Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Well I got to the part in The Name of the Rose where the inquisitor does his job and have been going quietly insane. Talking about it with my partner over breakfast today, he looked at me thoughtfully and asked, "Do you think these ppl would have been more chill if they had access to video games?"

America's long commitment to the soft eugenics of allowing the system to do the killing of undesirables is fast accelerating into a Nazi-era program of hard eugenics, in which the state directly enacts mass death against those it considers unproductive/undesirable.

The United States & Israel are dedicated to genocide & colonization. The Trump administration is so sure that neither Congress nor any country will stand up to/stop the US that they continue to attack anyone and everyone worldwide. Unfortunately, so far they've been right. This is the result.

We venture deeper into the Fifth World with @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social's "Legends & Icons," a new supplement running now on Kickstarter that introduces over 100 monsters and NPCs. ttrpgfans.com/coyote-and-c... #CoyoteAndCrow #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #rpg #kickstarterrpg

I just love all the trans people in my life and want them to be safe and happy!!!!!

i need allies to stop looking at the ongoing horrors that trans people are facing and responding with "wow imagine what will happen when this comes for [others]" yeah that'll suck, can we talk about it happening to us RIGHT NOW? we're more than the canary in the coal mine. we deserve to live too.

Yo! Another team member post! Meet @kaoscryptid.blacksky.app, who is always doing too much. You might know them from organizing GenCon Online panels that one year, or from being a host during RainbowRollFest, or from organizing an all Black Juneteenth event last year (keep an eye out for this year).

I don't think I posted this Thaisha Lloy fanart up here, so here she is, the most beautiful woman in Araman #art ✧ #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart

BREAKING: Protests have erupted at Columbia University after the school says DHS agents detained a student after making "misrepresentations to gain entry" to building.

Cutting off Medicaid to Minnesota is social murder. People will die without healthcare. People will become disabled without healthcare. This is a policy choice meant to inflict maximum suffering. Healthcare is a human right.

What is happening in Kansas is fucked up and what is continuing to happen in Palestine is fucked up. In April @charittrpgs.bsky.social is hosting a Team Fundraiser to support Trans Lifeline. In May we are hosting a Team Fundraiser to support Doctors Without Borders. (cont)

Because many (most) trans people in Kansas aren't going to move, please also look for ways to support those staying and fighting the current regime there. Sadly when a draconian anti-trans measure hits in a "red state," wider support pushes tend to forget those who aren't leaving.

The state of Kansas invalidated trans people licenses. Here's one way to help. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Casting Call: 'Mutants In The Night' by Orion D. Black This dark and heavy dystopian world sees Mutants pushed to the edge of society and a tyrannical government working to keep them in line. Join with allies and stand against those who would see you fail. #ttrpg, #castingcall #actualplay

Midnight Rush by @badhouserpg.bsky.social is a Hunter: The Reckoning/Vampire: The Masquerade Actual Play that tackles the subjects of poverty, found family, monstrosity and finding oneself. Check out the Intrepid reviews of the screener, now up on our site! www.intrepidwebfest.com/reviews/midn...

Protecting the Trans community is critical. There’s still time to join the TTRPGs for Trans Rights jam before it is turned into a bundle 🏳️‍⚧️

This is from HR 7661, calling itself the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act. This must not pass.

I'm mad at the world, come watch me get mad at video games instead 🔗 www.twitch.tv/cursebreaker...

it's 2016: north carolina introduces a bill to ban trans people from using bathrooms safely. there's a national outcry; companies withdraw business up to and including the NCAA cancelling a publicized game. the bill fails. it's 2026: kansas passes a law nullifying trans people's licenses. crickets.

Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Colorado borders Kansas. Here is a Colorado non-profit that helps trans people relocate, Trans Continental Pipeline. Please share. tcpipeline.org

So uh anyone doing charity fundraising for trans folks soon that I can help with/interested in organizing something

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

do not let Democrats give a centimeter on trans people’s rights. We stand up for everyone, or we stand up for no one.

