Tyler Parrott
@davflamerock.bsky.social
Game designer. He/Him. Poly. I talk Star Wars Unlimited, Magic the Gathering, Halo, and social justice.
*My opinions are strictly my own*
*My opinions are strictly my own*
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anyways i need democrats to realize that trump is trying to fuck with the midterms ***specifically because he is afraid that he, donald trump, will be impeached and then end up back in court and then die in prison*** and then i need to them to literally never shut up about impeaching his bitch ass
February 4, 2026 at 8:07 AM
anyways i need democrats to realize that trump is trying to fuck with the midterms ***specifically because he is afraid that he, donald trump, will be impeached and then end up back in court and then die in prison*** and then i need to them to literally never shut up about impeaching his bitch ass
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Watch closely: Donald Trump is plotting to rig the midterms.
In just the past 2 weeks, his AG demanded that Minnesota turn over voter rolls, his DNI raided 2020 election ballots in Georgia, & he called to 'nationalize' our elections.
We must mobilize to protect our democracy.
In just the past 2 weeks, his AG demanded that Minnesota turn over voter rolls, his DNI raided 2020 election ballots in Georgia, & he called to 'nationalize' our elections.
We must mobilize to protect our democracy.
February 4, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Watch closely: Donald Trump is plotting to rig the midterms.
In just the past 2 weeks, his AG demanded that Minnesota turn over voter rolls, his DNI raided 2020 election ballots in Georgia, & he called to 'nationalize' our elections.
We must mobilize to protect our democracy.
In just the past 2 weeks, his AG demanded that Minnesota turn over voter rolls, his DNI raided 2020 election ballots in Georgia, & he called to 'nationalize' our elections.
We must mobilize to protect our democracy.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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I had to pause for a bit the first time I edited this piece, because Mira's account of what it actually feels like to be on the ground in Minneapolis — as a journalist, a trans person in poverty and part of communities under siege — hit that hard.
Essential reading, and a much-needed reality check.
Essential reading, and a much-needed reality check.
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
My City Is Under Occupation: A Trans Reporter’s Dispatch From Minneapolis
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
transnews.network
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I had to pause for a bit the first time I edited this piece, because Mira's account of what it actually feels like to be on the ground in Minneapolis — as a journalist, a trans person in poverty and part of communities under siege — hit that hard.
Essential reading, and a much-needed reality check.
Essential reading, and a much-needed reality check.
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Honestly, good. The job should be so miserable they're better off quitting.
Apparently morale at DOJ is so low that line attorneys are asking to be held in contempt so they can get some sleep yikes
February 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Honestly, good. The job should be so miserable they're better off quitting.
When we designed Jyn as a Rebel-matters leader, the goal was to create a new deck archetype for the faction that was very grindy and survivable. We debated a LOT about whether this needed to cost a resource or not, and whether it got to have selection or not as we wanted her to be strong #FFGStaff
February 2, 2026 at 5:24 PM
When we designed Jyn as a Rebel-matters leader, the goal was to create a new deck archetype for the faction that was very grindy and survivable. We debated a LOT about whether this needed to cost a resource or not, and whether it got to have selection or not as we wanted her to be strong #FFGStaff
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NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Please read this extremely thoughtful & careful post on Tim Walz, Anne Frank, & the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from Martin Shuster, philosopher, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, former Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow, & scholar of genocide, the Holocaust, & authoritarianism:
![Not unrelatedly, I am noticing that a lot of--oftentimes even well-intentioned--people are spending time trying to delineate exactly which historical referent best captures what's going on now, as if we have to pick only one. There is the now well-circulated meme that says: no, ICE isn't the Gestapo, it's actually American--it's slave catchers. But this is a kind of odd distinction: the Nazis were themselves influenced by the Americans (if you're curious read the excellent book by James Whitman, _Hitler's American Model_). Nazis came here and studied American legal systems and statutes ... and remarkably a group of "liberal" Nazis decided that they couldn't make German laws as *extreme* as American ones (and this "liberal" group in fact won the day; German laws weren't as extreme as many of ours). Equally, Nazi jurists and theorists like Carl Schmitt were deeply influenced by American notions of manifest destiny. So the Nazi and American contexts were already fused. The idea of foreign/domestic is already quite complex in this context. (And this is before we even speak of the many actual Nazis that existed here and the many people who materially supported Hitler and the regime).
We can complicate this picture more by noting that Nazism itself, even apart from these American influences, wasn't something that sprouted up out of thin air: it, too, had a(n experimental) history. Many of its barbaric practices and aims were developed and tested on colonial and imperial victims (as I have written elsewhere: there is a direct line from Shark Island concentration camp [called frequently simply "Death Island" where the Germans committed genocide against the Herero and Nama people] to the entire Nazi camp system). Thinkers like Hannah Arendt and Aimé Césaire drew our attention to this already in the middle of the last century.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreifucubotcz54scclzmnpxlnv6x5olf2zb6ow5xufzdyqbflhuzcn4@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Please read this extremely thoughtful & careful post on Tim Walz, Anne Frank, & the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from Martin Shuster, philosopher, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, former Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow, & scholar of genocide, the Holocaust, & authoritarianism:
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I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
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Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
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Marimar Martinez is a hero.
She was shot 5 times by ICE.
The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire.
He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”.
DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her.
Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.
She was shot 5 times by ICE.
The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire.
He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”.
DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her.
Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.
