Most of the so-called Little Women are average in size, and Louisa May Alcott specifically mentions that She Who Sleeps, the unseen fifth March sister, is nearly eighteen feet tall at the time of her slaying by the Knights Templar.

It makes sense that I have a lot of anxiety about this weekend but that doesn't make it pleasant

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler is very good

this week's post is about the coming privacy apocalypse. age verification, 3d printing snitchware, telematic insurance, and of course palantir posting a fascist manifesto margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-coming...

make bad art

Been playing Easy Delivery Company which feels like the right vibes, a cozy game for the depressed

I have been online and arguing about politics for nearly twenty five years and not once have I ever seen anyone respond to vote scolding with anything but "fuck you" if you want to be mad at people for not voting, sure, knock yourself out if you want them to vote next time, try a different tactic

GREETINGS USER. PRELIMINARY SCANS INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE ARRIVED ON THE SURFACE OF RILL, THE PRIMARY MOON OF LUYTEN-b, VIA LIFEPOD. THIS DATABASE’S FUNCTIONS ARE TO GATHER INFORMATION ON YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND TO KEEP YOU ALIVE. LET’S BEGIN. (a system-neutral campaign setting, coming this summer!)

"Trans children have such awful lives, isn't it better for them to not suffer?" Transness is actually really awesome. It's the transphobia that sucks. If everyone responded to trans kids coming out with "thanks for telling me, I love you" and being affirming, trans kids would have GREAT childhoods.

Hey, something I worked on released a preview today! @evilhat.bsky.social Umdaar has 60 FREE pages from the upcoming mammoth of swords, super science, and sorcery. You can find it here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #rpg #rpgs #ttrpg #ttrpgs #fate

May I interest you in a game jam for an Indie Groundbreaker Award-nominated game? 👀

If you ever see one of my comics and you don’t think you understand it, instead of asking me about it, go into a room with some big speakers and turn off all of the lights and lay on the ground listening to Dopethrone by Electric Wizard start to finish.

Grief is hard.

Apparently talking at a show isn't rude, politely asking someone to please be quieter if they're going to talk is in fact the rude thing.

I love when star wars is like "look how good being a jedi has been for you!" to anakin and he's like "no! it fucked me up! I got anxiety now!" and everyone ignores him

Milwaukee Zine Fest is great once again. Also always appreciate how queer it is.

While I think we should all be looking out for ulterior motives, increased funding for research of psychedelic assisted treatments for mental health problems is both needed and long overdue. Making psychedelic assisted treatments that have been shown to work* available to the public is good

21st century realism is an aesthetic — it literally doesnt matter how connected to historical record or scientific research it is, what matters is that it *conforms to* "realistic." basically all chud hypocrisy around realism gets resolved through understanding this

That THC seltzer really snuck up on me

Mum Chums is quasi-autobiographical and reflects being a mum beyond just the gameplay. People look at the cover and think it is a cozy game, when it is raw and vital. They overlook it, say they are glad it exists, but often stop there. If I had to suggest only one of my games to play, this is it.

I refuse to believe someone who worked for years as a professional comedian and writer who made one of the most culturally relevant sketch shows of all time is this naive about the power of the things you say onstage

hey milwaukee folks: stay safe with the flooding

I don't care one bit for all the people gleefully saying they've never heard of Pavement but if there has to be a "Beatles of the 90s" (and there really doesn't) it is obviously Nirvana But seriously though it's a stupid comparison

I agree with this

Great thread about how successful antifascist work is a lot like gardening...

Get their asses

Hooray! So excited to see this landing with backers. If you backed Defy the Gods and haven't gotten your book yet, it's coming!

They should make an rpg subreddit that doesn't hate the people making them lol

Great mail day courtesy @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @hecticelectron.bsky.social

Hullo #PortfolioDay! I'm a writer and game designer in the TTRPG and board game space! I'm looking to do any supplements for your crowdfunding campaigns and any freelance games writing you might need (and would love to break into video games!)

Ride or Die is pretty minimalist in its rules, so I'm going maximalist in presentation. Having way too much fun. :)

The number of therapists who believe you can effectively learn how to do effective therapy with actual human beings in all their complexities just from reading a book is astounding

Lars von Trier's Marvel's Daredevil

This season of Daredevil is umm hard to watch

TTRPG about me First game: D&D 3.5 Last game: Blades '68 Longest game: D&D 5e or Bump in the Dark Favorite game: Slugblaster or Under Hollow Hills Favorite mechanics: Blades in the Dark or Trophy Dark Favorite art: Slugblaster

TTRPG discourse is like: "Sell me on Apocalypse World. I hate it. Partly because the people I play with don't actually play according to the rules and I think that's the game's fault. Also, I've made up a thing about it I don't like. Also, my friends don't like acts of collaborative creativity."

Holy shit

We have another crew of Militants! It's almost like there's something going on socially where people are feeling powerless against some kind of horrible empire and really want to be able to imagine a reckoning ...

Starting a *second* Blades '68 game? Well, sure. Why not?

Let me tell you, this was one Monday ass Friday

I moved to Kobo and find it all around a more pleasant experience.

So, in those spaces where AI is viewed as a useful tool, the narrative is generally that it is what you use for the unimportant things so you can get onto what matters. I’m not averse to that framing, because it allows the use of AI to communicate to me what something thinks is unimportant.

Very funny Disney was like "we're not doing woke politics" and then the new season of Daredevil is entirely about an authoritarian backed by unaccountable secret police who go after people in restaurants and hospitals while the good guys debate the limits of direct action in a propagandized society

if a position of authority can be misused in this way, that position of authority should not exist. It's clearly not enough to simply change who is in that position, no more than praying that the next king be better than the last.

This is a really good piece. I don't really have such a problem with the phrase Theatre Of The Mind, but I did find it weird when I first came across it. I played TTRPGS for over 25 years, at many tables, before I put a miniature on a map.

On tonight's Bump in the Dark, Eddie and Sam split up, with one setting the trap and the other attempting to guide the serpent to it. Sam goes for a wild ride, holding tightly to the dagger he jammed in the snake's spine, and Eddie withstands a psychic riptide ...

Look how handsome that bad boy is....

I just backed BREATHLESS: FRIGHTMARE EDITION by @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com and @mythworks.bsky.social on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/myt...

So for the first 48 hours, if you spend $20+ you get 3 addition games -- INCLUDING CBR+PNK! Is this a crowdfunder or a humblebundle?