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They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.

The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.

I watched 70+ movies this year, not as many as I wanted but… here are 5 I really liked: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/endies-part-...

A Dungeon Game is here and it's free! (It's been both of those things for ages tbh) Explore subterranean depths, face dragons, and discover what lurks beneath. It's classic dungeon crawling with modern design (i.e. it's good). https://loottheroom.itch.io/a-dungeon-game

Looking for a resolution table to roll on for 2026

Having a bit of a Steinbeck run and I’m nearly finished with East of Eden. What a book. Yellowstone eat your heart out!

what's up gamers, I'm back with another blogpost about editing. this one's about development editing rather than line and copy editing, though, so the tips are all a little more vague and philosophical. hope you enjoy anyways: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-intangib...

I’m only like 5 hours in, but the writing in Octopath Traveler 0… woof. Octopath 2 had some goofiness, but generally I felt subverted a lot of the tropes it was playing with. This one though… How many maniacally laughing Joker characters do we need?! There are currently at least three!

Lyric Games, Story Games, throw a dart to hit a 4e-alike, there is something of value to be learned from -every- kind of game, even if it's derivative. You cannot diminish someone's writing to something unworthy of respect just because you dont like it.

He’s always backed up by literal random ghouls. Like who are these freakazoids?

It never fails; I can be feeling low, with some indigestion and a little seasonal affective disorder, but I step out on stage and it all evaporates. Performing is a restoration.

Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.

This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default. And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit

New Dungeon (in blog form): Castle Claus, or The Keep on the North Pole A Rankin Bass Christmas-themed dungeon for the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. Possibly one of my more high effort blog posts to date #osr #ttrpg

Endies part 1: tabletop games! I played… actually a lot of games this year! discodanlives.bearblog.dev/endies-pt-1-...

At last, you've found it! The Sceptre of Falkoon! Another fun piece for @discodan.bsky.social's wild ride of a #mörkborg adventure: Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre!

If you are a fan of the BlueSky OSR feed Yochai created, that I now manage, please consider donating for its upkeep costs! The service we use has created this convenient page where you can donate directly to paying for the feed’s hosting. blueskyfeedcreator.com/p/save.vs.to...

Rushed to see Return of the King with my dad after an early Christmas dinner at my grandparents house. When we got there the only seats available were in the front row. The orcs were like 20-feet-tall.

This is a hilarious explanation. Who’s he been shaking hands with? Freddy Krueger?

Another slow week before exams, so I played a bit of @arthograph.bsky.social’s Gentleman Scoundrel! Tried to go as first draft as possible: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/gentleman-sc...

Look at this delightfully gross freak! Kris is nailing it.

Slow day at the education factory, so I played a round of Gentleman Bandit by @arthograph.bsky.social on my off period: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/gentleman-ba...

It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.

Truly the Philomena Cunk of OSR blogging. Brilliant. Cackle-inducing. Read read read.

Hot take time, lot of chatter about what is the #osr and I'm finally weighing in. nostradumbass.bearblog.dev/were-asking-...

i cannot believe video games are having a massive controversy in 2025 for a horror work like ten times less explicit and extreme than antichrist. everyone's seen that fuckin movie.

Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is the Emptiness We All Feel Inside.

people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try

I wrote about B1's role as a teaching module & how that affects its room descriptions, which are filled with stuff to look at, poke, & question. As a result, almost every room is a playground for the DM's imagination when placing monsters & treasure. Write your rooms like this! #TTRPG #D&D #BX #OSR

Dontcha just wanna crawl these points?!

In this dark time of year, don’t you need a little sunshine? 🌞 #mothership

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

A titan has passed.

We successfully tested “The Necromantis Breeding Pit Massacre” last night! @scarius.bsky.social died twice, an old lady stole a bunch of bones, they drank oil out of a baby elephant’s head, and caused a bloody coup in the Mantis Cult! Play report/blog post coming soon. #morkborg

John! John, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Milton! You know that justification of the ways of God to Man you're looking for? Well, listen to this! *begins reciting the entirety of the Bible*

This is great reading that I think may clarify what I find very valuable about the OSR playstyle.

My partner and I bought ourselves a new (relatively expensive for us) couch for Christmas, and it’s the best gift I’ve ever given myself. Does this mean I’m old?

A wonderfully insightful article about bleed in #Over/Under! Some dork named Jordan was interviewed, y’all should go read it.

Get you a genuine HODAG RPG illustration! Guaranteed to make you go “whoa.”

Just watched The Lion in Winter, which is actually the perfect Thanksgiving movie even though it’s set at Christmas. A huge family comes together and all their drama explodes all over the place while Katherine Hepburn is the cattiest woman who ever lived? Yes please.

Kris continues to stun me with these!

Former Sen. Doug Jones has launched a Democratic bid for governor of Alabama.

My partner is making me organize all of my ttrpg ephemera on my Thanksgiving break. This should be illegal.

Some words about Mantis-Men: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/mantis-men/

A little map I worked up for @discodan.bsky.social 's upcoming Mörk Borg adventure: The Mantis-Men Breeding Massacre. #cartography #ink #mörkborg #ttrpg

Go pick up something!