ATTN COSMONAUTS, PALE DOT 2E HAS LAUNCHED! It's got new cosmic locations to explore, wondrous new art pieces, and updated play procedures. I'm so proud of it! Physical book by @plusoneexp.bsky.social: ttrpg.link/paledot Digital: devindecibel.itch.io/pale-dot Art: @sifsweetman.bsky.social 🧵⬇️

Any Pittsburg moots wanna grab Peruvian food tonight?

I wouldn't shilling so hard if it wasn't an emergency. Had some unexpected expenses this summer (which is the slower season for my household) and we are try to catch up. Please consider grabbing EVERY PAID GAME I HAVE for $15 bucks and/or sharing this around. Thank you so much!

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

!!! PLEASE (I say as someone who was trained on mic technique and continues to not use good mic technique because I flail like a muppet while GMing)

🚨 ATTN: INDIE TTRPG CREATORS 🚨 we're looking to feature more indie TTRPGs for our actual plays on the Lore Link channel or even for discussions of game mechanics, GM tips, etc. -- tldr we just wanna feature and support cool stuff! if you're interested, hmu and let's talk!

Patrick Healey, the guy behind the NYT's "but her emails" coverage and the Opinion section's inane, right-leaning citizen panels is now a "masthead editor" in charge of "standards and trust" for the NYT newsroom. This is not good. This does not build trust. www.nytco.com/press/patric...

JUST OVER 3 HOURS LEFT, $15K TO OUR LAST STRETCH GOAL LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! BACK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR SPACE CRIMINAL OCS 🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

Absolutely disappointed in @11bitstudios.bsky.social for this. There is no argument for the use of Gen AI in anything, this and future games are coming off my wish list for the time being.

i think i would take the hysteria over mamdani’s ability to govern more seriously if half these people hasn’t endorsed eric adams

weiss’ singular talent is her ability to flatter the sensibilities of rich men of influence. that’s it. she makes them feel like they aren’t as vapidly reactionary as they actually are.

nothing has reinforced my belief that NYC did the right thing like seeing just how upset all the worst people in the world are over it

Zuckerberg is offering random guys $100m to join Meta to “build super intelligence” despite his lead scientist saying it isn’t possible. Sam Altman and Jony Ive may have ripped someone off, Microsoft is ready to let them die. Silicon Valley, where dreams go to die a billion dollars at a time.

hear me out... what if you wore a well-fitting KN95 or N95 mask when in crowded public spaces like a con... especially as we're entering a summer Covid surge... just a thought!

If you’re under 30, you weren’t even born the last time Andrew Cuomo lived here. This is your city. Vote like it.

When I talk about the professionalization of the tabletop industry, this thread discussing the development and implementation of VTT resources alone is a perfect object lesson. Unpaid fan labor powers so much production and alternative models cannot yet scale fast enough.

NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL. Thank you Senator Padilla for defending your constituents and showing exactly what Kristi Noem and this administration stand for.

yes. i think the only thing the white house has accomplished this week is dramatically grow the crowds against them.

Reminder that seven Democratic senators voted to confirm Kristi Noem and six Dem senators declined to vote either way. She was confirmed, 59-34. The good faith experiment is clearly over, and we need the Democratic senators who didn't stand against her nomination to be loud as hell right now.

The "I support Israel but not Netanyahu" crowd seriously does seem to always end up supporting whatever Netanyahu does, whether it's genocide in Gaza or starting a war with Iran. Weird how that works.

I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace. And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.

The Trump admin just arrested a sitting US SENATOR for daring to question Kristy Noem. That is fucking Fascism.

These people don't have shit

see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines

UNBELIEVABLY excited this is out!!! @austinwalker.bsky.social @superdillin.bsky.social @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online @nataliewatson.bsky.social & @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social go SO many places Star Wars fails to, with stunning PCs & performances & a total embrace of GMless play, its AMAZING

Y’all, help me get this to the guy in Los Alamos, NM getting negged into joining a cult that drinks 5 gal/day of raw milk— Pharmaceutical companies suck, but I SWEAR—pasteurization is not a conspiracy. Neither is the Covid vaccine... Reality is full of greed, no need to concoct conspiracies.

So I am nominated for a Crit Award. Holy shit. If you want to vote for me, please do but know there are MANY other cool people that deserve this. I'll be dropping a list of them below this post. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

FINALISTS GO LIVE TOMORROW, JUNE 1ST AT 5:00PM PST! IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT YOUR FORMS, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR NOMINATION! PLEASE FILL OUT ASAP! THANK YOU!

It's great I loved it, when the second episode drops I'll be listening to both back to back because then I have an excuse to listen to this first part again

In the second installment of Rascal's interview with @jumpgategames.itch.io, designer Jess Levine dives deep into the politics of Going Rogue. "Resistance is worth it even when the cause is impossible, because the act of resisting provides us with a feeling of humanity that is irreplaceable."

Hey, remember when we as a society rejected 3D TVs? Google Stadia? NFTs? And the corporations got the hint and stopped trying to sell them to us? Can we do the same with ChatGPT and Midjourney and all this other genAI shit?

She literally hangs out with Nazis 🫠

Hey the bills just keep on coming and rent's right around the corner, so I'm slashing my summer bundle in half for the next 48 hours! get all 9 pdf (hundreds of pages of content) for only $10 ( a $60+ value) !

guys did you read this sentence when making it

My cover for The Power Fantasy #9 printed really well.

I can’t believe I have to say this, but please don’t use a chatbot as your therapist www.theverge.com/policy/66568...

Gaza is coming to you

WATCH: “You’re killing poor kids in Gaza — and paying for it by cutting Medicaid for kids here.” Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen confronted RFK Jr. and Congress in protest.

Playing in an AP of this is how I met Jess(virtually) in the first place— I cannot overstate how often I recommend Galactic/Going Rogue to people looking to design their own game or improve their improvised world-building.

If you allegedly have money to pay me as an influencer, you should first be allocating that money to pay some artists instead of using generative AI. If your company has to rely on GenAI for everything, I assume you are broke and have nothing of substance to offer me.

So excited for yall to listen to this podcast 👀 I play a robot named L3XIIIC0N (Lexicon) 🫶🏼✨

Throwback to when Samanthar'ra wore clown make up for a job interview. Now we got to meet a Revenant Space Captain and turn her against the Blue Dragon Space Warlord pulling her strings. Or die. Probably die. #TTRPG #ActualPlay #DungeonsAndDragons www.twitch.tv/dndenial Tuesdays 730/8ish PM ET

I have three types of TTRPG characters: -magic cowboy full of folksy wisdom -the smarmiest, sleaziest veneer wrapped around the biggest softie you ever met -AuDHD Swiss Army knife whose sense of self comes from feeling useful to those around them

Going live in a few!

We are $3 away from getting my friend Haneen in Gaza $600 for food and supplies. If you have $3 to spare, you can help us get to our goal!

Here's the latest episode of Better Offline. I walk you through why it’s so harmful that the media keeps taking OpenAI at its word - and I respond to the most common critiques from AI boosters. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

keep coming back to this Hannah Arendt line from Origins of Totalitarianism:

Helllo!! I am still trying to raise money for a friend's cancer treatment! We're hoping to raise $20k to cover all the expenses! We've got 28 games for $10! You'll be saving $117 if you go and grab this! itch.io/b/2970/neeks... #cancer #fundraiser #cancertreatment