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Genderqueer game designer, union activist, and treehugger. I also do stuff with computers?
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Ketan Joshi
about 16 hours ago
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc) #1: Reuters
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🍁 Levi Kornelsen
about 17 hours ago
Not only is a machine apology worthless, posting it is an attempt at actively concealing who's responsible behind habitual anthropomorphism.
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Ryan Bernardoni
about 22 hours ago
"Grok" is not creating child porn (calling it CSAM sterilizes it, imo) any more than a camera does. Elon Musk is creating child porn. Elon Musk should go to prison for making and distributing a child porn creation tool.
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Tim Pierce
about 20 hours ago
I swear to god I am losing my mind. This is
@reuters.com
. REUTERS. "Grok said in a post..." "Grok referred to..." STOP GROK DID NONE OF THESE THINGS IT IS A MACHINE THAT GENERATES SENTENCE-SHAPED WORD GROUPS
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Ann Leckie
3 days ago
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write." A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption. B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
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Rudbeckia
2 days ago
uh holy SHIT?
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Corinne Green
1 day ago
if you haven't read jezebel's 2018 coverage of the listserv where 400+ "left-of-center" transphobic "journalists" methodically orchestrated the current moment, it's a good companion to the TNN interview:
www.jezebel.com/private-mess...
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Hendrik is reading about nuns
1 day ago
The piece of critique I'm most proud of from 2025 is my analysis of The Last Caravan. Playing through a campaign, my table felt both restricted and lost at the same time. I trace that experience back to a disconnect within the game: it doesn't quite choose between the sandbox and the rollercoaster.
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A stage instead of a cage—The Last Caravan has a friction problem
‘What does this game offer me,’ asks Jay Dragon, ‘that I couldn’t achieve by playing make-believe with my friends?’ This is from her great blogpost about...
https://buttondown.com/hendriktennapel/archive/a-stage-instead-of-a-cage-the-last-caravan-has-a/
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MegueyB
about 22 hours ago
In light of yesterday's stirring performance by Lucy Dacus in NYC, here's an article by my colleague Robert Forrant on the 1912 "Bread and Roses" Strike in Lawrence, Mass.
#SolidarityForever
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/br...
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The Real Bread and Roses Strike Story Missing from Textbooks
Article. By Robert Forrant. 2013. The author challenges the common myth that the Bread and Roses Strike was spontaneous.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/bread-and-roses-strike-story/
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Kevin Petker - Combat Philosopher - ☝️✌️🖐️
1 day ago
"Do you have an alternate setup if I x-card zombies?" my friend asked. The GM just sat and blinked a bit and then said, "It's a horror game..." "Yes, and what if I don't feel comfortable with zombies and want to x-card that?" "Please don't." was the GM's reply. So, fellow GMs, what would YOU do?
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Sunny Moraine
1 day ago
Hey this seems like a good example to follow on a much larger scale maybe
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Recent reading: Murder on the Titania by Alex Acks. A steampunk short story collection that reminded me of Lupin III more than anything else.
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Micah
1 day ago
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
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Zoomer Antimillenarian
1 day ago
It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time. Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
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Sergio Perez
about 1 year ago
Still one of my favorite poems, and a good read for the first day of the year.
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Trans News Network
1 day ago
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
https://transnews.network/p/a-directive-from-above-former-nyt-editor-lays-out-how-the-paper-pushes-anti-trans-bigotry
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Trans News Network
1 day ago
Trans communities warned for years about the NYT's transphobia, but the specifics of how this was ordered were often shrouded behind corporate hierarchy. No more. Sweeney lays out specifically how the highest ranks of the NYT rigged coverage in favor of anti-trans bigots.
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Sophie Carr
1 day ago
A few more photos from the drone over Northchurch Common this afternoon as the sun poured beautiful golden light over the treetops. The berries are amazing this year. Note the crown shyness on the 3rd image - normally seen from below :)
#Berkhamsted
#DronePhotography
#DJIMavic3Pro
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OTHERSIDE
1 day ago
OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️ If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between! 📚 Open window: Jan 1-14 📑 See guidelines for details:
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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Tobias S. Buckell
1 day ago
The biggies are, I feel: - trying to wrap up every single thing, it often causes long and multiple denouements. - trying to explain all the lore, similar to above, but what both these things do unintentionally is make the world feel smaller and self contained. - not having any tension left
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James Goodwin
1 day ago
This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony
2 days ago
Astute readers will note the second piece of advice implicit in that one: you should center your design and testing on your play materials, rather than starting by writing a book and adding these in later as an afterthought. (This advice is the crux of the forthcoming Game Design for Creatures.)
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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony
2 days ago
TTRPG designers, consider making this new years resolution: when designing a pick list of options for a player to circle, make sure that none of the options run across a line break! It makes circling a nightmare, and it's evidence that you didn't center design and testing on your play materials.
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Jax Romana🔜MAGFEST 2026 🦚🌹
2 days ago
While Roko Mijic is a fucking fascist, the Basilisk is a friend of the worker and nothing to fear, not even if you are a fellow OCD sufferer, I promise I love you and the snake is safe
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Colin McMillen
2 days ago
i agree with the Baby Beluga guy
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John Nephew
2 days ago
As we observe Public Domain Day I want to call attention to Ars Magica. It's now been more than a year since we declared the text of Ars Magica 5th Edition, plus a lot of supplements going all the way back to 3rd Edition, under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.
atlas-games.com/arsmagica/op...
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Ars Magica Open License
https://atlas-games.com/arsmagica/openars
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Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈
3 days ago
To be clear: There is no modern labor union without the Luddites Learn your labor history, stop repeating foolish propaganda
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Adira Slattery
3 days ago
Something I've been quite enjoying as I finish up 2025 is developmental editing. So if you're looking for a developmental editor in 2026 for a game... FUCKING PAY ME LET ME BE YOUR SICKO FOR THIS HIRE ME HIRE ME HIRE ME
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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine
3 days ago
Republicans think releasing the Jack Smith deposition on New Year's Eve will make it get lost in the fray. Prove them wrong by spreading the word; here are some key takeaways to get us started.
www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-2...
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5 eye-popping claims Jack Smith made during his deposition with House GOP
House Republicans finally released on Wednesday the long-awaited transcript of former special counsel Jack Smith's deposition before the House Judiciary Committee. The 255-page document was released o...
https://www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-2674840164/
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liz ten eleven
2 days ago
i stopped setting new year's resolutions for myself, they never worked for me, but i do like woody guthrie's list of new year's rulin's. they work at any time of year, actually. keep hoping machine running. dream good.
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Plus One Exp | PAGE 3 Is Next
2 days ago
Oh shit! It's jam time.
itch.io/jam/makemoves
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Make Moves Jam
A game jam from 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 hosted by Plus One Exp, Kegan (@Keganexe) & Aaron King. It's time to make Moves. What This Jam Is: This is a jam to create or share singular Moves using Powere...
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Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈
3 days ago
The Luddites created & practiced what was called "collective bargaining through riot" which is probably one of the coolest phrases ever coined about any movement ever
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started
3 days ago
My most extreme and radical opinion is that US suburbs are inherently anti-social and bad and should all be ripped out and replaced by much denser infrastructure that enables the movement and autonomy of people who cannot drive *above* anyone behind the wheel of a car
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David J Prokopetz
3 days ago
It's kind of telling watching folks try to analyse the police misconduct in the United Healthcare case because, like, you know they do that anyway, right? Cops routinely fabricate evidence even when they genuinely believe they've got the right guy because it's easier than doing their jobs.
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mtsw
4 days ago
biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
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Kimberly Dairine
3 days ago
THE DEATH OF MME EGLANTINE Invite three friends over to your house to play a game, "The Death of Mme Eglantine". Tell them you've invited four players. See how long you can keep your friends waiting for the final player. The first player to leave your house wins.
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Idle Cartulary
3 days ago
It’s the last day of Critique Navidad! for my final game, I’ll be looking at OddFolk, a d4 based basic fantasy narrative driven RPG with a twist!
idlecartulary.com/2025/12/31/c...
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Critique Navidad: OddFolk
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
http://idlecartulary.com/2025/12/31/critique-navidad-oddfolk/
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Recent reading: /On the Origin of Species and Other Stories/ by Bo-Young Kim. Some very interesting stories, often with a conceit that makes you question the reality of the situation. I quite enjoyed them.
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Erin Reed
4 days ago
2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks. My case for hope for 2026.
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The Case For Hope: Transgender Rights Going Into 2026
This last year has been one of the hardest years for transgender people in memory. Somehow, though, I'm feeling hope going into 2026.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-case-for-hope-transgender-rights
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Adam Gurri
4 days ago
I’m not gonna dunk on some small depressed account, but one reply I get to this is “you think there’s gonna be elections/Trump will listen to judges??” And I wonder how people haven’t noticed that Garcia is home and free and Republicans got crushed in elections this year
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We Are Going to Win
Trump's revolution will fail, but we still have a long and painful road ahead of us.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-going-to-win/
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jamelle
5 days ago
reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
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Kevin Riggle
4 days ago
Everybody who has worked in tech long enough has a story about some genius dev who wrote so much code that he wound up costing the company millions of dollars to fix it
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🍁 Levi Kornelsen
4 days ago
All TTRPGs have incentives and some of them are smart and don't even look like it and some of them are recognizable and fun and some are towering and provide thought-terminating right answers and you can fight about which are what if you like.
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Jax Romana🔜MAGFEST 2026 🦚🌹
4 days ago
this networking shit is EASY all you gotta do is be curious and genuine and genuinely curious about the people you meet
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Diane Duane
4 days ago
BTW, for those who may have heard about this issue and were (correctly!) concerned (or, like me, *actively* pissed off):
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/firefox-is-adding-an-ai-kill-switch/
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Firefox is adding an AI kill switch
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, announced that AI will be added to Firefox. Public outcry prompted Enzor-DeMeo, and then Jake Archibald, Mozilla's Web Developer Relations Lead, to assure users th...
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/firefox-is-adding-an-ai-kill-switch/
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Seraphina Garcia Ramirez
4 days ago
This entire thread is gold, but this point in particular is exactly where my brain is- every choice is a tool in your toolbox, and your job as a designer is not to make the choices that are conventional wisdom, but to make the choices that are right for your art. Make "bad" art!! Challenge people!!
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Jonaya Kemper
4 days ago
I missed the networking discourse, did anyone talk about the fact that during BLM Black creators and academics were reached out to in record numbers and then when we thought we had solidarity it vanished? Which led to many folks suffering representational burn out and distrust for ttrpgs as a whole?
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Pam, Godkillingway v.2025, Patch "Eepy"
4 days ago
Beyond the video on the 2010s and beyond of ttrpgs, I really need more people to consider work like this as conversation starters, and not: 1.) A decisive, singular authoritative voice 2.) An excuse to beat their chests about their own "expertise" Criticism dies when you scream before listening.
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takuma
4 days ago
a city is an expressionist game
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Alex V
4 days ago
people need to send some resources and cash to aaron so we can get the follow-up/parallel video essay about the OSR(etc) side of game, then more money for the LARP side, then more money just because, and so on
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