Tonight at 7pm CDT on twitch.tv/nerdswithdice and youtube youtu.be/E4iEyVdLfJw thanks to @evilhat.bsky.social and GM @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social Cast: @quinnbeckham27.bsky.social @thenerdonwheels.bsky.social @improvandrpg.bsky.social and @ohlookitsgilly.bsky.social

*sigh* If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it. If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it. If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you. I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

THIS, WRIT BIG. Mental health care is INCREDIBLY difficult to access in the US; and that inaccessibility opens the doors to some really insidious and predatory shit.

hey what the fuck

🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Artists, show us how you draw black women

speaking of nyt headlines, holy shit

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary are non-binary. You are who you are. You have a right to be who you are. That right is non-negotiable, now, and always.

📚 “I stand by my decision. I will not change my mind.” RUTHERFORD COUNTY library director LUANNE JAMES 🦸‍♀️ was just fired for refusing to move kids books into the adult section simply because the board doesn’t like what they’re about. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...

This is largely by design. If we stop thinking about AI as simply technology and instead as part of a political and economic program, its chief function become easier to see: namely to erode interpersonal trust so that ultimately we give up on forms of agreement & negotiation arbitrated by people.

"Stop overreacting, they're never going to do that."

I'm proud to announce that I've partnered with @heartofdaggers.bsky.social who has given my TTRPG AI Alternatives resource guide an EXTREME MAKEOVER! Introducing ttrpgresources.com! Find free art and GM tools and connect with real artists! #TTRPG #TTRPGcommunity #dnd #pathfinder #daggerheart

BlueSky deciding we need our very own AI nonsense attached to the protocol, because BlueSky was intended for dull-ass techbros, is getting it's money from AI and Crypto investors, and nobody involved can read the room.

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

This is a VOD of @nerdswdice.bsky.social 's GM month panel 'Continuing Communication at the Table,' where I got to pick the brains of @ssambrose.bsky.social , @valiantdorian.bsky.social , @kittystryker.bsky.social & @thewiggeddm.bsky.social about communication, safety, and leadership in ttrpg:

Sending my love and appreciation to everyone who marched today. And also sending it to everyone who couldn't but supported from the sidelines. As someone with a chronic knee injury, I can't do marches. And I know a lot of you out there are in similar situations. So we find ways to support.

Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.

I read a couple unconfirmed reports that Ireland and Wales have announced they are boycotting the 2026 World Cup, and German officials have begun discussions to do so as well. Obviously, Iran is boycotting it but my question is why any other country would want to attend World Cup matches in the U.S.

people get bent out of shape about the idea that someone who follows them hates their fictional preferences but personally i find it very funny to imagine somebody who thinks my taste is absolutely fucking awful but likes other things i have to say enough to suffer it. godspeed, soldier

LAST WEEK to enter our giveaway by donating to Open Cupboard!! We have some great games on the schedule, but even if you can't watch them live you can still get in on this giveaway by making a donation here opencupboard.org/donate-now/ and sending proof of donation to [email protected]

Hell yes, Choctaw Nation! www.projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw-na...

Clocked myself in the head with the freezer door while putting groceries away, so here’s hoping for a fetchingly colored bruise for the lump on my temple.

Airport bound? ICE is assisting TSA, and border checks are up. Don't wipe your phone—it's a red flag 🚩 1️⃣ Android: Power off, boot up, don't unlock, switch to Guest Mode. 2️⃣ iOS: Disable Face ID to force Passcode (5th Amdt protected). Step-by-step guides attached 👇🏾

- Pace yourself - don’t go too crazy - no fedposting - stay on top of regulating your nervous system - act local - find people who’ve been doing the work and ask how you can help - tend to the myriad biological needs we need as confused little apes - give grace to dysregulated people on your side

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

Thank you to @thewiggeddm.bsky.social , @ssambrose.bsky.social , @valiantdorian.bsky.social , @kittystryker.bsky.social , and producer @vivacia.bsky.social for a wonderful panel recording for ‘Continuing Communication at the Table’. Catch this panel airing on Mon as part of NWD’s New GM month!

Project Hail Mary was great. The first movie I have seen in theaters in a LONG time. See it on a bug screen if you can! Of the top of my head I can’t think of anything I would have changed in adaptation (although I still LOVED the audiobook). Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!

With everything going to shit, I think it's important to learn, read, create and discuss with others even more. I feel incredibly powerless most of the time but creating makes me feel alive, as well as learning more things in this world. It gives importance to it and maybe we can figure things out.

If you still use Substack you're showing your whole ass.

Just a reminder: don’t pinch your coworkers. Even if they’re not wearing green. There is no St. Patrick’s Day affirmative defense to harassment or assault. This has been a PSA from your friendly neighborhood employment lawyer.

PSA for all twitch lurkers: You can stop these scummy ads from happening by disabling the page visibility API. Here's the extension i use for it :3 Chrome-Based browsers: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/disab... Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefo... #twitch

“Her daughter’s new student enrollment form was denied due to “license plate recognition software showing only Chicago addresses overnight” in July and August... “Although you are the owner on record of a house in our district, license plate recognition shows that is not the place where you reside.”

Kathleen was asked by a coworker about how they could learn more about the ASL Interpreters Union, which is organizing workers who serve Deaf people making phone calls. Kathleen's manager overheard. Two days later, she was fired. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

he is salted sweet cream butter......

Specifically commissions I tend to view as collaborations. People come to me with their ideas, their ocs, their outfits, alter egos, things that they created, and I send them my ideas and get feedback and it's back & forth If I criticize my comms I'm not just disrespecting my work but theirs as well

Want to identify large warehouses that are vulnerable to becoming ICE detention sites? Here's a quick, proactive guide anyone can use. No special skills or access needed. 👇🧵

Yeah, they only stole our safe, but they broke a shelf in doing so. Also they bent our door frame so we can’t close the door. 😭 We’re finally going cashless, folks. Gotta put up the ol “no cash, no safe” sign like a few other local spots have already done.

Ooooh 👀👀👀👀 Check out Mice of Legend Campaign for Shadowdark RPG by Paul Hoeffer on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...

warning for those who use discord, there's currently a hack/scam going around where a "friend" (whose account has been compromised) messages saying they're working on a new project and will you take a look and sends a link. don't click the link!!

I get asked to show up to book clubs, online and offline. Here is why from now on the answer is always "no." If you think this might have something to do with "AI" ruining yet another thing for everyone, you're absolutely 100% correct. whatever.scalzi.com/2026/03/03/i...

“direct your anger at trump not the democrats” buddy you are severely underestimating the amount of anger i have available to me

Tomorrow, my friends @ssambrose.bsky.social, @crimsonsol.bsky.social, @daniscorner.bsky.social, @vampirehimbo.bsky.social and I are playing a Kids on Bikes charity one-shot supporting Black Voices in Gaming on twitch.tv/casperdanbghost.

Jack Dorsey renamed the company to Block because he thought blockchains would be the future, in case you were wondering what his track record of predicting long-term tech trends is

Trans kids, trans adults, trans all of you folks I’m so glad you live. I’m so glad you’re here and I hope you know there are so many rooting for you, fighting for you and hoping you get to live the best life you can

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