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Pam, Godkillingway v.2025, Patch "Eepy" @thedovetailor.bsky.social · 44m

Commuting to an area of Toronto that I've never been to is like clearing the fog of war on my internal map 😂

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 1d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Fred Hicks @deadlyfredly.bsky.social · 1d

Contemplating how the most influential award show for Evil Hat was the Indie RPG Awards held in the early 00s, before Evil Hat existed as a company. @rdonoghue.bsky.social and I won one for an earlier incarnation of Fate, “best free game”. It was a narrower population that knew about it, but enough…

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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, first off, it was an honour to be included on this podcast. Second, I've just noticed the tiny mouth and tiny ear on the Talk of the Table logo and they're just disgusting 😨

Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · 1d

COMING OCTOBER 20th!

Tune in for a TWO HOUR discussion about teaching games through actual play featuring an absolute POWERHOUSE panel.

Ft.
@friede.bsky.social
@itsquinns.bsky.social
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social

Subscribe to Talk of the Table wherever you get your podcasts.

Talk of the Table Patreon w/ Dr. Emily Friedman, Quinns, & Brennan Lee Mulligan.

Roundtable: Teaching Games Through Actual Play

Pictures of each guest are in circles on a yellow background. To each side are anthropomorphized dice, one with a mouth and one with an ear.

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Pam, Godkillingway v.2025, Patch "Eepy" @thedovetailor.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone still remember when AO3 wasn't flooded by bots looking to shill you for art commissions or "original stories" from your work? Or is it just me?

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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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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 1d

anyway good night

Fluffy gray tabby asleep in yesterdays sunbeam.

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Charu "Ru" Chandni Patel @cherrydrop.bsky.social · 9d

Just in time!

Day 1 - Free Space

Stuck in Line MMORPG

Play when you are waiting in line, waiting for food/order, waiting for transportation.

You are in a mmorpg and the place where you are waiting is the lobby. You need to find the your Quest, Side Quest, Supplies, and change Outfits/Armor

Diwata! ÒㅅÓ) @diwatamnl.bsky.social · 10d

#Promptober is here! This time I included two free spaces, for people to make whatever they want (or to even take that day to rest). As usual, please use the #promptober or #ttrpgpromptober tags when you post! please also don't feel shy about tagging me in them so I can reskeet.

promptober list of prompts on a light orange background. here is what it says:

Promptober 2025
Use #promptober or #ttrpgpromptober when you post!

Create a pitch for a game, design a mini-module, draw a quick map-- anything ttrpg related, according to the prompts!

1. Free space (do whatever)
2. spells
3. potions
4. Dark woods
5. masquerade
6. myths
7. secrets
8. spirits
9. thriller
10. moon
11. Thalassophobia/thalassophilia
12. Liminal space
13. Abandoned locations
14. stars
15. Free space (do whatever)
16. hauntings
17. blood
18. sorcery
19. Wizard’s tower
20. Lost book/lost knowledge
21. Sword in the forest
22. Summoning circles
23. aliens
24. Colossal beast
25. cryptid
26. Trail cams/found footage
27. Dreams/nightmares
28. Gods/goddesses
29. flowers
30. harvest
31. halloween

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Andréa, Princess of Sky @konkondragon.bsky.social · 3d

manila is full of buildings you'd walk your mech through in a mechwarrior game tbh

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Qhapaq 🦙🇵🇪 @yanaqhapaq.bsky.social · 1d

The US can't even get one dip shit president out.

Qhapaq 🦙🇵🇪 @yanaqhapaq.bsky.social · 2d

# 8 coming up

geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/12/17/p...

Why Peru has had 7 presidents in 6 years: Legacy of Fujimori dictatorship's constitution - Geopolitical Economy Report

Peru has had 7 presidents in 6 years, due to the constitution of dictator Alberto Fujimori. This timeline explains how and why each head of state rose and fell so quickly.

geopoliticaleconomy.com

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

I beg you. I implore you.

