This is the first example of what might be my key design insight for Ruins & Revolutions: push as much of the game state as possible into the fiction itself (though it will probably be more clear when I get to why we don’t have wounds, conditions, or anything resembling hit points).

well, I’m glad we’re finally erecting monumental statues to kind-hearted rodents somewhere *outside* of Disney parks:

“COVID can lead to aggressive cancers. James Van Der Beek, Shannen Doherty + Julian McMahon died from cancers between the ages of 48-56. SARS-CoV-2 creates immune dysregulation, reducing tumor surveillance + creating inflammation. This is why cancers behave more aggressively.”

(Alt txt: two black cats, one looking ahead with eyes wide as the other appears to be whispering in its ear.)

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Thursday’s are better with happy jumping baby goats 😃

We are thankful for the gift of Olipop.

This is genuinely such a great video.

The problem with AI is it makes plagiarism so low effort When DS9 was created, real human beings put actual time and effort into stealing from Babylon 5

Every single person I know and met has an element of their past they're not proud of, or learned or grew from. Everyone I know has thought and/or done something they today regret, or abhor. Anyone who believes otherwise of themselves is dangerously delusional at best, a dangerous liar at worst.

The Fifth World is the future that rewilders want. Here’s an opportunity to tend some of the seeds of that future being planted today. www.kickstarter.com/projects/vil...

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moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

lying about it happening on april fool's day: mean-spirited, hurtful, not funny at all it actually happening on april fool's day: possibly the funniest thing of all time

Trans tabletop game designers! Post your work in this thread and I'll share them! If you want to talk to me about your game, feel free to DM me or drop me an email (it's in my bio). Everyone else, please take a look and give the thread a share! #TDoV #TransDayofVisibility

@giuli.revolutionarygames.co wrote a short story about what it’s like to die in the Scarlet Banner. www.patreon.com/posts/154360...

Here’s a video in case you need to hear the toads singing. AND TRUST ME YOU DO!! 🌿 #herps

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It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

“It’s treated like being injured or dying for your psychology, I suppose, in that it's the negative consequence of having too many bad encounters with challenges the game provides. “I hate this.” www.patreon.com/posts/154272...

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Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵: These protests are important b/c: 1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.

everything alive is being murdered to maintain a civilization where everyone is constantly miserable

Today's pigeon is aghast at your bullshit tbh

Outdoorsy types & lovers of merino socks: The Union of REI workers is asking us to pledge to join a worker lead boycott during the company’s big annual spring sale. Sign the pledge @reiunion.bsky.social 💪🏻 #UnionStrong

the LotR memes will continue until morale improves ⚔️

HBO out here funding transphobia to re-adapt a book series that already got a perfectly good series of movies. Meanwhile, a veritable army of Millennials have been waiting for nearly 20 years for an Animorphs show that doesn’t suck.

You Are Being Observed A Normal Amount

Show up however you can on March 28th: NO KINGS 3 ACCESSIBLE RALLY · 12:30–2pm CT · ASL interpreted · Live captioned · For everyone, everywhere. Protect our health, defend our rights, fight for democracy. Organized by Stand Up for Science standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3 #NoKings #NoKings3 #NK3VR

A duckling has appeared on your timeline to let you know we're gonna make it through this and destroy our enemies! 🐣 🪶

“One must imagine Sisyphus happy because robbing those who would deny you happiness of their ability to do so is the rebellious act.” www.patreon.com/posts/153728...

“In the grand succession of life after a wildfire, the first beings to appear are neither plants nor animals, but fungi.” 🍄🔥 @hannahthomasy.bsky.social reports.

I think it is really important for us to understand just how big of a defeat the We Are All Charlie Kirk thing was, because I don't feel like there has been much writing about the larger meaning of it

Wait, you’re telling me that Morgoth lacked Eru Ilúvatar’s power to create life with the Secret Flame and could only twist existing creation for his own dark ends?

so the idea is the inversion of the magic circle. to talk about this i have to define what the magic circle is so please be kind to me and my cursory definition. when you play a game, you enter a space where certain rules apply and others are suspended. it is not a wall, it is a soft demarcation.

In a fit of guilt over killing the ants in my bathroom, I Googled “does it hurt to die from borax poisoning” and that’s how I found out that people are apparently drinking borax now because they think it’s good for you. 😫

humbly and not in an annoying online teen way,,

NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS

WILDFLOWER SEASON!!!

"Sometimes she would wake in the night, her heart pounding, desperate like an animal caught in a trap. But there was no trap. No one could be trapped in the warm embrace of the Harmonious Family." A short story by @giuli.revolutionarygames.co www.patreon.com/posts/painte...

@giuli.revolutionarygames.co explains why the Fifth World is NOT solarpunk — and why we think solarpunk might be a great start, but doesn't go far enough. www.patreon.com/posts/why-fi...

Needed by so many people. Share widely

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Guys please make sure you don't go to any theaters on March 27th, stay safe!

Sorry for the lack of activity it’s literally just this

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

im grabbing your hand to tell you. it’s not too late to start wearing a mask again. it’s better to wear a mask 1/4 of the time (or whatever your percent looks like) than not at all. there’s no shame in starting to be covid safe again even if you havent been for a long time. its okay