Cool performance at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts fest squonk.org Also, learned Pennsylvania has a cryptid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squonk

Do you love classical music?! Me too! 🎻 Do you love card games?! Me too! ♣️ Do you love cute animals?! Me too! 🐷 Wow! Look at everything we have in common! 💖 Counterpoint is live on Kickstarter right now. Go back it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...

Origins last year was a blast! Can’t believe it’s here again already. I’ll be boothing all day every day so please come say hi!

The Bonsai Diary is still a 2026 Origins Award Finalist, so I'll be at #OriginsGameFair! Find me at booth 1502 from Thu-Sat alongside the good people of @thebodhanagroup.bsky.social. It's weird to hustle a contemplative game in a loud and crowded hall. I'll do my best to create a peaceful space 🧘🏽‍♀️

Just 7 days left to back A Road That Knows Your Name—a Pittsburgh-designed, lego-based, world/transport-building TTRPG and one of my favorite playtests in recent memory! Formatted as a $20 deck of cards, it only needs 36 more backers to fund! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

I am selling an full-weekend ticket to Origins for $118. DM me if interested. Because my booth comes with a free ticket, I now have an extra that GAMA won't refund. I expect to barely break even on the booth, so I'm hoping to sell it for what I paid.

Hello @cityofpittsburgh.bsky.social

🎮 Looking to gain real game industry experience? Global Game Jam and Endless Foundation have launched GGJ Micro-Missions: Small Projects, Big Impact - connecting emerging talent with paid micro-projects. Read more about the pilot program and apply/sign up here: buff.ly/9no7sBM #GameDev #IndieDev

🚨 BREAKING: A federal appeals court has ruled, in a 2-1 decision, that the Trump-Hegseth transgender military ban is likely unconstitutional, finding that the policy appears to be driven by a “bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group” and is “both arbitrary and based upon animus.” 1/3

NEW: lots of you have sent me this article asking for my thoughts. I’ve been able to confirm it. Just as she says, Trump’s administration is staging vote.gov on a non-government cloudflare account under the EOP where there’s no oversight or accounting. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...

Went to Lakota Wolf Preserve this week. Learned that wolves are only pregnant for 63 days. WTF how did wolves get so lucky? Also learned baby wolves can’t poop on their own for weeks and rely on mom licking their butts to stimulate bowel movements or they can die. Touché Mother Nature.

Threed is a game that plays as beautifully as it looks. I love how these cards turned out!

Donald Trump is using the United States Department of Justice to go after a woman he raped. I feel levels of anger beyond comprehension.

Solar taking off faster than expected! Worst case (and best case :/) projections now no longer considered likely Can’t stop progress!

Love this. This would be transformative for both pregnancy and labor. 💜

Pittsburgh people, take note!

This seems like an incredible opportunity for new designers (with fewer than 2 published games)...! Definitely check it out; thanks to @stonemaiergames.com for sharing: 🎲✂

Why in the world is Disney showing incessant gambling ads on their streaming service? Why are gambling ads so unregulated? Do we need a nation of toddlers raised on ads promoting addictive and predatory industries? Didn’t we learn this lesson with big tobacco?

Not enough news coverage of how the insurrectionist reparations fund is a clear violation of the 14th Amendment. We need to enforce the Constitution in its original meaning and plain text. You can't imagine away parts of the Constitution just because it is politically inconvenient.

Are you in the South Central PA / Harrisburg region? Wednesday night is Break My Game at The Adventurer's Guild starting at 6:30 PM. Designer slots are full for this week but playtesters are needed!

I don’t ever want to hear a member of congress claim there’s no money for social benefit programs ever again if they keep handing billion-dollar money pots to this robber baron fool in office

In just months, Zohran Mamdani has shown what politics looks like when leaders actually try governing for ordinary people instead of donors and cable news panels. Affordable housing, childcare, transit, workers’ dignity and immigrant protection are not “radical” ideas.

