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Matt Risby

@thebadspot.bsky.social

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TTRPG YouTube person // (he/him) // Nazis, TERFs and AI Bros can jog on, preferably off a cliff // Free 🇵🇸 YouTube.com/@thebadspot

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 21d

With yesterday’s episode the last before we take a break until 2026, there is no better time to start watching The Last Starmarked.

There’s 16 episodes, all an hour or less plus there’s a monkey. That’s a sweet deal if you ask me.

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Sundered Isles: The Last Starmarked - YouTube

Gideon Finch is a rake, a liar and a thief. He and his loyal monkey companion Lorenzo become embroiled in a terrifying world of intrigue, after being asked t...

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2h

I can’t move

A photo showing a south Indian feast including dosa, vada, pani puri and all the trimmings

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That’s a fucked up dog bro

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 15h

I just watched an explainer video of the 6/7 meme and it is even stupider than I could have ever suspected.

a man with glasses and a yellow shirt says " it 's so dumb "

Alt: a man with glasses and a yellow shirt says " it 's so dumb "

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 1d

Folks, I have a number to watch as it goes up!

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 1d

⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Coming soon: Swords Without Master

A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

www.kickstarter.com

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

Hire Sam. Absolute pro.

Sam Langford @samsighs.bsky.social · 1d

A pleasure to step in as the producer for this episode of Public Access over on The Bad Spot.

An absolutely wild time, with some of the most talented people working in TTRPGs.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 3 lets gooooooooo

youtu.be/stqkCra0C0s

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Sam Langford @samsighs.bsky.social · 1d

A pleasure to step in as the producer for this episode of Public Access over on The Bad Spot.

An absolutely wild time, with some of the most talented people working in TTRPGs.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 3 lets gooooooooo

youtu.be/stqkCra0C0s

@jessjewell.bsky.social @masquewren.bsky.social @jasoncordova.bsky.social @samsighs.bsky.social

Darkness On The Edge Of Town | Public Access: Part 3 | RPG Actual play

YouTube video by The Bad Spot

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

Toot away, that’s some prestige right there.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

The awards just keep coming, I can't help it.

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased to announce I won the Nobel Prize for being a Sexy Fucking Legend.

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 3 lets gooooooooo

youtu.be/stqkCra0C0s

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Darkness On The Edge Of Town | Public Access: Part 3 | RPG Actual play

YouTube video by The Bad Spot

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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ceej @ceej.online · Mar 26

the most annoying thing about living here is tourists asking to meet She Who Slumbers in the Lake. buddy, we all want to meet her. that’s why we lure the tourists

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Jason Cordova @jasoncordova.bsky.social · 2d

The French-language edition of Brindlewood Bay is crowdfunding!They are at nearly 400% funded, with 5 days remaining in their campaign. Check out the campaign if you game in French, or if you know someone who would be interested, let them know about it! www.gameontabletop.com/cf5531/brind...

Brindlewood Bay (Storyline)

Crowdfunding: Brindlewood Bay (Storyline)

www.gameontabletop.com

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Dragan "Zeka" Ciric @runningcritter.bsky.social · 2d

I can't recommend this enough.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2d

Live for patrons now!

Everyone else, this time tomorrow.

youtube thumbnail for Public Access on the bad spot. 3 lathckeys look terrified against a TV static background. text reads PART 3 darkness on the edge of town

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2d

I enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man last night. Those films play so well in packed rooms and this one is no exception.

Such a shame people still feel the need to commit complicated murders in this day and age though. Disappointing.

Close up of cinema ticket for WAKE UP DEAD MAN

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Shelly/Whoobs (they/she) @whoblue.bsky.social · 2d

The reaction when someone says they have been doing specific actions with a person is priceless! One area felt backrooms in feel. The more I watch the more I am drawn in.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2d

Live for patrons now!

Everyone else, this time tomorrow.

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2d

Live for patrons now!

Everyone else, this time tomorrow.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Apr 17

Here's Palantir's Louis Mosley, grandson of Britain's most famous fascist leader, talking about the importance of AI, if you aren't convinced yet that this is one big co-ordinated push towards the destruction of everything good in life.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 3d

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
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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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 3d

Artisanal wax melt is a great Victorian era insult

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 3d

IT'S TIME FOR MORE #WILDSEA!

The new adventure, Tigers on the Wire, launches on #gamefound on October 14th. Thank you to them for a push on #TRPG visibility, and if you've ever wanted a whisper-fuelled radio broadcaster post, well, your dreams are about to come true!

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire by Mythworks - Gamefound

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire is the latest scenario from the award-winning TTRPG the Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Nobody sails the waves for long without realizing what a vast and terrible power even t...

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 3d

Case closed I reckon.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 3d

It’s probably just the wind.

I’ll go check it out.

I’ll be right back.

Red screen with white text reading FIRST TO DIE

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 3d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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