Everyone, I wanted to let you know about the sad news that despite everyone's best efforts Bluestockings will close at the end of the year: www.bluestockings.com - I want to thank every single person who sent books to them through my book drive [will share more later]. A tremendous loss to NYC.

Freelance work hasn't come through and this month has been expensive so I'm offering creative consulting on your ttrpg for 25 bucks flat. I'll read it, provide detailed notes and we can do a 30 min discord call to go over them. DM me.

A few months ago I pitched @lisatozzi.bsky.social a story about the revival of an ancient Hawaiian board game. She said just go and write it. Before the story was published today she was laid off — so thank you to Lisa for making this happen and everyone involved in the story except Mark Zuckerberg

With the news cycle focused on ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, a journalist with a valid US work permit and pending green card application is about to be deported for the crime of reporting www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is such a beautiful piece of disability games crit, truly read it right now

this is cartoon villain shit

This stays true. i truly believe the only reason I'm still a moderately functioning human being through all this is because I've spent so much energy tapping in to local organizations and mutual aid groups

If you haven't already been, get connected with your local mutual aid groups, local political organizing groups like WFP or PSL or DSA, talk to your neighbors. We're going to need to protect each other, it's only going to keep getting worse.

Here's a resource to find local organizing groups in your area. The most important thing is not to lose hope. Things are going to get dark, but we can always keep the light alive for each other. Feel what you need to feel. Cry. Scream. Talk to the people you love. Then keep going.

Resisting fascism takes many forms, but one of the easiest things you can do is wear a well-fitted respirator in all public indoor spaces and outdoors when it’s crowded. Helping covid spread harms your community. No one is coming to save us. We have to save each other. Wear a mask.

This is what part of what it means to represent and fight for your people. It's only going to get harder. We have to rely on each other and protect each other.

Press warned to back up as DHS police take lawmakers were taken away in zip ties, among them Comptroller Brad Lander and 10 other state reps including Bobby Carol, Marcela Mitayanes, Julia Salazar, Emily Gallagher, Jabari Brisport, Jessica Gonzalez Rojas,... story TK

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

we at @coyotemedia.org intend to do “alt-weekly-style” journalism. But what does that mean? Called up some writer heroes to ask. Thank you for yappin w/ me @annkpowers.bsky.social @tromano.bsky.social @supermarke.bsky.social & Brontez who is too punk for BlueSky www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-talk...

Reupping results from a recent @inn.org member survey: • 60% are facing revenue declines • 57% are seeking emergency funding •36% report < 3 months of operating reserves While authoritarian consolidation of corporate media continues unimpeded, nonprofit media is on the brink of collapse!

My entire career, I've been fighting for the relevance and power of TTRPGs and larps. Now, at this point in history, it's not so bad to be (a) largely ignored by the state, and (b) involved with a medium that cannot die, that relies on human interaction and creativity. But the $$$ are an issue.

Hello from @thexylom.com! There's even a starter pack go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

Independent media is the only media we will have that will not be beholden to The State This means it will not have the same reach, influence, or attention as traditional models developed. This will like be both very good and extremely difficult to maintain.

ICE killed a Chicago area man last week. His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. He wasn't "the worst of the worst." He was a cook. ICE hopes we'll forget about him. We won't.

On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city. This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.

This narrative that ICE has "backed off" Chicago persists despite a flood of bystander video and reports showing an unprecedented and growing wave of masked terrorists violently kidnapping Illinoisians off the streets in Chicago. I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.

"Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech."

New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social: ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday. Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events. Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:

Games Journalists have watched the trainwreck in slow motion for a literal decade. Culture matters. It is a microcosm of the larger ecosystems.

Not to engage in petty tribalism, but listen, New Yorkers, when the time comes are we going to say we couldn’t scare off Donald Trump and his goons as handily as Chicago did? I sure as hell hope not.