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

Tiiiiiiiniest violin for these poor corrupt MoCs

Today kicked off yardsale season in Pittsburgh with the Regent Square Yardsale. We fulfilled kiddos’ target items (bike, sleeping bag, mud boots), saw local celeb Rick Sebak wandering around, patronized several lemonade stands, and acquired a new outfit:

I am so excited to see @breakmygame.com open new venues in THREE, yes, 3 (3️⃣!) new locations: ♟️ Lancaster PA ♟️ Carlisle PA ♟️ Downey CA More 🎲✂️ playtesting! More games! Signup links in replies...

I got to playtest this game and absolutely LOVED it! Inspired by games like Beak, Feather, & Bone and @lackingceremony.bsky.social's The Quiet Year, you'll add to and alter a lego vehicle as your story unfolds. Check it out, and support Pittsburgh TTRPG designers! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

Update! Designer slots are now full for this Sunday ✅ Still room to join as a playtester: playtestpittsburgh.com

“Overstepped its authority” is a very polite way to say unconstitutional and corrupt

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

ONE BILLION DOLLARS to secure a ballroom. WTaF. Get these goons out of office. www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

432 trailers. Now just 10 remain in Blue Ocean Games’ Rising Tide #3. Final voting is live: buff.ly/ucogs3M Top 10 get cash prizes + a chance to pitch for up to $300K. Next round submissions (with Global Game Jam) are open: buff.ly/Ct31D1r

Still thinking about this

On art, genius, joy, being human, and how UBI increases all of them...and contributes to the economy at the same time.

How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

Counterpoint is coming to Kickstarter ✨✨MAY 26TH✨✨ Hit the notify me button to be alerted when the campaign goes live! 🎻🎶🎲✂️ #tricktakers

Well now… yay? again- what an utter waste of time this has all been. thehill.com/homenews/nex...

Less than 48 hours remain to back Realis! Read our latest update for a media roundup, other Kickstarters that could use your support, and layout WiPs & discussion as @dancynrew.bsky.social and I work to update & expand Realis from ashcan to a full hardcover book! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

Thinking about how many small business are waiting for their CAPE refund status to update all across the U.S. this week and wondering if the 6% interest covers the angst, loss of business, and massive waste of time this all was.

Teddy Roosevelt got shot in the chest and finished a 90-minute speech. Reagan got shot and joked, "Honey, I forgot to duck." Truman survived an attack and kept his Arlington schedule. None of them blamed their critics. None of them built a ballroom. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

During her ALT: Games feature, @alanahpearce.bsky.social said ‘stop being a snob to yourself’ – by which she meant, stop holding yourself to impossible standards and try/do stuff. I haven’t stopped thinking about how much I do this to myself, a full 24hrs later.

@mayor.nyc.gov: "If you are a Mario Kart fan, government is Yoshi and philanthropy is the Golden Mushroom, that edge we need to beat Bowser on the Rainbow Road. To belabor this metaphor even further, Bowser is corporate greed in this scenario."

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

I’m a little late to it but Kirby’s Epic Yarn is a delightful charmer of a game.

Khanna: They’re saying this technology is going to be bigger than nuclear, bigger than electricity, bigger than aviation. Last I checked, we have an FAA for aviation, nuclear energy is regulated, and electricity is regulated.

🌍 Ready to Play Without Borders? Join the Pan-African Jam 2026 Launchpad Webinar on April 27! Hosted by Global Game Jam and Lagos Games Week. 📅 April 27 🎫 Sign up: buff.ly/CcKGefe #GameDev #IndieDev #Africa #GameJam

AOC: “The mistake that I made, you know, from all the movies that we see growing up about heroes & villains — is that I thought that fascist takeover attempts were going to be architected by evil geniuses — I was not expecting how unearned, nepotistic, mediocre, & just dumb the architects would be”

🚨 It’s live! Rising Tide Challenge 2026 starts NOW! Join Global Game Jam + @blueoceangames.bsky.social for a global trailer jam April 13 – June 30. 🎬 1-min trailer 💡 Pitch your idea 💰 Up to $300K investment 🌊 buff.ly/QoAx9Ym #GameDev #GameJam #IndieDev

We elected you to Congress to be a check on executive power, not a spectator. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not to protect a man who threatens democracy, threatens war, and threatens the future. Stop hiding behind voters. Stop punting responsibility. DO YOUR JOBS.👇