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💖💜💙 I play a lot of Dnd and MTG. Disabled.🎙Award-winning audio/video editor
@spiritspodcast.com
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you know what, no, this WON'T be a professional platform for me, i'm going to be a feral little creature here instead
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Corey They Them Brickley
about 1 year ago
this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord
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Faine Greenwood
25 days ago
The moderate position is indeed The Hague
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Tal
25 days ago
When you call your reps is one allowed to say What the Fuck asking for a friend
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emily 🩷
about 1 month ago
always strange to talk about but when i see everyone around me accepting sickness when i have been doing just one thing different while attending movies parties bars concerts flights…….i feel morally obligated to occasionally mention that wearing a mask has been a game changer. simple as that
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emily 🩷
about 1 month ago
instagram started serving me a bunch of videos about “so everyone has this mystery illness right we’re all suffering 😷” and thousands of comments agreeing and i’m just here to say no it doesn’t have to be like that actually
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Ken Lowery
about 1 month ago
Hey gang, I put up 50 community copies each for solo games VOID 1680 AM, No-Tell Motel, and Lighthouse at the End of the World, AND for my two-player game Wayfarer 1. Grab, play, share, enjoy.
bannerless.games/voidam
bannerless.games/ntm
bannerless.games/lighthouse
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VOID 1680 AM by Bannerless Games
A solo playlist building game about being a lone voice in the dark.
http://bannerless.games/voidam
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Emi (they/them)
about 1 month ago
Out now: THE SNOW QUEEN'S FURY, a midwinter one-shot for Draw Steel! Battle dangerous ice monsters, explore a strange fey realm, and negotiate with a powerful archfey to save a village from endless winter. An icy mystery! Tips for running at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd echelon! Queer grandmas! ⚔️❄️
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The Snow Queen's Fury: A Midwinter Draw Steel Adventure by Midnight Kelpie Press
Save a village from an archfey's rage in this seasonal one-shot for 1st-level heroes.
https://midnightkelpiepress.itch.io/snow-queens-fury
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Philip Krogmeier
about 1 month ago
Come on, y'all! It's like saving Tinkerbell in reverse!
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babs ✨
about 2 months ago
[staring directly into the ~107 year old camera]
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Sami Schalk
2 months ago
I hope Alice’s memory is never sanitized. She supported free Palestine. She believed in deep pleasure for disabled people, sexual, aesthetic & otherwise. She was unflinching in calling out people’s bullshit. Don’t let the mainstream turn her into some desexualized defanged inspiration porn!!!
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Elana Levin
2 months ago
Respect Alice Wong’s call here: “When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/covid-isnt-going-anywhere-masking-up-could-save-my-life
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s. e. smith
2 months ago
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong
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Anna Bower
2 months ago
A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
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Marisa Kabas
3 months ago
i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
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Erin Biba
3 months ago
Hi if you’re working for justice and striving for a better world you can do one small but hugely impactful thing: WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE You will protect yourself and you will also protect all the vulnerable people around you who are literally risking their lives to make their voices count
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Emi (they/them)
3 months ago
today on the blog I'm doing tabletop trick or treat! you send me an ask with a genre, I give you a game or designer suggestion. get in on the fun!
canisolothat.tumblr.com/ask
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Recommend me a game!
Solo-focused TTRPG reviews. Reviewer: they/them. Support the blog: https://ko-fi.com/queeringsmite...
https://canisolothat.tumblr.com/ask
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Convention Zero
3 months ago
Some of you have been waiting VERY patiently!!! We are please to announce that we're opening for submissions to run an event, host a panel, or GM a game or two! Deadline is November 9th!
forms.gle/rsrSgqiShX5p...
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Event Host Sign-Up Con Zero Fall 2025
Thank you for volunteering to run an event for Con Zero Fall 2025! Convention Zero is a TTRPG convention that will be hosted on a pop-up Discord server from Friday through Sunday, November 21st to the...
https://forms.gle/rsrSgqiShX5pkDi29
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tante
3 months ago
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true. _This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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jeremy kaplowitz
6 months ago
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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Emi (they/them)
4 months ago
Horror lovers, I've got a Sunday HEART mini-campaign kicking off very soon! 🌊 Watery horrors! 📍 Strange locations to explore! 📖 Personalized story beats! 😂 Comedy in dark moments! 😱 High narrative stakes! Just two seats left—get in if you're getting in!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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Join Drowned | Horror Mini-Campaign | Learn to Play HEART 🌈 - Roll20 / Discord - Heart: The City Beneath RPG | StartPlaying Games
Haven after haven in your community is destroyed by a mysterious saltwater curse. You and your fellow delvers—obsessive, dangerous people with callings that consume you—must venture through strange, u...
https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmgiq2cir008fl204rzojlew8
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Emi (they/them)
4 months ago
Today on the blog, it's a review of Fathomless Gears, which claims to be an eldritch mech fishing
#TTRPG
. Two things: 1) It's not a fishing game. It's a whaling game. 2) It's, allegedly, not intended to be a whaling game. Full long, complicated review:
canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/7958616...
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Can I Solo Fathomless Gears?
Fathomless Gears, by Ralf Ziegler (publishing as Interpoint Station), is, allegedly, an "eldritch mech fishing TTRPG". In Fathomless Gears, you play as a Fisher; you get in your mech, you go into the...
http://canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/795861659163000832/can-i-solo-fathomless-gears
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cody 🗣️
4 months ago
new: more than 40 media outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” following the shooting of charlie kirk, according to research from
@transjournalists.org
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At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting: TJA | Xtra Magazine
A report from the Trans Journalists Association found that 43 outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” after Charlie Kirk’s killing
https://xtramagazine.com/video/anti-trans-misinfo-charlie-kirk-tja-276808
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finn ⚔️
4 months ago
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Dr. Lucky Tran
5 months ago
🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US. Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.
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Emi (they/them)
5 months ago
Curious about MYTHIC BASTIONLAND, the rules-light flavor-heavy game of strange knights chasing stranger myths? I've got TWO learn-to-play oneshots coming up this Saturday and next Wednesday! Come join! Sat 12PM PDT:
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Wed 6PM PDT:
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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Join The Poisoned Realm | Learn to Play Mythic Bastionland 🌈 - Owlbear Rodeo / Discord - Mythic Bastionland | StartPlaying Games
In this one-shot, you'll take on the role of a Knight-errant—the Riddle Knight, the Bloody Knight, the Moss Knight, or one of many other strange and fantastical archetypes. You'll investigate the omen...
https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmf31n9hd004fju04cg4n5nxy
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Emi (they/them)
5 months ago
And for the story-forward horror lovers—do you want to delve into a horrible living dungeon to chase an obsession that will (literally) consume you? Do you like fucked-up rats? Come learn to play HEART next Thursday at 6PM Pacific time!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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Join Obsession, Doom, Wonder | Learn to Play Heart 🏳️🌈 - Roll20 / Discord - Heart: The City Beneath RPG | StartPlaying Games
In this one-shot, you'll play a delver: an obsessive, dangerous person who ventured into a living nightmare in pursuit of a calling that consumes you. The Heart is a megadungeon full of horror, wonder...
https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmf32eh5i001wl204y73xs7jj
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Emi (they/them)
5 months ago
This week's review is up on the blog—it's my favorite solo
#TTRPG
of all time, Dungeon Crossing: Dragon Home Designer by
@aryxymaraki.itch.io
! Summary of mile-long review: I love this game so much, and I think everyone should try it.
canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/7927501...
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Can I Solo Dungeon Crossing: Dragon Home Designer?
Dungeon Crossing: Dragon Home Designer by Aryxymaraki is a game about relaxing and making yourself a home. As the title might suggest, Dungeon Crossing says: what if Animal Crossing, but your...
https://canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/792750121899245568/can-i-solo-dungeon-crossing-dragon-home-designer
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Emi (they/them)
5 months ago
Heard about MYTHIC BASTIONLAND, the rules-light flavor-heavy game of strange knights and stranger myths? I'm running a learn-to-play one-shot this Wednesday evening, 5PM Pacific time. Weird horses! Horrible beasts! A realm in danger! Save your seat:
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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Join The Poisoned Realm | Learn to Play Mythic Bastionland 🌈 - Owlbear Rodeo / Discord - Mythic Bastionland | StartPlaying Games
In this one-shot, you'll take on the role of a Knight-errant—the Riddle Knight, the Bloody Knight, the Moss Knight, or one of many other strange and fantastical archetypes. You'll investigate the omen...
https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmeq9lemu0082ky04xprwurot
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John Skiles Skinner
5 months ago
James Dobson can no longer do evil on earth, but we still live with his zombie: his network of "family policy council" lobbying groups Most state laws against abortion, gay marriage, or trans healthcare have their roots in Dobson's network. Its power is vast, yet it is little-known 🧵
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krista baked cookies for you 🍪
5 months ago
I’m making watermelon keychains! They’ll be $12, and $4 from each sale will go to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. I’ll have them at upcoming markets or you can dm to order 🍉
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justjarn
5 months ago
Without a shroud of doubt, I can offer the insight that sitting at
@queeringsmite.bsky.social
table was nothing short of a blast! An amazing storyteller and an amazing DM! Honestly, if you are going to check out Draw Steel, allow them to be your director, you won't regret it! 😀
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han olliver
5 months ago
I think people who haven’t been keeping track of covid truly have no idea how much vitriol and harassment disabled people have experienced regarding covid precautions the last few years, often from former community members, organizers, friends, family, strangers, etc.
