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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 1d

Jared Leto may have a toxic reputation, he may have a wildly unappealing screen presence, but say what you will, he also can't open a movie either.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 5d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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La Lionne Publishing: Beyond the Lighthouse live on BackerKit!! @lalionnepublishing.itch.io · 26d

Contributor Spotlight @natasjavangestel.bsky.social

Natasja (she/her) makes adventures and art, and anything in-between. Whether it is tabletop or danmei, Procreate or watercolor; whatever inspires her tends to not escape her.

Follow our BackerKit, live on Oct 1! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Natasja (she/her) makes adventures and art, and anything in-between. Whether it is tabletop or danmei, Procreate or watercolor; whatever inspires her tends to not escape her.

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · 28d

@natasjavangestel.bsky.social! Their mini-campaigns are beautiful and super fun!

Jaye the They @jayeeis.bsky.social · 29d

Quote or post with the small-time TTRPG designer or writer who you love. You may have never played their games but you follow their work and dream of bringing it to a table. Or maybe you run their game/supplement/house rule all the time!

Feel free to use #TTRPGbrag and let's lift others up.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Sep 10

In June, a Democratic state rep in Minnesota was murdered, and a state senator was shot.

And a couple of days later, Trump said he wouldn't phone Gov. Walz, calling him "whacked out" and "a mess"

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 10

Trump says he is ordering all U.S. flags lowered to half-mast in honor of Charlie Kirk

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Sep 5

oh good fucking lord what NOW?!😑

James Hargrove @jdrakeh.bsky.social · Sep 3

JFC. Satine Phoenix is mounting a comeback AND, HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE INVENTED LIVE STREAMING D&D? (Yes, she actually said that. Yes, she's as stunningly full of shit as she's always been.)

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Aug 26

Among all the other things, "The President has screwed things up so badly that the world's other rich countries won't deliver mail to us anymore" really should end it immediately.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 25

Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Aug 2

You love us, despite the abandonment :p

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Aug 1

UGH who's letting this jackass back into TTRPG spaces? Like Satine squirming her way back into stuff isn't bad enough.

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Jul 24

Careful, if you say it too loudly she'll show up and add this to her attempts to get back into the TTRPG community too 😅

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Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · Jul 23

I think one challenge in living among so much uncertainty and tragedy is the way capitalism has taught us that our quiet, domestic moments don’t count for anything. (1/6)

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Jul 22

I mean looking at the comment section plenty of people do remember but this particular interviewer fully does not care and is happy to enable her attempts at a redemption arc

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Jul 22

Oh they've been doing stuff with her for easily over a year now, small cons out in Minot mostly, and the company name is *deliciously* ironic

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Jul 22

By the looks of it she's still working with the Unforgiven Productions out of Minot. Which. Tracks. VtM nonsense and small enough that any 'celeb' willing to hitch to their wagon is going to be their next ride or die bestie. 😒

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Jun 20

like this one?
www.ebay.com/itm/31686615...

Pardon Our Interruption...eBay Home

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · May 22

So that now makes Lena McDonald, KC Crowne and Rania Faris leaving ChatGPT prompts in their ‘books’.

I’m so fucking tired, guys. If you don’t write, you’re not a writer. It’s that simple. Stop doing this to your readers, who PAY.

Readers and authors deserve better than this. 📚💙

You know what? I’m totally not surprised when an author who has used AI generated slop in their marketing/cover, forgets to delete the chatgbt response in her manuscript.

I am however surprised that Rania is blaming it on her “beta reader”.

What a fucking shame.

I discovered a post on Threads of someone claiming K. C. Crowne uses AI and shared this screenshot (the pic is not mine, it was posted by OP)

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D&Tea @ NYCC #3524 !! @dandteaco.bsky.social · May 14

🎪✨ Have you heard the news? ✨🍵
We’ve teamed up with the marvelous minds at @stforgestudios.bsky.social! Link here and at STForge’s page: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
 
#dandtea #tea #berrytea #DND #cupoftea #homebrew #homegame #teacompany #darkcarnival #storytellersforge #stforge

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · May 3

ooooo daphnes grow really well in those conditions and they smell amazing!

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · Apr 30

Okay, a lot of people are expressing outrage about this, and I also feel outrage about this, but since everyone else has already expressed my feelings for me, I'm going to put on my Teacher of Analytical Thinking Pants and point out something important.

Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org · Apr 30

Statement From Worldcon Chair: We have received questions regarding Seattle’s use of AI tools in our vetting process for program participants. In the interest of transparency, we will explain the process of how we are using a Large… seattlein2025.org?p=3859

Statement From Worldcon Chair

We have received questions regarding Seattle’s use of AI tools in our vetting process for program participants. In the interest of transparency, we will explain the process of how we are using a Large...

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · Apr 20

hot take: don’t “check on your strong friends” if the “checking on” will simply consist of expecting a prompt reply to a text message asking if your strong friend is ok, when your strong friend is fairly busy & you have not, historically, been a source of meaningful support to said strong friend

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Apr 20

holy shit crossgen reference I adore this

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Hayley @aetherink.bsky.social · Apr 19

in Coeur D'Alene, of all places, for them to get consequenced. Surprised in a good way as well

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Lincoln’s Kayak 🫘 @lincolnskayak.bsky.social · Apr 17

“Americans are told to abandon the pursuit of truth because truth forces accountability, and accountability reduces fear. It is easier to control people who live in constant terror—not only of violence but of apathy. The fear of being killed, and being forgotten.”
~Sarah Kendzior

Page 214 of Sarah Kendzior’s book, “The Last Great American Road Trip” published 2025

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Americans have not had the power to bring things upon ourselves for a very long time.
This is not a partisan matter but the prevailing attitude of American institutions. The line from the Waco siege to the Oklahoma City bombing to Trump's Waco speech is a circle. McVeigh and Nichols were part of a network of domestic terrorists that the federal government did not investigate, one that remains active today. The refusal to investigate spanned every administration, Democratic and Republican. The officials who participated in that obfuscation have been installed in office for decades. It should not be children writing on walls that they are sorry. It should be them.
That refusal of officials to atone for horrific mistakes, to confront their own failures and hold the perpetrators accountable, is how rare acts of violence and extremism became common. Americans are told to abandon the pursuit of truth because truth forces accountability, and accountability reduces fear. It is easier to control people who live in constant terror —not only of violence but of apathy. The fear of being killed, and being forgotten.
The Oklahoma City National Memorial is designed to make you appreciate life as you honor those from whom it was stolen. It is impossible to visit and believe that America is beyond redemp-tion. Because good Americans never forget the victims. They never abandon them, even in the darkest hours, even when there seems no light ahead, because they are the light.

Book with cover image of power lines across brown fields with pale blue sky and thin wispy white clouds

THE LAST
A Memoir
AMERICAN
ROAD TRIP
SARAH KENDZIOR
Bestselling author of They Knew

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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · Apr 17

Due to tariffs, some tabletop companies are beginning to be shut down.
This can hurt game stores and put more game designers on the hunt for work.
Even if ttRPG books are exempt for the tariffs (far from assured), those two factors can make the life of ttRPG game designers very difficult.

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Storytellers Forge @stforgestudios.bsky.social · Mar 24

We are so close to hitting our next stretch goal at 70k! How close can we get in the next 24 hours?! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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