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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 1d

The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 1d

From my collection, a Flash Gordon poster by Gray Morrow.❤️

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Dodecadonuts🔜PaxU 2807 @dodecadonuts.bsky.social · 2d

Every American citizen should be wildly offended at what’s happening here.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 2d

Comments like these are the best

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Owlbear Rodeo @owlbear.rodeo · 1d

Running Daggerheart’s quick‑start adventure?

Our new video will get you up and running no matter if you’re new to Owlbear or a seasoned pro. It’s also perfect for in‑person play!

#ttrpg #Daggerheart

Easy Daggerheart Encounters in Owlbear Rodeo

# Want to prep and run Daggerheart encounters easily? Owlbear Rodeo's intuitive features make it simple to make and share appealing encounters, with optional...

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Astorysmith @astorysmith.bsky.social · 2d

Played A MENDING by Shing Yin Khor this morning and WOW! That was fun, and now I'm itching to make things. Mapped it out digitally because I'm a ~perfectionist~ and will go back to sew it later! #AMending #solottrpgs #keepsakegames

(we can post our journeys right? lmk if I need to take this down!!)

A crude photo of a beautiful map. The fold lines of the paper are still present because I BOUGHT that shit, unfolded it on the floor, and took a photo so I could draw on it digitally. The saturation and contrast have been carefully tweaked for maximum map clarity. The map has an ornate border, a large compass at the top, and a cute series of hand drawn mountains, rivers, forests, and other landmarks. Two grey buttons are digitally drawn on the screen, as well as an incredibly difficult to see golden thread marking a winding path between them. For a small section on the far left, a purple dotted line accompanies the gold. A bright red diagonal slash is in the bottom right hand corner, marking where the journey almost ended.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor who?

billboard @billboard.com · 2d

Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K

Chappell Roan has announced her Midwest Princess Project for trans and LGBTQ+ youth, and the fund has already raised $400K.

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The Pedestrian RINGO WINNER, BEST SERIES! @thepedestrian.bsky.social · 1d

🚦TAKE A SCROLL WITH THE PEDESTRIAN!

BEHOLD, The Pedestrian, the acclaimed comic series from Magma Comix brings the innovative storytelling of The Pedestrian to @globalcomix.com cutting-edge vertical scroll format, making the series more immersive than ever before!

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

yep I am writing a goofy comic book script today because I need to get paid and the people I'm working with need to get paid in order to survive under capitalism (and also it's fun) but yes we're living under fascism and I'm trying to do my part to fight back both of these things are true

Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 1d

People still got to go to the grocery store, take their kids to school, etc. They do these normal things while freaked out about the state of the country.

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of people are pretty freaked out by the current political state of affairs and carrying on because they don't know what else to do, except out one foot in front of the other.

And I think a lot of Very Online folks mistake that for "normie" indifference

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the Obama puppet I designed for Spitting Image.

#caricature #art

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Andrew Farago @andrewfarago.bsky.social · 2d

Second-to-last page, but I made it into the Essential Peanuts 75th anniversary book! Time to crash some book signings!

List of Peanuts-related books and resources including mine, The Complete Peanuts Family Album

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 2d

The Art of Jin Kim → bit.ly/30M9xSq

#artist #portfolio #illustration #art

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ARBco 🢩 Home @j-k.games · 3d

Return to (legally distinct) Cheapass Games.

Adam Bell @adambell.games · 3d

is he really going to add a hundred percent extra tariff in November

i should probably learn my lesson and never make boxed games

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Keithulhu Fhtammann 🔜 PAXU @themonstersknow.com · 3d

Per R.J. Gillis on Mastodon (dice.camp/@rj), the New York City government released a #DnD one-shot designed to teach ethics rules to city employees. 😄

www.nyc.gov

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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 3d

Gamers complain they own so many more games than they'll ever play. But wait until you see journaling games. Some of them have *no* limits. Just one journaling game alone can consume all your gaming time, and overwhelm all your reading time and movie time and relationship time too. And one...

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Alison Sampson Talks Comics and Architecture, Crossing Genres, and the Communicative Power of the Form | via @brokenfrontier.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/alison-samps...

"Comics Bring Art at Its Highest Level to the People" - Alison Sampson Talks Comics and Architecture, Crossing Genres, and the Communicative Power of the Form – Broken Frontier

From 'Won't Back Down!' to 'The Department of the Peculiar', Alison Sampson talks to Broken Frontier about a wide-ranging career.

www.brokenfrontier.com

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Brian Kolm @briankolm.bsky.social · 3d

The Easy Driver add on by NeoEmberArts is only $2 and is so much easier then doing it without it. I did struggle to figure out how to do the joystick effect at first, but they shared a Tutorial on SuperhiveMarket that helped me.

superhivemarket.com/...

#animation #blender3d
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Easy Driver

Drivers in Blender made easier. Automatically create and map drivers for bones, objects, shape keys & way more — no math, no numbers, no headaches!

superhivemarket.com

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Brian Kolm @briankolm.bsky.social · 3d

I loved playing with the rigging in DUIK for After Effects. Making 'joysticks' that control an animation is just really appealing.

I don't use After Effects anymore, but was able to do the effect with the Easy Diver add-on for Blender.

youtu.be/zNldJM4kAA0...

#animation #blender3d
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Easy Driver test - Blender add-on

Always trying to figure out ways to rig 2d art in Blender 3d like I did with DUIK in After Effects and this add on can add a 'joystick' to puppet a model. Add-On: https://superhivemarket.com/products/easy-driver https://www.youtube.com/@neoemberarts by Brian Kolm http://www.briankolm.com

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Doctor M. Popular @docpop.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Does anyone know of any venues or bands that have official polices on the use of generative-AI for marketing purposes.

I know Thee Stork Club and DNA Lounge have policies forbidding the use of AI-generated media on fliers (as discussed in this post […]

Original post on mastodon.social

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Sam D @diceexploder.com · 4d

New Dice Exploder today - it's a good one on communication at the table by way of going slow motion through an intense interaction. Plus: Maia is super smart.

Maia (my-ee-uh) @maiasgameroom.bsky.social · 4d

I was on Dice Exploder! We dissect an intense scene from my AP podcast where an NPC leverages a character for sex. We go beat-by-beat on how to handle safety, boundaries, and communication at the TTRPG table.

Listen now: bit.ly/dice-explode...

Thanks for having me Sam! @diceexploder.com

A bright pink and yellow graphic with a grid of stylized dice and two dice popping out, with the bold title “Dice Exploder” underneath.

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Shannon Appelcline 🌮 @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 4d

Another point of comparison. Thew new Designers & Dragons Origins books are 100% different from my classic Designers & Dragons books.

The classic 4-volume set, organized by decade, are COMPANY histories.

The new 4-volume set are PRODUCT histories for TSR's D&D.

Ben @dungeonnoir.bsky.social · 4d

Oh I did find this, then www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/1...

Designers & Dragons: The Complete Set [BUNDLE] - Evil Hat Productions | More Evil Hat Productions | DriveThruRPG

This special bundle product contains the following titles.Designers & Dragons: The 00sRegular price: $10.00Bundle price: $10.00Format: Multiple File Formats PART FOUR OF A FOUR-VOLUME SET! EVE...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Stephen A. Rhodes @stephenarhodes.bsky.social · 4d

American conservativism doesn’t actually conserve anything.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 4d

SHE SAID

"TECHNO-LIBERTARIANS MAKE A PHILOSOPHY OUT OF A PERSONALITY DEFECT."

IN THE YEAR 2000!

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 4d

I interviewed Paulina Borsook, who warned of tech culture's toxic underbelly over 30 years ago.

She wrote a prescient and scathing book, "Cyberselfish."

It tanked her career, but a new generation is discovering her work as tech fascism tries to kill democracy 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

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Karen Luk @karenluk.bsky.social · 4d

Catober 2025 day 21: cake

Catastic 2026 Calendar is now funding! 10 days to go.
kck.st/42WepU4

#catober #catober2025 #cake #catobercake #ink #drawing #isitcake #drawingchallenge #draweveryday #catart #artober #drawtober #artchallenge #kickstarter #crowdfund

Ink drawing of a cat on top of a cake for Catober 2025 day 21 cake. Drawn by Karen Luk.

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