You know, previously, I had thought that if I had no need to care about money, I would study mythology because I'm fascinated by the stories humans have told throughout history and how they've evolved. Now, I recognize that such knowledge could also be used to make a pretty cool ttrpg setting.

Yeah, fuck the DNC. And they're going to turn around and push Gavin Newsom, who has already gone on the record supporting this nonsense.

experiencing firsthand how little cis men care about women's healthcare as a whole has been radicalizing for me. everyone should have full access to free HRT & hormone level tests. self curating your own endocrine system is a human right as precious as any other aspect of bodily autonomy.

It's kinda weird how at the same time I've rescued my unofficial translation of Sword World 2.5, the topic of race and racism in ttrpgs seems to be getting pushed to the front of the algorithms again. I suppose I'll have to see how the race-based stat rolls work out for Sword World.

Managing to keep my players on task today by being excited about doing a hex crawl if they didn't.

I could write a dissertation about how every word of this statement is wrong. Starting with, the only thing preventing automakers from building wagons are the automakers themselves. The manufacturers are the ones pushing everyone out of reasonably priced cars and into expensive SUVs and CUVs.

I called my senators and asked them to oppose this. You should too!

There's a lot to take in here from the shitty AI to the Vietnam vibes to committing war crimes against people because you invented a new label. It's all about being afraid and using inordinate amounts of firepower to kill brown people because you're afraid. Narco Terrorists Tropics AK-47s

Some guy 4500 years ago literally wrote a note saying, "My name is Merer, and I am responsible for overseeing the construction of Khufu's pyramid. My boss's name is Dedi." And yet, there's people still going around saying we don't know who or why the pyramids were built.

This is an admission that their goal is explicit ethnic cleansing of America and genocide, and it should be seen as a direct threat to millions of American lives and billions of lives worldwide.

When the media and government move to demonise a minority it’s always noticeable how that minority gets denied the concept of including children or minors, as she was 17 at the time.

This silly bird has had fairly limited use in my decks, but I have to appreciate the absurdity of soft locking a Mega Pidgeot because it's immune to damage from ex mons.

When I was a young teenage egg, the manga was "what if some common thing like water or emotions turned you into a girl?" Now it's an Isekai.

This exists, but the name is... problematic.

If it’s not too early for this annual reminder: remember not to give one single penny to these guys this Christmas.

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

If you see this QTP with a female anime character you love. Look, the first bad ass woman I was introduced to in media as a child was Carmen Sandeigo. It's only natural that Fujiko Mine would be at the top of my list.

Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it

HEY DEMOCRATS HEY DEM ESTABLISHMENT HEY MOTHER FUCKERS HEY WHAT UP WHAT FUCKING UP

Subway footlong Melee weapon (simple, sandwich) Damage: 1d4 hunger Rarity: None Properties: Finesse, Light, Range, Thrown, Edible (mostly) Range: 5/20 Weight: 1 Special: If target creature has the "ICE" attribute, target has disadvantage on saving throws against being laughed out of court.

This is what JK Rowling sounds like to trans people when she talks about trans people bsky.app/profile/diew...

Kim Kardashian knows as much about space travel as JK Rowling knows about trans people.

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Dividing the labor class along whatever made up lines (race, ethnicity, gender, religion, etc.) is a centuries old tactic to strip the lower classes of power and ensure the elites keep their power and wealth. Also, very rich coming from someone in a multi-racial relationship.

I’m more proud of this joke than I probably should be

"Why is there a guy on a horse with a lance?" for different SciFi properties: Star Trek ToS: "It's a metaphor for Civil Rights." Star Trek TNG, etc: "Holodeck" Star Wars: "It's not a horse, it's a something or other and those are force lances which..." BSG: "The horse is actually a killer robot."

BREAKING: AWS us-east-1 outage makes smart piss balls dumb causing them to win GOP primaries nationwide.

Damn: over on IG, New Disabled South shared that in 36 hours, they’ve received 12,400 requests for grants of $100 (individuals) or $250 (multi-person households) for people who usually receive SNAP. The need already comes to $2.7 million—against $36,000 in available funds. If you can help—

Yeah, fuck this asshole and anyone who thinks he should be president. The only reason he's on anyone's radar is because he knows how to troll Trump on Xitter. If he thinks Democrats need to throw trans people under the bus to win elections, then I suppose he feels he doesn't need my vote.

a former NCAA swimmer who was no longer allowed to compete killed herself *last week* fuck you gavin, to the ends of the earth

I'm such a lesbian that seeing a promo artwork for some DC crossover, my complaint isn't that Red Sonja has scantily clad armor, but that she hardly has any muscles on her. Like, if she's supposed to be a barbarian warrior, she should at least look like she could crush me.

I keep getting notified about positions as a "Nuclear technician AI trainer" and I'd like to once again state that this is a job that cannot be allowed to exist. No language model should ever have the "trained by real nuclear technicians" seal of approval stamped on it.

Insufficient data to compute. More information required. Volunteers requested. Probably involves cats.

Watching a video about which anime this guy thinks can work in D&D, and I think I'm starting to hate "Ghibli-esque" as a descriptor. I did buy Obojima, so it's not like I am free from buying into the idea, but having taken a critical eye to things, I've grown to dislike it. I think it's lazy.

Chinese Ghost Stories, a primer Structure #1: - I knew a really nice guy once - He watched as bandits killed & ate his whole family - Then one of the skulls was haunted by a nearby drowned ghost - She fell in love, so they got married - She was a good farmwife - they had lots of kids

I usually just get depressed and go curl up in bed with my cats. But yeah, never had the desire to get a Nazi tattoo.

Maybe if I were to give advice about making a "Ghibli-esque" setting for role playing, it's that it's not enough to say that a mystery exists, you have to create curiosity about the world. And you must also show your own curiosity. And don't shove every movie into a single setting.

"The spirit train has a caboose." This is going to be a bit silly of a rant. Recently, I received a copy of Obojima. I've been skimming the book to try to take in the setting. And it's very heavy on the setting, trying to build their promised Ghibli-esque aesthetic setting. (1/..)

I don't regret buying a Mac mini almost a year ago, but as I am more and more loathe to spend my free time sitting at a desk staring at a monitor, I am seeing the wisdom of having a personal laptop instead. Though, I suppose that's what the iPad is for.

I suppose the convenient thing about crashing into a city work truck is that it's well stocked with cones and occupied by people used to directing traffic around obstacles. Honestly, I thought they were setting up a work site before I noticed the truck had hit the median barrier.

In 24 hours we have the politico story about the Kansas Young Republicans praising Hitler, the GOP congressional staffer call with a swastika in the background during a Zoom chat, and now this.

Probably my only moment of internet infamy is doing a Let's Play of Demon Rush.

grateful portland has risen to the challenge so far in peacefully protesting the ICE facility and that nationally we're all cheering on the frogs but I think it's important to make sure everyone is aware that the ICE goons aren't exactly being peaceful in return www.koin.com/news/portlan...

NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro (CLP) is doing this either out of reckless negligence toward, or with the intention of, procuring trans women inmates for the purpose of having them raped. This is what sending trans women to men's prisons does. This is all it ever does. This is what it is for.

How do you join an LGBTQ+ organization and decide only some letters matter? Maybe the TERFS have a bit stronger foothold on this island than I thought.

This is very cute. 10/10 would drive in the solar punk utopia.

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

Explain to me why “conversion therapy” is banned in 28 countries and ABA is not, when they have the same creator (O. Ivar Lovaas) and utilize similar if not identical principles, techniques, and goals (forced assimilation).

Florida panthers are cougars. But black panthers are melanistic leopards and jaguars, with the genetic expression being more dominant (and thus more common) among jaguars.