The nomination period for the Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program is open! See our website for details. You can nominate yourself or any worthy tabletop game designers in their first three years of publishing. Nominations close March 16. Spread the word! Thanks! www.dianajonesaward.org

Reposting this D&D spoof game-A Kids on Bikes Hack We're restricting this call to BIPOC folks with priority to black/femme folks for the remaining time its open GM: @chanelle-lize.bsky.social Session 0: 3/16 6:30pm Central Game Call Time: 3/30 6:30pm Central And here's the form: tally.so/r/xXp2YJ

Happy Black History Month to: • queer and trans Black people • Black people who don’t play respectability politics • disabled Black people • Black people who are sex workers • Black people who aren’t Christian • Black people who don’t believe in the two party system • Black people who are erased

Shoutout to the folks who save and upload AP vods to yt so that those of us with weird/busy schedules can still watch them

A classic tip but one that's helped me a ton nonetheless

Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix

So the BBC promised Davidson and StudioCanal (who made I Swear) that any swearing tics would be edited out from broadcast, and instead they left them in despite a two hour delay, and even put a fucking microphone right in front of him to ensure they picked it up - he was sat at the back of room.

GMs, Panel Leads, and Volunteers - these forms close today!!!!

This month on Asians Represent, @danielhkwan.bsky.social spoke to Dr. Melissa Karmen Lee of the Chinese Canadian Museum about war, museum education, and the fight for equal rights in Canada! Listen now: pod.link/1429004408/e...

Donald Trump killed two of my constituents. He is a liar and should be ashamed of himself.

Riz Ahmed stars as the titular character in Hamlet, a bold, modern reimagining of Shakespeare's most enduring tragedy set within London's elite South Asian community. In theaters on April 10.

GODKILLER: Qismat is an interstellar tale of several lives whose destiny are shaken up because of a murder of a God among the pantheon of a galaxy by an outlying comet. Reviews for the show screener are now live on our site! www.intrepidwebfest.com/reviews/godk...

Screens We Share is almost here! As we get ready to support our GM's taking their first steps as AP GMs. Take a moment to hear why @rollforfelicity.bsky.social enjoys GMing. #ttrpg youtube.com/shorts/KXasO...

Also, women with Tourette’s, Black people with Tourette’s, queer people with Tourette’s, have all learned how to control themselves to a degree in order to survive. Just because a cis white man hasn’t doesn’t give him a pass. Tourette’s is a disability. Entitlement isn’t. Racism isn’t.

The updated Greenhearth Necromancer Demo is beautiful. There are more playable scenes & the plants are very cool! @silverstringmedia.bsky.social has a plant naming contest happening on their discord as well. Check out & Wishlist the game and join the discord! store.steampowered.com/app/4049130/...

🔴 Live Now: twitch.tv/mentallamia Join me as we check out the new updated demo for Greenhearth Necromancer from @silverstringmedia.bsky.social !! Greenhearth is a cozy creepy semi-idle gardening sim with a narrative about community and wrestling with grief. So we will have lots to talk about!

Here's what I like about lore blocks vs stat blocks. They use natural language to describe characters. What GMs see on the page is what characters see in the world. I've been obsessed with closing this distance. The result is kind of genre-heresy. A storygame meets FKR meets OSR. A game for me.

I think this is finally the year I play Haunted West 🙏

TOMORROW! I am proud to be partnering with @silverstringmedia.bsky.social to help show off their new demo! Tuesday Feb 24th 9am Central! www.twitch.tv/mentallamia Join me for the new Greenhearth Necromancer Demo!!!

Hey. Tell people when they do good job. When you like the stuff they make. When you like the characters they’ve created. The stories they’ve told. Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time. Trust. They don’t. Tell. Them.

Wow.

I will make my #dnd character into a #mtg with my own damn hands if I have to #digitalart #blackartist #procreate

knowing that nobody at the BAFTAs spoke to Delroy or Michael, that apparently there was a 'sorry if you were offended' apology, and the fact that the BBC took time to edit "free palestine" and not the slurs has made an already ugly no win situation much worse

The intersections between racism and other isms is wholly fascinating (read: aggravating) because many people, especially white people, will actively allow racism to happen if they can argue that by not letting it happen, you're upholding a different -ism. And I need more people to unpack that.