Wishing some queer joy to everyone as Pride Month draws to a close. 🏳️‍🌈

Before any of you all go "BuT tHiS wOn'T aFfEcT mE", yes if will. It will affect EVERYONE. Not jusy here on bluesky, on EVERY. FUCKING. WEBSITE. You would have to give up your fucking ID info just to use ANYTHING on the internet. It's mass surveillance. theintercept.com/2026/06/28/a...

As both Pride and Caribbean Heritage Month near the end, a reminder that my book CAN YOU SIGN MY TENTACLE? is, among other things, quite gay & quite Trini. Lagahoos as vengeful hunters! Men's love defeating death! Calypsonians chatting with elder gods on planes! You should read it.

Happy Pride, little gay animals

‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️ It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...

I have set up the page for 58mm RPG Jam! Create RPGs that fit on 58mm diameter circles with us in July! 🎲 #58mmRPGJam itch.io/jam/58mmrpgjam

“Google is clear that it's starting to store much more than just what you type into Search. ‘Your saved media includes your images, files, and audio and video recordings from your interactions with Search services,’ reads the page’s description.”

There is going to be new movement on KOSA next week Contact your representatives and demand that they oppose KOSA and the KIDS Act www.congress.gov/members/find...

To all the impending Pathfinder Infinite writers waiting for the new society scenario guidance - Paizo has a NO GEN-AI policy. Not sure why I have to share this, but apparently I do. help.pathfinderinfinite.com/hc/en-us/art...

We take pride in telling stories with elements of the perseverance of the LGBTQIA+ community through the lenses of Pathfinder and Starfinder. In today's blog, celebrate our team and community members who show that even at tables full of fantasy, queer identities are very real.

Doctors 25% more likely to miss a diagnosis on a patient within 3 months after Ai is implemented. The results indicate Ai has an immediate negative effect on professionals skillsets vs prolonged reliance. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

here’s one write-up, it’s pretty interesting

Reminder when they rolled this out in UK, it was about a week before the database was hacked and everyone's IDs stolen.

Happy Juneteenth! If you're looking for something cool to play today to support a black business in the U.S., check out some of my games. - Studio is Black-owned - Black characters - Black Voice Actors And racist trolls hate us ♥️ linktr.ee/aerial_knight

I curated a (mostly) exhaustive list of Juneteenth celebrations across the country. Chances are there’s one near you!

I'm hosting a self-publisher meet up at Origins again this year! Stop by after the vendor hall closes to take advantage of this reserved place and time for meeting with your fellow creators. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you there, and sign up in advance here: https://loom.ly/uQA9T3A

The USPS’s proposed rule—which among other things will force it to *refuse to deliver ballots* for states that don’t fork over their voter rolls to the White House—drew opposition from congressional Democrats, the NAACP, and its own union.

Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.

Adobe quietly injects AI content into user’s files, hikes prices Adobe Creative Cloud quietly injects AI generated alt text into users' files, sparking outrage.

1. @briantylercohen.bsky.social ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼 2. Scientific institutions: LISTEN REAL CLOSE TO THIS. When you capitulate, you make EVERYONE ELSE LESS SAFE *and* it always comes back around.

BREAKING: The House GOP is going to try to ram through the SAVE Act 2.0! This isn't about election security—it's about disenfranchising millions of eligible voters. They're lying to make it harder for you to vote. Call your Rep: #HandsOffHerVote

Imagine that the only labs that remain open and receive (ample) funding are those: - With only American citizens in their labs; - With no international collaborators; - Who have never participated in a protest or donated to a Democratic campaign; - Whose research aligns with Trump’s priorities.

Supporting LGBTQIA+ Authors This Pride Month -- or ANY Month -- here are easy and impactful ways to support queer book creators. Thank you to @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social and @libro.fm for creating these useful graphics!

Because I'm a complete goddamn nerd, I'd like to explain to folks (particularly Liberals) what a feint is, in sword fighting. People think it means "a fake attack." It doesn't.

If you're looking for ways to support the Paizo employees affected by yesterday's layoffs, this is probably a good place to start. www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder...

Day two of #PrideBookFair Prompt Week! ✨ Today's prompt: What are some queer books you've read that you can't stop thinking about?

Laws cannot change biological reality But they can make the lives of trans people miserable We need biomedical professionals standing up and loudly denouncing this nonsense *now* before harm is done

I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

Want to steal back a stolen near-lightspeed starship prototype? Want to celebrate queer joy in Golarion this Pride Month? These and 39 other delightfully novel supplements are available for just $30 in a bundle in honor of the resurrection of PaizoCon! www.starfinderinfinite.com/en/product/5...

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

"Meetings are held, emails are sent, phone calls are made, and something like 520,000 children die of malnutrition, diarrhea, tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV." prospect.org/2026/05/22/w...

PaizoCon 2026 is here at last, and what better way to celebrate than with a MEGABUNDLE of more than 40 titles all for 30 gold?! Be sure to check out the #PaizoCon 2026 Infinite Megabundle now to see tons of great titles from your favorite authors! #Pf2e #Pathfinder #Sf2e #Starfinder #Roll20

Four Pillars Gaming published hundred of AI-generated profiles over the past four months and when people asked to be taken down, they doubled down, defended their process, and refused. The ramifications of hallucinatory LLM "histories" threaten to erode truth and destroy the historical record.

This feels like Coca Cola taking over the world and then deciding to see how much strychnine they can add to the recipe. No reason to, no call for it. Just wanna find out

You've got 6 days to back Wardens of the Blue Rose, a GM optional, solo friendly RPG. It's built with a lighter version of our AGE rules called SAGE (Simple Adventure Game Engine). It’s a slice of life RPG about coming of age, helping others, romance, and more. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...

To anyone who's account got suspended on Paypal over the NSFW policy, Report them to the FTC reportfraud.ftc.gov

Please check your videos and bulk edit them all. This is so so very horrible!

Hognose snakes are the drama queens of the serpent world. Thanatosis is how the small snakes hope to avoid predation, theatrically fakings death. Original post

‼️ Red Alert for Online ID Checks in California: Right now legislators are pushing A.B. 1709, a bill that would ban everyone under the age of 16 from social media & mandate an online ID check for everyone else ‼️ www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

TTRPG folks too. Good times. Let me know if you find a vector for information that could be handed over to legal counsel. bsky.app/profile/dead...

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

"The Callais decision has been catastrophic in substance and timing. The Roberts Court not only dismantled the country’s most important civil rights law, but put its thumb on the scale of the 2026 elections, turbocharging Trump’s gerrymandering arms race" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Do you want to befriend a crow, negotiate with albatrosses, and harness lightning with flamingo feathers? (In a roleplaying game, at least.) This is not a monster manual - it's a guide to coexistence, full of quest ideas and inspiration to add birds to your storytelling!

“With access to real names, email addresses and even teacher-student messages, the next wave of phishing will not be generic. It will reference real courses and real conversations, which makes it far more likely to succeed.”

cover art commissions are basically keeping me from being homeless. so if you need cover art, or something comparable in scope, please commission me. i’m a trans artist specializing in b&w art with a sub-speciality in hand-lettered blackletter typefaces. my full portfolio is here: jnb.art

“.. Colleen Heflin, a professor at Syracuse University who studies food insecurity, said larger state drops like Arizona’s were ‘beyond anything we’ve ever seen.’” @wsj.com #SNAP www.wsj.com/politics/pol...