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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 18h

That moment before every episode where we have to stop chatting because we're wasting good material on just us.

Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 18h

Recording another @unwrittenearths.bsky.social with @ndpdesign.com today and kind of excited about it despite having no planned topics!

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 20h

I painted this as one of three alien environments developed for Pillar of Fire; we focused heavily on using transformed scale to create an alien feel, while also being playful with colour and shape to keep things whimsical and enticing despite the strangeness.

$A fantastical landscape snippet on a grey background, showing a magenta desert ecosystem with oversized fungal growths and impossibly steep hills; the ground splits and fractures like slate or ice sheets. The text label reads " ARID - scaled fungi - bacterial mounds - spiny land jellyfish"$

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Tiffany Cabán @tiffanycaban.bsky.social · 21h

I’m introducing a law today to keep ICE off Rikers. We must protect New Yorkers from modern-day storm troopers.

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Emaux @emauxstylo.bsky.social · 22d

BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 1d

a great place to learn more about the game in art directing this fall, AND to hear two game designers I admire say very kind things about me, heck!

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 1d

New ep Wednesday! We talk all about @epidiah.bsky.social's Swords Without Master, our upcoming fixup campaign, and bringing on @portablecity.bsky.social as Art Director!

Listen: unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/24
Subscribe: unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/subscribe
Support: patreon.com/UnwrittenEar...

The Episode Without Master

The Season of Swords is upon us! Nathan and Eppy talk about Eppy's sword & sorcery classic Swords Without Master, how it came to be, how it works, and what's next for the game: a full standalone relea...

unwrittenearths.fireside.fm

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Paizo @paizo.com · 2d

Pathfinder Quest is fun, quick to learn, and you can play too!

@goodtimesociety.com

buff.ly/GzXrqIn

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 1d

got another five pages thumbnailed of my comic Wizard Puberty, and really feeling a lot of affection for this sleepy muppet of a wizard and all their hardships and tribulations 🧙🪄😴

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 1d

Finally, I get to answer “what does a metroidvania character do when they leave the screen for the squared circle!”

9th Level Games @9thlevelgames.bsky.social · 1d

We just unlocked the "REAL HEELS" adventure for WRASTLEVANIA by @ndpdesign.com www.backerkit.com/c/projects/9...

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Self Guided Adversarial Imagery Meditations @bankuei.bsky.social · 1d

It turns out people who are hospitalized, incarcerated or dead can't "vote harder" for you.

Defund was the conciliatory step folks offered you, and you decided to hyperfund them. Hyperfunded the people who literally push the rhetoric of the people who tried to have you killed.

Ok.

Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 19d

When the nazis were coming into power, there was a lag before local law enforcement was fully on board. People were able to get police protection from nazi-aligned paramilitaries. Here, today, police look at rising fascism and say “Finally. We’ve been waiting for this.” www.notus.org/democrats/me...

Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection

“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.

www.notus.org

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Posobiec isn't a nazi in some generic rhetorical sense of having fascistic impulses or simply being far-right. He is a full-blown Hitler-loving Jew-hating mask-off literal capital-N Nazi, with a longstanding public record to match.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 1d

One of the Trump Administration's most openly fascist moments and CNN edits it out.

Tells you everything you need to know about a news network that has a firm policy against telling you everything you need to know.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 1d

Making symbolic links just to feel something.

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 1d

I know that we're going to have to explain what a fixup is every time we mention it, but I it's such a good fit.

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 1d

Wherein the Unwritten Symposium discusses the past, present, and future of Swords Without Master.

Bonus content: You get to hear me realize we're making an old fashion fixup (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fix-up) in real time

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Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 1d

New ep Wednesday! We talk all about @epidiah.bsky.social's Swords Without Master, our upcoming fixup campaign, and bringing on @portablecity.bsky.social as Art Director!

Listen: unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/24
Subscribe: unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/subscribe
Support: patreon.com/UnwrittenEar...

The Episode Without Master

The Season of Swords is upon us! Nathan and Eppy talk about Eppy's sword & sorcery classic Swords Without Master, how it came to be, how it works, and what's next for the game: a full standalone relea...

unwrittenearths.fireside.fm

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Gabe Soria @bitchinville.bsky.social · 1d

This right here is the good vibe you might need for your day. 👇🏾

Night of the Living Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all, I am VERY excited to introduce you to one of my new favorite Tolkien artists: Kay Woollard (1924-2008).

Woollard first read LotR in '79 when she was 55. From then until her death, she was heavily involved in Tolkien fan culture, contributing illustrations to Tolkien Society publications.

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A recursive cover of Amon Hen, Bulletin of the Tolkien Society, with a hobbit reading a copy of Amon Hen with a hobbit reading a copy of Amon Hen, and so on

A bulletin titled "A Long-Expected Party Progress Report: Preparation" depicting many hobbit chefs baking pies

Christmas card of a Hobbit couple carrying their child on their shoulders through a snowy landscape

A postcard titled "A Slumbering Pedlar" showing a sleeping Hobbit pedlar resting on his pack of goods

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 2d

Watched this show a few years back and had a blast!

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 2d

Watching videos of people reviewing monitors, trying to convince myself that the vibrant colors, spectacular refresh rate, and beautiful sound on the built-in speakers they are trying to show me are not somehow limited by the old monitor and speakers I'm viewing on.

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