Yelling into the void again.

1/ This line is the border between Evanston and Rogers Park, Chicago’s northernmost neighborhood. On Oct. 31, it became the site of what appears to be an attempt by Evanston police to dodge the city’s sanctuary city ordinance... 🧵

NEW, from @zoetakaki.bsky.social & @peoplesfabric.bsky.social: A Forest Park cop won't be charged by North Riverside police over an incident captured on video where, while off duty and wearing a Trump jersey, he yanked a terrified young woman from her car and arrested her—for hitting a curb.

At some point I am sure I will run out of old Ravenloft books to review.

MORE: U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros told the judge a prosecutor and a member of the grand jury improperly spoke outside the courtroom & a prosecutor told the grand jury claims presented by the government was strong & could be relied on as evidence, in violation of the rules

Wrote another review about an old Ravenloft book again.

Wrote about an old Ravenloft supplement from the endtimes of TSR

Wrote about the best Star Wars character today.

Wrote some thoughts.

Special Patrol Group: Interceptor is a new roleplaying game by Luke Crane. The preorder launches soon: www.launchoracle.com/burning-whee...

Thanks again to folks who are checking out my "Elric x Earthsea" game Mortal Skein. I'm using an itchfunding model to support playtesting, aiming to find folks who dig it and get feedback over time as I work towards a Known Future: "you will publish a fantasy game"! ndpdesign.itch.io/mortal-skein

Wrote about constraints today, their value in creation, and the negative impact of abundance.

I made a thing youtu.be/ra2s8Rs2GnY?...

New post about people I know who grifted and gabbed despite professing decent politics and how we all bear at least a little responsibility for this nightmare. stuckness.ghost.io/down-on-the-...

I tried to do something new this weekend. I used a brand new set of watercolors for the first time and I recorded and then did a voice over commenting on my process afterwards. Still working out the kinks, but I think this might work.

Wrote a new thing this morning. Started as a normal short email. Got longer. Kinda about ttrpgs. Mostly about anti expert biases. Draft of my latest game thing behind the free subscription.

More than a setting book. Midddarmark includes new rules to change your Torchbearer game and bring the setting to life. Dozens of new monsters including many spirits. Use Middarmark to make your game feel like a fairy tale or Norse saga. Preorder now: www.burningwheel.com/collections/...

watch Markwayne Mullin's facial expression as Rand Paul confronts him for "never having the courage to look me in the eye and tell me that the assault was justified. Today you'll have your chance. Tell it to my face."

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

I wrote about how the Professor's are really Mythic Greeks and fantasy authors and game designers have been doing them dirty.

OH in line at the post office, “If you got no money, the government should pay for it. That is how it should work. Not this crap.”

In Torchbearer, Precedence is a scale that measures a character's social status and authority, which is used in social conflicts. They're almost like Burning Wheel lifepaths, except you earn them in play. Preorder Torchbearer: Middarmark 2E now at www.burningwheel.com/collections/...

The Special Patrol Group wants YOU! Join now: www.launchoracle.com/burning-whee...

We thank @aoc.bsky.social for speaking the truth about age verification in the House E&C hearing today! As she stated plainly, and we agree, age verification is a smoke-screen for censorship. It is NOT about kids safety!

Incredible shot of Rep. Al Green holding up a "BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES!" sign with Trump in the foreground from photographer Kenny Holston (Getty)

I'm stupid excited to get my hands on this. Watching it evolve has been a treat, but now that it is finally done... It really is something. Plus a new BW shirt is always welcome

I got inspired by reading "Why Self-Publish Under Fascism?" by @marc-fischer.bsky.social last night and made a 12 page zine adapting my personal 10 rules, which are an adaptation of Kossakovsky's 10 rules of documentary film. @paulczege.bsky.social I get why you are addicted to this format now.

Made more things.

I spent a great time talking about Torchbearer and playing with kids over on the Born to Lose podcast. It was a lot of fun. All the episodes have this great analog, cable access vibe to them.

Here are the two lino block I carved. One is meant to be white ink on a black dice bag (right) and the other black ink on a white dice back (left). Inspired by the book Hekate The Witch by Nikita Gill.

I made a thing...

Rejuvenated an old, old acrylic painting that had a hole in it I couldn't repair by adding more holes and some LED lights. Don't think it came out half bad.

Just what everyone wants to do, share images of their IDs with the always trustworthy tech industry. We totally trust them not to take the video they use for verification and not use it to train their models or sell it to others to train their models. That has never happened before. Not ever...

Got a little wordy about measurements, AI, productivity, and magic tricks.

Ep 12: Interview woth Thor You know him, you love him, the big guy @thor2927 talks with me about the Middermark 2E update 🦀 , and using twists. Happy Birthday! open.spotify.com/episode/3TGa...

Hey remember back when Russian dash cam videos were everywhere and it was a big sign that the state had basically collapsed and people had to record everything to be safe? Yeah, well guess what that's us now. Buy dash cams for MPLS. www.amazon.com/registries/g...

Call for papers: for a special issue on contemporary craft work and digital economies. See below and alt text.

Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

lol. Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8HXPY8S/

It is always interesting when Ian hits me in the face. What is going to be really interesting what my kid, who has really connected with this material reads this essay, has to say after they read it...

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Have you played Torchbearer? Do you have a story or two to share? If so, get on my podcast! I'm looking for new guests throughout the rpg community to talk about this fascinating tabletop game. Reach oit to me here!

All I see is the student trying to get into the Midvale School for the Gifted...

So much breathless reporting of "He has corrupted XYZ in just a year" and not enough "Look at how rotten XYZ already was for him to be able to get away with this"

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

Wrote another thing this morning.

My senior USeless Senator from IL Dick @durbin.senate.gov HAS REMOVED PHONE NUMBERS FROM HIS US SENATE and campaign websites! Sick of us demanding action I guess. Dick's DC office doesn't take voicemail or pick up. Fortunately I saved the phone number for his Chicago office, give 'em a call. Or Fax

I want to know the number of people who have to be disappeared and murdered before our leaders act? What is the number where it is acceptable for them to do more than make feckless gestures? That way we can stop bothering them until we hit the right threshold.

I want to know exactly how many people our heroic blue state leaders will allow Trump's brownshirts to kill before they do more than file civil lawsuits and wag their fingers on social media. I want an exact fucking number.