know what one of the first nazi book burnings was right? y’all know why they did it y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?

This is a hell of a letter. “The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines…will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer….Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated…”

I made a TTRPG called Cosmic Corsairs, coming to Kickstarter on October 7. It’s about magical space pirates fighting fascism. AMA about the game, my other games, designing TTRPGs, whatever.

Being an American is wild bc what do you mean that in 10 years we went from a conversation about Single Payer Healthcare to the possible loss of ALL LIBRARIES. Like??? I'm so fucking tired.

Video game companies need to step up.

Think about WHY the De Minimis Exemption exists. If it takes CBP $15 worth of their time to collect a $2 tariff on a small item you bought off of Temu, AliExpress, Amazon, or eBay from a foreign seller, then the U.S. government LOSES money. Formerly, if it was less than $800, it was exempt.

On this note: The general inbox is a safe bet for anything that is a tip or a wider story. But if you're looking for coverage of your own projects, it matters who you write to! There isn't a top-down editorial agenda so knowing what we're interested in as individuals helps in connecting with us.

FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINATIONS NOW.

Without downloading any new images, where are you mentally?

Before you make your next #TTRPG, check out my free font Polymath, which lets you create a bunch of different dice types in an accessible way: hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic...

STOP BEING AFRAID OF BEING CRINGE AND START BEING AFRAID OF BEING BORING!!!! EXPRESS YOURSELF OR YOU'LL DIE

hannah cairo solving an unsolved mathematical problem at 17 years old and legions of transphobic and misogynistic men not even in math far more concerned and in an uproar over her being a trans girl sort of tells you where the wind is blowing for the 21st century

Lady Sovereign

Accelerate

This is key. A passionate fan, who creates a small, passionate fanbase, is how you create a critical mass of people who know about you. A lot of marketing advice misses small and hobbyist indie devs because it's simply too "soon" or otherwise irrelevant to our scale.

This is not how corporations respond to an ineffective protest. This is how they respond to a protest that they would like to have go away. So don't let it go away. Keep it going. In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.