I think the biggest key you will ever need to understand the quintessential american in politics is that there is no greater sin in this world than being inconvenienced. That nothing stokes their fury like a mild inconvenience. Nothing motivates them like the promise of less inconvenience.

the rapture doesn’t affect me because i’m musIim so ill be stealing everyone’s stuff while yall are up there

Were you a fan of the Bladesoul, or was it not quite edgy enough for you? Either way, this monstrous update is for you. The Waepen is a new fan skin for Monsterhearts 2. Become the blade aleshakills.itch.io/the-waepen

So is the Christian rapture supposed to be on Rosh Hashanah or

Damn the Treatlites really the only people that matter

and really, I do not believe that everyone needs to "get weirder now," or that everyone needs to "make more nsfw," etc. what I do believe, however, is that everyone should look to those already making that work and sit in dialogue with them. support their work, substantiate their humanity.

yesterday was supposed to be a beautiful spring wedding. today… well… the Emperor demands that Deen make a choice. meanwhile, the chrysalis beckons for Dione. episode 7 of Laurie's House is live now on all podcasting platforms! 🔊 share.transistor.fm/s/15f2c46d #TTRPG // #ActualPlay // #AudioDrama

I've been marinating on the idea of starting an Actual Play-focused web fest based around peer review for a while now. Today, I finally wrote down all the ideas in my head and am gonna throw it out there to see if it resonates. Check it out and apply by October 3rd if you're interested!

Amir/Nada and Cai are playing Godkiller. Deen and Amir/Nada are playing Death of the Author.

Oh, that's Deen addressing Cai directly...

opened WhatsApp to recordings from my friend Haneen of bombs falling near her home. Today her nephew’s home was bombed (everyone is okay) and the shelling is all around them. I feel so much rage at the inaction of the world when it comes to Palestine. We must, must, must stop this genocide!

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There is not a single person on the globe that truly believes that "no one deserves violence". Not a single one. Don't give these people oxygen.

it would be so sexy of you to go support The Badhouse Stoop Kids and give this rad little interview a listen....

Today I'll be doing a free workshop on worldbuilding & Radical Imagination. If you can't make it, you'll be able to catch the upload later 💥 www.bluestoop.org/events/tots-...

When you say "the tragic incident of 9/11" but you are in latin America

Gonna have a slightly more indulgent 9/11 I suppose

I picked up this game yesterday. I love how it eschews procedure for metaphor, and how its structure echoes the themes of memory, repetition, and distortion. THWR lays out its intentions and cares deeply about the experience it creates. You should check it out.

I remember a garden a bend in the river where we first kissed a gym where we won the state championship a coffee shop a playground with a metal swing set that creaks a three-story town house with a shallow front porch a home a home a home a home a home a home What home will you remember?

LETS GIVE IT UP FOR BOOKMARKS, so happy that bluesky launched bookmarks with us in mind🥰🥰

Not a word on microwork again. Despite being literally about making every job microwork

Layla is a dental student in Gaza attempting to complete her education in spite of her university being bombed to rubble. Please consider donating to her if you are able! chuffed.org/project/layl...

This Saturday @ 8pm ET — in UNDYING CORRUPTION: Episode 9, we Mudang will finally meet the Society of Wailing Souls in our investigation of the Silver Mines in this PENULTIMATE episode, please come join us! Sponsored by @nineheavenspress.bsky.social 👻

It is not the output that displaces workers and displaces wages, have you seen the output? It is the black boxing of microwork, the real product, the thing they love to force upon everyone, the thing that will outlive LLMs. And it is not even acknowledged.

AI is interesting to me because it has mainstreamed “what does it mean to be human” and “what is the value of creativity and labor?” Unfortunately it’s also mainstreamed a lot of really dumb responses to those questions

Dragon mecha and the money goes to me, the graphic designer? No way you should like spend a bunch of money here QUICK because it's about to end??

I continue to look for reviewers and content creators that may wanna cover Zephyr, have an interview, etc. I don't have access to conventions and in-person events from here in the Global South to cover my game and I rely on online engagement to get the word out.

This is a PSA for anyone who follows artists: Your comments are NOT annoying! I think I speak for many of us we are starved for praise on our work so please if you have something to say lay it on thick WE LIKE IT. I promise you it is not seen as cringe or a bother, we love the interaction!

A Feast for a sphinx digital edition is up and you can *cash register noises* buy it NOW *explosion* Art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social Writing by @hojesofia.bsky.social Everything else by me and a bunch of REALLY dead people

In light recent news about Spotify financing militaries and generative AI, in addition to their abysmal payouts for artists, I've officially made the switch to Tidal. It was really easy and quick! I encourage you to also find an alternative to Spotify that works for you.

Do not, under any circumstances, give Microsoft money.

We need to stop using a framework of 'ChatGPT killed someone', it feeds into the myth of the system's agency & OpenAI's framing. The right framework to use: OpenAI is continuing to perpetuate an indefinite industrial disaster. The oil pipe is not at fault when it breaks. The company that built it is

Three weeks to apply for a disability justice zine microgrant! (deadline is September 12th) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

apropos of co-op gaming: this topic is why I stand firm on saying if you call co-op games that aren't competitive 'friendslop', you can just skip the foreplay and say you don't have any friends that want to game with you.

So much think-piecing and op-ed'ing about data centers. I wish folks knew that some scholars have been studying these things — as real estate, as geopolitical battlegrounds, as ecological disasters — for a decade+. Mél Hogan, Alix Johnson, Ingrid Burrington, Jen Holt, Patrick Brodie, et al

"GenAI" are technologies of labor relationships and alienation. Where anyone stands on "AI" tells you how they stand on labor rights and liberation, and should be treated accordingly. And you should disregard anything anyone says about "AI" if they somehow never mention microwork.

Hey we made our first Starter Pack! You should definitely go and follow all these amazing performers from the award-winning series Voices in the Wood! go.bsky.app/RTEUyqy

New video! To be vulnerable, I filmed this the day after my dad’s memorial. I wanted to focus on something fun and positive and it made me think a lot about how important games are to me, as well as sharing them with other people. Thank you for giving me a space to do so, it means a lot.

Bad House is consistently at the helm of some of the most compelling horror stories in the Actual Play ecosystem — in both production quality and narrative! If you’re not tuned in to their shows, you’re doing yourself and the space at large a disservice. This team deserves their flowers, always. 💐

Wonderful free, creative commons licensed art work at https://denungeherrholm.smugmug.com/Other-Arts/Daily-Ink-Monsters. #art #fantasyart #ttrpg #monster #osr

Stop trolling and get active

So flight got canceled for work and im stuck at the airport trying to solve stuff and am unsure if any of this is covered through work. So any help would be appreciated Been trying to figure things out for 2 hours 😭 ko-fi.com/dustehill

We’ve been working hard on the first run of Only Dust Remains on vinyl, and they’re finally here! Now available on our newly-soft-launched artist-to- fan merch store. Order here: shop.backxwash.com

“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley... Timothy Snyder calls “sadopopulism“...“If you hurt people you create a resource of pain, of anxiety and fear which you then direct against others,” Snyder says in a video explaining the concept.

This DOES NOT turn the AI off, only hides it, you need to do method 2 here: www.askvg.com/how-to-disab...

If you’re not following @badhouserpg.bsky.social you are seriously missing out on some of the most innovative Actual Play out there on par with Transplanar who I also love, Dimension 20 but horror, and Critical Role but more diversity. Plus I think you’re boring if you don’t

Please, I can’t afford to miss my rent again. I only have 5 days and I really need to make at least 50% and even then I have another doctor’s appointment coming up alongside my psych at the end of the month. Please, please, I’m so close to getting stable with this new job.

When creating Laurie's House, I knew that one of the most central figures to the story was already dead, and that she was in so many ways the embodiment of love of community. She's looked at through rose-tinted glasses through so much of the show by other people. I love this scene because its her.

A Lamd (the M stands for million dollars) for @vidityavoleti.bsky.social @moreblueberries.bsky.social