Alyssa Visscher (she/they)
@alyssavisscher.bsky.social
Passionate about D&D, TTRPGs, embracing messy middles, faith, and the power of story.
Impressively terrible at small talk.
🏳️🌈 AuDHD ♿ Parent of 4 🇨🇦
Freelance writer.
alyssavisscher.com/about-me/
Impressively terrible at small talk.
🏳️🌈 AuDHD ♿ Parent of 4 🇨🇦
Freelance writer.
alyssavisscher.com/about-me/
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Hey new followers! I'm thrilled to meet you here!
I'm an ADHD, Autistic, queer disabled writer and designer. I consulted on D&D's 2024 DMG, with a focus on making it friendly for new and neurodivergent DMs. I also write adventures, and the occasional article for D&D Beyond.
I'm an ADHD, Autistic, queer disabled writer and designer. I consulted on D&D's 2024 DMG, with a focus on making it friendly for new and neurodivergent DMs. I also write adventures, and the occasional article for D&D Beyond.
As I've been On A Mental Health Journey—which involves a new psychiatric entry for my Collection of Diagnoses—I've also been thinking on community. There's obvious support in friends visiting. There are also tiktoks and memes to make me smile and Duolingo freezes, and those are just as meaningful.
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
As I've been On A Mental Health Journey—which involves a new psychiatric entry for my Collection of Diagnoses—I've also been thinking on community. There's obvious support in friends visiting. There are also tiktoks and memes to make me smile and Duolingo freezes, and those are just as meaningful.
Lolol my top five Spotify songs are literally all songs my 10 year old daughter listens to. Literally none of my Spotify wrapped are my own listens 😂
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Lolol my top five Spotify songs are literally all songs my 10 year old daughter listens to. Literally none of my Spotify wrapped are my own listens 😂
I see your fatphobic beauty standards and your thin male actors with overly chistled abs and the constant passive (or active) insistence that fat folks aren't sexy and I raise you one Erik Cavanaugh. Watch that fat man dance in literally any of his styles. Absolutely sexy as fuck.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I see your fatphobic beauty standards and your thin male actors with overly chistled abs and the constant passive (or active) insistence that fat folks aren't sexy and I raise you one Erik Cavanaugh. Watch that fat man dance in literally any of his styles. Absolutely sexy as fuck.
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I miss leggings and I also miss the "jeans in every colour of the rainbow", and I would very much like it if we could bring both of those back, and I don't care who hears me say it.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I miss leggings and I also miss the "jeans in every colour of the rainbow", and I would very much like it if we could bring both of those back, and I don't care who hears me say it.
I'm sorry but it's hilarious to watch US politicians continue to complain about our anti-tariff ad. Like, y'all are literally funding a large chunk of our right-wing movement but we're the interfering assholes for replaying your own previous president's words? It makes me laugh every time.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I'm sorry but it's hilarious to watch US politicians continue to complain about our anti-tariff ad. Like, y'all are literally funding a large chunk of our right-wing movement but we're the interfering assholes for replaying your own previous president's words? It makes me laugh every time.
I'm helping my 12 year old fill out a D&D character sheet and realizing he has atrocious penmanship. My apologies to everyone past and future who has to read my kid's writing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I'm helping my 12 year old fill out a D&D character sheet and realizing he has atrocious penmanship. My apologies to everyone past and future who has to read my kid's writing.
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Star Trek is always so relatable. I’m human and I also don’t have any money…
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Star Trek is always so relatable. I’m human and I also don’t have any money…
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If you're doing any sort of Medieval #WorldBuilding, for game design or novels or whatever, & you haven't seen Ruth Goodman's "Tudor Monastery Farm", you're in for a treat. I highly recommend her & the crew, & not just for this particular series. #ttrpg #history
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Two - Tudor Monastery Farm, Series 1
Turning back the clock to early Tudor farming on monastery land.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If you're doing any sort of Medieval #WorldBuilding, for game design or novels or whatever, & you haven't seen Ruth Goodman's "Tudor Monastery Farm", you're in for a treat. I highly recommend her & the crew, & not just for this particular series. #ttrpg #history
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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give every transgender person a mech suit
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
give every transgender person a mech suit
My doctor, after discussion of a symptom leads me to think of a totally different one: "okay hold on, you're leading me on another rabbit trail."