Americans, particularly cis Americans, we once again need your help Time to start calling

Every leftist knows fellow leftists are some of the most annoying people on the planet but there's a gigantic difference between being annoying and having institutional power. If you spend most of your energy punching left instead of right you simply do not have your priorities straight

One of my favorite artist accounts on this app. Maybe it WILL happen today

Howdy. Things are fucked for a lot of folks, but it would mean a lot to me if you’d be able to share or donate to this #GoFundMe. This is going to help @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social, our pets, and I get a fresh start away from the epicenter of fascism. #mutualaid #donateorshare gofund.me/9e6be72cf

Love being part of this project *and* discovering newsletters by @melbuer.bsky.social @jensweinreich.bsky.social @jank0.bsky.social alongside well-known publications like @lataco.bsky.social Still trying to hit my goal of 500 paid subscribers 😇 Back independent media this month! And every month!

Join us for one more episode! Starting soon!

I've never made more than $35,000 in a year (with most of those being closer to or under $25,000) despite having working consistently since I was 15. Being in highschool post 2008 and graduating college during the pandemic fucked me

Honestly this is why having artists involved in your campaign makes it work. this is so so good

@crapstacular.bsky.social's first article for Rascal is a fucking banger. So so excited to see what they do with this team and for the industry at large

For Rascal, I chatted with @graycastlepress.com on the closure of Tiny Table Index, and its importance to small-scale TTRPGs

Rowan's presence will always be felt at Rascal even if she's not writing because her sharp insight, killer instinct, and big heart have defined the site in a fundamental way. (Or because she's a supernatural being of ghostly power that haunts our bones. One of them.)

I'm going to be taking a step back from the editorial side of Rascal. With everything going on in the US right now, I found that I simply couldn't write about games any more. And that breaks my heart. I love this hobby, but I need to shift my energy towards helping my local community.

Also, if you're a small dev, publisher, or PR person, please check out our announcements page and learn how you can essentially build press releases through our site so we don't have to spend all day regurgitating writing into news form! www.rogue.site/announcement...

Our new project is live. A group of us former Polygon folks have come together to build something new: Rogue. We're a worker-owned, reader supported gaming site. You can read all about our goals and ideas on our (gorgeous) website. Please check us out and share us with your friends!

If you like Rascal's whole deal, then you will definitely want to check out what the folks at @roguesite.bsky.social have built. More worker-owned, independent journalism intentionally removed from the algo dance and VC evil that killed their last jobs at Polygon. Congrats on the launch!

This is my new home, where I'll be covering the same beats i did at Polygon as well as taking on some new and exciting projects!!

Since I got laid off in May I've been working with a number of other former Polygon writers to start a new website. I'm proud to announce that we've just launched Rogue.site, a worker-owned and operated games journalism site funded by readers like you.

Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible. If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.

A Rascal sister site has launched: @roguesite.bsky.social Former-Polygon writers have gotten together to launch a worker-owned video game journalism outlet (with a little rascally help). If you mourned the loss of one site, celebrate the birth of another, and support the people making it happen.

Just found out this dropped, and have gotten a few messages about it. To be clear, Tony was a primary source for the article and encouraged the article from the start. It's a hard read, but we are glad it's out. www.rascal.news/plus-one-exp...

I feel like a fundamentally different person than I did 6-8 months ago in a way that is worse and I don't really know how to process that

Long read: For around one year, indie publisher Plus One Exp operated as a business unit within a shipping and warehousing company called Brandfox. They worked with Possum Creek Games, Stockholm Kartell, among others. It was disastrous for almost everyone involved. www.rascal.news/plus-one-exp...

Today we're launching the BACK INDIE MEDIA DRIVE. It's all cool and fun to like, read, watch indie media, but how about funding it with your cash money? That's what we're banding together to do. All through September. Fund indie media: projectc.biz/backindiemedia

Are you a professional GM? (Either working on something like Startplaying.games or independent?) I'd love to talk to you about your current business practices in this shifting economy for a story. Shoot me an email at: [email protected] Or DM me. Also have signal if preferred.