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"Since the usual channels for book discovery have been gutted by the uber-wealthy, which they have clearcut for their own personal profit...we authors are all now expected to engage in this starved and hysterical culture of the few."

Fire from above: Skyjek roc and Boros angel tactics. #DnD

Never backed a project so fast.

“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.

Cuando nació salsa raï Nacieron tres cosas bellas Nació el sol, nació la luna Y nacieron las estrellas

To expound on this a little, I think one thing this statement recognizes is the importance in TTRPGs of compartmentalization.

"It is wild as a DM how many brains you're running at the same time." —@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Now THAT is a true statement if I've ever heard one.

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Straight fella here, but I think an underappreciated aspect of The Mummy is that it's a genuine classic screwball comedy—possibly the last one ever made. People rarely attempt to make screwball comedies anymore, and when they do, it devolves into chaos and bad taste.

Don't get surprised (in a bad way) when your labor-of-love zine project arrives from the printer! Get those CMYK-safe colors right from the beginning. 🎨 I made a free palette to make it easy: exeuntpress.itch.io/cmyk-color #zinequest #ttrpg #zines #cmyk #rgb #printing #affinity

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

QsotN: "How much could a battleaxe cost, 10 gp?" (DM flips through PH) "In fact, yes." "Guys, this is dangerous. We should just sell oats. You want oats, we've got oats." "I WANT to do it, but I think it's not a GOOD IDEA to do it, but I also think it's boring NOT to do it." #DnD #TTRPGQuotes

We at the @postguild.bsky.social are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

Just received my copy of @doubleproficiency.com's Mycologist's Primer, and I've already learned something from it: I was previously unaware that king boletes and porcini are the same thing. #TTRPG

I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

Took the biggest step of my #degoogling today: Nuking my Gmail account. All gone.

Along with "Abolish ICE," I cast enthusiastic ballots for "Pope Frío XIV," "Daniel Brrrr-nham," "Mueve la Nieve" and "Svencoolie."

reposting both for underlying insight and for solid use of "zugzwang"

Sometimes an apropos quotation rises to mind, unbidden. And sometimes one happens to have desktop publishing software. #AbolishICE

Demerstrix ("She Who Sinks Ships"), the orciniform dragon from MAKING ENEMIES: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, whose hoard is a collection of richly laden wrecked vessels at the bottom of the sea. Illustrated by @jencmars.bsky.social. #TTRPG #DnD #PF2 #CypherSystem

"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language. ...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"

Here's another deep field image from JWST. There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next. But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe. The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.

"And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers": Boros Legion NPC tactics. #DnD

me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

Gotta say, "Pope Frio XIV" is also a high-quality entry.

*gasp*

This is not crowd control. This is chemical warfare.

I am also a former journalist, from before the online news era. And I want to push back on this. Good storytelling is a matter of attention to detail. In no way is it incompatible with nuance, or even objectivity.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

Yelp is dead to me. Not only has it altered its terms of service to require binding arbitration in the event of ANY dispute, it now asserts an irrevocable right to use ALL posted reviews for AI training. I'm halfway through deleting the 100 reviews I have posted, after which I'm nuking my account.

Hello. It's my final week as a full time game designer, and as if to underline why I can't do this anymore, I currently can't afford to cover my bills at the end of the month. All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much. itch.io/s/179351/jan...

Stop in the name of the law: felidar and archon of the triumvirate tactics. #DnD

Unity War III is over. Electroplasmic fusion is here. The future... is now. Blades '68. An official expansion for Blades in the Dark from the subversive mind of @olddog.games Find out more and download the free 40-page preview here: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Today is too distracting.

Now available: Deep Cuts. Crack open this 128-page expansion from creator @johnharper.bsky.social and find new factions, heritages, and world-shaking catalysts plus: alternative rules for Harm, Downtime and more. Put a fresh edge on your game of Blades in the Dark! evilhat.com/product/blad...

Also coming up is the Backerkit campaign for Five Fires, a TTRPG about 80s hip-hop. It's my love letter to Beat Street and Wild Style and it launches February 25th! Please sign up to be notified on launch (repost with proper link): www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Ahoy, Cascadians! I'm traveling from the war-torn hellscape of Chicago to the war-torn hellscape of Portland, Ore., for GAMESTORM 26, March 19–22. I'll be selling and signing books, running D&D and Cypher adventures, and leading a monster design workshop. Badges are on sale now at gamestorm.org.

Ahoy, Cascadians! I'm traveling from the war-torn hellscape of Chicago to the war-torn hellscape of Portland, Ore., for GAMESTORM 26, March 19–22. I'll be selling and signing books, running D&D and Cypher adventures, and leading a monster design workshop. Badges are on sale now at gamestorm.org.

@xdanielart.bsky.social Tengo su inestimable gráfico 2024.2 de alternativos a productos de Adobe … ¿hay versión más reciente? Lo busqué pero no lo encontré.

I don’t really know where the whole Wine Mom thing comes from, but maybe let’s retire it if it’s just become a dismissive way to talk about adult women who might have children and sometimes want to enjoy things. That’s. That’s a regular person.

My new piece is up! open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Ah, Love! Could you and I with Fate conspire To grasp this sorry state of things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits, and then Re-mould it nearer to our hearts' desire?

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

Hard agree. The best cities I’ve lived in have been full of all different kinds of people. Places that are overwhelmingly single culture can be nice to visit but I think I’d eventually succumb to utter boredom living there.

Apparently, this "special election Dems CANNOT lose" is an 11-way party primary in New Jersey. So yes, it is in fact literally true that Democrats can't lose it, because it's an election that only Democrats are running in. This is an insult to the intelligence of everyone who received it.

These begspamming texts are getting lazier and lazier. What special election? Where? Am I eligible to vote in it? Who even is Zach Beecher? Never mind all that—just 📢CHIP IN📢