Tomorrow… The Anathema Kickstarter begins this Friday, and we’ll be announcing our five production teams one a day until it launches! Next up: “The Yellow Door” #horror #audiodrama #podcast #thesheridantapes

Don't you just hate it when a representative of the cabal of evil wizards who secretly control the entire nation leaves one of their number directly in your path when you're trying to get out of their headquarters after a long day of sabotage? podagainstthemachine.podbean.com/e/243-move-t...

Four days to go… The Anathema Kickstarter begins this Friday, and we’ll be announcing our five production teams one a day until it launches! Next up: “Chemophage” #horror #audiodrama #podcast #thesheridantapes

I am *so* excited to work with Wray, Madeline, and Tal to bring Chemophage to life! Keep watching the water...

This week on the show, the party learns a lesson about not giving in to peer pressure from your GM to open that last door. "Art" by Zak (Penguin Classics cover) and @gerokm.bsky.social (Chuck Tingle cover) podagainstthemachine.podbean.com/e/242-more-b... #ttrpg #pathfinder #paizo #actualplay

I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment. Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/phin...

The AI Overview actively gets things wrong about me and my career, how can I trust it with things I don't already know about

Have you ever wanted to adventure through space as a tiny miniature sun, born from death and wielding weapons with your itty bitty little miniature sun hands? Well now you can! Get Starfinder Galactic Ancestries TODAY and don't just travel to suns. Be one! Get the book: buff.ly/fOLBBaY

This week on the program, the party continues to deal with the MVP of hat-trick flensings, and Brix shows off his fancy version of invisibility! podagainstthemachine.podbean.com/e/241-boulev...

Happy international asexuality day!!! 🖤💜🤍

Join us on our Patreon for THE ENMITY CYCLE! A new STF& Friends podcast being GMed by our own Heath Parker, with some fantastic friends along for the ride. How high will Enmity levels get?! #pf2e #paizo #pathfinder2e #actualplay #ttrpg #STF

Join First Seeker Sarmak to explore the Wreck of the Returned and prevent the First Ones from invading the Pact Worlds in the FIRST Starfinder Society Second Edition Scenario available for Foundry VTT, Invasion's Edge—Available NOW: buff.ly/ZQomqTx

Well now we know what happens when the Dow drops below 50,000

Yup. Also, leaving out issues of plagiarism, etc, one relevant question for many creatives is "why introduce into my workflow a purported tool that will add friction and slow things down." If you have skills and a method that works for you, "AI" is generally a drag, not a boost. Time is precious.

This week on the program, we take a journey to the very edge of the JPEG! podagainstthemachine.podbean.com/e/240-real-t...

Happy #transdayofvisibility. One of my closest friends for over a quarter of a century now is trans, and it breaks my heart every time I think of all the things he's had to deal with over the years because of either not being seen or being seen in the wrong ways by just the worst people. Today is /1

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. I know trans people and I know fascists who are making life difficult for trans people. The trans people are pretty cool and I'm glad I know them. The fascists can go fall down a deep dark hole.

I said this in replies elsewhere, but I want to say it loudly here. Anything other than a fullthroated affirmation of birthright citizenship in this country by SCOTUS is an act of treason. It is grounds for immediate impeachment. It is a violation of every oath they have made.

@ellidilorenzo.bsky.social (tagging your personal because looks like LMS doesn't have a Bluesky account) Loved the MoR season finale! You guys are so freaking good (and PAtM really needs to get back to you at some point, we're just terrible at all things schedule)! Can't wait for the next season!

Apparently Bluesky lets us do a repost *and* a quote post, so here's my two bucks to use against those fascist fucks (and a free rhyme!)

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace! A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!

@drawfeeshow.com Got my Youtooz stylus holder in! Love it!

Happy Pride to those of us who celebrate and to all allies. And happy "go fuck yourself and unfollow me" to those who don't.

The Genre for Trans Rights 2 auction is running til 7 June 1am BST. bit.ly/genrefortrans (a sequel after Genre for Trans 1 raised £20 500!) Lots of cool things to bid on and friends, we are still accepting new lots if you have something biddable you want to donate + postage, please DO hit me up.

Twitch chose to replace a lot of the non-gaming category images with AI-generated images, which is a huge spit in the face for all the art communities that are now repped with AI. There's a uservoice here to voice our displeasure! twitch.uservoice.com/forums/31021... #vtuber #art #twitch

The hills (or the spaceships buried under them) are alive with the sound of podcasts! It's finally here, y'all! Episode 200, a 4 hour and 40 minute, three-part podcast musical extravaganza from five non-musicians! It was probably a mistake! #Pathfinder #ActualPlay #TTRPGs #SciFi #Musical

There was another poster! I said there were no more posters, but I lied! Come and listen to probably the most audacious, most ill-advised, most ambitious event in the history of this particular podcast.

Your reminder that someone can appear to be at the top (of the world, of their field, etc) and feel rather dramatically differently. I'm glad Jim worked through his issues, is still here with us and is still writing the books so many people love. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...

It's going to be terrific! ...possibly in the modern sense, and possibly in the "begets terror" sense, it's honestly 50/50

Opened this app today because I got a notification and realized it's only the third time I've opened it all year (and both other times were also notifications). I've come a long way in not doomscrolling on social media since twitter shat itself and I hopped over here, /1

Happy May. Original art by @iara-art.bsky.social. Poster designed by @msbsandrs.bsky.social. #Pathfinder #ActualPlay #TTRPGs #SciFi #OpenGaming

"You have a voice for podcasting" (compliment) "You sound like you have a podcast" (devastating insult)

MY CHILD!!

Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...

Doubt anyone on here follows me without also following the pod itself, but just in case:

This came out today! And it was one of the most fun things I've ever recorded!

Interested in writing, editing, or sensitivity consulting for the Cosmere RPG? We are looking for freelancers! 📝 If you'd like your application to be considered, please submit it by end of day (EST) on Sunday, January 26th. Reposts are appreciated! Apply using this form: forms.gle/EjFpaVRGGXho...

We distributed these materials in English and Spanish across our community this weekend and invite you to share these reminders widely. Print it out and keep it in your wallet or on your fridge for reference and safe keeping. We are in this together. (3/3)

You do NOT have to speak to ICE without a JUDICIAL warrant. If they attempt to enter your home or your workplace, ask for a warrant. Sometimes they will try to use other, non qualifying paperwork. They need a warrant. (2/3)

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

This week on the program, Ross from @ftpventures.bsky.social, Heath from @thestfnetwork.bsky.social, and Tyler from @mnmaxed.bsky.social join the Agents of B.R.I.A.N. in our Extra Life livestream, hanging out with definitely real dinosaurs! podagainstthemachine.com/2025/01/15/t...

Seriously, y'all--making this show has been a uniformly wonderful experience. So much of life as a "Creative" can feel like shouting into a void. I've had four friends to share the void with me for four years, and we've made something that a bunch of people seem to like. Blows my mind.

I started this show as a lock down project--a way to stay creative and find some human connections during a very, very dark period. I didn't know anyone in the cast at the outset. Hell, I still have never been in the same room as any of them. But they've grown into great friends.

And, of course, the six Jimmy Fame Presents Bonus Against the Machine: More Pod For Your Bod, Sponsored By Charlie Th'Lizardfolk's Chicken Emporium: More Cluck For Your Buck arcs, one by each member of the cast, plus an extra by Jeff *and* a guest GM appearance by Jason Buhlman.

To say nothing of the pile of talkback shows we've done (Machine Learning, a Pod About the Machine, from Pod Against the Machine, the Only Podcast With a Supplementary Podcast With a Twenty-Four Word Title), six The B.R.I.A.N. Identity shows (most of which were charity livestreams)...

It has been an *amazing* trip so far. 2019 was possibly the shittiest year of my life--which is saying something considering I was clinically dead for part of '09--and 2020 was looking to be just as bad, but I randomly decided to answer some nerd from NYs casting call for a PF1e show on a whim /1

I'll be eternally grateful for every week of it, for every episode and every roll. I don't know where I'm going with this--mostly just rambling, I guess. The point is: this has been amazing. We're four years in, we may have four left before the final d20 rolls. I don't know. Thanks for listening.

I love playing games with them. I can't believe they're still here, four years in, with the end of the campaign a million miles in the future, but they are. I love that I get to share creating this story with four brilliant people, and that we get to share the story with all of you.

So--four years ago today, the first three episodes of Pod Against the Machine went live. They were followed by another 180 (so far), spanning *almost* four books of the Iron Gods adventure path. These episodes have been downloaded 222,000 freaking times.