6 of Swords Digital (Procreate), 2025 Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...

Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters

I’m a fan of the good work Leo is doing. But also, don’t forget…

I wish Rebecca rapid improvement and freedom from disease. I only wish my wishes could be like magic.

CHARLOTTE “Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot & ran into the yard… The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time…” More 👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

My family didn’t talk about the war, but there was always a picture on the mantelpiece of the family who died there. open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Loving where game design is taking me lately. This week, some adventurous visited my inn, prompting me to create the moves and procedures for that eventuality.

I bet OpenAI will seek a government bailout.

Saw Paddington 2, and dang if that isn’t a near-perfect movie.

I don’t think they intend to restart the government. They prefer the shutdown.

For those who don't know:

Dungeon map fragment, hand-drawn title and gross rooms. #ttrpg #b&wart

What Tarot card best represents consent? Consent almost certainly wasn’t on the minds of the creators of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Which means we need to dig a little deeper if we seek a card that stands for that concept. (image: Wikipedia) 1/

Working on a cozy witch village map for Ellen Exacto’s game “Bikes are Magic”.

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics. It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history. It corrupts our political system every day.

My company is hiring. This is a pretty entry-level tech position, and it's a good place for folks early in their tech career, or trying to break into tech without a strong tech resume: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/3Sharp/74400...

Will reading and writing become lost skills? open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...

It's quite a world when David Brooks wakes up to the realization that we might need a "mass political movement" to save our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

I just realized what the future of business looks like. Today, AI is everywhere, but it's not that great at understanding our meetings, chat, emails, and documents. It's kind of dumb. It's the dummy in the room. 1/

I'm creating random seasonal events for a game about an innkeeper who runs a tavern in a megadugeon. What have you got? Seasonal migrations? Monster festivals? Trade caravans? Hit me!

College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest. Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.  I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival: emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...

I got my 2025 annual yesterday from @epidiah.bsky.social and @ndpdesign.com and it is really something. I'm looking forward to reading through it and adapting the adventurous scenarios for my own games. The map by @tonydowler.bsky.social is stunning. He really has no peers.

I designed a Tshirt! But My Zazzle order was silently cancelled without notification. Admittedly, there might be some brand infringement here, but gee, at least send me an email.

Check this out—super cool random tables and illustrations to boot. One of my go-to idea generators. evlyn.itch.io/gormand-larder

Happy Gilmore II was super fun and enjoyable, but I can't shake the feeling that it was a "Happy Gilmore-themed entertainment product" more than it was a "movie".

The Emperor: Leadership, Stability, Protection Extras like sketches and thought process are available for my patrons www.patreon.com/posts/139038... #tarot #art #animalart

This is from Tsutomu Nihei's new dungeon crawler manga, Tower Dungeon. Nihei's always been incredible at conveying vast crumbling spaces and it's really paying off in this new series.

Over the top, possibly. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ted...

Making an Ironsworn hack, and the most useful discovery I've made so far is that if you're not sure where to go mechanically, you're allowed to ask the oracle, and it often offers up useful results.

NEW: Gov. Ferguson said he remains committed to WA laws that bar local police from cooperating with immigration arrests despite threats from U.S. Attorney General Bondi. “Let me be very clear, Washington State will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally faceless accusations,” he said.

With new stretch goals unlocked I’ve also added new add-ons as well. Here’s 3 brand new stickers currently exclusive to the kickstarter! The Mountain Troll, The Guitar Goblin, and the Cosmic Crab have now joined the party.

🧭 A sale is cast upon my stock art. 🗺️ 15%OFF on each item on Itch. Much more in the bundle. Because resting in August cost me highly. itch.io/s/159690/sep... #stockart #ttrpg #indierpg #bsnm

It's the last day for late pledges! Once PDFs and books are out to backers we will have them available for sale, but this is the only way to get the Perpetual Library Map (illustration by @tonydowler.bsky.social) / Cover Art (by George Sellas) poster.

Noted without comment: Copilot is in Notepad now.

If you're doing a complicated print job GUARANTEED your printer will jam, pause, need ink, and generally f around until that one run where you get one critical setting wrong and then the whole run will go through. Every f-ing time.

I only know two things about running cons. First, it is hard. Second, you can always make it better. The first I learned by running a con. The second I learned by watching someone else run the same con. miribaker.com/2025/08/22/o...

“In-person job interviews are now coming back—because online interactions aren’t reliable anymore. Educators are also returning to pre-digital techniques—handwritten exams, face-to-face teaching, etc.—for the same reason.” open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

The coneheads movie was a B+ when it was made, but has aged into a solid A.