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Kori Klinzing @nvulnerabletide.bsky.social · 7h

as someone who had to use the wayback machine to get some pdfs for their portfolio this summer, cosigned

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 7h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1h

The seasons go so fast,
Thinking that this one was gonna last,
Maybe the question was too much to ask.

Adrianne Lenker - Sadness As A Gift (Live from Greenwich Village with Nick Hakim)

YouTube video by Adrianne Lenker

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 2h

Not to die, not dying,
Not to laugh, not lying,
Not the vacant wilderness vying,
Not the room, not beginning,
Not the crowd, not winning,
Not the planet, not spinning.

Big Thief - “Not” (Live at The Bunker Studio)

YouTube video by Big Thief

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 2h

I'm empty 'til she fills,
Alive until she kills,
In her Vampire Empire,
I'm the fish and she's my gills.

“Vampire Empire” - Big Thief (LIVE on The Late Show)

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 2h

Hands down Adrianne Lenker. This will become a thread...

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AnarchoFliss 🏴 @anarchofliss.bsky.social · 6h

...they're going to do an antisemitism with this aren't they (in addition to all the antisemitism they're already doing).

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Heart of the Deernicorn @heartofthedeernicorn.com · 6h

Quicker character creation means more time for roleplaying! All of these games are available on our website #ttrpgs #ttrpg

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

ifbilllybraggacceptedthetruthforonedayhisworldwouldfallapart

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 1d

But the majority of the white working class identify with that flag and you can't dictate to them how they identify any more than the TERFs can dictate to you how to identify. And how do you expect to build a better society for everyone if you dismiss 'white' as a synonym for 'racist'?

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Not that other guy, that's for sure @neogliberal.bsky.social · 1d

*deep inhale* wwwwwhhhhhhhhhaaaAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT!?!?!!!1!?

Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody could have predicted this www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider

www.theguardian.com

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 4d

If you're a creator looking to launch soon (which we encourage you to do!) and want to show some support for our union on your projects, we've prepared some assets you can use for your project stories and assets kickstarterunited.org/union-assets/

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Becky Annison 🔜 Ex Tenebris is Kickstarting now! @beckyannison.bsky.social · 1d

Last 24 hours of the Ex Tenebris Kickstarter campaign and then we can rest here at Black Armada Towers!

If you like dark gothic space settings and supernatural investigation games then check this out and please share.

#ttrpg #kickstarter #spacegothic

Ex Tenebris: A star-spanning gothic investigation TTRPG

Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars

www.kickstarter.com

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me

❤️‍🔥 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
🔥 The Wicker Man (1973)
🪨 Enys Men
💐 Midsommar
👁️ Ringu (1&2)
🤯 The War Game (1966)
🩸 Tokyo Gore Police
📺 I Saw The TV Glow
🐺 The Company of Wolves
⛪ Penda's Fen

Shane Marble @shanemarble.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me

🩰 Suspiria (1977)
💃 Suspiria (2018)
🚘 Titane
✏️ Eraserhead
🪰 The Fly (1986)
👰 Bride of Frankenstein
🧺 Basket Case
😴 Nightmare on Elm St 1-3

The Ken in Yellow @ Lone Star Zine Fest @kenlowery.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🚑 Return of the Living Dead
🥩 Ravenous
💃 From Dusk Till Dawn
🧛‍♂️ Nosferatu
📚 In the Mouth of Madness
☎️ Skinamarink
🪓 The Shining
🖐 Evil Dead II
🕶 Near Dark
📷 Lake Mungo

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

A Tale of Two Sisters is defo on my runners-up list!

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me

❤️‍🔥 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
🔥 The Wicker Man (1973)
🪨 Enys Men
💐 Midsommar
👁️ Ringu (1&2)
🤯 The War Game (1966)
🩸 Tokyo Gore Police
📺 I Saw The TV Glow
🐺 The Company of Wolves
⛪ Penda's Fen

Shane Marble @shanemarble.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me

🩰 Suspiria (1977)
💃 Suspiria (2018)
🚘 Titane
✏️ Eraserhead
🪰 The Fly (1986)
👰 Bride of Frankenstein
🧺 Basket Case
😴 Nightmare on Elm St 1-3

The Ken in Yellow @ Lone Star Zine Fest @kenlowery.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🚑 Return of the Living Dead
🥩 Ravenous
💃 From Dusk Till Dawn
🧛‍♂️ Nosferatu
📚 In the Mouth of Madness
☎️ Skinamarink
🪓 The Shining
🖐 Evil Dead II
🕶 Near Dark
📷 Lake Mungo

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

Uncle Sam's Dollar could only buy so much... 💸

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

I've just been followed by a bunch of "indie devs" who I reckon are just sock puppets for some kinda AI pixel art thing. They are getting better at scraping other accounts to cover their tracks, but a con feels like a con.

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 2d

2006 Retro-Future Game Design!

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 2d

Final minutes... www.kickstarter.com/projects/han...

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Brian_Cooksey.gif @vaklam.bsky.social · 2d

#NaGaDeMon was so much fun last year and I learned a lot. Oh, hey, did you know there's a feed?

bsky.app/profile/floa...

Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 3d

Less than a week into October and the #NaGaDeMon is starting to stir... Why not join in this November by trying to Make, Play and Talk About a new game, all in a single month? 🐍👹

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 2d

I was very lucky to playtest Cold City 2e and, oh boy, you are all on for a treat!

Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 2d

We're delighted to say that Cold City second edition, the roleplaying game of hidden Agendas, trust and monster hunting is 🅞🅤🅣 🅝🅞🅦 in PDF and pre-order. All pre-orders come with a free PDF.

The PDF is available exclusively @drivethrurpg.com

Pre-order: handiwork.games/product/pre-...

Cold City Second Edition - Handiwork Games | Cold City Hot War | DriveThruRPG

In the divided city of post-World War II Berlin, terrors hide in the darkness. The legacies of war, suffering, and fringe science lurk beneath the surface, feared and desired by former allies and defe...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Sylvan Lawrence Is Revving Up For BATSCon @lonelamplighter.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the kicker: we saw more books banned in 2023 than in any other year in American history. Why? Because what started as a grassroots initiative to keep libraries "wholesome" and "appropriate," which often means anti-queer and anti-black, has become an organized, national attack strategy. (7/17)

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 2d

If you, like me, are finally ready to contact someone at itch.io about getting your payout that's taking weeks, this post was news to me: itch.io/t/5345077/im...

Now, if you go to your Payouts screen and click "Payout details", there's a bespoke "Contact support" link for each payout.

IMPORTANT: Payout Or Tax-Related Issues? Read Here! (NO THREADS) - Questions & Support

If you need help with a payout, we have refined our payout process and added an updated “Contact support about this payout” link on the Payout page within your dashboard. Please use this link to conta

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 2d

I'd say Bas-Lag gets it as well.

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Patrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 2d

something wonderful about Ankh-Morpork is how it allows those groups to find themselves anew; it's only in Ankh-Morpork that Cheery Littlebottom can find freedom outside of traditional dwarven gender roles, where dwarfs and trolls begrudgingly work together despite centuries of hostility.

Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.

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A Spooky Goose @anarchygoose.bsky.social · 2d

hard to think of a better way to demonstrate that we're not all on the same side

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3d

Built in a lab to appease billionaires

"I know that there are some people in this room who don't believe that my marriage should have been legal," Ms. Weiss told the Federalist Society, an influential
conservative legal group, in 2023. "And that's OK. Because we're all Americans who want lower taxes."

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