John Curtin 🔜 PAX Unplugged!
@curtinwrites.bsky.social
Ennie-nominated game and culture writer
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
Projects:
@starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/BearlyFactual
https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction
Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
Projects:
@starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/BearlyFactual
https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction
Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
I may have committed some light treason, Charlie Brown
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I may have committed some light treason, Charlie Brown
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landed "quixotic" in a word game, but I didn't win - which felt apropos
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
landed "quixotic" in a word game, but I didn't win - which felt apropos
My one Starfinder Facts tweet to really break containment on the Bad Place was a goblin joke so every time I make a goblin joke I'm always a little surprised when there aren't hundreds of immediate likes
Science has yet to properly explain why two goblins are measurably stupider than one goblin
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
My one Starfinder Facts tweet to really break containment on the Bad Place was a goblin joke so every time I make a goblin joke I'm always a little surprised when there aren't hundreds of immediate likes
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
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Learning to bend the Elements is a team effort.
Learning to play Magic? That's a team event!
@itsannamargaret.com is here to give you a jump start into what to expect at the #MTGxATLA Magic Academy. The Elements await! ✨ youtu.be/3xH5xNeM5Hw
Learning to play Magic? That's a team event!
@itsannamargaret.com is here to give you a jump start into what to expect at the #MTGxATLA Magic Academy. The Elements await! ✨ youtu.be/3xH5xNeM5Hw
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Learning to bend the Elements is a team effort.
Learning to play Magic? That's a team event!
@itsannamargaret.com is here to give you a jump start into what to expect at the #MTGxATLA Magic Academy. The Elements await! ✨ youtu.be/3xH5xNeM5Hw
Learning to play Magic? That's a team event!
@itsannamargaret.com is here to give you a jump start into what to expect at the #MTGxATLA Magic Academy. The Elements await! ✨ youtu.be/3xH5xNeM5Hw
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I haven't made much progress. I apologize for continuing to use this platform primarily for garnering support.
Making a new post.
The short version is that, after having a laptop and tablet stolen, I need to quickly replace them, since I use them for my job. My financial situation was precarious before; it's going to be much worse if I miss work.
Trying to raise $1,100; I'm at $500.
paypal.me/coxendine
The short version is that, after having a laptop and tablet stolen, I need to quickly replace them, since I use them for my job. My financial situation was precarious before; it's going to be much worse if I miss work.
Trying to raise $1,100; I'm at $500.
paypal.me/coxendine
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I haven't made much progress. I apologize for continuing to use this platform primarily for garnering support.
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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Win a Cat Secretary Steam Deck! Legit competition, hosted by @goodstoryguild.co in collaboration with the Cozy Gamers facebook group 💜 Enter here: wn.nr/DfEQCqA #steamdeck #indiegame #competition
Win a CAT SECRETARY Steam Deck!
Follow Good Story Guild as we develop our very first game We're giving away an exclusive Steam Deck with Cat Secretary skin to one lucky gamer (US only). All participants (regardless of location) will...
wn.nr
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Win a Cat Secretary Steam Deck! Legit competition, hosted by @goodstoryguild.co in collaboration with the Cozy Gamers facebook group 💜 Enter here: wn.nr/DfEQCqA #steamdeck #indiegame #competition
A little secret about Starfinder Facts is that I'm mostly just writing to an audience myself and if anyone else laughs that's a bonus. That's especially true with this one.
Proposed subnames for @paizo.com's hypothetical Starfinder spin-off of Monster Match!:
- Alien Action
- Stardate
- Galaxy Of Romance
- Yeah There's More Oozes
- Pact Species Are Easy
- Love And Lasers
- Get Your Heart Broken By A Sentient Starship
- This One's For The Furries
- James Kirk Edition
- Alien Action
- Stardate
- Galaxy Of Romance
- Yeah There's More Oozes
- Pact Species Are Easy
- Love And Lasers
- Get Your Heart Broken By A Sentient Starship
- This One's For The Furries
- James Kirk Edition
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A little secret about Starfinder Facts is that I'm mostly just writing to an audience myself and if anyone else laughs that's a bonus. That's especially true with this one.
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Proposed subnames for @paizo.com's hypothetical Starfinder spin-off of Monster Match!:
- Alien Action
- Stardate
- Galaxy Of Romance
- Yeah There's More Oozes
- Pact Species Are Easy
- Love And Lasers
- Get Your Heart Broken By A Sentient Starship
- This One's For The Furries
- James Kirk Edition
- Alien Action
- Stardate
- Galaxy Of Romance
- Yeah There's More Oozes
- Pact Species Are Easy
- Love And Lasers
- Get Your Heart Broken By A Sentient Starship
- This One's For The Furries
- James Kirk Edition
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Proposed subnames for @paizo.com's hypothetical Starfinder spin-off of Monster Match!:
- Alien Action
- Stardate
- Galaxy Of Romance
- Yeah There's More Oozes
- Pact Species Are Easy
- Love And Lasers
- Get Your Heart Broken By A Sentient Starship
- This One's For The Furries
- James Kirk Edition
- Alien Action
- Stardate
- Galaxy Of Romance
- Yeah There's More Oozes
- Pact Species Are Easy
- Love And Lasers
- Get Your Heart Broken By A Sentient Starship
- This One's For The Furries
- James Kirk Edition
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Wrote another headline with @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/business/828...
