this shows to me that when there are actual material stakes that people can feel, they act. there's stakes to voting, but they are hard to feel. many political issues don't engage people because they are made to feel distant. there's still some good in people but they need things to feel close, real

The Other Perspective: @mishagw.bsky.social reviews Theodora Goss's collection LETTERS FROM AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY (@tachyonpub.bsky.social)

Finished reading "your behavior will be monitored" which comes out this year - it was a lot more fun than any novel about current-style AI has a right to be. definitely recommend for an engaging read, though I doubt the real world will follow the path it depicts

Hey, I know a lot of you use Discord. You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?

For fun I thought I'd post the art corner next to my desk. There's a lot of art throughout the apartment, but these are my particular selection that stay right next to me - and a rare feature of my own art (the embroidery)

I'm doing art on this, and I'm super excited! Really amazing for my childhood obsession with pod racing

BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3

From Hell, Olondria, and City in Glass absolutely on my list. I'd add Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino), Swordspoint (Ellen Kushner), Perdido Street Station (China Mieville), and probably there's many others I can't recall at the moment.

I'm sure most thoughtful people have turned to the question of "how did we get here" recently, but I think I've finally arrived at my take: complete lack of media skills. We live in a highly mediated world. That's neutral, not a bad or good thing, just true. But it does mean (cont)

Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike. 🪶

Imo the faster you learn this the happier you are

Found out by chance that there are plans to build an AI data center right next to my home town. As if that wasn't bad enough, it's for nuclear weapons research. Do people ever get tired of being evil?

I've been pretty open about the fact that The Between doesn't work for me perfectly as a game. But I really liked this positive review of it - it gave me a perspective on how it *could* have worked for me, with different play styles at the table. oldmenrunningtheworld.com/threedom-the...

I would rather 6000000 people get things they don't "deserve" than one child goes hungry.

The US is a much more fragile governmental system and society than many of its residents assume. There is nothing keeping us from becoming a failed state, like so many other countries have throughout modern history.

Nebraska Public Media collaborated with PBS and the Wisconsin Menominee to make a full, free, video game. What a cool thing for public media to work on! They're always finding ways to meet audiences in new formats nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/nebraska-...

Big congrats to Vajra Chandrasekera for RAKESFALL's win; well deserved! (The entire UKLG Prize list is stellar, by the way: a snapshot of diverse literary excellence.) ARB editor @mishagw.bsky.social interviewed @vajra.me about the novel last year:

Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever. I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

i know a lot of ttrpg folks got started in a major way during lockdown, but i can't remember specific names. can anyone think of names? or maybe you are that person? i might have an interview opp

On vacation and finally got to see the northern lights irl for the first time!! They were visible to the naked eye, and I felt so lucky. Nature's beauty is the antidote to despair, for me.

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔 on.ft.com/3K05vhS

the murder that’s not on every front page nationwide

Absolutely adore this — it really speaks to me both as a player and a designer, and it is clear and comprehensive in a way I didn’t personally find the Expressionist Games Manifesto to be

i think this is a really interesting glimpse into what jay dragon is thinking about as a designer: possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi... unfortunately i think it shouldn't be a manifesto, because it's not very clear, and it's not very generous to other designers.

I love fall - it's my most creative time of the year. I've got a short story and novel in the works, as well as a new ttrpg, a painting, and some embroidery art. Here's hoping I finish some of them before it becomes winter!

If you're looking for a verified donation drive to help a family in Gaza, I can vouch that one of my irl friends is helping with this one. Consider donating if you can! chuffed.org/project/1479...

4️⃣2️⃣ You have 42 hours left to buy Queer Games Bundle 2025. Get over 600 radical, heartfelt games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game. This morning, we've passed $80,000 for queer artists. itch.io/b/3062

Halfway through!! Get in on this!!!

If you can read Spanish, I hope you like Sofón, Issue 1. It includes 17 SFF short stories and poems in Spanish, which I really enjoyed reading, editing, and putting together. Sofón is the third speculative fiction magazine from Mexico that pays its authors. I also did the cover art ^u^

(1)🚨ALL EYES ON INDONESIA🚨 It's 0.41. A.M. Local time. First they cut off the power in Kwitang & Senen. Then the snipers came. And now they're using live bullets. Just 3 days ago the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission silenced the journalists to not broadcast the protests.

my favorite weird place in columbus is the subway entrance. you might think, hey, columbus doesn't have a subway! and you'd be right. but there's a subway entrance cover and staircase and it goes down into a hole and just stops. relic of a more ambitious time

another PDF for your hoard! this time it's a wee 5-page zine for doing a heist in the middle of your other games! mishagw.itch.io/heist-time

Archaeologist is an absolute steal at $50, because you get the Guide to Mysterious Locations as well as games from @falconianp.bsky.social (PAVED IN BLOOD), @phophos.bsky.social (GHOSTBOX), @keithasada.bsky.social (CHARMED LIFE), and @mishagw.bsky.social (THE LONG ROAD AFTER WAKING). Banger deal.

we're over halfway funded in the @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social Guide to Mysterious Locations #ttrpg #crowdfunding campaign, with just over three weeks to go! pretty good going. BUT we still need 47% of the funding! can you help us? we get your cash, you get a cool book of system-neutral locations!

🏃💨 We've passed $56,000 for queer artists! Get over 600 games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game . . . even adjusted for inflation from 1985. itch.io/b/3062

I'm leading this project for the Co-op, and it's going to be amazing, #TTRPGCommunity! 10+ locations, liminal spaces, gorgeous artwork, and a lot of different voices providing you with a lot of tools for your games.

The Far Horizons Co-op has just launched the #Kickstarter for the Far Horizons Guide to Mysterious Locations, a new system-agnostic #TTRPG supplement for use in a wide array of different games! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...

I thought Neil Clarke might be blasé about winning - surely this is old hat for him, right? But he seemed very moved and his speech was terrific. It's a great reminder that the people I look up to are also just people, who work hard and appreciate recognition just like everyone.

Progeria is a disease of rapid, brutal aging. Scientists may be on the verge of a cure.

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

#callForSubmissions #poetry

Exciting writing news - I got into the Futurescapes workshop in September! @futurescapesww.bsky.social It's especially exciting because I think @franwilde.bsky.social is exactly the right teacher to learn from for my current novel project, and that's who's guesting for this year!

We're back! Purchasing the Queer Games Bundle for $60 (or $10+) is a direct action that you can take right now to support queer people in a life-changing way, and in exchange, you get over 600 amazing, heartfelt, fun, and radical games and artworks. itch.io/b/3062/

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I'm in this bundle! A good time to support queer art on itch.io in my opinion

Aaah so helpful!! What a great resourcw thank you

Today: All day rally for the #AfricanTranslationProject Please join. Say hi. Share something. Tell someone. If you're a creator, please donate a piece. Let's get the first translation started *today*. I'll be here. Join me? ko-fi.com/africantrans... #AfricanLiterature #Translation

Coming soon from the Co-op: The Far Horizons Guide to Mysterious Locations, a universal #TTRPG supplement, on #Kickstarter! Follow now to get notified when we go live next month, and be one of the first to back this amazing project. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...

Please donate if you're able. And it's also worth checking if your workplace has a donation matching program.

Before everybody decides to protest itch.io, let's remember that the problem is that payment processors get to unilaterally decide what payments to process (and whose). There is no current alternate to that, and setting up a new itch-style site will not fix that.