Chicago Woman Shot 5 Times By Border Agents Will Testify In Washington Next Week
Marimar Martinez will speak at a federal forum on immigration agents' use of force as she fights to unseal evidence in her now-dropped prosecution.
blockclubchicago.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Marimar Martinez is a hero.
She was shot 5 times by ICE.
The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire.
He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”.
DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her.
Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.
She was shot 5 times by ICE.
The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire.
He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”.
DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her.
Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.
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Every one of the journalists arrested by the regime in last 24 hours was Black and that is not a coincidence.
January 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Every one of the journalists arrested by the regime in last 24 hours was Black and that is not a coincidence.
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food for thought: instead of general strikes, which are difficult for many to participate in without union support, what if we simply had a day where we all decided to go to the bank and withdraw a ton of money?
it costs nothing individually but collectively would be an economic threat
it costs nothing individually but collectively would be an economic threat
January 31, 2026 at 9:10 AM
food for thought: instead of general strikes, which are difficult for many to participate in without union support, what if we simply had a day where we all decided to go to the bank and withdraw a ton of money?
it costs nothing individually but collectively would be an economic threat
it costs nothing individually but collectively would be an economic threat
Obviously Credit tokens are excellent for playing expensive cards early, but we wanted to give players other rewards for generating them. There was a lot of discussion about whether or not this card should create a Credit first, but as a common we needed it to do /something/ on its own #FFGStaff
January 30, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Obviously Credit tokens are excellent for playing expensive cards early, but we wanted to give players other rewards for generating them. There was a lot of discussion about whether or not this card should create a Credit first, but as a common we needed it to do /something/ on its own #FFGStaff
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Last year, we did a rotisserie draft as a design/development team! What cards and strategies did the designers prioritize? What kinds of decks did we build? I recommend the format for anyone who enjoys drafting! #FFGStaff starwarsunlimited.com/articles/beh...
Behind Unlimited: A Rotisserie Draft with Game Designers
Tyler Parrott on a Unique Draft Experience Within the Design Team
starwarsunlimited.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Last year, we did a rotisserie draft as a design/development team! What cards and strategies did the designers prioritize? What kinds of decks did we build? I recommend the format for anyone who enjoys drafting! #FFGStaff starwarsunlimited.com/articles/beh...
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a gangster government cowering in fear of a decrepit man, misery incarnate, himself terrified of the long black shadow of his life behind him, one riddled with crime and a deep hatred of other people, a man with no virtue, no soul, a man of nothing, a specter.
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
a gangster government cowering in fear of a decrepit man, misery incarnate, himself terrified of the long black shadow of his life behind him, one riddled with crime and a deep hatred of other people, a man with no virtue, no soul, a man of nothing, a specter.
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Does that matter?
Next up, "accidentally" being moved overseas with no recourse or way back. Then disappearances while in custody.
Then just straight up disappearances.
Then open mass murder.
Next up, "accidentally" being moved overseas with no recourse or way back. Then disappearances while in custody.
Then just straight up disappearances.
Then open mass murder.
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Does that matter?
Next up, "accidentally" being moved overseas with no recourse or way back. Then disappearances while in custody.
Then just straight up disappearances.
Then open mass murder.
Next up, "accidentally" being moved overseas with no recourse or way back. Then disappearances while in custody.
Then just straight up disappearances.
Then open mass murder.
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No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
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this is the compromise position
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
this is the compromise position
I like how clearly this blog post identifies the problem with engaging with bad-faith actors on the internet:
"Your audience is not the liar, but other people hearing those lies. Your goal is to help other people understand what those lies are meant to accomplish."
Also, Kirby is fun to look at
"Your audience is not the liar, but other people hearing those lies. Your goal is to help other people understand what those lies are meant to accomplish."
Also, Kirby is fun to look at
by popular request i have turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread
#KirbyFraming
#KirbyFraming
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I like how clearly this blog post identifies the problem with engaging with bad-faith actors on the internet:
"Your audience is not the liar, but other people hearing those lies. Your goal is to help other people understand what those lies are meant to accomplish."
Also, Kirby is fun to look at
"Your audience is not the liar, but other people hearing those lies. Your goal is to help other people understand what those lies are meant to accomplish."
Also, Kirby is fun to look at
I'm back on my bullshit again, this time on Kamigawa #mtg cubecobra.com/cube/overvie...
Cube Cobra Overview: Return to Kamigawa
After working on Legend of the Five Rings, and since Champions of Kamigawa came out shortly after I started playing Magic, how could I not love the world? And when Neon Dynasty modernized the setting,...
cubecobra.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I'm back on my bullshit again, this time on Kamigawa #mtg cubecobra.com/cube/overvie...
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Something that isn't always addressed is the presence of trauma in nerd communities. Folks latch on to these hobbies as a place of safety and stability, and any perceived threat to that causes well...Gamergate.
Hurt people hurt people. Often, the most dangerous people are the damaged ones.
Hurt people hurt people. Often, the most dangerous people are the damaged ones.
I’m curious. What makes nerd communities so insufferable when it comes to gatekeeping hobbies? You would think that it would be open arms when you say you’re interested in something especially because they were probably bullied for liking that same thing but instead of embracing you they shun you 🤷🏾♂️
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Something that isn't always addressed is the presence of trauma in nerd communities. Folks latch on to these hobbies as a place of safety and stability, and any perceived threat to that causes well...Gamergate.
Hurt people hurt people. Often, the most dangerous people are the damaged ones.
Hurt people hurt people. Often, the most dangerous people are the damaged ones.