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John Curtin 🔜 PAX Unplugged!
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Ennie-nominated game and culture writer
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
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Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
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enriquepepen.bsky.social
Statement on this morning’s ICE Abduction in Rozzie Square.

Please report any ICE sightings to the LUCE hotline at 617-370-5023.
February 5, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
ICE abducted someone in Roslindale today. Just yanked from their car and disappeared because that's what the Gestapo does.

Thankfully people were there and hopefully this person will be identified and located.
Boston City Council ENRIQUE PEPÉN Councilor - District 5 STATEMENT ON ICE ABDUCTION IN ROZZIE SQUARE Earlier this morning, in broad daylight, ICE abducted a neighbor right out of their car in front of Family Dollar in Rozzie Square. Community members and business owners took immediate action notifying LUCE, taking photos of the ICE vehicles, and moving the neighbor's car into a safer location. We are working with our local partners to find out more about the individual taken and how to assist in bringing them back home. To say that this is scary and not right is an understatement. I personally was coming out of Square Root after the incident, unaware of the heinous act that just occurred until business owners alerted me. No one should be scared to do their daily errands regardless of their status - especially in our vibrant community. And no one should be witnessing these grave injustices. I am grateful for the passerbys that sprung into action after witnessing the traumatic event and for the immediate response of our neighborhood networks seeking assistance. Make no mistake, these abductions do not make anyone safe. Neighbors caring for neighbors do and I will continue to fight to get ICE out of our communities.
February 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
curtinwrites.bsky.social
Remember, 2025 is never really over, just as 2020 isn't over, 2016 isn't over, 320 BC isn't really over - it's all just segments of time marked for our own comfort and mutual understanding

...so really, who's to say that this Best Games of 2025 list is "late"

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If I Call It A Retrospective, Then My Top 10 Games of 2025 List Isn't Late, Right? | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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msnap.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 PM
curtinwrites.bsky.social
Day two of cooking: snow day edition
Potajes de garbanzos, a Spanish bean-and-vegetable stew A London broil round top steak, scored then seared to a caramelized well-done state
January 26, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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jachilli.bsky.social
It’s because we don’t actually have “news orgs,” we have privately owned media that publishes editorial aligned with private ownership’s aims.
nberlat.bsky.social Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 18d
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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davidleavitt.bsky.social
Who wants to play a game?
January 23, 2026 at 7:47 PM
curtinwrites.bsky.social
New bill for damage accountability in AI theft of copyrighted works, lawyer friend says to call reps in Congress:

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H.R. 7209: Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act (119th Congress) Bill Summary | Quiver Quantitative
See a summary of the HR.7209 (119th Congress) bill, including bill actions, sponsors, corporate lobbying, and more.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
curtinwrites.bsky.social
Thoughts in Minnesota today ✊

Solidarity forever; our union makes us strong.
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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indianawalsh.bsky.social
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale

Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
curtinwrites.bsky.social
This week's Bearly Factual Productions review is of Duskpunk, a game that brings a gritty steampunk vibe to a Disco Elysium / Sorcery!-style RPG. Check out our free review!

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Revolutionary RPG Duskpunk Is A Solid Sedition Simulation [Review] | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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January 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
curtinwrites.bsky.social
Sometimes I think about AI and the best case scenario I can think of is "there will be a non-significant portion of the population who does not understand what the fuck is real" and I feel better about my greatest cultural impact being as a shitposter
January 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
curtinwrites.bsky.social
I have mental health please tell me why to get/not to get a bicep tattoo
January 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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deadlyfredly.bsky.social
Hold onto your butts, data nerds. I've been looking Evil Hat's distro performance — solely based on our distro invoicing that we do through Freshbooks; we don't invoice IPR there so they aren't represented in these data.

The TLDR:

2025 was the worst year for EH's distribution in the past 10 years.
A line graph showing the performance of various distributors — as invoiced by Evil Hat — between 2016 and 2025. I'll paste the data matrix in the alt text for the other image on this post, but honestly it's not easy figuring out how to alt-text a line graph like this one... follow along in the thread for some narration! Distro 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 ACD $33,613.60 $94,409.40 $103,181.45 $79,319.25 $72,511.84 $80,754.58 $83,188.43 $113,672.50 $90,661.51 $94,542.23 Aetherworks $0.00 $5,447.20 $8,431.00 $10,852.50 $8,523.40 $9,844.30 $9,472.60 $9,170.70 $6,713.40 $5,900.10 Alliance $61,481.60 $133,904.40 $110,589.60 $116,125.96 $94,411.60 $119,744.65 $160,520.75 $161,476.00 $101,756.80 $85,366.80 Asmodee Nordics $5,836.00 $20,084.80 $9,462.00 $4,396.80 $3,012.80 $3,273.60 Asmodee UK $29,124.00 $59,082.40 $42,112.00 $49,464.80 $25,047.20 $21,559.20 $18,385.60 $24,176.40 $10,193.60 $5,631.20 Blackfire $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $17,428.00 $8,289.60 BNW $0.00 $4,853.20 $9,273.60 $8,158.80 $13,137.20 $13,725.20 $15,766.40 $28,087.20 $16,327.20 $21,874.40 Flat River $50,905.60 $153,284.80 $134,873.60 $170,128.80 $191,055.20 $199,732.80 $112,922.87 $146,095.20 $63,184.80 $41,337.60 Fun Supply $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $18,723.20 $2,961.60 $7,136.80 $2,916.00 $4,108.00 Golden $2,889.20 $5,026.80 $6,016.40 $4,137.20 $3,170.80 $3,799.60 $1,566.00 $3,931.20 $772.00 GTS $9,531.60 $35,076.80 $18,169.20 $14,574.00 $6,849.20 $8,863.20 $10,865.60 $11,768.80 $8,339.20 $2,594.00 Intrafin $0.00 $3,072.00 $11,040.00 $16,503.20 $3,883.20 Lion Rampant $5,817.20 $13,200.40 $3,990.80 $2,990.40 $6,610.00 $8,286.40 $12,516.00 $15,370.40 $15,680.00 $1,194.00 Outland $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,939.20 Pegasus Spiele $2,840.40 $9,006.00 $5,444.40 $4,968.40 $1,296.00 PHD $0.00 $15,252.80 $1,075.60 $770.00 $0.00 $360.00 $1,814.40 Southern Hobby $10,570.40 $21,301.60 $6,678.40 $712.00 Spiral Galaxy $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12,038.50 $19,521.60 $23,180.00 $33,784.80 $30,174.40 $21,448.80 Ulisses Spiele $3,153.20 $1,112.80 Universal (Canada) $0.00 $3,379.00 $13,799.60 $20,461.60 $10,471.60 $12,996.80 $17,878.80 $30,039.60 $20,206.00 $19,269.20
January 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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catfacejoe.bsky.social
when it's definitely going the way you thought it would
discord research sorry, this survey is not currently active
January 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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orionstarbeard.bsky.social
Discord is trying to add new AI features to their platform. They're asking people to fill out a survey on how they feel about AI and what "value" it would add to their platform. Please take a few minutes to fill it out and tell them to fuck off with AI.

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January 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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sarahmargs.bsky.social
there's a line in hadestown where orpheus raises his glass and says "to the world we dream about! and the one we live in now" and i think of it often
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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chronicinsanity.bsky.social
Here's our latest jubensha, just launched today, if you're interested in playing another one? :P

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Seven Strikes
A Play-At-Home English Language Jubensha Thriller About Truth, Power, and the Stories We Choose to Believe
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January 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
curtinwrites.bsky.social
If you missed the @epictellers.bsky.social Starfinder: Afterlight gameplay demo from the New Game+ Showcase today, we got you over at Bearly Factual Productions! www.patreon.com/posts/watch-...
Watch The Starfinder: Afterlight Gameplay Trailer From The New Game+ Showcase | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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January 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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BIG NEWS: for its second year, AVENGERS ACADEMY has again been nominated for the GLAAD award for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK!

I am so proud of our entire creative team and of this book for its hard work in making people feel seen and celebrated.

Thank you all so much. 💖 glaad.org/mediaawards/...
GLAAD NOM
January 7, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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joegross.bsky.social
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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rygraham.bsky.social
Very hard living in such a corrupt, lawless, and stupid time.
January 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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Captain America in an August 1990 in issue, after the last time the US violated international law to invade a Latin American nation and kidnap a head of state to stand trial on drug charges
Panels from a comic where Captain America decries the US invasion of Panama and the fabricated war on drugs, expressing frustration that the US is on the wrong side of every war.
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM