elmcat
@elmc.at
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Blogging about TTRPGs among other things.
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What if I change Landmark, Hidden, Secret to use for character knowledge? idk!
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Common, Recalled, Obscure
Landmark, Hidden, Secret reframed for character knowledge.
https://elmc.at/common-recalled-obscure/
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Prismatic Wasteland
about 11 hours ago
Already two of my posts eliminated in the first round bloodbath (and so many of my favorites also eliminated by the fierce competition). Go vote! Specially vote for “Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa” in the critique category; it’s one of my best written posts imo Links to voting and favs below
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Clayton
about 12 hours ago
You have less than 24 hours to vote in round 2. The good news: There are half as many posts in round 2, and if you voted in the first round, you've likely read most of them. The official webpage for this year can be found here:
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
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The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
https://www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
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Clayton
about 12 hours ago
If you're reading this, round 1 of the Bloggies' Hunger Games is over and round 2 has already started! This post has all of the voting breakdowns sans the vote count (it would have taken me an extra hour to add those in, and I have a day job 😔.) You won't believe the margins on these matchups!
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Bloggies Breakdown: Round 1
After The Bloggies Blog Bath: Who won? And by how much?
https://www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-results-1/
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Charli xcx's Wuthering Heights Stan Account
about 21 hours ago
My five posts about The Seven-Part Pact have been nominated for Best Series at this year's Bloggie Awards. You can now listen to all of them at We Read The Bloggies.
podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
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[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Time (Part 1), by Dwiz
Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Seven-Part Pact: Time by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Series: Seven-Part Pact Narrated by Dwiz Episode Links: The Seven Part Pact by Possum Creek Games Old Men Running The World: The Seven Part Pact: the First Actual GM-Full Game A Knight at the Opera: Gritty Realism: Adventuring in Weeks, Not Days Under Hill, By Water by riseupcomus
https://podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBloggies/episodes/series-seven-part-pact-time-part-1-by-dwiz
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Thursday Garreau
1 day ago
checking this out for Bloggies voting and i am *shocked* to discover that my blog has been linked to by 5 different folks???
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WiddershinsWanderings
1 day ago
Bloggies PSA! Round 1 of all 5 initial Categories is open until 7 AM EST. Not just Advice. Advice:
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Critique:
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Gameable:
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Theory:
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Meta:
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Vote for your favorites. PSA over
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The Wreck of the Adam Seats
1 day ago
Hey! My reading of habeeb's "the infrastructure of magical convenience" is up! I was glad to lend this one my voice - it's a subject that cuts closer to home for me than you might think. Original post is:
beeboobubie.substack.com/p/the-infras...
Link to ep is:
podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
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birdmilk
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@benmckenzie.com.au
read my review of Fomoria and it sounds so good! Thanks to
@elmc.at
and
@bommyknocker.bsky.social
and everyone else making The Bloggies and and its well named podcast, "We Read The Bloggies" happen.
podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
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[Debut] Birdmilk's RPG Cafe: Fomoria, by Birdmilk
Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): Birdmilk’s RPG Cafe by Birdmilk Sample post: Fomoria Narrated by Ben McKenzie Episode Links: Fomoria - Quickstart by Tania Herrero, Johan Nohr Crown of Salt - The Bread Wyrm Fomoria - Epic Folk Horror Roleplaying by Johan Nohr Birdmilk’s RPG Cafe: Blightfall (Doomed Heroes) Blades in the Dark: Action Roll
https://podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBloggies/episodes/debut-birdmilks-rpg-cafe-fomoria-by-birdmilk
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David Blandy makes games sometimes
1 day ago
Still pretty mindblown by the fact the community came together to record 87 blogposts in just a few days for the Bloggies. My listening sorted for the next few weeks.
podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
Thanks to
@elmc.at
and
@bommyknocker.bsky.social
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We Read The Bloggies (@WeReadTheBloggies) • Episodes
We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.
https://podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBloggies/episodes
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John Bilodeau Illustrations ➡️ Breakout Con
1 day ago
February issue of Carouse! Carouse! just dropped. If you like indie ttrpgs check it out:
www.carouse.blog/february-202...
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February 2026 - Sea of Love
Welcome back! Whether this newsletter is your main squeeze or one of many loves, we're thankful for your visit. This month, we've got all the classic Valentine's hallmarks in store: a camgirl death ga...
https://www.carouse.blog/february-2026-sea-of-love/
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Clayton
2 days ago
Psssst, like right now.
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Four days in, and 53 nominated Bloggies posts have already been read and recorded by wonderful authors and volunteers, then published on the We Read The Bloggies podcast. Truly incredible!
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We Read The Bloggies (@WeReadTheBloggies) • Episodes
We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.
https://podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBloggies/episodes
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The Welsh Piper
5 days ago
Defining and understanding the OSR implied setting and using it to build B/X/OSE campaigns.
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The Implied Setting
Understanding the implied setting for OSR games.
https://welshpiper.com/the-implied-setting/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Rise Up Comus - CASTLE AUTOMATIC Crowdfunding Now!
6 days ago
This is probably the most exciting/most important community project going on in my side of the RPG scene right now. All the bloggies entries read by community members so you can catch up on the best of RPG theory and reviews from this past year.
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𝖂.𝕯.
7 days ago
The Inq28 scene has similar energy to the OSR when I first joined it. Mordheim feels like the BX of Inq28, but I've turned toward Forbidden Psalms as a quick entry. However, there is still something about Mordheim that is alluring:
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/02/psal...
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PSALMS FOR MORDHEIM: Smash Bashing The New And Old Together
Look at this crew! Who doesn't want to play the motley band of weirdos?! Mordheim: 99% Falling Rules 01% Grotesque Vibes This post is one...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/02/psalms-for-mordheim-smash-basing-new.html
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For Your Consideration: Magnolia Keep
7 days ago
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes the high-octane second chapter of Prepping Plots! This time we're gonna be doing some brainstorming to get a basic outline of our plot!
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/02/prepping-plots-part-two-rough-outline.html?m=1
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Prepping Plots, Part Two: The Rough Outline
Last time on Prepping Plots , we discussed why the enterprising GM might consider a more linear structure for their elfgame campaign. Today,...
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/02/prepping-plots-part-two-rough-outline.html?m=1
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Zak H. | Bommyknocker Press
7 days ago
Blog enthusiasts! It's been a huge community effort. We're proud to present WE READ THE BLOGGIES. The year's best blogging coming to you - in audio form. A show to SAVE YOUR EYES and SOOTHE YOUR EARS. Catch up on all your Bloggies reading before voting commences next week!
#ttrpg
#podcast
#blog
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We Read The Bloggies
Games Podcast · We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/we-read-the-bloggies/id1876393653
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Huge thanks to all the volunteers and bloggers. This project wouldn't exist without you More episodes are on the way! We'll publish them as soon as we can
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Seraphina Garcia Ramirez
7 days ago
A group of volunteers is recording as many of the nominees for the Bloggies as possible, and uploading them as a podcast! I’m helping out a bit with this, and I’ve recorded a few already! Come listen at the link below, Spotify, and several other podcast platforms!
podcast.bloggies.org
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We Read The Bloggies (@WeReadTheBloggies) • Activity
We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.
https://podcast.bloggies.org/
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Bastionland Press
8 days ago
That's right, you can now try Intergalactic Bastionland in a very early, messy state.
www.bastionland.com/2026/02/inte...
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Intergalactic Bastionland Public Playtest
Intergalactic Bastionland is now ready for public playtesting. Go here to find everything you need . We're a way off the Kickstarter yet, ...
https://www.bastionland.com/2026/02/intergalactic-bastionland-public.html
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Rose Skye
8 days ago
Attack every part of the character sheet, even your name and character portrait.
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Damage Tokens - This Vorpal Coil
Mausritter is a fantastic game – very few get as close as it does to the Platonic ideal of a post-OSR ruleset, covering so much ground yet remaining so brief. While most of it essentially reimplements...
https://vorpalcoil.bttg.net/damage-tokens/
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Peter Eijk
8 days ago
Honered to be in the bloggies. Excited for the voting. Scared because my blog is up against the great
@jeffstormer.gobirds.online
. Go birbs?
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For Your Consideration: Magnolia Keep
9 days ago
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a high-octane blogpost about video games and elfgames! I played Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 last month, and I think a lot of what made it fresh can be ported over to your campaign with very little trouble.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/02/what...
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What Elfgames Can Learn From Kingdom Come: Deliverance
I've been spending a lot of time playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. To sum the game up briefly, imagine if Skyrim or The Witcher 3 we...
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/02/what-elfgames-can-learn-from-kingdom.html
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Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
9 days ago
Wrote about the process that turns blog posts I read into lots of tiny little plants for my new digital garden:
dungeonmerl.in/3meeit5e7522w
This turned out both stranger and longer than expected.
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Exploding a Blog Post - Dungeon Merlin
Or: Growing a digital garden out of a Zettelkasten about RPGs
https://dungeonmerl.in/3meeit5e7522w
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Clayton
9 days ago
My month in a nutshell: (Official nominees announcement tomorrow!)
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Zak H. | Bommyknocker Press
10 days ago
Map dungeons with this warioware-style minigame.
#OSR
#TTRPG
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Another gimmick
Make mapping fun by making it your players' problem
https://bommyknocker.bearblog.dev/another-gimmick/
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yakamo
10 days ago
talk at me please let me know what you think please yell at me
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How Should We Write Creature Stats? - yakamo
I am currently in the process of making a zine and have hit a crossroad. What do I want to do about creature stats? My preferred system is B/X so I
https://yakamo.blot.im/how-should-we-write-creature-stats
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Cats Have No Lord
10 days ago
Jumping on the Blog Bandwagon early before I forget. I've written up a Slavic-folklore-infused Eco Mofos adventure for this amazing map we all have to work with. Find out what's going on at the Godsmelter.
#TTRPG
#OSR
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Godsmelter - Blog Bandwagon
Prismatic Wasteland has once again put out the call for a , this time focusing on maps. One of the options is to make something with a map donated by the ini...
https://blog.catshavenolord.page/godsmelter-blog-bandwagon/
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Riley V
10 days ago
Wrote a thing on my blog about implementing a Hazard Die procedure into Shadowdark. 🎲
#osr
#shadowdark
#ttrpgs
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The Shadowdark Hazard Die
Implementing the Hazard Die mechanic into the Shadowdark TTRPG
https://theanarchistspellbook.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/the-shadowdark-hazard-die/
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Cats Have No Lord
10 days ago
Shouting this out again because I’m having so much fun keying this map today. Join the bandwagon!
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jay Dragon is in the wizardmines
11 days ago
a response to the
@rascal.news
article on yazeba's bed & breakfast, clarifying some misunderstandings and (hopefully) providing a clearer explanation of what happened
possumcreek.medium.com/a-response-t...
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Marcia B.
11 days ago
after some soul-searching and talks with my friend
@ideologicalsissy.bsky.social
about how best to make character feats 'work', finally came up with 36 base ones for
#cinco
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traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2026/02/cinc...
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Prismatic Wasteland
12 days ago
All bloggers are hereby cordially invited to participate in a new blog bandwagon on the topic of MAPS, featuring art (which you can use, remix, distort as you see fit) from
@amandalee.bsky.social
(Garbage Barge, Vampire Cruise, et al) You have 80 days starting now!
#osr
#tttpg
#blog
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Bandwagon: The Map is Not the Territory But It is the Topic — Prismatic Wasteland
Announcing a new blog bandwagon! This time you have 80 days in which to write something on your blog about maps and/or to annotate/remix/expand a map drawn by the esteemed Amanda Lee Franck!
https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/bandwagon-the-map-is-not-the-territory-but-it-is-the-topic
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Juniper Harper Lark
12 days ago
DQ&D is a game about getting into a knife fight and having everyone walk away unhappy. For fragmentary blog post #2 i'm telling you how to run those fights, which are secretly negotiations.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
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DQ&D Design Diary #2: Combat - The Garden Below
Rules for Combat in Dredge Quick and Drown
https://thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-diary-2-combat
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It's Generational Moral Injury Really
11 months ago
Genocide is a policy, carried out by the hands of many, tolerated by many more.
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Iko is assembling bundles
14 days ago
We're slowly getting somewhere with the MD+CSS to PDF editor
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Anna Kornbluh
13 days ago
economic sabotage is their great success
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If you know you know
13 days ago
AI is like every other extractive technology: built on the proletariat of the neocolonial economies of the global South. Do not look away.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/05/in-the-end-you-feel-blank-indias-female-workers-watching-hours-of-abusive-content-to-train-ai?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The Guardian
13 days ago
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/05/in-the-end-you-feel-blank-indias-female-workers-watching-hours-of-abusive-content-to-train-ai?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770282916
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Nael Fox -> Extortin' and Gamin'
13 days ago
With the blessing of
@chrispwolf.bsky.social
I've started a reboot of his classic session report series Thursdays in Thracia! Stay tuned as we work our way through the module and I share my prep and thoughts on the classic dungeon and running a megadungeon in Shadowdark.
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Thursdays in Thracia RELOADED Week 1
Caverns of Thracia Session 1 Recap and Notes
https://billhook.bearblog.dev/thurs_in_thracia_reloaded1/
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edmo
13 days ago
a mechanic out of context -- is the Mothership d100 under-designed? should GM advice be rules? Is this just a gap between cultures of play?
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a mechanic out of context
Warden's Operation Manual Mothership. So... yeah, I felt compelled to push back against the notion of the d100 Stat Check being "u...
https://edmocat.bearblog.dev/a-mechanic-out-of-context/
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Tanya Floaker
16 days ago
Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by
@mollynoise.bsky.social
and human-made art by
@stregawolf.art
. Jump in now for early bird deals!
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Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind
An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/floaker/the-thunder-perfect-mind
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Kati, A Certified Yapper
13 days ago
New post on what I'm calling Pack A Knapsack (PAK) for GMs to use at any table. Running a campaign is about more than tools and tables.
theplayreports.com/posts/pack-a...
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The Play Reports
Pack A Knapsack!
https://theplayreports.com/posts/pack-a-knapsack/
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Jason Wilson
14 days ago
New from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison
Billionaires and intellectuals attended events with the disgraced financier years after he served time for sex offense, files reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/epstein-silicon-valley
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Bastionland Press
14 days ago
What do you do when the ship arrives in port? More work!
www.bastionland.com/2026/02/dock...
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Dock Work
Dock is the second spoke on the Wheel that makes up crew life, between the drudgery of Transit and the enterprise of Layover. I'm aiming for...
https://www.bastionland.com/2026/02/dock-work.html
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I'm joining the newsletter game. Don't ask me why! I'm not sure either. I just want to help more good blogs get found
elmc.at/catmail-1/
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CATMAIL #1
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
https://elmc.at/catmail-1/
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Goblin's Henchman
18 days ago
So, I bought this broken down, split spine, board separated, sorry state AD&D 1e Monster Manual. The idea is that I'm going to colour my way through it. A bit of meditative self time. Call it sacrilege, but I figure this book can have a second life, albeit under my amateur hand. :O)
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I'm joining the newsletter game. Don't ask me why! I'm not sure either. I just want to help more good blogs get found
elmc.at/catmail-1/
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CATMAIL #1
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
https://elmc.at/catmail-1/
14 days ago
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Archon's Court
15 days ago
Still down in the mines of my spaceship-nomad megastructure domain game - but almost done! Soon it'll just be fitting the rules together... and then going back to the hundreds of hexes to key... hm. maybe not that "almost", actually.
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