DO. NOT. USE. CHATGPT. OR. AI. AS. YOUR. LAWYER. @nbcnews.com, this is unbelievably dangerous and you're going to get people seriously hurt or worse.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

People are using ChatGPT as a lawyer in court. Some are winning.

From pickleball disputes to eviction cases, litigants are using ChatGPT to fight their court battles — and they’re starting to win.

www.nbcnews.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water.

‘Mad Max’ Director George Miller Says ‘AI Is Here to Stay and Change Things’: ‘It’s Way More Egalitarian’ and Will Make Filmmaking ‘Available to Anyone Who Has a Calling to It’

'Mad Max' director George Miller says that "AI is here to stay and change things" and praises the potential to make filmmaking "more egalitarian."

variety.com

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 2d

Good news, folks! Thanks to some VERY generous folks, we have raised enough to cover the penalty for breaking our lease! If you would like to help us cover the housing costs of two places while we move from one to the other, here's how www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-br...

Donate to Help us break our lease to move to a better place, organized by Brian Clevinger

Good news — we're moving to a better place! Bad news — we have t… Brian Clevinger needs your support for Help us break our lease to move to a better place

www.gofundme.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

Just want to remind everyone that little moments of joy are so important right now.

For instance, my cat does not understand the human concept of kisses beyond Incoming Nose = Love. So every time she’s happy, she’ll smush her face or shove her nose into ours.

Please share your joys with us.

Heater, an orange cat with BIG eyes, nestles herself in a sea of grey blankies.

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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 2d

you should check out my games because i want to buy digimon time stranger

internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 5d

I've put a curated selection of my #ttrpgs on sale for the autumnal season! Check out a mix of mysterious, frightful, and/or slightly chilling games!
itch.io/s/161344/omi...

An image with text that reads "Oct 6- Nov 6. Ominous Autumnal Sale. ostrichmonkey.itch.io". The background behind the text is a half-tone image of a bunch of itch.io game thumbnails with a grotesque face overlaid on top.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · Aug 25

I have two contracts wrapping up in November! If you're looking for game dev support around production, operations, publishing, and more, get in touch!

I have nearly a decade of industry experience in PC and console, and have worked with teams big and small on all genres!

heyitsdora.com

Text reads:

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“Dora has been an INCREDIBLE producer for In Stars and Time!!! Always organized and strategic, always helpful, always a pleasure to talk to. I could not have asked for a better producer, and In Stars and Time wouldn’t have had the same success without her!!!”

Gummy Cat

“Dora is one of the kindest, coolest, most organized and thoughtful producers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. I genuinely believe that without her fighting for us from the very first email pitch, Bear and Breakfast would not have existed.”

A screenshot captioned "selected portfolio" featuring various games including Truth Scrapper, In Stars and Time, Bear & Breakfast, and others.

A screenshot of various games I've worked on including The Adventure Pals, Swords & Souls: Neverseen, Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive and others.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 3d

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 3d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

Not for nothing but if you're high profile and need to flee the US, don't tell anyone in advance. It's also most certainly better to leave via a smaller land border crossing and catch your flight from Canada or Mexico. Much less ability for the feds to prevent you from leaving that way.

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 2d

I get it but I really dislike the "the political climate is tense" phrasing the same way I don't like the "Gaza war" phrasing - we're foregoing that one side is people who want to live and the other side is people who have more power and both the means and intent to destroy and harm.

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 2d

To be clear, it's not that bitter online dorks assumed it was about them. It -is- about them. They just don't like that it is calling them out for what they are.

Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 2d

It’s kind of crazy that Nazis and the KKK have recently become controversial bad guys because a bunch of bitter online dorks assumed it was about them

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 3d

Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)

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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 3d

I'd be lucky to have just one of these talented folks on the Twelve Realms team, but having all 12 is a dream come true!

TT: www.tiktok.com/@adammakestt...

YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyxl...

Follow the KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gno...

#ttrpg #fantasy #TwelveRealms #TwelveRealmsRPG

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