Damn it why isn't my Obfuscate working today? 🏳️‍🌈

Their world is doomed. They are FORSAKEN. Next week, illustrious GM @jellymuppet.bsky.social gives @in-the-pan.bsky.social, @emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @diceandeasy.bsky.social and @jessjewell.bsky.social a chance to take the reins of Fate. Back DOOMSPIRAL on Kickstarter now - buff.ly/il6MACS

Do Trans-Exclusionary-Racist-Fascists think that Dungeons and Dragons is historically accurate? That brief is like one of those magic eye thingies, but it's 'the more you think about it the dumber it is'.

Next year's @easterconuk.bsky.social bursary is now live! Do apply and don't self-reject, I hear too many talented authors and artists saying "well I would go to Eastercon but I can't afford it." eastercon2026.org/bursary-sche...

Today I am reminded of Sarah Chapman's excellent anthology Disco2000, which featured the story Dali's Clocks by Robert Anton Wilson. In which, due to a tragic misunderstanding, various folk think they're getting 'Raptured' but are actually abducted and eaten by trans-dimensional giant red ants.

Possibly of interest to @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social and @alasdairstuart.com amongst others.

This is what made the pandemic-run of @questingtime.bsky.social a bit special. It was a home game, being played for maximum applause by folk who knew how to do that, but it still felt like a private affair. Which meant it was messy, but also made you feel like a silent player, not the audience.

Just to be clear, this move will 100% guarantee that you won't be seeing a doctor or any other sort of by-appointment professional any time soon. Which is fine by Nob-end Nigel because that means he can rinse more money out of you for those services.

Not long now before it’s cold enough to bring out The Big Coat

This is a solved problem. It's "A Shit and Cigar".

So famously, Haunted Dancehall (Nursery Remix) by Sabres of Paradise was supposed to play on national radio if a member of the British Royal Family died. Does the USA have a similar thing? Does The Ewok YubNub song get played on the event of the demise of the current president, for example?

So a bunch of loosely allied indie MPS decided to form a new party. Okay. And then they announce they can't even decide on a name. And then they faff around with how to pay membership subs. And before they even have a name, they're fighting. Is this a local theatre group or a political party?

lol

We never really discuss the music for video games. Mention, say the underground levels in Super Mario Bros and people are like "let's not talk about it." Weird.

What did Watson and Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin's notes...

I once got turned down from a job for having the wrong aura. It was a job doing admin in a busy office...

This Saturday, @rachaelsmith.bsky.social and I will be at Waterstones in London Piccadilly to sign your Nessies!

It is crazy that I just had to put this PSA on LinkedIn. LINKEDIN!

My #StarterPack of the day is #Indieauthors and those published by #smallpress This one is full but I know there's more of you out there so if you're not in this one reply and I will make another or as many as needed. go.bsky.app/EmFocFk

So is The Pink Panther a deliberate parody of The Green Hornet?

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements." Really meant, "For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

hell yeah everyone should know about the Carpathia, a bad-ass ship with a bad-ass crew

SECRET TUNNEL! THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS! SECRET, SECRET, SECRET TUNNEL!

My sense of this sort of thing, even back when I'd have fun arguing about who could beat who with friends in high school, was always story- and satisfying-image based. The trick to "who beats who" arguments wasn't stats,* it was describing how it might happen. And for strength shit, it was...

We simply cannot live in a country where the death of hate mongers is a tragedy and the death of everyone else only warrants a shrug.

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) #webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

New Review - one of the best horror anthologies that I’ve ever read for you today. Go and run to get hold of Roots of My Fears edited by @manylittlewords.bsky.social out now thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social - just brilliant! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

[opposing devastating cuts to welfare] You can no longer be a Labour MP [sending birthday messages to convicted paedophile, sex trafficker and "best pal" Jeffrey Epstein then continuing contact after his first conviction] Well now hold on a second he's said he's sorry jeez

How did pirates collaborate before computers ? Pier to pier networking.

You know what the world needs? A service like Spotlight, but for performers who act out of a story through body motions without the use of speech. We could call it MimeCast...

Romeo Andor Juliet - not in fact @ryannorth.ca's rather fun Romeo and Juliet choose your own adventure book, but instead a reworking of Romeo & Juliet to include the Star Wars rebel spy, Andor.

That was a very tame alert...

This is a lot.

This is not to say that people can't have weight related health issues. But 1. health is individual 2. you can't treat what are essentially eating disorders through shaming. You definitely can't help people with one eating disorder by giving them another. Which is what our diet culture is, an ED.

We'll be at @tabletopscot.bsky.social all weekend long this weekend! 12:00 Friday - 5:00pm Saturday! Come check out demos for Even Deeper Regrets and Personal Demons and grab some free stickers, art prints and other goodies!

On the same day in the Telegraph:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNX... Turn it up, Jim Bob gets it - Art!

Aw yeah! I was lucky enough to experience Alien War back in the '90s. Absolutely bloody terrifying!

#ACMS 📆 Monday 8th September 🏰 The Phoenix pub 💥 an ACMS Board Member PURGE 🎟️ £10+ online, from wegottickets.com/event/669640/ 😻 hosted by turlygod.bsky.social, with @brainmage.bsky.social, @weaselspoon.bsky.social, @saimaferdows.bsky.social AND MORE 🌈 free guestlist for trans & non-binary folk

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

That's us getting things organised onsite. So we WILL be slower at responding to questions. If you need help, please use the Contact Us page on the website and we'll aim to get back to you as soon as we can. tabletopscotland.co.... #TTS2025 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG

Andy King, founder of the Lorien Trust (and the UK LARP system, The Gathering) has died.

Never found The IT Crowd that funny, apart from giving Matt Berry an excuse to be Matt Berry. Mostly it's lazy low hanging fruit humour. That and the 'have you tried turning it off and on again' "joke" just made life harder for anyone working on an IT helpdesk.

And Warwick Davis has joined Nick Frost, John Lithgow and Paul Whitehouse as actors who would shove your granny off a bus for a bit-part and a bag of cash.

Sharing my response to the guy I just yelled at on LinkedIn over his question of "why can't indie comics talk about ethical uses of AI?" TLDR, doesn't exist. But if you're looking for talking points...

You can tell that AI is an environmental catastrophe (amongst it's other many flaws), because we're being flooded with PR guff about how great it is for the planet. AI has entered it's "It wasn't me" phase, whilst it boils away more precious resources. Next up 'A big boy did it and ran away".

RIP Christopher H Bidmead. I once did a brief stint as sub editor on ComputerActive magazine. Chris came into the office one day to have a chat with the editor. I approached him and said: “Mr Bidmead, I just wanted to say hello.” “Ah! A Doctor Who fan!” He responded.

So if you spend all your time coming up with complex answers for simple things, do you grow Ockham's Beard?

I see and I hear and I speak no evil; I carry no malice within my breast; yet quite without wishing a man to the Devil one may be permitted to hope for the best. -“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein