TTRPG friends, Matt, our friend and community member @nurdrocks.bsky.social has been taken by ICE while his back was turned, peacefully protesting. Matt is the founder of Justice Frontline Aid that provides aid & education in the MN community. I've linked the video footage below. Do not stay silent.

I know Nur-D a little. I ran a game for him once. Very nice guy and a very good musician. There is no reason for him to be arrested. Not an uncommon story sadly and makes me crazy every time, but it does hit harder when it is someone you have talked to.

Repost: @nurdrocks.bsky.social (one of our own TTRPG and Nerd spaces) was kidnapped by ICE. Show your support and do NOT be quiet. FUCK ICE #ttrpg #minnesota #protest

Nerds know a bad guy when we see them. All the stories we consumed have trained us in this regard. #nerds #fice

Warning. The video is awful. Fuck ICE. Every single member of that organization, from the guys who pull the trigger to the people at the top who told them that this was okay, should be arrested. The shooters for murder, everyone else as accessories to murder.

Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute *every single abuse*.

Opossums are the best neighbors.

We are live! Come see the shenanigans.

Tonight at 10 pm est, we air our Blood, Fate and Fortune Episode 18 A Life for a Life. Come watch our heroes. www.twitch.tv/basicsoftheg... and www.youtube.com/c/JeremiahMc... Come check out the swashbuckling shenanigans. Blood, Fate, and Fortune is a 7th Sea 2nd edition actual play

some more world building advice. bring out your dead. #worldbuilding #ttrpg #dnd

World Building advice. #worldbuilding #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpgs

I watched this week's Starfleet Academy. I think it was delightful and definitely the sort of thing I wanted from a show titled "Starfleet Academy." I grinned and laughed all through it.

It is a good sign that I had big grin on my face when I watched this. youtu.be/564VE8MfTAc?...

Cage cup from Cologne, dated to the mid-4th century. Collection Staatliche Antikensammlung, Munich #Roman #Glass #artwork #art #History #Archaeology

6 to 10 inches of snow and significant icing.........Saturday and Sunday could be interesting here in Chattanooga. I guess I will be buying all the milk bread and eggs on Thursday. Looks like french toast weather.

please pause your doomscrolling for this breaking news re: dogs and fries 👇

okay, there's no other way to put it: we are, once again, facing eviction. if we don't come up with $1850 by February 1st, we will be homeless. I am begging with everything i have. please help us. #mutualaid #emergencyaid PayPal.me/TeriClarke

My latest nail color.

We are live!

Tonight at 10 pm EST, we have Black Rose Society Episode 23 - Bear With Me. Part of our 7th Sea actual play. Our swashbuckling heroes fight for their lives in The Black Rose Society. www.twitch.tv/basicsoftheg... www.youtube.com/c/JeremiahMc... Come check out the swashbuckling shenanigans.

One of the most terrifying notions in fantasy and scifi is the idea of rewriting people's memory. Your mind is your memory in a lot of ways. If you can't trust your memory, you can't be sure you are still you. Memory manipulation is something that always horrifies me.

Some superhero TTRPG publisher should make a pitch to publish the Dispatch official tie in RPG. Looking at you @greenroninpub.bsky.social on that. Mutants and masterminds would be a good match.

Watching people complain that Starfleet Academy is too gay makes me want to start punching people. Where was the gay? The relationships they have shown so far are hetero. Fans have started setting up their fan canon that some of the folks are queer, but it has not made it to the script or screen.

Thoughts on the new Unearthed Arcana.

Dear Google, for all that is holy, please... give me an option to convince you that I want nothing to do with Gemini. I don't want its help composing emails. I don't want it to write anything for me. I don't trust its search summaries and I don't want to have it control my smart home devices.

I hate a lot of things going on in the world right now, but I do still get excited by the fact we are flying back to the moon again soon. I was a space camp kid and will forever be one.

In Blood, Fate and Fortune, our 7th Sea adventure actual play, our heroes comfort each other.

You ever notice how the 2nd amendment folks are curiously silent. They swore up and down they needed guns to stand against a theoretical future oppressive police state. Now that the police state is no longer theoretical.....

As an interesting note, I think we may see a rise in line art, and less painted realism in ttrpg books as people try to save money AND try and show that they are not using AI slop. Using art clearly made by a person with a distinctive style.

In Minneapolis

It is time for the new Newark by Night Prohibited chronicle set in the 1920's Newark NJ. Tonight at 10 pm EST. www.twitch.tv/basicsoftheg... and on www.youtube.com/c/JeremiahMc... #vamily #vtm #vampirethemasquerade #newarkbynight Newark by Night Prohibited is a Vampire 5th edition AP

It isnt always true, but in my experience, women I am in rpgs with usually make bolder RP choices than men. If it will lead to emotional or interesting story beats, a lot of the women I play with will pull the trigger when men will be more cautious. Like I said, not always, but a lot of the time.

Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with 2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.

@dmjazzyhands.bsky.social Is today your birthday? If so, congrats on another orbit and keep up the good work.

I don't like it when people have their phone on speaker in public or blast their music. It feels rude and disrespectful.

I see Discord shut down that survey about AI. I am hoping they quickly got the picture no one was asking for it.

An update about tonight's Episode and broadcast. We will be live at our normal time of 7pm PST / 10pm EST on twitch.tv/tacticalpinup We stand with Minnesota. #minnesota #ttrpg #socialjustice #worldofdarkness #vampirethemasquerade

I know I and everyone I know is giving a big middle finger to Discord if they add AI to the program. If there is some minority of people who want it, I am sure someone will write an app to offer the services no one needs or really wants.

I really don't like Sabbat PCs in Vampire the Masquerade. #vamily #vampirethemasquerade #vtm

We are live!

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

It is bothersome to me that the term "the traitors" is trending and it is not about Trump and co. Another thing that bothers me is no one, not the goosesteppers who killed people nor members of the regime that pushed for it, will ever face trial for their crimes.

Tonight at 10 pm est, we air our Blood Fate and Fortune Episode 17 Fractured Paths and Pitfalls. Come watch our heroes. www.twitch.tv/basicsoftheg... and on www.youtube.com/c/JeremiahMc... Come check out the swashbuckling shenanigans.

The real bad guys are clear.

Authorities *should* be afraid to escalate. Authorities *should* hesitate in crucial moments. Authorities *should* be in more danger than civilians. If they don't want to be in more danger than civilians, they need to see if the Post Office is hiring.

My depression finds constant fuel these days. All I have to do is wake up and see what is happening.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.