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wrote another headline with @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/business/828...
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
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Looking for a half-decent deal on TTRPGs this Black Friday week?
@bundleofholding.com is hosting its Cornucopia. Doomsong, Punk is Dead, and Sentients for $13 or add BREAK!! RPG, Sentai & Sensibility, Tartarus Gate, and Tidal Blades for $28
bundleofholding.com/presents/Cor...
@bundleofholding.com is hosting its Cornucopia. Doomsong, Punk is Dead, and Sentients for $13 or add BREAK!! RPG, Sentai & Sensibility, Tartarus Gate, and Tidal Blades for $28
bundleofholding.com/presents/Cor...
Cornucopia 2025
Adventurer! In time for the American Thanksgiving holiday, we present this all-new Cornucopia 2025, our 13th annual feast of top-quality tabletop roleplaying game ebooks. For just US$12.95 you get all...
bundleofholding.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Looking for a half-decent deal on TTRPGs this Black Friday week?
@bundleofholding.com is hosting its Cornucopia. Doomsong, Punk is Dead, and Sentients for $13 or add BREAK!! RPG, Sentai & Sensibility, Tartarus Gate, and Tidal Blades for $28
bundleofholding.com/presents/Cor...
@bundleofholding.com is hosting its Cornucopia. Doomsong, Punk is Dead, and Sentients for $13 or add BREAK!! RPG, Sentai & Sensibility, Tartarus Gate, and Tidal Blades for $28
bundleofholding.com/presents/Cor...
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In January, I will be running an event that is going to be a storytelling game that uses an art gallery (and the art therein) to tell a story. Building the game for this right now on the train! If you are locali-ish to me at all, please stay tuned! I will post sign-ups soon.
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In January, I will be running an event that is going to be a storytelling game that uses an art gallery (and the art therein) to tell a story. Building the game for this right now on the train! If you are locali-ish to me at all, please stay tuned! I will post sign-ups soon.
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Quite possibly the best running app and best augmented reality game (audio!) has been saved by the creator!
Basically the only reason I ever completed a half marathon is this app.
Basically the only reason I ever completed a half marathon is this app.
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Quite possibly the best running app and best augmented reality game (audio!) has been saved by the creator!
Basically the only reason I ever completed a half marathon is this app.
Basically the only reason I ever completed a half marathon is this app.
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Whoever set up a functional gmail style inbox of Epstein's inbox deserves a journalism prize.
jmail.world
jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Whoever set up a functional gmail style inbox of Epstein's inbox deserves a journalism prize.
jmail.world
jmail.world
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Home from my first #PAXUnplugged, lightly sleep-deprived and full of gratitude for an incredible experience. I have far too many people and games to thank for making the trip so special, so you'll just have to read about it in Bearly Factual Productions when I'm able to process it all.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Home from my first #PAXUnplugged, lightly sleep-deprived and full of gratitude for an incredible experience. I have far too many people and games to thank for making the trip so special, so you'll just have to read about it in Bearly Factual Productions when I'm able to process it all.
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Congrats to everyone who covered the obviously bad faith, unprecedentedly illegal, & wildly unconstitutional data theft & dismantling of the federal government by a billionaire criminal Nazi & his henchmen as a legitimate process of “government efficiency.” Truly, well done.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congrats to everyone who covered the obviously bad faith, unprecedentedly illegal, & wildly unconstitutional data theft & dismantling of the federal government by a billionaire criminal Nazi & his henchmen as a legitimate process of “government efficiency.” Truly, well done.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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Honestly, it seems the key to online safety might actually require parents to take actions to protect their children rather than demand the state do it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Honestly, it seems the key to online safety might actually require parents to take actions to protect their children rather than demand the state do it.
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Keep seeing all of the baguette cosplays, I really need to finish expedition 33, huh
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Keep seeing all of the baguette cosplays, I really need to finish expedition 33, huh
Slow-moving for day 2 (my final 🥲) of PAX Unplugged! I'm interviewing @carlosatscg.bsky.social about his experiences as a game designer on Welcome To Nightvale and more, want to try some of the @paizo.com new board games, and try to see as many new and old friends as I can find on the floor. Say hi!
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Slow-moving for day 2 (my final 🥲) of PAX Unplugged! I'm interviewing @carlosatscg.bsky.social about his experiences as a game designer on Welcome To Nightvale and more, want to try some of the @paizo.com new board games, and try to see as many new and old friends as I can find on the floor. Say hi!