new document retention "policy" just dropped

If you missed the roundtable we had at The Rogue Bookshop, read this summary from the Beloit College student paper. :) roundtable.beloit.edu/2025/11/05/a...

Heading off to M+DEV today. Hope to see folks there. I'm speaking tomorrow at 2:30, so come heckle me with hard questions.

Gamers! My old GW pal and legendary sculptor Tim Prow has a Kickstarter for miniatures for the Unquiet Dead, and it ends in just two days. Go check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...

"I've known adventures, seen places you people will never see."

Stopped by the excellent Cataclysm Games in Machesney Park, IL, and signed their stock of Marvel Multiverse RPG books. Go grab them if you can!

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Nice to wake up to a big dose of hope in American this morning.

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

repeat that last line to yourself. this is enormously important. "no longer would politics would be something that is done to us. now it would be something that WE DO" ACTION. that WE DO. this is all real; this is all possible; this is all essential. let's DO THIS.

If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE

I just backed this snazzy new Kickstarter from my friends at Pan Universal Galactic Worldwide for, you know, reasons. :) www.kickstarter.com/projects/578...

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

We had a fantastic Halloween, with hundreds of kids rolling through the neighborhood. Ann and most of the kids dressed up and handed out candy while I made pizzas for dinner It rained a little at the start of the evening, just enough to give us a double rainbow over the house for a moment.

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago: "He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

Gamers! I just backed my pal @lestersmith.bsky.social's newest Kickstarter. Only $2 to check out his elder demigods! I just backed Children of the Elder Sign on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/les...

Wait, holy crap, BLACK RIVER ORCHARD is *two bucks* for your electromagic book reader of choice. A sinister apple called the Ruby Slipper begins to change the people of a small town! Cults! Suburban folk horror! Way too much apple-based information! Cats! Hope you check it out, too. OKAY BYE.

"A.i." is controlled by right wing billionaires who are channeling bullshit into your brains. Do not use it.

I'm sad to hear that the amazing Pete Knifton has died. Pete was a wonderful artist who worked for Games Workshop back in the day. He lent his wonderful style to the Blood Bowl rulebooks — including the Blood Bowl Companion I developed back in 1990.

My stepmother Nancy, stepbrother Dan, and I visited the Beloit Boys & Girls Club to see the plaque they put up in my dad's honor. He served on the board there for decades and devoted a great deal of time to help make it a haven for kids throughout the city.

Readers! My pal Christopher McGlothlin put together this latest volume of his fantastic series of film crit pieces written by a bunch of wonderful writers, including several friends of mine. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

Having written three Halo novels, I'm appalled at seeing the game get dragged into ICE's violent and racist crimes. (I mean, I'm far more appalled at the actual crimes, but this is the tainted cherry on that sundae of shit.) kotaku.com/department-h...

I'm speaking at M+DEV next weekend. It's the best conference for video game devs in the Midwest, and if that fits you, you should join us! www.mdevconf.com

Evergreen.

ICE: thug trash.

Tomorrow evening (10/27) at 6 PM, I'm going to be at The Rogue Bookshop — the brand-new indie bookstore here in Beloit — to talk about books with Greg Stolze, Chris Fink, and Cat Stark. We'll have books to sell and sign too. Come out and join us and support the new store!

If folks I know are organizing charity actual plays this coming month to support food banks/hunger-oriented mutual aid, I would love to talk about running a one-shot of Daggerheart for you.

Pregnant Women, DON’T TAKE PARENTING ADVICE FROM A CONVICTED FELON WHO OWNED A TEENAGE BEAUTY PAGEANT AND HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHILD RAPIST IN MODERN HISTORY.

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Measles was eliminated in the US in 2000. Gone, with the exception of international travelers bringing it back in and causing small outbreaks. But now it's roaring back — it's incredibly contagious — thanks to guess who. Guess who! Yup. Anti-vaxxers.

The stuffed animal on the dash is too much. Either you recognize this as an inhuman act or you have lost your own humanity.

TTRPGIFS is a shining beacon in the tabletop space who has endlessly given time, energy, and resources to support others. Please consider helping out if you can.

Hey you. Yes, you! Want to volunteer for a feminist, inclusive SFF convention? wiscon.net/volunteer/co... #WisConCommunity #WisCon #WisCon2026 #FeministSFF #Volunteer

Even if they don't care about the population at large, there are plenty of small time artists who need help!! Buy from their stores!! Leave a tip on their ko-fi!! Commission your fics and fanart!! Get EXACTLY what you want while also making sure someone's heat stays on during the winter!! Win/win!!

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag “Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management. Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless

Priorities.

Gift link. (I object to the New York Times calling this a "crime crackdown." The Trump regime is bringing violence to my city, Chicago, not fighting violence.)

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

This is precisely how the Trump Foundation worked. He raised money and then spent it on himself. Which got him banned from operating a charity.

This is straight up Nazi shit This is Trump’s America

Updating my LEGO White House

Trump has pardoned billionaire crypto mogul and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — who pled guilty to money laundering charges. This comes after Zhao helped boost the Trump family’s crypto business. It's just the latest example of Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme.

Hey check it out! 11 days to launch. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

He’s not going to stop there.

We have just over two weeks to pass Prop 50. And when we do, it will send a message of hope across the country, that change is possible if we do the work. So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem