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James D'Amato @ NYCC
@oneshotrpg.bsky.social
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Host of the ONE SHOT and Campaign Skyjacks Podcasts, Author of The Ultimate RPG Guides, Chicago's second best Illimat player, bone filled meat dice. he/him
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 1d
Happy birthday!
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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d
it's not FOR us
edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 1d
I said I met them, not that we hang out.
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 1d
*in front of a Starbucks yesterday with my child.*

Falcon: Daddy, I want to go in.

Me: Daddy doesn't go in there kiddo.

Falcon: Why?

Me: Daddy is annoying about his values.

Falcon: Oh
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 1d
Unsexy infrastructure is good.

The "anarchists" I have met who don't want to have a society that can manufacture and distribute basic life-saving medications can fuck off.

Being cool with death and suffering in favor of a political aesthetic is bad, actually. It doesn't matter who's doing it.
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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 2d
My spicy take for this moment-

Too many of you do not understand the concept of infrastructure. How systems are built, how systems are maintained.

You want big bold action but haven't committed to the planning and the boring mundane tasks needed to make said action possible.
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Adrián Mejía is Koboaing @latinerd.bsky.social · 19d
It's Latine Heritage Month so I'm really excited to announce a little side project I've been working on. Quickstart guide is available here: latinerd.itch.io/beasts

*In war there are no gods, no devils. There are only beasts.*

Art by @lucasnwd.bsky.social, logo by @lamalamuerte.bsky.social
A scene in a comic book art style. A young man, brown skin with brown hair wearing a plain white sleeveless shirt and jeans is running out of an alley, silhouetted by a pink outline. We see separate parts of his transformation from human to leopard, seeing as different parts of his body become covered in fur, his arms get turned into claws, and his face grows big nasty teeth. Next to him, a hawk flies, an iguana clings to the wall, and a boar comes toward the screen. The logo "Beasts" shows up in pink and black letters, ripped apart by a slash of the leopard.
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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 2d
1. Using a VPN has clearly confused a few algorithms that pull ads for me.

2. America is a hilariously bleak parody of itself.
An ad showing the exterior of a restroom stall that reads: "Lost Guns in Public Restrooms? Not Any More!"
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 2d
Hell yeah @systemmastery.bsky.social @jeffstormer.gobirds.online, these shelves look great!
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👻Captain SLAY-os🎃 @captainchaos.myatproto.social · 2d
Haven't been to this game shop in a while damn @oneshotrpg.bsky.social got a whole section
Several RPG guides written by James D'Amato on a shelf
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 2d
When he gets home I just KNOW Toad is going to suck his dick.
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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d
WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 3d
Kinda fucked up what they are doing to Luigi for bucking tradition in how he chose to pay his insurer.
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NPR @npr.org · 4d
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 3d
Everyone should be required to read Blood Rites by Barbara Ehrenreich before they dare speak to me.
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 3d
Counterpoint: War is a parasitic disease to civilization
Psychology today article titled "Peace is a Modern Invention"
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 4d
I totally forgot the bananas panel we are doing at NYCC this year.

To fit the horror theme for the show, @systemmastery.bsky.social @gurglespasm.bsky.social and I are going to do a Worldbuilding panel where we create new elder gods and then perform a ritual to summon one.
SUMMON NEW ELDER GODS NYCC Panel and Signing featuring James D'Amato, Jef Aldrich, and Jon Taylor Saturday, October 11th 11:00 AM 1E Comm Stage Book signing at 12 PM, Hall 1A Tables 39-48
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Superdillin (Mirror your pronouns) @superdillin.bsky.social · 4d
CONGRATULATIONS TO @shaghik.com ON HER NEW ROLE AT ONE SHOT!!!

Shaghik is now our Senior Producer and Marketing Manager and genuinely, we couldn't be in better hands.

www.rascal.news/the-one-shot...

@oneshotnetwork.bsky.social
a selfie of Shaghik, an armenian woman wearing a flowy purple dress with silver chains, matching purple eye makeup, and a deep auburn hair framing her face. She is centered within the One Shot logo, a speech bubble with a hexagonal shape against a red background
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 4d
I think I might "buck tradition" by refusing to pay taxes.
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NPR @npr.org · 4d
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 4d
Go to therapy and consider an anxiety medication, you are embarrassing yourself.
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 4d
My YouTube algorithm suddenly got infested with videos about quantum immortality and it pisses me off so much.

I have never seen more science words used to justify magical thinking.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · May 10
rise of the machines
Fred Flentstone stands, hands on his hips, looking incredulously at Barney Rubble, who is at the corner of the panel barely visible. He appears to wearing tiny sunglasses. "C'mon Barn, what's with the getup? and what is that on your head?" Fred asks. "oh this, Fred?" We now see Barney is also wearing a black trench coat and smoking a cigarette. A small bird is taped to the side of his head. "Just the latest in cybernetic enhancement technology- wired right into my brain." The background dissolves and Barney stands next to a free floating diagram of a human body with several small birds going into it and says "we're entering a new age, Fred- the synthesis of man and machine as one flesh. This is the future. It's hack or be hacked." Fred looks incredulous. The bird pecks Barney. Barney puts his hands on his head and screams "the machines are turning against us! We have built God only for him to destroy us!" as the bird continues to peck at him.
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Ryan Boelter🔜GameHoleCon @lordneptune.com · 8d
Who else is going to be at GameHoleCon in a couple weeks? Would love to meet some folks and hang out between events.
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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 11d
Want to hear how much I pay Possible Worlds Games designers (and why I think other TTRPG publishers should pay theirs more too)? Listen to part 2 of my @ultimaterpgpod.bsky.social interview w/ @oneshotrpg.bsky.social & stick around for some CCK worldbuilding after! oneshotpodcast.com/interview-di...
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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 10d
Dear @support.bsky.team:

It's a longstanding custom in the tabletop roleplaying game #TTRPG community to change display names to "spooky" variations during the month of October. (For instance, I always change my display name to "Keithulhu Fhtammann.") 1/11
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James D'Amato @ NYCC @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 10d
I do think Peter Griffin is substantially worse than Homer Simpson. The are both bad tho.
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The Ultimate RPG Podcast @ultimaterpgpod.bsky.social · 11d
NEW EPISODE! Part 2 of James's conversation with Tyler Crumrine, in which they discuss the inner workings of @possibleworlds.bsky.social, and the publishing industry at large. Later, they create an artist commune in which everything is dictated by engineered ant colonies and goo!
Links Below 🔗
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