Me: "Um you didn't put this bitch on this highest possible dosage on their ADHD meds for nothing. You're talking to the queen of creating rabbit tails.🤷"
Me: "Um you didn't put this bitch on this highest possible dosage on their ADHD meds for nothing. You're talking to the queen of creating rabbit tails.🤷"
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My doctor, after discussion of a symptom leads me to think of a totally different one: "okay hold on, you're leading me on another rabbit trail."
Me: "Um you didn't put this bitch on this highest possible dosage on their ADHD meds for nothing. You're talking to the queen of creating rabbit tails.🤷"
Me: "Um you didn't put this bitch on this highest possible dosage on their ADHD meds for nothing. You're talking to the queen of creating rabbit tails.🤷"
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Oh right, I have a lot of new followers since the Canadian election in *checks watch* April 😭
Canada has a minority govt (it's shy of just a couple seats to be majority). All budgets are a confidence vote. If you do not have the confidence of the house, the govt falls, and triggers an election.
Canada has a minority govt (it's shy of just a couple seats to be majority). All budgets are a confidence vote. If you do not have the confidence of the house, the govt falls, and triggers an election.
Your government is an amazing mix of confusing and "why the fuck can't we have that"
I'm gathering from your posts that if your politicians don't pass a budget you get to *elect new ones* and, my god
I'm gathering from your posts that if your politicians don't pass a budget you get to *elect new ones* and, my god
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Oh right, I have a lot of new followers since the Canadian election in *checks watch* April 😭
Canada has a minority govt (it's shy of just a couple seats to be majority). All budgets are a confidence vote. If you do not have the confidence of the house, the govt falls, and triggers an election.
Canada has a minority govt (it's shy of just a couple seats to be majority). All budgets are a confidence vote. If you do not have the confidence of the house, the govt falls, and triggers an election.
I've been offline the last few days but the news of Alice Wong's death felt like a punch to the gut, for reasons that are hard to articulate. Best I can fit into words right now is: no one values the lives of disabled people except we who are disabled, so losing each other always hurts all the more.
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I've been offline the last few days but the news of Alice Wong's death felt like a punch to the gut, for reasons that are hard to articulate. Best I can fit into words right now is: no one values the lives of disabled people except we who are disabled, so losing each other always hurts all the more.
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My bluesky mentions are constantly a stream of people who have low to no reading comprehension but think they are the exception.
What's more, I believe "knowing I am not the audience for this and should skip this" is very much a part of reading comprehension. And bsky fails this one. Constantly.
What's more, I believe "knowing I am not the audience for this and should skip this" is very much a part of reading comprehension. And bsky fails this one. Constantly.
Oh my god. I just looked it up. Suddenly a lot of...everything...is coming into focus. People have no reading comprehension because they can't read but think they can?!
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My bluesky mentions are constantly a stream of people who have low to no reading comprehension but think they are the exception.
What's more, I believe "knowing I am not the audience for this and should skip this" is very much a part of reading comprehension. And bsky fails this one. Constantly.
What's more, I believe "knowing I am not the audience for this and should skip this" is very much a part of reading comprehension. And bsky fails this one. Constantly.
This is SO WILD, I'm stunned. Like holy shit, no wonder we've got a media literacy crisis: we've been teaching the fundamentals of even basic literacy so completely wrong.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is SO WILD, I'm stunned. Like holy shit, no wonder we've got a media literacy crisis: we've been teaching the fundamentals of even basic literacy so completely wrong.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
I just displayed an inappropriate amount of gratitude towards my pharmacist and their staff, because after MULTIPLE YEARS of having to play DOUBLE dispensation charges for both 45mg and 55mg capsules, they FINALLY could get the 100mg Foquest capsules.
My "act normal" filter was very late to kick in
My "act normal" filter was very late to kick in
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I just displayed an inappropriate amount of gratitude towards my pharmacist and their staff, because after MULTIPLE YEARS of having to play DOUBLE dispensation charges for both 45mg and 55mg capsules, they FINALLY could get the 100mg Foquest capsules.
My "act normal" filter was very late to kick in
My "act normal" filter was very late to kick in
There's a particular type of worldbuilding happening in the new-ish genre of cozy, contemporary paranormal romance novels, of towns and communities built to serve the wildly diverse needs of their different species, and I need to know that people are studying this for Crip models of accessibility—
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
There's a particular type of worldbuilding happening in the new-ish genre of cozy, contemporary paranormal romance novels, of towns and communities built to serve the wildly diverse needs of their different species, and I need to know that people are studying this for Crip models of accessibility—
A retired Bishop preached at my Anglican church, teaching about Jesus' "woes". After a little entomology lesson comparing "woe" to a frustrated groan, he invites suggestions for modern substitution.
