Co-watching the first, remote day of @qgcon.bsky.social with @lackingceremony.bsky.social!

I literally just burst out laughing in a swanky restaurant in Montreal because of a joke about incontinence in this book. Sometimes, I am 12 years old.

I'm having so much fun flexing my French skills in Montreal right before @qgcon.bsky.social!!

I don't usually like publicly talking about my convention work, but I'm 1 of the 2 people inheriting this department next year. I am basically never in a spot that lets me materially help creators in need, but this is something tangible I can do to help folks in the tabletop community who need it.

Once again I wanna thank everyone who signed up for Unwinnable during our mellow subscription drive. That's how Unwinnable survives! More subscribers means more writers (and more pay for writers) and more writers writing about what THEY want to write about. Keep it going! unwinnable.com/subscribe/

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

trumps administration is whining and begging everyone to stop comparing ICE to the gestapo meanwhile they act just like the gestapo and use social media to post aesthetic videos making fun of and demonizing immigrants

Oh wow, they caved and said they'd cover the fee!

After they doubled down, I just expressed my surprise that they expected individual academics to get their own insurance (instead of covering it themselves) and politely went "kthanksbye!" I feel as for the student group inviting me, though. Not their fault.

Has anyone else been asked by a university to purchase insurance for giving a talk??? I’ve NEVER had this happen in the past (and I’ve given a bunch of talks/workshops) but this small Liberal Arts college in PA is now asking this of me…

On my way to Montreal for @qgcon.bsky.social! It’s funny that I’ll be staying with a friend who also hosted me when I was in Belgium last year!

Just playtested a version of @diceexploder.com's new game with @jeeyon.bsky.social! A John-Wick-esque assassin vibe to which we added fucked up homophobia, traumatic conversion therapy, messed-up attachment to abusers, & suicide via poisonous fingernails. sdunnewold.itch.io/band-aids-bu...

If you're attending @qgcon.bsky.social and want in on the 2-hr session of this that I'm running of this, give me a holler!

They say geniuses have disorganized lives & living spaces. I must be the smartest and most creative person on planet.

We are producing a generation unable and (somewhat) unwilling to think, read and write without relying on tech controlled by some of the most evil people on the planet to tell them what to think, read and write and they don’t seem to see the dangers of this dependency even if we point it out

Heading to Montreal for @qgcon.bsky.social! Showing off AUGURS OF GLAMOUR, made with @nerdypupgames.bsky.social & L Kahn. Check out our game of drag-queen wizards driving through the US in a spray-painted van looking for legendary party-city Atlantis! www.nerdypupgames.com/augurs-of-gl...

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Much -- not all, but much -- of the trouble with modern newspapers is actually the deep, suppurating rot in the ranks of politcal reporters: the belief that they're largely theater critics

REMINDER: we're launching my new novella, The Drowned Man's Daughter, online this Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 7pm MDT / 9pm Eastern! Come for the illustrious @premeemohamed.com! I also hear that a wild @jennabutler.bsky.social may appear? UNMISSABLE. Register for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-drowne...

Stellar new scholarship on analog games is now at your fingertips!

A great video reminding us that the resistance is literally not being televised, and that there are lots of voices clamoring against this administration -- so get out there and clamor.

Just a reminder about this. People do not understand what is happening yet. I still have people asking me how Trump can do illegal things.

Reading @hellomcdm.bsky.social’s DRAW STEEL and like, I really want someone to GM a mini-campaign for me! I have a feeling that playing it will illuminate the procedures in ways reading ABSOLUTELY does not capture…

I ran four very successful 40-minute games in the middle of the sex-party. Brightened my mood quite a bit. Both narrative and saucy fun was had. Keep an eye out for LEATHERBOUND!

I may have to try this this week, as I head to Montreal for @qgcon.bsky.social…

The cool thing about being a game designer is that sometimes, underground, gay sex parties hire you to run kinky TTRPGs for them. I’m also working on getting my game LEATHERBOUND to a publishable state!

We couldn’t play EARTHBORNE RANGERS today, so @halfrobot.com grabbed some other stuff out of the Games Library for us to play instead! Gotta keep our games-research brains whirring!

OH MY GOD

ICYMI - I got to play Cosmic Century Knights over on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social Twitch Channel. Really enjoyed playing in the playtests earlier this year so glad to do it again! Thanks for having me @oneshotrpg.bsky.social, @sharangbiswas.bsky.social & @alanlinic.bsky.social!

This was after Colbert was canceled. Which was two months ago.

"There always comes a time in history when the person who dares to say that 2+2=4 is punished by death. And the issue is not what reward or what punishment will be the outcome of that reasoning. The issue is simply whether or not 2+2=4." --Albert Camus, The Plague

My take Kimmel is my take on DOGE is my take on Colbert is my take on ICE is my take on defunding public media is my take on book censorship is my take on the FBI pretending white supremacy isn't a problem. They won't be happy until they're all that's left. And they'll be miserable then, too.

Excited to play my Giant-Bug Matchmaker-Grandma!

Always surreal to watch yourself give a talk, but I think it turned out well!

Business Insider —> Bullshit Insider

Just submitted a long-overdue draft of a game review. It’s been very hard to stay motivated to do work amid all this. Apologies to my various editors.

I think about this a lot, and how to cultivate it in myself to give/model both clear-eyed understanding of what is before us AND the belief & tools to work to better. I wish I knew better how. Right now it feels very hard.

When ChatGPT first took off this was the use case that confused me the most. People said they “only” used it to write “first drafts.” That’s the most important draft! That’s the thinking part!

Yeah. I'm just a freelancer, so no reason to listen to me, but it seems like if you're in a media environment where you're going to get fired for basically no reason at any time, then a defensive crouch won't save you. Might as well do something and be a legend

Just left a comment on this issue! I think taking the time to make our voices heard like this is the smallest of ways in which we can help ACTUALLY make the United States great.

I just submitted a comment, and I recommend you take 10-15 minutes to do the same!

So happy to see this story by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social out in the world!

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

Excited to play in this! Been a while since I’ve been on an actual play!

Wow, the NYU Dentistry school can't take my insurance... ...which is provided to me by NYU...

It’s the last 24 hours of our fully funded Kickstarter! Almost done Get your Deck of Many Rations now! kickstarter.com/projects/deckofmanyrations/deck-of-many-rations

Have you submitted a comment on the Roadless Rule? It’s not too late! Agency staff have to read and respond to comments on proposed rule makings, so it’s one of the best ways to slow down the removal of environmental regulations: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...

The Game Devs of Color Expo kicks off tomorrow! 🙌🏾 Get ready for our: 💚Online conference with talks, panels, & interviews with industry experts 💙Networking, live chat, digital booths, meetings, job board 💚GDoCExpo Steam Sale 💙 #GDoCExpo2025 Direct 💚In-person local Watch Parties GET HYPE! 🎉

A lot of my followers and general sphere understands this but it's really important we recognize that even if we don't like some art for personal moral reasons, we need to defend its right to exist. We went from no rape to no cat ears in less than two months. Everyone who warned about this was right