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Emi (they/them)
6 months ago
Curious about Draw Steel? Want to try it out at a friendly, welcoming table? I'm running a learn-to-play one-shot THIS SUNDAY 8/17 and NEXT WEDNESDAY 8/20, both at 5PM Pacific. No rules knowledge necessary—just grab a pre-gen and you're ready to rock!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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Join Learn to Play Draw Steel | Tactical Cinematic Heroic Fantasy🌈 - Owlbear Rodeo / Discord - Draw Steel | StartPlaying Games
In this one-shot, your group of heroes will meet in a tavern for an important mission...and come upon a dangerous surprise. Will you save the day and live up to your heroic reputation, or will you end...
https://startplaying.games/adventure/cme9g1a7h005qjj0478oysjbd
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Emi (they/them)
6 months ago
[whispering into the void] are any of you trans or otherwise gender-interesting and interested in a little all-trans Pendragon one-shot...
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Emi (they/them)
6 months ago
by the way: do I know any artists or graphic designers who'd be interested in bartering our respective services? I receive listing images for my pro games, you receive free seats in those pro games? mutuals, if this is you, DM me!
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Rascal News
6 months ago
As the TTRPG media sphere contracts, we're expanding -- Rascal is hiring a news writer! We're running a short 2 week pledge drive, offering a 6 month, 25% discount, celebrating our Diana Jones Award... nomination... in order to support this new hire.
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Rascal News
Rascal is a tabletop roleplaying game and culture outlet striving to sustainably publish voicey journalism that is compelling, deeply-reported, and fearlessly honest. We’re also a little cheeky
https://www.rascal.news/djnay
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Emi (they/them)
6 months ago
Hey gamers! My beloved best friend and I recently finished our multiplayer run of BG3 after nearly two years. What should we play next? (No horror and no guns, pls.)
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Emi (they/them)
6 months ago
I've started a
#TTRPG
blog—specifically about solo TTRPGs, and soloing games not designed for solo play. My second review is up—it's about Pendragon (pub.
@chaosium.bsky.social
), and it's a long one! (Does this count for
#SelfPromoSaturday
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Can I Solo Pendragon?
Pendragon is, as the name suggests, an Arthurian TTRPG. Half high chivalry, half gritty medieval simulation—and this is on purpose, because it's about the myth of Arthur as a shining beacon of honor.....
https://canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/789548122010435584/can-i-solo-pendragon
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krista baked cookies for you 🍪
8 months ago
every time I vend at a market and there’s an artist I know they ask “how has that pizza rat purse not sold yet???” anyway it’s still available
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70s Sci-Fi Art
8 months ago
Philippe Caza, for a French edition of Robot Dreams, by Isaac Asimov
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unraveled
8 months ago
In addition to today's raids, this is why Los Angeles is protesting. It's life or death for the people held captive.
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✨Sailor Scout Austin✨🔜PAX East !
8 months ago
It’s Pride Month, give a queer person money
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Mondoweiss
8 months ago
Israel plans on concentrating Palestinians into isolated camps within Gaza after it takes over 75% of the territory, luring Palestinians into those zones by using aid as bait.
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/isra...
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Israel says it will soon occupy 75% of Gaza, and it’s using control over aid to do it
Israel plans on concentrating Palestinians into isolated camps within Gaza after it takes over 75% of the territory, luring Palestinians into those zones by using aid as bait.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/israel-says-it-will-soon-occupy-75-of-gaza-and-its-using-control-over-aid-to-do-it/
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Dr. Lucky Tran
8 months ago
Breaking: HHS is canceling a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.
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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ
8 months ago
The word around town is that the next big thing is Artisanal Imagery, hand-made visuals that you simply have to own if you don't want to be left behind
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Tyler, from the Internet
over 1 year ago
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"imagine being loved by me" wayyyyyy ahead of u mr. hozier
9 months ago
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Lupita Nihongo
9 months ago
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
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Da(N95)iella
8 months ago
Are all the “but I’m vaccinated and never have to do anything else because I don’t want to” folks going to get on board with respirators and clean air now that vaccines are not available to most in the US? Or leap into the approaching alternative? Who’s to say. Anyway, find your local mask bloc 👀
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