After the service ends I, very helpfully unironicly suggest the word he's looking for is "fuck."
After the service ends I, very helpfully unironicly suggest the word he's looking for is "fuck."
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A retired Bishop preached at my Anglican church, teaching about Jesus' "woes". After a little entomology lesson comparing "woe" to a frustrated groan, he invites suggestions for modern substitution.
After the service ends I, very helpfully unironicly suggest the word he's looking for is "fuck."
After the service ends I, very helpfully unironicly suggest the word he's looking for is "fuck."
One of my best data points for my longer-term mental health is the family monthly chalkboard. When I'm doing well it gets updated every month. When I'm not... well BEHOLD the calendar on this day of our lord October 27...😂
(It's been a rough couple of months but I think we've found some stability?)
(It's been a rough couple of months but I think we've found some stability?)
October 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
One of my best data points for my longer-term mental health is the family monthly chalkboard. When I'm doing well it gets updated every month. When I'm not... well BEHOLD the calendar on this day of our lord October 27...😂
(It's been a rough couple of months but I think we've found some stability?)
(It's been a rough couple of months but I think we've found some stability?)
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Since I have a lot of rural Alberta folks who follow me: the Edmonton police are looking for anyone with property with an old well north of Edmonton to contact them (more details in the video). It's for a cold case.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtRo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtRo...
Cold case: Edmonton police searching for remains of Ruth Clarke who has been missing since 1990
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Since I have a lot of rural Alberta folks who follow me: the Edmonton police are looking for anyone with property with an old well north of Edmonton to contact them (more details in the video). It's for a cold case.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtRo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtRo...
One of my kiddos has a complete meltdown this morning because... Their roblux background was set to dark instead of light...
Clearly we're dealing with week 3 of the teachers' strike SO WELL 🫠😂
Clearly we're dealing with week 3 of the teachers' strike SO WELL 🫠😂
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One of my kiddos has a complete meltdown this morning because... Their roblux background was set to dark instead of light...
Clearly we're dealing with week 3 of the teachers' strike SO WELL 🫠😂
Clearly we're dealing with week 3 of the teachers' strike SO WELL 🫠😂
The other day I saw a tiktok that acknowledged scrolling social media for the continual drip-dripping hits of dopamine is a perfectly acceptable form of self-medicating pain-relief for those of us with chronic pain and illnesses, and let me tell you, I have not been able to stop thinking about it.
October 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The other day I saw a tiktok that acknowledged scrolling social media for the continual drip-dripping hits of dopamine is a perfectly acceptable form of self-medicating pain-relief for those of us with chronic pain and illnesses, and let me tell you, I have not been able to stop thinking about it.
Reddit is such a fun place because you'll be on the Critical Role subreddit and someone will post a picture of Liam taking notes with a multicolour pen (the classic BIC) and some [probably autistic] person will go "excuse me, I know of a better multi-pen", because OF COURSE and now I need this pen.
October 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Reddit is such a fun place because you'll be on the Critical Role subreddit and someone will post a picture of Liam taking notes with a multicolour pen (the classic BIC) and some [probably autistic] person will go "excuse me, I know of a better multi-pen", because OF COURSE and now I need this pen.
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In the years between my higher ed job and Paizo, I was getting by as a freelancer, which is HARD. More than once mutual aid kept me housed and fed. Folks turned up for me when I needed it most.
Let's do the same for @oregonthedm.bsky.social ! Please boost and, if you have a bit to give, please do.
Let's do the same for @oregonthedm.bsky.social ! Please boost and, if you have a bit to give, please do.
October 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
In the years between my higher ed job and Paizo, I was getting by as a freelancer, which is HARD. More than once mutual aid kept me housed and fed. Folks turned up for me when I needed it most.
Let's do the same for @oregonthedm.bsky.social ! Please boost and, if you have a bit to give, please do.
Let's do the same for @oregonthedm.bsky.social ! Please boost and, if you have a bit to give, please do.
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The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.
I’m surprised you don’t use ai answer engines in research you currently do with Google
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.